King Lion Tracks 🦁

• Monday 11/18: No School for staff professional development
• Wednesday 11/20- Picture Retakes and Skate City PJ Night 5-7
• Thursday 11/21-Thanksgiving lunch

• Veteran's Day Pictures
• APEX Fundraiser
• 2nd & 3rd Grade Veteran's Day vocal concert
• PTA Fall Festival Scarecrow Contest Winners

• Winter Clothing Drive
• Popcorn Fridays

• New door alarms at King
• Buddy Bench Donations
• Lost & Found
• Attendance Goal
• Heath room needs
• Crossing guards needed
• Mental Health Support for students and families
• District News
• D11 Family Literacy Program
• Links

No School for students Monday November 18 for staff professional development.

Lifetouch has rescheduled picture re-take day to Nov 20.

Please join us for Thanksgiving Lunch on November 21st.

We hope we have your RSVP. If not, please click on the link below to let us know you plan to attend.

Lunch Times:

Kindergarten & 1st grade: 11:30 - 11:50

2nd grade & 3rd grade: 11:50 - 12:10

4th grade: 12:10 - 12:30

5th grade: 12:30 -12:50

Our King Lions were able to celebrate the men and women who have served or are currently serving in one of our military branches.

We had a blast at our Apex Fun Run! All the students did such an incredible job! Way to go, King Lions!

Please remember that pledging is open until Wednesday, November 20th! Let’s keep working to reach our goal! Thank you for your support.

A heartfelt thank you to Ms. Liske and our second and third grade students for putting on a beautiful Veterans Day concert last Tuesday! Your performances were truly inspiring.

A big Thank you to King PTA for a wonderful fall festival. Our King Lions had so much fun.

The votes have been tallied! Here are the results for the Fall Festival Scarecrow Contest:

1st Place: Ms. Kathy's Preschool classes with their "Elsa" Scarecrow

2nd Place: Mrs. Bales 2nd Grade class with "Scarecrow for President"

3rd Place: Mrs. Abbott's Kindergarten class with "World's Worst Scarecrow"

Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone who participated. We had some amazing scarecrows this year!

November 18: No Students

November 20: Skate City PJ night 5-7pm

November 21: Thanksgiving Lunch

November 25-29: Thanksgiving Break

December 23-31: Winter Break

January 1-6: Winter Break

January 7: Students Return

January 20: Martin Luther King Day - No School

Future Popcorn Friday Dates - Dec 6 and 20

Door alarms are being installed on outside hallway doors (with the exception of the front doors that are always locked) in all elementary schools. Our alarms have been installed. Starting 11/4, these doors will alarm us if they are opened during the school day without a staff member disarming them. We ask that you always enter and exit through the main doors.

A buddy bench is a special place where students can sit if they’re feeling lonely or need a friend. It promotes kindness, inclusion, and friendship among students. Mr. Abbott, husband of Mrs. Abbott, is building a special buddy bench for the King playground and we are dedicating this special bench to Tristan Rael, a student that tragically passed away last year. We want to give our families and community members who are interested an opportunity to help purchase materials for our buddy bench. There is no obligation to donate but if you are interested in donating there is a link below. If we collect more than we need to purchase materials we will use those additional funds to buy additional playground equipment for our students.

How You Can Help:

• Donate: Any amount helps! Every contribution brings us closer to our goal.
• Spread the Word: Share this message with friends and family.

Families, it is typically this time of year that we start to see items collecting in our Lost & Found. With the weather getting cooler, we want to ensure students have their jackets, gloves, and hats! As you can see, there are a number of items needing to find their owner! Please feel free to stop in and check out our Lost & Found. One thing to note, we donate all items that are left in our Lost & Found twice a year! Our first donation of items happens over winter break and then we will donate again at the beginning of summer break!

We're climbing towards reaching our goal of 95% attendance. Our next goal is to spell SCHOOL by having 94% or higher attendance for six days. When we reach our new goal students will get to enjoy pajama day. Our goal is 95% because we understand that there will be absences for illness and emergencies. We are hoping that outside of illnesses and emergencies all students will be attendance.

Our Health room could use some clothing donations. Specifically, we could really use some size 10-14 pants, shirts, and jackets and boys K-1 clothes.

If you or a family member are looking for help with mental health or substance use, Care Solace can help you quickly find treatment options matched to your needs regardless of the circumstance. Care Solace is a complimentary and confidential service provided to students, staff, and their families by Colorado Springs School District 11. Care Solace’s team is available 24/7/365 and can support you in any language.

If you would like to use Care Solace to help you find a provider:

· Call 888-515-0595 available 24/7/365

• Visit www.caresolace.com/d11 and either search on your own OR click “Book Appointment” for assistance by video chat, email, or phone.

Optional Disclaimer:
Information on individual treatment providers was gathered by Care Solace based on criteria such as geographic proximity, whether the provider accepts the authorized user’s insurance, and whether the provider is accepting new patients. The school district does not recommend, endorse, promote, or refer to any of the individual treatment providers.

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Kindergarten-5th Grade

7:20 Breakfast served. Please arrive before breakfast doors shut at 7:45.

7:35 Teachers on outside duty. Unless eating breakfast, students should not arrive until 7:35

7:45 First Bell - All students enter classrooms.

Students entering the building after 7:45 need to enter through the front entrance.

7:50 Learning Begins. Students are counted as tardy after the 7:50 bell.

2:50 Dismissal

Preschool

AM 7:50-10:20 Tuesday-Friday: (2.5 hours, totaling 10 hours per week)

PM 11:50-2:50 Monday-Friday: (3 hours, totaling 15 hours per week)

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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