King Lion Tracks 🦁

• Thank you for celebrating our staff last week!
• Dress Like a Heart Hero Day at King Elementary
• King Pride Celebration
• CMAS Celebrations
• 5th Grade Recognition/Continuation Ceremony Invite
• Inviting all past King Lions - Graduation Walk
• From the School Nurse
• International Nurse Day is May 12th
• Kids Summer Reading Program
• 2024-2025 School Year Intent Form
• After School Enrichment List - 2024/2025
• King Lost and Found - updated pictures
• Upcoming Events

• PTA News:
• PTA meeting 5/13 at 6 PM
• Panda Express Fundraiser NIght
• King Shirt Order
• District News:
• Middle School Football, Coronado Robotics Camp, Coronado Volleyball Camp, D11 Summer Mental Health Program, Doherty Cheer Camp, Coronado Basketball Flyer, Girl's Golf Flyers.
  

• Community News
• PPLD Summer Reading Program, Girl Scouts, Skate City Summer Pass
• Word of the Week
  
• Links

We are so grateful for our King community! Our PTA enlisted our families to treat us like royalty for staff appreciation. There was an amazing treat every day. The sidewalks were filled with awesome pictures and words of encouragement from the Chalk the Walk on Sunday. The lounge was stocked full with a rainbow table of snacks, we were served coffee from a coffee truck, fed breakfast and lunch, crumbl cookies and donuts, provided shoulder massages and given love notes and fun little presents every day! I'm sure I'm forgetting something! Thank you to our PTA and families for making our staff feel so special!

In celebration of our success during the Kids Heart Challenge, King Elementary will have a Dress Like Heart Hero Day on Thursday May 16th. All students are invited to dress like any Heart Hero.

Some Heart Hero ideas: Kids Heart Challenge Characters, Medical Professionals, Athletes, Physical Education Teachers, Fitness Enthusiasts, anyone engaged in a heart healthy physical activity (hiking, biking, etc).

Mr. Davis celebrated our King Pride members with pizza and homemade brownies!

April is a month filled with lots of opportunities to show what we know. Congratulations to all our students for giving their best effort on district and state tests. The King lions worked super hard during school testing and earned raffle tickets for their efforts. Thank you to our PTA for purchasing gift cards for the raffle.

Mrs. Bales's class & Mrs. Decker's class

Mrs. Spruill's class & Ms. DeVito's class

Medications and health care plans:

If your student currently has a health care plan and associated medications in the health office this school year you will be receiving a letter via email and backpack for pick up, along with the forms for next school year from the school RN. New permission forms and medical orders are required each school year. If your child is participating in the summer bridge program and has medications/plans please pick up the medication for delivery to the summer bridge school your child will be attending.

Please come to the health room, preferably on the last day of school, May 21, 2024, to pick up your student’s medication. An adult must pick up the medication; we cannot send it home with your student. You will be asked to sign for the medication(s) you are picking up. Any medications left after the last day of school will be discarded. We cannot store medications over the Summer.

Non-Medical Immunization Exemptions and TDAP for 6th grade:

Non-medical immunization exemptions are required to be completed annually no sooner than July 1 for the upcoming school year. Exemption forms can be found on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment website. Parents should review the exemption process as new requirements went into effect during the 2024-2025 school year.

Colorado law requires students who are entering sixth grade to receive a

tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap) vaccine before their first day of school. You will be receiving an email from the school RN with the Tdap requirements, as well as a letter in your 5th graders backpack.

The Tdap vaccine can prevent tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis. Tetanus enters the body

through cuts or wounds and cannot be spread from person to person. Diphtheria and pertussis

spread from person to person.

If you have any question please contact our School Nurse, Mrs. Cheryl Witzman cheryl.witzman@d11.org

Monday is International Nurses Day. We want to thank our nurse Cheryl Witzman and our health technicians, Victoria Ramos and Ellen Forcum for taking care of all of our health needs!

Have fun reading this summer! Save the bingo form and bring it back in August for a fun prize.

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

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 please stop by to check out our Lost & Found soon! Any remaining items after school is out will be donated!

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

May 15: Panda Express Restaurant Night

May 17: Last Popcorn Friday and King Spirit Day

May 20: Kindergarten & 5th Grade Continuations and Learning Parades

• 8:15 AM Preschool, 5th Grade Learning Parade and HS Grads walk the halls
• 8:30 5th Grade Continuation
• 1:00 PM Preschool, 2nd-4th grade Learning Parade
• 1:30 Kindergarten Continuation

May 21: Last day of School for Students

August 1: PTA popsicles on the playground 9-11am (KINDERGARTEN ONLY)

August 2: PTA popsicles on the playground 1-3pm (KINDERGARTEN ONLY)

August 12: First Day of School

King Elementary School's 5th grade and Kindergarten Continuation Ceremonies 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

Please join us in person or virtually for our last PTA meeting, Monday the 13 at 6 PM.

Join on your computer, mobile app or room device

Click here to join the meeting

Meeting ID: 290 025 506 414
Passcode: uxGWvH

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Don't miss May's PTA fundraiser night on May 15th.

Please note this event is for Kindergarten students and their caregivers ONLY.

King PTA is collecting gift cards for Tristan Rael's family until May 17th. 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.

PPLD Summer Reading Program

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 Positivity. Positivity means having a mental attitude that looks at things in a productive and constructive way.

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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.

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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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