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Message Sent September 29th

Hello Cougar Leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call.
Thank you all for your cooperation with our last minute early dismissal so our school could be used as a hurricane shelter. We did have community members utilize the school as a shelter to stay safe. We hope that you are all doing well in the aftermath of the hurricane. Please reach out to our social worker, Vicky Daly if you are in need of any resources.
October is Bully Awareness Month, we encourage everyone to join us in the "Stomp Out Bullying" initiative, promoting a safe and supportive environment for all students.
Our Picture Day is scheduled for October 1st. It's a wonderful opportunity for students to capture their school memories. Order forms for Leonard’s went home last week. We also posted an online order form on our Facebook page.
Lastly, the Otis Spunkmeyer fundraiser orders deadline has been extended to October 7th.
That is all for now, have a great evening. See you tomorrow. Goodbye!

Message about Dismissal for 9/25

Hello Cougar Families,
This is Ms. Joiner with an important announcement about our early release day tomorrow due to our school opening as a shelter. Our dismissal will start at noon tomorrow. Our busses will be dropping off students 3 hours ahead of schedule (give or take 15 minutes). As a reminder our K-1 students must be met at the bus door as well as bikers and walkers. The following daycares will be picking up students from school: Loomis, Kidz of the Future, and World Martial Arts. All other camps and daycares will not be picking up students. KEEP will also be closed in the afternoon. Our parent pick-up will run as usual, just three hours earlier. For any dismissal changes, please write a handwritten note for your child’s teacher for the dismissal change. We appreciate your flexibility during this time. Stay safe.

Message Sent September 24th

In response to the approaching Tropical Storm Helene, all Charlotte County Public Schools will be closed on Thursday, September 26, and Friday, September 27 to ensure the safety of our students and staff.
Additionally, all after-school activities on Wednesday, September 25, will be canceled, except for on-campus aftercare programs which will remain open.
Due to the evacuation orders affecting several areas, Kingsway Elementary will close at noon on Wednesday, September 25 to serve as a shelter for residents. This decision has been made in coordination with local emergency management officials.
A decision regarding Friday night high school activities will be made once we have further information on the storm’s potential impact.
Please continue to monitor updates from local authorities and the school district as conditions develop. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation during this time.

Message Sent September 22nd

Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call.Thank you for joining our Title 1 Donuts with Dudes event. It was very successful and we had a lot of fun!

In celebration of our last week of Attendance Awareness Month, we are having a Spirit Week! Monday is Crazy Sock Day, Tuesday is Pajama Day, Wednesday is Inside Out and Backwards day, Thursday is Sports Day, and Friday is school spirit so wear all of your blue and white Kingsway gear!

Tomorrow is the first day of our Otis Spunkmeyer fundraiser. Packets with information went home last Friday. All orders are due October 4th. There are many ways to earn prizes. Some of the prizes are a popsicle party, class party, a pajama day, and silly stringing Dr. Hudzina! How exciting! All payments can be made online. We also posted information about this on our Facebook page.

Drug Free Charlotte County will be coming to KES and presenting to 1st, 2nd, and 5th grade classes.

Fall Picture Day is next Tuesday, October 1st. Order forms will be sent home this week!That is all for now, have a great evening. See you on Monday. Goodbye!

Message Sent September 15th

Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call.

September is Attendance Awareness Month! This week, we are in third place out of ten schools! We love seeing our cougars here all day, every day!

This Wednesday is an Early Release Day for professional learning for all staff. It will be like a typical school day, we just release students two hours earlier, at 1:10. Students will be served breakfast and lunch. All afternoon bus stop times will be moved two hours ahead of their regular time. Please look at the flyer that was sent home, as well as posted on Remind and Facebook for more details.

This Friday, September 20th is our Donuts with Dudes event from 7:15am-8:00am, this Monday is the deadline to RSVP. It is a sweet event that you won't want to miss!

Progress Reports have now been posted on the Parent Portal. Please be sure to review these, if you have concerns, reach out to your child’s teacher. We want to continue to have open communication with our parents and families to best meet the needs of our students and ensure their success.

As a reminder, we do not release students for early dismissal after 2:30pm.

Looking ahead, our Fall Picture Day is on October 1st. Order forms will be sent home in the coming weeks.

That is all for now, have a great evening. See you on Monday. Goodbye!

Message Sent September 8th

Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call. This week, our 1st and 2nd students will be taking their ELA and Math FAST Assessments on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is important for students to get a good night sleep, a healthy breakfast, and arrive on time so they can show what they know and do their best on the test!

September is Attendance Awareness Month! We will be competing against other elementary schools to win the attendance trophy for the highest attendance rate for the month. We will have classroom challenges, a school-wide poster contest, and a spirit week. See our Facebook page for more details!

Our "Connect with Books" Scholastic book fair is open Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:30am and 4:00-5:30pm. On Friday, it will only be open from 7:30-8:30am.

Student safety is our top priority. While driving through the parent pick-up line, please make sure you are following the 5 mph speed limit and keeping an eye out for students loading and unloading out of their vehicles.

Looking ahead, we will have an Early Release day on September 18th. It will be like a typical school day, we just release students two hours earlier, at 1:10. All afternoon bus stop times will be moved two hours ahead of their regular time. There will be a flyer that we will send home, share out on Facebook, Peach Jar, and Remind with more information and details.

That is all for now, have a great evening. See you on Monday. Goodbye!

Message Sent September 1st

Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call. This week, our kindergarten students will be taking their ELA and Math FAST Assessments on Wednesday and Thursday. It is important for students to get a good night sleep, a healthy breakfast, and arrive on time so they can show what they know and do their best on the test! Next week, our 1st and 2nd graders will be taking their ELA and Math FAST Assessments.

September is Attendance Awareness Month! We will be competing against other elementary schools to win the attendance trophy for the highest attendance rate for the month. We will have classroom challenges, a schoolwide poster contest, and more.

We are excited to announce that our "Connect with Books" Scholastic book fair is coming KES! The official start date is Friday, September 6th.

Our dismissal has been going well, we do have a few reminders to help it run more smoothly. Once your student has loaded into the car, please take down your car tag. This tells KES staff that you are loaded and ready to go. Once dismissal is over at about 3:35, you will need to park and come inside to pick up your student. Please make sure that you bring identification and ensure the person picking up the student is on the emergency card.*Also, students are not to get out of the vehicle until 8am. We appreciate your cooperation. When joining the bus-side parent pick-up line, please enter from Harold Ave to ensure you are not cutting in line.

It is very important that we have the most up-to-date information on the Parent Portal. Please make sure you have gone in and updated those forms to ensure we have the most accurate information. Please refer to our Facebook page for more information. If you have not done so already, please like and follow our page to stay up to date on everything KES!

As a reminder, tomorrow, Monday, September 2nd is Labor Day, there is no school.That is all for now, have a great evening. See you on Tuesday. Goodbye!

Message Sent August 25th

Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call. We are moving along into our 3rd week of school. Students have been learning about procedures and expectations. Here at Kingsway, we follow our Proud to L.E.A.D. Expectations. We are thrilled to see our students at school each and every day. During the first few weeks, arrival and dismissal can be slow, but we are getting faster and faster. Once your student has loaded into the car, please take down your car tag. This tells KES staff that you are loaded and ready to go. This week, dismissal ended around 3:35. Once dismissal is over, you will need to park and come inside to pick up your student. Please make sure that you bring identification and ensure the person picking up the student is on the emergency card. Also, in the morning, students are not to get out of the vehicle until 8am. We appreciate your cooperation.

This week, our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be taking the FAST Math Progress Monitoring #1 on either Tuesday or Wednesday. It is important that students get a good night sleep, a healthy breakfast, and arrive on time for testing so they can show what they know.

Looking ahead, our kindergarten students will take their ELA and Math FAST assessments next week.It is very important that we have the most up-to-date information on the Parent Portal. Please make sure you have gone in and updated those forms to ensure we have the most accurate information. Please refer to our Facebook page for more information. If you have not done so already, please like and follow our page to stay up to date on everything KES!

That is all for now, have a great evening. See you tomorrow. Goodbye!

Message Sent August 22nd

Hello Parents and Guardians,
This is Kalee Joiner, Assistant Principal of Kingsway Elementary School informing you that Kingsway Elementary School just conducted our state required active assailant lockdown drill for this month. Our school uses the One Button Lockdown System which allows Kingsway Elementary School to instantly lockdown with the use of new technologies such as automated announcements and strobe lights. Your child’s safety is always our top priority.
Thank you for your understanding and have a great day.

Message Sent August 18th

Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call.We had a great first week of school. Students are doing an amazing job wearing their school ID badges to and from school. The first two weeks of school is always a time that our students learn about procedures and expectations. Here at Kingsway, we follow our Proud to L.E.A.D. Expectations. We are thrilled to see our students at school each and every day.

During the first few weeks, arrival and dismissal can be slow, but it will become faster and faster each day, as it becomes more routine for our cougars. During arrival and dismissal, you can not turn left into our parking lot. This means that you will need to drive down Quasar from Loveland. You also can not pull straight into our parking lot from Abalom during arrival and dismissal. There are signs posted by these locations. During arrival, we ask that you do not park and walk your child into school, please use the parent pick-up line. The parking lot is very busy during this time of the morning. Also, students are not to get out of the vehicle until 8am. Also, please remember that the speed limit in the parking lot is 5mph. We appreciate your cooperation.

Rainy day dismissal occurs when we receive a lightning alert within 10 miles of our radius. Most of the time, these alerts come through right at dismissal. As we all know, Florida weather can be unpredictable with our afternoon storms. We appreciate your flexibility!

This Tuesday, August 20th is a professional learning day, this means our students do not have school.

This week, our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be taking the FAST ELA Progress Monitoring #1 on either Wednesday or Thursday. It is important that students get a good night sleep, a healthy breakfast, and arrive on time for testing so they can show what they know. All 3-5 students were given a parent letter with information and resources about the FAST Assessment. Looking ahead, our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will take their math FAST test next week.It is very important that we have the most up-to-date information on the Parent Portal. Please make sure you have gone in and updated those forms to ensure we have the most accurate information.

Last but not least, please like and follow our Kingsway Elementary Facebook page. We post information like the weekly calls, event flyers, lightning alerts, and pictures of our students at awesome events like High 5 Friday.

Again, thank you parents and families for a success first week of school, we are looking forward to an even better second week. That is all for now, have a great evening. See you tomorrow. Goodbye!

Message Sent August 12th

Hello Kingsway families. We had a great first day of school! This is Dr. Hudzina, your principal, calling with some reminders about drop off and pick up.  We are all about student safety. We want you to feel welcomed to the school, but we also need to ensure our campus is safe for students and staff at all times.
 
In the morning, please plan to pull forward through the drop off line and drop off your children. It becomes unsafe when we have too many parents parking and walking their children inside. We promise we have plenty of staff and safety patrols to get your children to breakfast or their classrooms safely. If you do need to park to visit the office in the morning, please wait for a KES staff member to stop traffic and cross you at the crosswalk. We had several parents walk out in front of moving cars today and it became a very unsafe situation. Thank you for your cooperation.
 
Due to safety reasons and a lack of space, parents cannot eat breakfast with their children in the mornings. However, you are more than welcome to come have lunch with your children during the day. Please have your ID ready and follow the gate and front door protocols when you arrive.
 
Dismissal is usually very slow during the first two weeks, especially when we have a rainy day dismissal, like today. We ask for your patience and for you to follow all directives of KES staff so we can have an efficient and quick pick-up process. Please have your car tags hanging and keep them up until your child is safely in the car. If you do not have a car tag, please park and walk into the office with your ID ready.  Again, thank you for your cooperation.
 
Please ensure your child's teacher knows how they are getting home from school each day. We do not accept phone calls for dismissal changes, as we cannot prove who is on the phone. We only take written notes for dismissal changes.
 
We know this is a lot of information and we appreciate you taking the time to listen, as these procedures keep our students safe. We had so much fun with your children today and can't wait for tomorrow!  We look forward to working with you this year and helping KES be the best school in the district! Have a good evening.

Message Sent August 11th

Happy Sunday Families!!! We can't wait to see our Cougars tomorrow!!! Here are the parent drop off and pick up procedures. Please keep in mind the first two weeks may be slow going. Student safety is our priority! Your patience is appreciated. 🙂 https://www.yourcharlotteschools.net/domain/4380

Message from Charlotte County Public Schools

As we begin the school year, this email is being sent by Charlotte County Public Schools to let you know the yearly school forms are now available for submission via your FOCUS parent account.  This process will hopefully reduce the amount of paperwork needing to be filled out during the first weeks of school.

Again this school year, parents/guardians will be updating many of the beginning of year school forms electronically through the FOCUS parent account. This information will be loaded directly into the FOCUS system.  These yearly required forms can be completed before school starts to save time.  Doing so will ensure schools have more current/timely information.  The school that your child attends will be distributing more information once school starts as well.  Below are the four forms that you will need to update for each child attending school here in Charlotte County.
  • The Address Verification form is to review and update your current address if necessary.
  • The Emergency Card form is to update your contact information (telephone, cell phone, work telephone number, etc).  This form allows you to review and update other contacts’ information too.
  • The Parent/Guardian/Caregiver Consent form reviews a series of policies and permissions that you will need to acknowledge and possibly update.
  • The Student Housing Questionnaire form will determine if a student may qualify for additional educational support services.
You will need to log into your FOCUS parent account to complete this process electronically. This is a short and easy process that should take less than five minutes. 

If needed, use this FOCUS Parent Portal information link for assistance in creating an account, adding another student to an existing parent account, or retrieving your password.  If assistance is needed, please reach out to your child’s school or contact Enrollment@yourcharlotteschools.net

Message Sent July 1st

Welcome Dr. Hudzina!

Meet our new principal!  :-)

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