Kindergarten News Our Kindergarten focus in reading is reading the site words – “I”, “like”, “the”, “and”. We are also working on concepts of print. In writing we are working on writing our name and story writing using …

In 4th grade this year at King Elementary, your child will be in a departmentalized grade level.  This means that your child will be taught literacy and social studies from Mrs. Studer, and math and science from Ms. …

King Elementary welcomed Fax Gilbert on Wednesday, September 24th.  Mr. Gilbert is a professional mime, magician, educator and entertainer.  He spoke to the students about character and bullying.  Students learned about the difference between joking, teasing and bullying. …

The Legacy Store is now open at King Elementary!  Items to start the Legacy Store were purchased with the $250 winnings from the Wells Fargo African-American Legacy Contest this spring.  Items can be purchased with cash or checks …

Third Graders at King Elementary welcomed about 30 volunteers through Unite Way’s Day of Action.  The volunteers worked with third grade students on some reading, writing and financial literacy activities.   Please visit our Flickr page for more …

Mrs. Spreitzer’s second grade class has been reading the story Because of Winn-Dixie.  The students wrote on a dog bone their favorite part of the story. The second grade students have also been learning about communities and maps. …

First graders at King Elementary spent part of their day learning about animals that are native to Iowa.  Polk County Conservation brought in pictures, stuffed animals and animal pelts to share their knowledge of Iowa native animals.