A message from Principal, Amy Miller:
Dear Kilmer Families,
We are happy to share that After-School Activities will be back to the regular in-person schedule starting Tuesday, January 25! We are excited to be expanding our After-School offerings to include Voices of Now and Asian American youth Leadership Empowerment And Development’s (AALEAD). Please see below for additional information about these After-School offerings.
Please help us spread the word to future Kilmer Cougars that our Rising 7th Grade Curriculum Night virtual event will take place on Thursday, February 3 at 6:00 PM. We will be sending a link for the session directly to the families of Rising 7th graders.
I hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend. Monday, January 24 is a student holiday. We are looking forward to a strong start to the second semester on Tuesday, January 25.
Sincerely, Amy Miller, Principal
Second Semester Schedules in SIS and Schoology
Semester two schedules will be visible in SIS StudentVue and SIS ParentVue on Friday. January 21 at 6. Schedules are visible under the classes tab. Semester two elective classes will have S2 next to the course name. On Tuesday, January 25, students will begin their second semester classes.
Students will have access to these new semester classes in Schoology as well. Please make sure students look for the “semester 2” label on the course tile in their “My Courses” dropdown. ALL students will need to look for their NEW semester 2 Health and PE course. Semester 1 health and PE Courses are no longer active. If you are in two year long electives (for example, Spanish 1 and Orchestra), health and PE will be your only new class.
Students will be able to see semester 1 classes in Schoology until 1/27, but these classes are no longer active. After 1/27, semester 1 classes will no longer be visible in Schoology.
In a few instances, students may have more than 12 courses listed in Schoology. If this happens, a course might not show up on the tiled dropdown. Students can access the correct course by going to the “My Courses” link in the top right corner of the tiled dropdown. See this video for instructions on how to re-order and prioritize your courses.
Second Semester Lunch Schedule
The second semester lunch schedule is posted on the Kilmer Website and in Schoology in the Kilmer Information Folder. Students can identify what lunch they are assigned by their 5th period teacher on Green Days and their 6th period teacher on blue days. This schedule will also be posted outside the cafeteria on Tuesday.
Second Quarter Report Cards
SIS ParentVue and SIS StudentVue Gradebook and Report Card Modules will be unavailable Thurs, Jan 20, 2022 @ 4pm until Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 6am in order for teachers to finalize second quarter grades. After January 30, 2nd Quarter Report cards will be visible in SIS StudentVue and ParentVue. A copy of your child’s report card will also be mailed home the first week in February.
Health and Physical Education FLE Announcement
Instruction of the Human Growth and Development unit (gender separate) will take place on January 25th and 26th during HPE class. Instruction of the Emotional and Social Health unit will take place during regular health class during the 3rd quarter.
If you choose to opt your student out of any or all of these lessons, please fill out the opt out form for your student’s grade level and have your student return them to Ms. Silverio in student services. FLE opt out forms
To view the lessons in both FLE units please login to schoology and click on the All-Parent page. On that page there is a folder with the FLE lessons.
If you have any questions please contact your student’s HPE teacher.
Course Registration Timeline for 2022-2023
- Thursday, Feb. 3 - Rising Seventh Grade Virtual Curriculum Night at 6pm.
- Tuesday, Feb. 8 - Rising 9th Grade Orientation for students and parents
- Wednesday, Feb. 9 - Marshall Counselors will meet with students attending Marshall for ninth grade to discuss course registration during fourth period PAWS
Marshall High School Academic Advising Resources and Calendar of Events
- February - March - Kilmer school counselors will meet one on one with all students for academic advising sessions to select courses for the 2022-2023 school year.
Additional Course Registration and Curriculum Resources for rising seventh and eighth grade students will be added to the Kilmer website by Monday, January 31st.
After School Updates
After-School Activities will resume their normal in-person schedule starting Tuesday, January 25. Please contact Kim Kardelis (kckardelis@fcps.edu ) with any questions about the afterschool program.
Voices of Now is coming to Kilmer Afterschool!!
Arena Stage partners with Fairfax County Public Schools to create Voices of Now plays with various middle schools.
https://www.arenastage.org/education/voicesofnow/fairfax-county-public-school-ensembles/
Check out the links to get a better idea about voices of now ensembles:
2021 Film “Waiting Room” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGU_sauttdQ
2019 Thoreau Ensemble’s “Crowd Control” https://vimeo.com/337346973
AALEAD is coming to Kilmer AFTERSCHOOL
Asian American youth Leadership Empowerment And Development’s (AALEAD)
mission is to support underserved Asian Pacific American youth but is open to ALL with educational empowerment. AALEAD After School Programs provide academic support resources including, support in the process for exposure to the college selection process, and opportunities for leadership and civic engagement.
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