Adult Ed Class
Safe Internet Access for Your Children with Inez Dudley from Maine Computer Crimes Task Force, Kennebunk/Kennebunkport Police, Beth Keezer and Jason Saltmarsh from MSAD71, Tuesday, February 5, 7:00-8:30 (one class) (snow date Feb. 26)
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January 30, 2008
January 29, 2008
Shadow Dance Tickets Available
SHADOW DANCE
Fundraiser dance for MSAD71 Emergency Comm. Fund.
This fundraiser is to help purchase special radios for communication between district schools and the local police during an emergency.
WHEN: Saturday, February 2nd
7:00 - 11:00pm
WHERE: Wells, Coastal House
Rt. 1 (across from Litchfields)
COST: $20.00 pp. - Cash bar
MUSIC: Straight Lace!
LAST chance to purchase tickets!!
Purchase tickets in the Consolidated office!
January 18, 2008
January 18, 2008
KENNEBUNKPORT CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL’S FRIDAY’S NEWS:
January 18, 2008
REMINDER: The KCPTA rolling food drive is continuing! The selection for January is KID’S LUNCH BOX ITEMS. Suggestions include: peanut butter, Fluff, packages of crackers, pudding, fruit snacks, apple sauce, etc. The drop off box is in the lobby. Many thanks for supporting this worthy cause!
Please remember that everyone needs to check in the office before entering the school. We ask that parents not to go to classrooms unless they have a specific appointment to meet with the teacher or to volunteer. This is an effort to have our instructional time as uninterrupted as possible. Thank you!
Mark your calendars for the second annual Education Foundation of the Kennebunks Spelling Bee! Come and see the KCPTA Beehives and the KCS Klaustrofobics! Dance with the KCS lobster mascot! Cheer for the teams! The date is Wednesday, February 13th…the time is 7:00 PM…the place is Sea Road School gym! Admission is free! Don’t miss it!
Remember that FUNKY FRIDAYS HAVE RETURNED! See the archived Friday’s News for the list of themes!
Save this date!! March 7th will be the first Kennebunkport Consolidated Family Square Dance!! More info will be coming….
There will be a joint Rotary fundraising Shadow Dance to benefit the district emergency operations team on February 2, 2008, at the Coastal House in Wells. Music is by Straight Lace, a cash bar and snacks will be available, and the cost is $20 per person. Contact Kathy Emmons for tickets…985-3169.
We want to welcome Regina Birdsell and Helen Rist to Kennebunkport Consolidated School. They are visiting today in preparation for our New England Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation team visit in April. Regina will be chairing the seven member team, and Helen will be co-chairing. We hope they enjoy visiting our school!
We want every student to feel safe and to belong in our schools. To
help us continue our work toward this goal we have invited Stan Davis,
Maine school counselor and nationally known speaker and author about
bullying prevention to meet with our students, our staff, and our
parents on February 5th. He will be meeting with students by grade level
through the day to talk about what peer bystanders can do to help
bullied and isolated young people. He will be doing a K-5 staff training at Sea Road School from 3:30-4:30, summarizing the core interventions that work to make schools more welcoming places for all students. From 6:30-8:30 at Kennebunk Elementary School he will present a parent program focusing on what parents can do to raise children who are both resilient and responsible. Please mark your calendars!
Kennebunk Free Library will be sponsoring BOOK BUDDIES…an exciting book discussion group! This is another opportunity to talk about some great books, socialize at the library and participate in activities related to the book! The Kennebunk Free Library has a book discussion group for 4th and 5th graders starting January 15th. Sign up now by calling the library at 985-2173 ext 5, or email at: kfl@kennebunk.lib.me.us . The winter session is from Jan 15th through Feb 12th, and meets every other Tuesday at 3:30
Plan Ahead:
January 21: No School…Martin Luther King celebration
January 23: 8:15-1:30 Math Meet
January 25: 8:30 FMM…Kindergarten Registration
January 10, 2008
January 11, 2008
Happy New Year to all of our families!
The KCPTA rolling food drive is continuing! The selection for January is KID’S LUNCH BOX ITEMS. Suggestions include: peanut butter, Fluff, packages of crackers, pudding, fruit snacks, apple sauce, etc. The drop off box is in the lobby. Many thanks for supporting this worthy cause!
Please remember that all students being picked up need to be signed out in the gym at the end of the day. No students should be taken from the classrooms for any reason. I know this can be inconvenient for parents, but it is for the safety and protection of our students and we need your understanding and cooperation.
The pick-up process in the gym is as follows: the students line up with Mrs. Cashman to have their names checked off and then they wait with Mrs. Bennett along the front wall of the gym to the left of the entrance doors. Once parents have signed the pick-up book on the stage, they may pick up their child to go home. We ask that you exit the gym as soon as your student is picked up as the Rec Program will be waiting to use that space. Thanks.
Mark your calendars for the second annual Education Foundation of the Kennebunks Spelling Bee! Come and see the KCPTA Beehives and the KCS Klaustrofobics! Dance with the KCS lobster mascot! Cheer for the teams! The date is Wednesday, February 13th…the time is 7:00 PM…the place is Sea Road School gym! Admission is free! Don’t miss it!
FUNKY FRIDAYS HAVE RETURNED! The first Funky Friday of 2008 was held this past week and many, many stuffed animals were in attendance! The mammals led the pack with the most animals, and Isabel Harms caterpillar was the only insect represented in that category! Mrs. Barrett, our Queen of Funky Fridays, has been reviewing themes for the rest of the upcoming weeks and has posted a list for you!
Many thanks to Matt Kidwell, who came up with a safe coat hook that could be placed outside our gym in an effort to keep coats off the floor, especially at the end of the day. He made and installed 48 of them! They look terrific!
For the past twenty months the staff at Kennebunkport Consolidated School has been working on our accreditation self-study in preparation for a visit from a team of educators representing the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Public Elementary and Middle Schools. We initially went through the process of accreditation in 1998, and this is our decennial visit. We have re-written our mission and expectations, and evaluated our school in light of the seven Commission standards: Mission and Expectations, Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, Leadership and Organization, School Resources for Learning and Community Resources for Learning. On Friday, January 18th, Regina Birdsell, the chair, and Helen Rist, the co-chair, of our Visiting Team will be spending the day with us to set the stage for the team’s arrival on Sunday, April 13th. You will be hearing more about this as the time grows closer, but I do want to thank the members of the staff for all their hard work on the self-study…they have been amazing!
On Friday, January 25th, I will be leaving for Hannover, Germany, to conduct the preliminary accreditation visit for the International School Hannover Region. This is a tremendous opportunity and a great privilege. ISHR is a Kindergarten through Grade 12 International Baccalaureate school, participating in all three IB programs. While there will be little time for sightseeing on this trip, it promises to be a wonderful experience, and, as with all accreditation visits, we gain so much more than we give.
Plan Ahead:
January 14th: 7:00 Board of School Directors meeting
January 15th: 10:15 Jeff Quirk from CMP in grade 4 classrooms
January 18th: 8:30 FMM…preliminary accreditation visit…9:30 Grades 4 and 5 to SRS for a presentation on Martin Luther King
Funky Friday Themes 2008
News from the Queen: Funky Fridays – 2008
January 11 – Places to Travel Day
Wear shirts, hats, pins and other souvenirs from a place on the map. (For example, Florida, Boston Museum of Science, etc.)
January 18 - School Mascot Day
Lobsters abound! Wear red; bring stuffed lobsters; claws and masks are optional.
January 25 - Beach Day
Remember what summer feels like? Wear tropical shirts, island dress, pails, shovels, beach towels. (No bathing suits.)
February 1- Sports Day
Support your favorite team or dress for your favorite sport.
February 8 - Funky Heads and Feet Day
Wear hair styles and/or slippers or other footwear.
February 15 - Patriotic Day—Red, White and Blue
Flags and red, white and blue outfits.
February 29 - Favorite Book Day
Bring a favorite book and wear or carry something that has to do with the book.
(For example: Little Red Riding Hood-carry a stuffed wolf.)
March 7 - “Dress Up As A…”Day
Dress for what you want to be when you grow up or for any career. Dress as if you were going to a prom. Dress as a nerd or as people did in old times. Dress as a favorite book, movie or cartoon character or superhero. Dress as a person from another culture.
March 14 - Welcome Spring Day—Hat day
Wear a favorite hat or create one.
March 21 - Class Choice Day
Each class decides what they will do and tries to fool everyone with their choice.
January 09, 2008
Information from the MSAD #71 Central Office:
January 9, 2007
Dear MSAD71 Parents, Staff and Members of the Kennebunk High School Student Body,
On Tuesday afternoon, January 8, high school officials were notified of an alleged threat made toward Kennebunk High School. The police were immediately notified and took action. Through deliberations with them, and due to the fact that the suspect was apprehended and detained, we decided to hold school today. We continue to be in constant communication with our police department to monitor the situation and assure student and staff safety.
We are thankful for the immediate and thoughtful response by our law enforcement agents in assisting us in keeping our school safe. We assure you that the safety of all will remain our top priority.
Below is the press release that our police have provided us.
Sincerely,
Dr. Thomas Farrell
Superintendent of Schools
Kennebunk Police Department
Press Release
January 9th, 2008
On 01-09-08, Jeffrey Stevens Jr., 19 of 2 Old Kennebunk Road in Lyman, ME was arrested and charged with Terrorizing pursuant to a threat made toward the Kennebunk High School. Police state the arrest came after a student from the Kennebunk High School contacted school officials stating the threat was conveyed to that student from Stevens. A Warrant of Arrest was obtained for Stevens early this morning and police from Kennebunk and the York County Sheriffs Department arrested Stevens at his residence without incident. Stevens was taken to the Kennebunk Police Department where he was booked and subsequently transported to the York County Jail. Police are working in conjunction with the school administration to ensure all safety measures are in place. Stevens is scheduled to be arraigned later this afternoon via video arraignment.