Update on Covid, Concert Dates, and More!

As we head into the fall and winter months it is important to monitor health symptoms of your learners. Relative to COVID, if your learner has a household or non school exposure to a positive case, your elementary student must be quarantined. Should this be the case, notify their school of the need to quarantine and then connect with the health room to discuss return dates. Please monitor your child for symptoms of COVID, reporting to attendance if your child is being tested or too ILL to engage in the temporary distance learning.

Symptoms of COVID-19 include: cough*, shortness of breath/trouble breathing*, fatigue, new loss of sense of taste or smell*, fever/chills, headache, sore throat, nausea/vomiting, runny nose/congestion, diarrhea, muscle or body aches).

If your child develops one symptom marked * or two or more other symptoms of COVID-19 (even if fully vaccinated):

Immediately have your child begin to isolate. More specific information on the duration of isolation is provided in this overview of isolation.
Keep all unvaccinated siblings home, and any symptomatic vaccinated siblings. Report to their health room.
Contact their healthcare provider for evaluation.
Seek PCR testing. Only negative PCR tests will be accepted for a student who is symptomatic. Please speak with your doctor about this or inquire at a testing site. If positive, further dates will be discussed with health staff. If PCR negative, return to school dates can be discussed with health staff.
Contact your student’s health room. All Health Room contacts can be found HERE.

Campus News

Dates to Remember

November 5th - NO SCHOOL- Professional Development

November 24th -26th - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break

December 4th - Breakfast with Santa at the High School - Wales 5K & 1st, and Explore Navigators - Optional Performance

Royal Tea Party

All KM elementary students and parents are invited to the Royal Tea Party on November 13th! Funds from this event will support the KM Drama Club and Pink Umbrella Theater Co. Please see the flyer for more information.

Beauty and the Beast

Be our guest at the KMHS All Campus Musical, Beauty & the Beast! All seats are reserved for our live performances Nov, 11-13 and tickets are on sale now! Click here for more information or to purchase tickets.

Out of town or busy Nov. 11-13? No problem! You also have the option to purchase a Scheduled Content ticket to view a recorded version of one of our live performances. This video content will be available for viewing Nov. 18-20 and tickets can be purchased at the same link listed above.

Applications for Holiday Assistance

Applications for assistance through Christmas Clearing Council will be taken until Monday, November 15th. The Christmas Clearing Council of Waukesha County is a community organization that promotes and coordinates assistance to families in need during the holiday season. The organization matches families in need with individuals, families, or organizations that are willing to help on a one-to-one basis.

New this year:

Information and applications are available online! Please use the following link if you would like to learn more about the program or if you are interested in applying:

https://www.christmasclearingcouncil.org/get-help

Questions? Don't hesitate to get in touch with our School Counselor, Allie Mathson, at mathsona@kmsd.edu

Help Needed! Join Our Team!

We are looking for a parent or guardian to help out by supervising our cafeteria. The hours are 10:45 - 1:30 and follows the school calendar. Currently, we have another supervisor who is will to either job share, or just sub when needed. It's the perfect option for a stay-at-home parent who wants to earn a little extra, build relationships with their kids and their peers, and interact with your school staff on another level.

Apply here, or email schultzr@kmsd.edu for more details.

Blessings In a Backpack

There are many hungry kids throughout our area, and we are trying to make sure that those kids who need the food receive it from our organization. If you wish for your student(s) to participate in the program, you do not need to do anything.

If you choose to OPT OUT of this program, you can either: sign the form sent home and return it school or fill out this Google Form.

Free Hot Lunches

As a part of the CARES act, we are still able to offer free hot lunches for all students. In order for the lunch to be free, students must take one of every food group option available.

Milk will be available for students who bring cold lunch for a minimal cost.

Wales Campus PTO News

Restaurant Night Out at Noodles and Co!

Wednesday, November 10th from 4-8pm. See below for further details!

Here is the latest PTO Newsletter. A hard copy is also being sent home with your learner.

Wales and Explore have recently combined their Parent Teacher Organizations into one to help better support both of our schools.

Our PTO is always looking for new members from both KM Explore and Wales to help us continue to make our building an outstanding place to learn. If you have an idea or would like to be a part of our growing team, please email ptowales@gmail.com

Everything Explore!

Dates to remember:

March 7, 8, & 9th - Camp Edwards (For Pioneers, only)

May 11th (date change!) - All school concert

Pioneers are GROWING!

The Pioneers will be heading to the High School next week Wednesday the 10th to learn how microgreens grow. Then, they will head back to our campus and start to grow their own! We can't wait to see the fruits of their labor!

Watch here for the latest Explore News!

https://vimeo.com/channels/kmsdetv

Wales Tales

Important Dates to Remember

11/18 - 2nd Grade Wales Concert @ 9:30am

12/10 - 1st Grade Wales Concert @1pm

1/5 - 4th and 5th Grade Concert

5/5 - Wales Kindergarten Concert

5/20 - Wales 3rd Grade Concert

Pumpkin Fun in Grade One!

Ms. Schaefer’s class read: How many seeds are in a pumpkin? We learned about the ways a pumpkin grows, and made predictions on how many seeds would be in our pumpkin! And got to dig out the seeds from our class pumpkin! We were in teams to count by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s! We found out that there were 726 seeds inside our 1 pumpkin!

Third Grade's Ebert's Trip Recap

Kust/Thornburg traveled to Ebert’s Greenhouse Village for outdoor fall learning. The day included watching a play, constructing pine cone animals, riding the hay wagon out to the field to find the perfect pumpkin and some hay bale jumping.

Watch here for the latest Wales News!

https://vimeo.com/channels/kmsdwetv

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.

KM Wrestling Club

Registration is now open for the 21-22 wrestling club for students in grades K-8. Join us on Mondays and Wednesdays at the High School. Season begins in December. Register today at https://kmsd.revtrak.net/rwcommunityeducation/

Fastpitch Softball

Anyone interested in playing select fastpitch softball for U-12 or U-14, please contact the community Education Office for a tryout at 262-968-6273 x4641. Winter/indoor practices begin soon with the season running April-August.

Community Events and Flyers

Events/opportunities listed on our Community Flyers page are not endorsed by the Kettle Moraine School District. They have been approved for electronic sharing. Visit www.kmsd.edu/communityflyers to see the full list of current flyers. Links to recently-added flyers and upcoming events are included below.

Kettle Moraine Laser Fastpitch Club

is teaming up with

Delafield Brewhaus for a Dining Night Out

Tuesday, November 2nd, 4-7 pm

Delafield Brewhaus-3832 Hillside Drive, Delafield

Dine-In Or Carry Out

Call 262-646-7821 to place your order

*Bring flier or mention KM Laser Fastpitch Club when ordering

both dine in and carry out and 15% of your bill will be given back to KMLFC!

Checkout their website for current specials!

https://www.delafieldbrewhaus.com/