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Your Weekly Kingsley Update | January 28th
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Key Dates
| Date | Time | Event | | 1/28 |
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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How to be an Antiracist "Learn" Session 2
| | 1/30 & 1/31 | 6:30 PM |
Kingsley Talent Show
| | 2/3 - 2/7 | All Day | Black Lives Matter Week | | 2/4 |
6:30 PM - 9 PM
| ESCCA Serve Date | | 2/5 | 12:05 PM | Early Dismissal | | 2/11 & 2/12 | TBD | Parent Teacher Conferences | | 2/14 | All Day | No School | | 2/17 | All Day | No School - President's Day |
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Annual Appeal SURPRISE!
We are grateful to those who gave generously last week - and throughout our annual appeal campaign. We are able to turn one more balloon blue and are inching closer to 75% of our goal.
To thank every who has given their time, resources and energy, the PTA has a SURPRISE performer at the Kingsley Student Talent Show on Thursday, January 30th! The show starts at 6:30 PM - you don't want to miss this!!
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Traffic Around Kingsley & Haven
A committee is forming to address concerns around traffic safety at Kingsley & Haven. If you would like to get involved, please email Sarah Neikrug at SarahNeikrug@gmail.com. The City is also planning a major improvement project to Green Bay Road and is seeking public comments. You can share your concerns and feedback here (scroll down to find the comments submission).
Also, a reminder that Prairie Ave. is ONE WAY facing NORTH during morning drop off and afternoon pick up.
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Talent Show Time! Adult Volunteers Needed
The Kingsley Talent Show is THIS WEEK on Thursday, Jan 30th, and
Friday, Jan 31st at 6:30 PM in the Kingsley Auditorium. In order to make the shows happen, we need your help! Please sign up here.
This is a great volunteer opportunity for families who do not have kids in the show, to free up the families whose kids are in the show to be in the audience. If you do volunteer and have a child in the show, we will make sure you do not miss their performance.
Please note, this is not a drop-off event. Children should be supervised in the audience so they are not disruptive during the performances.
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Science Fair Form Deadline Extended
I t's not too late to participate in the Kingsley Science Fair! The entry form submission date has been extended to TOMORROW, January 29th. Click here to read the information packet. Note: You only need to turn in Form One by tomorrow; Form Two is due February 13th.
Please submit all forms to Ms. Nicholson's Blue Mailbox in front of the main office.
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Racial Equity Opportunities
How to be an Antiracist
"Learn" session 2 is TONIGHT from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM at Haven Middle School. Join parents and caregivers from Kingsley and across Evanston to learn about the concepts in the book How to be an Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. You don't need to read the book to participate. Free childcare and snacks for kids. Save the date for the next "Action" session, February 20th. For more details on the series, see the flyer.
Kingsley Parent Equity Advisory Committee
If you would like to join a committee focused on applying the ideas from How to be an Antiracist here at Kingsley, email Anne Brown at alevybrown@gmail.com.
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Join Us for Girls on the Run
Registration
The Kingsley's Girls on the Run Spring 2020 is now open! Girls must be registered by February 13. You can register online or through their call center. Both options are available in English and Spanish. A reminder that financial assistance and/or a payment plan
can be requested as needed during the registration process.
For more information about the Kingsley GOTR program click here.
Call for Coaches and Volunteers
Lee Copeland is returning as the Site Coordinator to lead our Coaches and Volunteers. More COACHES means more GIRLS can be on the team! GOTR provides training for all new coaches and volunteers.
For more information about being a Kingsley GOTR Coach or Volunteer click here.
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Thank you to the volunteers who signed up for our next ESCCA serve date on February 4th from 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM.
If you'd like to serve in the future or have any questions, c all/text Katie Spero at 847-946-5601 or email ksrun262@sbcglobal.net.
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Black History Month Concert-1st/2nd Graders
Our Kingsley first and second graders, along with the Kingsley Choir, will be performing this year's Black History Month Concert: The Roots and Evolution of Hip-Hop. The performance will take place on February 4th at 6:30 pm in the Kingsley School auditorium. Come and enjoy some funk, blues, reggae, rap, and hip-hop!
Click the flyer to learn more.
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Save the Date - Family Day at The Chicago Wolves
Join Kingsley students, families and friends for an afternoon of fun at a Chicago Wolves Hockey Game on Sunday, March 8th at 3:00 PM. More information, including how to order tickets, coming soon!
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Collecting Yearbook Pictures
Calling all novice photographers! The yearbook committee needs your photos. In order to have a memorable and equitable yearbook, we need to ensure that we have photos of as many Kingsley Comets as possible. So, please submit photos of your Comet and their classmates and Kingsley friends (*please no siblings, unless they attend Kingsley) around the school, performing in the talent show, singing or playing in a school concert, showing off their science fair projects, playing chess in the upcoming tournament, group photos of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, sewing club, drama club, sports teams, etc. You get the drift!
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Post Office Play Date for Kindergarteners
Join other Kingsley, Dawes, and Lincolnwood kindergarten families for a play literacy session!
When: February 15th, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Where: Evanston Public Library at 1703 Orrington
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Register for Girls Play Sports
Girls Play Sports (GPS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering leadership skills and confidence in girls through participation in a wide variety of sports. The program engages girls, grades 3-8, in multiple sports without a long-term or expensive commitment. GPS engages girls in meaningful conversations about current topics that affect young women today.
- Team GPS (January is Badminton and Tennis) for 5th-8th grade girls - meets at ETHS from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Led by the ETHS female athletes, Team GPS exposes girls to two new sports each month.
Financial aid is available. Select 'YES' for a 100% scholarship on the registration form.
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- Please save and bring in clean BOTTLE CAPS of all sizes for a student sound Art sculpture to be installed in the Kingsley garden; a drop off box is located in the lobby.
- Thank you and please continue to bring in your clean plastic for our Trex recycling contest. Check out this link to see all the plastics you can recycle & about the program.
- Although it's cold, please remember the school is a NO idling zone! Please keep the air cleaner and our kids' lungs healthier!
Tip of the Week
Did you know you can request no plastic wrap on your dry cleaning clothes? Ask and reduce waste this week!
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Everyday Shopping Supports Kingsley
Amazon Smile
Don't forget to copy and paste the link below to establish Kingsley as your beneficiary. Doing this is an easy way to to help a percentage of your Amazon purchases to go towards the Kingsley PTA.
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Calendar
Please click here to view/download the latest version of Kingsley's annual at-a-glance calendar (updated 10-14-19).
We encourage all families to click here to sign up for D65's weekly Fast 5 email blast. It includes important events relevant to all district parents. You can find the D65 calendar and dates here.
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District 65 Digital Backpack
Looking for information about activities and events for D65 students and families from District 65 and the City of Evanston? Check out the Digital Backpack (formerly Friday Folder), which is created each week by District 65.
Click here to stay informed.
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