Kathy Tucker, Principal [email protected] Jim Roberts, Asst. Princi- pal Volume 90, No. 17 December 19, 2013 Dear KES Volunteers, I hope that your holiday season is filled with all the magic the season brings. We truly appreciate you and hope that you feel how valued you are by the staff at KES. We realize that without you, the parents and guardians, our KES family is not complete. Merry Christmas, to you and your family, and a Happy New Year. May all the memories created this year fill your heart with happiness. Michelle [email protected] STUDENT OF THE WEEK Kindergarten: Addison Booth, Joshua Beckman, Dylan Rogers, Landon Tillman, Maia Kitto, Cameron Reyes Acosta 1st grade: Jimmie Wheeler, Alyssa Troino, Shyanne Mil- ligan, Thomas Burpee 2nd grade: Isla Redmon, Skylar Nash, Madalyn Singleton 3rd grade: Shi’Miracle Moore, Abigail Lam 4th grade: Bo Garcia, Sona Earnest, Adrianna Stewart, Hunter Skinner 5th grade: Jett Manucy, Gracie Maddox, Jake Usina Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!! Dear Ketterlinus family & friends, I want to share my sincere thanks to our families and to our community partners. We truly appreciate all of you and that you allow us to teach your children. As we start the holiday break, the entire Ketterlinus staff would like to wish you and your family a new year of joy, peace, love and gratitude. We are so blessed to live in such a wonderful community. Wishing you the happiest of holidays! Kathy Tucker and the entire Ketterlinus Family Raise the Roof With Books As you know, we have implemented the AVID program this year for our students. Part of this initiative is to increase stu- dent’s exposure to more rigorous reading, particularly non- fiction. The non-fiction inventory in our Media Center is be- coming outdated. Therefore, we created this initiative as a way of raising needed funds to purchase new books. Due to the gen- erous donations of some of our parents , neighbors and com- munity businesses, we have raised $5,800.00! Please consider donating to this very important cause. With a $15.00 dona- tion, a bookplate with your name will be placed inside a newly purchased non-fiction book. If you would like to donate, please complete the form below. Clearly print the name you would like to have printed on the bookplate. Thank you, in ad- vance, for helping to reach our goal of $10,000. Raise the Roof with Books Donation Name: ____________________________________________ Amount of Donation: _______________________________ R. J. Murray Center of the Arts R. J. Murray Middle School will begin accepting online applica- tions for the Center for the Arts beginning January 7th, 2014 for the 2014-2015 school year. DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 7th!!!! KES Family Sing-A-Long Join us on Friday, De- cember 20th, @9:00 a.m.,for a sing-a-long in the gymnasium. The entire school will be singing carols together. What a wonderful way to begin the holi- day break. Hope to see you there. Citizenship Character Counts Celebration Congratulations to the following students for earning the citizenship award during our most recent character counts celebration: Tristan Lanier, Sophia Tagliarini, Olivia Mihal, Koda Creter, Talan Yarbrough, Sophia Perez, Amir Altoum, Ava McCallister, Lauren Voutour, Zoe France, Kyle Jackson, Eli Robshaw, Bryce Jackson, Amelie Thompson, Sophie Fox, Hailey Beckman, Ashlyn Voutour, Cailynn Brubaker, Aurelia Baker, Ben Mosteller, Maggie McMullen, Jacqueline Waler, Cullan Lynch, Zachary Heffner, Carter Heifner, Zina Asadi, Semoria Baldwin, Jensen Dole Keep Reading Towards Your AR Goal The second nine week AR goal deadline has been extended to January 7th. All students who meet this goal will be invited to the Popcorn and Top- ping Party, to be held in January at Project Swing. Testing will not be available during the Winter Break, but will be available when we return on January 6th(Planning Day) and on January 7th. The second nine week’s AR goal is: Fifth Grade needs 60 points, Fourth Grade needs 50 points, Third Grade needs 35 points, Second Grade needs 20 points, First Grade needs 5 new points. Thank you for encouraging your child to be a reader! Readers make leaders at KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY! Early release The students will be dis- missed at 1:50 p.m. on Fri- day, December 20th! This is an early dismissal day. please arrive promptly at 1:50 p.m. to pick up your child. Thank you for your assistance in helping to make the parent pickup process run so smoothly.