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ONE SCHOOL ONE BOOK KICKS OFF
For the eighth year in a row, Kenston's Timmons
Elementary School has been transformed into a
storybook. While students attended an assembly,
parents and staff converted the lobby and classroom
pods into scenes from this year's, One School, One
Book selection, Kenny & the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi
complete with Dragon and bookstore. Each student
received a copy of the book from the Timmons PTO to
take home and read with their family. Activities in school
will reinforce and expand upon the at home reading.
PHOTO GALLERY
844-SAFEROH
#1 DOG ESSAY CONTEST WINNER
Kenston Intermediate School fifth grader, Gracelyn
Skladany's dog, ESPN, was selected as the Number
1 Dog in Geauga County based on her winning
essay sponsored by Geauga County Auditor, Frank
Gliha. The contest was open to any fourth or fifth
grade student in the county to kick-off the 2017 Dog
Registration in Geauga County. Gracelyn's teacher,
April Eyler, encouraged her students to participate in
this writing contest. Gracelyn was impressed when
classmate Emily Collier and her dog, Stella, were
recognized with the award last year. ESSAY
Pictured are (l-r) Sandy Smith, Stephen
Skladany, Jennifer Skladany, Geauga County
Auditor,
Frank Gliha and Gracelyn Skladany.
GRANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
A First Energy Educator Grant will allow students in
Christian Barrus' Physics classes to use their basic
circuitry knowledge and skills to modify and adapt
toys to interface with an adaptive controller for a
special needs child. The workshop provided by
RePlay for Kids will result in 40 new electronic toys
rewired by high school students for external input
connections. These toys will be distributed to
special needs children in Northeast Ohio.
Pictured are (l-r) Tom Gabram, First Energy's
Dave Dillion, Christian Barrus and Natalie
Wardega of RePlay for Kids.
PROBLEM BASED LEARNING
As part of our Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
project for Honors English Senior Seminar class,
Elizabeth Monroe, Rachel Fabian, Olivia Mathis and
Owen Porter identified a community issue and will
determine possible solutions using your feedback.
They selected the advertising of school and
community events as their area of interest. Please
take a moment to answer the following questions to
help with their project. SURVEY
PTO DIRECTORY
Every Kenston family should have received a copy of the 20162017 Parent/Student Directory by backpack or US mail. Kenston
PTO provides this directory to families at no cost.
If your family did not receive one, please feel free to request one
from the front office staff at any Kenston school.
If you are interested in advertising in the Directory, please send
an email to [email protected].
On Monday, December 12, check the high school or district website for a link
to the live feed of the KHS Holiday Concert.
Downloadable Flyer
KAB MUSTANG RAFFLE
Kenston Athletic Boosters, in association with Liberty
Ford in Solon, are raffling off a 2016 Ford Mustang.
You can have a chance to win with a donation of $20
per raffle ticket. Student groups, athletic teams, KCE
and various vendors in town are selling tickets. Tickets
will are available at all Home athletic events, KHS Main
Office and the KIT Wrestling Tournament. Please consider a donation.
The winner will be drawn at the Kenston Invitational Wrestling Tournament on December
30th, 2016 (winner need not be present). The car is parked around school campus so look
for it.
The Kenston Athletic Boosters are a 501(c) 3 charitable organization, your donations are tax deductible.
UPCOMING
BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEETINGS
Work Session - Monday, December 5th - BOE - 7pm
Regular Meeting - Monday, December 12th - TES - 5:30pm
Agendas and Minutes
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