The Knox Community Elementary third grade students recently took a new test called IREAD and the results are in. It’s important that the students pass this test as it plays a big role in if the student moves onto fourth grade. Superintendent A.J. Gappa says the students did well.
The Knox Community School Facility Study Committee is going to meet with ICE Miller and Umbaugh and Associates this month to talk about what the school corporation needs to do in order to move forward with the Palmer Wing at the Elementary School. Superintendent A.J. Gappa says something needs to be done.
Kindergarten Roundup for students entering the Knox Community Elementary School is scheduled for Wednesday, April 25th.
Four sessions will be held beginning at 9:00 a.m. Open registration is at 6:00 p.m. CT at the Elementary School. Parents should bring a birth certificate, social security card and an immunization record for each student that enrolls.
The Knox Community School Board has been meeting with members of a committee and the community about the possible construction project of the Palmer Wing of the Elementary School. The Palmer Wing is nearing 60 years in age and is in need of upgrades and repairs.
The Knox Community Elementary School is still collecting box tops and Campbell’s UPC labels and PTO President, Shelly Kemble, says if you have any labels to turn in, you need to get them in this week.
“The collection of Box Tops from the 2010-2011 school year totals a little over $4,000,” said Kemble. “You may drop off any box tops at the Knox Community Elementary School Main Office at door number 1 until June 22nd. We will start back up with the drop off after the 2011 school year begins in August.”
More than 200 Knox Community Elementary School students’ original poems could be published this fall in the 2011 Young American Poetry Digest, a program of the National Schools project.
Charles Ratliff, writing teacher at the school, says nearly 800 poems were submitted to be considered for the anthology, which is a collection of writing in book form. He says the work of 50 fifth graders, 79 fourth graders,
and 70 third graders were accepted.
