Please read at home with your child! The research is clear... reading at home helps children become better readers. While we don't have any homework for our students in kindergarten through second grade, we expect all students to be reading at home on a regular/daily basis. Your efforts to read with your child and support their reading at home are greatly appreciated. Teachers have been talking about strategies to nurture our community of readers at KCS, and reading at home is part of that effort. Scroll below for more on this topic.

Smiles,

Karen Bubar,

Principal

kbubar@rsu21.net

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Looking for new gear to represent KCS... we have shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, and hats that you can purchase and part of the proceeds go to our school Wellness Team. Click here to check out our online store. Purchasing window closes on Jan 30th. Approximately two weeks later, we will have the items at school for distribution.

As a district, we pride ourselves in honoring the developmental needs of all students. To that end, we endeavor to provide regular opportunities for elementary students to experience movement and exercise throughout the day. Outdoor recess at elementary schools is one such opportunity that occurs on most days, which we value. Unfortunately, there are times throughout the year in New England where the weather conditions simply do not allow us to offer an outdoor recess that would be comfortable, safe or manageable for students and staff, and on those days children still experience recess, but it occurs indoors.

The conditions that generally cause us to opt for inside recess rather than taking the children outside include temperature with wind-chill, heat and humidity, and sleet, rain, hail or ice. When we are experiencing severe weather or limiting conditions, we continue to watch the weather throughout the day, and if those conditions change in time for recess, then we change our recess plans as appropriate. For that reason, on a given day, children in one grade may have indoor recess, while children in another grade may go outside for recess. Similarly, conditions (such as ice) on the playground at one school may be very different from conditions at a school on the other side of town or across the district on the same day.

All of our schools utilize the recommended National Weather Service indices for heat/humidity and wind chill. Administration at each building makes decisions related to such things as wind, rain, sleet, hail or ice. Generally, in Maine, when recess is cancelled, it is due to the cold. We utilize a “Real Feel” of 15 degrees as the cut off, which means that the real feel temperature must be 15 degrees or higher for students to go outside in the winter. For consistency, all schools utilize Acuweather.com to make those decisions.

Please, make sure to send your child to school ready for outside recess on all school days. Once we get snow on the playground, students will be limited to playing on the pavement if they do not have snow pants and boots to play in the snow. Some of our students are arriving at school without proper attire for the cold. If you need support with winter attire for your child, please contact our school counselor, Laura Smith, at lasmith@rsu21.net.

For more information on tips for building reading stamina at home, click here.

In an effort to be proactive and equip our KCS families for conversations with children around unexpected events, we are sharing this information with you. If you would like to discuss further, please reach out to our school counselor, Laura Smith, at lasmith@rsu21.net.

Fri, Jan 17th

8:30 am Friday Morning Meeting @KCS Gym

Mon, Jan 20th

NO SCHOOL

Fri, Jan 24th

8:30 am Friday Morning Meeting @KCS Gym

Mon, Jan 27th

6pm School Board of Directors meeting at Kennebunk Elementary School

Fri, Jan 31st

8:30 am Friday Morning Meeting @KCS Gym

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Call or Text 988 or 1-888-568-1112

Kennebunk

Tabetha Barden

207-604-1394

Arundel

Wendy Lank

207-985-4201 ext. 113

Kennebunkport

Alison Kenneway

207-967-4401

Kennebunk Chamber of Commerce

Laura Dolce

207-967-0857

English:

You have the right to an interpreter at no cost to you. If you would like to request an interpreter's assistance to communicate with our schools and teachers, all you need to do is ask. We will make sure interpretation services are arranged in advance of your meeting.

Burmese:

သင့်အတွက် အခကြေးငွေ မယူဘဲ စကားပြန်လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသည်။ ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏ကျောင်းများ၊ ဆရာများနှင့် ဆက်သွယ်ရန်အတွက် စကားပြန်တစ်ဦး၏အကူအညီကို သင်တောင်းဆိုလိုပါက၊ သင်လုပ်ဆောင်ရန်သာ လိုအပ်ပါသည်။ သင့်အစည်းအဝေးမတိုင်မီ ဘာသာပြန်ခြင်းဝန်ဆောင်မှုများကို သေချာစီစဉ်ပေးပါမည်။

Chinese:

您有权免费获得口译员服务。如果您想请求口译员协助与我们的学校和老师沟通，您只需提出请求即可。我们将确保在您的会议之前安排口译服务。

Gujarati:

તમને કોઈ પણ ખર્ચ વિના દુભાષિયાનો અધિકાર છે. જો તમે અમારી શાળાઓ અને શિક્ષકો સાથે વાતચીત કરવા માટે દુભાષિયાની સહાયની વિનંતી કરવા માંગતા હો, તો તમારે ફક્ત પૂછવાનું છે. અમે ખાતરી કરીશું કે તમારી મીટિંગ પહેલા અર્થઘટન સેવાઓ ગોઠવવામાં આવી છે.

Japanese:

あなたには無料で通訳を雇う権利があります。学校や教師とのコミュニケーションのために通訳のサポートをリクエストしたい場合は、リクエストするだけです。会議の前に通訳サービスを手配いたします。

Portuguese:

Você tem direito a um intérprete sem nenhum custo para você. Se desejar solicitar a assistência de um intérprete para se comunicar com nossas escolas e professores, basta solicitar. Garantiremos que os serviços de interpretação sejam organizados antes da sua reunião.

Russian:

Вы имеете право на бесплатного переводчика. Если вы хотите попросить помощи переводчика для общения с нашими школами и учителями, все, что вам нужно сделать, это попросить. Мы позаботимся о том, чтобы услуги устного перевода были организованы перед вашей встречей.

Spanish:

Tiene derecho a un intérprete sin costo alguno para usted. Si desea solicitar la asistencia de un intérprete para comunicarse con nuestras escuelas y maestros, todo lo que necesita hacer es preguntar. Nos aseguraremos de que los servicios de interpretación se organicen antes de su reunión.

Ukrainian:

Ви маєте право на безкоштовний перекладач. Якщо ви хочете попросити допомоги перекладача для спілкування з нашими школами та вчителями, все, що вам потрібно зробити, це попросити. Ми подбаємо про те, щоб послуги усного перекладу були організовані заздалегідь до вашої зустрічі.

Vietnamese:

Bạn có quyền có một thông dịch viên miễn phí. Nếu bạn muốn yêu cầu sự trợ giúp của thông dịch viên để giao tiếp với trường học và giáo viên của chúng tôi, tất cả những gì bạn cần làm là yêu cầu. Chúng tôi sẽ đảm bảo sắp xếp dịch vụ phiên dịch trước cuộc gặp của bạn.