KMMS Choir & Orchestra Social

Join us for a social event featuring movies, snacks, Halloween-inspired crafts and open gym! Open to all choir and orchestra members grades 6-8. 

Wednesday, October 27
KMMS Choir/Orchestra Social
2:40-4:30 p.m.
PTO NEWS: Meeting Next Week

Next PTO Meeting: Thursday Oct 21, 2021 9am in the FACs Room
Are you interested in learning more about current trends and risky behaviors occurring in our school district and area? Deputy Jamie Soneberg, KMSD’s Resource Officer, will join us to discuss a variety of topics affecting our youth. Please join us for a very informative discussion and coffee. 

The mission of the PTO is to support and enhance our students' and teachers' educational journeys. One of the primary ways we do that is through fundraising events such as book fair, school dances and Dining for Dollars. 

Thank you to those students, staff members and families who visited the book fair this week. If you missed us, but want to help by ordering a book for your child's house, click here for more information.

You can also support us through Effortless Fundraising via Infinite Campus. In the portal, select Fees on the left hand side navigation, then Optional Fees at the bottom of the following page, then MS-PTO Donation.

We appreciate your support!  Also, if you have suggestions for upcoming PTO meeting topics, please reach out to Mary Hannes, President (maryhannes@ymail.com) or Carri Baril, Secretary (carri.baril@gmail.com) with your suggestions. 
STUDENT SERVICES UPDATE

Greetings from the Student Services department! Our Student Services team is the same as it was last year:

Mrs. Cowan - Counselor: 6th Grade and Create cowanc@kmsd.edu 
Mr. Korb - Counselor: 7th Grade and 8th Grade korbstephen@kmsd.edu
Mrs. Beyerl - School Psychologist beyerla@kmsd.edu 

During the month of September, all students were shown a brief video entitled "How to Make an Appointment with Your School Counselor." Our counselors have an online form which students can access anytime to request an appointment with their counselor, and they can also be reached via email.  

Throughout the year, our counselors will be coming into classrooms to deliver lessons on topics such as bullying, substance abuse prevention, mental health, and future academic planning. Our 6th graders are currently receiving lessons about bullying prevention, and our 7th and 8th graders are currently receiving lessons on the topic of Appropriate and Safe Technology Use. This lesson includes material taken from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, as well as an examination of what our state laws and the Kettle Moraine Operating Rules and Regulations have to say about technology use for children. The goal of this lesson is to promote empathy and respect in digital interactions and to inform students of how to respond if they encounter something inappropriate or problematic in their use of technology.  

We encourage you to continue these important conversations at home! Our next lessons will be on the topic of mental health, and an email message was sent home earlier this week on that subject. As always, if you are interested in viewing the material that is being discussed in the classrooms, please reach out to your child's counselor.
  
Infinite Campus Annual Fees

Parents / Guardians - When you log in to your child's Infinite Campus portal account, you will notice that we have posted the class based fees. These fees cover the cost of materials that students use in their learning (like in STEM or Art).  We usually wait to post these until the new school year is well underway and student schedules are not changing. Thanks for paying these promptly.  
KM Music Parents Association

Join us for the next KM Music Parents Association meeting Monday Oct 18 at 7:30 at the KM Perform Community Room at the high school. A huge thanks to all of you who attended our very successful Homecoming Chili Dinner and a special thanks to all the parents who volunteered and made donations. We appreciate the tremendous support. And congratulations to the 6th grade band members for a terrific first concert this past Monday evening.
KMMS Needs Your Help
in STOPPING Vandalism!

We are still experiencing some continued bathroom vandalism/shenanigans in our boy's bathrooms here at school that have led to the closure of one of our boys bathrooms. 

One of the "things to do" is the intentional turning of the sink faucet heads that ends up breaking the faucets. This can lead to a cost of $500 per faucet with replacement and plumbing repair that is needed to replace/fix the faucets. Our School Resource Officer, Deputy Soneberg, has been helping by monitoring the bathroom and talking to individuals that were in the bathroom at the time frame of each vandalism incident. Students who found to be participating in vandalism incidents at school will be referred to local law enforcement, in addition to receiving consequences here at school.

Another "thing to do" is hanging out in the bathroom, knocking on stall doors and messing around with soap and water. 

We are asking for conversations at home to help end this issues in hopes that we can reopen all of our bathrooms. Thank you for your support in keeping our resources and school community members safe.
DPL Write On! Challenge

The Delafield Public Library invites teens to join their First Annual Write On! Challenge. You can log your writing time and complete activities to earn badges, prize packs and raffle tickets. The challenge lasts through December 15th and is open to all 6th-12th graders. Click here to find out more or go to Beanstack.
KM 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.
TRY IT Lacrosse Clinic

Kettle Moraine Lacrosse will be offering a Try It Night on October 27th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm at Kettle Moraine High School on the turf at Vock Field.
Our Free Try Lacrosse Clinic is open to grades 1-8 boys, girls, and parents. This is a great opportunity to see what lacrosse is all about! 
Please bring a friend and join us at Vock Field. Please click on the link below and fill out the google doc, so we have all the necessary equipment and information for a successful event. 
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/
There is a parent meeting on October 20
LYBA Basketball

Online registration is now open for recreational basketball at KM for boys and girls grades 3-8 at KM Middle School. Seasons begin in December and concludes in February. Grade 3-8 will practice one night per week with Saturday games and followed by a season ending tournament.

Information on Grades 1-2 will be available soon. Please check back at the Community Ed website https://kmsd.revtrak.net/rwcommunityeducation/
Adult Aerobics

Class is offered Tuesdays and Thursdays. Work at your own pace with easy to follow steps set to a wide variety of the music you love. You’ll get just the right cardiovascular workout followed by floor work that will both tone and stretch all of your muscles. 
Registration details can be found at https://kmsd.revtrak.net/rwcommunityeducation/
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