Summer Enrichment Opportunities

Summer Math Practice
Again this year, Kings will be offering summer enrichment through the amazon.com program TenMarks!  Please click here for more information and directions for how to register.  

OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS Many of you are parents, or know parents who are looking for fun opportunities for your children this summer. Through our partnerships with area colleges and businesses, we are able to offer the following programs for students designed to strengthen interests in  Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and more. Please register soon, these programs are filling up!

Zulama Evolution of Games |  June 1 - 5  | Grades 6 - 10 9:00 am - 12:00 pm This program will explore ancient cultures, their games and how games were designed using available technology and resources. Campers will receive hands-on experience creating and prototyping their own original game. Lunch is not provided Game Design |  June 8 - 12  | Grades 6 - 10 9:00 am - 12:00 pm This camp breaks down the game design process step-by-step. Campers will learn the fundamentals of game design through hands-on modeling, prototyping and design a variety of games. A final project will include building, play testing, and revising their own original game. Lunch is not provided. Information/Registration Hummingbird Robotics Robot Building  |  June 8 - 12  |  Grades 6-10 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm This camp is designed for students who are interested in the field of robotics. The camp will look at the history and evolution of robotics, it's use in today's world, and potential for the future. Campers will use the Hummingbird Robotics Kit, basic crafting materials, and a healthy dose of their own imagination to create and program a fully operational robot. Lunch is not provided. Information/Registration Ozobot Ozobot Camp |  June 15 - 19  |  Grades 3 - 5 9:00 am - 11:30 am. During this camp students will program the Ozobot to move, play and danch through intuitive color coded patters. Ozobot offers kids a creative platform to learn and play with robotics. At the end of the week students will get to decorate and keep their very own Ozobot. Lunch is not provided. Information/Registration Graphic Design Camp June 29 - July 2  |  Grades 9 - 11 1:00 pm -4:00 pm. Students will learn graphic design skills using professional design tools such as Adobe Photoshop. They will review and recreate creative works. Each student will put together a portfolio of their work to share. Lunch is not provided. Information/Registration Sinclair Summer Camps Waterbotics Camp  |  July 13 - 17  | Grades 7-12 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Students will have fun learning math, science and technology skills by designing and building aquatic Lego robots and solving design challenges. Cost is  $125, lunch is  provided each day. Guitar Building Camp  |  July 6-10  | Grades 7-12 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. Students will build and keep their own electric guitar from a kit, learning along the way how everyday math and science concepts apply to the guitar. Cost is $230, lunch is not provided Information/Registration Construction Camps "Let's Do This"  1 |  June 22 - 26  |  Grades 6 - 7 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. This camp includes instruction from experts in all things construction including an introduction to hand tools, measuring and cutting, framing, roofing, electrical, painting and finishing. Cost is $75, lunch is provided each day. "Let's Do This" 2  |  July 13 - 17 |  Grades 6 - 7 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. This camp  also includes instruction from experts in all things construction plus touch on planting and cultivating raised gardens.. Cost is $75, lunch is provided each day. Information/Registration

The Last Weeks of School

Hard to believe that we are at this point!   In so many ways, this year has flown by, but as we look to the last days of school, there are still things to learn, books to read, goals to achieve and events to celebrate.  

As teachers we want to THANK YOU so much for all the tokens of appreciation and sweet notes we received last week during Teacher Appreciation Week.  Our partnership with you is so important to the education of your child.  We are so fortunate and thankful for your support.

There are many events of note the next few weeks.   Please mark your calendar for the following:

May 11- E-Club Community Environmental Showcase: 5-7pm @SLE  

Please come and support our E-Club!!

May 13 - 4th Grade Combined Chorus Concert at @ Kings High School

May 15 - Last SLE Castle - Time for kids to cash in their Knights Tickets

May 18 - 4th Grade Orientation at CIS - Westley and Clements homerooms

May 18  - CIS Parent Mtg @ 6:30pm CIS Cafeteria

May 19 - 4th Grade Orientation at CIS - Tucker and Scruby homerooms

May 22 - End-of-the-Year Celebration  - Students who met the 4th grade behavior goal for all 4 quarters will participate in this awesome activity!

May 25 - Memorial Day (no school)

May 26 - 4th Grade Field Day - Volunteers still needed!!  Please see below.

May 28 - 4th Grade Awards 1:45 and Recorder Concert & Last day of school

Mr. Heagen is looking for volunteers to assist with 4th Grade Field Day.   Please consider volunteering if you are available on May 26th.  Please contact Mr. Heagen or your child's homeroom teacher if you are able to help out.   Thank you!!! 

End Of School Date Change

At the April 21^st Kings Local School District Board of Education meeting, our board of education approved a recommendation to amend our 2014/2015 school calendar so as to move from days to hours.  The KLSD exceeds the minimum amount of open instructional hours as required by the Ohio Department of Education. 

With this change in the calendar, our student’s last day of school is Thursday, May 28, 2015. 

More information on the calendar change can be found on the Ohio Department of Education website by clicking here.   

New Dates for Your Calendar

Testing Dates

As you may have seen in the Friday Folder, there has been a change to our dates for end of the year testing.  The Social Studies test that was scheduled for this week has been moved to May 4.   Our testing dates are:

April 30 - PARCC Unit 1 Math

May 4 - AIR Social Studies

May 6 - PARCC ELA

May 7 - PARCC Unit 2 Math

All testing will be first thing in the morning and we ask that you please refrain from scheduling appointments on these dates.  NO pre-approved absences will be honored for these specific dates.

Book Fair!

This week is Spring Book Fair in the SLE Library!   Students will visit the book fair during their regularly scheduled library times.  (see "SPECIALS" tab above if you are not sure when your child goes to library.  Family Night is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22.   

Music News

Please mark you calendar for the following music concerts if your child is in 4th grade chorus.   

Thursday April 30

1st Grade / 4t Gr. Chorus

6:30 PM @ SLE

Wednesday May 13th

All District 4th Grade Chorus Concert

7:30 @ KHS

April Updates

Columbia Intermediate Parent Input Forms
In the Friday Folders this past week (April 10) the Parent Input Forms were sent home for class placement at Columbia Intermediate.  This is your chance to communicate the needs of your child prior to class placement for 5th grade.  Please take the time to fill out the form and return to school by April 20.

Mark your calendar for Monday, May 18 at 6:30pm  --- this will be the Columbia Intermediate Parent Information meeting.  The meeting will be in the Columbia Intermediate Cafeteria.  We encourage you to attend this meeting as this will help you help your child in the transition from 4th to 5th grade.   

This is a very exciting time for your child.   The transition can also cause some anxiety.  To assist students in this transition, classes will be visiting CIS the week of May 18 for a tour and interaction with a 5th grade class.  Look for more specific information as the date approaches.

Art to Remember orders due Tuesday, April 14. 

End of Year Testing

We are getting ready to begin our second round of PARCC testing.   This time, we will be completing the End of Year testing, and just as before, testing will be first thing in the morning ask that you please refrain from scheduling appointments on these dates and no pre-approved absences will be honored.  The testing dates are as follows:

April 30 - PARCC Unit 1 Math

May 4 - AIR Social Studies

May 6 - PARCC ELA

May 7 - PARCC Unit 2 Math

All orders are due April 14th

Two ways to order:

-online with a special online code that is on the order form

or

-check made out to SLE

All orders help raise money to purchase art supplies for our school.

Thank you for your support!

Questions?  shoffert@kingslocal.net

March Update

Testing News
PARCC Testing will continue this week.  We thank you for your support in getting the students to school on time this week so that we could begin testing sessions on time. The students have been great in rolling with the changes in schedule and working during the testing times.   There was a minor network problem Friday morning, but we adjusted to test in the afternoon and the students applied themselves and worked hard.  Please keep encouraging them to not stress but show their best.  We are so lucky to have such outstanding fourth graders.  The remaining testing dates are:

Monday, March 9th: Social Studies (75 minutes)

Wednesday, March 11th: ELA Unit 3 (60 minutes)

Friday, March 13th: Math Unit 1 (80 minutes)

Monday, March 16th: Math Unit 2 (70 minutes)

Testing Tips:

1. Please make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep the night before testing.
2. Please make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast the morning of testing.
3. Please tell your child to just try their best and not stress out over these tests.

Instruction Continues

Please note that even though we are currently in the middle of the PARCC Performance Based Tests, this only accounts for a small part of our school day and instruction continues in all classes. Students are still expected to complete homework assignments. Please check planners nightly for assignments and due dates.

School Calendar
Due to the snow day last week, the new last day of school will be Tuesday, June 2nd.

March Happenings:
March 13 - PTO March Madness Fundraiser

March 19 and 26 - Parent/Teacher Conferences

March 26 - 4th grade to Riversbend Country Club for Etiquette Lunch

March 30 - April 6 - Spring Break