Kalmiopsis Elementary - Brookings-Harbor School District 17-C

Kalmiopsis Elementary

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1st school day: 1st-5th 9/6; Kindergarten 9/12

We are Kalmiopsis Elementary, but you can call us K-School. The primary goal of our school is to ensure that all our students have a strong grasp of academics that will benefit them not only in their educational pursuits, but their future employment. Our faculty provides a safe environment that encourages emotional growth, physical development and responsible behavior in a way that fosters individual worth and dignity.

The education of our students is a group effort. Parents, the community, teachers, support staff and administrators are all involved in helping students in their academic achievements.

Communication is the key to your child's success. Please feel free to ask questions, give input or just stop by.

COMMON CORE STANDARDS
Common Core Standards are here. Students will be assessed using the Smarter Balanced Assessment beginning the Spring of 2015. For answers to commonly asked questions please check out the links below.

Parent Flyer - What do the Common Core State Standards mean for my student(s)?

Parent Workshop - Frequently Asked Questions

Parent's Backpack - Guide to Commone Core Standards

Visit the Smarter Balanced web site to learn more. Try your hand at the practice test. See what the kids will be doing next year.

Our district uses a student information system called PowerSchool. As a parent, you can log in to see important and relevant information about your student's progress in school including, but not limited to:

Up-to-date grades
Up-to-the-minute attendance information
Historical grades/progress

To access the new parent portal for your student(s), click HERE and enter your name and password. For purposes of security, if you do not know your name/password, or have misplaced it, you may call our office and a letter will be mailed to you or you may come IN PERSON to the office for a print out. Information will not be given by phone or sent home with students.

PowerSchool Instructions

A short introduction/instruction sheet for first-time users.

Red Ribbon Week - wear white to represent being clean from drugs

Students receive PBIS tickets throughout the year for good behavior. Students can save 10 tickets and put the packet in the drawing box for the prize they'd like to win. Students can put in as many packets of 10 as they want. Prizes included two Kindles, a bracelet machine, huge stuffed dog and other prizes. Here are the names that were drawn and received prizes.

Congratulations to our PBIS students for the week of 6/8/16.

Lowering of the flag.

Flag folding used to take place by the flag pole. Students requested that the folding take place much closer so they can see exactly what the process is to fold the flag.

The Lyons presented a special flag to Kalmiopsis. It is signed by the designer, Bob Heft. Bob created the 50-star design as a school project when he was 17. His teacher gave him a B.

These students had not been absent at all during this school year. An amazin accomplishment. They received their certificate along with a $50 gift card.

We sent three students to the National Spelling Bee Competition. Allison took 1st place and Sarah took 2nd. Allison can, if she chooses, compete in the finals next Septemer. (Sarah was not present for photos.)

From Mrs. Darger: My class visited historic sites in Brookings on Monday including a home built for Mr. & Mrs. Brookings in 1912 and the Central Building in the center of town. Students were complimented on two separate occasions for their excellent behavior. One proud teacher, here.

Kids enjoy drumming with the Indian Ed instructor.

Students dress up like they are 100 years old to celebrate the 100th day of school.

Winners of the 2016 Kite Festival Poem Contest. To read the winning poems, visit our Facebook page.

We (the students in Room 47) tested whether cabbage juice is an acid or a base using vinegar, 7-Up, baking soda solution, distilled water, and of course cabbage juice.

We noticed that the vinegar turned light red, distilled water stayed the same color, baking soda turned a bluish greenish, lemon juice turned a neon pink, dish detergent turned green and 7-Up purple. If the item stayed the same color it would be a base and if the color
changed, like the vinegar, it is an acid.

28 Kalmiopsis 5th graders were selected for their great PBIS behavior in their classrooms and were invited to participate with Air Track Acrobatics on Friday, February 5 in the gym

Red Ribbon Week - wear white to represent being clean from drugs

Red Ribbon Week - "Shade out drugs"

Red Ribbon Week - "Sock it to drugs"

Red Ribbon Week - "Jam it to drugs" (wear pajamas)

Mr. Olsen's class visited the Ocean Park Memory Center this week to help residents decorate Halloween buckets. Students were wonderfully respectful, representing K School beautifully and residents were asking when the kids were coming back. A great time was had by all!

Room 21 had a special guest speaker, Ranger Meagan, from the Redwood National and State Parks who taught them about bats.

Students enjoy their outing to the Nichol's Farm.

PIcking the perfect pumpkin at the farm.

Making apple cider at the farm.

Congratulations to Room 21, winner of the best door decoration for Red Ribbon Week.

Room 6

Office Staff

Students in Mr. Olsen's class built this 64 piece tetrahedron kite for a fellow classmate as a going away present. Pretty cool, huh?