Dear Parents and/or Guardians of the Class of 2014:
You are invited to Kennett High School on Wednesday, March 10th at 6:30 pm for the annual incoming freshman parent- student evening orientation. This event will be held in the Loynd Auditorium. The orientation will provide both you and your son or daughter with important information about the next four years of courses, our change in the scheduling model, the structure of the freshman house, and the timeline for selecting courses for next school year.
Many of the high school faculty will be available during this time. It will be a great opportunity for you and your son or daughter to meet the 9th grade teachers, as well as, many of the teachers from other departments. The guidance department will also be available to answer any questions you may have about the course selection
process.
At the end of the presentation in the Loynd Auditorium, everyone will have the opportunity to tour the building. During this time, all of the Career and Technical, Fine and Performing Arts, and Physical Education programs will be open and on display for both you and your son or daughter to see first hand what these programs
have to offer. Last year, certain programs made delicious
The first half of the year is complete and February vacation is right around the corner. KMS staff has begun to evaluate some of the initiatives we have put in place this year. Areas receiving high marks include our online grading program (Edline.net), technology integration, the RED (Read Every Day) program, and maintaining a clean and healthy environment.
If you haven’t done so, ask your student about their science fair project and their wiki site. I have been following the progress of the students and I am quite impressed. I look forward to seeing the end results on display. The science fair is a
At Kennett Middle School, we continue to make our students safety and well being our number one priority. Cyber-bullying has become a problem for all of us and we want to help families and students understand some basic rules when using the internet. Please share these important rules with your child:
Fifteen students are currently involved in rehearsing for “Mousetrap,” a two-act murder/mystery, by Agatha Christie. This production will be performed during Activity Blocks the week of April 5th and at 7:00 P.M.. on Thursday, April 8th, and Saturday, April 10th. All performances will be in the Lecture Hall Auditorium. Admission is free.
Band and chorus parents are encouraged to help on Friday, March 12th when we host the Lakes Region Music Festival. I will need assistants all day starting at 7:00 A.M. We need 30 pounds of pasta for dinner that night, so please buy a box of spaghetti noodles and bring it to Mrs. Ouellette.
Upcoming dates include the Annual Louis Fuchs/Otto Ninow Memorial Concert on Tuesday, March 30th at 6:30 P.M. in our Gymnasium; Annual Spring Concert on Wednesday, May, 19th at 7:00 P.M. at Kennett High School’s Loynd Auditorium; and Great East Festival Trip to Canobie Lake Park on Friday, June 4th. Please ask your students about paperwork that will be coming in February.
Several visitors recently spent significant time observing students, staff and programming at Kennett Middle School. The comments and insight are worth reviewing.
On Monday and Tuesday last week Justin Reich, of the Harvard Graduate School of Education , spent the day with some of our 8th grade students looking specifically at the application of 21st Century Learning skills and applications. This was the first of several visits to KMS for research study. In his initial inquiry, Mr. Reich stated
