Cougar Paw Prints 12/3

Our first ever Great Kellond Holiday Bake Off was a huge huge huge success! We had 16 entries and so many families showed up to taste the deliciousness! It was awesome! Thank you to everyone who entered, everyone who came to participate, our judges, and of course a big congrats to our first ever champion, Ms. Feven's class!

It is time for our second through fifth graders to show what they know on the district benchmarks. Writing test is Wednesday 12/6, reading is Wednesday 12/13, and Math is Wednesday 12/20.

Teachers are setting goals and having data chats with individual students. Please speak to your student about the importance of trying their best on these tests. You can help them be successful by ensuring they get a good nights sleep, eat breakfast that morning, and arrive to school on time.

We raised over 750 items of food that were donated to the woman's shelter. When we showed up with that amount, there were tears in the workers eyes and they were so appreciative. We also raised over 140 pounds of pet food! These two amounts are absolutely amazing, thank you so much for your generosity.

Reminder about parking your car. If you are going to leave your car for any reason, you must be in a designated parking spot. This includes the drop off/pick up lane in the south parking lot as well as the front fire lane; please do not park in these lanes. You must be in a parking spot. Please also do not park in front of the houses on Lehigh. The neighbors do not appreciate it and are complaining. It is also not safe to cross, especially by the bus bay.

Holiday Shop is coming and it is such a wonderful opportunity for students to get a chance to pick out and purchase gifts for their family and friends. Expect to receive a flyer this week with details. Official shop days will be 12/11-12/15, classes will come during the day and there will be an hour after school shopping for families on 12/13-12/15.

• 11/7: Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
• 12/1: Holiday Bake Off
• 12/11-12/13: Holiday Shop
• Stay tuned for Spirit Week 12/18-12/21
• No School on 12/22

The locally owned coffee cart will be in the south parking lot on Wednesday, 12/20. Please park, buy yourself a cup of coffee and say hi to us.