Kelso C-7 School District

Week of October 30th Events Another great week to be a Falcon! Note for the week - If your child received a student of the month sign for October, please start returning them, so that we can celebrate another group on Thursday.

Kelso C-7: Weekly Calendar + Board of Education + New Phase It's a short–but fun–week for our Falcons! Check out the events listed on the weekly calendar below. The Kelso C-7 Board of Education will also meet tonight at 6:00 pm in the school library for a public hearing, with a regular meeting to follow. The communities and countryside of Kelso and New Hamburg are experiencing growth, and our school is also following suit–in leaps and bounds. Our enrollment is currently at 211 students in grades preschool through eighth. Our District Leadership team has held numerous intentional and in-depth conversations about what makes Kelso C-7 unique and successful. In addition to many other attributes, small class sizes and low teacher-to- student ratio has been identified as a strong factor. We believe in order to continue and ensure this attribute, additional classroom space is needed. We also believe this is needed sooner rather than later. At tonight’s public hearing with the Kelso C-7 Board of Education, there will be discussion and then action taken for the next phase of construction. When we first built the new school, we always publicly stated there would be three phases of growth; we designed the building to prepare for that. It seems Phase III is now upon us. This would include two additional classrooms located at the east side of the building, additional bleacher space in the gym, and a sound system in the gym. This phase is financed initially by a lease purchase. This is similar to home loans we use in our own homes. It is our hope the lease purchase would then be paid off with a NO TAX increase in April 2024. Why are we doing a lease purchase instead of a traditional bond issue? This classroom space is needed as soon as possible. The estimated completion date is Summer 2024. The classrooms will not be completed if we wait for the April bond issue. Without a successful bond issue, the addition will be paid for out of the general operating funds. The public hearing tonight is to take action on the Lease Purchase. We invite any and all community members to attend, ask questions, and hear about the next developments for our school at tonight’s 6 pm meeting.

Dear Kelso C-7 Families, Today our school participated in the “Great Shake Out,” an international earthquake drill. Preparedness for any emergency is essential. Living on a fault line it is essential to be prepared. Kelso C-7 students were ready for the challenge! They were ready and quickly moved into action! We are extremely proud of our team! We are passing along a resource from the Great Shake Out. It has some good information and links to additional resources for your family to help prepare for an earthquake. Check out the link below! https://www.shakeout.org/ Best regards, Kimberly Burger Superintendent

Red Ribbon Carnival Thursday, October 19th 5-7 pm The Red Ribbon Carnival is tomorrow night! We have an evening filled with lots of fun planned! Here’s a few tidbits to help your family have a great time: All activities and food are paid with tickets that can be purchased at the front door. The food prices are attached. Tickets can be purchased with CASH only for 0.25 each. All games will be in the gym. Food will be in the cafeteria/multipurpose room. Doors open at 5 pm; 6:30 is the last chance to buy tickets; and all games shut down at 6:45 pm in order to give everyone a chance to pick out their prizes. There is no entry fee. All proceeds from the carnival go directly back into our classrooms with the purchase of instructional materials. We are excited to open our doors and have a fun night!

Flu Clinic Wednesday, 10/18 The Scott County Health Department will be at Kelso C-7 on Wednesday, October 18th from 9 -11 am in the gym lobby. This is open to the community. All visitors please enter through the gym doors and park in the gravel area. This is open to Kelso C-7 students. If you are interested in having your student receive a flu vaccine, please send the completed forms and payment with your child by Wednesday morning.

We are starting out day with a shout out to Falcon Kolin Heisserer! He competed with Scott City's cross country team this year. Heisserer finished the season with a first place finish! This was one of his many accomplishments this season. We are so proud of him and his hard work!

Tardy: Good morning Kelso C-7 families, We are seeing an uptick in students who are tardy for school. We understand that life happens every once in a while. If a student arrives after 7:55 am, please park and bring your child in so that you can sign your child in. When we have repeated tardies, it becomes a problem for students. When students enter the room after class starts, it creates a distraction and is not fair to the other students or teacher. The Student/Parent Handbook outlines the consequences for tardies. As we are wrapping up the first quarter and settling into a routine, hopefully this will be resolved. Thank you for your help!

School Picture Day Tomorrow, 10/11 All student individual, class, and volleyball pictures will be tomorrow. Please send order forms with payment with your student. All students will have their picture made tomorrow even if the family does not plan on ordering pictures. Volleyball pictures will also be tomorrow. Please send uniforms with athletes to change into after their individual pictures. If families plan on ordering pictures, please send order forms completed with payment as well.

Title I Meeting Tonight @ 6 pm Tonight will be our annual Title I Fall Meeting at 6:00 pm. We will be sharing information about the Title I program, how to connect to your child's AR status, and more! Can't come tonight? No worries, we are offering at second session on October 26th @ 8 am during Parent-Teacher Conferences. Mrs. Shannon Leggett will be joining us at that session to share about the District's Parents As Teachers Program.

A new week is just around the corner. Here is what's in store for our Falcons this week!

BIG BIG Shoutout to Kelso C-7's Kolin Heisserer! He took 1st place at today's Cape Central Cross Country meet for middle school boys. He set a goal before the race and killed it! Kolin and other Falcons have been participating in cross country and football this fall at Scott City School District. We are grateful for this coop experience between our schools and the opportunities it is providing our students! We are super proud of Kolin!! Way to bring home the hardware!

It was the night before school started..... their bags were packed, their clothes were laid out, and our Falcons were ready for another fantastic year! Here are just a few quick reminders for our families as we get back into the swing of things. Check out the link below. https://www.canva.com/design/DAFsS1AZmBM/LP8iDAr6DoY6p35_liMMEg/view?utm_content=DAFsS1AZmBM&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink

BACK TO SCHOOL INFORMATION We are just under 48 hours from kicking off the 2023-24 school year!! A few items: It's not too late to enroll digitally. Avoid the majority of the paperwork by doing it online! All you have to do is login to your Teacher Ease account using your username and password from last year. New families should have received an email with your account information. Paper packets will be sent home with families that have not completed online registration by Thursday morning. Cheerleading: If your child is in grades 5-8th and is interested in Kelso C-7 cheerleading, please attend the parent-cheerleader mtg. TONIGHT, August 21st at 6:30 inside Kelso C-7 school. Coaches will help fit your child for a uniform and go over the upcoming year, now that we will officially form a JV squad (5-6th grades) and Varsity (7-8th). Bus Transportation: Grades K-8 if you are unsure of your timing or bus number, please don't hesitate to call the school. We are happy to help! See you all very soon!

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT- TONIGHT! Wahoo!! We are over the moon to see each of our families tonight! We have missed our students and families! Each student will have a ticket in their classroom that is redeemable for a sweet treat from Frozen Scoops. Thank you to our fabulous PTO for sponsoring Frozen Scoops treats! Families will also be able to purchase treats for additional family members. PTO will be at the main campus to purchase and/or order spirit shirts. Check out the schedule to find your family's time slot. See you all soon!

Middle School Math Update Mrs. Julie Hahs has decided to not return to Kelso C-7 for the upcoming school year. Mrs. Hahs technically retired last year, but returned to our district to serve in a "critical shortage position." Our students, staff, and community have been very blessed by her service to Kelso C-7. She will be greatly missed and we truly wish her well. Kelso C-7 is welcoming Miss Abby Gray. Miss Gray will be a student teacher this Fall with our Falcons. She is finishing up her Middle School Math Education degree at SEMO and has jumped right in like a pro to start working with our faculty and staff this week. Miss Gray will be leading math classes for grades 5-8, 8th grade writing and grammar, and serve as the 8th grade homeroom teacher. We are excited to have her join our team! Mrs. Karen Burger will be returning to serve as Miss Gray's cooperating teacher. A tried and true math teacher, Mrs. Burger brings years of successful math education experience to help Miss Gray as a content specialists through her student teaching. We couldn't ask for a better match for Miss Gray's learning experience. Mrs. Penny Hale will be the 7th grade homeroom teacher moving forward. A big shoutout to Mrs. Hale as well for serving as a mentor teacher to Miss Gray, helping her learn all things Kelso C-7. We are so grateful for everyone who helped during the transition and all of our team members that have been working so hard to make this year the best yet! Stop by and see our new and returning team members during Back to School Night!!

School Enrollment and Back to School Night! Online student enrollment is now open!! Returning families can login into Teacher Ease to complete their family's online enrollment packet digitally! New families that provided us with an email, should have received a welcome email today with their login information. There will still be a few paper items but the online enrollment will allow your family to complete most of their enrollment digitally. Also, just a friendly reminder for the Back to School Night events and times. We are super excited and grateful to announce that PTO is sponsoring Frozen Scoops to provide a yummy sweet treat for our students. Parents and families will be able to purchase treats as well. See you all soon!!

Back to School Night 2023 Info Is here!! Follow the link for more details! https://www.kelsoc-7.k12.mo.us/article/1190850

Girls Basketball camp is tonight! 5:30 - 7:30 pm at the main location Monday to Thursday. Go through the gym doors. If you have not paid, Coach Hayes will be accepting payment tonight for camp and the included shirts and goodies! Go Falcons!

We interrupt this summer break for....School Supply List! Here is the link for our the 2023-24 School Supply List https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2199/kc7mo/3191100/School_Supply_List.pdf Coming soon...Back to School Night Info! Mark your calendars for Thursday, August 17th! More details to follow. You are not free to resume your family fun.

Kelso C-7 School is Hiring!! Check out the positions available: 🔹 Part-Time Custodian: Starting in August, the district will be looking for a part-time custodian. Up to 20 hours per week during the evening hours based around the district’s need. 🔹After - School Care Supervisor: Starting in August, the district will be looking for an after school care supervisor. The hours are 3:20 - 5:30 pm on all days students are in session. 🔹 Substitute Teachers and all other Subs! Attached is an image for a training and certification for substitute teachers offered by the SEMO RPDC in Cape. Candidates for all positions will need to fill out the support staff application on the District’s website and return to the office. https://www.kelsoc-7.k12.mo.us/page/job-opening If you have any questions about any of these positions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at the main office, 573.545.3357 or Dr. Burger at kburger8@kelsoc-7.k12.mo.us. We are glad to help and looking forward to new team members!