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October 26, 2007

Change in Date

The paper copy of October 26th Friday's News had an incorrect date for the grade 2 and Multi 1/2 River Trip. The correct date is Monday, November 5th. Sorry!!

Posted by Principal Pence at 09:50 AM |

October 26, 2007

This year the KCPTA is coordinating a FOOD-DRIVE-A-MONTH for local food banks. A monthly theme has been chosen based on the suggested needs of the food bank. Please consider sending in one or two items with your child each month. There is a box in the lobby for contributions. We hope to have a strong on-going response as this will benefit people locally.

For October: CANNED MEATS: corned beef hash, canned chicken or ham, beef stew, tuna, etc.

For November: SIDE DISHES: boxed mashed potatoes, instant rice, canned potatoes, veggies or fruit, stuffing, baked beans, mac and cheese, etc.

Thanks for your support!!!

 

This was National Bus Drivers Week, and Kennebunkport Consolidated School wants to take a moment to recognize the great work of our KCS drivers! We are truly fortunate to have long term wonderful people starting and ending our students’ days and keeping them safe on the way to school and on the way home.

Ellen and Pat W. drive our special education buses while Pat B., Jonathan, Allen, Bob and Joanne drive the regular bus runs. Thanks to each of them for all that they do every day for our kids!

 

Congratulations to our Multiage 1/2 and grade 2 classes for a really nice Showcase last Friday. They performed a lovely song about the continents, and they did a great job!

 

Remember that special holiday that’s coming up! Please remember to caution your kids about Halloween safety if they do go “trick or treating”. On Saturday, October 27th from 1:00-3:00, there will be a Halloween Party geared for children under age eight, although anyone is welcome, and from 6:00-8:00 there will be a Halloween Dance! What a great way to celebrate!

 

Congratulations to Mr. Bodwell’s fifth grade class for their respectful and responsible behavior while visiting Olde York this past week. Mr. Bodwell was told that typically they have over 3000 students per year, and our fifth grade was among the very best! We are proud of you for representing KCS so well!

 

Thanks to everyone who helped make Emily’s last day at Kennebunkport Consolidated School so special! From the special book, to the t-shirt, to the birthday song, to the many parties and gifts from our Life Skills class, I am sure Em will never forget us! Thanks so much!

 

Kennebunkport Consolidated School is participating in the town wide program “Cards for Carl” in which as many people as possible are planning to honor Carl Bartlett on his 90th birthday with a card. We will be collecting them over the next couple of weeks. If you would like to add your cards to ours, please send them in. We are trying to have all the cards ready by November 2.

 

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PLAN AHEAD:

October 27: 1:00-3:00 Halloween Party…and 6:00-8:00 Halloween Dance

October 29: Board Meeting: Live on 2 and 16

November 2: 8:30 FMM…10:00-2:00 Grade 1 to the Ox Cart Man program in York…Cards for Carl due

November 5: 8:30-12:00 Grade 2 and Multi 1/2 on the River Trip

Posted by Principal Pence at 09:48 AM |

October 19, 2007

SPIFF UP THE SCHOOL DAY CANCELLED

Due to the weather, the Spiff Up The School workday scheduled for tomorrow, October 20th, has been cancelled. Thanks very much to all of those families planning to participate!

Posted by Principal Pence at 10:24 AM |

October 19, 2007

Announcing another “Spiff Up The School Saturday”! October 20th, from 9-12…weather permitting……please join us and let’s hope for sunshine!

Thanks to the members of the Kennebunkport Fire Department for a great fire safety day this past Wednesday. All the activities from Kindergarten through grade 5 were excellent! We appreciate their time and efforts to ensure the increased knowledge and safety of our students!

The KCPTA would like to begin a rolling food drive to benefit the local food pantry. Each month there will be an article of food that can be contributed, for example, October might be “canned vegetables”. There will be a box in the lobby for contributions. The PTA will be sending out a flyer about this effort…we hope to have lots of contributions as this will benefit people locally. Stay tuned for more information.

 

The latest edition of the KSC Student Directory is hot off the presses! Look for your copy in red folders this week. Thanks for getting this information back to us and a special thanks to Kathy Hirst for all her work pulling it all together. We hope it is helpful for you.

 

Picture Day was held last Friday. Retakes will not be scheduled until the pictures arrive, but it will be done in time for the holidays!

 

Remember that special holiday that’s coming up! On Saturday, October 27th from 1:00-3:00, there will be a Halloween Party geared for children under age eight, although anyone is welcome, and from 6:00-8:00 there will be a Halloween Dance! What a great way to celebrate!

 

DON’T FORGET!! We are going paperless!! Please subscribe to the classroom and K’port News blogs, and remember to send me a note if you DO NOT have access to our website at home. Thanks!

 

PLAN AHEAD:

October 20: 9:00-12:00 Spiff Up The School work day

October 22: Chewonki in grade three classes: “Batmobile!”

October 25: 9:45-10:30 Grade three to Brick Store Museum

October 26: 8:30 FMM

October 27: 1:00-3:00 Halloween Party…6:00-8:00 Halloween Dance

 

 

Posted by Principal Pence at 07:28 AM |

October 16, 2007

October 12, 2007

 

Many thanks to all the staff, parents and citizens who attended the Facilities Reorganization Task Force meeting Wednesday evening! We are especially grateful to the KCPTA and our phone tree parents who helped to publicize this public input session. And a special thank you to Carol Cook who was able to offer child care for those parents wishing to attend the meeting!

 

Congratulations to our Kindergarten classes for their SECOND Showcase thus far this year. We were treated to a wonderful song about the Constitution! This was a great follow-up to the Grade three Showcase a week ago. Thanks to Mrs. Cmaylo, Mrs. Mildner, Miss Z., and Mrs. Graydon for their work with the K classes.

 

Announcing another “Spiff Up The School Saturday”! October 20th from 9-12…please join us and let’s hope for great weather!

 

The GRAND TOTAL of the Stories for Shiloh Fundraiser: $1819.10!! Amazing! Thank you all so much for your support!

 

Congratulations to Barry Saunders, Instrumental Music Teacher Extraordinaire!! Barry just received the Maine Arts Teachers Fellowship in the amount of $4000.00 from The Maine Alliance for Arts Education! He will be studying with Mike Cain, an amazing jazz musician in New York City for the next year! Just think what he will bring back to our kids! Congratulations, Barry!

 

Mr. Saunders also brought a wonderful band, called Kneebody, to KCS last week. They were terrific, as were our kids. The whole school really got into the music and asked great questions as well. Thanks to Mr. Saunders and the KCPTA for bringing this great group to our school!

 

On Sunday, October 14th, at 3:00, there will be a very special event at Graves Library. Author Mitali Perkins and Illustrator Jamie Hogan will read and discuss the wonderful novel Rickshaw Girl. Some of our third through fifth grade students have been reading this great book. Please call 967-2778 for more information, and mark your calendars for this Sunday!

 

REMINDER!! Please remember to send a note to the classroom teachers if your child is going to rec, unless this is an every day plan. Thank you.

 

The KCPTA would like to begin a rolling food drive to benefit the local food pantry. Each month there will be an article of food that can be contributed, for example, October might be “canned vegetables”. There will be a box in the lobby for contributions. The PTA will be sending out a flyer about this effort…we hope to have lots of contributions as this will benefit people locally. Stay tuned for more information.

 

REMINDER! Pam Taylor, our Step Up To Writing consultant, will be visiting here during the week of October 15th. On Tuesday, October 16th she will be offering a parent evening, sponsored by the KCPTA, from 7-8 at Sea Road School. Please mark your calendars and join us…she is a very entertaining and knowledgeable speaker. The program has had great results thus far…our MEA writing scores have improved this year. The writing subtest is given in grade five only, and 82% of our fifth graders met or exceeded the standard in writing! This is a terrific change! Join us!

 

DON’T FORGET!! We are going paperless!! Please subscribe to the classroom and K’port News blogs, and remember to send me a note if you DO NOT have access to our website at home. Thanks!

 

PLAN AHEAD:

October 15: 7:00 Board Meeting: Live on 2 and 16!

October 16: 8:15-9:15 Grade 2 and Multiage 1/2 on a walking field trip to Ocean National Bank and the K’Port Town Hall…7:00    Pam Taylor’s Parent Evening at SRS

October 17: Fire Safety Day

October 18: 8:45-2:00 Grade 5 to Olde York…8:30-1:30 Grade 4 to Laudholm Farm

October 19: 8:30 FMM

October 20: 9:00-12:00 Spiff Up The School work day

 

 

 

Posted by Principal Pence at 08:31 AM |

October 05, 2007

October 5, 2007

URGENT: On October 10th at 7:00 PM at the Middle School of the Kennebunks, 70 Thompson Road, the MSAD#71 Facilities Reorganization Task Force will be seeking public input regarding the possible restructuring of the schools within the district. All interested parents and residents are strongly encouraged to attend this meeting. There may be information in the newspaper, but please do share this information with neighbors and friends who might not have direct communication with Kennebunkport Consolidated School. Thank you.

 

Congratulations to our grade three classes for their wonderful Constitution Showcase at last FMM! Great job! Thanks to Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Boyd for their work with the students! We will look forward to more!

 

Please don't forget to place your Sally Foster wrapping paper orders. This is a great fundraiser for the school coordinated by the KCPTA. One way this year is to log onto SallyFoster.com.  It is quick and easy to send emails to relatives and friends near and far. The last day is next Friday, October 12th. There’s still time…

 

A thousand thank yous to those wonderful parents who “spiffed up the school” last Saturday! Although they said that they did not get all that they had hoped accomplished, what they were able to do was terrific! Thanks for taking a beautiful September Saturday to show your support for Kennebunkport Consolidated School. You are what makes this place so special!!

 

Thanks to the staff members who worked on the Used Book Sale last Saturday as well. We raised close to an additional $500 for Stories for Shiloh. Reading incentive money will be added as it comes in. Stay tuned to next Friday’s News for the grand total! Thank you so very much for your support!

 

We are happy to welcome nine UNE mentors to Kennebunkport Consolidated School! They will be working in classrooms Kindergarten through grade five, assisting specific students with academic and social skills. This is the fifth year of the UNE/KCS connection, and we have benefited so very much from it! Many thanks to UNE coordinator Melissa Grove for working closely with us to make this happen!

 

The KCPTA would like to begin a rolling food drive to benefit the local food pantry. Each month there will be an article of food that can be contributed, for example, October might be “canned vegetables”. There will be a box in the lobby for contributions. The PTA will be sending out a flyer about this effort…we hope to have lots of contributions as this will benefit people locally. Stay tuned for more information.

 

Pam Taylor, our Step Up To Writing consultant, will be visiting here during the week of October 15th. On Tuesday, October 16th she will be offering a parent evening, sponsored by the KCPTA, from 7-8 at Sea Road School. Please mark your calendars and join us…she is a very entertaining and knowledgeable speaker. The program has had great results thus far…our MEA writing scores have improved this year. The writing subtest is given in grade five only, and 82% of our fifth graders met or exceeded the standard in writing! This is a terrific change! Join us!

 

DON’T FORGET!! We are going paperless!! Please subscribe to the classroom and K’port News blogs, and remember to send me a note if you DO NOT have access to our website at home. Thanks!

 

PLAN AHEAD:

October 8: NO SCHOOL: Columbus Day

October 9 through October 12: MAP tests continue for grades 3, 4 and 5

October 10 Early Release Wednesday: noon dismissal…Facilities Reorganization Task Force meeting at 7:00PM at MSK

October 12: Picture Day…NO FMM TODAY!

Posted by Principal Pence at 02:31 PM |

October 5, 2007

URGENT: On October 10th at 7:00 PM at the Middle School of the Kennebunks, 70 Thompson Road, the MSAD#71 Facilities Reorganization Task Force will be seeking public input regarding the possible restructuring of the schools within the district. All interested parents and residents are strongly encouraged to attend this meeting. There may be information in the newspaper, but please do share this information with neighbors and friends who might not have direct communication with Kennebunkport Consolidated School. Thank you.

 

Congratulations to our grade three classes for their wonderful Constitution Showcase at last FMM! Great job! Thanks to Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Boyd for their work with the students! We will look forward to more!

 

Please don't forget to place your Sally Foster wrapping paper orders. This is a great fundraiser for the school coordinated by the KCPTA. One way this year is to log onto SallyFoster.com.  It is quick and easy to send emails to relatives and friends near and far. The last day is next Friday, October 12th. There’s still time…

 

A thousand thank yous to those wonderful parents who “spiffed up the school” last Saturday! Although they said that they did not get all that they had hoped accomplished, what they were able to do was terrific! Thanks for taking a beautiful September Saturday to show your support for Kennebunkport Consolidated School. You are what makes this place so special!!

 

Thanks to the staff members who worked on the Used Book Sale last Saturday as well. We raised close to an additional $500 for Stories for Shiloh. Reading incentive money will be added as it comes in. Stay tuned to next Friday’s News for the grand total! Thank you so very much for your support!

 

We are happy to welcome nine UNE mentors to Kennebunkport Consolidated School! They will be working in classrooms Kindergarten through grade five, assisting specific students with academic and social skills. This is the fifth year of the UNE/KCS connection, and we have benefited so very much from it! Many thanks to UNE coordinator Melissa Grove for working closely with us to make this happen!

 

The KCPTA would like to begin a rolling food drive to benefit the local food pantry. Each month there will be an article of food that can be contributed, for example, October might be “canned vegetables”. There will be a box in the lobby for contributions. The PTA will be sending out a flyer about this effort…we hope to have lots of contributions as this will benefit people locally. Stay tuned for more information.

 

Pam Taylor, our Step Up To Writing consultant, will be visiting here during the week of October 15th. On Tuesday, October 16th she will be offering a parent evening, sponsored by the KCPTA, from 7-8 at Sea Road School. Please mark your calendars and join us…she is a very entertaining and knowledgeable speaker. The program has had great results thus far…our MEA writing scores have improved this year. The writing subtest is given in grade five only, and 82% of our fifth graders met or exceeded the standard in writing! This is a terrific change! Join us!

 

DON’T FORGET!! We are going paperless!! Please subscribe to the classroom and K’port News blogs, and remember to send me a note if you DO NOT have access to our website at home. Thanks!

 

PLAN AHEAD:

October 8: NO SCHOOL: Columbus Day

October 9 through October 12: MAP tests continue for grades 3, 4 and 5

October 10 Early Release Wednesday: noon dismissal…Facilities Reorganization Task Force meeting at 7:00PM at MSK

October 12: Picture Day…NO FMM TODAY!

Posted by Principal Pence at 02:31 PM |

October 02, 2007

No Friday morning meeting

 

On Friday, October 12th, there will be no Friday Morning Meeting, due to the schedule for student/class pictures. Thanks!

Posted by Principal Pence at 09:36 AM |

October 01, 2007

Message from Food Services

Dear Parents:
M.S.A.D. #71’s Food Service Department is excited to be among one of the first school districts in the State to provide parents a convenient, easy and secure online prepayment service to deposit money into your child’s school meal account at any time.  This service also provides parents the ability to view your child’s account balance through a web site called MyNutrikids.com.  By having money in each child’s account prior to entering the cafeteria, we find the lunch lines move along much faster so your child has more time to eat and be with friends. 
Also, parents will have the ability to print out a copy of their child’s eating history report.  This history report will show you all dates and times that your child has purchased a breakfast and or lunch within the past thirty days. You do not have to make online payments to view your child’s eating history report, but you do need to register at the site.
These new services will be available October 1, 2007. 
To access these services:
  1. Simply go to the district web site at www.msad71.net. 
  2. Click on the Food Services link.
  3. Click on the MyNutrikids.com link.  From this site you will create your account and add money to your child’s school meal account.  All you need is your child’s name, student ID number and school ZIP code.  The instructions listed on the back of this page will guide you through the easy online account set up process. 
Things to know:
Ø       If you have more than one child in the District you can handle all online prepayments from the same online account. 
Ø       Payments may be made through an existing PayPal account or with a major credit or debit card only.  The minimum prepayment amount is $10.00 per prepay transaction (total sum of prepayments for all of your listed children in a single transaction).
Ø       In order to use the online prepayment service, a small convenience fee for each transaction will be assessed to cover the bank fees.  The convenience fee is $1.75 per deposit transaction. Parents placing money into multiple meal accounts will only be assessed the $1.75 once per deposit transaction.  M.S.A.D. #71 will not profit from the use of this site.  To offset the cost of this convenience fee, the District Food Service Department will provide one FREE meal for your son or daughter for every $50 you put on their account.  For example, a purchase of $50 dollars will be charged a convenience fee of $1.75, but in return you will receive one free meal valued at $2.00 or $2.25 depending on the grade your child is in.
In the near future, we will also have the ability to offer an interactive menu planning that allows parents and children to view upcoming school meal menu choices, make menu selections and view nutritional facts about their choices.  Parents and children will also have the opportunity to access a number of nutrition education sites so that you can learn together about smart meal selections and choices, exercise and overall health and wellness.
We are very excited to offer these new services and are confident this new system will benefit you, your child and our District.  However, if you choose not to take advantage of the online prepayment service you may continue to make advance payments via check or cash. Please write your child’s full name on the check, complete a prepayment form and send in a sealed envelope.
If you have any questions about these services, please feel free to contact my office at 985-1110 ext 6 
Best Regards,
Ellen Demmons
Food Services Director

 

 

 

Registering for MyNutrikids.com

 

-          You will first need your child’s student ID number; you may get this number by contacting your child’s school or contacting my office.
-          Go to the district website at www.msad71.net, then click on Food Services, click on the link to MyNutrikids.com OR go to www.MyNutrikids.com.
-          Click Sign Up Now!  and enter the required information.
-          Click Finish to complete the initial registration process.
Add Students to Your Family Account
-          When you log in you will be taken to the homepage.
-          Click MyKids from the main menu OR from the blue navigation bar above.
-          This is a listing of the students in your account.  It will be empty on your first visit to the site.
-          Click Add Child and enter the required information.
-          Click Add (next to your child’s name) to continue.
-          Click Add Child to repeat the process for additional children.
How to Make a Deposit
-          Click Deposit Money located next to Add Student.
-          Enter an amount in the Deposit column next to your child’s name.
o        If you have more than one child, enter the amount you wish to deposit into the column next to each child’s name. DO NOT deposit money for your entire family into ONE child’s account.
-          Click Calculate.
-          Click Make Deposit.
-          You will be directed to the PayPal web site to enter your payment information.
o        You have the option to use your existing PayPal account or a major credit card to make your payment.
o        If you are using your PayPal account, enter your email address and PayPal password to continue.
o        If you are using a credit card, enter the required information. For your protection, MyNutrikids.com will not store your financial information.
-          Click Pay Now when finished.
-          Click Pay once again to finish the process.

Posted by Principal Pence at 02:49 PM |

September 28, 2007

Congratulations to both Kindergarten classes who kicked off our FMM Showcases with a great alphabet chant! It’s clear that they have learned a lot already and they seemed perfectly comfortable in the center of our circle! Thanks to Mrs. Mildner, Mrs. Cmaylo, Mrs. Graydon and Miss Z. for their wonderful work with the Kindergarten!

It is wrapping paper time again!! The KCPTA is coordinating the Sally Foster fundraiser again this year. Consolidated school will earn 50% of all sales. This year, we are strongly encouraging the Consolidated community to sell & purchase on-line at SallyFoster.com. Our school account number is 0506975.  It is so easy to simply send emails out to friends near and far through the website AND then items will be shipped directly to the buyer. The fundraiser starts on September 24th and ends on Friday October 12th. 

Thank you so very much for your support of the Stories for Shiloh Used Book Sale! It was a huge success! We had a tremendous response to our call for used books…so much so that we will have a table tomorrow at the Designing Women Craft Fair here at Consolidated to try to sell a few more…so, please come! We raised $536 last Friday, and our books were selling for 50 cents or $1.00! I am sure we had many wonderful donations, and we are so grateful for the support for Shiloh. Thank you for being part of this effort, and stay tuned for the results of the reading incentive! Remember…all money for the reading incentive is due October 4th!

TODAY AND TOMORROW: The third annual Back to School BBQ will be held tonight September 28th at 6:00 if weather permits. Tomorrow, September 29th, will be the Spiff up the School Workday beginning at 9:00. Come for an hour or stay all day! Meet the group by the parks and rec office. We hope to see lots of families at both events.

Remember to stop in to the Designing Women Craft Show tomorrow to benefit our wonderful Graves Library. It is a terrific craft show and a great opportunity to pick up some unique things for holiday gifts. The show will be in the gym from 9:00 until 4:00, and donations are $2.00 per person. Support your local library!!

The KCPTA would like to begin a rolling food drive to benefit the local food pantry. Each month there will be an article of food that can be contributed, for example, October might be “canned vegetables”. There will be a box in the lobby for contributions. The PTA will be sending out a flyer about this effort…we hope to have lots of contributions as this will benefit people locally. Stay tuned for more information.

We are going paperless!! Please subscribe to the blogs, and remember to send me a note if you DO NOT have access to our website at home. Thanks!

PLAN AHEAD:
September 28th: 8:30 FMM…6:00 Back to School BBQ
September 29th: 9:00 Spiff up the School workday…9:00-4:00 Used Book Sale at the Designing Women     Craft Show
October 2 through October 5: MAP tests continue for grades 3, 4 and 5
October 4: all reading incentive money is due in
October 10 Early Release Wednesday: noon dismissal

Posted by Principal Pence at 02:42 PM |