 Caption: The Wednesday Team Pacer
From the Principal's Desk: Yesterday, the Fairfax County School Board approved the calendar for 2017-2018. The first day of school will be Monday, August 28, 2017 and school will end on Friday, June 15, 2018. A two week winter break and one week spring break is included. For more information, please click here.
Student Health
Cold and flu season is right around the corner.
Please encourage frequent hand washing with soap and water for 20 seconds to
prevent the spread of germs. If your child does become ill with a fever or
vomiting, please keep him/her home until 24 hours after these symptoms have
resolved. Remember to call the attendance line (703-846-8888) or use the new form (http://tinyurl.com/KilmerAttendancebefore) before school starts if your
child must miss school.
Seventh
Grade Mental Health Wellness Program – Wednesday, Dec. 7 & Thursday, Dec. 8
Kilmer
school counselors, along with our school social worker and psychologist, will
be implementing the A.C.T. (Acknowledge, Care, Tell) Mental Health Wellness
Program– a depression awareness and suicide prevention program. The goals of
this program are to educate students on the signs and symptoms of depression,
to let students know what to do if they have concerns about themselves or a
friend, and to connect students who may need support with resources inside and
outside of school. Over the last two years, KMS has implemented this program
school-wide in seventh grade. The program includes a 25 minute video titled
“Time to ACT”. The video highlights the stories of three middle school students
and provides simple tips and instructions to help students identify signs of
distress in themselves and others and the action steps to A.C.T. - Acknowledge,
Care, and Tell. After the video, all students will complete a brief screening
form to assess if further support is needed. Our school counselors,
psychologist, and social worker will review the screening forms on the same
day, meet with students who identified symptoms of depression, and notify
parents. Please keep in mind that this form is a not a diagnostic tool. Rather,
it is a way of gathering information that may suggest potential concerns.
Parents and guardians will be contacted if there are immediate concerns.
The
Mental Health Wellness Program for seventh grade students is scheduled for
December 7 and 8. Please click here to view the parent letter with additional
information.
Change
in bell schedule on Thursday, Dec. 8
Due to
the upcoming Mental Health Wellness Program taking place on Wednesday, Dec. 7
and Thursday, Dec. 8, there will be a change in Thursday’s bell schedule for all
students in order to accommodate the immediate follow up required after
the program. Period 8 will flip flop with period 1 (8, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1). For
more information about this program, please reference the link to the parent
letter above.
Kilmer in the News
See photos of our students in FCPS news: FCPS Foundation
8th Grade Parents - Finance Park, VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Dear Parents - after a 3-week course on financial literacy jointly taught in Math and Civics classes in December and January, all students will embark on a field trip to Finance Park in January to put what they've learned to good use. We need a great deal of parent and guardian support to make this trip a success, and we would really appreciate if you could join us! Parents who have accompanied us in the past have given very high reviews to the experience and some have even come back in subsequent years to join us again. Please click on this link of the Finance Park Volunteer flyer for more details! If you can't open the attachment, please visit your child's Civics class Blackboard site at http://fcps.blackboard.com. Thanks in advance for your help!
Make-Up Photos
A final opportunity for make-up or retake photos will be next Thursday, December 8th during PAWS and lunch periods. If you would like your student to retake photos, he / she must bring the old photos with them.
Kilmer in the News
See photos of our students in
FCPS news: 11/22/16 and 11/22/16
(part 2)
Awards Program Nominations
This is a reminder that we are still accepting nominations for
Outstanding Teacher, Outstanding New Teacher, and Outstanding Principal until
December 16, 2016. Please click the link below to begin the nominating
process.
https://goo.gl/forms/NZpmU7vbY6MDTWET2
If you have any questions, please contact our Awards Liaison,
Mercedes Rasmussen, at 703-846-8808 or email me at mgrasmussen@fcps.edu Thank
you.
Greetings from After School:
There are two blocks after school,
2:25-3:30pm (blue) and 3:45-4:45pm (green). Students do not have to stay
for the second block and may walk or be picked up at 3:30pm. Students may not
participate in afterschool if they are absent during the school day. Students
may not leave and return for second block activities; they must stay. Homework
Lab is open from 2:25-4:45pm. Activities and Club descriptions are being
added/updated to the Afterschool Activities Calendar at http://www.fcps.edu/KilmerMS/activities/afterschool.html.
Please check it often.
We will no longer have Monday Homework Lab after school.
Students
interested in participating in Math Counts should register at https://goo.gl/V9GahS
Questions? Please contact the After School
Program Specialist Ms. Kardelis at kckardelis@fcps.edu
or 703.846.8846
12/15- SCA Dance (only students
that have purchased tickets may stay after school)
12/16- NO Afterschool
Upcoming Dates
Saturday, December 3 - TJ Test
Monday, December 5 – Orchestra Winter Concert, Marshall HS, 7pm
Wednesday, December 7 – 7th Grade Wellness Screening
Wednesday, December 7 – Band Winter Concert, Marshall HS, 7pm
Thursday, December 8 - 7th Grade Wellness Screening, reverse bell
schedule:– 8, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1
Thursday, December 8 - Make-up Photos during PAWS
Friday, December 9 – CyberPatriot Competition
Friday, December 9 – Marshall Pyramid Concert, Orchestra, 7:30pm
Monday, December 12 - Choir Winter Concert, Marshall HS, 7pm
Tuesday, December 13 – Winter In-School Performance
Wednesday, December 14 – Club / Music Group Photos
Thursday, December 15 – after school SCA Winter Dance
Monday, December 19 through Monday, January 2 – Winter Holidays
Tuesday, January 3 – School resumes
The 2016-17 FCPS School Calendar can be found HERE
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