King Lion Tracks 🦁

• Inviting all past King Lions - Graduation Walk
  
• Kindergarten Bee Program
• Storytime
• Kids Heart Challenge - Wrap Up
• 2024-2025 School Year intent Form
• 2024-2025 classroom placements
• After School Enrichment List - 2024/2025
• King Lost and Found - updated pictures
• Parent survey
• Upcoming Events
• Save the date - King Continuation Ceremonies - May 20th

• PTA News:
• Chalk the Walk
• Teacher Appreciation Week - Let's Stock the Teacher's Lounge
• Teacher Appreciation Notes
• Panda Express Fundraiser NIght
  
• PTA is collecting gift cards
• King Shirt Order
• District News:
• D11 Summer Mental Health Program
• This Week in Sparta
• Middle School Football, Coronado Robotics Camp, Coronado Volleyball Camp, Doherty Cheer Camp, Coronado Basketball Flyer, Girl's Golf Flyers.
  
• Community News
• Girl Scouts
• Skate City Summer Pass
• Word of the Week
  
• Links

Kindergarten enjoyed a presentation all about bees.

Kindergarten enjoyed listening to Mrs. Duffy read a fun story in WIN time.

I want to personally thank our school community for making a lifesaving difference with this year’s Kids Heart Challenge in support of the American Heart Association. We learned how to move more, destress, be kind and help others! We also learned the lifelong lifesaving skill of Hands-Only CPR and how to spot a stroke F.A.S.T. Great Job, Heart Heroes! Our school created a team of lifesavers, and I couldn’t be prouder!

Kids Heart Challenge Results:.

• 24% of King’s students completed Finn's Mission and learned Hands Only CPR and the Signs of a Stroke.
• The King Community raised a total of $5,174 to help the American Heart Association's mission of helping those with special hearts.
• The whole school will get a Dress as a Heart Hero Day for reaching our goal of $5,000, and then passing it! Details coming soon for the Dress like a Heart Hero.

Mr. Poole

Please complete the following form (click on the button below), once per family. King would like you to communicate your intentions for next school year with us as soon as possible. If you know you will be moving and/or your child will not be returning to King next year, please let us know. This information assists King Elementary in planning for next year and maintaining accurate records. Thank you!

If you have a student entering preschool or kindergarten next year, please be sure to complete the enrollment process online - www.d11.org

If you have any questions, please call the office - 719-328-6000

Dear Parents/Guardians,

It is hard to believe that we are in the last quarter of this school year. Time has flown this year and your children have grown and learned so much! We can hardly believe that we are already thinking about and planning for next school year. One of the important pieces of this planning is our determining student placements and class groups for next year. We would like to take a moment to let you know the process we use.

In making class assignments, we use a number of criteria to guide our decisions. We work to meet the needs of all aspects of our students including social, emotional, and academics. We balance classes based on academics, gender, specific needs, relationships, and consideration of a child’s learning style. Our process includes classroom teachers, specials teachers, and other staff at King. We are very thoughtful in this process and ultimately work to create successful placements for each child at King.

While we do not take requests for specific teachers, we value you as a partner in the placement of your child. If there is information that is important in your child’s class placement that we should be aware of, you are encouraged to describe your child’s specific needs or considerations in a letter (or via email) to Mrs. Krueger (tammy.krueger@d11.org) by Tuesday April 30, 2024.

• Please talk about what your child needs in order to be successful. Give examples of how your child learns best.
  
• Please do not request (or unrequest) specific teachers by name in your letter.
• Please do not ask your child’s current classroom teacher to recommend a specific teacher for next year. This request puts teachers in an awkward position.
• Avoid the pitfalls of gossip; a teacher who was not a great match for your friend's child may be the perfect match for yours.
• Be open to possibilities, knowing that we take many factors that influence the classroom environment into consideration when placing students.

Thank you,

Tammy Krueger

King Principal

tammy.krueger@d11.org

King Community,

Starting Monday, April 22nd you may call the King Office at 328-6000 to reserve a spot for your student in the After-School Enrichment Program for the 24-24 school year. We have 40 spots. If those spots fill up, we will begin a waitlist. Please know requests for reservations will only be from Monday, April 22nd - Friday, May 10th. After this time period we will re-open for reservations and/or wait list on Monday, August 5th.

We have a lot of lost and found items looking for their owner.

We are collecting responses through 4/26. Please complete this King survey about school-to-family communication. Click the button below.

April 30: Band/Orchestra Concert

May 3: Popcorn Friday and King Spirit Day

May 6-10: is Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week supported by PTA

May 13: Last PTA Meeting @ 6pm in the mini gym

May 15: Panda Express Restaurant Night

May 17: Popcorn Friday and King Spirit Day

May 20: Kindergarten & 5th Grade Continuations

May 21: Last day of School for Students

King Elementary School's 5th grade and Kindergarten Continuations will be held on Monday May 20th.

8:15 AM Preschool & 5th Grade Learning Parade and High School Graduates walk the building

8:30 5th Grade Continuation

1:00 PM Preschool and K-4 Learning Parade

1:30 Kindergarten Continuation

King PTA is collecting gift cards for Tristan Rael's family. If you would like to donate, you can drop gift cards off at King in the PTA box which is located across from the office. Gift cards to support their immediate needs would be greatly appreciated. Suggestions are grocery stores, food delivery services, restaurants, etc.

Who’s ready for some summer fun!? Skate City cards are now available online for $5 per card and you can use them all summer long! For every card purchased, King Elementary will receive $2 back.

Click on the link below or scan the QR code to purchase your cards. Physical cards can then be picked up Skate City.

https://us.partywirks.com/.../skate.../520/inquiries/3926

Our Word of the Week is Determination. Determination means overcoming obstacles in order to reach a goal.

Click on the links below for more info. Due to having a new website, links on previous Lion Tracks will no longer work.

Please help King boost the 'Great Schools' rating, by leaving a positive review. We appreciate your support.

Click on the picture to go to the website.

Email: tammy.krueger@d11.org

Website: https://king.d11.org/

Location: 6110 Sapporo Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80918

phone: 719-328-6000

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