Kathy Tucker, Principal
Jim Roberts, Asst. Princi-
pal
Volume 90, No. 17
December 19, 2013
Dear KES Volunteers, I hope that your holiday season is filled with all the magic the season brings. We truly appreciate you and hope that you feel how valued you are by the staff at KES. We realize that without you, the
parents and guardians, our KES family is not complete. Merry Christmas, to you and your family, and a Happy New Year. May all the memories created this year fill your heart with happiness. Michelle [email protected]
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Kindergarten: Addison Booth, Joshua Beckman, Dylan
Rogers, Landon Tillman, Maia Kitto, Cameron
Reyes Acosta
1st grade: Jimmie Wheeler, Alyssa Troino, Shyanne Mil-
ligan, Thomas Burpee
2nd grade: Isla Redmon, Skylar Nash, Madalyn Singleton
3rd grade: Shi’Miracle Moore, Abigail Lam
4th grade: Bo Garcia, Sona Earnest, Adrianna Stewart,
Hunter Skinner
5th grade: Jett Manucy, Gracie Maddox, Jake Usina
Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!!
Dear Ketterlinus family & friends,
I want to share my sincere thanks to our families and to our community partners. We truly appreciate all of you and that you allow us to teach your children. As we start the holiday break, the entire Ketterlinus staff would like to wish you and your family a new year of joy, peace, love and gratitude. We are so blessed to live in such a wonderful community. Wishing you the happiest of holidays!
Kathy Tucker and the entire Ketterlinus Family
Raise the Roof With Books
As you know, we have implemented the AVID program this year for our students. Part of this initiative is to increase stu-dent’s exposure to more rigorous reading, particularly non-fiction. The non-fiction inventory in our Media Center is be-coming outdated. Therefore, we created this initiative as a way of raising needed funds to purchase new books. Due to the gen-erous donations of some of our parents , neighbors and com-munity businesses, we have raised $5,800.00! Please consider donating to this very important cause. With a $15.00 dona-tion, a bookplate with your name will be placed inside a newly purchased non-fiction book. If you would like to donate, please complete the form below. Clearly print the name you would like to have printed on the bookplate. Thank you, in ad-vance, for helping to reach our goal of $10,000.
Raise the Roof with Books Donation
Name:
____________________________________________ Amount of Donation: _______________________________
R. J. Murray Center of the Arts
R. J. Murray Middle School will begin accepting online applica-tions for the Center for the Arts beginning January 7th, 2014 for
the 2014-2015 school year. DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 7th!!!!
KES Family Sing-A-Long
Join us on Friday, De-cember 20th, @9:00
a.m.,for a sing-a-long in the gymnasium. The entire school will be
singing carols together. What a wonderful
way to begin the holi-day break. Hope to
see you there.
Citizenship Character Counts Celebration
Congratulations to the following students for earning the citizenship award during our
most recent character counts celebration: Tristan Lanier, Sophia Tagliarini, Olivia Mihal, Koda Creter, Talan Yarbrough, Sophia Perez, Amir Altoum, Ava McCallister, Lauren
Voutour, Zoe France, Kyle Jackson, Eli Robshaw, Bryce Jackson, Amelie Thompson, Sophie Fox, Hailey Beckman, Ashlyn Voutour, Cailynn Brubaker, Aurelia Baker, Ben Mosteller, Maggie McMullen, Jacqueline Waler, Cullan Lynch, Zachary Heffner, Carter Heifner,
Zina Asadi, Semoria Baldwin, Jensen Dole
Keep Reading Towards Your AR Goal
The second nine week AR goal deadline has been extended to January 7th. All students who meet this goal will be invited to the Popcorn and Top-
ping Party, to be held in January at Project Swing. Testing will not be available during the Winter Break, but will be available when we return on
January 6th(Planning Day) and on January 7th. The second nine week’s AR goal is: Fifth Grade needs 60 points, Fourth Grade needs 50 points, Third Grade needs 35 points, Second Grade needs 20 points, First Grade
needs 5 new points. Thank you for encouraging your child to be a reader! Readers make leaders at KETTERLINUS ELEMENTARY!
Early release
The students will be dis-missed at 1:50 p.m. on Fri-
day, December 20th! This is an early dismissal day. please arrive promptly
at 1:50 p.m. to pick up your child. Thank you for your assistance in
helping to make the
parent pickup process run so smoothly.
*~* Dates to Remember *~*
12/20 KES Family Sing-A-long in the gym @ 9:00 a.m.
12/20 EARLY RELEASE 1:50 p.m. 12/23-1/03 Holiday Break
01/07 Students return to school
Easy ways to raise mon-
ey for our school! Save the labels off popular food items! http://www.labelsforeducation.com/My-School Coke Rewards—http://www.mycokerewards.com/schoolDetails.do? id=1056657278&x=55&y=9 Box Tops: Keep collecting all year!
LUNCH SCHEDULE FOR WEEK OF January 6th
Tuesday
Mini Corn Dogs
Mini Cheese Ravioli
Garlic Breadstick
Spinach & Romaine
Salad
Corn
Mixed Fruit
Variety of Milk
Thursday
Hamburger
Homestyle Chicken
Sandwich
Roasted Potato Wedges
Baked Beans
Peaches
Variety of Milk
Friday
Chicken Nuggets
Hot Dogs
Cherry Tomato &
Celery Dippers
Sweet Potato Puffs
White Wheat Roll
!00% Fruit Juice
Variety of Milk
Monday
No School
Wednesday
Real Slice Cheese or Pep-
peroni Pizza
Fajita Chicken Salad
Carrot & Cucumber
Dippers
Sweet Peas
Variety of Milk
Box Top for Education
You have already helped us raise
$1,127.10 from Box Top collec-
tions this school year. Thank you
for your diligence. Please contin-
ue to look for products with the
Box Top label. Currentlly, kin-
dergarten is in the lead, with sec-
ond and fourth grade tied for
second place.
Dressing of the Palms in Vilano Beach
Congratulations to both Ms. Howatt’s and Ms. Ballinger’s
classes for receiving “Honorable Recognition” for their en-
tries in the Dressing of the Palms. We hope that you take
time to stroll through the Vilano Town Center to see these
beautiful displays.
Register your Target Red Card Do you shop at Target? Do you have a
Target Red Card? If yes, go to Customer Service at Target to select KES as the
school to receive credit for your purchases. Each time you shop, using your Red Card, Target gives a percent-
age to KES!!
News from the Art Room
Sign-ups for the third
session of Art Club (open to K-2) will continue when we return from Winter Break. The
third session will begin on January 13th.
KES Kids Can Run! Join Mrs. Tucker each
Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. for a
short training run around the
city. She is training for the
Matanzas 5K!! Join her when
she crosses the finish line!
Train each Wednesday so you
will be ready! We will resume
our training in January.
Did Santa bring too many toys? The V.P.K. classroom is now in full swing with 20 fabu-lous students. We would love to have any gently used
puzzles, games and educational toys that you no longer need. If you find yourself dealing with an overflowing
toy chest after Santa’s visit, please keep us in mind.
Thank you, Rocky
Mountain Chocolate Factory, for providing
the members of our Sun-shine Club members
with delicious caramel covered apples. We thoroughly enjoyed
every bite!
News from the Spanish Dept.
Spanish class is working with 5th and
3rd graders on letter writing. They will
be sending letters to students in Spain.
More information will follow.
Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ano Nuevo.
Jackets, Scarves and Gloves Please remember to put your child’s name in their jackets,
hats and gloves. We have quite a selection of beautiful winter wear that has lost it’s owner.
Coach’s Corner
I want to wish all of you a very happy holiday. Our
T.O.T kids are working hard on their ball handling skills. Please encourage them to show you their talent over the winter break. As they
say…..practice makes perfect. Look for T.O.T. news in the
January newsletter when we return.