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Positive school culture, respect, and meeting all students’ needs are topics of many ongoing conversations among our administrative team at KHS. Stemming from these discussions, Lori Verhagen, Associate Principal, asked some staff members to begin to bring to light a relevant topic.

A Continued Dialogue about Race in Response to the Terrence Talley Presentation

Microaggressions

Students at Kimberly High School recently saw a presentation from Terrence Talley who shared his message of hope through personal experiences and stories from students across the country. Some of the experiences he shared revolved around his experience as a black man. These stories resonated with many staff members and students at KHS. We are fortunate to have increasing diversity among our student body, which presents new opportunities to navigate the complexities of race and differences in life experience.

Some students of color have shared that one thing they would like their peers to understand is the idea of microaggressions. Dr. Derald Wing Sue defines microaggressions as “the everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership.” The following are some examples that students at KHS report experiencing:

Making jokes about slavery or the holocaust to a friend who is black or Jewish (Hidden message: I don’t take your history seriously.)

Telling a black student they’re acting white (Hidden message: You only fit in when you are acting white.)

Asking a person of color where they are from (Hidden message: You are not American.)

A lack of representation of people of color in history books, curriculum, and the media (Hidden message: Your culture isn’t important enough to portray.)

Tucking an iPod or cell phone away when a student of color enters the room (Hidden message: People of color are not trustworthy.)

These are examples of racial microaggressions that minimize the experiences of people of color. To people who don’t experience these kinds of comments and actions on a regular basis, they may not seem like a big deal (hence, the term microaggressions), but it is the almost-constant barrage of these kinds of aggressions that build and can put an enormous amount of stress on people of color. Terrence Talley relates it to a quote by Muhammad Ali: “It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.”

So, what can you do to be part of the solution? First, talk to your children about microaggressions and the impact they have on people of color. Make sure your kids understand that it is never okay to belittle another person, even under the guise of “joking.” Second, make an effort to start noticing microaggressions and talking about them with your family. This could be as simple as noticing that a drug dealer is played by a black actor and police, lawyers, and judges are portrayed by white actors in a television show, or noticing comments you overhear others make in the store and then discussing what you heard when you get back to the car. When you train yourself to notice microaggressions, you’ll realize how common they are, and you’ll be more aware of what you say to people of color. Finally, encourage your son or daughter to be a support to his or her friends of color. If your child hears a microaggression, he can support his friend simply by acknowledging the negative implication of what was said by saying something like, “Hey, I heard that joke, and I didn’t think it was funny. Do people say things like that to you a lot?” Being supportive and opening a dialogue is something that could make a big difference to students of diverse backgrounds.

Looking for more information or ideas for talking to your kids? Check out this resource:

Hatch Discussion Guide to Microaggressions

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Find current information and timely updates on:

www.facebook.com/KimberlyHighSchool

www.twitter.com/Khsmakers

www.kimberly.k12.wi.us

https://kimberlywi.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/kimberly.jsp

http://www.kimberly.k12.wi.us/community/community-events

Calendar of Events...pg 2

Prom...pg 2

Links...pg 2

Tutoring Opportunities...pg 3

Class of 2020 News...pg 3

Quarter 1 grades...pg 3

Infinite Campus Parent Updates...pg 3

Congratulations...pg 4

Weather Cancellations...pg 4

Graduation Celebration...pg 5

Mack-lication Information...pg5

Athletic News & Notes...pg 6

Student Services News...pg 7

BIT News...pg 8

The Sting...pg9

Flowers for Algernon...pg 10

In Tune Music Boosters...

Winter / Spring Assessments...pg 11-13

Disclosures...pg 14

November

4 - Fall Ball - 6:30 pm

7 - Quarter 1 ends

9 - Flowers for Algernon, 7pm, Auditorium

10 - Flowers for Algernon, 7pm, Auditorium

11 - Flowers for Algernon, 1pm, Auditorium

11 - Flowers for Algernon, 7pm, Auditorium

17 - 11:30 am dismissal

23 - No School

24 - No School

December

4 - Band Concert, 7pm, Auditorium

9 - Key Club Holiday Party

11 - Holiday Choir Concert, 7pm, Auditorium

15 - TML Production, 7pm, Auditorium

16 - TML Production, 7pm, Auditorium

22 - AM Classes only

25-29 - No School, Holiday Break

January

1 - No School, Holiday Break

2 - School resumes

Calendar Date Change: Prom 2018 will be held on April 28th, 2018. The event will be held from 8pm to 12am at the brand new "Fox Cities Convention Center" in downtown Appleton located near the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel. More details about prom and post prom will follow in the months to come.

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Need Help?

Support When Where Details How do I sign up?

Math Avengers 3abc lunches LMC--TBD

Students and their own personal Avengers connect via text and arrange their own schedules as needed.

Avengers are students in Calculus AB or beyond

Ask your Teacher to sign you up

*Avengers work best for highly moti-vated kids in Math 3

or Pre calc

Freshman Morning ELT-Wednesday

Wednesday 7:40-8:10 Room 1141

Freshmen in any course can get extra support from upper-class tutors. Mandatory attendance taken in the

office the duration of the term.

Ask your Teacher to sign you up

Math Tutoring

Mon. Wed. Thurs. 8:00 - 9:30 pm

Tuesdays 3a, 3b, 3c Wed 7:30 - 8:15 am

LMC 1:1 or small group tutoring support from a KHS Math

Teacher Just show up!

Writing Center Open Daily Blocks 3abc.

Tues & Thurs with appointment

LMC khslmc.org/writingcenter

Show up 3abc. Make appointment Tuesdays and Thursdays

Homework Help Center

Monday Tuesday & Thurs-day 3:15-3:45pm

LMC Smartroom

Members of Link Crew and NHS students offer HOMEWORK HELP after school. Focus will be on

quality daily work completion.

Ask your Teacher to sign you up- or just

show up!

Extended Learning Wednesday PM

Wednesday 2:14-3:00 Teachers Rooms

Teachers will provide 1:1 or small group support. Just show up!

Time to order your Kimberly High School Class Ring. If you are interested in purchasing a class ring the representative from Midwest Scholastic will be in the KHS Commons on Wednesday, November 8th during all three lunch hours to do a ring premier. This is where you can view sample rings and pick up packets for ordering. They will be back on Thursday, November 16th in the commons during all three lunch hours to take your order. Rings can also be viewed and ordered on their website: mwscholastic.com

Is your information up-to-date on Infinite Campus? Our major line of communication is through Infinite Campus. Please go to your parent portal and review your information. You are able to make any

changes necessary from home through. If you don’t have an account and would like to request one click HERE. You can also request information changes through our main

office at (920)687-3024

Quarter One Grades

Quarter One ends on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 and grades will be reviewed and final grades posted on Infinite Campus on Friday, November 10, 2017. If you have any questions

regarding grades please contact Student Services at (920)423-4162.

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The Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin (GCAW) is pleased to announce that Sydney Pierret of Kimberly High School is an Academic All-State honoree for the recently concluded 2017 girls’ golf season, receiving a designation of Honors.

Students are nominated by GCAW member coaches if they meet the following criteria: 1) A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25, 2) participation in at least 75% of their team’s varsity matches, and 3) are at least a sophomore in high school. Sydney is a student-athlete who serves as a great example to others, proving that academic and athletic successes are not mutually exclusive.

The Darboy Kiwanis Club and the Times Villager

announce the KHS Student of the Month.

Caitlin Johnson

November

Winter is right around the corner. If weather conditions dictate that there will be no school, a decision to keep the schools closed is usually made by 6:30 a.m. Parents with students in school receive a direct call, text and/or email from our auto-call system since that is the fastest way to communicate with thousands of parents at one time. As a reminder: If you have a new phone number or email address, please update your information in the Infinite Campus parent portal or contact your school’s secretary to update the portal.

Announcements are also sent to local T.V. and radio stations, please tune to local stations such as these rather than call the school directly: WAPL-105.7FM, WHBY-1150AM, WKFX-104.9FM, WEMI-91.9 FM, WGEE-1360 AM, and WOZZ-93.5FM; and WBAY-TV2, WFRV-TV5, WGBA-TV26, and WLUK-FOX11. If other school events, such as con-certs or sporting events are also cancelled because of weather, they are typically communicated through these stations as well.

The District’s website and Facebook page are not our primary way to communicate school closures, so we ask parents to listen to the auto-call messages or tune in to the radio and T.V. stations listed for the timeliest updates.

Weather Cancellations

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Graduation Celebration 2018

Sign up now to be a part of the planning committee!

The graduation celebration committee will have its first meeting Wednesday January 3

rd at 6:30PM in the KHS LMC. Parents of graduating seniors are

encouraged to volunteer-there is much to do and we can use your help and support planning a drug and alcohol free night of fun for the class of 2018.

Beginning in January, we will meet the first Wednesday of the month from 6:30-7:30pm in the LMC to plan a fabulous party to celebrate our seniors.

Dates are as follows:

January 3, February 7, March 7, April 4, May 2

Contact Kelly Jansen to sign up or for more information kjansen@kimberly.k12.wi.us or call (920)687-3024 ext 3225

Looking forward to planning another amazing event for our kids!

NOW TAKING “Mack-lications”

We are looking for some spirited and dedicated KHS students to be our MACK. Our new mascot will play an important role here at KHS, at other schools in the district and in our community. We are looking for several students who will share the duties of being our beloved MACK throughout the 2017-18 school year.

Duties and responsibilities of Mack include but are not limited to:

Representing KHS positively and with Maker Pride

Attending events (athletic, academic and other) throughout the year

Ability to break into dance moves at any given moment

Connect with people-young and old-and pose for selfies with random people

Traveling to other schools in the district attending special events

Confidently lead large groups of students to cheer

Perform acrobatics (a cartwheel) while in a large giant wasp costume

Run with a giant KIMBERLY flag while in a large giant wasp costume

“Mack-lication” forms are in the information board and are due Friday Nov 10th

or see Ms. Jansen for more information. kjansen@kimberly.k12.wi.us

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KHS Athletic News and Notes

WINTER SPORTS START DATES:

November 6th

Boys Hockey

Girls Basketball

Girls Hockey

November 13th

Boys Basketball

Wrestling

Boys Swim & Dive

Thursday, December 5th

Girls Basketball Parent Night

Tuesday, December 12th

Boy Swim & Dive Parent Night

Thursday, December 21st

Wrestling Parent Night

Thursday, January 4th

Band Alumni Night

Thursday, January 4th Boys Basketball Parent Night

Saturday, January 6th

Boys Hockey Senior Night

Tuesday, January 9th

Dance Parent Night

Tuesday, January 16th

Boys Swim & Dive Senior Night

Thursday, January 18th

Wrestling Senior Night

Friday, February 9th

Girls Hockey Senior Night

Monday, February 12th

Girls Basketball Senior Night

Thursday, February 22nd

Boys Basketball Senior Night

Dance Senior Night

STATE QUALIFIERS!

Congratulations to the following Cross Country Boys and Cross

Country Girls State Qualifiers!

Boys Girls Alternates

Will Demerath Jane Brinkman Logan Hartman

Rowen Ellenberg Brooke Edwardson Henry Pawlikowski

Jack Fitzgerald Olivia Eisch Nolan Richie

Jesse Lambrecht Sarah Messer Eric Trempe

Michael Schneider Delaney Schultz Kirsten Aerts

Reid Sroda Cydnee Van Zeeland Shana Brinkman

Brianne Capper

Izzy Clark

Raea Freud

FVA CHAMPIONS!

Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Girls Volleyball

VFA CHAMPIONS!

Football

SPORTS PHYSICALS AND ATHLETIC INFORMATION

CARDS

Please make sure that your child’s physical and athletic in-formation cards are updated and turned into the athletic of-fice prior to the start of the upcoming winter sports season. Feel free to contact Marcia Van Hout in the athletic office at

423-4160 or mvanhout@kimberly.k12.wi.us to check the sta-tus of your child’s sports physical.

ON THE ROAD PASSES

We now offer an “ON THE ROAD” pass for just $30. This pass allows bearer one free admission per FVA 'away'

event that Kimberly is participating in including confer-ence tournaments. Passes are available in the Kimberly High School athletic office. Please call the athletic office

with questions at 423-4160.

FOLLOW ALL KIMBERLY ATHLETIC NEWS,

EVENTS AND UPDATES ON TWITTER:

@Maker_Athletics

We look forward to your support at our many winter events. For athletic schedules and scores please refer to:

www.fvasports.net

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Kimberly High School Family

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1662 E. Kennedy Avenue Kimberly, Wisconsin 54136 920-687-3024 FAX 920-687-3029

September 27, 2017

Dear Kimberly High School Parent or Guardian,

Beginning in the 14-15 school year, the state of Wisconsin introduced a number of changes to the state’s

student assessment system. Since that time, those changes have remained consistent and include:

Aspire Early High School Assessment – grades nine and ten

ACT and WorkKeys – grade eleven

Forward Social Studies assessment – grade ten

The ACT Early High School Assessment will cover five subject areas for students in grades nine and ten:

Reading, Math, Writing, Language Arts and Science. The tests will be computer-delivered and will be spread

out over multiple days. Students in grade nine will test during their English classes the weeks of April 9 and 16.

Students in grade ten will test on April 10 & 11 during a modified school schedule. In addition, students in grade

ten will take the Wisconsin Forward Exam, a Social Studies-only test that will be administered by computer on

Wednesday, April 11.

In addition, every junior in the state of Wisconsin is required to take the ACT and Work Keys assessments. This

year those tests will be held on February 27 and 28. All juniors will report on those dates during a modified

school schedule.

Please note the modified school schedules listed on the next pages.

Additional information about the ACT Early High School and Forward assessments will be shared as they

become available.

If you have questions about the ACT Aspire Early High School assessment, please contact me by phone or

email.

Sincerely,

Jason Nate

Kimberly High School

Assistant Principal

jnate@kimberly.k12.wi.us

920-687-3024

Mike Rietveld Lori Verhagen Jason Nate Steve Verboomen Ryan McGinnis Principal Associate Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Athletic Director

Our Learning for Theirs

Kimberly High School

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018 Wednesday, February 28, 2018

ACT Plus Writing-Juniors Work Keys-Juniors

Introduction/Demographics 7:30 7:45 15 Introduction/Demographics 7:30 7:45 15

Test 1 - English 7:45 8:30 45 Test 1 - Workplace Documents 7:45 8:40 55

In-Room Break 8:30 8:40 10 In-Room Break 8:40 8:45 5

Test 2 - Math 8:40 9:40 60 Test 2- Applied Math 8:45 9:40 55

Break 9:40 9:55 15 Break 9:40 9:55 15

Test 3 - Reading 9:55 10:30 35 Test 3 - Graphic Literacy 9:55 10:50 55

In-Room Break 10:30 10:40 10 2nd bus to run 4 hours later

Test 4 - Science 10:40 11:15 35 Junior Break/Social 10:50 11:20 30

Break 11:15 11:25 10 Grades 9, 10, 12 Report 11:10

Writing Test 11:30 12:10 40 Block 3a 11:10 11:45 35

Juniors Lunch 12:10 1:00 50 Block 3b 11:50 12:25 35

2nd bus to run 5.5 hours later than 1st run Block 3c 12:30 1:05 35

Grades 9, 10, 12 Report 12:45 Block 4 1:15 2:20 65

Block 1 1:00 1:55 55 ELT 2:25 3:00 35

Block 2 2:00 3:00 60

Spring 10th Grade Aspire

Tuesday, April 10

Report to Testing Locations 7:40 7:50 10

English Test 7:50 8:35 45

Break/Reset Computers/Directions 8:40 8:45 5

Reading Test 8:45 9:45 65

Break/Directions 9:45 10:00 15

Science Test 10:00 11:00 60

Grades 9, 11, 12 Report at 11:00

Wednesday, April 11

Report to Testing Locations 7:40 7:50 10

Math Test 7:50 9:05 75

Break/Reset Computers/Directions 9:05 9:20 15

Writing 9:20 10:00 40

Break/Prepare for Social Studies 10:00 10:10 10

Forward Exam - Social Studies 1 10:10 10:35 25

Break 10:35 10:40 5

Forward Exam - Social Studies 2 10:40 11:05 25

Grades 9, 11, 12 Report at 11:05

April 10 (Block 3 before Block 2)

Block 1 11:05 11:55 50

Block 3a 11:57 12:17 20

Block 3b 12:20 12:40 20

Block 3c 12:42 1:02 20

Block 2 1:07 1:57 50

Block 4 2:05 3:00 55

April 11 (Block 3 before Block 2)

Block 1 11:10 12:00 50

Block 3a 12:02 12:22 20

Block 3b 12:25 12:45 20

Block 3c 12:47 1:07 20

Block 2 1:10 2:00 50

Block 4 2:05 3:00 55

Class Schedule 2nd Bus to run 4 hours later on both days

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The Kimberly Area School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex, (including transgender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability ("Protected Classes") in any of its student programs and activities.

Emergency Medications: Please be aware that emergency medications that are provided for use during the school day will not be accessible before or after school hours. Parents and students must plan ahead to have emergency medication available during school activities such as clubs and sports. If an emergency arises and a student does not have their emergency medication available, 911 will be

called.

Family Move - Outside of the Kimberly Area School District

When a family moves outside of the Kimberly Area School District, students may continue to attend the school where they are currently enrolled if they qualify for a Tuition Waiver (obtained from the district office). Students who qualify for a Tuition Waiver are entitled to continue their enrollment through the waiver period. However, they are required to apply for Open Enrollment during the next Open Enrollment application period if they want to remain in the Kimberly Area School District after the Tuition Waiver has expired.

For additional information, please contact Jen Bixler at (920)423-4166 or email her at jbixler@kimberly.k12.wi.us

Family Move - Within the Kimberly Area School District

When a family move occurs within the Kimberly Area School District, students may continue to attend the school where they are currently enrolled even though their residence has changed to another Kimberly Area School District attendance area.

Parents who wish to have their student(s) remain in the same school after a move within the school district must complete the School Request Form located on the district website under Student &

Parents>Enrollment>Attendance and return it to the district office Attn: Sara Vogel.

For additional information regarding school request contact Sara Vogel at (920)423-4122

We receive many worthwhile requests to be included in our newsletter. Since we cannot possibly include them all here, please remember to go to the District website frequently and check out the Community Events. There are many more great opportunities and activities listed there.

The Kimberly Area School District charges a $25.00 processing fee for any check returned to us as non-sufficient funds.