Pre-K and Kindergarten Family Fun Night

Friday night was a great night to be a Pre-K or Kindergarten Dragon. For the 5th consecutive year Kennedy Kindergarten and Pre-k teachers put on a Family Fun night for all the new dragons (Classes of 2024 and 2025). It is always great to see all the new faces having fun with the parents and teachers. A big thanks goes out to Jungle Jumpers in Winder for donating the bounce house; Apalachee JV cheerleaders for their face painting and cheers, Stephanie Waters and the rest of the PTO, Chris Greene of Liberty Mutual, and the Kennedy Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers and instructional assistants for putting on a great night. I also would like to thank all the parents and students who came out and had fun. It was a great time for all. Pictures coming soon!

2 weeks in and 2 new things

We have now been in school for 2 whole weeks. The students are doing a wonderful of learning the ropes and getting into the swing of things. Our teachers have done a great job of establishing rules and procedures to help students to make good choices that will help them to be ready, respectful, and responsible leaders. Our Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) program has also started and students are earning Dragon Dollars for being ready, respectful or responsible. We also had our first PBIS hero drawings with Alena, Preston, Ryan, Anijah, Tony, Scott and Sierra. Sierra was the Super Hero (Luck number 7) and gets her picture on the school website and name on the school Marquee. You can see the other Heroes pictures on the bulletin board outside the media center.
We also spent our first week in the book, 7 Habits of Happy Kids, by Sean Covey. Last week's habit was Be Proactive- You are in charge. We talked with our students about how they are in charge of their decisions each and every day. They choose to be ready by having their books and homework; they choose to be respectful by being quiet in the hall and listening to their teacher; and they choose to be responsible by completing their work and cleaning up after themselves. Being Proactive means that THEY make the choice to do right or wrong and no one can control themselves but themselves. The story talked about Sammy the Squirrel choosing to find his own fun. When he chose to make a present for his sick friend, he was no longer bored! The same hold true for KES students, they choose how their day is going to go. They are in charge of their choices! We hope parents can reinforce this at home. I know I am trying to do the same with my own personal children. That is me being proactive!!!

Title I information and Curriculum Night

Tonight is our annual Title I information and Curriculum night. This is a great opportunity for parents to learn about Title funding, our parental engagement plan, and the standards that your child will be learning this year. It is also a night to join PTO and purchase spirit wear. We hope to see you on this very important night.

Great Start to a New Year

On Monday, August 8th, Kennedy Elementary School welcomed 757 students into the building. It was so exciting to see all the new faces and to welcome back some very familiar faces. This year promises to be a fantastic year. We will continue to strive to be the best elementary school in Barrow County academically, but we are also really going to work on teaching our students skills to be leaders. Our goal at KES is to reach ALL students so they can be Ready, Respectful, and Responsible leaders in the future. This year, along with every grade level GPS, we will be teaching your children the 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey. These are an elementary version of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective people by Stephen Covey. We feel that if we can continue to teach our students the GPS and incorporate these 7 Habits, that we will reach our goal.
I am really looking forward to the 2011-2012, and I hope to see you in our school!