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ARIZONA CARDINALS + KIVA SECOND GRADE
ARIZONA CARDINALS + KIVA SECOND GRADE = MINI TRAINING CAMP!
The Kiva PE Department
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Arizona Cardinals Gatorade Jr. Training Camp
Dear Second Grade Parents:
Our second grade students will be participating in a very exciting activity on November 18. Members from the Arizona Cardinals football team will be conducting a mini-training camp with the second grade students during PE class. The mini-camp will take place from 10:00a.m.-11:30a.m.
This will be a fun and educational event. Cardinals players and personnel will teach the children basic non-contact football skills such as passing and catching at a five-station interactive play area using age-appropriate equipment. We will need ten parent volunteers to help run the stations. Please contact Coach Dancer at tdancer@susd.org or at 484-484-2200, extension 5803 if you are interested in helping with the activities. This event is not open to parents. Only the parent volunteers may attend this event.
Please note that your child must have a signed waiver in order to participate. Contact your child’s teacher if you need a waiver. An alternative activity will be provided for those students who have not returned the waiver.
If you have any questions please contact Coach Dancer.
Sincerely,
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ARIZONA CARDINALS + KIVA FIRST GRADE
ARIZONA CARDINALS + KIVA FIRST GRADE = READING ACTIVITY!
Arizona Cardinals/SRP/Safeway Milk and Cookies
Dear First Grade Parents:
Our first grade students will be participating in a very exciting activity on November 18. Members from the Arizona Cardinals football team will be at Kiva to read to our first grade students. The activity will take place from 12:45p.m.-2:00p.m. in the Media Center. This activity is not open to parents.
This will be a fun and educational event. Cardinals players will read to the children and then join them with milk and cookies. Please let your child’s teacher know if your child has milk or food allergies.
Please note that your child must have a signed waiver in order to participate. Contact your child’s teacher if you need a waiver. An alternative activity will be provided for those students who have not returned the waiver.
If you have any questions please contact your child’s teacher.
Sincerely,
The First Grade Teachers
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Welcome to the Future
JOIN THE KIVA COMPUTER CLUB!
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Who? Grades K through 6
What? Computer Club! Gain basic computer knowledge while doing fun projects!
When?
Mondays ~ Grades K-3 * 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Tuesdays ~ Grades 4-6 * 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Tuesdays ~ Grades 4-6 * 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Accepting registrations now, meetings begin week of Nov. 10 & 11.
Where? Room N5 Cougar Computer Lab
Questions? Contact Erin McCarthy, Kiva Campus IT Specialist
Click here for intro sample of KIVA PODCAST COMING SOON!
Click here for intro sample of KIVA PODCAST COMING SOON!
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ACCELERATED READER TUTORING PROGRAM
New! Accelerated Reader Tutoring Lab!
Does your child need a little extra time after school for A.R. reading and test-taking? A new program will be starting on October 28th after school for 1st- 6th graders in the Discovery Lab (room N-1). The program is FREE, but students must be pre-registered in order to attend.
Students will not be admitted without the registration form.
Students will be grouped by grade levels and are invited to participate on the following days: (no classes on half days)
2:45-3:45 pm Tuesdays: 1st and 2nd graders
2:45-3:45 pm Wednesdays: 3rd and 4th graders
2:45-3:45 pm Thursdays: 5th and 6th graders
Students are encouraged to bring their own AR books. Some books will be available to read during the tutoring session, but they cannot be taken out of the lab.
Questions? Please contact Carrie Harvey in room N-2.
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SCHOOLFUSION UDATE 10/03/08
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PARENTS - You will need a "Passcode" to activate your account. Once activated click the MY FAMILY link to view all your students or to add additional students. Do not "join" a class. |
ALWAYS SAFETY FIRST
STUDENT DROP-OFF AND PICK UP: The southeast parking lot is a parking lot, not a student drop off area. Parents are instructed to park in the southeast lot before school and walk their children onto the school grounds. They are also instructed to park in the southeast lot at dismissal and meet their children on the school grounds. It is very important that everyone pay closer attention to safety during student drop off and pick up. The children deserve a safe environment coming to school and leaving at the end of the day. Perhaps leaving home a few minutes earlier or car pooling will help with the time delays especially in the morning and the congestion at the end of the day.
Accelerated Reader List
KIVA TECHNOLOGY UPDATES
Lately, document cameras were installed in every Kiva classroom! Also, Kiva and the District in general are upgrading computers and monitors! This 'wave' of technology brought 15 new Dells and 47 Flat Panel monitors to the Kiva campus! As a result, half of the Cougar Lab (N5) is now upgraded from Windows 2000 to Windows XP, and every monitor in the Discovery Lab is now upgraded to Flat Panel! Several classrooms will now receive Dells for student use. And finally, the week of November 5, the District DVD/VCR-Tuners will be installed, so that campus announcements and cable television will show through ceiling projectors.
FREE RICE . COM
THIS IS A GREAT READING & VOCABULARY EXERCISE FOR YOUR BRAIN, AND SENDS GRAINS OF RICE TO CHARITY! ONLY A FEW STUDENTS HAVE GOTTEN OVER 1,000 GRAINS OF RICE PER SESSION! SEE HOW MANY YOU CAN GET! HERE
Scottsdale Republic Features SUSD Teachers
Do you know an outstanding teacher in the Scottsdale Unified School District? Would you like that teacher to be recognized in the newspaper? The Scottsdale Republic is running a weekly feature highlighting a different SUSD teacher each week. To nominate a teacher for this feature, simply fill out the online Teacher Nomination Form.
*Please note that a high resolution digital photo must be submitted to be considered for publication.
