Knox Newsletter
Welcome Back to School! We are off to a great start this school year. During the month of August, students got to participate in Club Sign Up Day and parents got to join us for Back to School Night. We have so many clubs at Knox. They include: Gardening, Pop Culture, Circle Leaders, Bulldog Buddies, Art, Chess, Tech Deck, ASB, Musical Theater, Book Club, Ballet Folklorico and many more.
Attendance:
Great job to all of our students that have been working on clearing their absences during the weekend. As a reminder, End of Year activities are LOP events. Students need to clear their absences and tardies in Saturday School.
This year we have a reduction in office staff. Parents must report absences online through our Knox website. If you need to pick up your student from school for an appointment, please call ahead of time.
Promotion:
Save the date- May 27th at 4:30 pm (arrival and doors open) at Lincoln
Criteria coming soon for 8th grade students
Please see below for some more of our awesome activities from August at Knox.
Follow us on Instagram:
@knox_middle
Please take some time to click on all of the links and to read the information below.
Teacher Professional Learning:
Our teachers are starting their Action Research Projects related to Standards-based grading and learning. Our teachers work as teams to implement strategies for student reflections on learning, goal setting, progress tracking and more. Knox is on the path to being a Level 4 certified Marzano High-Reliability School.
Knox is the only school in SDUSD that is certified as a High Reliability Level 1,2, and 3 school.
Learn more about Marzano and high reliability schools here.
Student Incentives:
- Students that complete 4 articles in Achieve 3000 each month are entered into a raffle for a burrito
- 4 students each month with responsible attendance will win Belmont Park tickets.
- +MVMNT student of the month (6,7,8) get gift cards and sport equipment
- Brag tag party of the month- each teacher selects a student exhibiting the theme of the month and they are invited to a party. This month's theme for September is: Perseverance. "You Matter and You Have Power Over Your Choices"
Please also mark your calendar for these important events in September:
Looking Forward:
- 9/2 - Labor Day- School is closed
- 9/12- ELAC information meeting- 8:15-9:05
- 9/20- P1 grading period ends
- 9/25- LOP list published
- 9/25- Paws Dogs visit classrooms
- 9/27- +MVMNT Fun Friday at lunch
Minimum Days-
- 9/5
- 9/12
- 9/19
- 9/26
1:40pm dismissal
Tutoring in room 202-1:45-2:45
No late bus
Students are encouraged to attend if they needed additional support with assignments. Please continue to check Power School. The progress reporting period ends at the end of the month.
Saturday School:
- 8/31
- 9/7
- 9/14
- 9/21
- 9/28
- Clears 4 tardies
- Clears 1 full day absences
- 8:00-12:00
LOP: Loss of Privileges
- Students must have no more than 10 tardies in the grading period
- No more than 2 absences
- Citizenship of at least 2.0
- No serious behaviors or suspensions
- Students on the LOP list may not participate in sports teams, dances, Pep Rallies, Fun Fridays, clubs, end of the year activities, certain field trips, etc.
- Students may appeal for 1 activity each year
Primetime Enrollment:
Site Coordinator | Knox Middle School
(619) 494-8652
1098 S. 49th St.
San Diego, CA 92113
Sincerely,
Principal Potter, AP Hirsch, and the Knox team.
