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Kent-Meridian High School, Achieving Excellence…Every Day Parent, Staff and Community Newsletter for June, 2015
Dr. Wade Barringer, Principal Attendance Office 253-373-7407
Main Office 253-373-7405 Athletics/Activities 253-373-7545
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
There goes the 14-15 school year. The class of 2015 is on their way out
and the class of 2019 is on their way in. Goodbye and good luck seniors
and HELLO incoming 9th graders. Welcome to the Royal family.
We are down to our final 7 days (seniors) and our last 11.5 days for our
9-11th graders. Time will fly by so it is critical that we remain focused
through the end of the year. Even though the end of the year is near, it
is not completely over. It is critical that ALL students step it up and
finish their academic year strong. It is time to check your grades more
frequently, study harder and use your time more wisely. Finals and
EOCs are just around the corner, are you ready?
At this time all students, with the exception of a few special cases, have
been scheduled for next year. We hope that all students’ schedules will
go live for student and teacher review the end of next week (June 12).
There will be a short window for students and families to review the
schedule and then, if needed make any schedule changes at that time.
Fortunately, next year KM will see very little change in its teaching
staff. Unfortunately we are losing a couple teachers due to career
moves, and retirement, nothing that can be public information at this
time though.
Thank you to all our students, families, and our staff for a great 14-15
school year. I would also like to thank our graduating seniors for their
contribution to Kent-Meridian over the past four years. You have
made a lasting impression on our school. Thank you staff for all
your support and hard work to make the 14-15 school year a
successful one.
Have a wonderful, safe summer.
SUMMER SCHOOL AT KM
KM will again host Summer School this year. Summer school
will begin June 29- Aug. 6. Summer school sessions will run from
8:30am to 11:30 am and again from 12pm to 3pm. It will all be
computer based using the Edgenuity program.
Registration deadline is June 12, 2015, and student enrollment is
on a first come, first serve basis. A letter grade is given if the half
credit is earned. The cost of summer school is FREE. But with the
FREEdom of being in summer school comes a contract that requires
regular attendance and constant forward progression on their online
course(s). Maintaining daily attendance is important for a successful
learning experience. Students are not allowed more than three
absences. Please consult with your student’s teachers and counselor on
summer school placement decisions. Call 253-373-4079 to speak to
your student’s counselor today.
Kent School District Nutritional Services will be running a free lunch
program here at KM to coincide with our summer school days.
ATTENTION SENIORS
In order to graduate next month and walk in the commencement
ceremony, ALL graduation requirements must be completed. This
includes passing all Kent school district required classes, state required
tests and/or collection of evidence, and the culmination project. For
those that are close, it means you passed the collection of
evidence/HSPE or EOC tests and all scores have been received prior to
Monday, June 8, 2015 or you will not walk. See the senior timeline
below.
END-OF-COURSE ASSESSMENTS (EOC) June 9, 10 and 11- Testing will be from 7:30 to 10:45. Activities will
be available to non-testing students. Class Schedules will be adjusted
on the 9th and 10th to accommodate these assessments. Student room
assignments are posted throughout the building.
June 9 – Algebra EOC for all student in Algebra and all students who
still need to meet standard on the mathematics assessment.
June 10 – Biology EOC for all students who are in Integrated Science
3-4 or above and have not yet met standard on the science assessment.
June 11 – Geometry EOC for all students who are in Geometry or
higher and still need to meet standard on the math assessment.
KM FINALS SCHEDULE
UPCOMING EVENTS AT KM June 1 Graduation tickets go on sale – cash only
June 2 PTSA Meeting Staff Lounge 6pm
June 3 Senior Awards Night – Invitation only
June 8 KMA’s PAC 6pm
June 9 Senior Laptop Collection
June 9 Last day to complete edgenuity classes
June 11 Senior check out – Library – during English classes
June 11 Senior/Staff kickball game baseball field
June 12 Summer school registration deadline
June 12 Senior Breakfast FREE
June 12 GRAD Practice 8am PAC
June 13 GRADUATION ShoWare 7PM
June 16,17 FINALS
June 18 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!
June 29-Aug 6 Summer School
Tuesday 6/16 Wednesday 6/17
7:35-9:30 1st 2nd
9:40-12:10 3rd 4th
Class 9:40-10:30
1st lunch 10:30-11
Class 11:05-12:10
Class 9:40-11:05
2nd lunch 11:05- 11:35
Class 11:40-12:10
Class 9:40-11:40
3rd lunch 11:40-12:10
Class 9:40-10:30
1st lunch 10:30-11
Class 11:05-12:10
Class 9:40-11:05
2nd lunch 11:05- 11:35
Class 11:40-12:10
Class 9:40-11:40
3rd lunch 11:40-12:10
12:15-2:10 5th 6th
STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
Meticulous Freshman: Stacy Khun & Ghislain Bugingo
Sophomore: Apoorva Chowdhary & Atanacio Rodriguez
Junior: Gheremie Rose Icban & Dylan Lam
Senior:Sara Wilbert & Chianson Siu
SUPER STAFF MEMBERS Julia Overbeck and Michael Christiansen
TIME TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM! Get those books out from under your bed. If you do not return KM textbooks or Library books by the end of the
school year, you are fined the cost. Bring them to the main office if
you find a textbook or library book during the summer.
ROYAL PRIDE DAY Friday, August 21
Get your laptop - Buy ASB - Get ID card –
Locker – school pictures
Tours - Class Schedule – Bus Pass
9th and 10th grade students
8-11 AM
11th and 12th grade Students 12-3PM
COMMUNITY BARBECUE 11-12noon
Free lunch for students and families
2014-2015 SENIOR TIMELINE Date/Time Event/Location Who/Details
Monday, Jun 1 Credit Recovery Classes Complete
All Seniors,
June 1 Commencement Tickets go on sale Cash Only
Seniors and Families
Wednesday, Jun 3 6:30PM-8:30PM
Senior Awards Night Performing Arts Center (PAC)
Seniors and Families (Students receiving an award will receive an invitation)
Monday, Jun 8
By 2:30PM
Non-Graduating Senior Notification
Teachers will notify Counselors if a senior student will fail their class
Thursday, Jun 11 All Day—with English Class
Senior Check-Out Library
All Seniors (Regardless of Graduation Status), Counselors, Mr. Radford
Thursday, Jun 11
3:00PM-5:30PM
Senior vs. Staff Kickball Game Softball Fields or Main Gym
Seniors & All Staff
Friday, Jun 12
7:35AM-8:35AM
Senior Breakfast Cafeteria FREE
Seniors & All Staff
Friday, Jun 12
8:45AM-10:45AM
Graduation Rehearsal PAC, then Main Gym
Graduating Students Only, Dr. Barringer, Mr. Radford
Saturday, Jun 13 7:00PM
Graduation Ceremony ShoWare Center, Kent
Graduating Students & Families, All Staff
Wednesday, Jun 24
9:00AM-11:00AM Last Names A-L 1:00PM-3:00PM Last Names M-Z
Diploma Pick Up
Attendance Office
Seniors, Family, & Office Staff
WEBSITE KEEPS YOU UP TO DATE Parents, Volunteers, Senior Students, Running Start
KM Website http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/km
COUNSELING COMMENTARY Seniors please remember that your final semester may determine your
graduation status. For those already accepted to college lower grades
or a drop in GPA could mean probation or revocation of your
acceptance. Push hard these last few weeks to complete credit
retrieval raise your grades and continue looking for scholarships.
Have you received an award during your high school career? Have
you been awarded a scholarship? We would like to know about
these. Please pick up a pink form in the counseling office and return
it by May 14th. We would like to honor you by publishing this
information in the awards night program and in the commencement
program.
CWU DUAL CREDIT at KM KM is partnering with Central Washington University and their Dual
Credit Department to bring college credits to KM starting next year.
The CWU Dual Credit Department is very pleased to be partnering with
us to offer College in the High School (Cornerstone) courses to our
students. Through the CWU program, high school juniors and seniors
are able to take university level courses and receive college credit
without leaving our high school campus. This is achieved by our high
school administrators and teachers working closely with CWU faculty
and staff to provide high school students with the highest quality
courses possible. Through this opportunity, students are able to
appreciate the academic challenges of college course work and find that
the experience helps to clarify educational goals. The majority of
classes taken through Central Washington University will transfer to
any four-year public university in Washington State, as well as most
in-state private universities and other universities across the country.
KM’s MISSION, VISION AND BELIEFS Mission Statement:
KM staff provides a safe, inclusive, high-quality education that
prepares students for college and career success and encourages
them to become active life-long learners and responsible
members of the community.
Vision Statement:
KM students are prepared with the knowledge and skills necessary
to successfully take on the responsibilities of college, career,
family, and citizenship in a diverse and increasingly competitive
global society.
Three Beliefs:
1. Valuing the Belief in Potential: All students can be successful and
reach their potential when held to high standards. KM meets
students where they are, supports them, and engages them in
rigorous content and active and challenging learning tasks.
2. Valuing Inclusion: Each student matters. KM takes pride in our rich
diversity and provides a safe and nurturing environment where all
students are accepted and valued. Respecting and celebrating
diversity allows us to create a better and more peaceful world.
3. Valuing Character: Integrity, hard work, and citizenship are
important ways to function and contribute to our community. KM
promotes a can-do attitude and resilience among our students
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) International Baccalaureate (IB)
Our IB Students finished their external assessments in May and are now
finishing up school. With the last few weeks left, students are getting
excited about summer. While the 12th grade IB testers are awaiting their
IB results, 11th grade IB Diploma Candidates are encouraged to
continue working on their Creativity, Action, and Service (CAS)
projects.
The IB Exam results will be declared on July, 5th 2015 at 12:00 GMT.
This day, the students will be able to access the IB results website in
order to retrieve your scores. The retrieval window opens at 8:30 AM
PT on Sunday, July 5th. You will not be granted earlier access to your
scores. Use the website below and enter the personal code and PIN
provided by your IB Coordinator. http://candidates.ibo.org
Reporting Scores to Universities (Seniors)
There are two ways to request that your scores be sent to
universities.
Option One is for those of you who are positive you want the scores
sent without seeing them in advance. If you’re in that boat, please
provide either in person or via email, the names of up to SIX
universities where you’d like your scores reported to the IB
Coordinator. We need this information by Thursday, June 12, and our
IB Coordinator will take care of the rest for you.
*If you’d like your scores sent to more than six universities, there is a
slight fee. Use the link below and follow the directions on the website
on reporting scores to more than six universities.
Option Two is for those of you who’d like to see your scores before
you determine that yes, indeed, you would like for universities to
see them. If that’s you, please use the link below. This is done via
the postal service, so please follow the directions on the site. Again,
this would be for students who are NOT sure that they want their scores
reported and would like to see them before sending them. The IBO
requests you make your request no later than September 15.
http://www.ibo.org/iba/transcripts/index.cfm
Candidates must submit their own transcript requests at
https://rrs.ibo.org. Please note, a fee will be applicable for each
transcript request made.
Also, the IBO mails certificates and diplomas to KM in late August.
Plan to stop by KM in order to pick yours diploma. , or provide our
Mrs. Bains , IB Coordinator with a self-addressed, stamped envelope
so that she can mail it to you.
For more information on IB, please contact Mrs. Bains 253-373-4160
or email her at [email protected]
NEW IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENT
FOR 2016-2017 Starting in the fall of 2016, all students in grades 9 -12 will be required
to have 2 varicella vaccinations. We will be sending notices out for
students that do not have the two vaccinations on our records. Please
take time to be sure that your student has had the two vaccinations. If
they have not, they can get the vaccination now. If you have any
questions feel free to contact the Health Room at 253-373-4030 during
regular school hours.
USING SKYWARD SKYLERT The Kent School District has enabled a feature in Skyward Family
Access called Skylert. Skylert allows parents and guardians the ability
to request auto-dial messages go to telephones (home, work or cell),
email addresses or as text messages. Parents and guardians can add
multiple phones and email addresses to receive messages as well as opt
out of receiving non-emergency school district messages. See below
page with instructions on how to sign up.
NEED A NEW MATTRESS? Support the KM PTSA Royals Football and Cheer Boosters as they
launch the 1st Annual Mattress Fundraiser, Sunday, June 28th, from
10am-5pm here at Kent-Meridian HS. There will be a “mattress
showroom” set up for you to feel them, lay on them, and find one just
right for you!
Save 30-60% off of brand-new, brand name mattresses like Simmons
and Englander. Get full factory warranties on a wide variety of firm,
pillow-top, memory foam, latex, and hybrid mattresses in ALL sizes.
Cash, credit cards, checks, and even layaway are available! We even
deliver!
All money raised supports KM Football and Cheerleading. KM Staff
and their families receive 10% or $100 off any purchase!
KM HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE Check out the new KM Facebook page at
Kent-Meridian High School
Be sure to include the hyphen in Kent-Meridian so
you will get the latest version. Keep up with all the
events going on at your school.
KM MAIN OFFICE HOURS Regular hours (7am-3:15pm) Mon-Fri
REUNION NEWS 50 Year Reunion – Class of 1965 Coordinator: Susan Pozzi
http://www.alumniclass.com/kentmeridian/reunion-class-of-
1965?r=77460
EMPHASIS ON TARDIES, ABSENCES AND
BEHAVIOR 1. Students need to come to school each day on time, get to each class
on time, and if you are absent have it excused. If you are missing
class you are missing important work.
2. If you end up with a consequence for not following the rules or not
showing up to an assigned detention, Friday School or ISS, accept
the consequence and show up.
3. Students who are tardy or absent will be marked tardy or absent by
their teacher. Students may receive a teacher directed
detention/consequence.
4. Students who do not attend the teacher directed detention will be
referred by the teacher for defiance and will then serve a Friday
School. If students do not attend Friday School they will be assigned
1 day ISS. If students skip or have any issues with ISS they will
receive 3 days OSS.
5. Students, with a pattern of poor choices in behavior, tardies or
absences in a given week may be determined ineligible for field trips,
sports, dances, off campus pass privileges, and subject to lunchroom
clean up as a consequence.
ONLINE RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION AND
CAREER PLANNING www.mapyourcareer.org
explore career options and education pathways
www.worksourceskc.org (Seattle-King County)
employment website
www.careerbridge.wa.gov
database of education and training programs in Washington
www.thecalculator.org
measures how much income is needed for one person or a large
family
www.onetonline.org
nation-wide career exploration and job analysis resource
www.workforceexprilrlorer.com
provides career and economic information for Washington
ATTENDANCE OFFICE PROCEDURES 1. The attendance office will gladly accept parent notes or phone calls
to excuse student absences. The attendance office cannot accept other
notes including doctor notes unless signed by the parent.
2. If your student has an appointment and needs to leave early, please
send a note with them in the morning. Be sure to indicate time of
release. Students can fill out an attendance slip upon arrival and be
released from class at the time indicated on the slip.
3. Parents or legal guardians may call to excuse a student from school
but they must still check out in attendance before leaving. The
attendance office does not contact the student for release.
4. The alternative to the above is to come into the attendance office to
check your student out. Please bring identification.
5. Students will not be excused if they do not check out in the
attendance office before leaving campus. For safety reasons, we need
to be able to account for students at all times. Thank you for helping us
with this important duty. If a student should become ill during the
school day, please have them check out through the health room. They
can get parent permission to leave from there.
STAY IN TOUCH Main Office 253-373-7405
Registrar 253-373-4031
KM Website http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/km
KSD Website http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/webnav/
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
Notification of School Closures and Other Emergencies The Kent School District provides parents with several tools to stay
informed in the event of an emergency or sudden schedule change.
Most cell phones are equipped to receive text messages at little or no
additional cost. KSD Alert, the districts notification system, can be
configured to direct emergency bulletins to your cell phone via text
message. By registering for KSD Alert, you can also receive emergency
email bulletins on your home or office computer. Go to
www.kent.k12.wa.us/InformAgent/InformAgent.htm for more
information and to sign up for the service.
Emergencies, particularly weather-related school closures,
are broadcast to the community via television and radio through the
Public Schools Emergency Communications System. Go to
www.schoolreport.org for more information.
You can register for non-emergency news information from the district
or individual schools through InformAgent. Go to
www.kent.k12.wa.us/InformAgent/InformAgent.htm for more
information. For other information, contact Community Connections at
(253) 373-7524.
Emergency Contact Information It is very important that schools have current parent and emergency
contact information. Schools should be notified immediately of any
change in addresses, telephone numbers, or email addresses for
emergency contacts home and work locations. School staff members
are only authorized to give minor first aid and cannot treat illnesses or
serious injuries. When a student becomes ill or injured at school, an
administrator or nurse must be able to contact a parent, guardian, or
the individual listed as a student’s emergency contact. A student
cannot be allowed to leave school unless a guardian or emergency
contact is present.
FAMILY ACCESS NOW Parents of secondary students can access student emergency contact
information, assignments and grades, attendance, and class schedules
by:
1. going to www.kent.k12.wa.us
2. selecting For Parents
3. going to Online Tools for Parents
4. selecting Family Access selecting New Account
Registration providing the requested information
including an e-mail address
After following the steps above, parents will receive their log-in
information within two business days and thereafter be able to view the
records of all students in KSD schools within a single family.
For grades 8-12, Family and Student Access login names and
passwords have not been changed since last school year. If parents
have forgotten their login names and passwords, they can request that
they be sent to their email address. On the Family Access login
screen at http://family.kent.wa-k12.net/ they can click the link for
Forgot your login or password?
KM Parent Teacher Student Association
Meets the first Tuesday of each month in the staff
lounge at 6PM.
Kent-Meridian Royals Athletics Update Lisa Kelly: Athletic Director (253-373-4084)
Adrienne Carter: Athletics Administrative Assistant (253-373-7545
All athletic schedules can be found at http://www.spsl.org
Congrats these athletes competing in STATE this Spring !!
Golf – Jocelyn Dacuag
Track & Field Nate Barton 4x100 Relay (Alternate), 400 Meters District Champion
Angel Cheema Shot Put (Alternate)
Emmanuel Daigbe 4x100 Relay (Alternate)
Tyshon Jones 4x100 Relay (Alternate)
Carl Lewis 4x100 Relay (Alternate)
Jahleel Smith 4x100 Relay (Alternate), Pole Vault District Champion!
Malik Woolery 4x100 Relay (Alternate)
Olivia Baerny 1600 Meters (Alternate), 800 Meters (Alternate)
Shanaya Baladad 4x100 Relay
Rachel Faaagi Shot Put (Alternate), Discus (Alternate)
Diana Faamausili Discus (Alternate)
Bri Kamran High Jump
Keeley Phommathirath 4x100 Relay, 100 Meters, High Jump District Champion!
Ashlei Robinson 4x100 Relay
Jaleesa Taylor 4x100 Relay
Brittany Tellis 4x100 Relay
Caila Tongco 4x100 Relay, 100m Hurdles
Congrats to our Tennis Doubles who competed in Districts ! Gheremie Icban & Karissa Vongkhamchanh
Are you planning to do any Summer Sports, Camps, Clinics?
You will need a registration packet and physical on file to participate.
If you did one for the 2014-15 school year, you do NOT need another one.
(make sure your physical is up to date)
If you did not complete this paperwork during the school year, please stop by room 103 to pick up the
packet.
See individual coaches for more information about specific sports, dates, times, etc…..
FREE Sport PHYSICALS !!!
June 15th @ KM gyms
2:30 – 5:30pm
You will need a signed parent permission formpermission
slip.docx
Congratulations to the athletes of the month for MAY
Baseball: Braulio Aguayo, Eric Engman
Fastpitch: Sui Tial, Iang Te, Anlorey Alvarado
Track: Caila Tongco, Eugena Faamausili, Carl Lewis, Vitaliy Suzdanets
Girls Tennis: Mary Ahmed, Vika Redych
Judo: JaCe Carter, Ashley Carreno
Boys Soccer: Christian Mariscal, Nate Whited, Syveste Divava, Aaron Zacapu
Sports Med: Xochithl Suarez
AD Pick: Gheremie Icban
See SPSL.org for all dates, times, locations
Visit the KM Athletics Website: http://www.kent.k12.wa.us//Domain/113
Kent School District Student Calendar
2015-2016
Note: In the event of school cancellation by the district, the make-up day(s) shall occur in June.
M T W T F M T W T F
AUGUST
24 25 @26 @27 @28 @ No School–Teacher Workshops
#31 #School Starts 8/31
1 School Day
SEPTEMBER FEBRUARY
1 2 3 4 ( ) Labor Day 9/7 1 2 3 4 5 ( ) Presidents’ Break
(7) 8 9 10 11 21 School Days 8 9 10 11 12 2/15 – 2/19
14 15 16 17 18 (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) 16 School Days
21 22 23 24 25 22 23 24 25 26
28 29 30 29
OCTOBER MARCH
1 2 @ No School – Teacher Workshop 1 2 3 4 @ No School – Teacher Workshop
5 6 7 8 @9 21 School Days 7 8 9 10 @11 22 School Days
12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31
NOVEMBER APRIL
2 3 4 5 @6 @ No School – Teacher Workshop 1 ( ) Spring Vacation
9 10 (11) 12 13 ( ) Veterans Day 11/11 (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) 4/4 – 4/8
16 17 18 19 20 ( ) Thanksgiving 11/26 & 27 11 12 13 14 15 16 School Days
23 24 25 (26) (27) 17 School Days 18 19 20 21 22
30 25 26 27 28 29
DECEMBER MAY
1 2 3 4 ( ) Winter Vacation 2 3 4 5 6 ( ) Memorial Day 5/30
7 8 9 10 11 12/21 – 12/31 9 10 11 12 13 21 School Days
14 15 16 17 18 14 School Days 16 17 18 19 20
(21) (22) (23) (24) (25) 23 24 25 26 27
(28) (29) (30) (31) (30) 31
JANUARY JUNE
(1) ( ) Winter Vacation 1/1 1 2 3 #Last Day of School 6/17
4 5 6 7 8 ( ) M.L. King Day 1/18 6 7 8 9 10 13 School Days
11 12 13 14 15 @ No School – Teacher Workshop 13 14 15 16 #17
(18) 19 20 21 22 18 School Days 20 21 22 23 24 School closure make-up days
25 26 @27 28 29 27 28 29 30 (if needed) 6/20 & 6/21 and
more if necessary
No School Days August 26-28 No School – Teacher Workshops
School Starts: August 31 September 7: Labor Day
Quarter Ends: November 3 October 9: No School – Teacher Workshop
Semester Ends: January 26 November 6: No School – Teacher Workshop
Quarter Ends: April 14 November 11: Veterans Day
Semester/School Ends: June 17 November 26 & 27: Thanksgiving
Dec. 21 – Jan.1: Winter Vacation
January 18: M.L. King Day
January 27: No School – Teacher Workshop
February 15 – 19: Presidents’ Break
March 11: No School – Teacher Workshop
April 4 – 8: Spring Vacation
May 30: Memorial Da
CITY OF KENT Volunteer Event Listings
Below are the upcoming Green Kent Partnership and community volunteer events. Sign up today!
Back to Clark Lake Park for a Green Kent Work Party
Location: Clark Lake Park
Date: Saturday, June 6, 2015 9 a.m.-noon, rain or shine
Description: Are you great at weeding? Have a passion for blackberries (and reedcanary grass)? Need some
exercise and want to be part of some terrific progress? Come help Stewards Suzanne and Aidan remove
those pesky weeds!
National Trails Day in Kent
Location: Clark Lake Park
Date: Saturday, June 6, 2015 9 a.m.-noon, rain or shine
Description: Visitors will really appreciate walking from the south end of the park without getting wet feet
from potholes in the gravel or no gravel at all. Let's spend the morning together on the trail.
Kent School District does not discriminate in admission, access, treatment, or employment on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. Student, school district employees, parents/guardians, and community members will not be excluded from participation in or be subjected to discrimination with respect to any educational program or activity. If you have any questions, please contact: Title IX Officer Dr. Brent Jones, Chief Talent Officer 253-373-7203 [email protected] Section 504/ADA Officer Israel Vela, Executive Director 253-373-7010 [email protected]
