Kathy Tucker, Principal

tuckerk@stjohns.k12.fl.us

Jim Roberts, Asst. Princi-

pal

Volume 88, No. 9

October 18, 2013

Dear Volunteers, Words can not express our grati-tude for all you do for KES. We truly appreciate each and every one of you! Thank you for fulfilling our vol-

unteer needs this week. Below is a list of new op-portunities. Please let me know if you would like to help. Volunteers to work the Book Fair. Please go to: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/70A0C49AFAF2B0-

book1 *Volunteers to assist with our new recycling program. Please go to : http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4FAFAB2CA64-cafeteria/714300 *Volunteers to assist with the Fall Festival. Please go to : www.SignUpGenius.com/go/70A0C49AFAF2B0-

fall Enjoy the weekend with your family! Michelle Michelle.moore@stjohns.k12.fl.us

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Kindergarten: Dalton Goskins, Brandi Scofield, Reeve

Power, Ava Jones, Isla Struhar

1st grade: Lorenzo Mansell, Quinn McMullen, Lily Dales,

Lily Oldham, Kyle Jackson, Amber Pugh

2nd grade: Gabby Gilyard, Blake Furnal, Landon Ringot

3rd grade: Cody Miller, Mikey Silverio, Emma Brisk, Jas-

mine Cossette

4th grade: Skyelar Martinson, Cullen Richardson, Skylar

Prall, Luke Hayes

5th grade: Hannah Heinrich, Ryan Ranick, Aslynn Hagerty

We Learn, Live, and Laugh at Ketterlinus Elementary School!

Perfect Attendance

The following classes had perfect attendance

and no tardies this week. Keep up the great

work!! Many studies show that regular attend-

ance and timeliness are crucial in achieving

success in the classroom. Let’s all strive to ac-

complish this goal.

UNFORTUNATELY, NO CLASSES

REACHED THIS GOAL THIS WEEK!

Principal’s Corner

Dear KES Friends and Family – Congratulations to Ketterlinus’ Teacher of the Year – Suzanne Brush; Rookie Teacher of the Year – Emily DaBruzzi; and Employee of the Year – Michelle Moore. These ladies represent our school and staff very well. They represent the dedication and commitment our entire staff has towards our school and students. I’m proud of them and of our entire staff. A huge thank you goes out to Mr. France for providing our entire staff with a surprise lunch. It was a wonderful treat for all and made us all feel very special. Thank you! This is hard to believe, but we are finishing the First Quarter next week. Reports cards will go out on October 30th. Please make note that we will have a Teacher’s Planning Day on Friday, October 25th. Last week, I shared with you one of the KES Essential. Essential #1, which required reading every night (K/1 are read to nightly). This week, KES Essential #2 is attendance. It is important that your child attend school on a regular basis and on time. It is very difficult to duplicate the classroom instruction and activities that are used to teach/reinforce a concept. Excessive absences have a direct impact on student learning and the privilege to participate in extracurricular activities. I’m very proud that as a school, Ketterlinus has greatly re-duced our absences, but we still have room to improve. Please note that if your child is sick, fever, or vomiting, he or she needs to stay home. Our parents have done a wonderful job in improving our attendance at KES. Keep it up!!! Our recycling program is going very well in the cafeteria. The stu-dents are helping to reduce the trash going into the landfill by recy-cling basically everything except the leftover food. Everything from the plastic wrappers, milk cartons, straws, and trays is recycled. All liquids are drained and food is thrown into a separate container that is taken to the dumpster. All recyclable items are taken to a special dumpster where they are picked up for recycling instead of going to the landfill. We still are in need of cafeteria volunteers. Check out some of our community members volunteering!!! Have a wonderful weekend! Kathy Tucker

P.T.O. News The Fall Festival is set for Friday, No-

vember 1st from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m..

There will be face painting, hair spray

painting, cookie walks, slides, horse and

buggy rides, food, friends and family…..all the requirements

for a FABULOUSLY fun time! Thank you to Jenny Ranick, a

parent volunteer, for organizing the festival. Please go to

the link below to sign up to volunteer. You can choose which

booth you would like to work, as well as the time slot that is

most convenient for you. www.SignUpGenius.com/go/70A0C49AFAF2B0-fall

We raised $460.00 at Zaxby’s Spirit Night! Thank you to

Zaxby’s and to all of our families who attended!

Bullying Prevention Week

October is Bullying Prevention Month. Our students will have assemblies or in class lessons that will focus

on what bullying is, how to maintain a safe school environment, and the procedure to report a bullying situa-tion. Assemblies and lessons will be conducted by our Guidance Counse-lor, Sandra McCutcheon, and School Psychologist, Stephanie Caradonna. Should you have any questions,

please call 547-8540.

KES RECYCLES

One of our parents, Tara

Strickland, has organized

and implemented a new re-

cycling program at KES.

Ask your child to show you what they are learn-

ing. We separate liquid, food, and recyclable

products into separate containers. The students

*~* Dates to Remember *~*

10/18 Fourth Grade Field Trip to Fountain of Youth

10/23 Picture Retakes

10/24 First Quarter Ends

10/25 Teacher Planning Day—Student Holiday 11/01 PTO Fall Festival 11/11 Veteran’s Day—Student/Teacher Holiday

11/27-29 Thanksgiving Holiday Break

Easy ways to raise

money for our school!

Save the labels off popular food items! http://www.labelsforeducation.com/My-School Coke Rewards—http://www.mycokerewards.com/schoolDetails.do? id=1056657278&x=55&y=9 Box Tops: Keep collecting all year!

LUNCH SCHEDULE FOR WEEK OF October 21st

Tuesday

Cheese or Pepperoni

Pizza

Beef Taco

Baby Carrot Dippers

Corn

Mixed Fruit

Taco Sauce

Variety of Milk

Thursday

Pasta & Meatballs

Fajita Chicken Wrap

Spinach/ Romaine Sal-

ad

Sweet Green Peas

Peaches

Taco Sauce

Variety of Milk

Box Top for Education Collecting Box Tops is easy as pie!! Just cut out and return in a baggie or envelope with your child’s name printed on the front. Our

current contest is between classes. The class with the MOST Box Tops collected will receive a special prize. Currently, Kindergarten is in the lead with 281 Box Tops, followed by Fifth grade with a count of 275. Just a reminder, Box Top for Education donates money to our school with every Box Top collected. Thank you for helping KES!! Thank you, also, to Elizabeth Masters, a parent volunteer, who counts every Box Top collected. Thank you, Mrs. Masters!!

Friday

No School

Monday

Chicken Quesadilla Max

Max Cheese Sticks

Marinara Sauce

Steamed Broccoli

Mandarin Oranges

Taco Sauce

Variety of Milk

“18th Annual Ancient City Kid Day”

Looking for something fun to do with your kids that doesn't cost a lot of money? Then the Ancient city Kids Day is for you!! It will be held on October 26th from 11:00 am—3:00 pm at Francis Field on Castillo Drive. This FREE event, coordinated by local agen-cies, provides a day of fun filled activities, carnival style games, arts and crafts and contests for chil-

dren and families. No child will leave empty handed as t-shirts, prizes and goodies are given out throughout

the day. EPIC Behavioral Healthcare at 829-2273.

The St. John’s County School

District invites you to attend the

STATE OF SCHOOLS

Presented by Dr. Joseph Joyner, Ed. D

Superintendent of Schools

Monday, October 14, 2013

6:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m.

School Board Auditorium

School District Admin. Bldg.

40 Orange Street

St. Augustine, Florida

Wednesday

Chicken Nuggets

Chicken Fajita Salad

Cherry Tomato and Cel-

ery Stick Dippers

Baked Beans

Fresh Sliced Apples

Variety of Milk

Recreation Department Basketball League

Do you have a son or daughter between the ages of 7 and 14 who just can't stop bouncing that basketball? The SJC Youth Basketball League is here! Registration starts on Oct. 1st and will end with tryouts on Nov. 2nd. All play-ers will make a team. Sign your child up for only $25! Visit sjcfl.us/youth for more info.

PICTURE RE-TAKES

Picture re-takes are scheduled for Wednesday, October 23rd. Forms will be sent home to those students who missed the first Picture Day. If you would like your child’s picture re-taken, please return the original picture packet, as well as noti-fy your child’s teacher that you wish to have your child’s picture re-taken.

Lost items How lovely to have the change of weather!! With cooler temperatures, our students will be wearing jackets to school. PLEASE label all jackets and sweatshirts. We have quite a supply of lost items already . If your child has lost anything, please encourage them to check the “lost and found” which is located in the cafeteria. Also, please label lunchbox-es and backpacks so that we can easily re-turn them to their owners.

A Surprise Lunch for KES Staff Our staff was recently treated to a lunch purchased by one of our 1st grade parents. It was such a nice mid-week treat!! Thank you, Mark France, for your generos-ity. It was truly appreciated!!

ART CLUB NEWS

Registration for Art Club begins on Monday, October 14th. This session is open to 2nd and 3rd grade students. Registration forms are in the Art room. This session will begin on Monday, November 4th, at 3:15 p.m. in the Art room. Come use your creativity!

Hispanic Heritage Festival

Come see what the LEE students have been learning!! They will be displaying their work

on Sunday, October 27th in the Palencia Town Center from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m..

No school for students on October 25th! Enjoy the long weekend!