Messages
Message Sent November 3rd
Hello Cougar Leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call.
As we wrap up the month of October and begin November, we would like your help in showing our staff how much they are appreciated for their dedication to all of Kingsway's students and families.
If you have a few moments to spare, please complete the Google Form https://forms.gle/hUzbb7yqR4x6y6Bx6 and provide a note of appreciation to the staff member of your choice by Wednesday of each week in November. Feel free to submit this form multiple times if you would like to provide multiple notes of appreciation for different staff members.We plan on delivering their notes of appreciation each Thursday in November. Thank you for your help!
We have a new attendance challenge for November. The class with the best attendance at the end of the month will receive a prize. We want our cougars to be here all day, every day.As a reminder, dismissal begins at 3:10pm and ends by 3:30pm. Please ensure you are here to pick up your student by 3:30pm.
There is no school for students on November 5th. Schools are closed since they are used for election sites.
Please join us for our next SAC and PTO meeting is November 12th at 4:30.That is all for now, have a great evening. See you tomorrow. Goodbye! #TheKESCougarWay
Message Sent October 27th
Message Sent October 20th
Hello Cougar Leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call.
October is a month dedicated to important initiatives, including Red Ribbon Week and Bully Awareness Month, emphasizing kindness and anti-bullying efforts. This week, all students will be taught lessons on Bullying and Internet Safety. The week of October 28th is Red Ribbon Week, we will have dress up days to promote staying drug free. We will share more information through Remind and Facebook!
Our NED presentation last week was great! It reminded the students about the power of yet, not giving up, and being kind to others. Yo-yos remain available for purchase using the online order form that was posted on our Facebook page.5th grade is selling Boo Grams, which are being sold for $1 and will be delivered on Halloween, October 31.Please join us for the Fall Festival Trunk or Treat this Friday from 5pm to 7pm for a fun evening of community engagement. The deadline for pre-ordered pizzas is Thursday. We will also have hotdogs, sodas, waters, chips, and popcorn for sale at the event.
Report cards will be published on October 28, 2024 through the Focus Parent Portal.
That is all for now, have a great evening. See you tomorrow. Goodbye!
Message Sent September 29th
Message about Dismissal for 9/25
Hello Cougar Families,
This is Ms. Joiner with an important announcement about our early release day tomorrow due to our school opening as a shelter. Our dismissal will start at noon tomorrow. Our busses will be dropping off students 3 hours ahead of schedule (give or take 15 minutes). As a reminder our K-1 students must be met at the bus door as well as bikers and walkers. The following daycares will be picking up students from school: Loomis, Kidz of the Future, and World Martial Arts. All other camps and daycares will not be picking up students. KEEP will also be closed in the afternoon. Our parent pick-up will run as usual, just three hours earlier. For any dismissal changes, please write a handwritten note for your child’s teacher for the dismissal change. We appreciate your flexibility during this time. Stay safe.
Message Sent September 24th
Message Sent September 22nd
Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call.Thank you for joining our Title 1 Donuts with Dudes event. It was very successful and we had a lot of fun!
In celebration of our last week of Attendance Awareness Month, we are having a Spirit Week! Monday is Crazy Sock Day, Tuesday is Pajama Day, Wednesday is Inside Out and Backwards day, Thursday is Sports Day, and Friday is school spirit so wear all of your blue and white Kingsway gear!
Tomorrow is the first day of our Otis Spunkmeyer fundraiser. Packets with information went home last Friday. All orders are due October 4th. There are many ways to earn prizes. Some of the prizes are a popsicle party, class party, a pajama day, and silly stringing Dr. Hudzina! How exciting! All payments can be made online. We also posted information about this on our Facebook page.
Drug Free Charlotte County will be coming to KES and presenting to 1st, 2nd, and 5th grade classes.
Fall Picture Day is next Tuesday, October 1st. Order forms will be sent home this week!That is all for now, have a great evening. See you on Monday. Goodbye!
Message Sent September 15th
Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call.
September is Attendance Awareness Month! This week, we are in third place out of ten schools! We love seeing our cougars here all day, every day!
This Wednesday is an Early Release Day for professional learning for all staff. It will be like a typical school day, we just release students two hours earlier, at 1:10. Students will be served breakfast and lunch. All afternoon bus stop times will be moved two hours ahead of their regular time. Please look at the flyer that was sent home, as well as posted on Remind and Facebook for more details.
This Friday, September 20th is our Donuts with Dudes event from 7:15am-8:00am, this Monday is the deadline to RSVP. It is a sweet event that you won't want to miss!
Progress Reports have now been posted on the Parent Portal. Please be sure to review these, if you have concerns, reach out to your child’s teacher. We want to continue to have open communication with our parents and families to best meet the needs of our students and ensure their success.
As a reminder, we do not release students for early dismissal after 2:30pm.
Looking ahead, our Fall Picture Day is on October 1st. Order forms will be sent home in the coming weeks.
That is all for now, have a great evening. See you on Monday. Goodbye!
Message Sent September 8th
Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call. This week, our 1st and 2nd students will be taking their ELA and Math FAST Assessments on Tuesday and Wednesday. It is important for students to get a good night sleep, a healthy breakfast, and arrive on time so they can show what they know and do their best on the test!
September is Attendance Awareness Month! We will be competing against other elementary schools to win the attendance trophy for the highest attendance rate for the month. We will have classroom challenges, a school-wide poster contest, and a spirit week. See our Facebook page for more details!
Our "Connect with Books" Scholastic book fair is open Monday through Thursday from 7:30-8:30am and 4:00-5:30pm. On Friday, it will only be open from 7:30-8:30am.
Student safety is our top priority. While driving through the parent pick-up line, please make sure you are following the 5 mph speed limit and keeping an eye out for students loading and unloading out of their vehicles.
Looking ahead, we will have an Early Release day on September 18th. It will be like a typical school day, we just release students two hours earlier, at 1:10. All afternoon bus stop times will be moved two hours ahead of their regular time. There will be a flyer that we will send home, share out on Facebook, Peach Jar, and Remind with more information and details.
That is all for now, have a great evening. See you on Monday. Goodbye!
Message Sent September 1st
Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call. This week, our kindergarten students will be taking their ELA and Math FAST Assessments on Wednesday and Thursday. It is important for students to get a good night sleep, a healthy breakfast, and arrive on time so they can show what they know and do their best on the test! Next week, our 1st and 2nd graders will be taking their ELA and Math FAST Assessments.
September is Attendance Awareness Month! We will be competing against other elementary schools to win the attendance trophy for the highest attendance rate for the month. We will have classroom challenges, a schoolwide poster contest, and more.
We are excited to announce that our "Connect with Books" Scholastic book fair is coming KES! The official start date is Friday, September 6th.
Our dismissal has been going well, we do have a few reminders to help it run more smoothly. Once your student has loaded into the car, please take down your car tag. This tells KES staff that you are loaded and ready to go. Once dismissal is over at about 3:35, you will need to park and come inside to pick up your student. Please make sure that you bring identification and ensure the person picking up the student is on the emergency card.*Also, students are not to get out of the vehicle until 8am. We appreciate your cooperation. When joining the bus-side parent pick-up line, please enter from Harold Ave to ensure you are not cutting in line.
It is very important that we have the most up-to-date information on the Parent Portal. Please make sure you have gone in and updated those forms to ensure we have the most accurate information. Please refer to our Facebook page for more information. If you have not done so already, please like and follow our page to stay up to date on everything KES!
As a reminder, tomorrow, Monday, September 2nd is Labor Day, there is no school.That is all for now, have a great evening. See you on Tuesday. Goodbye!
Message Sent August 25th
Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call. We are moving along into our 3rd week of school. Students have been learning about procedures and expectations. Here at Kingsway, we follow our Proud to L.E.A.D. Expectations. We are thrilled to see our students at school each and every day. During the first few weeks, arrival and dismissal can be slow, but we are getting faster and faster. Once your student has loaded into the car, please take down your car tag. This tells KES staff that you are loaded and ready to go. This week, dismissal ended around 3:35. Once dismissal is over, you will need to park and come inside to pick up your student. Please make sure that you bring identification and ensure the person picking up the student is on the emergency card. Also, in the morning, students are not to get out of the vehicle until 8am. We appreciate your cooperation.
This week, our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be taking the FAST Math Progress Monitoring #1 on either Tuesday or Wednesday. It is important that students get a good night sleep, a healthy breakfast, and arrive on time for testing so they can show what they know.
Looking ahead, our kindergarten students will take their ELA and Math FAST assessments next week.It is very important that we have the most up-to-date information on the Parent Portal. Please make sure you have gone in and updated those forms to ensure we have the most accurate information. Please refer to our Facebook page for more information. If you have not done so already, please like and follow our page to stay up to date on everything KES!
That is all for now, have a great evening. See you tomorrow. Goodbye!
Message Sent August 22nd
Hello Parents and Guardians,
This is Kalee Joiner, Assistant Principal of Kingsway Elementary School informing you that Kingsway Elementary School just conducted our state required active assailant lockdown drill for this month. Our school uses the One Button Lockdown System which allows Kingsway Elementary School to instantly lockdown with the use of new technologies such as automated announcements and strobe lights. Your child’s safety is always our top priority.
Thank you for your understanding and have a great day.
Message Sent August 18th
Hello cougar leaders, this is Ms. Joiner, with this week’s school connect call.We had a great first week of school. Students are doing an amazing job wearing their school ID badges to and from school. The first two weeks of school is always a time that our students learn about procedures and expectations. Here at Kingsway, we follow our Proud to L.E.A.D. Expectations. We are thrilled to see our students at school each and every day.
During the first few weeks, arrival and dismissal can be slow, but it will become faster and faster each day, as it becomes more routine for our cougars. During arrival and dismissal, you can not turn left into our parking lot. This means that you will need to drive down Quasar from Loveland. You also can not pull straight into our parking lot from Abalom during arrival and dismissal. There are signs posted by these locations. During arrival, we ask that you do not park and walk your child into school, please use the parent pick-up line. The parking lot is very busy during this time of the morning. Also, students are not to get out of the vehicle until 8am. Also, please remember that the speed limit in the parking lot is 5mph. We appreciate your cooperation.
Rainy day dismissal occurs when we receive a lightning alert within 10 miles of our radius. Most of the time, these alerts come through right at dismissal. As we all know, Florida weather can be unpredictable with our afternoon storms. We appreciate your flexibility!
This Tuesday, August 20th is a professional learning day, this means our students do not have school.
This week, our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be taking the FAST ELA Progress Monitoring #1 on either Wednesday or Thursday. It is important that students get a good night sleep, a healthy breakfast, and arrive on time for testing so they can show what they know. All 3-5 students were given a parent letter with information and resources about the FAST Assessment. Looking ahead, our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will take their math FAST test next week.It is very important that we have the most up-to-date information on the Parent Portal. Please make sure you have gone in and updated those forms to ensure we have the most accurate information.
Last but not least, please like and follow our Kingsway Elementary Facebook page. We post information like the weekly calls, event flyers, lightning alerts, and pictures of our students at awesome events like High 5 Friday.
Again, thank you parents and families for a success first week of school, we are looking forward to an even better second week. That is all for now, have a great evening. See you tomorrow. Goodbye!
Message Sent August 12th
Message Sent August 11th
Happy Sunday Families!!! We can't wait to see our Cougars tomorrow!!! Here are the parent drop off and pick up procedures. Please keep in mind the first two weeks may be slow going. Student safety is our priority! Your patience is appreciated. https://www.yourcharlotteschools.net/domain/4380
Message from Charlotte County Public Schools
Again this school year, parents/guardians will be updating many of the beginning of year school forms electronically through the FOCUS parent account. This information will be loaded directly into the FOCUS system. These yearly required forms can be completed before school starts to save time. Doing so will ensure schools have more current/timely information. The school that your child attends will be distributing more information once school starts as well. Below are the four forms that you will need to update for each child attending school here in Charlotte County.
- The Address Verification form is to review and update your current address if necessary.
- The Emergency Card form is to update your contact information (telephone, cell phone, work telephone number, etc). This form allows you to review and update other contacts’ information too.
- The Parent/Guardian/Caregiver Consent form reviews a series of policies and permissions that you will need to acknowledge and possibly update.
- The Student Housing Questionnaire form will determine if a student may qualify for additional educational support services.
Message Sent July 1st
Welcome Dr. Hudzina!
Meet our new principal! :-)
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