Kilmer MS - PTA Newsletter August 2021

SPIRITWEAR FOR SALE

Help your Kilmer student show their school spirit by stocking up on Kilmer spiritwear before the school year gets underway!

Visit our online store here.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO STAFF SCHOOL STORE

Our School Store is back! After being unable to open last year, we are excited to once again open for business. Our store will be open during lunch hours twice a week during students' lunch periods, and as always, we will need parent volunteers to staff the store.

Please sign up here if you are able to take a shift.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SECOND STORY DONATION PICKUPS

We are planning to resume our weekly leftover food donations to Second Story. We will need parent volunteers to help us with this weekly program.

Please sign up here if you are able to help. This is a good opportunity for 8th graders looking for service hours too!

FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS NEEDED

Last year we couldn't have operated the Kilmer Food Pantry without the generous donations and support from our students/parents, families, teachers, staff, community friends & local organizations.

We are ready to jump back in to collecting items to provide to members of our Kilmer community in need. To that end, we need to start gathering donations over the summer to be in a position to hit the ground running at the start of school.

You can help in one of two ways:

(1) When joining the Kilmer PTA on the P4SS website, you can include a monetary donation to go to the Food Pantry; or

(2) You can shop our Amazon wishlist and your donations will be shipped directly to Kilmer.

Remember to shop using Amazon Smile with Kilmer PTA as your charity of choice so you can donate in two different ways at once!

VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS NEEDED FOR AUGUST 16TH TEACHER BREAKFAST

Thank you so much to all our generous contributors so far! We just need a few final items for our breakfast.

Sign Up Here if you can contribute or lend a hand that day.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE

If you're looking for a way to help give back to our Kilmer teachers after the challenges of the last year, or are new to Kilmer and want to get involved, we need volunteers to help on our Hospitality and Teacher Appreciation Committee. The role involves planning a few events over the course of the school year and helping out as needed in coordinating teacher appreciation efforts. Please email us if you're interested in learning more.

REFLECTIONS SUBMISSIONS

It's never too early to get a jump start on your Reflections submission for the fall.

The theme is "I Will Change the World By ...."

Entries are currently being accepted in the Main Office. The contest is also a great way to

use some free time this summer!

For questions or more info, contact Reflections Chair Kelly Eldridge.

You can find an Entry form and contest rules here.

HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE

Our Kilmer PTA Facebook page is up and running. Thanks to some fantastic volunteers, it's been an invaluable resource for keeping current on all the school stuff our teenagers forget to tell us about.

Please help us spread the word by liking our page and inviting your friends and family to do the same.

Kilmer PTA Facebook Page

SHOP AMAZON SMILE &

HELP EARN $$ FOR KILMER

As more of us are shopping on-line, please consider setting up your Amazon Account with Amazon Smile.

Just select Joyce Kilmer Middle PTA on your account.

Kilmer will receive .5% of eligible purchases.

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

No more clipping and ripping - use Box Top's new app to start saving for Kilmer today! Just add the BoxTops app to your phone, link to Joyce Kilmer Middle School, and start scanning your grocery receipts to earn $$ for Kilmer.

 Watch this video to get started.

KILMER NEWS

AUGUST OPEN HOUSE DATES

8th Grade Open House will be August 17th.

7th Grade Open House will be August 19th.

Both Open Houses will be from 3:00 - 7:00. To limit the number of people in the building, you are asked to attend at the following times:

3:00 - 4:00 Students with last names A-G

4:00 - 5:00 Students with last names H-M

5:00 - 6:00 Students with last names N-S

6:00 - 7:00 Students with last names T-Z

Please stop by the PTA table in the main hallway to say hello, fill out your PTA membership form, and ask any questions you may have about who we are and what we do.

We could use a handful of helpers to join us at the PTA tables on either date to assist with membership forms and school store sales.

Email us if you can lend a hand.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS - IMPORTANT AUGUST DATES

August 9, 10, 11 - 7th Grade Shifting Gears & Laptop Distribution (Click here to register if you haven't already signed up for a session)

August 16th - PTA Sponsored Welcome Back Breakfast for Teachers - See sign up above if you can help

August 17th - 8th Grade Open House & Laptop Distribution

August 19th - PTA Sponsored Teacher Luncheon - See sign up above if you can help.

August 19th - 7th Grade Open House & Laptop Distribution

August 19 - Student class schedules available on SIS

August 20 - Makeup Laptop Distribution

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

August 23rd - First Day of School

IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS

FOR 2021 - 2022 SCHOOL YEAR

Effective July 1, 2021, all students entering Seventh grade will be required to receive one dose of each of the following immunizations prior to the beginning of school: Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis booster (Tdap), and Meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY).

Seventh grade students cannot begin school in August without proper Tdap and Meningococcal documentation. Parents can check to see if their child is compliant for all immunizations by logging into SIS ParentVue and clicking on the Health Immunizations tab.

Click here for instructions on setting up a SIS account if you are new to FCPS.

Parents should submit a copy of their child’s updated immunization records to KMSimmunization@fcps.edu .

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR COMMUNITY NEWS

We periodically share news from our feeder elementary schools, as well as news from Marshall and Madison and the Vienna community. You'll find that info here!