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VALENTINE'S
DAY PROJECT SPREADS LOTS OF LOVE
Our
Kincaid students made 630 Valentine's Day cards and they were
distributed to 6 nursing homes/assisted living facilities in Cobb
County just in time for Valentine's Day. The residents were
thrilled to receive the cards. They loved the time, effort and
thought the students put into each card. Thanks to Kincaid
teachers and administration for supporting the project and a
special thank you to Diane Middeke, PTA Community Outreach
Committee member, for her hard work and dedication to this
project. Please watch future editions of Keynotes for upcoming
Community Outreach projects.
Congratulations
to Kincaid's 2009-2010 Reflections STATE Finalists for the theme
"Beauty is..."
Congratulations
to Kincaid's 2009-2010 Reflections STATE Finalists for the theme
"Beauty is..."
Literature
Dylan
L.
Blake S.
Taylor S.
These students will be honored
at the State Reception on Sunday, March 21st at the High Museum.
Everyone is welcome to attend and cheer on our Kincaid winners!
Some of these students will move on to compete at the National
Level. Kincaid PTA would like to thank all the parents and
teachers for their support in this program.
If you are
interested in attending the reception at the High Museum, please
contact Michele Rhyne at michelerhyne@comcast.net. We are
trying to get a section together to support Kincaid's
winners.
Next year's theme is Together
We Can.
It's never too early to start working on ideas!
Sign
Up for Red Alerts!
Cobb
County is now maintaining a Code Red Alert Emergency Notification
System for keeping residents apprised of emergency situations in
our county. (Reverse 911) To sign up, visit www.CobbCounty.org
and click on Code Red. If you don't have internet service, call
the county at 770/499-4158.
2009-2010
Reflections “Beauty
is...”
District Winners
On
Tuesday, January 26th, the Eastern Cobb County Council
PTA held the District Level Reflections Recognition
Ceremony. Many of Kincaid's students placed at the District
Level and received further recognition by placing overall in
their division for Best Interpretation of the theme "Beauty
is...". The Special Artists Literature category was
represented entirely by Kincaid Elementary 4th and 5th grade
students...what an honor!!
The
State Level ceremony will be held on Sunday, March 21st at the
High Museum. Everyone
is
welcome to attend. Please stay tuned to Cat Tracks and Key
Notes to see if any of our students placed at the state level.
ALL students who entered this contest should be very proud of
their effort and achievement. Put your thinking caps on for
next year's theme: "Together
We Can". There
are 6 categories: Dance, Film, Literature, Music,
Photography and Visual Arts.
Please
join me in congratulating Kincaid's District Level winners.
Literature
Carter
C. - Honorable Mention 1st Grade
Kayla
W. - Finalist 3rd Grade ***Best Interpretation of Theme for
entire Intermediate Divsion
Ana
G. - Finalist 5th Grade
Special Literature
Foster
D. - Finalist 4th Grade
Blake
S. - Finalist 4th Grade
Taylor
S. - Finalist 4th Grade
Andrew
C. - Finalist 5th Grade
Don
D. - Finalist 5th Grade
Trenton
H. - Finalist 5th Grade
Dylan
L. - Finalist 5th Grade
Music
Brendan
K. - Finalist 1st Grade
Andrew
R. - Finalist 3rd Grade
Aidan
K. - Honorable Mention 4th Grade
Briti
N. - Finalist 4th Grade
Photography
Madison R. - Finalist 1st
Grade ***Best Intrepretation of Theme for entire Primary Division
Visual Arts
Madison
R. - Honorable Mention 1st Grade
Camila
G. - Finalist 3rd Grade
Kincaid
Chess Club
The
Kincaid Chess Club would like to congratulate all of our
fall
participants, including our champions, Tyler G and Shrey
N!
The winter-spring semester of the Chess Club is starting
soon, so
don't miss your chance to sign up. For details about
the club, please
contact Greg Giles at chess@kincaidpta.org.
Honoring
Our Heroes
The
Kincaid PTA would like to say "Thank You" to those who
participated in the Honoring Our Heroes Contest. All participants
and their parents are invited to a brunch in the school cafeteria
on February 5th
from
9:00 until 10:30. We will randomly choose 3 children to read
their essays for everyone. If you have any questions please
contact Mary Bowles at heroes@kincaidpta.org
or 678-988-5552.
Kincaid
PTA Needs YOU!
As
per our bylaws, Kincaid PTA elected a Nominating Committee at the
December 2009 General Membership meeting. This committee,
composed of five members and two alternates, is charged with
identifying candidates to fill the 2010-2011 officer positions
for our PTA. If you are interested in serving as an officer next
year and would like more information, please contact Dawn
Bornstein, Nominating Committee Chair, at
Nominations@KincaidPTA.org
or 770/579-6973.
ROBOTICS
Sunday, December
6th, Kincaid’s own Robobots Team placed 2nd
in “Robot Competition” at Regionals against 28 other
teams from Cobb County. This performance qualified them to go on
to Super Regionals on January 9th where they did
exceedingly well, far surpassing their first performance and
showing everyone that they knew what it meant to be a team. The
team is composed of 10 talented fifth grade students with two
alternates: Ana G., Natalia B., Natalia I., Annabelle H., Kate
P., Garrett D., Garret L., Zack S., Tyler G., Johnny P., Shrey
N., and Dylan B.
The
FLL robotics competition is not all about their robot and
“missions” they run, but these children also had to
design a research project and a way to share information found
with others. This year’s theme was “Smart Move”
and their project was based on transportation. The Kincaid team
chose to examine how many children ride the bus versus the car,
and also how many of these children could ride the bus but do
not. They found in counting cars in carline that up ward of 250+
cars go through car line in the morning at Kincaid. The team has
now created a campaign at school through posters and a blog on
the Kincaid website to inform students and parents of the harmful
effects of the amount of cars on the road and what they can do to
help. Please check out their blog at www.cobbk12.org/kincaid.
If you see any of
these 5th grade students, make sure to congratulate
them on this great accomplishment!
2009
PTA Holiday Store:
The
Kincaid PTA Holiday Store 2009 was once again, a huge success
thanks to the many parent volunteers. Over 1000 gifts were
purchased to help bring Holiday cheer into Kincaid homes this
season. It was truly wonderful to see the kids putting a
lot of thought into their purchases! A special thank you to
the Student Council 4th & 5th graders for all their extra
help. We are lucky to have so many responsible students who
enjoy helping others at Kincaid.
Community
Fund Raising:
Thanks to all of you and your
collection efforts in our Box Tops and
Campbells Labels
Collection Drive, our school ordered and received 40
wipe-off
white tablets and will also be receiving from Box Tops a check
for
over $900.00! This money will be used toward
supplies for our teachers.
Remember, continue to save those
Box Tops and Campbells Labels as a new
drive will start in
February.
Family
Fun Night:
Thanks
to all the families, teachers, staff, and volunteers who joined
us for Family Fitness Night!!! Everyone had a ton of fun learning
Pilates, Martial Arts, Gymnastics, and Football warm-ups... Also
a huge thank you to Carla Stone (Pilates), SCA Gymnastics,
Marietta Martial Arts, and the Sprayberry Football team. If you
would like more information about our vendors, please feel free
to contact Crystal Brooks at welcome@kincaidpta.org.
Thank you again to all the volunteers, teachers and staff who
joined us and participated in all the fun!!!
Fall
Book
Fair:
A big THANK YOU to everyone
who supported our Fall Book Fair! Your volunteer efforts and
patronage helped to make Destination Book Fair a huge success.
Our volunteers worked very hard and we would like to thank each
and every person who stepped up to fill all the available slots.
Thanks to our school community's generosity, we were able to add
over $1,700 worth of new books to Kincaid’s media center,
and each class has more books in their classroom libraries, too.
Still hungry for books? Plan to stop by the Book Fair Diner
located in Kincaid's Media Center coming up March 2010!
And who raised the most money
for the One-for-Books contest? The GIRLS!!
Thank
you Ambassadors…
The
Kincaid PTA Ambassador Program is a family-to-family mentoring
program that helps newcomers to Kincaid. A big thank you to
everyone who participated in the program, especially those who
helped share their knowledge of Kincaid and welcome our new
families. They are: Jill Pierce, Alene Lee, Changeon Yoon,
Vanessa Edmonds, Carla Stone, Kris Kell, Kris Mintz, Melinda
Benson, Jennifer Mannelly, Kerri Griffen, Jill Wilson, Jennifer
Bolt, Claudine Lusk, Pat Falatico, Amie Fann, and Amy Cooney. A
special thank you to the Kindergarten teachers for working with
us on this program.
If
any of you have any questions about the program, or are new,
please contact Stephanie Holden at Ambassadors@Kincaidpta.org.
We are happy to help!
Membership
Campaign-a Success!
And
the winner is...
Kincaid
PTA! Thanks to all the parents, families, and friends who
joined PTA, we achieved our 100% Membership goal on October
30th! The winner of the Kincaid PTA Membership Classroom
Contest is Ms.
Blackman's class
with
211% (38 memberships)! In a very close 2nd
place, Ms. Taylor's class had 206%! Thank you to all
Kincaid families who joined PTA this year to support our
students. Ms. Blackman's class will receive a pizza party and
bird-house kits for each student, generously donated by Home
Depot. Ms. Taylor's class will receive a pizza party. If
you are not currently a PTA member, it's not too late to
join! Simply go to the Kincaid PTA website at
www.kincaidpta.org,
download the membership form, fill it out and send it in to
school with your child. A big thank you to Kathy Contreras
and the membership committee for their hard work.
Boosterthon
Success!
Boosterthon
was a great success and the results are in! First the PTA would
like to thank all the friends and families who came to support
the children during their run. Your enthusiasm was overwhelming!
We know that families worked hard to get pledges and collect
money and we appreciate that. Kincaid raised $31,814.00 this year
for our children!
This is amazing and everyone should be
proud of the teamwork and pride that Kincaid students showed!
Congratulations to Mr. Glass’s fifth grade class for
collecting the most pledges and to A. Collier, in this class, for
having the highest amount of pledges at Kincaid! Congratulations
also to Ms. Garner’s first grade class for collecting
pledges from the most states!
Because of your generosity,
our main fundraiser was a complete success and we look forward to
providing wonderful programs and opportunities to all Kincaid
students!
Community
Outreach:
VETERANS
DAY CARD DRIVE – A BIG SUCCESS!......WOW!
Kincaid students completed over 400 cards for our nation’s
veterans! That beats last year’s total by more than 100
cards! The cards have been delivered to the VA Medical Center in
Decatur and will be distributed to veterans in the nursing home
and on the medical/surgical floors on Wednesday, November 11th,
in honor of Veterans Day. The PTA Community Outreach Committee
would like to thank the teachers and staff for being so
supportive of this project – we couldn’t have done it
without you. We would also like to thank the Kincaid students for
completing such wonderful cards – they were sincere, funny,
full of life and will be appreciated by all the veterans who
receive them.
Reflections:
Thank
you to all the students, parents and teachers who attended the
Reflections Awards Brunch on October 22nd. Congratulations to all
students who entered materials in the Film, Literature, Music,
Photography and Visual Arts categories. Kincaid had 60 students
who entered 86 entries in this year's contest. Our goal is to
double the amount of students who enter the contest next year!!!
So, be on the lookout for next year's theme sometime in the
spring and get those creative juices flowing! All first and
second place entries will move on to the District level for
further judging. A big thanks to Elise Carter for doing a
fabulous job with the food and decorations. We'd also like to
thank Mr. Henry for his help getting everything ready. And, a
huge thank you goes out to the entire Reflections TEAM: Sean
Bolt, Pam Kulpa, Valerie Harris, Kris Kell, Carolyn Metts and
Patsy Rauch. There still time to submit theme ideas for the
2010-2011 Reflections Theme. Deadline is Friday, October 30th.
Please submit your entries and turn them into the Reflections
mailbox. Blank copies are located in the mailbox as well. Please
contact Michele Rhyne at reflections@kincaidpta.org
or at 770-321-6268 with any questions. Thanks!
Hands on
Atlanta Day at Kincaid!
On
Saturday, October 3, the grounds at Kincaid Elementary seemed to
be magically transformed! But it wasn’t magic. It was about
70+ hard-working people, including Kincaid families, staff, and
IBM volunteers who dedicated their Saturday morning to making
Kincaid a better place. This collaboration between Kim Cook-Boyd
from IBM, Henry Landers, Kincaid Facilities Manager, and Dawn
Bornstein, Kincaid PTA Environmental Committee, made for a highly
successful day. Some of the projects completed include: removing
the old fence along Kincaid Road, planting camellias and
mulching; adapting the outdoor classroom by the gardens to
accommodate wheelchairs; clearing, mulching and planting
throughout the front areas and the main building; weeding and
planting the Kincaid garden areas, and trash pick up. We would
like to thank our IBM Partners in Education, the Kincaid
families, teachers and staff members who volunteered to help make
our school beautiful! Everyone attending, working, or visiting
Kincaid can enjoy the beauty of the school grounds and feel pride
for this wonderful community school!
International
Walk To School Day:
Thanks
for being Cool and Walking to School! The Kincaid PTA
Environmental Education Committee would like to thank all the
students, parents, teachers, and staff members that helped make
our participation in International Walk to School Day a big
success. Although the morning of Oct. 7th was quite soggy, our
walkers turned out in record numbers. 40+ participating students
and teachers passed through our Welcome Station! Way to go! Your
dedication to a healthy and environmentally friendly lifestyle is
to be commended. Thanks also to our bus riders and carpoolers for
“riding there for cleaner air”! We are so proud of
all of you! Kincaid’s commitment to environmental
awareness, advocacy and action is leading the way for others to
follow. Thanks again and be on the look out for more walking fun
to come in the spring!!
Reduce, Reuse
Recycle!
Do
you know how much trash you throw away each day? If you are like
an average American, it’s 4.6 pounds per person. To educate
Americans on the topic of recycling and to encourage them to act,
the National Recycling Coalition designated November 14, 2009 as
America Recycles Day.
Here
are a few ideas to teach your child that your family can make a
difference:
Take the pledge on the website:
http://www.nrc-recycle.org/takethepledge.aspx
Use both sides of all paper, including homework
assignments, and then recycle.
Contact your trash company
about their recycling services.
Check out the Georgia
Recycling Coalition recycling locations for batteries,
electronics, and just about any household item:
environment@kincaidpta.org
to help with recycling efforts at Kincaid. We are always looking
to benefit our students, school and community through expanding
our recycling program.
Get started recycling today and
make your family a part of the solution!
Facts from this
article were taken from the NRC America Recycles Day website:
http://www.nrc-recycle.org/americarecycles.aspx
Congratulations
to Mr. Pete Bush Kincaid's 2009-10 Teacher of the Year!
Kincaid
PTA would like to congratulate Mr. Pete Bush for being named
Kincaid Elementary School's Teacher of the Year!
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