You are not going to want to miss the Kroeschin' Cancer Benefit this coming Friday! The event features a highly entertaining variety show as well as food from local restaurants and a silent auction. 

The KJHS PTO is treating KJHS staff to lunch from Jason's Deli. Please place your order by October 20. 

We have an early release this Wednesday, October 23, and a BUSY day. Here are the key events...

1. Staff breakfast: There will be donuts from Rader's in MSR before school. 

2. Grade Level Yearbook Pictures (see schedule below)

3. 1st Quarter PBIS Celebration (see schedule below).

4. Lunch (11:45 - 12:45)

5. PD Time

• 12:45 - 1:30 - Vitality Session w/Abby Lyons (bring your journal)

• 1:30 - 2:15 - Team Kingsley Meeting

• 2:15 - 3:45 - PLC Time

Grade Level Pictures

We would like to use some time that day to take grade level pictures for the yearbook.  This would involve each grade level going out to the football field and forming an assigned letter. We have a drone that can be flown overhead to take the picture. Here is what we are thinking...

                             Grade Hours Letter

         6th 1 & 2   K

    7th 7 & 8     J

 8th     4 & 5                                                                  H

Staff                                                                Afternoon S

First Quarter Celebration

Where will ice cream be located?

Ice cream sandwiches and Italian ice (for those with a dairy allergy) will be located in the Main Street Retreat. Boxes will be labeled with your team on them. Please designate someone from your team to grab your ice cream for social time.

• • 1. 1. • 6th grade, your ice cream will be in the black freezer. 

          • 7th grade, your ice cream will be in the white freezer. 

          • 8th grade, your ice cream will be in Todd's freezer.

Where is my grade assigned for the ice cream social?

Each grade level has a designated spot during 7th or 8th hour:

• • • 8th grade-8th hour (south lot)

• • 1. 1. • • 7th grade- 7th hour (south lot)

            • 6th grade-only 8th hour (north lot)

• • If your team chooses to run the ice cream social at a different time, that is up to you, but please do not go in a space that has already been assigned.

  • Special note to 7th grade: We know your time coincides with pictures, but you are more than welcome to have your students eat ice cream during that time.

Restorative Rooms:

• • Your team should decide how you want to conduct Restore Rooms- keeping students behind, social time but no ice cream, ice cream but no social time

Grade Level Pictures

In addition, we would like to use some time that day to take grade level pictures for the yearbook.  This would involve each grade level going out to the football field and forming an assigned letter. We have a drone that can be flown overhead to take the picture. Here is what we are thinking...

                             Grade Hours Letter

         6th 1 & 2   K

    7th 7 & 8     J

 8th     4 & 5                                                                  H

Staff                                                                Afternoon S

Please let Elisa know if your team as any issues with this plan for 10/23.

You should have received an email on Friday from PTCFast.com with your progress conference schedule. If you did not, please let Jennifer Dierkes know. 

1. Here is the PRIDE form for Integrity. Please be on the lookout for students who are honest, always do what's right, come to class prepared, and manage their time well in class.

2. Celebrations would like you to complete this survey for field day. While it is many months away, we know teams start to plan for their end of the year activities.

The KJ Social Committee met this morning and have some dates and info to share for the upcoming weeks.  As always, if you have any questions or new ideas please seek one of the members out.

~Do you follow Tik Tok and are aware of the Underground Spirit Week trend for Teachers?  Well in a nutshell it is a secret spirit day/week where teachers only have a theme they carry out to have fun and see if the kids pick up on it.  Like our blue jean day but a bit more crazy :)  We are going to try it next Thursday and it will be Pajama Day for teachers only (don't spoil it and tell the students) 

~Annual Friendsgiving  November 21st  Sign up sheet will be out soon. Social Committee will provide paper products and dessert. 

~ December will be a very busy month: 7th Grade Food Day (Dec. 6), Secret Santa(Dec. 9-13) Dress Up Calendar the whole month. There will also be a Cookie Exchange (date pending)  

~January: 8th Grade Staff Meal and hopefully a staff activity like Escape Room/Bowling/Open Gym

~February: The Soup and Chili Cook Off is BACK!  Feb. 6th (half day)

Congratulations to this week's Kingsley Kudos recipients:

Jen Ritchason

Nikki Brienen

Janel Sebeny

Jennifer Peterson

Charlene Parsons

Brittany Libernini

Has a fellow Cougar gone out of their way to help you? Have you seen a staff member who goes above and beyond to make Kingsley a better place to work and learn? Reward them by nominating them for a Kingsley Kudos! It's quick, painless, and brings joy to you and the recipient. 

Unit 5 is providing two Youth Mental Health First Aid training options for staff at the Unit Office this fall. This is a great opportunity for staff to learn about mental health challenges common among their students, how to respond to students experiencing them, and how to connect them to support. Please see the attached flyer and pass it along to staff within your building. The flyer includes a link to the form for you to sign up. 

The training will be broken into 2 sessions. Option 1: Oct 17th & 18th 3:30-4:30. Option 2: Nov 6 & Nov 15th 4:30-7:30. 

The October sessions will be more focused on the elementary level, while the November sessions will be more focused on secondary level. Anyone is welcome to attend either option and will receive training applicable to all levels.

It's time to get ready for the "IT IS BETTER TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE" holiday program. 

Last year, approximately 150 Unit 5 families were adopted, with support coming from throughout Unit 5. Our hope is that we will be able to help that same number this year.

This is being sent to administrators, counselors, and family coordinators to streamline the nomination process. Please share this information with any other teachers or staff members who may want to nominate a family in need.

To nominate a Unit 5 family, please fill out the following form by Oct. 30. Your family coordinators will have the number of families we are allotting per school. 

Please make sure the family you nominate isn't being helped by another organization. We want to make sure to serve as many families in our community as possible. 

A COUPLE ISSUES TO NOTE:

1) Please make sure there is a working phone number for the family on the form. We understand things change, but please confirm the number entered at least works as of now.

2) Be as specific as possible when entering information. 

3) Try to select families that are not being provided gifts by another organization.

4) If you notice a child only asks for something small, like "colored pencils" please add a few items you think the child might like. We don't want one child getting colored pencils and another getting a light-up skateboard.

5) Please do not wait until the deadline to enter these. We will be working on them as they come in because that portion is extremely daunting. 

6) We will be reserving a few spots for move-ins and families who we may not realize need extra support this holiday season. Even if we fill our spots, I have other resources we can reach out to for assistance, so please don't hesitate to ask if you have a family in need and the date has passed.

A separate email will be sent to AllUsers by Nov. 1, which will allow them to participate by donating gifts.

Please SAVE THE DATE for Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, 3-5:30 p.m. at Northpoint Elementary as a drop off location.  All donors will pull in the circle drive to drop off their gifts. Volunteers will be carrying gifts inside the building. Wrapped and labeled gifts will be delivered by volunteers to families on Saturday, December 7, 2023 from 8:30-noon. Information about signing up to deliver gifts will be sent in November, as well. 

Please reach out if you have questions. 

Thanks again and remember, "it is better to give than to receive".

Dayna, & Northpoint Teacher Jill Hartke & Retired Teacher Jan Meadows

Mark your calendars now for a meet and greet with Dr. Weikle on November 14 at 8 am in the KJHS IMC. 

There are still a few game duty slots open for the girls basketball season. E-mail Kaleigh if one or more of the open dates works for you and you want to take advantage of this opportunity to earn a little extra money while watching our student athletes in action.  

Here are this week's instructional technology tips. 

Here is the PBIS Integrity lesson. It should be taught this week in advisory will only require one advisory period. Many thanks to the PBIS Instructional & Data Teams for their continued work on supporting student behavior by reviewing discipline data and creating lessons that address common issues.

From Candid Omachel...

Please take a moment to read the Insurance Benefits Newsletter, for October. Each month, we will send a new issue covering important health and wellness information for staff. The newsletter is interactive and includes links to important information. Some links will require that you log into your Unit 5 Google account to access the information.  

Please share ideas and topics that you would like to see in the newsletter here.

As always, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding your pay or benefits. We hope you enjoy the newsletter!

Molly Yerke in HR has created a Retirement Quick Reference Guide, which addresses retirement in all the different organizations that Unit 5 employees may belong to.