September 2017 - Kennett Middle School

Friday, September 29, 2017 Day 5

September 2017

Picture day is today. You got a form in first period. Bring that with your fabulous smile for your picture taken during Language Arts class.

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ALL Students will have their vision checked when they come to the gym for Pictures. Please remember to bring your glasses to the gym! However, we will still check your vision if you forgot your glasses at home.

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1st FCA Huddle of the School Year will be Thurs, Oct 5th in Mr Bowlings room (B104) at 6:50am. FCA stands for Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The group talks about how to impact others and the world by combining sports with faith. There are inspiring talks, guest speakers, fun games and food! You do NOT have to be on a school sports team to be a part of this group. All students from all grades are welcome! Breakfast is provided (usually donuts) and it’s a great and uplifting way to start your day! Come and check it out next Thursday before school.

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8th grade students interested in participating in the all-new Writing Club should attend a lunch time meeting either today or tomorrow in Mrs. Hahn’s room, A207. Passes will be distributed in homeroom today for students who already signed up. If you did not receive a pass, but would like to learn more about the club, stop by A207.

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The girls soccer team won their game in a comeback fashion scoring two goals in the second half to beat Engle Middle School 2-1. Goals were scored by Ella Burnham and Emma Davies. The defense was led by Kourtney Russel, Kylie Winterling, Mary Harper and goal keeper Brooke Mosley. Congratulations ladies.

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Please stay tuned for a special video about our new Demon Den, school store.

Have a Great Day KMS!

Thursday, September 28, 2017 Day 4

September 2017

Picture day is this Friday. You got a form in first period. Bring that with your fabulous smile on Friday to have your picture taken during Language Arts class.

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Tomorrow during picture day is also vision screening. If you wear glasses please make sure you bring them to school with you.

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1st FCA Huddle of the School Year will be Thurs, Oct 5th in Mr Bowlings room (B104) at 6:50am. FCA stands for Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The group talks about how to impact others and the world by combining sports with faith. There are inspiring talks, guest speakers, fun games and food! You do NOT have to be on a school sports team to be a part of this group. All students from all grades are welcome! Breakfast is provided (usually donuts) and it’s a great and uplifting way to start your day! Come and check it out next Thursday before school.

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Holiday Crafting Club: The Art Department needs help making holiday ornaments for our school’s Christmas tree display at Longwood Gardens this year! Make some ornaments for our tree and a few for yourself as well!

Holiday Crafting Club 1st meeting will be today afterschool after school at 2:40 untill 4:45.

Sign-up sheets are outside the art rooms. Contact Mrs. Uhl or Ms. Conner if you have any questions.

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8th grade students interested in participating in the all-new Writing Club should attend a lunch time meeting either today or tomorrow in Mrs. Hahn’s room, A207. Passes will be distributed in homeroom today for students who already signed up. If you did not receive a pass, but would like to learn more about the club, stop by A207.

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Remember that the first half of the marking period, Term 1 is over at the end of day TODAY. Check skyward and make sure all your work is up to date.

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Attention all LEGO Robotics team members: our next team meeting will be held in room D107 on Thursday,

September 28th. If you have any questions, please see Ms. Tomaino!

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The 7th grade boys soccer team played a tough game against Oxford yesterday, with the game ending in a 1 to 1 tie. Scoring Kennett’s only goal was Geovanni Soto. Goalie Justin Correa made several great saves, supported by strong defending from Jose Sanchez-Luna, Zach Mannices, and Reagan Pelletier. The next boys soccer game is away this Friday against Avon Grove.

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In a total team effort, the 8th grade Field Hockey team defeated Chichester by a score of 4-0. The Blue Demons were on the attack early and often. Led by Kaylah Butler, Maya Ranganath, Sarah Hetrick, Ellie Hogan, and Meredith Day took a 2-0 lead in to half time on goals by Vivian Chiumento and Genevieve Ebaugh. Brooke Traver had two assists on the day while Kristina Frey and Gianna Wuchter helped control the middle of the field. In the second half, Baily Halstead added to the Demons lead with a break-away goal. With her second goal, Ebaugh would put the game out of reach with a blast from the top of the circle on a penalty corner, making the score 4-0. Excellent play from the defense of Corrina Kley, Julianne Staudenmeyer, and Elise Arena, Anna Tresoldi made 4 saves to earn her first shutout of the season. Way to go Kennett!

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Please stay tuned for this week’s noteable quote with the world famous Ms. Levi.

Have a Great Day KMS!

Tuesday, September 26, 2017 Day 2

September 2017

Attention All 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Students: Student Council will hold its first meeting of the school year today, Tuesday, Sept. 26 . Any student interested in being a part of Student Council, please meet in room A103 after school and plan to have a ride home at 3:15.

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Attention all LEGO Robotics team members: our next team meeting will be held in room D107 on Thursday, September 28th. If you have any questions, please see Ms. Tomaino!

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Today is the Day….After-The-Bell starts today! Right after school come to the cafeteria for a healthy snack and lots of fun. After-The-Bell is a free after school program that runs for 6 weeks on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays.

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If you are a new student that entered our district over the summer or after school started, this is for you! There will be an ice cream social today in the cafeteria for all new students. Your homeroom teacher will give you a pass. Please come to the cafeteria at 1:30, which is 19 minutes after period 8 starts. Yes, there will be ice cream!

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Attention any student who has an emergency form with you, please take it to the nurse right now. We need a form from every student! Please get the forms in so the nurses do not have to track you down.

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Holiday Crafting Club: The Art Department needs help making holiday ornaments for our school’s Christmas tree display at Longwood Gardens this year! Make some ornaments for our tree and a few for yourself as well!

Holiday Crafting Club 1st meeting will be this Thursday September 28th afterschool after school at 2:40 till 4:45.

Sign-up sheets are outside the art rooms. Contact Mrs. Uhl or Ms. Conner if you have any questions.

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The 7th grade boys soccer team defeated Chichester yesterday 3 to 0. Playing strong defense for Kennett and barely letting the ball cross center field were defenders Reagan Pelletier and Zach Mannices. Goals were scored by Cooper Seele, Geovanni Soto, and Ryan Beley. Congratulations to the entire team for the win. The next boys soccer game is tomorrow, home, against Penns Grove.

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Congratulations goes out to the cross-country team in their back to back races, one away on Friday, and our home meet yesterday. Boys are doing an outstanding job of consistently placing in their meets. They won their first home meet against Stetson 25-30 and continue to train hard. Hats off to Logan Piercy, Miko Davidson-Hance, Kendal Lanier, Luca Tresoldi, and Marco King, with an honorable shout out to Gabe Pardo for their strong performances in the sweltering heat. Not to be outdone, Maddy Brooks, Anna Jiang, and Curie Cha managed to also place in top spots. Way to go to all our XC runners, you make your coach proud with your effort, kindness, and sportsmanship. Continue to cheer each other on and shave off time! Remember to all get your forms in for FUN FRIDAY TOO!!

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Please stay tuned for Latin and Greek root of the week Is audi which means hearing, listening, and sound. Words using this root are audible, auditorium, auditory. Audible means able to be heard.Auditorium means a large building or hall used for public gatherings, typically for speeches or stage performances to be heard.

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Now over to our Principals for information about LEAD.

Have a Great Day KMS!

KMS Will Decorate a Tree at Longwood Gardens

September 2017

Kennett Middle School has exciting news!

In a wonderful collaboration, Kennett Middle School will decorate a holiday tree at Longwood Gardens. Our talented art teachers will be hosting a Holiday Crafting Club after school where students will help make holiday ornaments for the Kennett Middle School Christmas tree. In addition to making ornaments for the Kennett Middle School tree, Holiday Crafting Club members will make a few ornaments for their own trees.

Monday, September 25, 2017 Day 1

September 2017

Attention All 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Students: Student Council will hold its first meeting of the school year tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 26 . Any student interested in being a part of Student Council, please meet in room A103 after school on Tuesday and plan to have a ride home at 3:15.

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Attention all LEGO Robotics team members: our next team meeting will be held in room D107 on Thursday, September 28th. If you have any questions, please see Ms. Tomaino!

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Students and Teachers, Donations for Harvey Relief are being accepted in the main office. See Mrs. Rohrer.

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Attention any student who has an emergency form with you, please take it to the nurse right now. We need a form from every student! Please get the forms in so the nurses do not have to track you down.

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Holiday Crafting Club: The Art Department needs help making holiday ornaments for our school’s Christmas tree display at Longwood Gardens this year! Make some ornaments for our tree and a few for yourself as well!

Holiday Crafting Club 1st meeting will be this Thursday September 28th afterschool after school at 2:40 till 4:45.

Sign-up sheets are outside the art rooms. Contact Mrs. Uhl or Ms. Conner if you have any questions.

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The 7th grade boys soccer team won their game on Friday, defeating Lionville 4 to 0. It was a great team effort that led to the win. Scoring for Kennett were Ryan Barker and Geovanni Soto with 1 goal each, and Edwin Bedolla-Vazquez scoring 2 goals. The next boys soccer game is today, away at Chichester.

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KMS 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, if you are interested in signing up to help design this year’s KMS yearbook, now is the time! There is a sign-up sheet outside of Mrs. Lozada’s room, B001. The first meeting will be TODAY Monday, September 25th until 3:30 p.m.

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Please stay tuned for a LEAD video.

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Please stay tuned for Flocabulary Friday on a MONDAY.

Friday, September 22, 2017 Day 6

September 2017

Attention All 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Students: Student Council will hold its first meeting of the school year on Tuesday, Sept. 26 . Any student interested in being a part of Student Council, please meet in room A103 after school on Tuesday and plan to have a ride home at 3:15.

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Attention all LEGO Robotics team members: our next team meeting will be held in room D107 on Thursday, September 28th. If you have any questions, please see Ms. Tomaino!

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Students and Teachers, Donations for Harvey Relief are being accepted in the main office. See Mrs. Rohrer.

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Attention any student who has an emergency form with you, please take it to the nurse right now. We need a form from every student! Please get the forms in so the nurses do not have to track you down.

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Kennett Middle School will be walking in the homecoming parade today Friday September 22nd at 5:30pm. If you’re interested meet in the lower lot of KHS wearing Kennett gear!

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KMS 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, if you are interested in signing up to help design this year’s KMS yearbook, now is the time! There is a sign-up sheet outside of Mrs. Lozada’s room, B001. The first meeting will be on Monday, September 25th until 3:30 p.m.

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This weekend is homecoming at the High school with lots of fun activities. Please stay tuned for Flocabulary Friday.

Have a Great Day KMS!

Kennett Comes Together to Help Texas

September 2017

Flyer: Let’s Come Together to Help Texas

Kennett Middle School and Patton Middle School have partnered in an effort to support the victims of Hurricane Harvey. An organization named Texas Teachers for Tomorrow has matched KMS and Patton with Galena Park Middle School in Texas and they are in need of many items. Please lend a helping hand! Donations accepted Wednesday, September 13 through Friday, October 13. Drop off all donations to first period teachers.

Requested items are listed below:

Binders

Composition notebooks

Pens

Pencils

Wide ruled paper

Colored pencils

Backpacks

Expo markers

Kid scissors

Hand sanitizer

Copy paper

Dividers

Highlighters

Folders with brads

Socks

Brushes

Hair bands

Clips

General school supplies

Bins and storage containers

Gift cards:

Home Depot

Amazon

Ace Hardware

Walmart

Target

JC Penny

Bed Bath and Beyond

Lowe’s

Visa

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Day 5

September 2017

Treble choir will have its first rehearsal this Friday at 7 am in room F105. Please see Mrs. Mancuso with any questions.

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Attention all LEGO Robotics team members: our next team meeting will be held in room D107 on Thursday, September 28th. We will not be meeting tomorrow due to our day off from school. If you have any questions, please see Ms. Tomaino!

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Students and Teachers, Donations for Harvey Relief are being accepted in the main office. See Mrs. Rohrer.

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Attention any student who has an emergency form with you, please take it to the nurse right now. We need a form from every student! Please get the forms in so the nurses do not have to track you down.

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Kennett Middle School will be walking in the homecoming parade this Friday September 22nd at 5:30pm. If you’re interested meet in the lower lot of KHS wearing Kennett gear!

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KMS 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, if you are interested in signing up to help design this year’s KMS yearbook, now is the time! There is a sign-up sheet outside of Mrs. Lozada’s room, B001. The first meeting will be on Monday, September 25th until 3:30 p.m.

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Please stay tuned for Which State is it Wednesday with __________________________.

Have a Great Day KMS!

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Day 4

September 2017

Treble choir will have its first rehearsal this Friday at 7 am in room F105. Please see Mrs. Mancuso with any questions.

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Students and Teachers, Donations for Harvey Relief are being accepted in the main office. See Mrs. Rohrer.

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Attention any student who has an emergency form with you, please take it to the nurse right now. We need a form from every student! Please get the forms in so the nurses do not have to track you down.

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Kennett Middle School will be walking in the homecoming parade this Friday September 22nd at 5:30pm. If you’re interested meet in the lower lot of KHS wearing Kennett gear!

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KMS 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, if you are interested in signing up to help design this year’s KMS yearbook, now is the time! There is a sign-up sheet outside of Mrs. Lozada’s room, B001. The first meeting will be on Monday, September 25th until 3:30 p.m.

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Please stay tuned for Latin and Greek root of the week. The root ant and anti means against, opposed to, preventive The Greek root anti means against. Some examples of this root in action are antagonist and antibiotic. An atagonist means a person who actively opposes, against. An antibotic means destroy microorganism, against.

Have a Great Day KMS!

Monday, September 18, 2017 Day 3

September 2017

The list of students in this year’s Treble Choir is posted outside room F105. Rehearsals will begin Friday, September 22 at 7 am. Please see Mrs. Mancuso with any questions.

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Attention any student who has an emergency form with you, please take it to the nurse right now. We need a form from every student! Please get the forms in so the nurses do not have to track you down.

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Here is a note about the calendar. In two week, on Thursday, it is progress report time. THat is Thursday, September 28th. Make sure you are staying up on all of your classwork.

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A round of Congratulations goes out to our KMS Cross-Country Team for their big W against Patton Middle School. They won their first race by 6 points. Great job to our top finishers including Logan Piercy, Kendal Lanier, Miko Davidson-Hance, Luca Tresoldi and Marco King. Not to be outdone, our girls are working hard to catch the boys. Hats off to girls, Maddy Fritz, Anna Jiang, and Maddie Brooks. Can’t wait to see what our next meet brings at the end of this week. GO KMS XC!

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Texas Teachers of Tomorrow, is an organization matching Texas schools harmed from Hurricane Harvey and other school districts. We are teaming up with Patton Middle School in Unionville. This organization has provided us a list of supplies our matched school has requested. Our project is launching today and will run through Friday, October 13th. KMS will collect supplies, cash, and gift cards. All donations from BOTH schools will be sent to our matched junior high school in Texas in the name of Kennett Middle and Patton Middle.

Now over to a video created by our very own 8th grade student, Sarah Hetrick.

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If you would like to check on any information that was shared during the morning announcements you can. Here is how, go to the KMS website kms.kcsd.org and click on the NEWS link. Again go to the KMS website and click news. Here is another great tip. If you want to know the number day of the week you can look there because it is posted with each days news.

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Kennett Middle School will be walking in the homecoming parade this Friday September 22nd at 5:30pm. If you’re interested meet in the lower lot of KHS wearing Kennett gear!

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The library will be closed all day on today, Monday September 18th and will re-open tomorrow, Tuesday.

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KMS 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, if you are interested in signing up to help design this year’s KMS yearbook, now is the time! There is a sign-up sheet outside of Mrs. Lozada’s room, B001. The first meeting will be on Monday, September 25th until 3:30 p.m.

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Remember, this Thursday we have no school.

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Please stay tuned for our Motivational Monday video.

Have a Great Day KMS!

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