Coach Sloth Visits King

King Elementary got a special visit from Coach Sloth, author of several children’s books, including ‘Sammy Sloth, Sports Superstar’ and ‘Hank the Bully’.  Coach Sloth has played football for Iowa State University, Iowa Barnstormers and two other teams. …

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Support King’s Library at Barnes & Noble

Still have holiday shopping to do? Shop at Barnes and Noble (4550 University Ave., WDM) on Dec. 16, mention King Elementary and a portion of the proceeds will go to support the school library. Plus, they’re offering free gift wrapping! Also, visit BN.COM/bookfairs to support us online from 12/16/15 to 12/21/15 by entering Bookfair ID #11775033 at checkout.

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Café con Rosa

King Elementary hosted it’s first ever Café con Rosa on Friday, December 4th.  All of our Spanish speaking families were invited to attend a discussion about services provided by the school and tools for student success.  The meeting was …

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Half-Pints Poetry is Back at King

Twenty King Elementary students are taking part of Half-Pints Poetry workshop twice a week.  The program works on learning the spoken word poetry process.  Half-Pints Poetry at King is lead by five high school mentors from Movement 515. …

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Principal Le Blanc Appears on KCWI

Principal Le Blanc appeared on KCWI Great Day this week to talk about the Shoes That Fit program. The program provides children with shoes and winter coats each year at no cost to their family. To watch the video, click on the image.

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Kindergarten Makes Stone Soup

Kindergarten students have been reading different versions of Stone Soup. They illustrated poems about Stone Soup. We have also written about Stone Soup. We have incorporated it into our math as well. Last week, Kindergarten made their own …

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King Crusaders Clean Sweep Neighborhood

A stretch of Forest Avenue looks a little better today thanks to the good work of its young neighbors. The King Crusaders, a newly formed group of student leaders at King Elementary School, will be taking on special projects throughout the year. Modeled after the Wolfpack program at Harding Middle School, King is the first elementary school to launch such a peer accountability leadership group. Click the photo to read and see more of our efforts.

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Kindergarten Visits Center Grove

Kindergarten had an amazing field trip to Center Grove Orchard. We learned how pumpkins, corn and apples grow. We were able to see farm animals, play in a corn pool, slide down a giant slide and ride on …

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