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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