Kelso C-7 School District

Dear Kelso C-7 Families, Grandparents Day is quickly approaching! Here at Kelso C-7, we understand what an important role grandparents play in the lives of their grandchildren. We are so excited to welcome grandparents back into our building to spend some time with their grandchildren during the school day! We will be celebrating Grandparents Day on Friday, September 9th this year. We have created a schedule that will allow all of our grandparents to attend any or all sessions that apply to their grandchildren. For children whose grandparents are unable to attend, grandparent substitutes are always welcome! Grandparents are welcome to join their grandchildren in our cafeteria for a snack and a photo opportunity, followed by the Book Fair and a tour of their classroom. The schedule is as follows: 8:15 a.m.- 9:00 a.m. Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st grade grandparents 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. 2nd and 3rd grade grandparents 9:45 a.m.- 10:30 a.m. 4th, 5th, and 6th grade grandparents 10:30 a.m. –1 1:05 a.m. 7th, and 8th grade grandparents Please complete the sign up letter coming home with your child TODAY and return it to school by Thursday, September 1st so we can ensure that enough food is purchased. We are looking forward to meeting all of the grandparents! This year our other family involvement days look a little different. Please see the info graphic on the District Facebook for more info! Thank you, Kelso C-7 Faculty and Staff

2 more days until our first day of student attendance! Classrooms are spectacular. Buses are shiny and tanks full. The food service coolers are stocked and menus prepped. The building is fresh and clean. Lesson plans are done.....so much preparation, but all of it is worth it for our students! To say we have an amazing team is really an understatement. Last year PTO implemented a quick survey to help our parents know more about their teachers. We then distributed it to all of you. As a parent, it was so handy if I wanted to treat my child's teacher to something I knew she would like. PTO and Chaffee Flower Shop brought it back again this year! Below is a link for a document that has a little more about all of our employees. This will be available on our District app and website under the Documents section. Chaffee Flower Shop also has this document on file in case you need a little inspiration sometime. Thank you to all of the Kelso C-7 faculty and staff for all you do, every single day! We appreciate you! Link: https://5il.co/1gkn1

Good morning! We are just hours away from Back to School Night! We have just a few items to share before your big arrival: If you have not received your online enrollment email, please email Kristy (kpobst@kelsoc-7.k12.mo.us), call the school, or stop by the office tonight. PTO will be selling spirit items tonight. Shirts are $10. Falcon Strong signs will be $8. AND....PTO will have Venmo set up and ready to process your orders. Cash and check will be the other method of payments to get your gear. PTO is sponsoring all students a sweet snack from Waves Donuts! Student will receive tickets in their classrooms for the donuts. See you all in just a few short hours!

Back to School Night is TOMORROW NIGHT! We are on the eve of seeing all of our families back in the building! Attached is the schedule of when families can come in shifts to come to orientation and visit classrooms. If your family has children with multiple last names, please come in the shift with your oldest child's last name. PTO will be on site and ready to spread the Falcon Spirit tomorrow night! They will have spirit shirts for $10 - so bring your cash or check to get this year's design. They are offering two designs of spirit: camo and cheetah. Checkout them out on the image attached to the Facebook post. Falcon Strong signs will also be available to purchase to show your yard some spirit as well. Waves donuts will be on site!! Wahoo!! PTO will be buying each student a 4-pack of 1 flavor of donuts to start off another sweet year! Families can purchase additional packs and flavors. Our team has been working so hard to make sure this year is the best yet! We are just missing a special ingredient-our families!! We can't wait to see each of you tomorrow night.

We are keeping the momentum rolling....Enrollment Part 2 NEW Students: If your family is new to the district, please stop by and see us sooner than later. This will give us a head start on getting your child's records from their prior school AND we get to meet you sooner! Online registration: If you have not emailed Mrs. Pobst your email address with a request to have online registration - its not too late! Her email address is kpobst@kelsoc-7.k12.mo.us. If we do not receive your email requesting access, we will prepare a paper packet for your family the first week of school. If you have requested online registration, expect your welcome email with the link to come no sooner than Tuesday morning. We are working diligently to make the process as smooth as possible for our families.

Please help me welcome to our team...Mr. John Erik Jenkins! He will be taking the lead in the district's music program. Here's a little bit from him to help us get to know him: 🎵Grew up in Sikeston, went to Kelly School. 🎵Beautiful family - Heather/wife, Jackson, Claire, and Emelia/children, Watson and Maggie our Boston Terriers 🎵Like Cardinals baseball 🎵Favorite drink is Dr. Pepper 🎵Favorite Food is Chinese 🎵Favorite color is Green 🎵Hobby outside of school is camping, fishing and hunting 🎵Favorite season is winter 🎵Bday is Jan 22 🎵"LIFE WITHOUT MUSIC WOULD B-FLAT" quote and terrible dad joke! LOL 🎵Find something you love to do, find someone to pay you to do it. Find that and happiness and you are a success in my book! I can't wait to start the school year! I am excited about the new opportunities I get to experience with the kids. Thanks to the PTO and other private donations, the students will start ukuleles and other music technologies this year! Can't wait to see what they accomplish!!!!! LETS GO FALCONS!!! 💙Welcome our newest Falcon, Mr. Jenkins!!💙

Beep! Beep! Today let's talk bus routes. Our bus routes will run very similar to last year. The times may vary some depending on any additions or changes to riders. Here's where we need your help. Please email me (Dr. Burger) if there are any changes (need to ride, change of address, no longer riding) to your bus transportation. My email is kburger8@kelsoc-7.k12.mo.us. We will also be available during Back to School Night Thursday to help answer any questions. As always, thank you for your help and support to making this another amazing year at Kelso C-7 School!

We've got exciting news for all families! It's enrollment time! This year it is NEW and IMPROVED! Kelso C-7 School is transitioning to a new student information system, called Teacher Ease. One of the features the program offers is online registration/enrollment. If you would like to participate, please email Mrs. Kristy Pobst with the preferred email address, stating you would like to begin the online registration process. Once we get your email into Teacher Ease, you will receive an email from Teacher Ease welcoming you with a link for families to set up a user name and password and begin the online enrollment. We may still have a few items for you to fill on out on paper, but no more bulky packets if your family opts to participate in online enrollment. Families that do not participate in online registration, will be sent a traditional packet during the first week of school. If you are new to the district and have not enrolled, first of all Welcome!! Also, please stop by to see us. There are some additional steps to enroll new students for the first time. Our office is open Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 3:30 pm for the next two weeks until school starts.

We are on the countdown until our hallways are full again with our Falcons! Excited, anxious, nervous, prepared, energized, refreshed...the list of back to school emotions could go on and on. We are ready to see our students and families back in the building! The Annual Back to School Open House is on the slate for Thursday, August 18th. As we have grown, we have found it more efficient to come in time ranges. It allows us to spend more time with your family! Attached are the times assigned by family last name. First, we ask each family attend an "orientation" with Mrs. Lands and Dr. Burger to see what's ahead for another great year! Then families can travel to classrooms to meet teachers, catch up with their friends, and drop off any school supplies. The fun doesn't stop there! PTO will be on site selling this year's spirit shirts AND they are sponsoring WAVES DONUTS to bring tasty treats. More details to come on the treats. See you there!

Scott City Cooperative Football: There is a parent meeting this Sunday at 6 pm for all athletes in grades 7th and 8th who are interested in participating in Scott City junior high football this year. The meeting will be in the school FEMA building.

We've had some exciting news the past couple days...progress updates, Falcon sports season starting. Let's keep it coming. MAP scores are in and they are some of the best ones we have had in a while! Families will get their students' scores on back to school night. We will be sharing some general statistics very soon. Congrats to our students for their success and thanks to all of teachers for their hard work! It's always a great day to be a Falcon!

Volleyball Season is here! For this year the grades participating will be grades 6-8. We have been blessed with growth and increased numbers. As a result, to make sure our athletes get enough playing time to grow and learn we are capping the participation to grades 6-8. Next week Is our first official practices. B and C teams will practice Monday 5-7 pm and A team will practice 7-9 pm. All practices will be at the St Lawrence Gym. Just a friendly reminder all athletes must have a current physical form. If you need a new uniform top please let your coach know as soon as possible. We look forward to a great season!!

Co-Ed Volleyball season is just around the corner! Grades 6-8: If your family is interested in participating, please email Superintendent Kim Burger at kburger8@kelsoc-7.k12.mo.us or contact one of the coaches, Katie Glastetter, Jenna Taylor, Sonya Glastetter, or Erin Drake. Please let one of the above know ASAP. Official practices will start next week. 5th grade participation will depend on how many athletes we have from grades 5-8. Let's go Falcons!

Join our team! We currently are accepting applications for the following positions: -Part time Food Service -Full time paraprofessional Applications can be found on the district website. Call or email the office if we can help answer any questions. Help us find our new team members by spreading the news! Thank you in advance!

TGIF Kelso C-7 Family! Its a fun weekend for our community- the New Hamburg Picnic! If you're not busy today or tomorrow, come out and enjoy some fun, good fun, and even better company!

There is still a lot of fun to be had this summer, but we also know school supplies are rapidly filling the store shelves. For those of you early bird shoppers, here is the 22-23 School Supply List. The printable version can be found under the District Information tab on the District Homepage. Link will be in the comments below.

Happy Independence Day Kelso C-7! We are grateful for all who have served and are currently serving so that we can enjoy the freedoms of our country. Enjoy an extra day of family, fun, and freedom! Our office staff will be doing just that-enjoying an extra day tomorrow of personal time with our families. Our office will be back open for business on Wednesday, July 6. 🇺🇸🎆Happy Independence Day!🎆🇺🇸

This semester we are taking time to "spotlight" our amazing group of faculty and staff! I am a little bit behind, so we will be sharing a couple of our fantastic employees per week. Up this week: Mrs. Shannon Leggett To help share the spotlight on them, feel free to share a favorite memory, thought, or just a shout-out to them in the social media comments. Thank you Mrs. Leggett for all you do to help our students learn and grow!

This semester we are taking time to "spotlight" our amazing group of faculty and staff! I am a little bit behind, so we will be sharing a couple of our fantastic employees per week. Up this week: Ms. Whitney Brown To help share the spotlight on them, feel free to share a favorite memory, thought, or just a shout-out to them in the social media comments. Thank you Ms. Brown for all you do to help our students learn and grow!

ANNOUNCEMENTS 6/1/22 Mrs. Julie Hahs has decided to retire. We are very grateful for her years of service not only at Kelso C-7 School, but other area schools. Her love of all things math and teaching is remarkable and has been a gift to our district. We wish her the best on her next adventure! She will be greatly missed. Mrs. Shannon Leggett has been offered a certified position in another program outside of our district. She has served our preschool program as a paraprofessional since January. Mrs. Leggett shared her bright light, teaching experience, and huge heart with all of us every day. We are grateful for the time we had with her. We wish both of these amazing ladies the best!!! This also means that we are hiring! If you know someone that has a love for math, please send them our way! Applications can be found on the district website or call the office for more information. Community: WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please like, share, tag, shout it-anything to help us find our new team member. Thank you in advance for all your help, Kelso C-7 family!