May 11-15, 2020

This week's video announcement...

• This week's episode of the announcements features previously recorded snippets from many of our classes earlier this year.
• Please take a moment to click on and view the video announcement above with your child!  

Monday, May 11

Happy Birthday: Mr. Halloran, Olivia B. - 2 Jozwiak, 
Michelle C. - 2 Owen, Robert D. - 3 Gill

• Movement Monday - Participate in a physical activity.  Check out these yoga videos for kids or tweens!

Tuesday, May 12

Happy Birthday: Lexys X. - 4Herlache

• Terrific Tuesday - Be a bucket filler today!  We challenge you to share a kind thought with someone at home, with your teacher or another classmate through Google Classroom or SeeSaw.  

Wednesday, May 13

Happy Birthday: Ava D. - 4Ponte

• What Went Well Wednesday - 
• What has been going well for you?  Listen to what the third graders had to say in the fall.  Is this going well for you at home with your brothers, sisters, or family?

Thursday, May 14

• Things That Make You Go Hmm... Thursday!

Friday, May 15

Happy Birthday: Lofton M. - 2McKinnon

• Funny Friday-  Post a joke on your Google Classroom or SeeSaw page for your class. 

Student Belongings and Future Pick-up

This week staff are working at Quinney to prepare your child/ren’s belongings for pickup.  While you will see cars in the parking lot, please know that we are following social distancing guidelines. As much as we would love to say HELLO, we are unable to accept any visitors who are non-district employees.  

Pick-up will occur the week of May 18th.  Please watch email and our social media sites early this week for information about dates/times for parent pickup of student belongings. 

KASD Art Show

Thanks to our caring KASD Art Staff, the KASD Art Show display this year will continue virtually this year.  Watch the KASD School District website and social media pages this week to view the video display of KASD student art.  Congratulations to our featured EQ Artists!

Placement with Care

The elementary staff will soon be starting the student placement process for the 2020-21 school year.  Our goal is to create heterogeneous classroom groups to accommodate the learning needs and styles of every student.  The staff at each school spends a great deal of time and effort to determine the proper homeroom placement of children for the coming year.

The following factors are considered when seeking to provide the best educational program for all students in any given classroom:

→ Provide a balance by gender, ability, leadership qualities and classroom size.
→ Balancing by gender
→ Balancing by ability levels (below, on, above grade level)
→ Balancing specific strengths and needs, including any special needs, giftedness, or language issues.
→ Maintaining optimal classroom size
→ Create a positive match for students with peers.

• Considerations are given for students who do not work well together, and also for students who may get along “too well,” interfering with learning.  Specific behavior needs (such as assertiveness, shyness, attention span and behavior choices) are also considered.

• We also consider information from related arts (music, art, physical education, library media) staff, Pupil Services staff, and Individual Education Plan (IEP) teams are considered based on knowledge and observations of children in multiple environments.

• Parent input. Information from parents is considered as the final step in the process. We find that most parents are comfortable with the classroom placements made by staff.  However, we realize that parents can also provide specific information about their child that could be helpful in assisting the student placement process.  Parents have the ability to choose to provide written input into the placement process by answering the parent input form questions via email this year.  If you wish to share input, please send an email answering the following questions to Stacy Knapp, Principal at knapps@kaukaunasd.org :

1.  Student’s Name
2.  Present Grade
3.  Current Classroom Teacher for 19-20
4.  Please summarize any characteristics of your child’s learning that you feel we should know.
5.  Please describe the learning environment in which you believe your child may experience the most success.
6.  Please provide any additional information about your child that would be of use to us to make an appropriate decision.

Please note that:
➤ The email with responses must be received by Monday, May 17th.  Forms returned after this date may not be considered. 
➤ Completing a form is optional. The intent of this form is to provide additional child-specific information for the placement process, and not to specify a teacher preference. Requests that name a specific teacher may not be considered in the placement process. 
➤ Verbal information or requests cannot be honored.