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Your Weekly Kingsley Update | May 12th
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Teacher Appreciation Week - Thank You!
Thank you to Alison Harper, Caroline Wagner and Katie Spero for heading up Teacher Appreciation Week.
On behalf of all families, the PTA gifted our teachers, specials teachers and aides with a gift card of their choice. Thank you as well to all who sent notes of appreciation and sent photos of their door/window decorations.
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Volunteer for the 2020-21 School Year
We are all hopeful for a return in August and the PTA will need your help! No matter how much - or little - time you have to give, you can have an impact for our Comets. Looking for a way to volunteer at the school? Consider joining the Green Team or Book Closet. Looking for a way to help from home or your office? Sign up for the yearbook committee or help coordinate the before- and after-school programs offered through Right at School. New this year - an equity committee, providing will help make sure we are providing equitable opportunities for all children and their families.
Take a look at the various roles here, and sign up to volunteer here. If you know what you'd like to do, add it as a comment. Not sure? Leave the comments blank and a PTA member will reach out to you.
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If you haven't already done so, please consider responding to the 2020 Census. The Census count impacts the federal funds that communities receive each year for programs and services that are critical for schools, students, and younger children, such as: Special education, Head Start, after-school programs, and classroom technology; Food assistance, including free and reduced-price school lunches; Maternal and child health programs.
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Evanston COVID-19 At-Home Tutoring
Has e-Learning surpassed your capacity for e-Teaching?
During this challenging time of shelter-in-place, ETHS students heard there is a need for homework help, tutoring, and activities for D65 K-8 students. They've responded with providing free support for everything from quick eLearning questions to on-going tutoring and fun!
Even more tutors, a Spanish website, and more activities for your child/ren coming soon! This is provided through a partnership between ETHS students and Evanston Cradle to Career.
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2019-2020 Yearbook
The Kingsley 2019-2020 Yearbook has gone to print! Thank you to everyone who submitted pictures. A lot of wonderful memories were created at Kingsley over the school year and we are eager to have each Comet receive a yearbook to remember all the fun classroom activities and school events that occurred before the pandemic hit. The cost is $15 per book, and donations are very much appreciated to ensure that every student receives a yearbook. Details regarding the safe distribution of the yearbooks will be provided as soon as we receive the books from the printer in June.
Order your yearbook here.
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District 65 Equity Virtual Learning Opportunities
District 65 is continuing its scheduled LGBTQ+ Gender Identity training hosted by Lurie Children's Hospital in a virtual Zoom space. The training gives an overview of how to create an inclusive space, as parents/caregivers for LGBTQ individuals including: key concepts, best practices, language, practical tools, and an opportunity to practice what you learn.
Parent/Caregiver Sessions: Supporting Students
May 21, 7:00pm - 9:00p.m.
Meeting ID: 852 7437 2370
Password: 9HtQ33
May 25, 7:00p.m.- 9:00p.m.
Meeting ID: 818 9569 5396
Password: 4mhaps
Racial Equity virtual learning
Hosted by Corrie Wallace - Parenting in a Pandemic: You're invited to share and explore ways to navigate raising racially conscious and empathetic kids who think critically and make contributions to the world around them.
Thursday May 14th, 7pm
Meeting ID: 886 8199 0973
Password: 4DEM7y
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Library Birthday Bookclub
Does your child have a March-August birthday? Here's how you can participate in the Kingsley Birthday Bookclub.
A Kingsley Birthday Book is....
- a way for your child to celebrate her/his birthday.
- a way to help our library grow with new books.
- an opportunity for your child to experience the joy of giving.
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ABC Countdown
Today is Kingsley Day on the ABC countdown our teachers have planned . So, wear your favorite Kingsley t-shirt! Let's end the year strong TOGETHER.
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Letter to 5th Grade Parents
The pandemic has prevented Haven from providing the same in-person events for our rising 6th graders and their families that they have in years past. Please stay tuned for updates on back-to-school events. In the meantime, here is a letter from the Haven PTA to help you stay connected.
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Kingsley PTA has joined together with other PTAs across the district, along with the PTA Equity Project, to create a collective fund to support all D65 families in need. If you're able, please consider donating. You can contribute here. Please apply the gift to the PTA Equity Project Fund (either by typing it in the "Other Fund" box or by clicking on the "View a full listing here" link and selecting PTA Equity Project Fund from the drop-down menu). This fund is separate from the Evanston Community Rapid Response Fund.
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Girls Play Sports
Girls Play Sports is proud to announce the launch of our Quarantine Gym Page. We have been working hard to adapt to our new realities and bring you quality content and quarantine appropriate programming.
To learn more about about our Quarantine Page visit our blog today.
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