📚 Staff Book Character Contest! 📚
Get ready to see some amazing book characters come to life! Our teams have put together their best costumes, inspired by their favorite literary characters, and now it's up to YOU to decide the winner!
Here's how it works:
1️⃣ Check out the photos to see each team's character transformation.
2️⃣ Like the photo of your favorite team on the original post.
3️⃣ The team with the MOST LIKES will be crowned the Book Character Contest Champions!
Voting closes tomorrow (November 1st) at 2:00 PM, so be sure to vote before it's over. Let the best book characters win! 🏆📖✨
#BookCharacterContest #TeamSpirit #LiteraryFun #VoteNow
Be sure to make plans to attend our Veterans Day Program on Wednesday, November 6th.
Be sure to mark your calendar to attend our KES Fall Festival! November 14th from 5:00-6:30pm...fun literacy activities, cake walk, BINGO, Carnival Games, Face Painting, Fairy Hair, and Food Trucks (Smoked & Shredded and Sunset Slush)
Reminder...Red Ribbon Week begins tomorrow!
Today our KES Faculty and Staff honored those who have fought and those who are fighting Breast Cancer for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We showed our support by wearing pink today. 🎀 🐨
#TeamGCSD
#KESKoalas
Happy World Occupational Therapist Day! Thank you, Mrs. Weatherhead, for all that you do for our KES students.
Our K-Kids are working on their first Service Project of the school year, "Nickels for North Carolina". They are raising money for those affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Donations are being accepted through November 1st.
Congratulations to Quinn Giesler! Quinn won 4th place out of over 300 participants for the “I voted” sticker design contest for grades K-12. Go KES Koala!🐨🐨🐨
Today was our United Way Clemson/Carolina Fundraiser Day! Students placed money in the Clemson or Carolina jar to cast their vote for their favorite team. Our admins will wear the jersey of the winning team! We can't wait to find out who wins! All proceeds will go to United Way.
Kensington Elementary participated in Unity Day today by wearing Orange. Unity Day sends a message to build commUNITY through kindness, acceptance, and inclusion to prevent bullying.
Reminder: KES School picture day is tomorrow. Please do not dress your child in green since the photographer will be using a green screen to add in a background later.
We love our KES Cafeteria Staff! Thank you for providing us with wonderful breakfasts and lunches!
Chick-Fil-A orders are due tomorrow, October 16th. $5 for a Chick-Fil-A Biscuit and a bottle of water.
Reminder: Grades 2-5 will be taking the CogAt Test October 14th-25th.
We are so thankful to have Mrs. Coker as our Instructional Coach. We celebrated her for National Instructional Coaches' Day.
Our Instructional Assistants have been celebrated this week with having lunch provided to them for National Teacher Assistants' Day, which was last Friday, September 27th. Thanks to Hurricane Helene, we had to put off their celebration to today.
KES celebrated our wonderful Custodial Team today for National Custodian Appreciation Day. Thank you for all that you do on our school grounds, in the classrooms, and the Koala Café.
Be sure to attend National Night Out for a fun evening for our community. There will be a lot of fun activities along with FREE food and drinks.
📸🐨Picture Day Announcement🐨📸
Mark your calendars, families! Picture Day is coming up on October 17th! Don't forget to dress your best (don't wear green) and bring those bright smiles!
Missed it or need a redo? No worries! Retakes will be on November 7th.
We can't wait to capture these special memories!😁
Parents,
Progress Reports will go home on Monday, September 30th rather than today.