Hump Day Happenings

This newsletter is a weekly publication available every Wednesday to our Kilgour community. If you have information to share with our school community, including upcoming events and activities please email details to RC1 by 4pm on Mondays.

Friday, February 2nd, 2024

6:30-8:30p

Kilgour Cafeteria

$1 per Bingo card

Pre-order pizza for the Family using the link below

https://forms.gle/b81cJ8FPPffW6Cev7

The 6th Grade Classes are selling LaRosa's Pizza for Bingo Night! Whole pies are available for pre-order via the link above. Please Venmo your payment with your name, number of pizzas and type in the message line to @kilgourpta.

ORDERS MUST BE PLACED BY NOON ON FRIDAY 2/2

Pizza by the slice will be available at the event while supplies last.

Our fundraising is going strong! We've reached our stretch goal with 2 full days remaining until the Glow Run. Our Boosterthon friends have been here with us daily pumping up the students and teachers. They've started the day with a dance party welcome to school, did morning announcements, delivered prizes, reordered MORE prizes because the kiddos have been doing so well with fundraising, entertained the students during lunch, and even taken a pie or 2... maybe 3 to the face!

Thank you all for the amazing support. Please keep the momentum going! Join us in the Kilgour gym during your student's specials time to cheer them on as they run 35 laps to complete their fundraising. We ask that families join during their students time only and must remain in the bleachers. You can take pictures, cheer and dance to the DJ all from the bleachers this Friday, 2/2.

In preparation for the 2024-2025 school year, your assistance is greatly appreciated in advising our school team of your plans for the 2024-2025 year. Click the link below to share the information we need to start planning for next school year.

Kilgour 2024-2025 Intent Form

We understand that plans may change, however this data is being collected to assist with Budget & Staffing preparations for next school year. The information helps to determine Teacher & Para allocations for the upcoming year.

The Kilgour PTA Alumni Scholarship Committee is accepting applications for the $2,000 scholarship given by the Kilgour PTA to a deserving high school senior. The recipient must have attended Kilgour Elementary for at least 3 years and graduated from 6th grade at Kilgour. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of community involvement and demonstrated leadership skills.

The application is available at HERE.

The deadline is March 15.

If you have any questions, e-mail Ryan Wenstrup-Moore, PTA Scholarship Committee Chair, scholarship@kilgourpta.org.

We are so excited to bring back Kilgour's Multicultural Fair! Are you available on May 3, 2024 to spend the day at school sharing your heritage with our students? If so, let us know by filling out the form using the link below.

Count Me In for the Multicultural Fair

2/9: Valentines Snack 'N' Paint with Ms. McMullen (3rd-6th grade students only) - 14 spots available

2/22: Mom's Night Out Pilates Class - 1 spot available

Click the images below for more information and to purchase your ticket to these fun events!

Still thinking about planning a Great Gathering? No problem! You can still plan and throw a Great Gathering this school year by filling out the Great Gatherings Planning Form. No idea is too big or too small!

This spring, Kilgour Sports Boosters will offer league competition for Baseball, Softball, Track and Field, and Soccer.

Volleyball will be a practice only option again for Spring 2024 with a return to league competition in the fall. Spring practices will be held by grade level 1 night/week in the Kilgour gym. The goals for spring practice will be continued skill development in a clinic style practice while reducing the schedule commitments and overlap with other spring sports offered by KSB.

Check out Kilgour Sports Boosters' website for registration links, contact info should you have questions and additional information for each sport: www.kilgoursports.org.

Direct Registration links for each sport are Below:

• Baseball and Softball: https://kilgoursports.sportngin.com/register/form/884589175
• Soccer: https://kilgoursports.sportngin.com/register/form/355270151
• Track: https://kilgoursports.sportngin.com/register/form/276201629
• Volleyball: https://kilgoursports.sportngin.com/register/form/769570413

Can you believe that the Mighty Mustangs basketball players are down to the final month or so of their hoop seasons? Good news for you, there's still time to catch some games. Come out this weekend to show your support! Games @ Kilgour will start at 9a with the final tip at 5p on Saturday, 2/2. Action on Sunday gets underway at 9a with the final tip happening at 2p. Come early, stay late, cheer loud!

Saturday's Full Game Schedule
Sunday's Full Game Schedule

Pony League will consist of two (1) hour sessions on Friday evenings in the Kilgour Gym from 5:00-7:00pm. The first hour will be for the girls and second hour for the boys. There will be no other weekday practices or weekend games. The sessions started January 5th and will run through Feb 23rd. The sessions will not be held on days where kids do not have classes.

Parent support is required for the success of the program. We need volunteer coaches. Advanced preparation is not required as we already have a successful format – you only need to show up and help for one hour. Coaching & basketball experience are also not required but helpful.

Should you have any questions, please send email to Andrew Derksen @ arderksen@gmail.com.

Note: Our Basketball Coordinator, Andrew Derksen is working through the logistics of a makeup date for the cancellation due to the snow day on 1/19. Details will be shared with families when they are confirmed.

Kilgour will continue our partnership with Proscan Chess in Schools from the Chris Collinsworth Foundation to bring Chess club to our school. Proscan has provided us with a new instructor, Alan Kindred. Mr. Kindred will hold Chess club twice a week on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4pm - 5pm starting on 2/7 and 2/8. Chess club will be held after school in the library. Each day will be open to 15 scholars.

Parents, please complete the interest form here.

Girls on the Run is the nation’s leader in girl programing that focuses on the whole girl: mind, body,

spirit. Register your 3rd-5th grade girl for a season of learning important skills, setting and achieving goals and starting healthy habits for life.

Girls on the Run focuses on the important things. We focus on more than running. This is not a

running club. We focus on unleashing confidence and kindness in ALL girls.

Registration dates: January 29 – February 7; lottery run on February 9

Season dates: February 19 – May 11

Registration link: https://www.pinwheel.us/register/index/GOTRGC-S24-program

Each participant receives 20 inspiring, fun lessons from GOTR's research-based curriculum, healthy snacks at every lesson, a program shirt, entry into the 5K with finisher's medal...and new-found confidence to take on the world! Programming at Kilgour will be facilitated by Kelly Egan with the assistance of parent volunteers. GOTR will meet T/Th 3:45-5p.

Kilgour and Champions will be closed February 12th and 19th.

SUMMER CAMP ENROLLMENT IS OPEN!

There is information on the parent table. You are able to sign up online in your parent portal. Join in on all the fun field trips, activities and special guests! We can't wait to spend the Summer with you.

Summer camp flyers will be in children's backpacks and on the parent table this week! Please keep an eye out for them.

If we get so many people to sign up for Summer camp before the end of February, the kids will win an ice cream party!

Important Reminder - Champions closes promptly at 6:15pm. If you are going to be late picking up, please text or call. Late pick up fee is $10.00.

Wednesday, February 7th ALL DAY, Kilgour is partnering with Fusian in Hyde Park located at 3780 Paxton Avenue.

10% of all Kilgour sales will come back to the school. Show the flyer or mention when ordering.

There are also options to order ahead for pickup, curbside or delivery! Woo hoo!!!

Time for a night at Freddy's on February 27th (4pm - 8pm).

Kilgour families can dine with Freddy's and 15% of Kilgour sales will go back to our school.

Dine in store with Freddy's located at 3939 Red Bank Road - you can also order online and via the mobile app.

• 2/12 - NO SCHOOL
• 2/19 - NO SCHOOL (President's Day)
• 2/26 - One Book, One School Kickoff
• 3/8 - Kindergarten Round-up, Spring Book Fair starts, annual Spaghetti Dinner
• 3/18 Math + Science Night w/ the CPS Science Dept. & our partners at Mathnasium

Equipping, enriching and elevating the 21st century learner. Serving grades K-6. We are #KilgourStrong

Email: watsoty@cpsboe.k12.oh.us
Website: https://www.cps-k12.org/kilgour
Location: 1339 Herschel Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone: 513.363.3000