Kaffie Middle School Newsletter
January 2018 Dr. Jamie Copeland, Principal The Mighty Dolphin Yearbook Now through January 5, 2018, you can order your yearbook for only $30.00! The Mighty Dolphin yearbook is a hardcover book filled with photographs of your children, friends, special events, classes and candid shots during the 2017 – 2018 schoolyear. Yearbook sales are available through online sales. No processing fees required. Be sure to visit www.yearbookordercenter.com and enter 6604 to process your online order.
District Science Fair Kaffie will be represented by Sahal Ahmed, 8th grade, and two 7th grade projects, the team of Brant Schmidt and Samuel Ashley and the team of Alexa Meza and Rebecca Hawk at the District science fair. On January 24th, the students will meet with the judges to showcase their science fair projects. The public is invited to view the projects from 6:307pm on January 24th at Lozano Instructional Service Center on 1761 Hudson Street. Award ceremony will take place at 7p.m.
Congratulations, Kaffie Dolphins!
Upcoming Dates Jan. 5 Jan. 15 Jan. 19 Jan. 19 Jan. 19 Jan. 24 Jan. 26 Jan. 26 Feb. 3 Feb. 9
Progress reports sent home MLK Day – No School End of the grading period Spelling Bee ½ day of school released at 1:15p.m. Club/Organization Pictures Report cards will be sent home Family Movie Night from 6 – 8 p.m. TAME competition at KMS 100th day of school
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Congratulations to Kaffie’s 2017-2018 Teacher of the Year Mrs. Sylvia Perez Mrs. Perez has been teaching for 35 years! Good luck as she advance to the District Teacher of the Year. With her experience and level of expertise, she will be a strong contender.
Attention Parents & Guardians January 19th is a half-day of school. Students will be released at 1:15 p.m. Also, on January 19th is Pastries with the Principal from 8:30 a.m. – 8:55 a.m. in the Guidance Center. Have you set up grade alerts? If not, here is how. Instructions: 1. Login to the HAC - https://hac.ccisd.us/HomeAccess 2. Click on the “Classes” tab 3. Check Email/ Push Mobile Alerts and add the requested info (Course Average and Percentage)
Corpus Christi Educational Foundation Grant Mr. Avelar, Mrs. Hopkins, Ms. Lee-Rhodes, and Mrs. Price wrote a grant proposal and submitted it to Corpus Christi Educational Foundation. Only 26 grants were award this year. Kaffie’s grant “BreakOUT” was fully funded!
Kaffie’s 2018 Spelling Bee On January 19 at 9:00 am in the guidance center will be the Spelling Bee. For more information, see Mrs. Aceves.
Spanish Club A special THANK YOU to everyone that helped donated socks. Items donated were delivered to The Ark.
Student Lunch When bringing your student lunch, you must deliver it to the cafeteria. Dropping food off at the front desk or in the office is not allowed. You must show an ID and sign in at the front desk, get a badge and then proceed to take the food to your child in the cafeteria. Your child cannot meet you at the front desk.
Beta Club is sponsoring a
Valentine’s Dance February 14, 2018 4:25- 6:15 p.m. Students must be in dress code to attend.
Food Drive Classroom Winners Through first period, students donated money for the Share Your Christmas Food Drive. Congratulations to Mrs. Aboud’s class for winning first place. Second place went to Mr. Avelar’s class followed by Mrs. Hopkins’ in third place.
Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think. – Albert Einstein
Kaffie Closet Our Kaffie closet is in need of gently used jackets, sweatshirts, or coats and jeans. If you are cleaning your closets out, consider donating the items to our Kaffie closet. Items are shared with needy students. For every item donated, the student will receive one dolphin dollar.
