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  • IMES, KES, MPES

    Curriculum Night Gr. 3-5

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  • Board of Education Meeting

    7:00 p.m. - Anticipated Executive Session

    7:30 p.m. - Public Session

    John Jay High School, Library 

    September 19, 2019 Press Release

    Katonah - Lewisboro School District

  • Audit Committee Meeting

    7:30 p.m. - Executive Session

    District Office, Conference Room 

    Katonah - Lewisboro School District

  • Policy Committee Meeting

    Policy Committee

    Board of Education Subcommittee

    8:45 a.m.

    District Office, Conference Room 

    Katonah - Lewisboro School District

  • Rosh Hashanah - Schools Closed

    Katonah - Lewisboro School District

  • BOE Meeting

    Katonah - Lewisboro School District

  • Emergency Management Plan Early Dismissal Drill

    Katonah - Lewisboro School District

  • Sustainability Committee Meeting

    Sustainability Committee

    Board of Education Subcommittee

    8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. 

    District Office, Conference Room 

     

    Katonah - Lewisboro School District
  • JJMS

    Superintendent's Coffee

    Katonah - Lewisboro School District

  • Yom Kippur - Schools Closed

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Welcome to Katonah Elementary School

  • Students celebrated Constitution Day

    Students celebrated Constitution Day in many ways including connecting the US Constitution to their classroom rules.  

  • KES is PAWSOME!

    At KES' first Sharing Assembly, Principal Cristy Harris reviewed PAWS with the students: Practice respect. Accept responsibility. We choose kindness. Safety first. KES is PAWSOME!

  • The first day of school was exciting! Students find their friends and teachers and walk inside together.

    The first day of school was exciting! Students found their friends and teachers and walked inside together. 

  • Buddy Students
  • The day before school started, families gathered to "Chalk the Walk," filling the pavement with good wishes.

    The day before school started, families gathered to "Chalk the Walk," filling the pavement with good wishes. 

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WELCOME BACK !

 

Dear KES Families

 It was a terrific first day of school! The children filled the hallways and classrooms with their positive energy and stories of summer. Hearing their chatter and laughter, and seeing their smiles was joyful! As we visited classrooms, we caught glimpses of students organizing materials, learning routines, establishing classroom rules, reviewing the “Be Your Best” Code of Conduct, and most importantly, getting to know each other! There were clear signs of caring, kind and respectful classroom communities in the making.

Later this week, we will come together as a school-wide community to introduce new students and staff members, emphasize our school mantra “PAWS for Kindness,” along with this year’s theme, ‘KES Cares,’ the PAWSOME Pledge, and the highly anticipated reveal of this month’s Character Education Book of the Month. It’s certain to be very exciting!

Safety Drills:

Throughout the year, we conduct different drills to ensure the safety of all our students and staff. These drills include evacuations (fire drills), lock-downs, lock-outs, sheltering in place, off-site sheltering and emergency dismissal drills. We conduct these drills in accordance with NYS Law under Project SAVE regulations. For emergency dismiss drills or early closings, you will be contacted using the automated notification system, ConnectEd. If any of your contact information should change during the course of the year, please be sure to notify the Main Office and update your records in the Parent Portal. Additionally, please review your family plan with your children so they are aware of what to do when we dismiss in an emergency. As a reminder, our Early Dismissal Drill will be held on Friday, October 4 this year. We plan to have our first fire drill later this week, and first lock-down drill the end of the third week of school. If you are interested in hearing about our school safety procedures, please plan to join us at the KES PTO General Meeting scheduled on Wednesday, September 18 at 9:30 am in the Cafeteria.

Curriculum Nights:

On both Curriculum Nights (September 18- Grades K, 1 and 2 and September 19- Grades 3, 4 and 5), representatives of our specialists and special area teachers will be available in the for an informal meet and greet in the KES Cafeteria 6:30 pm. In addition, at 6:30 pm, parents of ENL and special education students are invited to meet with these teachers- Ms. DiMarco, Mrs. Aparicio, Mrs. Grogan, Mrs. Hirsch, Mr. Lewis and Ms. Swee in their respective classrooms. Presentations in the general education classrooms begin at 7:00 pm. The classroom teachers will provide information about their grade level curriculum and share classroom routines and expectations (i.e., healthy snacks and birthday celebrations aligned with our District Wellness Policy, homework, etc.) We anticipate the program will end around 8:00 p.m.

If you haven’t already, you will soon receive information from your child’s teacher regarding the special area class A-E schedule (PE, Art and Music).

We hope to see you at the annual PTO Welcome Back Picnic on Friday from 5:00-7:00 pm on the KES plaza and playground.

Here’s to a terrific year of learning and growing!!!

Sincerely,

Cristy Harris, Principal and Kweon Stambaugh, Assistant Principal