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Click above to watch a brief overview video.
Join us Thursday, October 22 beginning at 5:30 p.m. for different 30-minute online sessions to help you support your child during this unique time.
We will have middle school and district experts host virtual sessions on:
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5:30:
- Understanding your middle school child
- How you can support your child as a distance learner
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6:00 and 6:30 - three simultaneous 30-min sessions on our learning platforms. Choose any two:
- Canvas
- MyLC
- Summit
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7:00 - a repeat of the 5:30 sessions.
- Understanding your middle school child
- How you can support your child as a distance learner
The sessions will be recorded. See you then!
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We 💖 Our PTO
- A Busy Week of PTO Activities. MANY THANKS TO:
- Culver's in Wales and all of you for dining out on Tuesday during the KMMS Night on Tuesday. Things were BUSY!
- Deputy Jamie Soneberg, our KMSD School Resource Officer for joining our PTO Coffee on Thursday. He provided a lot of good advice for parents and administrators alike.
- Our PTO for sponsoring a Teacher Appreciation Breakfast this morning (and keeping our Keurig supplies stocked).
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Learning Environment
Change Request Period: Oct. 19-23
The next opportunity to commit to a learning environment in KM schools will occur prior to the second quarter/term, which runs Nov. 9, 2020 through Jan. 22, 2021. A link to a change request form will be shared Oct. 19 and will be open through Oct. 23. Another opportunity to request a change in learning environment will occur in January, with the start of term 3.
If you plan to make a change, please consider the impact a potential quarantine might have on your family in the coming quarter/term and select the correct environment. Due to staffing needs and configurations:
- Changes at the elementary level will likely cause reassignment of your child’s teacher and class configuration, regardless of your family's decision. In addition, changes in either direction will not be honored after October 23.
- KM will not be able to honor changes at the middle and high school levels from distance learning to face-to-face learning after October 23.
- At the high school level, selecting distance learning may alter your student’s term 2 course selections.
NOTE: This change request form is only necessary if you want to change your environment for the second quarter/term, which begins Nov. 9.
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Informances for the 7th and 8th Grade Bands
Through gusty winds, driving rain, heat, and jackhammers, your children have been doing an amazing job in band this fall! Before the cold weather drives us inside, we would like to present an outside informance of music.
An informance is a little different from a concert. The songs will not be as polished, we will play two or three songs, and it will be relaxed. We might even need to restart a song or two. It’s really hard to hear outside! The informances will last around 15-20 minutes.
The days we will be hosting informances, are as follows:
Wednesday, October 21st: Create 7th Grade 12:10
Thursday, October 22nd: 8th Grade 7th hour 12:40
 8th Grade 8th hour 1:25
Friday, October 23rd: 7th Grade before lunch band 9:45
7th Grade after lunch band 11:10
Please ask your child which band they are in. If you can’t make it, we will be sending out a recording.
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Forensics
Where can a student make new friends while learning to speak with conviction?
The KM Forensics Team, of course.
The Forensics Team will hold a student/parent meeting this week. Each year our team develops academic skills essential to succeed in high school and beyond. Our virtual meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 6 to 7 pm, with Mr. and Mrs. Kaldhusdal.
Google Code: KMspeech
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National History Day
If you're looking to create a website, write an extended research paper, perform a play, build a museum exhibit, or even produce a documentary about our rich past, then the history club is for you.
Our first meeting will be after school on Tuesday, October 20, beginning at 4 pm, virtually, with Mr. Kaldhusdal.
Send him an email saying that you're interested and he'll send you the Google Meet code.
If you can't make the date, but you'd still like to join the team, contact Mr. K.
Let's make some history.
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COMMUNITY EDUCATION
KM Community Education provides recreational and educational opportunities for families. Please be sure to visit the website often for updates and new programs. For program information and registration forms, visit www.kmsd.edu/communityed.
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KM Wrestling Club
The KM Wrestling Club will be having an informational meeting via zoom on October 21. You can join us at 7pm at
Zoom Meeting ID: 798 9623 4285
Passcode: KMWrestle
KM Wrestling is open to anyone in grades K-8. The season will begin in December for grades 4-8 and in January for K-3. Practices are M/W at KM High School.
Registration is open online Here.
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Empire School Photo Orders
Families should have received an email from Empire that includes information about how to order photos digitally. Empire provides a link for families to view and purchase school photos. If you did not receive an email and have checked your spam, here is contact the information for Empire.
Call: 608-257-2941 between 8:30 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday.
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Instructional Materials

When you are contacted by your teacher(s) about instructional material pick-up, those items can be picked up at the front office.
The best window for picking up those materials is after 7:00 a.m. and before 3:15 p.m.
If you need to come at an alternate time, please call and make arrangements with the front office.
On Thursdays, we will have someone in the front office available to distribute materials until 6 p.m.
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Subscribing And Unsubscribing From KMSD Newsletters
All KMSD schools now utilize Constant Contact to distribute e-newsletters and other info to families and staff. If you UNSUBSCRIBE to one newsletter, you are unsubscribed from ALL KMSD newsletters.
If you simply wish to edit your subscriptions ("I want to receive the middle school newsletter, but no longer need Dousman's") please send an email to zupkez@kmsd.edu with specific requests.
If you unsubscribed from a newsletter recently, but still want to receive one or more ("I unsubscribed from Laser Focused, but still want to receive newsletters from Magee")
please send an email to zupkez@kmsd.edu with specific requests.
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