Cushing Elementary
January
Fri, 31 - Cushing Family Movie Night
February
Mon, 3 - Kids Heart Challenge Begins
Thurs, 6 - FIELD TRIP: 2nd Grade - First Stage
Fri, 7 - Cushing Family Winter Event
Wed, 12 - FIELD TRIP: 3rd Grade - Discovery World
Thurs, 13 - Parent/Teacher Conferences, 3:30-7:30
Fri, 14 - NO SCHOOL
Fri, 14 - Parent/Teacher Conferences, 8-12
Hi Cushing Families!
At Cushing, we’ve been working to connect familiar habits of mind—like managing impulsivity, persistence, and thinking flexibly—with executive functioning skills or life skills. As part of our continued focus on building these life skills, we’d like to share an update on our progress and next steps in our school-wide effort. Since the start of the year, our focus has been on planning and organization—helping students prioritize tasks, establish routines, and set themselves up for success.
Now, we’re shifting our focus to task initiation, which we’ll connect to our Habit of Mind, persistence. With our continued work around task initiation, planning, and organization, grade level teams have worked to build checklists with the goal of helping students organize and manage their day. Check in with your students sometime this week to learn more about their grade level checklist. You could even consider asking them some of these questions:
How might using a checklist help you stay more organized?
How might a checklist help you prioritize tasks more effectively?
How might a checklist help you balance your time between different activities?
The checklists are designed as a practical tool to help students develop routines, stay organized, and become more independent in managing their at home responsibilities. By using checklists, we hope to empower our students to take ownership of their learning and develop crucial life skills that will benefit them both in and out of the classroom.
On behalf of our staff, thank you for your support!
Mrs. Rach
Star Slip Winners!
Winter Assessment Results and Report Cards
Please watch this short video (3 minutes) to learn more about mid-year assessments and report cards. Families will be receiving information about their child’s winter reading and math screening results soon. Report cards will be available in Infinite Campus on Monday, February 3rd and parent-teacher conferences will be held on February 13th and 14th.
Menu Change - 1/31
Hot Lunch Choice #1 on Friday, January 31 will be Chicken Tenders. NOT Popcorn Chicken as listed on the printed menu.
Parent/Teacher Conferences SignUp Genius Links - February 13 & 14
Click on the teacher's name for their SignUp Genius link for Parent/Teacher Conferences on Thursday, February 13 and Friday, February 14.
1st Grade
Mrs. Brooks
Mrs. Mokros
2nd Grade
Mrs. Matson
Mrs. Tennies
3rd Grade
Mrs. Ferch
Mrs. Ramsey
5th Grade
Mrs. Bestor
Mrs. Loppnow
Kids Heart Challenge
Let the games begin, Heart Heroes! Kids Heart Challenge is here and it’s better than ever! Sign up TODAY to get started on Finn’s Mission - refresh your Hands-Only CPR skills and learn the warning signs of a stroke. Every student who completes Finn’s Mission will earn their very own Heart Hero Cape!
Help Save Lives with These Simple Steps:
Download the FREE AHA Schools App for Apple or Android and click on “Register Now” then scroll down to join your school's team.
OR click HERE. and choose “Sign Up” to get started.
During Kids Heart Challenge Week (Feb 3-7th) Cushing Stars will be completing numerous jump rope challenges. K-2nd Grade students will complete a jump rope obstacle course and 3rd-5th Grade Students will be jumping to earn various Ninja Belts. On day 2 of the event all classes will be competing in the team jump rope event called the WATERFALL and will have a chance to break the school record. GO STARS!!
Yearbooks
Click HERE to order your yearbook. The deadline to order is April 1. All yearbooks will be handed out at school at the end of the year.
If you can’t remember if you ordered a yearbook at the beginning of the school year, reach out to Mrs. Mirek.
Don’t forget to save your Albrecht’s Sentry receipts and drop them in the front vestibule! We can take receipts that are up to 6 months old, so if you have any from over the holidays, it’s not too late!
Go For The Gold - Winter Wonderland
Friday, February 7th | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Join us for a fun family night of Carnival and Sport style games in the Gym and Activity Center, Give-aways, delicious food from local vendors, and the always popular classroom basket raffle. Parents/Guardians must accompany students.
All students will receive 5 raffle tickets for the Classroom Basket, given out the week of February 3rd.
New this year Raffle Tickets will be sold the night of the event for $1/ticket!
We need parent volunteers, if you are interested and able to help out during the event please contact, AnnMarie Kreitzer (414) 721-6756 or amibis@hotmail.com
We are always looking for volunteers to make all of our fun events successful. Email volunteercushing@gmail.com to get on our volunteer list!
Meetings take place in the Cushing Activity Center. Please email ptocushing@gmail.com to be added to the meeting invite or agenda.
Friday, Feb. 7 @ 9:30am
Friday, March 7 @ 9:30am
Friday April, 4 @ 9:30am
Please be sure to visit the website often for updates and new programs. For program information and registration forms, visit www.kmsd.edu/communityed.
We also rent space and are happy to facilitate your events, courses, or activities.
Spanish Programs Offered at KM
Start 2025 by learning Spanish as a family! This February, With Futura Language Professionals, we offer a wide variety of in person or live virtual Spanish lessons for youth, middle schoolers, and adults in our community. From beginner to advanced levels we have multiple options. You will receive dynamic interactive lessons. All classes are listed online at https://kmsd.revtrak.net/rwcommunityeducation/
KM Lacrosse Registration 2025 Season
Lacrosse Spring season is around the corner, please register your player today. this includes all boys, girls youth and HS. The season runs from March through June with games on the weekend and practice twice a week. To register please use the link below. Also, visit KMLacrosse.com for more information.
Spring Registration: Spring Registration
Events/opportunities listed on our Community Flyers page are not endorsed by the Kettle Moraine School District. They have been approved for electronic sharing. Visit https://www.kmsd.edu/page/km-community to see the full list of current flyers.