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Your Weekly Kingsley Update | November 12th
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Our Annual Appeal
The PTA's annual appeal is now underway! You should have received a packet of materials last week from your child's teacher, including a letter explaining the initiative, a donation form, a graphic showing your PTA dollars at work, and an envelope for returning cash/check donations to the PTA mailbox. Our goal is an average donation of $88 per student, but please consider donating any amount that is comfortable for you/your family. All donations are deeply appreciated.
As a PTA, we raise as much as possible of our annual budget from outside sources, including football parking, profit sharing with community partners, and cash back fundraisers. However, to continue to offer the programs, events, field trips, scholarships, teacher support, and community support that we do, we also rely on the generosity of parents and caregivers like you. Thank you!
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Key Dates
| Date | Time | Event | | 11/13 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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How to be an Antiracist: Action Section 1 @ Orrington
| | 11/14 | 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | PTA Meeting | | 11/23 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
Kingsley Community Hangout @ Fleetwood Jourdain
| | 11/27-11/29 | All Day | No School - Thanksgiving Break | | 12/11 | 12:05 PM | Early Dismissal |
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PTA Meeting This Thursday
Please join us for the PTA meeting Thursday at 6:30 PM in the multi-use space adjacent to the library. Our special speaker is Meagan Novara, restorative practices coach. Click here for the full agenda.
Pizza will be served at 6:00 PM in the lobby and childcare is available during the meeting.
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Traffic Reminder
Prairie Ave is one-way going north before and after school. Parking is allowed facing north on the west side of the street during pickup and drop off. There is no need to turn around to park on the west side of the street.
Please do not go south on Prairie or use the alleys to turn around - it disrupts the flow of traffic creating traffic backups, and is very dangerous to children and families trying to cross the street. If you need a quick exit after school, it is suggested to not use Prairie or Colfax to pick up your child as it can get backed up due to coinciding with the Haven dismissal. There are other side streets within a short walk that you can park on or have your child walk to meet you. We want all of our children, families and crossing guards to be safe. Please follow the traffic laws set forth by the City of Evanston.
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5Essentials parent survey has opened!
District 65 is once again participating in the Illinois 5Essentials Survey. The survey is now open for parents and will open for staff and students on December 10th. The parent survey is to be completed by parents, guardians, or other caregivers with a child in grades prekindergarten through 12. It is available in English and Spanish and takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. Parents who have more than one child who attends the same school may elect to participate multiple times. We recommend that parents who have children enrolled in multiple schools participate in the survey for each school. Only one parent per household may participate in the survey.
To complete the parent survey, visit here.
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Parking Coordinators Needed for NU Football Games
Thank you to Jennifer Wilbanks and Susan Behrmann for coming to help park cars despite the cold weather. Football parking will be wrapping up soon for this year, but we are in need of two parents to step-up and take over coordinating this important fundraiser for next year.
If you might be interested, consider volunteering for one of the last two games (Nov 16 or Nov 23) and you can receive "on the job training". For more information contact Paula Casas at 847-864-1854 or pcasas@me.com.
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Kingsley Community Hangout
Looking for family fun and the warmth of community on a chilly Saturday morning? Then join your Kingsley friends at Fleetwood Jourdain Community Center on Saturday, Nov 23rd from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
There will be arts + crafts, gym games, and kid-friendly snacks and coffee for parents. Come on out and join us!
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THIS WEDNESDAY: How to be an Antiracist in Evanston: Action Session 1
Do you want to help make Kingsley and Evanston more equitable? Would you like to take the next step in your own journey of racial understanding? Join Kingsley parents and caregivers at the first "Action" Session of the Next Steps series:
Next Steps: How to be an Antiracist in Evanston
Wednesday, November 13, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Orrington Elementary School (2636 Orrington Ave.)
A light meal and childcare will be provided at 6 PM
RSVP required for free dinner & childcare
This interactive session will focus on how we can take action to combat racist policies and ideas in our community, based on the first 6 chapters of the book, How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. However, you don't need to read the book to participate. Kingsley is partnering with Haven and the other Haven feeder elementary schools for this and two more "Action" sessions in 2020.
For a full list of session dates (including an optional book group about Chapters 1-6 meeting on November 5), click here. Copies of the book will be available to borrow at the session.
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Right At School - Registration for Winter Electives Now Open!
Registration for Right At School Winter Electives is now open. Click here to see the Winter session offerings and here for Scholarship information. Registration ends December 22. Scholarship requests MUST be made no later than December 3.
Visit the Kingsley Right At School webpage to register your Comet for a before or after school enrichment class. Classes run December 9, 2019 - March 6, 2020.
Have questions? Contact the Right at School Customer Service team at 855-287-2466.
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Gift Book Closet: Volunteers Needed
We are in need of volunteers for the annual Gift Book Closet, Friday, December 6. For this special Book Closet, volunteers will help wrap books the students choose for a friend or family member.
9:00 AM - 11:15 AM, Early shift classes: Nicholson, Weir, Larson, Leipitz, Kaplan, Israel, Abraham
11:15 AM - 1:30 PM, Late shift classes: Policape, Johnson, Warren, Frank, Davis, Kipfer, O'Connor, Remien
Sign up here to lend a hand.
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We are in need of more raffle prizes for Mr. Davis' gotcha raffle. If you have small toys, small denomination gift cards, books, etc. that you would like to donate as prizes for the gotcha raffle, please bring to Ms. Jackson in the front office. Thank you!
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Everyday Shopping Supports Kingsley
Box Tops
New feature for box top collectors- DOWNLOAD the Box Top App on your phone and SCAN your receipt so that your Box Tops purchases are recognized. We will still accept any unexpired physical box tops, so please keep sending them in!
Did you know that you can earn Kingsley a percentage of your purchase at Amazon? If you shop with your smartphone and want to raise money for Kingsley, open a browser and open amazonsmile.com and select Kingsley PTA as the beneficiary. Purchases on the app will not link to the PTA. Create a shortcut on your phone today and watch the money add up for our school.
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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.
1. 3rd-5th grade FREE GPS After School Clinics:ETHS female athletes come to each elementary school one a month and introduce girls to 2 new sports. December sports are softball and volleyball.
2. 5th-8th grade Team GPS (December is Track & Field and Volleyball): meets at ETHS from 4:00pm - 6:00pm. 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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Parents, have you seen the Kingsley Waste Station at lunch? Last year, Kingsley students and staff reduced waste by 70%!! Come have lunch with your child and let them show you how it's done. You can compost in Evanston easily by putting food scraps in your YARD WASTE bins.
District 65 Green Team
Join the District 65 Green Teams for their November meeting. Kate Mason-Schultz, coordinator of nutrition services, will be speaking about our lunchroom Share Tables. We'll share best practices and ideas about how to reduce food waste in school lunchrooms. Reducing food waste is one of the top three ways to help mitigate climate change! We'll also have time for each school to share what they're working on and to ask specific questions.
When: Thursday, Nov. 14 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: Evanston Civic Center, Room G300 (ground floor)
Green Team Tip
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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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