Friday News Flash

Klamath Falls City Schools October 22, 2021

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In this Issue

A Note from the Superintendent
KU DECA 18th Annual Will Love for Food Event
Family Fun - Nightmare at the Fair
Student's Corner
Assistance League Operation School Bell
District Music Events for October 2021
KUHS Pels Sports Schedule October 2021
Districtwide/All Schools Event Calendar October 2021
ERHS Family Strong Night
Interesting Tidbits & News
Attendance
Scholarships for Seniors
COVID-19 Updates
Useful Links
KFCS Board of Education

A Note from the Superintendent

Returning to school this year in the midst of the pandemic has brought out some new challenges for our staff and students. In person instruction is much more structured than remote learning and many staff and students are having a tough time adjusting mentally to the traditional setting. I recently heard a presentation on the stresses of returning to school in the pandemic and a few of the thoughts that were shared are listed below.

Some important steps to take in adjusting to the traditional instruction model are;

Get back in a routine; Set a daily schedule that allows time for a regular breakfast, study or preparation time and time for breaks. Getting a set routine will reduce the stress of your daily schedule.
Share concerns with our teachers, administrators or counselors; We have systems in place to provide help with any student or staff concerns. If you or someone you know who may be under stress / distress please share your concerns with a teacher, administrator or counselor. Working with each other we can all have a positive experience in the traditional instructional setting.
Stay flexible; We have learned working through the pandemic that change is inevitable. Having the knowledge that change will happen while we work through the pandemic and preparing to be flexible will reduce your stress toward change.
Connect with friends; Connecting with friends and sharing your life experiences is a very easy way to reduce stress and share your thoughts. You can connect with friends online, on the phone or in person. You may find stress relief by taking the time to write letters or even send a postcard.
Improve diet, physical activity and hygiene; Eating healthy, drinking fluids, walking and improving personal hygiene will reduce stress and improve energy levels to work through the stress of the pandemic.
Sleep; Make sure that you are getting sleep every night. When possible use the same bedtime and same wakeup time daily. A quality sleep schedule is paramount to being healthy and reducing stress.

We are doing an excellent job maintaining our mitigation strategies in the school setting for the pandemic by wearing masks, staying at safe distances and washing our hands. However; we must also focus on our physical and mental wellbeing. We want all of our staff and students to stay physically and mentally healthy while we work through the pandemic. Have a great weekend. Please rest, relax and rewind.

Every student, every day, whatever it takes!

Keith A. Brown

KU DECA 18th Annual Pet Food Drive - Tomorrow 10/23

October 23, 2021
9:30 AM to 2:30 PM

Sherm's Thunderbird ~ Petco ~ Coastal
Grocery Outlet ~ Grange Co-Op

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Oregon's Top High School Football Players

Recently, Scorebook Live named some of the top high school football players in the state of Oregon. Congratulations to our Klamath Union High School standouts!

Defensive Backs

Jaymus Dutra, 5-11, 170 Senior

Klamath Union's Dutra was a midseason JV callup as a sophomore and has started in the secondary since. He’s a key two-way contributor for the Pelicans this season after earning second-team all-Skyline honors at receiver and safety in the spring.

Offensive Linemen

Hayden Smith, 6-2, 300 Junior

A KU, first-team all-Skyline selection at center as a sophomore and the team’s most experienced lineman, coach Tom Smith’s son will be the anchor of a young position group. “He’s a force in the middle on both sides of the ball,” Tom Smith said.

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Assistance League Operation School Bell

In mid-October, the Klamath Home Learning Academy issued Operation School Bell vouchers to 15 K-5 students and 5 to students in grades 6-8.

Operation School Bell is a 28-year old program modeled after the National Assistance League program. It is their primary philanthropic program. The local organization provides new, school appropriate clothing and hygiene kits during the school year for about 900 children in grades K-12 in 39 Klamath Basin schools. Also, once a year, they provide copies of latest Caldecott and Newbery literary award winning books to elementary schools and county libraries. Our mission is to promote learning, school attendance and self-worth of children and families by providing new clothing.

The Assistance League works closely with the school counselors and administrators who reply upon our ability to provide children with clothing within a framework of sensitivity, respect, and confidentiality.

Public school professionals identify children in need and obtain parental permission for the child to receive clothes. They contact the organization with specific names and the members disburse the clothes through in-store shopping nights or by vouchers. Each student receives approximately $110-125 to spend on school appropriate clothes such as pants, shirts, shoes, underwear, and socks. In addition, Operation School Bell supplies students with handmade hats and scarves, and a hygiene kits of soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, hair brush and comb. Adults who feel their children are eligible should contact their local school for information.

The program services around 800 children throughout the school year. Most of the time, the selection criteria is based on the children who are eligible for the free lunch program, or have had trauma events (moved; sent to foster care or other relatives; their home destroyed by fire; or are homeless). Some children receive their clothes through four in-store shopping nights at the Klamath Falls Fred Meyer’s store at the start the school year in September or October. Assistance League volunteers organize the in-store shopping event with Fred Meyer employees. Others, mostly outlying schools, and the middle or high school students receive store certificates which they redeem at Fred Meyer’s within 30 days under supervision of Fred Meyer employees. High school seniors in need also receive help with graduation clothes.

District Music Events October 2021

Thursday, 10/28 7:00 PM - Ponderosa Band Oktoberfest Concert, Ponderosa Gym

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KU Pels Sports October 2021

Friday, 10/22 7:00 PM - KU Football vs. Henley @ Henley

Monday, 10/25 4:30 PM - KU Boys Soccer vs. Hidden Valley @ Hidden Valley

Monday 10/25 4:30 PM - KU Girls Soccer vs. Hidden Valley @ KU

Friday 10/29 7:00 PM - KU Football vs. Mazama @ KU

District-Wide/All Schools Event Calendar - Oct. 2021

Interesting Tidbits & News

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The Pelican Education Foundation, which supports the Klamath Falls City Schools through scholarships for graduating seniors and classroom grants for teachers how has a Facebook page. You can find them at Facebook.com/PelicanEducationFoundation and on ethe world wide web at www.pelicaneducationfoundation.com.

As you are thinking ahead to your 2021 taxes please consider making a donation to the Pelican Education Foundation. The tax code recognizes the valuable work that charitable organizations, such as scholarship foundations, do by allowing donors to deduct the value of their contributions. Making a contribution to the foundation is easily done by clicking HERE or by sending a check made payable to the Pelican Education Foundation and sent to:

Kevin Garrett, PEF President
c/o Klamath Falls City Schools
1335 Avalon Street
Klamath Falls, OR 97603

Every donation makes a POWERFUL difference!

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The district is fo very fortunate to have a number of individuals and organization who donate to our district and schools each and every month. We are grateful for donations received recently from these donors.

KUHS Science Department

Eva Lund - $80 Open reflecting telecope

KUHS Football Program
Klamath Basin Behavioral Health - $1,000
Raul A. Mirande, MD, PC - $500
Marion Mullin - $200
Ed Staub & Sons Petroleum - $250

KUHS Band Program
Mark & Karol Shafer of Bend - $500 and a silver trumpet

KUHS Girls Soccer Program
Rhine-Cross Group, LLC - $500

Upstage Design, LLC - $1,000
Powley Plumbing - $500

KUHS Volley Program

Linda Bennett - $30

Lisa Smith - $50

Rebecca Morehouse $20

Stagecoach Pizza/Donna & John Bocchi - $50

Pelican Elementary

Walmart - $193 in clothing for the student clothing closet

Conger Elementary

Subaru Loves Learning Adopt-a-Classroom - $3,000 to be used by six teachers (Ashley McPherson, Chris Klauder, Gian Christmas, Shellie Gaede, Maddie Elliott & Susan Bollinger) to purchase high quality instruction materials for their classrooms.

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PICTURE RETAKES

Roosevelt Elementary - October 25th

Pelican Elementary - October 28th

Conger Elementary - November 5th

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