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Weekly Kings Park ES News
Please refer to this calendar link for all FCPS dates for the 2024-2025 school year to support planning.FCPS School Year Calendar. Additionally, the KPES linked One Pager Return to School Information includes key school links and resources.
Boosterthon Update
Thank you to everyone that has already registered for our main school fundraiser. We are pleased to announce that we have reached our 65% registration threshold and our ultimate rewards have been unlocked!!!
At Kings Park, this means our Admin team is going to get in on the action of racing around the Boosterthon track wearing inflatible costumes! We are looking forward to getting in the Fun Run spirit, and wonder who will end up being the fastest.
Registering is easy and free, and all students who register will receive a keychain. ️ Register Now On MYBOOSTER.COM
The goal is to raise $40,000 for field trips, outdoor benches and picnic tables, color copiers, and classroom furniture at both schools, as well as for other school and PTA projects. Students can win prizes for collecting pledges. ALL students will participate in the Fun Run event on Friday, September 20th, regardless of financial participation. ALL students will also receive a T-Shirt to wear for the event and for future spirit days. Be sure to check out the easy sharing functions on MYBOOSTER.COM to let others know how they can help support our school. Every pledge helps!
More information on the program can also be found on the PTA website. The schedule for Fridays' fun run is also posted, including a link to sign-up to volunteer for the day of the event.
Thank you for working with us to make our schools stronger. We are grateful for your support!
KPES Back to School Night 2024-2025
To accommodate families with children in multiple grades, sessions will be repeated each evening. We look forward to welcoming you at Kings Park Elementary!
Wednesday, September 18th: Pre-K, Kindergarten & 1st Grade
- 5:15pm- 6:20pm Specialists in Cafeteria
- 5:30pm-6:10pm Session
- 6:20pm-7:00pm Session B *repeat of session A
Wednesday, September 25th: 2nd & 3rd Grade
- 5:15pm- 6:20pm Specialists in Cafeteria
- 5:30pm-6:10pm Session A
- 6:20pm-7:00pm Session B *repeat of session A
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Blue Star Welcome Week
Sept 21st-29nd
Blue Star Welcome Week is a nationwide initiative to provide a warm welcome to the 600,000 active-duty and transitioning military families that move into new communities each year. It is the goal of Blue Star Families to proactively improve military families’ sense of belonging to their local communities by forging strong connections between our military family members and their local neighbors. If you are a new military family, welcome to Kings Park ES! Please check out the FCPS military families Welcome Page and the FCPS military families Resources Page.
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Welcome to KP Spirit Days
All KP students can help Kings Park ES welcome our new military connected families! Please join us in the following Spirit Days!
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Monday September 23 Spirit Day: Help us welcome our military students by wearing Red, White and Blue or wear colors to represent a branch of the US military.
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Friday September 27 Spirit Day: Welcome to the family! We are all Kings Park Lions! Show your pride by wearing KP spirit wear or colors ( purple and green)
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Kings Park & Kings Glen AAP Updates
Click on the following link to access AAP resources from FCPS and from Jamie Mucciolo and Lisa Rode, the Advanced Academics Resources Teachers, AARTs, at Kings Park and Kings Glen. Advanced Academics Current Information Website.
Upcoming Events
- Sept 18th BTSN PreK, Kindergarten and 1st Grade
- Sept 25th BTSN 2nd grade and 3rd grade
- Oct 3rd Rosh Hashanah Holiday - No school for students
- Oct 4th Teacher Workday - No school for students
- Oct 14th Teacher Workday - No school for students
- Oct 31st End of 1st Quarter TWO hour early release at 1:25pm
FCPS Calendar
PTA News
Boosterthon Fun Run. The Boosterthon Fun Run is the PTA's largest fundraiser of each school year. We are excited for our Fun Run coming up Friday, September 20. The PTA is looking forward to a fun event that supports our wonderful schools - the schedule is now available! Our school goal is to raise $40,000 for field trips, outdoor benches and picnic tables, color copiers, and classroom furniture at both schools, as well as for other school and PTA projects. We are already HALFWAY there, but we need your help; register today at mybooster.com and check out more information on the Booster program.
Register TODAY for After School activities! Check out our website for more information. We have a full line-up both at Kings Park and at Kings Glen. Scholarships are available (please reach out to your school counselor).
Our monthly staff appreciation initiative is back! This month, the theme is apples. Please consider donating using the sign-up to help start the year off right.
Our next Spirit Night is coming up soon. Code Ninjas is offering a Parents Night Out from 6-8:30PM on Friday, September 27th. Drop the kids (must be aged 7+) for a night of friends, pizza, Minecraft, and Roblox! $35/student - all proceeds will go to the KP/KG PTA.
Thank you to Jen Argenta and everyone that volunteered during our ice-cream social last Friday! We hope you had as much fun as we did!
Keep in Touch with the PTA. A great way to keep in touch with the PTA is to subscribe to our emails and/or join our Facebook group. Our website also features an updated PTA events calendar. Join the PTA. We hope all members of the KP/KG community will consider joining the PTA this school year. Join on our website!
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