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Greetings KMS Families, Your Welcome Back Survival Guide is here! Take a look and get excited for the first day of school! The very important registration email sent last week is available below. Please be sure you've read it carefully. We are still missing about 30 students from the school registration form. Dr. Neely sent each missing family a personalized email with a reminder if it was not yet filled out. We need 300 more families to complete the PTA registration process. But first, learn more about supporting our school through the Blue & Gold Fund! Enjoy this beautiful Sunday! |
| This is a long email with quite a few details. Please read each section carefully. Thank you!
Table of Contents School & PTA Online Registration Meet the Teacher Day & Open House Blue & Gold Fund 4th Grade Insurance Cards Welcome from Dr. Neely, Principal
School & PTA Registration Kittredge Magnet School is once again offering online registration this school year. This is necessary for both new and returning students.
The school registration link was sent multiple times over the past few weeks. If you haven't completed it, please do this first.
Next, you can complete the PTA registration steps which are are outlined below. You are asked for your child's homeroom teacher assignment, but you can leave that marked "unknown" for now. You will update it when we post class lists on August 1st.
Please follow these steps: - Go to the new Kittredge PTA website http://www.kittredgemagnetpta.com/ and log in. (If you haven't already created your account, do so now and then follow the steps below.)
- Click on Back To School Registration. just under the Kittredge logo on the right. The forms required will be listed.
- Click Get Started.
- Complete the following forms as instructed
- PTA membership
- Blue and Gold Fund
- Student Fees
- Class Supplies
- Choose your areas of volunteer interest or sign up to lead a committee
- Once you have completed the forms select the PROCEED TO CHECKOUT button at the bottom right.
- If you have missed any REQUIRED forms you will get a notice on this page.You will have the opportunity to review your cart and then you can submit payment via credit card, PayPal or you can indicate that you will bring a check to Registration Day.
- Check your email for your receipt. This will be your FASTPASS for Registration Day. Do not forget to PRINTand BRING your FASTPASS receipt to Registration on August 4th showing the paid purchases you have made on behalf of your student(s).
Please note: If you do not complete this process prior to Registration day on August 2nd, YOU WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DELAY YOUR REGISTRATION PROCESS AND INCREASE YOUR WAIT TIME. Technical Issues? email Steve Simonsen at simonsen77@gmail.com |
 | | Meet the Teacher Day & Open House
Wednesday, August 2nd, 7:30 am - 12:00 pm
This event is a drop-in process and will not take all four hours. All new and returning families must attend this event. If for any reason you are unable to come on August 2nd, please note that on your school registration form.
Calling All Volunteers KMS annual Registration and Meet the Teachers Day will be Wednesday, August 2nd, and we need your help! Lots of volunteers are needed to make the day run as smoothly as possible for everyone. Please click here to visit our SignUpGenius if you are able to help. If you have questions please contact Jamie Faulkner at jamiefaulkner67@gmail.com. Thank you! |
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| Kittredge’s PTA depends on the generosity of parents to provide critical financial and human  resources to enrich the experience of each child. This is our third year of streamlining fundraising into an annual Blue and Gold Fund. The Fund eliminates the need for additional fundraising activities throughout the year, such as Boosterthon, selling wrapping paper, art auctions, etc. Your donation at the beginning of the school year is critical to our ability to have the resources for our annual budget.The Blue & Gold Fund suggested donation for the 2017-2018 year is $125 per student (less than $1 per school day). Our goal this year is to meet and exceed last year’s amount and importantly to raise the level of participation toward 100%. 100% of your tax deductible donation will be used to enhance the educational experience of EVERY student and faculty member. All donations, large and small, make a difference.
Ways To Give - During Online registration via Kittredge PTA website.
- By check or cash at the August 2nd Registration day
- If you would like to split your donation between several months, please contact Tiffany Bok at tiffanybok@yahoo.com.
Visit our PTA website for more information. |
 | | Attention 4th Grade All fourth-grade families MUST bring a front/back copy of their child's insurance card. This is needed for the Rock Eagle Field Trip in October. |
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| We are so excited to welcome all of you back to KMS this year! We extend a special welcome to all of our new families! We can't wait to see all of you next week. Here's what you need to bring to Open House: Your KMS student PTA fast-pass Photo ID + proof of residency (gas, water, power bill, other items here ) Cash, check or credit card to purchase spirit wear and/or complete your PTA checkout (if not done online) Optional: bring your school supplies to leave in homeroom
Steps to Open House - The first thing you will do upon arriving at KMS is check-in at the proof of residency table located in the main lobby of the school.
- FAST PASS holders go straight to the cafeteria. Those without the FAST PASS will complete the PTA registration process in the library, then go to the cafeteria. You will buy spirit wear and get other school information (transportation, clubs, etc.) in the cafeteria. When this is done, you'll get an official hall pass to homeroom.
- Proceed to your child's homeroom where you will complete a limited amount of district-required paperwork, meet your child's teacher, and take care of other classroom odds and ends. The items you purchased online through the PTA website (recorder, sketch book, etc) will be waiting for you in homeroom.
We have one more new staff member announcement. Mr. Mason has transferred to a different DeKalb school, and we have hired new UGA grad, Mr. Evan Arrington-Tsao for our Band Director Position. "Mr. A-T" is a graduate of the University of Georgia's Hugh Hodgson School of Music where he received his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education. While at UGA, he performed with a variety of musical ensembles including the university's Wind Symphony, Tuba and Euphonium Ensemble, and the Redcoat Marching Band. He has taught students of all ages in the North Georgia area. During his student teaching, Mr. Arrington-Tsao worked with the Elbert County High School Bands, which achieved Superior ratings at Large Group Performance Evaluation. His professional and academic affiliations include the Georgia Music Educators Association, the National Association for Music Education, and Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Arrington-Tsao and his wife live in Athens with their two dogs and two guinea pigs. They enjoy traveling, cooking, and rooting for the Georgia Bulldogs! Welcome Mr. A-T! 
See you on August 2nd! Sincerely, Dr. Laura S. Neely, Principal |
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