Weekly Update
February 24, 2020
New Murals Installed in Cafetorium!
Side x Side teamed up with 7th grade Moosehead during their Pathways to the Plate Expedition to design and produce an informative community mural about food systems and food waste. Students used Visual Journals to record written and visual research. During brainstorming sessions with teaching artist Lauire Downey, students chose images and information best suited to communicate their knowledge and their message. During a week long residency with Downey, students transferred text and images to wooden panels.
This mural is part of a larger Side x Side project called Project ARTiculate reaching all three portland middle schools and made possible by generous funding from the Lennox, Horizon and Cabin Foundations.
SIde x Side ignites academic excellence in education through comprehensive arts based programs bringing critical thinking, creativity and innovation into the classroom. Our projects integrate science, technology, literacy, and the humanities with the arts to enhance school curriculum. To lean more about Side x Side visit www.sidexsideme. com or https://m.facebook.com/sidexside.me/
Help with a Bake Sale!
We're hoping you can help us!
On Sunday, March 8, Maine Democrats will caucus at King Middle School from 11am-4pm. We will be setting up a coffee and baked goods table in our lobby, and the proceeds will come directly to King.
Many thanks for your help!
Seeking iPhone Donation
Do you have an old iPhone that you'd like to donate to King? We're looking for one to help operations in the Main Office. It should be reset to factory standards and capable of housing Apple iOS 11.0 - 13.1. Contact Mr. Mark on hubbam@portlandschools.org if you have an iPhone to donate.
King Parent Crew Meeting
Tuesday, March 3, 6:00-7:00pm
Come hear from Principal Caitlin LeClair about King updates, and join the discussion about the upcoming Faculty Talent Show and Auction, March 8 Bake Sale, and after-school enrichment programs.
Followed immediately by a presentation about students and technology.
(More details to come!)
Presenter: Kristian Jones (King parent) is a computer network engineer with over 30 years of experience. His focus is on network architecture, collaboration tools and security. Over his career he has had the pleasure of working with Google to transition several Universities and Fortune 500 companies to G Suite. For the past five years he has been working as a collaboration systems specialist for Collins Aerospace. Over his career he has achieved multiple certifications in Cisco, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Novell, Siemens, and Information Security.
REMINDER TO FAMILIES
Campus is open to student starting at 7:30am.
Seeking Umbrellas
Spring expeditions often mean that our students are outside on damp or rainy days. If you have any umbrellas or ponchos that you'd like to donate for fieldwork, we'd appreciate it. Please bring to the main office at your convenience. Thanks so much.
Check out this letter to the editor written by Phoebe in Ms. Hatch's ELA class in Matinicus 8. Well said!
SAVE THE DATE!
Thursday, April 30th, 5:00pm
FACULTY TALENT SHOW & SILENT AUCTION
Do not miss this annual tradition!
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