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Dear Parents,

      I hope everyone had an enjoyable spring break. The kids seemed to be in good spirits this week. The staff is re-energized for the final couple months of the school year.

      We started our WASL testing this week. Tuesday and Thursday the students took the Reading test. From my walk-throughs during testing and conversations with staff, the students are really taking the tests seriously and doing a great job. Next week we will be taking the Writing tests on Tuesday and Thursday. Please make sure that your child attends school on those days and is well rested.

       During the early release this afternoon, staff will be participating in district wide curriculum work focusing on common language - consistent practice throughout our 6-12 grade levels. It is so valuable that we have this time to bring all curricular teachers together to network and dialog. We have seen many significant instructional improvements come from these Friday afternoon sessions. Our students are the ones that are really benefiting from the secondary staff collaboration.

      We were recently told that our Pennies for Patients fund raiser generated $6,655. We were the 5th top fundraising school in a four state area.

       As we near the end of the school year please continue to track your child's progress. Check the share point sites consistently for assignments and the online grades. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact teachers. Currently most kids seem to be doing an excellent job of keeping up with all assignments. Our homework lunch program is tracking this and our numbers of students needing to attend it have been low the last several weeks.



     Finally, with the arrival of spring and warmer temperatures we are seeing girls wear shorter shorts and skirts, boys in hats and hoods, hair being dyed non-natural colors, and students participating in public displays of affection. All these choices are not allowed at CKMS. Please review these policies listed in the student agenda with your child; we will be doing the same here at school. Consequences will be given to those students choosing not to follow school dress code and other expectations. Extreme cases could mean that your child will miss some of the end of school events in June.

     Please note correction in the April Newsletter Calendar of Events. "High School Musical" begins MAY 29, not April 29. We apologize for the error.

Kirk Dunckel, Principal