Dear Kent Middle School Families,

Today marks the start of the third and final trimester of the 2022-2023 school year! Students explored new enrichment classes on their schedule, while we all considered personal and academic goals to accomplish over this final portion of the school year. Teachers are working to capture student progress achieved with essential learning targets during the second trimester, and look forward to sharing this information on your child’s second-trimester report card, available to families in Aeries on Friday, March 31.

Kent Readathon - This week we participate in the second annual Readathon week at Kent Middle School! Special activities for the week include daily reading time following study session, an author visit by world-renowned author Matt de la Peña on Wednesday, and lunchtime activities happening in the Kent Library each day of the week. This morning we celebrated the Peregrine House with a donut hole party at recess to honor their highest donation participation rate. Which Kent house will we honor next Monday?! Please visit the donation website or the main readathon page for more information on how to sponsor your child or another Kent student, in support of our KSPTA!

Open House at Kent - Please mark your calendars for the Kent Middle School Open House event next Thursday, March 30 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in our Kent classrooms. Open House at Kent is a tour of our school for our families, provided by your Kent student. The objective of Open House is for families to experience "a day in the life" of a Kent student, and student work and assignments on display in classrooms will reflect the typical learning experiences presented across our school daily. Your child will be your tour guide, charged with taking you on a self-paced tour of their school day and sharing essential learnings and typical activities from each of their classes. We ask that you set the expectation that your children stay with you for the duration of the Open House event, as we do not have adequate supervision for unstructured play outside, which can also present noise distractions in classrooms. We are excited to welcome students and parents on campus to experience the purposeful learning experiences that our students engage in daily!