Author: Teresa James

Knightdale Elementary School

Knight’s Knews
for KES Parents

Inside this issue:

PTA Topics	1
Principal’s Message	1
Quote of the Month	1
Reminders and Information	2
School-Wide Events	2
Events This Month	3
Events Next Month	3

“Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way.”
-Tom Freston

PTA Topics for the Month—February 2017

This year, our PTA is working very closely with our school staff to support our students and families! Imagine what we can do! Our goal is 100% membership! Please consider joining the KES PTA. The PTA provides many different resources to our students and staff. Thanks!
We need volunteers to help at the following school events:
WatchDOGs
Valentine Grams
We are also looking for PTA Parents for each grade level. Currently, we need :
Kindergarten- _________
1st Grade– Pam Haggins
2nd Grade– Visha Davis
3rd Grade- __________
4th Grade-Christine Swan
5th Grade- _________
Please contact the PTA if you are interested in serving as the grade level representative for any of the grade levels listed. Thanks!
PTA Phone Number 919-266-8487. Email address is PTA464@wcpss.net.

Principal’s Message

Dear KES Parents and Families,
We have had a great start to 2017 at KES! Our students are learning and showing their Armor every day!
Our Winter Awards Ceremony was awesome! I am so proud of our students and the hard work they have done! It was also fun to have the Wendell MS Step Team and Knightdale HS cheerleaders perform.
This month, we will have a Black History Breakfast Celebration on February 16. Each class will have an awesome display in the media center and breakfast will be served for all families. We hope you can come!
I am excited about the rest of the year and love watching our students grow!
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely, Teresa James, Proud Principal of Knightdale Elementary School

Reminders and Information

Mid-year literacy and math assessments have been completed for all students. Please check in with your child’s teacher to see how your child is progressing at the middle of the year benchmark.
The end of the 2nd quarter is January 24. Report cards will go home around February 3. Please review your child’s grades with them and talk about their learning.
Congratulations to our Armor Ambassadors and Armor Champions to hosting wonderful school tours for new kindergarten parents! I am so proud of them and the way that they showed leadership and Armor!
Please plan to attend our Black History Breakfast event on February 16. After breakfast, families are invited to tour our Black History “museum” displays from each class. We would love to share our learning with you!
Thank you to our parent volunteers and WatchDOGs dads! We really appreciate you helping out and being a part of our school!
A huge thank you to the PTA for funding special events for our students this year, including a visit from a story teller on February 14!

ARMOR
Always Safe
Respectful
Motivated for Success
On Task
Responsible

School-wide Events

For this year’s school-wide events, we will have a planning committee made up of staff and PTA. Here’s a quick idea of events we are working on for each month:
August—Open House
September—WatchDOGS Kick-off
October—Hispanic Heritage Night/International Cultural Heritage Night
November—Literacy Night
December—Math Night
January—Awards Day
February—Black History Event
March—Read Across America
May—Student-led Conferences
June—Awards Day and Field Day
Please contact either your child’s teacher or Ms. Christine Swan to help out! We are looking forward to great family and community events!

#WeareKES

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Events This Month:

February 3—Report Cards go Home
February 8—Jump Rope for Heart Kickoff
February 10—Early Release, 1:15
February 14—Storyteller K-2
February 16—Black History Breakfast and Museum Gallery, 9:30
February 20— Makeup Snow Day#2
February 24—Jump Rope for Heart event

Events Next Month:

March 29—EOQ
March 31—Makeup Snow Day#3

Ms. Wrigley’s class doing an amazing job with Arts in Action!