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Kings Mtn. Intermediate School Newsletter 4
KMIS School Newsletter Page 4 of
227 Kings Mtn. Blvd., Kings Mtn., NC 28086
Newsletter Date February 24, 2010 Principal - Henry Gilmore III
Volume 3, Issue 4 Assistant Principal - Roxanne Bridges
Assistant Principal - Allison Hodges
District Set April 1 as Deadline for Student Transfer
Requests
Parents who want to request a school transfer for their child for
2010-2011 should do so by April 1.
Cleveland County Schools has established this deadline to allow
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school officials to better plan for next year by having more
accurate student numbers this summer.
You may pick up a transfer form in our office or download the form
from the CCS website.
A signature acknowledging the request is required from principals
of the school of residence and the school requested; however,
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transfers are not final until approved by the Cleveland County
Board of Education.
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The April 1 deadline also applies to incoming kindergartners. KMIS PTO
While parents may apply for transfers now, the Board may not act
on these requests until after the school year ends. Parents should
take their children to Kindergarten Orientation on March 19 at the
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school in the district where they reside.
Feb.26, 2010
Although out-of-county student transfers are accepted, priority is
given to Cleveland County residents. Students who transfer from
outside Cleveland County are required to pay an annual tuition
established by the Board of Education. The current rate is $1,414.
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Students who are granted transfers will be allowed to remain at a
school through the grade span served by that school unless
February 22 – March 5
otherwise noted in the transfer approval letter. The Board will not $20.00
guarantee transfer approvals for subsequent feeder schools.
Completed transfer forms should be returned or mailed to the
Administrative Center, 130 South Post Road, Suite 2, Shelby,
Geography Bowl
NC 28152, as soon as possible but no later than April 1. Both of our students made it to the
second round in the Geography Bowl.
For questions, call LaDonna Hastings or Stephen Fisher at Congratulations to our
704.476-8000.
representatives:
CCS MISSION Jonathan Medlin
Cleveland County Schools will equip all students with knowledge and Kaitlyn Bolin
skills to become productive citizens in a globally competitive world by
partnering with our community to provide appropriate education
experiences.
KMIS VISION
KMIS Spelling Bee
Every student will show academic growth at KMIS Winner
KMIS MISSION
Through sound instruction and collaboration with all stakeholders, KMIS Weston Harmon
will ensure a positive, safe learning environment which will foster our
students’ love of learning and their academic, social, emotional, and Weston will represent KMIS in the
physical growth in order for them to become responsible, successful Star Spelling Bee on March 11 at
citizens in an ever-changing society. Cleveland Community College
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KMIS School NewsletterGrade Level News Page 4 of
School Newsletter 4
Tdap Vaccine for Rising Sixth-
Panthers Team
Graders
Math- We are continuing our study of
decimals, percents, and fractions, as well as
proportions, and order of operations.
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Just a Reminder to all Rising 6 graders:
Social Studies- We are working on a Photo
It is NOT too early for your child to receive their NC Story Project where students are creating
State Required Tdap immunization. This vaccine is digistories on the Holocaust.
required for all students in North Carolina before
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entrance into the 6 grade. Language Arts- We are wrapping up our
You may call your Primary Physician’s office to inquire novel study on Number the Stars and
about the availability of the vaccine or you may visit finishing our unit on the Holocaust. The
the Cleveland County Health Department between students will be getting their Holocaust project
8am and 4pm Monday through Friday to receive the assignment soon! The Panther Team
vaccine. The Health Department will give the vaccine participated in The Erma Drum Poetry
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free of charge to all current 5 graders/rising 6
graders who are at least 10 years of age.
Festival contest. Each student submitted an
Please remember to bring a copy of your child’s original poem that he/she wrote, and each
immunization record to the school so that we may student will receive a keepsake certificate for
place it in their permanent file. participating. The poems are great; we are
hoping to have a winner!
Thank you!!
Frogs - NEWS FROM THE LILY PAD! Students 5th Grade Math Department - In math we are
have been busy learning new skills and enjoying the finishing fractions and beginning our
snow days and delays!! In language arts students Geometry unit. In this unit some of the things
have begun reading Freedom Train: The Story of we will be studying include: angles, triangles,
Harriet Tubman. They have been impressed with the
strength and courage of such a small woman. They
polygons and their characteristics, sum of
are also learning about figurative language such as interior angles, diagonals in polygons,
dialect through this wonderful biography. symmetry, and the measurement of angles.
In math, students have finished up their fractions unit
and are beginning geometry. They use the
Smartboard and manipulative sets to make the
lessons hands on and fun. Mrs. Gaffney has tutoring
sessions most mornings and some afternoons to Children become
assist students having difficulties in math. better readers
Students have been using the Classworks computer and writers by
lab all year to practice and reinforce reading and math reading and
skills. writing.
In science, Ms. Hembree has taken the students
through their Land and Water unit and now they are Please have your child read or
immersed in Motion and Energy. The students are write daily for at least 30 minutes.
learning the concepts by building different types of
vehicles and discovering how to make them move.
See your child’s planner for
additional homework. Thank you
In all our classes the teachers are using ClassScape
computer assessments to monitor progress. We are
also using test preparation materials such as
Competitive Edge and Test Ready to prepare
students for the upcoming EOG. GO FROGS!!!!
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Music Department Starfish Team - In math we just completed a
Congratulations to the following fifth grade students who
unit on fractions. We will be learning about geometry
will represent KMIS in the Cleveland County Elementary
in our next unit. Students have written songs and
Honors Chorus.
performed for their classmates and they will be
Taylor Myles posted shortly on my webpage. The songs were
Kaitlyn Bolin
Destiny Neesmith written to help them remember challenging facts and
Kayla Capps
Jailah Pettis rules related to fractions.
Sydney Champion
Michael Cogdell Ashley Rhom
Landon Ervin Deyawna Rollinson Dragonflies – The Dragonflies are studying non-
Madison Green Diamond Wesley fiction during black history month. We are learning
Bobbie Heath Molly Vongphouthone about African Americans who have helped to shape
Jacob Merchant Jerrod Willis our country into a better place for everyone to live.
Mikayla Wilson Our students are learning what can be accomplished
The CCEHC will rehearse on Friday, March 19th, and by individuals who believe firmly in a cause and come
perform for the public on Saturday, March 20th, in together as a group to make their dreams become a
Barnes Auditorium. The concert will begin at 6:30. reality. We are also filtering in poetry, fantasy, and
fairy tales. What a grouping! Snow slowed us down
a little. Over the next few weeks, we will be starting
ART - The Cleveland County Art Councils Student
non-fiction, consumer information and will create our
Show is coming up in March. The opening will be March
own newspapers.
29th at the Arts Council Gallery in Shelby.
Also students are beginning their work on the Doodle for All Stars Team - The All Stars language arts
Google contest. This is a National contest in which students held elections for Class President and Vice
students come up with a Doodle for Google's website. President after reading and talking about the
The theme this year is "If I could do anything, I democratic process for President's Day. Four
would.....” The National winner receives:$15,000 students were nominated to run for Class President
scholarship, laptop, trip to New York to the Google in each homeroom. The candidates’ debated issues
offices, their artwork will be hung in the Smithsonian put to them by their classmates. Students and
Museum of Design, their doodle will be on Google's candidates made posters and hit the campaign trail
website, their doodle will be put on a t-shirt for them, running. Voting booths were set up and students
and their schools receives $25,000 for a computer lab! enjoyed the excitement of casting their ballots. Votes
It is a huge opportunity for our students! were tallied in each homeroom. Our winners were
Brandon Manning, President and Carmen Henwood,
Vice President - Mrs. Littlefield's homeroom.
Library
Ka'Myiah Pressley, President and Ashton Withers,
Be looking for information about the media center's Vice President - Mr. Davis' homeroom. Jake
switch to our new circulation and card catalog system, Merchant, President and Molly Vongphouthone, Vice
Destiny. We will make the switch beginning in mid to President - Mrs. Terry's homeroom.
late March.
Thanks to all of the students who participated in the
PE - Fifth Graders:
lunchtime book clubs. I had a lot of fun meeting with The CCS Fun Run is scheduled for Saturday, March
you during lunch and talking about some great books. 27, 2010 at Shelby High School. The 2-mile race
In March, we're doing an online book club. We will be begins at 9:00am and the 1/2-mile fun run will begin
chatting at the media center's page at wikispaces.com. at 10:00am. The registration fee is $5.00. The
registration deadline is March 5th and sorry,
registrations will NOT be accepted after March 5th.
Turn your registration form and $5.00 in to your
physical education teacher.
Become a member
of the KMIS PTO
Next meeting
Monday, March 1,
2010 @ 5:30 p.m.
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March
1 – SIT meeting @ 3:20 p.m. Mrs. Brown’s Class - All language arts
students recently received their published books on
1 –Starfish and Flamingos trip to Kidsenses either poetry or an autobiography.
1 – PTO meeting @ 5:30 p.m.
3 – Penguins Field trip to Kidsenses Some students are sending in poems for judging in
the Erma Drum Poetry Contest.
4 –Frogs and All Stars Field trip to Kidsenses
4 – PBS 3 week period My classes are learning about advertising and
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8 – 6 grade Progress Reports propaganda techniques. They will be writing and
10 – 1:00 p.m. Arts in Education performance for acting out their own commercials for their
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6 grade @ KMIS “Dr. Elliott Engle presents Mark classmates. In the process they will be learning
Twain” about many different advertising techniques and how
they affect consumers. They will also be watching
11 – The Star Spelling Bee @ 10:00 a.m.@ CCC commercials and identifying the various advertising
auditorium techniques used in them.
12 – Battle of the Books @ First Baptist Church,
Kings Mtn. 10:00 a.m.
Our Parent Newsletter can now be found
14 – Daylight Savings Time begins on the KMIS website. Visit us at
17 – St. Patrick’s Day www.clevelandcountyschools.org. Click
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17 – Career Fair @ GWU (5 grade) on Schools and choose Kings Mtn.
18 – Math Day @ GWU Intermediate
19 Snow Make up day
19 – CCS Elementary Honor’s Chorus practice Day
19 – K Day
Gators - The Gators really enjoyed our recent
trip to LazerQuest where we learned about how
20 – Honor’s Chorus concert, Barnes Auditorium lasers work and the importance of infrared
6:30 p.m. light. Check out our website for some cool
22 & 23 Fourth Grade KMIS Tours pictures!
25 - Spring picture day
In language arts, we are finishing a folklore unit and
25 – District-wide Parent-Teacher Conference will be moving towards an unforgettable novel
early release day (release students at 1:00, study. This novel is full of adventure, mystery, and
conferences begin at 1:30) suspense and that is just in the first few chapters!
27 – Fun Run @ SHS (Rain Date April 24)
rd Our social studies classes have hopped from
29 – End of 3 Qtr. the European continent to South America,
29 – PBS 3 week period beginning with a geographical study of the
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30 - first day of 6 grade lab rotation 3 for second amazing landforms found in this continent.
semester
Students are working hard in science discussing
demonstrations and learning about the effects of the
Counseling Department sun, moon, and Earth working together as a system.
March will be a busy month in the KMIS We are continuing to make progress developing
School Counseling Program. Fourth graders fluency with calculations using fractions, decimals,
from all five schools will be coming to visit. and percents in math. Soon, we will be learning
Fifth grade students will have their third career how to evaluate expressions using algebraic
lesson in preparation for the career fair that is concepts.
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held on March 17 at Gardner-Webb
University. This year we will have
approximately 50 careers represented and Kings Mtn. Intermediate
students will have the opportunity to begin
comparing personal interests to career
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School
choices. On March 30 and 31 our fifth
graders will have a puberty education lesson.
Phone:
If any parent wants to view the video before
(704) 476-8366
the lesson, give KMIS a call and we will Fax:
arrange times. (704) 734-5682
