Star Students k-2

Star Students 3-5

February 28th, 2025

Dear Kenwood Families,

Happy Friday! 

As we close out February we welcome families to attend our Black History month assembly scheduled for 1:20pm today. We have a number important events coming up this week including our Read Across America week next week. On Monday, March 3rd, we have our Early Out dismissal at 12:50pm. We recently celebrated our Star Students for the month of February. Kenwood Star students were recognized for being respectful and caring, demonstrating hard work, and showing what they know in their academics. The Star students for the month of February are:

Teacher

Grade

Star Students for February

Mrs. Dunford

Kindergarten

Jaxon Golding & Gahel Rojas Gonzalez

Mrs. Kirby

Kindergarten

Milo Wondra & Nora Hudson

Ms. Yoo

Kindergarten

Kyrie Anglin-Hill & Wenona Clem

Mrs. Shungu

Kindergarten

Exi Lucas & Alaya Maroof

Mrs. Donovan

1st Grade

Britton Williams & Saori Shimokawa

Ms. Lauren

1st Grade

Atalissa Bird & Rose Weese

Mr. O'Donnell

1st Grade

Jazlynn Rhodes

Ms. Jo

1st Grade

Andy Tran

Mrs. Benton

2nd Grade

Martin Head

Mrs. Geraldi

2nd Grade

Abigail Tipton

Mrs. Norcross

2nd Grade

Malakai Hudson & Sayed Abdulellah

Mr. Acampora

2nd Grade

Mandie Daugherty & Zoey Sutrisno

Mrs. Sullivan

2nd Grade

Prisha Dey

Mr. Norcross

3rd Grade

Isaiah Johnson

Mrs. Abbott

3rd Grade

Karleigh Daniels & Sam Hall

Mrs. Frisbie

3rd Grade

Sophia Albarracin & Charlie Zych

Mrs. Leverenz

3rd Grade

Allaiah Williams

Mrs. Xu

3rd Grade

Duncan Weldon

Ms. Laby

3rd Grade

Cherish Cox-Counce & Debella Campbell

Mr. Bicknell

4th Grade

Nathan Fox

Mr. Dreste

4th Grade

Tessa Widdicks & Helena Swiatek

Mrs. Cervantes

4th Grade

Braylon Utley

Mrs. Lehr and Mrs. Denzer

4th Grade

Sa'nai Russell

Ms. Livengood and Mrs. Thomas

4th Grade

Heaven Burns

Mrs. Hopper

5th Grade

Lily Hickenbottom

Mrs. Markus

5th Grade

Andy Nham, Kendrick Green, Raikeem Williams

Ms. Yasunaga

5th Grade

Gabriel Chaney

PTA Double Good Fundraiser

Our PTA Fundraiser is finishing up. Prices for Signature Bags (5 cups each) start at $11, and Curated Collections at $31. The popcorn is delicious and award-winning! The Double Good app is available for free on iOS and Android.


Illinois Science Assessment (5th grade)

Next week, our 5th grade students will be taking the Illinois Science Assessment to assess their understanding of science. The results of these tests are shared in the Fall along with the Illinois Assessment of Readiness assessments. To help our students do their best on this assessment, please help our students by getting to school on time. 

5 Essentials Survey

Beginning February 18th until March 28th, students, parents and teachers across Illinois will have an opportunity to participate in the twelfth annual statewide Illinois 5Essentials Survey. This survey is designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of our school. As a parent/guardian, this opportunity will allow you to share your thoughts on the important elements of school effectiveness in a survey about Kenwood. For a more detailed overview of the 5 Essentials survey please see the link above. You can access the parent portion of the survey at the following web address. 

https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/login/

Scholastic Book Fair

Our next Scholastic book fair is approaching soon and will take place during parent teacher conferences. The book fair will be held in the cafeteria as follows:

  • Thursday, March 13th, 3-7pm

  • Friday, March 14th, 8-11am


You can also shop our book fair online starting on Monday, March 10th. Here is our book fair website: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/kenwoodelementaryschool7

All purchases made during the book fair benefit our school. We hope to see you at the fair!

Student Registration 25-26

Kindergarten registration will close May 1, 2025 (notification May 9th via School messenger). New Student (1st-11th grade) registration will close on May 30, 2025 (notification June 6th via School messenger). Returning families will need to have their registration finalized by May 30, 2025. If you need assistance, our staff is ready to help. Please email us at u4studentassignment@u4sd.org

                                                                                

       

Have a great weekend,


Sincerely,



Dr. Trevor Nadrozny

Principal