Cougar Paw Prints 2/25

Thank you for your continued support and for choosing Kellond every day. Time is flying and there are only two more weeks of the third quarter. We are still at a 93% attendance rate, with the goal of 95%. It is incredibly important that when able, students come to school everyday and on time. We have about 16 more days until the state test to keep our A rating.

The sooner you complete your 24/25 SY registration the better! Please go to https://parent.tusd1.org/ and register for Kellond by March 8th to secure your spot at Kellond.

Are you in need of a new emotional support water bottle? Grab one, or ten, from our fundraising website between now and March 8th and Kellond receives 10% of the order. Please follow the directions below.

• You'll have to sign your student up as a 'seller' and then use their seller id to make the purchase.
• Register the student at store.zagfundraising.com, choose Arizona and Kellond Elementary PTO. Enter student's information as 'seller' (uploading a photo is optional), click next to get your Seller ID.
• Using that ID number you can click "Online Store" at the top, input your seller ID in the Customers Field and start your shopping! You can also share your student's seller id with family and friends for them to get their own personalized water bottles!
• There's an option to have it mailed directly to you for a fee or it can be sent to the school for free and sent home with your student.
  

3rd quarter benchmarks start this week. We encourage you to speak to your student about the importance of trying their hardest on these assessments. This is a great opportunity for them to show what they know, and help us identify strengths and needs. Teachers are doing data chats with their students and developing personal goals. Please make sure they go to bed on time, get a good night's sleep, eat breakfast that morning, and come to school on time.

ELA: Tuesday, 2/27

Math: Thursday, 2/29

With Spring Break right around the corner, we are starting to plan for the big state test. It is very important that our students try their best on this test and show off everything they have learned. As you may know, their performance determines our state letter grade. Please find the balance of talking to your student about their performance while easing any test anxiety they might have. As always, make sure they go to bed on time, get a good night's sleep, eat breakfast that morning, and come to school on time.

T. 3/26: 5th grade Science Part 1

W. 3/27: 5th grade Science Part 2

TH. 3/28: 5th grade Science Part 3

T. 4/2: 3rd - 5th grade Writing

T. 4/9: 3rd - 5th grade ELA Part 1

TH. 4/11: 3rd - 5th grade ELA Part 2

T. 4/16: 3rd - 5th grade Math Part 1

TH. 4/18: 3rd - 5th grade Math Part 2

To give our students a little boost on the state test and let them know we are thinking of them, we are making good luck cards. Students will receive them on the first day of the ELA test, 4/9. We are encouraging parents/guardians to write a personalized message to your student to include on the card. We will have them in the front office if you would like to hand write the message yourself. Or, click here and fill out the form and we will write the message for you.

We continue to have adults parking illegally to drop off and pick up their students. This includes leaving their car in the fire lane, in the accessible spots, and even in the middle of the lane in the parking lot. Even though it may be inconvenient for you, you must park your car in a legal parking space. If you refuse to follow the parking regulations, and continue to leave your parked car in the fire lane or the accessible spots, or if you are hostile and aggressive to the staff when you are asked to move your illegally parked car, the consequences could range from your license plate getting reported to you being trespassed from the campus. I truly do not want to do that. So please please park legally.

We have so many items in the lost and found. Please stop by the cafeteria and have a look to see if any of them belong to your student. We will keep them until spring break and then they will be donated.

We are changing how the sock hop runs this year and we need help with the planning and setting up of various areas so that everything flows smoothly! We have volunteers for the day of to help running games, we need volunteers for the behind the scenes work! Please contact the PTO at kellondpto@gmail.com to sign up.

Areas of need are:

• GAMES (planning, building, arranging/setting-up)
  
• ADMISSIONS (strategizing a smooth admissions process to eliminate long lines to get in, helping man the admission tables)
  
• CAR SHOW (contacting car owners, organizing voting materials, arranging participants, planning the trophy)
  
• DECORATIONS (inside cafeteria/ out in courtyard decoration planning and set up)
  
• FOOD TRUCKS (contacting, planning where they'll set up and coordinating set up on the day of event)
  

• 3/4 - 3/7: Spirit Week
• M 3/4: Superhero Day
• T 3/5: Fav Book Character
• W 3/6: Career Day
• Th 3/7: Luck of the Irish - wear green/clovers/rainbows
• 3/7: PTO Meeting
• 3/8: Grading Day - No School
• 3/11 - 3/15: Spring Break
• 3/20: PD Day - No School
• 3/29: Spring Holiday - No School

The locally owned coffee cart will be in the south parking lot on Wednesday, 2/28. Please park, buy yourself a cup of coffee and say hi to us.