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November 21, 2007 by chris.

Dear Elementary Parents,

Wow! Can you believe it’s Thanksgiving already? It is so nice to see the students participating in classroom plays, making Paper Mache turkeys in art class, and studying about the history of Thanksgiving.

We are thankful for the Kline family and the effort that they have put into the Kachina Garden area. We are going to begin emphasizing healthy eating and organic foods to our students. The kids will also learn about a healthy way of living and different agricultural products. The garden has been generously sponsored by www.sunflowerocity.com. Please find attached, a letter regarding our new garden project from Chris Kline.

December is coming soon. Please see Important Dates below:

December 21 at 9:30AM – Christmas Program – All grades. Please see your teacher for details.

December 24 – January 4 – Holiday Break
Child care will be offered the second week of break. Contact the front office for more information or to sign up your child.

January 7 – OPEN ENROLLMENT to KCDS parents and siblings. Open enrollment to the public starts January 22.

As we begin into January, we would like to emphasize some changes in our after school enrichment programs. We are excited to announce that we will begin an Equestrian Program on campus. Details will be coming home soon after break.

Please remember School Dismissal is at 3:30PM. If you come to pick up your child earlier, please come to the office and sign your child out. Please refrain from knocking on the classroom door as it can interrupt valuable, classroom time.

Have a wonderful Holiday Season!

Kind Regards,
Janece Kline
Executive Director

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November 21, 2007 by chris.

Dear Parents,

The new children’s garden section was constructed by using a rented bob cat to remove the existing gravel and then using a rented power tiller to till in 75 cubic feet of coffee grounds that volunteers have been collecting from Starbucks over the last few months. Parents are welcome to get coffee grounds from their favorite Starbucks and drop them by the garden anytime. They will be put to good use along with other soil amendments that we are using. The new garden sections have been fenced and will have complete drip irrigation in the next few weeks.

Plants that you will find in the garden now include Garlic, Swiss Chard, Tomatoes, Carrots, Japanese Eggplant, Sweet Basil, Italian Basil, Broccoli and Peppermint. Limited additional planting will be done over the winter months and then in spring it will be time to really get busy.
Donations to the Garden project are always welcome and we will be having a huge plant and garden sale soon to help raise funds as well. We can also use donations of nice outdoor chairs or benches and small tables to place around the garden to make it a nice place for teachers and students to come for reading and outside study. As funds are available we will be adding many more ornamental trees and plants as well as many more food crops.

Teachers are welcome to stake claim to small sections in the garden for class plantings while other spaces will be professionally planted to grow produce that will be sold at local farmers markets to help fund the garden. The garden belongs to the school community and everyone is welcome to work in the garden and add whatever they think it needs!

I am often in the garden in the morning so stop by and say hi. I’d be happy to talk about any gardening questions you may have. Preschoolers often stop by in the morning and I enjoy showing them things that they can smell, touch and see in the garden.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Chris Kline
http://www.sunflowercity.com

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November 1, 2007 by chris.

Dear Elementary Parents,

The month of October is nearly over as we prepare for the Halloween Festival this Friday. We would like to thank the parents for contributing to the Scholastic Book Fair. We know the teachers were more than grateful for their new books. A special thank you to Peggy Murphy for organizing the event, and a special thank you to Tricia Dye for helping set up and break down the event. Also, a big thank you for all of the Sally Foster Sales!

November is coming soon. Please see important dates below:

October 26 – Halloween Fall Festival - 5 - 7PM
Food catered by Julio G’s Mexican Resturarant, Plant Sale to benefit playground fund, Haunted house and spooky games. Tickets are available in front office.

November 2 – School Conferences

November 5 – School Picture Retake Day – 9AM (gym)

November 7 – Hearing and Vision Screening – 8:45AM (ages 4 and up)

November 12 – Veteran’s Day – NO SCHOOL

November 22 & 23 – Happy Thanksgiving! NO SCHOOL

Please remember the weather is cooling down in the mornings and late afternoon. If you still need sweatpants and sweatshirts, please let Chelsea know at the front office.

Have a wonderful November!

Kind Regards,

Janece Kline
Executive Director
www.kachinaschool.com

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October 1, 2007 by chris.

Dear Elementary Parents,

This school year brings many opportunities to our elementary students. It has been a wonderful start to our school year and I am pleased to see the students setting into a nice routine. Our teachers are thrilled to provide quality education and a stable classroom experience to your children.

October is right around the corner and we have a busy month planned! Please see important dates below:

October 5th – Sally Foster orders are due. 50% of the profit goes towards KCDS! If you want to order online our school code is: 483879

October 12th – Fire Truck Visit starting at 9:30AM

October 15th – 19th – Fall Break. Care is available. Please contact the office as soon as possible.

October 26th – Trick or Treat lane starting at 5:00 (preschool). Halloween Bash starting at 5:30PM – 7:00PM. Tickets will be sold in the office starting October 5th.

November 2 – School Conferences: 1-4PM. Care is available during the conference with Mr. Chris

November 5th – School picture re-take day.

We are off to a great school year. Please contact me should you have any questions. I am based at the PV campus on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Kind Regards,

Janece Kline, Executive Director

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May 15, 2007 by chris.

Kachina News Blog has been set up in order to keep our strong community of family and friends up to date with all the latest news and information circulating around our school. If you have any contributions to make to the news blog, please speak with someone in the office or email chris@kachinaschool.com about becoming a member of the reporting staff or an author for the blog. We appreciate the support and hope to make this a great resource for all of us.

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