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PTA Supported Artist Residencies All Grades: ROOTS Dancing culminating in an allschool Barn Dance, Native American Art Residency Kindergarten: African Drumming, Adventures in Cardboard 1st Grade: African Drumming, Fairytale Theater 2 nd Grade: Taiko Drumming 3 rd Grade: Native American Residency, Tap Dancing 4 th Grade: MN Center for Book Arts Residency 5 th Grade: Richardson Nature Center, Photography Residency, MN Center for Book Arts Residency Climate Boosters Student Council School Spirit Days Reading Buddies Spotlights I Love to Read Month Strong Site Council Strong PTA Board Kenwood School Garden All School Directory Yearbook Grade Level ShareIns Extra Special Days at Kenwood BackToSchool Ice Cream Social and Open House Kindergarten/New Family Parent Coffee Kenwood Crawl Curriculum Night Circle of Peace Celebration Kenwood School ReadAThon Family Activity Night & Scholastic Book Fair & Barn Dance School Science Fair Grade Level ShareIns Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Family Involvement Day Annual Musical/School Play Annual Silent & Live Auction (adults only event) Band/Choir concerts Track & Field Days Weekly Woodchuck Walk Bike/Walk to School Days Good Citizenship Projects Kenwood PRIDE Program (Peace, Respect, Integrity, Dependability and Engagement) Holiday Food Baskets 5 th Grade Safety Patrols and Kindergarten Helpers Development of Cedar Lake Park Classroom Transportation (provided for families to attend events) Student Race School District Native American 1% 4% African American 18% 36% Asian American 6% 6% Hispanic American 7% 20% White American 68% 34% Students School District Receive ELL Services 4% 24% Qualify for Free or Reduced lunch 25% 63% Receive Special Education Services 8% 14% What We Look Like Grades K5

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PTA  Supported  Artist  Residencies  

• All  Grades:  ROOTS  Dancing  culminating  in  an  all-­‐school  Barn  Dance,  Native  American  Art  Residency  

• Kindergarten:    African  Drumming,  Adventures  in  Cardboard  

• 1st  Grade:    African  Drumming,  Fairytale  Theater  

• 2nd  Grade:    Taiko  Drumming  • 3rd  Grade:    Native  American  

Residency,  Tap  Dancing  • 4th  Grade:    MN  Center  for  

Book  Arts  Residency  • 5th  Grade:    Richardson  Nature  

Center,  Photography  Residency,  MN  Center  for  Book  Arts  Residency  

Climate  Boosters  

• Student  Council  • School  Spirit  Days  • Reading  Buddies  • Spotlights  • I  Love  to  Read  Month  • Strong  Site  Council  • Strong  PTA  Board  • Kenwood  School  Garden  • All  School  Directory  • Yearbook  • Grade  Level  Share-­‐Ins  

Extra  Special  Days  at  Kenwood  

• Back-­‐To-­‐School  Ice  Cream  Social  and  Open  House  

• Kindergarten/New  Family  Parent  Coffee  

• Kenwood  Crawl  • Curriculum  Night  • Circle  of  Peace  Celebration  • Kenwood  School  Read-­‐A-­‐Thon  • Family  Activity  Night  &  

Scholastic  Book  Fair  &  Barn  Dance  

• School  Science  Fair  • Grade  Level  Share-­‐Ins  • Martin  Luther  King  Jr.  

Celebration  • Family  Involvement  Day  • Annual  Musical/School  Play  • Annual  Silent  &  Live  Auction  

(adults  only  event)  • Band/Choir  concerts  • Track  &  Field  Days  • Weekly  Woodchuck  Walk  • Bike/Walk  to  School  Days  

Good  Citizenship  Projects  

• Kenwood  PRIDE  Program  (Peace,  Respect,  Integrity,  Dependability  and  Engagement)  

• Holiday  Food  Baskets  • 5th  Grade  Safety  Patrols  and  

Kindergarten  Helpers  • Development  of  Cedar  Lake  Park  

Classroom  • Transportation  (provided  for  

families  to  attend  events)  

Student  Race                    School            District  

Native  American                            1%                        4%                    African  American                    18%                    36%  Asian  American                              6%                          6%  Hispanic  American                  7%                    20%  White  American                        68%                    34%  

Students          School            District  

Receive  ELL  Services          4%                      24%  Qualify  for  Free  or                                                    Reduced  lunch                              25%                    63%  Receive  Special                                                        Education  Services                  8%                      14%  

What  We  Look  Like  Grades  K-­‐5  

 

   

Strong  Academics  All  Minneapolis  public  schools  use  the  same  curriculum,  so  what  makes  Kenwood  different?    Our  

culture  of  arts,  academics,  diversity,  and  parent  involvement  combine  to  set  us  apart  from  other  schools.  We  enrich  the  district  curriculum  with  opportunities  for  students  to  perform  and  attend  

cultural  performances.    Creativity,  poise,  self-­‐confidence  and  teamwork  are  a  few  of  the  qualities  that  are  strengthened  through  participation  in  arts  integrated  activities.    In  our  grade  level  share-­‐in  performances,  students  take  concepts  they  have  learned  in  the  classroom  and  turn  it  into  a  performance  to  teach  others.  

We  have  a  strong  emphasis  on  academics  and  our  proficiency  scores  consistently  rank  above  district  and  national  levels.    All  classrooms  are  required  to  do  120  minutes  of  literacy  and  90  minutes  of  math  every  day.  

We  embrace  our  diversity.    Our  students  learn  in  a  classroom  that  reflects  the  diversity  of  the  city  they  live  in.    Our  students  come  from  22  countries  and  11  different  languages  are  spoken.  

Our  teachers  and  students  benefit  from  the  hours  given  by  over  300  volunteers  a  year.    That  valuable  parental  and  neighborhood  support  adds  to  the  strong  sense  of  community  our  school  enjoys.  

We  educate  both  the  head  and  the  heart.    We  provide  students  with  opportunities  to  learn  through  an  astonishing  range  of  artists  in  our  community.    This  is  reflected  in  our  slogan  “Smarts  plus  Arts”.  

• In-­‐house  piano  lab  K-­‐5th,  Ukuleles  in  4th,  Guitars  in  5th  

• After  school:  Spanish,  French,  and  Chess  classes  

• 3rd  Grade:  Wax  Museum  

• 4th  Grade:  MN  State  Projects,  Annual  bike  ride  

• 5th  Grade:  Eagle  Bluff  Environmental  Learning  Center  4  day  trip,  Ski  trip  

• Differentiated  Learning  for  advanced  students,  Special  Ed,  and  After  school  ALC  classes  

• Parents  as  Partners:  small  group  math  volunteer  program  

• CONNECT:  partnership  with  the  St  Paul  Chamber  Orchestra  

• Choir  for  3rd,  4th,  &  5th  grades  

• Art  Adventures:    program  through  Minneapolis  Institute  of  Art  

• Midwest  Food  Connection:  Residency  through  the  Wedge      Co-­‐op  

Kenwood  Elementary  School                    2013  Penn  Avenue  South      Minneapolis,  MN  55405                                      

612-­‐668-­‐2760    kenwood.mpls.k12.mn.us  

School  Day:  7:30am  –  2:00pm  Lori  Smith,  Family  Liaison                                          Pathway  School                612-­‐668-­‐2778                                                                        Anthony  Middle  School    [email protected]  

Building  on  its  solid  and  impressive  120-­‐year  history,  Kenwood  School  combines  an  inspired  and  dedicated  staff  of  teachers,  excellent  leadership  and  extraordinarily  involved  parent  body  to  provide  a  safe,  nurturing  and  stimulating  environment  where  Kenwood’s  eager,  enthusiastic  children  learn  and  grow.    Talk  to  any  of  our  Kenwood  families  and  they  can  tell  you,  kids  love  Kenwood  because  

our  arts  focus  is  engaging  and  enriching  for  all  students.  

Kenwood  School  adds  more  to  the  standard  curriculum.    We  

offer  a  truly  impressive  spectrum  of  “extras”  that  stretch  students’  minds  and  make  learning  fun.  

The  Kenwood  Extras