Calendar Welcome Back! Every Minute, Every Day. Attendance Continuing The staff at Kendall hopes that Matters! Activities you all had a wonderful Did you know that at least one out of every 10 students summer. Now that the school in the United States misses 10% of the school year? Girls On The Run: year has started and we are That’s the point when absences—excused or unexcused Tu & Thur settling into our routine, there start to add up to academic trouble. These attendance 9/13-11/18 will be lots of information going 3:45-5:00pm gaps lead to achievement gaps. Starting in home. If there are forms that kindergarten, chronic absence leads to 3rd graders need to be signed and returned, Sept 18th unable to read well. By 6th grade, it’s a warning sign please do so as soon as you are PTA Meeting that students will fail classes or even drop out of high 6:30pm able to. Here are some school. September is Attendance Awareness Month, so additional year start reminders: let’s all work together to make sure all kids attend st Sept 21 -Emergency contact update today so they can achieve tomorrow. Kendall Open forms will be going home this House 5:30-7pm week. It is extremely important Picture Day/Half-Day to return these to your child’s Sept 22nd Kendall’s student picture day will be held on Friday, nd Student Picture teacher whether changes need September 22 . Picture order forms will go out this Day to be made or not week. Every child will have their picture taken; if you -Before school library check out forget to send the packet the day of, please call Elementary Early has started. Students can check O’Connor Photography at 800-993-4929 or go online Release @ 1:00pm out books between 9:05-9:15 www.oconnorphotographystudio.com to order.

th Tuesday-Thursday This day will also be the first elementary early release Sept 28 of the year. Please watch your district calendar for Kendall Dental Van -If you know someone who is more dates! Students will be home 2 ½ hours earlier not getting the Kendall th than usual. Oct 13 Connections via email that

No School would like to, please have them contact the office to update Student Absences Oct 15th their information If your child is going to be absent, please call the office Bus Safety Week or email Mrs. Grimes [email protected]. -Milk is .50 for those that bring You may also excuse absences in advance if you are

cold lunch. A complete meal aware of the dates. must be taken in order to receive milk at no charge.

-If you plan to attend a field trip Length of School Day this year, a Washington State All classes begin at 9:15am and end at 3:25pm. Patrol background check is Students not in their seat by 9:20 will be marked required. If you are not sure if tardy. The doors will open to at 8:30am for breakfast, your previous check is expired, or recess outside until 9:15. contact the office.

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Kendall Admin Kendall PTA PTA Highlights (360) 383-2055 Board Officers Bring in those Box Tops! Classroom competitions will be

Co-Presidents: starting soon. Principal LeAnne Pinkey & Nikki Brown Susan Gribble The first PTA meeting of the year will be September [email protected] Co-Vice President: Th Christine LoPresti & Sasha Grout 18 @ 6:30 pm in the Kendall library. Secretaries Norma Adkinson Co-Treasurers: Do you craft and have items to sell? The PTA is looking th Justina Grimes Victoria Anderson & Celia for vendors for the Holiday Bazaar on November 18 . Gonzalez Diane Jacoby Contact LeAnne [email protected] if Co-Secretaries: interested. [email protected] Jenni Ablondi & Trisha King

Free & Reduced Lunch Applications A New Playground For Kendall! Although all students at Kendall receive free breakfast This is going to be a very busy year for the Kendall and lunch, new forms must be filled out every year. PTA! Our school district/Superintendent has offered to Forms were sent home in the mail during the summer, match us dollar for dollar, up to $20,000, to update our however if you did not receive one, you may request playground! This is an amazing opportunity for our one to be sent home with your child, or pick up a form children and is going to require extra support from our in the office. PTA members and our community. If you are a person or business that is interested in donating your time, MBSD Elementary Curriculum experience, or money, please contact the Kendall This year we have added a social emotional curriculum PTA. We appreciate all of your support! at our elementary schools. The curriculum is called PATHS, it stands for Promoting Alternative Thinking Kendall Girl Scouts Troop Strategies. There are lessons around friendship, Girl Scouts of Western Washington is excited announce feelings, thinking skills, and problem solving. It is an Troop 46576 is starting at Kendall! Leader Mackenzie exciting opportunity for everyone. Teachers will be Kester is looking forward to leading this multi-level sharing additional information as the year progresses. troop serving girls in grades K-5, with the support of Kendall families. Our first troop meeting will be Volunteer/Visitor Sign-In on 9/13/17 after school at 3:45 and we will finalize For student safety, we take great care in monitoring the details with parents and welcome our girls! For whereabouts of all people on school property. Please information, please call Lynda Williams at (360)658- sign in and get a visitor pass at the office when you 8083 ext 44419 or to register, visit come to volunteer or visit. We have sign in books with www.GirlScoutsWW.org Financial Assistance is sticker badges at both ends of the office desk area. If available and based on the same criteria as Free/Reduced Lunch. “The district does not sponsor or endorse this event/information and you would like to visit or help in a classroom, please the district assumes no responsibility for it. In consideration of the privilege to distribute materials, the Mount Baker School District will be held harmless from any cause of action filed in any court or administrative tribunal make prior arrangements with your child’s teacher. arising out of the distribution of these materials, including costs, attorney’s fees and judgments or awards”

The Mount Baker School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, honorably-discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs or activities and provides equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups. District programs and activities will be free from sexual harassment. The following employee has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Charles Burleigh/Superintendent, PO Box 95, Deming WA 98244 (360) 383-2000. Page 2 of 2