Summer School

Summer school starts on Monday, June 1. The hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. All grades will attend on the elementary campus. Breakfast and lunch are provided free for all students. 5th - 8th graders eat breakfast from 7:30-7:45, so it is critical they are on time. K-4 begins their day with a brief morning assembly. Grades 1-4 eat breakfast beginning at 7:50 and kindergarten students eat at 8:15.

Students in grades 1-8 have academic time in the morning and field trips in the afternoon most days. There are a few full day trips and some days with on campus special activities. A calendar of events has been published for grades 1-4 and for grades 5-8. For students in grades 1-8 a field trip fee of $30.00 is due on the first day of school.

Kindergarten students do not leave campus, except for students who earn the perfect attendance field trip. Details about this trip are TBA.

At dismissal time, buses are loaded and leave campus prior to parent pick-up. All parents should park in the east parking lot. Middle school students (5-8) will walk out to the east lot to meet their parents. Elementary students must be picked up in the cafeteria by a parent or other adult authorized by the parent. They will not be allowed to walk out to the car with an older sibling.

All changes in after school plans must reach the office by note or phone no later than 3:00 p.m. so that messages can be delivered to students prior to loading buses.

Block by Block...

Block by block and row by row...you can watch our preschool grow! Masons worked during the past week to construct exterior and interior block walls. This progress will continue during the coming week.

Summer Reading Lists for Students

Are you looking for a good book? Try these ideas from Read Kiddo Read:

http://readkiddoread.ning.com/page/summer-reading-doesnt-have-to

There are two lists, one for K-4 and one for 5th grade and up!

Summer reading keeps brains active, provides opportunities for new learning and helps to maintain or increase reading levels.

Preschool Takes Shape

Progress as promised...

The preschool/PAT facility doesn't require quite as much imagination, now that the steel framing is in place. What a difference a week makes!

Eighth Grade Graduation

Thursday, May 21 was more than the last day of school for the year for our eighth graders, it was their final event as a Kirbyville student. Families, friends and others crowded into the middle school gym to watch these students culminate their Kirbyville years. Some students had been here 10 years, starting out in Kirbyville Preschool and others had been here just this year. Each student and his/her accomplishments, activities and future high school plans was introduced individually. The class' salutatorian was Melea Barron Hulland and the co-validictorians were Ryan Schultz and Mariah West. Several students were recognized for their achievements in the five core curricular areas and for citizenship. Retiring employees: Becky Parrett, Ann States and Jerry Parrett were also recognized for their dedicated service and accomplishments. The graduation speaker, selected by the class, was business math teacher, Scott Miller.

Congratulations and good luck to our graduates!

P.S. If anyone has digital photos from the event, I would love to add them to this post! Email them to me using the contact link in the right navigation bar.

KES Field Day

The sun and clouds cooperated creating a beautiful day as Coach Lyerla and the BETA students from the MS organized and ran an outstanding field day for our elementary kids. They had a blast!

Also, a big thank-you goes to Andy's Frozen Custard for providing free frozen treats for our participants!

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2nd grade field trip

2nd grade students recently explored Fantastic Caverns in Springfield, MO for their field trip. The students learned about various cave formations and the history behind Missouri's only "drive-thru" cave.

Preschool Graduation

Kirbyville Preschool and ECSE Graduation was held on Tuesday, May 12! Click the Smilebox to join in on the fun.

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Last day of school

The last day of school is Thursday, May 21. We will be dismissing early. The middle school will begin loading buses at 11:30 with parent pick-up to follow. The elementary school will begin loading buses at 11:40 with parent pick-up from 11:45 to 11:55. The faculty and staff in each building wish to thank all of our families for their support of their children during the past school year.

Tanger Outlet Center makes donations to each school

The Kirbyville School District thanks the Tanger Outlet Center for making donations in the amount of $1000 to each school last week. The money was raised through the TangerBucks program. Tanger Outlets across the country have been lending a helping hand to schools in the communities they serve for over 27 years. The money is raised in several ways: through participating schools receiving an equal share of $1 per coupon book that is sold nationwide, through direct sales of Tanger Coupon Books at school events (the entire $5 goes to the school) or through distribution of printed vouchers for the school that can be taken to the Tanger Outlet Center and the entire sale amount of the coupon booklet goes to the school. KMS and KES will be participating in this program again beginning June 1 for the upcoming school year. Watch for vouchers to come home periodically during the school year.

"Floored" by the progress...

The new Kirbyville Preschool and PAT now has a floor poured! Rapid progress is predicted this week with the steel beams going up during the sunny weather that has been forcasted for the entire week.

Emergency Procedures

On behalf of the Kirbyville administrative team, I wanted to brief you on our emergency situation this morning. At approximately 8:30 a.m. prior to the warning being issued by the National Weather Service students, faculty, staff and parents were sheltered in each building according to our emergency procedures, based on our observation that threatening weather was approaching. Everyone in the buildings remained in the sheltered area until approximately 9:30 a.m. when all threat of weather danger had passed.

The preschool students remained inside the building through lunchtime as a precautionary measure in case severe weather redeveloped. They resumed normal activities.

Thank-you for respecting our need to keep the phone lines open in this emergency situation and keeping calls to the office to a minimum. We are dedicated to the safety of our students, faculty, staff and patrons and always make decisions with this in mind.

May Skate Night

The final Kirbyville Skate Night of the year will be from 6:00-8:00 on Monday, May 11 at Skateworld in Branson. Please join us for an evening of healthy exercise and fun with your friends!

Link to Swine Flu Update

I am sure that many of you have been following the Swine Flu updates on national and local media. Here is a link that can keep you informed on the latest news:

http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BT_Response/_SwineFlu09.html