Beginning on Monday, December 2nd, walkers will be dismissed at 2:30pm.

In celebration of public schools and those who come together to help our students learn and grow, Happy American Education Week!










What a great night at our KES Fall Festival & Literacy Night. We had lots of fun literacy games, a cake walk, BINGO, pizza, popcorn, and food trucks. Our students had a fun night with their families!










Happy School Psychologist Week, Ms. Willis!

Happy School Psychologist Week! Thank you, Ms. Willis, for all that you do.

Today, 2nd Graders in Mrs. Ryals' (and intern, Mrs. McClellan) put on their chef hats and became Author’s PIE experts! 🍰 After learning about author’s purpose, they whipped up some fun as PIE chefs—deciding why authors write. Proud of these readers and writers! 📚✨










United to Read Day! Thank you to the wonderful United Way Volunteers who visited classrooms at KES to read the book, "The Sour Grape" to our students. We appreciate you!










Kensington Elementary 4th graders put on a great Veterans Day program under the director of Dr. Marshall. They sang several Patriotic Songs and students shared facts about Veterans Day. Students sang the "Armed Forces Medley" as Veterans in attendance were asked to stand for the song for their Branch of the Military. Thank you to all of our Veterans!










Please plan to wear Red, White, and Blue tomorrow as we honor our Veterans during our Veterans Day Program. You are welcome to attend, and if you know a Veteran, please invite them.


The K-Kids raised $339.92 with the "Nickels for NC" service project and will be sending the money to Samaritan's Purse for Hurricane Relief in NC. Thank you to everyone who donated and helped collect donations!

Reminder: Make-Up School Picture Day is Thursday , November 7th.

After at least 25 years, there is new playground equipment on the Kindergarten/Pre-K playground. They were thrilled to be able to play on the new playground today.










📚 Staff Book Character Contest! 📚
Get ready to see some amazing book characters come to life! Our teams have put together their best costumes, inspired by their favorite literary characters, and now it's up to YOU to decide the winner!
Here's how it works:
1️⃣ Check out the photos to see each team's character transformation.
2️⃣ Like the photo of your favorite team on the original post.
3️⃣ The team with the MOST LIKES will be crowned the Book Character Contest Champions!
Voting closes tomorrow (November 1st) at 2:00 PM, so be sure to vote before it's over. Let the best book characters win! 🏆📖✨
#BookCharacterContest #TeamSpirit #LiteraryFun #VoteNow







Be sure to make plans to attend our Veterans Day Program on Wednesday, November 6th.

Be sure to mark your calendar to attend our KES Fall Festival! November 14th from 5:00-6:30pm...fun literacy activities, cake walk, BINGO, Carnival Games, Face Painting, Fairy Hair, and Food Trucks (Smoked & Shredded and Sunset Slush)

Reminder...Red Ribbon Week begins tomorrow!

Today our KES Faculty and Staff honored those who have fought and those who are fighting Breast Cancer for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We showed our support by wearing pink today. 🎀 🐨
#TeamGCSD
#KESKoalas








Happy World Occupational Therapist Day! Thank you, Mrs. Weatherhead, for all that you do for our KES students.

Our K-Kids are working on their first Service Project of the school year, "Nickels for North Carolina". They are raising money for those affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Donations are being accepted through November 1st.

Congratulations to Quinn Giesler! Quinn won 4th place out of over 300 participants for the “I voted” sticker design contest for grades K-12. Go KES Koala!🐨🐨🐨

