Know a graduating Senior? They can get $2,000 towards college from the Kilgour PTA!
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.
Tickets are still available for upcoming Great Gatherings!
1/21: Burn and Brunch! - 31 spots available
2/9: Valentines Snack 'N' Paint with Ms. McMullen (3rd-6th grade students only) - 16 spots available
2/22: Mom's Night Out Pilates Class - 6 spots available
Click here 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!
Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS)
What is PBIS?
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based three-tiered framework for improving and integrating all of the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day. It is a way to support everyone — especially students with disabilities — to create the kinds of schools where all students are successful.
Kilgour has a PBIS team that meets monthly. Team members are :
Erin Hans - KDG/ Parent
Sarah McKay - Gifted
Robert Cheney - 1st Grade/Building Rep.
Michelle Lisch - 2nd Grade
Stacy Lunn - School Psychologist
Sara Kindle - Reading Intervention
Tommy Barker - 4th Grade
Stephanie Bisher - 6th Grade/ Parent
Sarah Hellmann - School Social Worker
Brandon Parks - ALC
Ravine Park - 3rd Grade
Joseph O’Flynn - Specialist
Laura McMullen - Specialist
John Linser-Wilder - Intervention Specialist
Shelley Stein - Vice Principal
Angela Cook Frazier, Principal
Lauren Alexander - Parent
School Expectations
Kilgour is a Responsive Classroom school and we use the following expectations: We Take Care of Ourselves, Others, and the Environment. We worked as a staff to create this Matrix to identify desired behaviors in specific schoolwide locations. Teachers are currently reviewing these expectations with students as we start the second semester. Please take a moment to review Kilgour’s expectations with your child.
Council on Child Abuse (COCA)
This winter, our students will participate in child abuse and bullying awareness workshops facilitated by trained staff from the Council on Child Abuse of Southern Ohio (COCA). Kindergarten through second grade will receive the child abuse workshop and third through sixth will receive the bullying awareness workshop. COCA will be onsite January 17-19, 2024. If you have questions or concerns about the content of COCA’s presentations, please visit the FAQ page of their website at www.cocachild.org.
All students will participate in this program unless they have a written form indicating that you do not give permission. If you have additional questions, please call Shelby Smith (Program Assistant) at the Council on Child Abuse at (513) 684-7976.
High School Lottery Application
CPS has simplified the lottery process. Magnet and high school lotteries now have only one extended application period. You may designate up to three school preferences. All applications submitted during the application period will be processed in a computerized random order. Applications are not processed in a first-come-first-served order. Prioritization is given to applicants based on established board policies to ensure each student has an equitable chance of being assigned to first-choice schools.
Additional information and the Lottery Application can be found here.
Questions about the Lottery process?
- Contact the CPS Customer Care Center at 513-363-0123 or CPSHelp@cpsboe.k12.oh.us
- Please note the Customer Care Center accepts calls from 8:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. during normal operating days. Approximately six weeks after the lotteries close, CPS will notify you of your child's placement and provide registration instructions.
Champions Update
Kilgour will be closed Jan. 26 for a professional development day. Champions will be open and running a full day program. There is a sign up sheet on the parent table. Champions still need a few more students signed up to be able to run the program! The cost is $39.00 per child and will be from 7am - 6pm.
Summer camp enrollment is open! Families should be able to sign up through the portal. We cannot wait for all the summer fun and field trips!
Kilgour and Champions will be closed Feb 12th and 19th.
Kilgour Elementary School
Email: watsoty@cpsboe.k12.oh.us
Website: https://www.cps-k12.org/kilgour
Location: 1339 Herschel Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone: 513.363.3000