Lunch menu for next week

Monday: cheeseburger, veggie burger, French fries, broccoli
Tuesday: beef lasagna, veg lasagna, green beans, cheesy garlic bread
Wednesday: beef lo mein, veg lo mein, fried rice, herbed carrots
Thursday: pizza day, cheese pizza, mixed vegs
Friday: spaghetti w/meat sauce, spaghetti w/ marinara, green beans, bread sticks

Athletic News

Girls Volleyball:

Away game vs Grace Brethren Christian TODAY at 4:00 pm.
Results: KDES 11 GBC 25
KDES 20 GBC 25

An announcement from Patricia Johnson

Smithsonian Teachers’ Night

Don’t miss one of DC’s most popular educator events. Friday, Nov. 2, 7–9:30 PM. Smithsonian Teachers’ Night 2007: a free expo for educators at the National Air and Space Museum.

Classroom resources • Demonstrations • Special preview tours • And more!

Register for this free event at www.TeachersNight.org.

To place a request for accessibility services, send an email to teachersnight@si.edu by Friday, October 19.
- Patricia Johnson

A new production....

Nobody’s Perfect, based on the book by Marlee Matlin and Doug Cooney, is a joint world premiere by the Kennedy Center and VSA arts.

Fourth grade is not easy and after spending a year planning her “positively purple” birthday party, Megan finds herself at odds with new student Alexis. This lively musical—simultaneously performed in spoken English and American Sign Language, and also captioned—is a poignant reminder that despite first impressions, nobody’s perfect. Ages 9 & up.

October 19-November 3

Fridays: Oct. 19 & Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays: Oct. 20 at 4 and 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 27 at 1:30, 4, & 7:30 p.m.;
Nov. 3 at 1:30 & 4 p.m.
Sundays: Oct. 21 & 28 at 1:30 and 4 p.m.

Kennedy Center Family Theater

For tickets and more information on Kennedy Center Education Department programs, visit www.kennedy-center.org. To learn more about VSA arts programs, visit www.vsarts.org.

Message from a staff

I was seeking for a big drum for ASL classes and I found one in the back room in the auditorium. I hope no one s objecting that I borrowed it. It was sitting there last year. I assumed it s been forgotten.
- Jennifer Furlano

Reminder for tomorrow, Friday

Reminder: Class Dismissal time for tomorrow, Friday is 1:00 pm. There will be no school for ECE students.

Results for Girls Volleyball games on 9/25

Home game vs Jewish Day School on 9/25.

Results: KDES 25 JD 23
KDES 18 JD 25
KDES 15 JD 11

An Announcement from Don Mahoney, Assistant Principal

Friday, Sept. 28th is an “Early Closing Day” with a 1:00 pm dismissal time.

During these special days throughout the year, teachers will be given the opportunity to focus on student portfolios and Delaware Standards. This will be made possible due to the generous contributions of time, energy and talent on the part of many Kendall School staff. The Early Closing Day’s schedule is in your mailbox.

Thanks to everyone who “volunteered” to conduct special class sessions related to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Also, I want to thank Rosemary
A-Balzer for her diligence and enthusiasm in planning and coordinating these special days for our students. Have a fun and productive day everyone.

(P.S. I’ll be teaching too – can’t wait)
-Don

Lunch Menu (this week)

LUNCH Menu

Monday: sweet/sour pork, sweet/sour seitan, steamed rice, Chinese vegs.
Tuesday: cheeseburgers, veggie burgers, baked potato bar, mixed vegs.
Wednesday: chicken burritos, veggie burritos, Spanish rice, green beans.
Thursday: bbq chicken, bbq seitan, mashed potatoes, veg gravy, roasted garden vegs.
Friday: fried catfish, fried tofu, mac/cheese, steamed broccoli.

ATHLETIC NEWS

Girls Volleyball:
Home game vs McLean of Maryland TODAY at 4:00 pm.
Result: KDES 25 MofM 21
KDES 25 MofM 9

Home game vs Jewish Day School on 9/25 at 4:00 pm.
Away game vs Grace Brethren Christian on 9/27 at 4:00 pm.

New KHSO Officers

Thanks to all who came to the Back-to-School night. It was a huge blast! FYI, our incumbent KHSO officers were unanimously elected as our new KPTA Officers, with these changes: Delia Lozano-Martinez is President for 2 years, John Spinosi (former treasurer) is Vice-President for one year, John Edington (former VP) is Treasurer for 2 years, and Eric S Scott is Secretary for 1 year (all future elections will be for 2-year terms).

We look forward to seeing many of the new and prospective PTA members at our monthly Board meetings (2nd Tuesday of every month @ 6pm in room # 2311, anyone is welcome). The DCPTA President who visited was SO impressed with how "by-the-book" we were, and we don't even HAVE "the book" (yet), she's bragging on us to the NATIONAL PTA! Thank you for your support, and we do look forward to meeting, sharing information, and working with all of you!

Delia, John, John, & Eric.

Visitors from Viet Nam

A big “Welcome” to our special visitors from Viet Nam.

This delegation of educators and Province Officials will tour Kendall and MSSD today from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Sponsored by the Nippon Foundation, our guests will observe classes and learn about our National Mission Schools.

Don’t forget “Back to School Night” at Kendall School tonight.


Thank you.
Don Mahoney

PTA Meeting

KHSO is now officially a member of the DC-PTA and National PTA organizations! The membership dues are only $5.00 per member (some schools charge up to $500.00!!) and there will be a membership table open in the main lobby all evening. Members can join at any time, and non-members are always welcome to attend the monthly board meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of every month (which replaces PAP on the calendar). We will have our nominations and election promptly at 6:30. Only registered members may vote in general and board meetings. This Thursday, we will be electing a PTA President and Treasurer for 2-year terms and the VP and Secretary to 1-year terms (next year, and thereafter they will all be up for 2-year terms every other year).


-Eric Scott

Back-to-School Night

Thursday Sept 20th

5:15 pm Potluck dinner (Team 123 and ECE in the Piazza, Teams 45 and 678 downstairs in Earth area)

6:30 pm Kickoff meeting, including PTA elections

7:00 pm Meet with Teachers

For more information, see the flyers that were sent home or contact Tara.Downing@gallaudet.edu.

FUTURE FIELD TRIP(S)

Team 45 to Sharp’s at Waterford on 10/5/07.

Departure time: 9:00 am. Arrival time: 2:30 pm.

THEATRE IN THE SKYWITH BERNARD BRAGG

THEATRE IN THE SKYWITH BERNARD BRAGG

Show of a lifetime, for people of all ages!

Date: September 28, 2007
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Elstad Auditorium, Gallaudet University
Admission: $20.00 adults, $10.00 for students with college ID
Contact: Angela V. Farrand at angela.farrand@gallaudet.edu or visit

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/theatre

Join world-reowned performer Bernard Bragg as he shares humorous and heartwarming stories about his life – on wings. All proceeds from this tour will be donated to the National Association of the Deaf and the World Federation of the Deaf.

KDES 150th Anniverary Yearbook

We have a large quantity of the 2006-2007 KDES 150th Anniversary Yearbook still available for only $5.00 each. You can either send in $5 with a note of who it is to be sent home with, or stop by the front office and get one from Eric Scott or Ruth Innes.
-Eric Scott

Volunteers Needed

Right now it seems that these are where we need volunteers:

Pre-K lunch - 11:45 to 12:15 (Daily)
Preschool – 11:30 to 12:10 PE/Recess (Daily)

If you are interested in volunteering for the above, please see Marilyn Farmer. Thanks.
-Marilyn Farmer

Lunch Menu Sept 17-21

LUNCH Menu

Monday: herb roasted chicken, veg gumbo, steamed rice, sautéed squash
Tuesday: braised beef, braised seitan, egg noodles, carrot sticks
Wednesday: chicken enchilada, veg enchilada, Spanish rice, sautéed corn
Thursday: spaghetti w/meat sauce, spaghettiw/marinara, mixed vegs, bread sticks
Friday: fried chicken, fried tofu, mashed potatoes, green beans

Technology Project

FYI: Team 1-2-3 students in Computer Technology will be exploring and photographing their school community in the next few weeks between the hours of 12-1 pm. You will see them taking photos of people and places at KDES. If it is not convenient to have them do this during your class time, please let me know and I will make other arrangements. This is part of their Technology Project this quarter. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. -Kathy Pongor

Fund Raising for Flag Football

Hello,
BB (DC) flag football girls are asking for your help. We are having fund-raising Yankee Candle. It is going to be a great gift(s) for you and your family/friends to receive something nice and warm for several holidays ahead soon. There are candles in different color, shapes and scents. Come and see the catalog to order some or I can bring the catalog to you. Email me at Jennifer.Furlano@gallaudet.edu. Thanks! -Jennifer Furlano

ATHLETICS News 9-10-07

Congratulations to the following girls for making the Volleyball Team: Bridget Berrgian, Wendy Brehm, Jade DeLao, Kelly Doleac, Amberlin Hines, Chelsea Korn, Anna Lynch, Lily McNamara, Kerie Scurry-Burns, Shannon Thornton, Shadaye White, Brennan Terhune-Cotter (Manager). Coaches: Nanette Virnig and Aimee Burke ATHLETICS News Congratulations to the following girls for making the Volleyball Team: Bridget Berrgian, Wendy Brehm, Jade DeLao, Kelly Doleac, Amberlin Hines, Chelsea Korn, Anna Lynch, Lily McNamara, Kerie Scurry-Burns, Shannon Thornton, Shadaye White, Brennan Terhune-Cotter (Manager). Coaches: Nanette Virnig and Aimee Burke

Lunch Corner Sept 10-14

LUNCH Menu

Monday: turkey sloppy joes, vegan joes, sautéed garden vegs, roasted potatoes

Tuesday: bbq chicken, vegan nuggets, mac/cheese, green beans

Wednesday: grilled turkey/cheese, grilled cheese, fried rice, sautéed corn

Thursday: beef/mac, seitan/mac, steamed broccoli, garlic bread

Friday: baked tuna/noodles, red beans/rice, carrots

CARWASH on Friday, Sept. 7th

The 8th grade class is having a CARWASH to kick-off the many fundraising activities they have planned this school year. Please bring your car to the front parking lot (closest to the playground) this FRIDAY between 9:45 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. or between 12 noon-1:30 p.m. Donations of any amount accepted. Our potential graduates thank you for your support.

Assistant Principal's Corner

Hello everyone, hope you had a great Labor Day Weekend.

·Today – KASP/KARP-Rec. will begin, and the Volleyball Season practice is under way as well. Any questions about KASP should be directed to Ruth Innes. KARP questions go to Steve Doleac.

·I am very pleased to welcome back our Super Parent Volunteer, Mr. Eric Scott. Eric will be back at the front desk. However, I want to let everyone know that we will still need lots of Parent and Staff Volunteers to cover all of our needs this year. For now we will still need assistance at the front desk, and we will be announcing other short periods of time needed to assist ECE as well. Please contact Ruth Innes if you can help out.

·Many many thanks to all of who helped out to cover the front desk this July and August. I was really gratified to see such team work and so many helping out. A big thanks to all of you listed below. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Alice Kriesle, Michelle Jefferson, Mary Carew, Lori Lutz, Pat Atunoah, Cynthia Sadoski, Tim Worthylake, Abdillahi Always, Rebecca Stevener, Richard Jeffries, Chuck Kelley, Yinka Fakunle,Gary Hotto, LaWanda Jackson, Ida Gerald, Matthew Goedecke, Cathy V-Pearce, Cathy Carroll, Anita Gilbert, Renee Suiter, Linda Delk, Blanche Drakeford, Ricky Suiter, Marteal Pitts, Gwen Susswell

·Whoever used KDES Auditorium last year, please remove items from the back of the stage. We need to clean up the back area of the stage.

Sincerely, Don Mahoney

School is back and so is the KHSO!

Our next meeting (currently identified on the school calendar as PAP) will be September 11th, at 6 pm in Room 2311 and will be the first of our new monthly Board meetings, repeating on the second Tuesday of every month. The week after that, on Thursday the 20th is KDES Back-to-School night (more information on that later).

As a reminder, last spring we held a ballot to determine our future direction. Of those who voted, the great majority by far chose to pursue PTA affiliation, thus the night of the 20th will also include an election of officers. This election will require you be a member to vote, and at this time the annual dues have been set at $5.00 for each member. (We may look into individual/family rates in the future.)

We need a minimum of 10 PAID members -THIS WEEK- to get our new PTA rolling. All new memberships will run from now till sept 30, 2008. See Eric Scott, volunteer at the KDES front desk on T/W/Th (and current KHSO/Interim KPTA Secretary), and/or send a request for the form to eric.s.scott@gmail.com and return both form and dues to KHSO (at KDES).

ATHLETICS CORNER

Congratulations to the following girls for making the Volleyball Team:

Bridget Berrgian, Wendy Brehm, Jade DeLao, Kelly Doleac, Amberlin Hines,

Chelsea Korn, Anna Lynch, Lily McNamara, Kerie Scurry-Burns, Shannon Thornton,

Shadaye White, Brennan Terhune-Cotter (Manager).

Coaches: Nanette Virnig and Aimee Burke

LUNCH CORNER September 4-7

Tuesday: meatloaf, vegan meatloaf, mashed potatoes/gravy, calico corn

Wednesday: honey mesquite chicken, vegan nuggets, baked sweet potatoes, sauteed cauliflower

Thursday: spaghetti day, meatballs, vegan balls, marinara sauce, mixed vegs, bread sticks

Friday: fried chicken wings, fried tofu, roasted potato wedges, green beans, celery/carrot sticks, ranch/blue cheese dressing