Friday, November 20th

 Message from Principal Duncan

Happy Thanksgiving Break!  We have completed the first three weeks of in-person instruction and we are beyond thankful to see our student's sweet little faces again.  We miss our students that are in Champions Academy, but we know you are in great hands.  Thank you to our families for giving us grace during these times as we know it has not been easy with the ever-changing circumstances.  We have been so impressed with everyone's ability to follow our new protocols and keep our students as safe as possible.  Thank you again and we hope you have the BEST Thanksgiving Break!

Important Information

Absence Reporting during Thanksgiving Break

During the Thanksgiving break, if your child is experiencing any of the symptoms listed below, which may be consistent with the COVID-19 illness, and/or if your child is being tested for a COVID-19 or tests positive for COVID-19, please complete this absence form immediately.  Our district’s nursing staff will follow-up with your family before Monday, November 30th regarding illness.

Symptoms:

Fever / chills

Dry cough

Shortness of breath, difficulty breathing

New loss of taste or smell

Headache

Fatigue (tiredness)

Nausea or vomiting

Diarrhea

Sore throat

Muscle aches

Congestion or runny nose

Champions Academy Student Materials Pick Up:

For all of our Champions Academy students, the next materials pick up will be Thursday, December 10th. You can pick up your materials from our front office between 7:30 am -4:00 pm on this date. Please let us know if you have any questions and we miss seeing each of you!

Monday, November 16th

Message from Principal Duncan:

Happy Monday Kaseberg Families!  This is our final week of school before we head into Thanksgiving Break and enjoy some much needed relaxation and family time.  These past two weeks have been filled with so many unknowns and firsts for our students and staff.  What I am most proud of is our community's resilience during times of uncertainty.  Our students have done so well with mask-wearing, hand washing, and social distancing to ensure we keep everyone safe and keep our school open.  Keep up the great work Hawks and enjoy your week before break!

Important Information:

Rainy Day Pick Up/Dismissal

We are now heading into winter and we will have rainy days ahead.  Please send your child to school with an umbrella or hoodie to ensure they stay dry.  Also, when it is raining during dismissal we will have a different process to ensure students remain dry to the best of our ability.

• Walkers & Adventure Club:  These students will be released from their classroom at 1:15 from our Back Gate, per usual. 
• Driver-Thru Pick Up:  These students will be housed in the MPR until our staff member walkies that their car is out front, then they will be released.
• Parent Walk-Up Out Front:  These students will also be housed in the MPR.  Parents, please wear a mask and walk up to our side MPR door to pick up your child. 
• Kindergarten:  We will have the same release and Pick Up as a nonrainy day.     

FREE Food Pantry Delivery Every Month

Every other Tuesday we will have pallets of non-perishable or perishable food delivered to our front gate entrance for our families to take as needed.  This food is free for all Kaseberg Families to take and we encourage families to grab a bag of food during these days.  It is a first-come, first-serve basis and no sign up is required.  We plan to have approximately 50 bags of food this first go around for delivery.  Our first distribution date is this TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17th from 12:45pm-2:00pm in front of the school.  We will have volunteers out in front of the school to help carry bags of food to cars as needed.  

Lunch Applications 

Even though all students are receiving free lunch at this time we are still asking families to fill out a Lunch Meals Application online.  The Free and Reduced Lunch application helps in providing Title 1 funding to our site and supports us in having a counselor, intervention teacher, and countless other resources here at Kaseberg.  If you have not filled out the Free and Reduced Lunch application yet this year, please do so by clicking this link below.  Free and Reduced Lunch Application     

Thanksgiving Break Next Week:  November, 23rd-November, 27th

 

Friday, November 6th

Message from the Principal

Happy Friday and welcome back to our first week of in-person instruction!  I am so proud of our students, staff, and families during this transition back to in-person instruction.  Students have been so positive, well-behaved, and following all safety protocols.  Thank you to our families for being so respectful of our social distancing protocols during drop off and pick up.  This has made our before school and after school procedures go very smoothly.  I can not express enough how much gratitude I have to this Kaseberg Community and our ability to work together to support our students!  Thank you for all that you do!

Important Information

Pick Up and Drop Off Reminders

Thank you for all that you have done to make this transition smooth for drop off and pick up.  We have had all students picked up and off-campus within 10 minutes of dismissal, which is amazing.  As a reminder, there are three entrance/exit gates on campus.  Please make sure your child has a meeting spot designated with you after they are released.  If your child is exiting out the back gate and meeting you somewhere, please make sure you are visible for us to see.  

• Kinder Gate:  Kinder pick up and drop off only.  
• Back Gate:  All students who are walking home, going to Adventure Club, or have a parent parking and walking up to the gate.  
• Front Gate:  Students who are getting picked up by cars in the drive-thru or cars parked in our front parking lot.  

Chromebooks

If your child has not returned their Chromebook to school and given it to their teacher, please do so ASAP.  We will be taking an inventory of our Chromebooks for future use in the classrooms.  Please make sure you send the Chromebook back with the assigned charger as well.  Thank you!  

New Attendance Procedure 

If your child is sick or just going to be absent from school, the school district now has a Google FORM for you to fill out so they can make sure there are no COVID connections with any illness.  Please fill out this form and notify the front office if your child is going to be absent due to an illness.

Illness Absence Form   

Meal Duty Supervisor Needed

Are you interested in being on campus and working with our students for pay?  We currently have a vacant Meal Duty Supervisor position here at Kaseberg Elementary.  The job would entail delivering bagged lunches to our classrooms and watching students during our afternoon recess.  The position would be from 10:45am-12:15 pm Monday-Friday.  We are hoping to fill this position ASAP.  If this is something you are interested in please fill out the job application at our Ed Join website and we will contact you.  We would love to see this position filled by one of our own.  Thank you!  MDS Job Application      

Week of November 9th Important Dates

• Wednesday, November 11th:
• NO SCHOOL for all students (Veterans Day)
• Friday, November 13th:
• Spirit Wear Friday. Show your school spirit with Kaseberg Red