🍎 January 6- School Resumes

🦌 January 13- KAS Board of Education Meeting 6PM

🧡 January 14- KMS PTO Meeting 4PM

🗓️ January 17- End of Marking Period 2 & STUDENT HALF DAY

🕺 January 17- KMS PTO Glow Dance (Details Below)

🧡 February 4- KMS PTO Meeting 4PM

🍎 February 10- Parent-Teacher Conference Week (Details to Come)

🦌 February 10- KAS Board of Education Meeting 6PM

☃️ February 14-17- No School/Mid-Winter Break

🗳️ We are excited to announce that the Kingsley Area Schools Board of Education intends to place a proposal authorizing the issuance of school bonds on the May 2025 ballot.

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🔗 Transparency and communication will be our highest priority as we move through this process. Use the link below to find updates, dates and times for informational event sessions, and more.

Staff and students at KMS will spend their first day back reviewing our school and classroom expectations as we discuss what it means to be a "STAG" at school. This will serve as a helpful reminder for everyone of what our common goals are and inspire us all to renew our commitment to displaying and celebrating the positive behaviors that make KMS a learning environment we can be proud of. Please take some time to discuss the expectations listed below with your child and encourage them to contribute to these shared goals as we return to school.

📱 This week we will begin Unit 3: Living With Technology. In this unit, students will learn about how technology impacts people. They will consider concepts relating to how technology has benefited people and consider criticisms about how it has changed our relationships to one another. Students will read a variety of texts and listen to and view media as they discuss the Essential Question for this unit: Is technology helpful or harmful in our lives?

📋 Selection Titles, Authors, Genres:

Whole Group Learning:

• from “Cinder” by Marissa Meyer (Science Fiction)

• “The Biometric Body” by Kathiann M. Kowalski (Informational Article)

• “Biometrics are Not Better” by Reuben Lorre (Argument)

Peer Group Learning:

• “Feathered Friend” by Arthur C. Clarke (Science Fiction)

• “The Microchip Implants That Let You Pay With Your Hand” by Katherine Latham (Feature Article)

• “Social Media Influencers Impact” Teens by Andrea Li (Argument)

Independent Learning:

Students choose one of the following to read.

• “7-Year-Old Girl Gets New Hand From 3-D Printer” by John Rogers (News Article)

• “High-Tech Backpacks Open World of Whales to Deaf Students” by Associated Press (News Article)

• “The Railway Train” by Emily Dickinson (Poetry)

• “The Engine” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Poetry)

• “The Internet of Things” by IBM Social Media (Media: Video)

📝 Students will complete performance tasks (argumentative essay, debate, project) as they work through the unit, building confidence in their ability to share insights through individual and collaborative tasks.

📖 Homework:

• 15-20 minutes of reading from a book of their choice.

• Work that students are unable to complete during class.

• Work that students miss when they are out of school for sickness, travel, etc.

• Retake Assignments

🔗 Check the log below to see what's coming up this week in math!

🌦️ I hope you had a restful and wonderful Christmas! This week in science we are starting the new year with our Weather and Water Unit. We will be exploring our local weather conditions. Students learn that weather occurs in the atmosphere and that the atmosphere is composed of air.

📊 We will collect data on atmospheric conditions such as temperature, atmospheric pressure, and humidity. We will use a particle model to compare a gas at standard pressure and a gas under increased pressure. Finally, students will be able to explain how experimental results provide evidence that air has mass.

☺️ Also, just an FYI, we will NOT be having a quiz this week.

🪵 ​This week, we will continue learning about land use around the world and explore how human activities impact the environment. Our discussions will focus on how using land and resources can lead to global issues like pollution and deforestation, as well as the steps people can take to protect and preserve the environment.

💯 Students will take a short, open-note quiz over these topics on Friday. Students will be encouraged to make sure their notes are up-to-date and complete! There will be no retake for this quiz and it will be the final major grade of the marking period.

📋 Students can access all lesson and study materials via Google Classroom any time. While students know that studying from their notes is ALWAYS the best way to prepare for quizzes, practice quizzes and games are also provided to mix things up!

🗓️ Exploratory Art 2 students are nearing the end of their time in the Art Studio. Be sure to check their PowerSchool for any assignments they have yet to turn in. Kids must turn in everything on or before January 9th in order to give me time to grade everything before the end of the Semester.

We’re turning down the lights and turning up the fun—get ready for our Glow Dance! This bright and exciting event is the perfect way for students to have a blast with their friends while dancing the night away.

Event Details:
• Date: January 17th
• Time: 6-8pm
• Location: KMS (main entrance)

With glowing decorations, great music, and lots of fun, this is an event your student won’t want to miss!

To make it all happen, we’re looking for a few volunteers to assist with setup, chaperoning, and cleanup. If you can lend a hand, please sign up below. Let’s make this a glowing success! We can’t wait to see everyone there!

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