Dear Families,

As you know, our school counselor and classroom teachers are teaching children important skills for getting along with others and doing well in school during classroom graduate profile lessons. This helps our campus be a safe, respectful place where everyone can learn.

To further help our campus be a safe and respectful place, we are going to use the Second Step Bullying Prevention Unit. In these lessons, your child will learn specific skills to help stop bullying. Students will learn how to:

• Recognize when bullying is happening (bullying is one-sided, on purpose, repeated, and hurtful)

• Report bullying to a caring adult

• Refuse to let bullying happen to themselves or others

• Be an upstander who stands up and is part of the solution to bullying. 

In addition, your child might bring home simple, fun activities called Home Links that will help you understand what your child is learning about at school. They also give your child another chance to practice skills for handling bullying.

For bullying prevention to work, we need your help, too! Get involved in making our school a safe and respectful place by letting us know if you hear about bullying at our school. Make sure your child knows to tell you or someone at school if he or she is being bullied. And give your child the clear message that it is never okay to bully others.

If you have any questions about the Bullying Prevention Unit or the Second Step program, please contact our school counselor, Allie Mathson. Thank you for helping us make our campus a safe, respectful place where everyone can learn. 

Sincerely, 

Chris Otto 

Volunteering for the Book Fair

The Fall Scholastic Book Fair is Oct. 20 – 28. We still have 26 volunteer slots to fill! Help learners find and purchase books, see who wins a free book at the Sucker Pull, and keep books organized for this incredible fundraiser! Sign up to volunteer.  

**Please note, for the shifts that we do not have volunteers to run the bookfair, we will have to close the shop for the unfultilled time.**

Maker Moms - THIS WEDNESDAY

Wednesday, October 19 after school 3:45-4:45

RSVP with student name, grade and teacher to wieczoreks@kmsd.edu by Monday October 17.

Join us for our first Maker Moms experience:

STEM challenges for students of all ages. Volunteer parents are welcome!!

• marble runs- with legos or tubes or upcycling things
• stacking cup challenge
• creating spider webs (plate version or popsicle stick )

We welcome any donations of Paper/TP Tubes, masking tape, solo cups, popsicle sticks, cereal boxes, and cleaned plastic bottles sent to school attention: Mrs W. Thanks for considering!

Blessings in a Backpack

Blessings in a Backpack is an organization that helps to fill the weekend “gap”. This is a time when many children go hungry in our communities. They started bridging the gap by serving 25 students at Hadfield Elementary School in Waukesha, and now serve 3,300 children at 38 schools. They help bridge the gap for these children every week during the school year by filling their backpacks with food for the weekend. 

Your child may be eligible to be a recipient of the Blessings in a Backpack program. If you would like to receive a bag of food, and need the food, then you don’t need to do anything. Food will be dispensed in a discreet and caring manner into your child’s backpack. There is no cost associated with this program.

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 child 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 that will be available at great start conferences and return it school or fill out this Google Form 

On Thursday the Navigators, Scouts, and Pioneers Went to Marcus Hillside Cinema to watch Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile was originally a book published in 1962 but the movie was made in 2022. The movie is 1 hour and 46 minutes long. But anyway the movie was fun and everybody got along so it wasn't loud other than parts when some people laughed. There were also multiple songs throughout the movie. One of the themes in the movie is: “Treat others how you want to be treated.” At Explore, we are working on being nice to other people. You should go see Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile at the movies! -By Smyth R.

Kindergarten really got into the Halloween spirit last week with their annual Bat Day!  With flashlights in hand, kids learned about nocturnal animals, a bat's adaptations and environment, as well as took part in various literacy and math centers. It was a great time!

WETV

Don't miss our morning announcements, starring our very own learners!! You can find them here every day- 

https://vimeo.com/channels/kmsdwetv

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.

Youth Wrestling Club

The KM Youth Wrestling Club for students in grades K-8 will have an informational meeting on Wednesday, October 19 in the high school library at 7pm. We hope to see you there. Information regarding our annual fundraiser will be discussed so it’s important that you attend.Registration is now open online at www.kettlemorainewrestlingclub.com

KM Lacrosse Club - offers Free “Try It Clinic”

Boys and girls in grades 1-8 are encouraged to join us Wednesday, October 19 from 6:30-8 at the KMHS Football field to learn the rules of the game, positions, and the fundamentals of passing and catching. Equipment will be provided for use during the clinic. To register please contact Heather Renno for youth girls at heatherrenno@gmail.com or Tom Stoll for youth boys at stolllax61.16@gmail.com 

KM Lacrosse Poinsettia Sale

Profits from this will benefit the entire club. Girls, Boys, Youth and High School programs.

Fundraising is essential to provide the best possible experience for these kids.

All poinsettias are $20 each

• All poinsettias will come in a 6 ½ pot

• 5 varieties to choose from: Red, White, Pink Marble, Jingle Bell

• ORDER now until Friday 11/4/22

• PICK UP ORDERS on Tuesday 11/22/22 3:30pm – 7:30pm

Order online https://www.classmunity.com/kmsd/view-fundraiser.php?fundraiser_id=1947

COMMUNITY EVENTS & 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.