Principal's Post

Hello KMMS families,

We’ve had a fun homecoming week in KM that will hopefully be capped with a great parade and football game this evening. Thank you to all of our families for encouraging student participation and appropriate attire for the spirit week dress up days.

We want to provide you with a heads up for two things coming your way next week:

You will begin to receive a monthly email about your student’s attendance. The message will be a review of any excused or unexcused absences your student had over the previous month. Your student’s attendance is crucial to their progress and learning and we want to make sure there are no discrepancies.
Your student will be bringing home an envelope by the end of the week that has their state test (FORWARD) results. There is also a copy of the results in their student file at school in case you would like to request a second copy.

As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Go Lasers,

Matt Kitzerow
KMMS Principal

Laura Lloyd
KMMS Associate Principal

Homecoming Spirit Week Fun

KMMS Course Fees

Middle school course fees have been added to Infinite Campus. Please log into your child's account to view and pay these fees.

New this Year - Attendance Emails

KMMS will be sending automated attendance report emails for each student on the first Monday of each month. The report will show days absent and am tardy marks. All families will receive these emails regardless of whether or not absences have occurred.

Safety First!

Pick Up Safety & Courtesy

Please use the pick up line at KMMS to retrieve your student(s) after school unless you have made special arrangements with our office. Neighbors on Ottawa Avenue and Wolf Drive are very concerned for your child(ren)'s safety in non-school sanctioned pick up areas.

Thank you!

Locker Decorations

We often have requests from students and parents about decorating lockers for birthdays. We are happy to accommodate these requests with the following guidelines:

Decorations should not interfere with the functioning of the locker or nearby lockers
No food, gum or candy items as decorations
No balloons (We have students/staff with severe latex allergies.)
Please help the birthday person clean up the decorations after a week or two.

Blessings in a Backpack

Kettle Moraine Middle School is a proud partner of a non-profit organization called Blessings in a Backpack.Through this partnership, your child is eligible to be a recipient of the Blessings in a Backpack program. This program is currently in all of the Kettle Moraine Elementary schools.

The program is designed to provide non-perishable food every Friday to children that
would benefit from supplemental nourishment over the weekend. The program runs the
full school year and there is no cost to participate. If you choose to participate, your child
will receive a bag of non-perishable food every Friday which will be distributed in a discreet and caring manner. This will begin Friday October 6th.

If you want your child(ren) to participate, please complete this form.

Empire Photography - School Photos

All KM Middle families should have received an email from Empire Photography with a link to their student's photo gallery. If you do not see an email from Empire in your inbox, first check your spam folder and if you still don't see it then fill out this form: www.empirephotos.com/proofrequest. Or you can contact them at customerservice@empirephotos.com or 608-257-2941.

Healing Hearts of Southeast Wisconsin

Healing Hearts is a trusted, local, free, source of grief support for children, and families who grieve loss due to death, divorce, addiction, incarceration, deportation, or military deployment. Fall sessions of Healing Hearts will be starting soon! There are three locations and times this fall. Pick one or more that work for you!

Oconomowoc | Good Shepherd United Methodist Church | 6-week session | starts Thursday, September 21

Waukesha | First United Methodist Church | 12-week session | starts Monday, September 25

Menomonee Falls | Good Shepherd Catholic Church | 6-week session | starts Thursday, November 9

Children will find care, support, and healing through age-based peer support groups while parents/guardians participate in a peer support group specifically for them.

Please use this link, or QR code to register for a group, or call, 262-751-0874 for more info. Share this with someone you know who may benefit from it!

Upcoming Parent Event: Digital Safety

KMMS PTO is sponsoring a Scholastic Book Fair

Dear Families:

The PTO is excited to have our ONE and ONLY Scholastic Book Fair this year. Every purchase at the fair benefits our school. Last year's book fair profits were over $1,000 and the PTO purchased many needed books for our classrooms. We would love to have volunteers help run our book fair during the week. Please sign-up HERE to help. Any questions please email Carrie Foss at cmilesaway@gmail.com

Here’s what you need to know about the our big event:

KM Middle School Lobby : October 30 - November 3

Hours:

10/30: 7:30 am - 1:30 pm

10/31: 7:30 am - 1:30 pm

11/1: 7:30 am - 1:30 pm

11/2: 7:30 am - 6:30 pm (open late for families attending conferences)

11/3: 7:00 am - 11:00 am (open in the morning for families attending conferences)

Hope to see you all there!

PTO Team

From the KMMS PTO

We hope your student(s) are off to a great start to the year. The KMMS PTO is working on a number of initiatives that you will hear about in the coming weeks. First, we want to share this recap of last year’s efforts with you.

We fully understand that these few years at the middle school go by very quickly and there is no shortage of places to be or efforts to rally around. It has been humbling to consistently see our community so generously support our Teacher Appreciation efforts over the past year and during our recent drive. Our next area of focus is partnering with staff, students and of course, parents, to identify, fund and execute additional projects that serve our vision of exceptional students that are academically and socially prepared for the next step in life. As always, thank you for your participation and partnership.

KMMS PTO

Laser Locker @ KMHS

Find the most up to date hours for the Laser Locker here.

Community Education

Adult Virtual Spanish

KM Community Education is proud to partner with Futura Language Professionals to bring you a multiple of options for virtual Spanish language classes. From beginner to advanced there are opportunities for you to build conversational Spanish skills through interactive and practice and exercise. For course details and registration please visit https://kmsd.revtrak.net/rwcommunityeducation/

LYBA Basketball

Registration is open for the 23-24 Youth Recreational basketball season. All students in grades 1-8 are welcome. Season begins in December and concludes in February. Grades 3-8 will practice one night per week with Saturday morning games and will be followed by a season ending tournament.

Grades 1-2 will meet on Saturday mornings for 90 minutes with practice and game play. Our emphasis will be on knowledge and execution of basketball skills, rules, sportsmanship, fair play and attitude. Eight foot baskets will be used. Sign up today at https://kmsd.revtrak.net/rwcommunityeducation/

COMMUNITY EDUCATION

KM Community Education provides recreational and educational opportunities for families. 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.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE!