King's Highway Weekly Newsletter

Good morning Parents and Guardians!

Hopefully, we can look forward to higher temperatures this week after freezing so much throughout last week. I'm sure the kids had a blast playing in the snow and making the best of the wintry white leftovers this weekend.

After seeing and hearing from some teachers, I must say that, the FID day on Friday went much smoother than the first. I am pleased that so many students were engaged on Zoom with their teachers and classmates. I appreciate your diligence to ensure that students were online, even through using other devices that suited students better than the Chromebooks for Zoom. It is encouraging for me to hear the positive information. For those of you who may have had difficulty with the Chromebooks or anything that may have contributed to your child being unable to get online for class, please let me know so we can troubleshoot the issues in case we have another FID day in the future.

For the remainder of the month of January, we will be conducting our mid-year assessments for reading and math. As such, we definitely want our students to show improvement from the beginning of the year. In order for them to show the improvement is based on their attention and focus on the assessments; doing their absolute best! While we will be encouraging them to work hard and staying focused, I am asking that you have the conversation with them to emphasize the importance of them doing their absolute best and giving it their all. I do appreciate your efforts and I know that the teachers will also.

**SPIRIT WEEK has been extended for two days due to the weather.**

MONDAY = 70'S day

TUESDAY = KHS Spirit Gear

Kind regards,

Dr. Miles

Parents and Guardians,

Please note the information for our CASD Science Showcase:

• Date: Saturday 2/3 (snow date is 2/10)

• Time: 10:00 AM -12:00 PM

• Location: CASH cafeteria

All families are invited to walk through the cafeteria to view projects. Students who will be moving on to the CCSRC will be given an opportunity to make presentations to adult volunteers who will provide feedback. Interested students in grade 3 may also make a presentation. Projects in grades K-2 will be on display only.

We hope to see you there to support our students showcase their projects.

We are extremely proud of our Super Spellers of King's Highway! Their amazing perseverance and confidence was strong enough to earn the most points to be awarded the trophy. Once again, here are the students who attended represented King's Highway in total:

Third Grade: 1st: Ben Zittle, 2nd: Taranjeet Badh, 3rd: Julien Johnson

Fourth Grade: 1st: Crystal Zony, 2nd: Hazel Kozak, 3rd: Brandon Uhler

Fifth Grade: 1st: Aiden Parlett, 2nd: Chase Carter, 3rd: Heaven Harvison

The results of the spelling bee for King's Highway were as follows:

3rd grade: 1st place: Ben Zittle, 2nd place: Taranjeet Bahd

4th grade: 3rd place: Hazel Kozak

5th grade: Aiden Parlett (a top 5th grade speller)

Congratulations Ben, Taranjeet, Hazel and Aiden!! Way to go!!

1/8-1/26 Acadience Math and Spring Math

1/17 Shining Star Assembly/PTO PBIS Fun Day (Postponed-more info to come)

1/22-1/26 Acadience Reading testing

1/22 PTO Meeting 5:00p.m.

1/29-2/2 IXL Diagnostic

Each month at King's Highway, we do our best to openly acknowledge students who go above and beyond to meet the school expectations of PRIDE (Positivity, Respectful, Inclusive, Dependable, and Engaged). We do this through a Shining Star assembly where teachers award 1-2 or 3 students who have allowed their lights to shine brightly throughout the month.

Our next Shining Star assembly has been postponed and you will receive more information soon.

We are a wonderfully quaint elementary school settled in the CASD. In alignment to the District, our mission is rich in diversity and committed to excellence, is to create innovative educational experiences which are funded by the taxpayers, supported by the community, delivered by dedicated teachers and administrators, to ensure all students will become responsible, contributing global citizens.

Our King's Highway family strives to sustain a safe, respectful, inclusive and engaging environment where all students' and staff embrace academic, social, and emotional growth. Our P.R.I.D.E. is that all members of our learning community are strongly encouraged to be POSITIVE, RESPECTFUL, INCLUSIVE, DEPENDABLE, AND ENGAGED.

Email: milesb@casdschools.org
Website: https://www.casdschools.org/kingshighway
Location: 841 West Kings Highway, Coatesville, PA, USA
Phone: 610-383-3775
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coatesvilleSD/