Activities Update for Thu, Jan. 18 -
* JV/Varsity girls wrestling at Dallas Center-Grimes has been rescheduled to tomorrow (Fri, Jan. 19).
* JV/Varsity boys swimming at Indianola has been cancelled.
* 8/7 boys basketball against Chariton has been rescheduled to Fri, Feb. 16.
* JV/Varsity boys wrestling against Chariton, E-B-F, and Centerville has been cancelled.
Practices tonight can occur after school, but will be finished no later than 530 PM.
KCSD closed Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024 due to wind chill warning. Buses will run hard-surface only routes Wednesday-Friday this week.
Activities Update for Fri, Jan. 12 and Sat, Jan. 13 -
* JV/Varsity girls/boys bowling against Sigourney will now be Fri, Jan. 19 at Statesmen Lanes in Oskaloosa at 200 PM.
* JV boys wrestling tournament at Centerville has been cancelled.
* High School girls/boys basketball against Clarke (and Panthers v. Cancer) will now be Mon, Jan. 22.
* JV/Varsity girls wrestling at Pella has been cancelled.
* Varsity boys wrestling at Centerville has been cancelled.
KCSD will be closed Friday, January 12 due to a blizzard warning. No activities.
Reminder: No school Monday, January 15 for students due to staff professional development.
The start times of high school girls and boys basketball games tonight at Pella Christian have been moved up.
@ Pella Christian Grade School
4:00 PM: JV1 boys
Then: JV2 boys
@ Pella Christian High School
4:00 PM: JV1 girls
Then (appx. 5:15 PM): Varsity girls
Then (appx. 6:45 PM): Varsity boys
No school on Wednesday, January 10.
KCSD will be closed Tues. January 9, 2024 due to weather. No activities.
On December 19th, during the Knoxville at Pella basketball games, Pella will be hosting a toy drive to support Crossroads of Pella and their Toy Shelf program. This program benefits children in need throughout all of Marion County.
Students learned about effacement and dilation during labor today by giving birth to ping pong balls 😆
We had a small group of students attend the Jostens Leadership Conference yesterday at Ballard High School. The students learned a lot from the motivational speaker Dustin Galyon. We hope to implement some of the strategies and ideas we learned with our entire school.
Thank you to the Iowa College Access Network (ICAN) and Eric Danielson for coming to speak with our Junior and Senior families about Financial Aid Planning on Wednesday night. If you were unable to attend or have questions about the financial aid process, please reach out to one of your school counselors.
On October 25th, the Knoxville FFA hosted a blood drive. We collected 26 units, which has the potential to save 78 lives! Thank you to everyone who came in to donate!
Students looked at the roles and responsibilities of parents. With that they analyzed what age is the best age to become a parent. We had a range from age 24-33. As a class they explained why it is harder to become a parent as a teen or in 40s or older. They also explained the benefits for become a parent in mid 20s & early 30s.
On November 1-3, 10 Knoxville FFA members attended the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. During their time at convention, members had the opportunity to listen to an inspirational speaker, attend workshops, tour local businesses in the Indianapolis area, and go to a career and college show. Members were able to create memories and meet new people!
2nd Annual KHS Trunk or Treat! Come out on Friday Oct. 27th to the 2nd Annual KHS Trunk or Treat event from 5-7pm. Please park in the East lot off of Park Lane and enter by the KCSD District Office. You will then be directed to the booths and exit out the east doors back to the parking lot! We are excited to see you all there in your costumes! Questions please contact student.senate@kcsd.k12.ia.us
Go Panthers 💛
The Transition Conference will be held in person at Knoxville High School and is open to students with an IEP or 504 plan in grades 9-12 and their parents. The Transition Fair will provide the opportunity to meet with various community agencies and learn about resources that will help prepare them for their transition to adulthood.
Today the agriculture students had the opportunity to teach the 2nd graders about topics in agriculture for our PALS program! They did a phenomenal job interacting with their 2nd grade pals.
Fall conferences are coming to KHS and this year we wanted to try something a little different. Communication between parents and teachers happen almost every single day, which makes many parents find high school conferences unnecessary. So this fall we would like to cordially invite you to our first ever Parent EdCamp on November 1st and 2nd and become the student for the evening. During this time you can experience some of the amazing things we have going on at KHS! Please check out the following links to see the schedule of sessions available, and then schedule yourself into the ones you want to learn more about. For more information on our Fall Conference/Parent EdCamp, please refer to the email that was sent on October 20th. Also, you will find descriptions for the sessions on the Sign-up Genius link. Hope to see you there!
Session Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JOL5OFg6bs__mvmvm31JC1ByqRbo17PQpZh8oVUyEqQ/edit?usp=sharing
Sign-up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A4CACAF22A4F58-45387836-2023#/
Pretty special night of 🏐 @khs_panthers tonight.
Honored 7 awesome senior managers and players 🙌 👏
Conference Champions and undefeated in league play 💪🔥
Ella Breazeale recognized for her 500th career kill! 🚨🚨
Brittany Bacorn recognized for her 1000th career kill, 1000th career dig, 1000th career assist!!! ONLY PLAYER IN SCHOOL HISTORY TO GET TO 1000 IN ALL 3 CATEGORIES 🚨🚨
Last week, the Skills for Living classes finished their decision-making and goals unit by writing 3 goals. We posted a short-term goal in the classroom to help remind us to keep pushing towards are dreams.
