Check out today's daily announcement video to see how Mr. Solberg does in his surprise appearance delivering announcements while also being highlighted for Teacher Tuesday!

March 16th recognizes National Freedom of Information Day annually as it commemorates the birthday of President James Madison.

Madison earned the name the Father of the Constitution and was the foremost advocate for openness in government. Additionally, historians hail Madison as instrumental in drafting the United States Constitution and the leading advocate and author of the Bill of Rights. Madison held individual rights and freedom of information in high importance.

March 16, 1900 - Eveline Burns, an economist, and technical expert, was born. An immigrant to the U.S., she helped design social security.

Eveline M. Burns, née Eveline Mabel Richardson, (born March 16, 1900, London, Eng.—died Sept. 2, 1985, Newton, Pa., U.S.), British-born American economist and educator, best remembered for her role in creating U.S. social security policy and for her work to further public understanding of it.

Eveline Richardson worked as an administrative assistant in Great Britain’s Ministry of Labour while attending the London School of Economics. In 1922 she married Arthur Robert Burns, a fellow economist. In 1926 she earned her doctorate and was awarded the Adam Smith Medal for exceptional economic research. That same year Burns and her husband traveled to the United States on a fellowship, and in 1928 they accepted faculty positions at Columbia University in New York City. They became American citizens in 1937.

Burns’s experience with the British Ministry of Labour and her expertise in the field of social insurance made her an obvious choice for President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Committee on Economic Security, and Burns played a crucial part in drafting the Social Security Act of 1935. In 1936 she published Toward Social Security, an explanatory guide to the act written for a lay audience. Burns’s talent for illuminating complex economic subjects served her well as a textbook writer. Her landmark textbook, Social Security and Public Policy (1956), investigates the factors involved in economic policy decisions through comparative analysis. Throughout her career, in addition to teaching and writing books, Burns contributed numerous articles to professional journals and served as a consultant to several federal agencies. She held her professorship at Columbia until 1967.

This week we welcome Mr. Solberg!

Role: Mr. Solberg is a Special Education Teacher who helps students learn to the best of their ability.

Favorite thing(s) to do outside of school: Mr. Solberg likes to play/coach/watch sports (especially football and basketball), enjoys being outdoors, spending time with family and friends, reading, and learning new things. His absolute favorite time of year is March Madness!!!

Friendly advice: High school goes really fast! Have a plan for the future and be willing to adapt as life changes!

FUN fact: Mr. Solberg is a KM alum!

Those seniors who are interested in helping to plan the Senior Gala should email Mrs. Voigt and Mrs. Gill indicating your interest. We will be holding our first planning meeting, next week Tuesday, March 23rd, during advisory.  

Interested in completing some volunteer hours? Have you noticed the piles of pre-cut buckthorn in the wooded area east of our football stadium? We need those moved so they can be chipped. Please see Mr. Tomczyk in the community education office or feel free to email him at tomczykr@kmsd.edu.

Congrats to sophomore Grace Grocholski, who was named The Freeman's girls basketball player of the year! Grocholski led the county with 20.4 points per game and averaged 9.8 boards.

Girls’ Rugby starts TODAY! Girls, if you are interested in playing, the Knightmares Rugby Club is looking for you! The team practices twice a week from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. You can check out their website for more information or contact KMHS junior Elouisa Szczech at szczelo@kmsd.edu for more information.

There will be a fundraiser with the Booster Club and Eagle Public Market this coming Saturday, March 20th. For select items, 5% of sales will be donated to the Booster Club.

Please make sure you are bringing your own masks to school, and wearing them properly!

Be sure to follow your classroom cleaning expectations to help us all stay as safe as possible!

Our bubblers are turned off, but the refill stations are still on. Remember to bring your reusable water bottles to stay hydrated!

Please remember to wear your student ID every day, and at all times while you are in school. It is very important that you use those IDs (examples: lunchroom, signing in and out, etc.) so we reduce any unnecessary contact.

Please stay 6 feet or more apart, and do NOT leave your Advisory to seek face-to-face help, instead, use google meet to work with your teachers.

Hold the delivered pickles, hold the lettuce, anything outside the school cafeteria or your home-prepared meal does upset us.

Parents/guardians and students are asked not to bring/deliver food or beverages from any outside commercially prepared eating establishments to school to be consumed by students during their regular mealtimes, or any school hours.

It is noted in the student handbook that food from area restaurants will not be accepted during the school day. In addition, in our August 14, 2020 campus welcome back letter, we mentioned “Special food deliveries will not be allowed during the school day. Special deliveries sent to the school will be sent back with the person delivering the food, and will not be accepted or delivered to the student. When a parent/guardian needs to drop off a delivery for a student, the parent/guardian must communicate that to the student. Students will not be called down to the office to pick up their delivery. They will be required to pick it up during passing time or during their lunch break. Students will be required to turn the product over to office staff for disposal upon entering the building and will then be sent to class.