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December 22, 2023 - Kelly Family Newsletter

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Dear Families,

We hope all of our families have a safe and healthy Winter Break! We had one more late nomination for Site Council and would like to welcome Denae Smith in addition to  Jackie Dean and Morgin Carpenter. Thank you for being a part of our Site Council! Our first Site Council meeting is Wednesday, January 24 at 3:30pm. 

• The January/February Activity Calendar is available and will be sent home with students after Winter Break.

School Climate

At Kelly Elementary, we show C.A.R.E. towards one another and our community. Please ask your child what the acronym stands for and what that means to them. You can also specifically ask them what C.A.R.E. looks like in the cafeteria or during recess.

Community-Minded

Always Safe and Respectful

Responsible

Engaged

Attendance

We are working this year to improve our attendance and tardy rates. It is important that students are here on time and can have a calm start to their instructional day. We’ve also noticed that many of our students arriving late are at Kelly as part of an out-of-district transfer. Please remember that students must meet certain attendance and behavior expectations to remain at Kelly on an out-of-district transfer.

Caring School Community

We use Caring School Community as our Social Emotional Learning curriculum, which “promotes positive behavior through direct teaching of responsibility, empathy, and cooperation, creating settings where students feel heard, known, and cared for. Students become intrinsically motivated to contribute productively to a community they feel invested in, and where they know they matter.” We will start buddy classes after the New Year.

Important Dates: 

December 25-January 1: Winter Break

January 2: Students and Staff Return to School

January 8: Principal’s Coffee, 9am

January 8: Winter SUN Begins

January 11: Conference Night Makeup #2; 4:30-7:30pm

January 15: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday - No School

January 17: Rescheduled Ruby Bridges Walk or Roll to School Day, 8am, Glenwood Park

January 17: Conference Night Makeup #3; 4:30-7:30pm

January 18: Conference Night Makeup #4; 4:30-7:30pm

January 19: PTA Popcorn Friday, 3pm

Arrival

Our new arrival procedures are working well and helping to get students to class ready to learn on time! All students enter through our main doors beginning at 8:30am. Students in grades 3-5 should enter through the far left door while students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade should enter through the far right door. They then follow a similar pattern with the cafeteria doors and this helps with the traffic pattern so students can quickly get their breakfast and get seated. 

Families, please say “goodbye” to your child at the front doors! 

The first bell will ring at 8:37. If your student arrives after 8:37 and does not want breakfast, they may go directly to class. The late bell rings at 8:45! If your child arrives after 8:45, please walk them into the office to sign in. 

Dismissal

Dismissal is at 3pm. Kindergarten through 2nd grade students are dismissed under the covered area. Third through fifth grade students dismiss out of the parking lot doors. The older students often meet up with families and siblings at a designated location. After 3:07pm, any remaining student is brought to the front of the school outside of the main entrance. The office closes at 3:30pm so all students MUST be picked up no later than 3:30. If you have an emergency and are going to be late, please call our office to notify them.

How to Keep In Touch

• Remind - we use this app to communicate school-wide, classroom and individual messages to families. Please visit this webpage for more information on how to sign up. 

• Kelly Website - please visit our website for up-to-date information about events, announcements and our Friday Family newsletter.

• Follow our school Facebook page as well at

• and

• or username: @kellyschoolgarden

PTA

PTA Movie Night

Thank you to everyone who came out for Movie Night last week.  We are so grateful to our parent volunteers who ran concessions for PTA. Thank you to Meghan, Jackie, Tisha, Becca, Chris, and Valerie for all the support!  

PTA Meeting 

Our next meeting is Friday, January 26 at 3:30pm in the Kelly Library. 

BottleDrop

Thank you to everyone who participated in our BottleDrop Holiday Give fundraiser! We raised $780 during this match period.  These funds will be used for our End of the Year Picnic. Congratulations to Kindergarten and 3rd grade for collecting the most blue bags. They’ve earned a popcorn party that will happen after the New Year.

You can continue to collect cans and bottles all year long. You can also stop in the front office for a new bag. Thanks for saving your cans for Kelly!

PTA important dates:

1/17 - Rescheduled Ruby Bridges Walk or Roll to School Day, 8am, Glenwood Park

1/19 - Popcorn Friday, 3pm, $1

1/26 - PTA Meeting, 3:30pm

Be sure to follow us on and for our latest info.
Contact us at clintonkellypta@gmail.com

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers must sign up with Raptor, so if you haven’t please do so with this link: /volunteer

You will need to do this to chaperone for field trips or any volunteering in the school.  It may take a few weeks to get approved so it is a good idea to start the process ASAP.  Once approved, your background check will stay active for 3 years.

We are looking for volunteers in the following areas:

Chaperoning field trips

In the classroom

Lunch/Recess helpers

Library

PTA events like popcorn sales and movie night!

Sun school

Please email KellyElementaryVolunteers@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Latino Network

Kelly Cougar Bots

Congratulations to our Kelly Cougar Bots, our SUN Lego Robotics team, for their hard work! While at the Lego Robotics tournament earlier this month, they won 1st place for Robot Design. Great job Josue Jimenez Calderon, Alex Lozovoy, Luqman Mahamud, Mikhail Foman, Tadeo Moctezuma Velazquez, and Theresa Pierce! Also a BIG thank you to the families who were there to support us throughout the day.

Kelly Chess Team

A big thank you and congratulations to the Kelly Chess team who participated in the December Practice Chess Tournament.  Keep playing chess and get ready for the 2024 chess tournament coming up faster than you can blink.

Winter SUN Support

Cristina, Tammy and Cassandra would like to thank everyone who volunteered at our SUN Winter Support Event.  Thanks to Kelly PTA for helping us round up volunteers.  We had over 20 volunteers and we added almost 100 volunteer hours to our year. Our volunteers included Kelly parents, GBD Architects and Latino Network SUN team staff from other SUN schools, 

We were able to give away food boxes to 97 families, toys to 259 kids. We also  connected or gave assistance to 30 Kelly Elementary and Head Start families.

A big thank you to our biggest donor and partner GBD Architects without which this wouldn't be possible every year!!!

SUN Afterschool Program

Winter SUN will begin Monday, January 8.There are still a few spots available, use this QR code to register

 Please reach out to Cristina, cristina@latnet.org or (503)780-9813 if you have any questions.

Play and Learn Groups:

Fall Play and Learn Groups are over. Winter Play and Learn groups will start again on January 23rd. These are for families with children ages 0-5 years old. These groups will meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 10:00a.m. at the Kelly Head Start building located on SE Rural Street.

Family Resources:

If you need help with utilities, rent or other things, please contact Ms. Cristina: cristina@latnet.org or (503)780-9813  

Food Pantry 

Our food pantry is open on Wednesdays, 12-1:30pm. Please do not line up until 12pm. 

If you need assistance with food follow the link  or call 211.

Champions Before and After School Care

Champions before- and after-school programs offer learning activities, homework help, healthy snacks, and a whole lot of fun – all within the safety and convenience of your child’s school. We’ve been meeting the needs of busy families by providing a fun and safe space where children can foster their love of learning and develop the skills necessary to succeed in school and life since the 1990’s.

Champions starts as early as 6:30am and runs as late as 6pm. We offer flexible scheduling and foster the love of learning by creating engaging experiences for children to unlock their own potential. Plus, we can direct you to subsidy programs in the area that will cover most, if not all, of your tuition. Curious about Champions? You can visit discoverchampions.com to learn more or even sign up to attend a “try it out” day free of charge. Reach out to your Kelly Elementary Champions site director, Sarah, at (503) 705-9654.