Preschoolers from Mr. Murphy's class had another exciting day at the plot with the park ranger. They saw many things including a snake eating a toad! How awesome is this learning taking place in Preschool!?!
First and second graders enjoyed experiencing this marble run with Troy Errthum, the physicist, on Tuesday. Students had a blast learning all about the physics behind these pieces. #KCSDPride
Mrs. Thomas's Kindergarten class read the book Scribble Stones recently. It was part of their PBIS book selection last month. The kids loved it and wanted to make their own to share with the school. They have been waiting for warm weather and it is finally here! Yesterday they hid them on the playground for friends to find and take home. Their purpose is only to bring joy :) They worked hard on them and they are really cute! Check out some of the students who found rocks throughout the day yesterday!
Mr. Murphy’s class has received permission from the Marion Co Conservation Commission park services. They are working with a a very friendly ranger, naturalist Marla Mertz, who is going to come in after we collect some more data. We are measuring grass, height and soil temperature and she’s going to show us how to do some preschool science after we’ve made a couple visits.
This morning Kindergarteners from Mrs. Walter's class got to learn about and play the Xylophone. What a fun way to start the day!
KCSD will dismiss at 1:00 PM today due to predicted severe storms with high winds and potential tornadoes.
Registration for the 2023-2024 school year is now open! Visit https://www.knoxville.k12.ia.us/page/enrollment-registration to start your registration!
#KCSDPride #IChooseKnoxville
We have some important reminders about our KCSD students’ schedules this week:
➡️ Students will be dismissed two hours early (1:25 PM) on Wednesday, March 8, and Thursday, March 9 for parent-teacher conferences.
➡️ No school on Friday, March 10 as we begin Spring Break (March 13-17).
Please plan accordingly!
This past week our Kindergarten classrooms welcomed a guest reader from our community every day in celebration of Read Across America Week! Guest readers read from a selection of Dr. Seuss books to read to the class. Check out a few photos from some of the readers this week. Thank you to all the people who took time out of their busy schedule to make these kindergarteners day!
PANTHER PARK CHANGE
Bus 4
Effective Monday, Feb 27, 2023 Bus 4 will make TWO stops in the afternoon dropping off students.
- West, Middle School, High School students will be dropped off approximately at 3:35 p.m.
- Northstar students will be dropped off approximately at 3:50 p.m.
On Friday, West said goodbye to Ms. Illg, a student teacher from Mrs. McDonald's class. her happy personality and great skills have made her a joy to have with us for the past 8 weeks. We wish you the very best in your next adventure!
Mr. Murphy's class went on a field trip to the County Maintenance Shop as part of their tubes and tunnels unit! They got to experience some of the tubes AKA culverts that keep us functioning here in Knoxville!
Knoxville schools will be closed on Friday, February 17, 2023.
Knoxville schools will be closed on Thursday, February 16, 2023 due to weather.
Mrs. VanderLinden’s class had a blast today celebrating friendship (and candy 😉).
2-Hour Delay for KCSD Thursday, February 9, 2023
We have had a great last couple weeks and have been so busy having fun we have forgotten to share all great things happening!
Our students have been working hard to earn "Snowballs" for rewards with special staff members in the building. Check out the dance party in Mrs. Galeazzi's class with Mrs. Taylor.
In Mrs. Cook's class they have been learning about fossils and what goes into making a fossil. Check out some of their fossil creations!
🗓 Reminder 🗓
West Elementary is hosting a Preschool Information Night this coming Monday, February 6th at 5:00 pm in the West Cafeteria!! Come learn all about Preschool at KCSD! We cannot wait to see everyone on Monday Night!
Check out this short video about the Little Panther Preschool: https://youtu.be/aL6BVlb0NiE
Students must be 3 or 4 on or by September 15, 2023.
Attention KCSD Families,
We want to strongly encourage all of our families to ensure their contact information. This is going to be very important as we are moving to a new, more robust, notification system. This new notification system will not require any sign up, opting-in, or extra work on our families. All we need is for families to sign into their Infinite Campus accounts and make sure all of their contact information is entered correctly.
Disclaimer: We will be sending out a Test Message with this new system at 4:00pm this afternoon. If you do not receive this message, check your Infinite Campus account contact information. If you are having any issues with Infinite Campus, contact ICHelp@kcsd.k12.ia.us
On Friday, students in Mrs. Trevillyan's preschool class got to have a Pajama and Dance Party! Look how much fun they are having! #KCSDPride
