to the fall edition of TEAM and Family Magazine! We are grateful for the continued partnership of our returning families and warmly welcome new families as we head into fall.
Over 2,200 students and their families are enrolled in our schools in Camden this year and we’re committed to supporting each of those students on their path to a choice-filled life.
Reflecting this growth, we’ve recently opened a new elementary school, KIPP Sumner Elementary (KSE), under the leadership of Ken Calemmo, an education leader who has been with KIPP in Camden since our founding in 2014. KSE is a community school grounded in honoring the traditions of Camden and the pursuit of a world class education for all children.
We have also completed renovations on our Whittier campus that will allow KIPP High School to have access to a new state-of-the-art campus. See the photos on page 6!
This edition highlights our community’s efforts to encourage a commitment to lifelong learning and cultivating students’ natural curiosity. From families making big career moves and staff earning graduate degrees, to the vivid imaginations of young writers and big ambitions of our alumni, our community is modeling what it means to keep learning throughout life.
Our special education team supports all learners on their educational journeys. Hear from a parent, special education teacher, and our Director of Special Education on best practices to support special students.
Meet members of the Camden community who embody lifelong learning on page 12.
We’ve featured the work of two student authors who were recognized by our annual Writing Contest! Head to page 16 for more.
In addition to this magazine, I will be sending monthly newsletters and hosting several virtual family town halls. Keep your eyes out for those and for those dates.
As we go through this school year together, I look forward to working in partnership with families to ensure every child receives an excellent education that prepares them to achieve their goals.
Sincerely, Drew Martin Executive Director, KIPP New Jersey
The KIPP Justice Academy community moved into our new home at 275 Sussex Ave and we are launching another school year focused on academic engagement.
KIPP Truth Academy welcomed students to its permanent home at 275 Sussex Ave. Thank you to staff and volunteers for all your hard work in preparing our building and making it a home.
KIPP Newark Community Prep has launched an engaging new year with our scholars. We are “fully grown” now, adding 8th grade to our school for the first time this August.
KIPP Upper Roseville is up and running in its fourth year! We are adding fourth grade this year, making our school “fully grown-ish.” We will offer four enrichment classes and a few fall events including “Kamping at KURA,” Hispanic Heritage Month parade and Father Figure Day.
KIPP Newark Collegiate Academy students have spent all quarter manifesting their magic in the classroom, on the athletic courts and fields and in their performances. We’re excited to continue to build and grow with each and every Panther.
KIPP RISE ACADEMYKIPP Rise Academy is off to a great start with new school leader, Kyle Newsome. We love seeing students flood our hallways with our brand new floors and students are exploring a variety of extended learning opportunities during the fall semester.
KIPP SEEKACADEMY
KIPP Seek Academy is celebrating our 10th year and we’re proud to be building a legacy of learning in the South Ward. This year, we are going to be focusing on our scholars’ reading growth in our phenomenal learning spaces. Our playground was installed this summer and kids are loving it!
KIPP Life Academy started our series of monthly family events with an in-person Back to School Night and Harvest Festival during October.
KIPP TEAM Academy hosted their fourth annual “Kings Recognize Kings” event in conjunction with “Fathers Walk Your Kids to School Day.” We enjopyed welcoming fathers, uncles, coaches, and all male mentors who impact our children’s lives.
KIPP Purpose Academy loved kicking off our second year with our 5th and 6th grade scholars! We’ve made many aesthetic improvements to our building to make our school feel more like a home this year.
KIPP Newark Lab marked its first year as a fully grown school with grades 9-12. As our 12th graders embark on their final year, we look forward to our first Senior Signing day, prom, and graduation. Go Sharks!
KIPP SPARK Academy is working hard to create a joyful learning environment for our students, families, and staff this year! Our goal is for each student to grow four reading levels by the end of the year.
KIPP THRIVE Academy staff kicked off Latinx Heritage Month and hosted our annual “Dads Bring Your Child to School” event. We love to connect with our community.
KIPP BOLD Academy welcomed back staff and students and our community came together for our Family Fun Fall Fest! #GoodTimes
KIPP High School students complete a scavenger hunt through their new building on day one of the 2022-23 school year
School leader Charles Ware was excited to welcome KIPP High School students this August to their new 126,119 square-foot campus home at the historic John G. Whittier School in Camden. With a new building and new leader, our high school mission remains the same: helping students become the innovators, leaders, and influencers of tomorrow, by teaching them to design, build and experiment today.
Whittier School opened in 1910 as a “separate but equal school to educate Camden’s growing Black population.” Over 100 years later, the school closed during the 201415 school year due to deteriorating conditions. The building reopened as KIPP Whittier in the summer of 2017 after a $22 million renovation.
Then in 2021 construction began on a new addition to make space for the growing KIPP High School. The new building annex has dozens of classrooms, a new cafeteria, a fully-equipped kitchen, cutting-edge science labs, and more. The school also has a life skills apartment, which is a simulated learning environment where students with more severe learning needs learn independent living skills they may not usually receive.
“I think often what you find in schools is that the space is not reflective of what we are asking of our students. We’re asking them to be held to a really high bar and then the building doesn’t reflect that,” said Ware. “This building is absolutely stunning, brand new in every way,” he said.
Additional upgrades to the existing Whittier building included a complete rehabilitation, with an overhaul of plumbing, electrical systems, HVAC, and security, as well as the addition of restrooms, a new gymnasium with lockers, and an art room.
KHS first opened in 2020 with 9th grade and will eventually grow to educate students in grades 9-12 from KIPP Hatch and Lanning Square middle schools, along with new-to-KIPP students from other Camden schools. KHS offers a large roster of Advanced placement and honors classes as well as varsity athletics and a variety of clubs for different student interests. Mr. Ware is the new school leader
starting the 2022-23 academic year.
Though this is his first year at KIPP Cooper Norcross High School, the father of two and die-hard Houston Texans fan is no newbie.
Ware joined KIPP from TECH Freire Charter High School in Philadelphia, less than 10 miles from Camden. During his time as Principal at TECH, he headlined multiple initiatives leading academic growth, student and family engagement, and the implementation of a robust response to intervention program (RTI). TECH eventually received a five-year charter renewal with “no stipulations,” one of only three schools in the city cohort with that honor.
Prior to TECH, Ware grew and developed his skills leading other KIPP Charter Schools. He was Assistant Principal of Special Education at KIPP Academy of Arts & Letters in Austin, Texas, and Assistant Principal of Instruction at KIPP DuBois Collegiate Academy in Philadelphia, PA.
“KIPP is a place that values relationships more than any other place that I have ever seen,” said Ware.
“We are a place that, through it all, values our students and maybe more importantly we value what happens to them and the type of person they’re going to be when they leave us after 12 years.”
Ware believes the role of school extends beyond creating productive citizens, it expands further to ensure we develop the minds of children to become self-aware and globally concerned humans. He is excited to bring his passion for implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion practices, his solid instructional foundation, and his passion for working in urban schools to the students, staff, and families of KIPP High School.
“We are going to mold the changemakers of our future,” says Ware. “Our students will leave us and be the ones who go out and make this country everything it can be and everything it was promised to be at its inception.”
Charles Ware SCHOOL LEADER, KIPP HIGH SCHOOL
“This building is absolutely stunning, brand new in every way.”KIPP High School leader, Charles Ware
Dean Sean Ogunnoiki can still remember the conversation he had with his students after the January 6th, 2021 invasion of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
“They came in with a lot of questions,” he said. “They asked me why it was ok for people to be violent in our Capitol, when the same behavior by their neighbors in Newark would likely cause immediate arrests. We talked about them one by one,” said Ogunnoiki.
Against a backdrop of rapid social change and an uptick in violence nationwide, students in 2022 are receiving information (and misinformation) from more sources than ever, whether it’s TikTok or Twitter. With more sources of news, it’s harder for adults and students alike to discern fact from fiction and have informed conversations that ease anxiety and promote greater understanding of the issues that shape our world.
Here are some of the best tips we pulled from experts inside and outside of our community on how to connect with children about tough conversations and discern myths from reality.
KIPP Newark Community Prep parent Kenyetta Gorham believes that unpacking difficult political or news topics requires making space for conversations with her child. “I give my daughter the floor to feel out where she feels. Instead of sharing my opinion and being biased, I get her insights. I allow her to elaborate, I’ll even tell her to Google the topic, then we come together for a conversation,” said Gorham.
Against a backdrop of school shootings or bullying incidents in the news, students may have a heightened sense of fear in classrooms.
KIPP Upper Roseville Academy parent Ethosha Parker noticed her son was concerned about bullying and also brought up the school’s recent safety drills at home. “In kindergarten, he learned so much, but he would worry a little about bullying. I gave him a talk about who in the school would be the right person to speak
to if he had a problem, and it helped him to feel like he had those resources,” said Parker.
“For a lot of kids, social media and TikTok are where they receive their news first,” said Amiel Holliday, a History teacher at KIPP Lanning Square Middle in Camden, New Jersey. Holliday encourages students to think carefully about where they’re getting their news and always examine an issue from more than one perspective. “I believe in meeting kids where they’re at on social media, which means that I’ll take class time after a major event to help them unpack what they’re seeing,” said Holliday. “We’ll look at several TikToks on the same topic from a different perspective, and do the same with online articles,” he said. Holliday encourages families to do the same at home.
We’re sharing top tips from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that helps families and educators support children in navigating digital media.
Keep the news away. Turn off the TV and radio news at the top of the hour and half hour. Preschool kids don’t need to see or hear about something that will only scare them silly, especially because they can easily confuse facts with fantasies or fears.
Tell them that your family is safe, loved, and valued. At this age, kids are most worried about safety and separation from you. It’s important to help them feel safe and cope with their feelings, even during troubling times. Try not to downplay their concerns and fears.
Consider your child individually. Many kids can handle a discussion of threatening events, but if your kids tend toward the sensitive side, be sure to keep them away from the TV news. Repetitive images and stories can make dangers appear greater, more prevalent, and closer to home.
Questions & Conversation. At this age, many kids will see the morality of events in stark black-and-white terms and are in the process of developing their moral beliefs. This is a good time to ask them what they know, since they’ll probably have gotten their information from friends, and you may have to correct facts.
Discuss and limit coverage. You might explain that even news programs compete for viewers, which sometimes affects content decisions. If you let your kids use the internet, go online with them.
Check in. Since, in many instances, teens will have absorbed the news independently of you, talking with them can offer great insights into their developing politics and their senses of justice and morality. And it will give you the opportunity to throw your own insights into the mix (just don’t dismiss theirs, since that will shut down the conversation immediately).
Let teens express themselves. Try to address their concerns without dismissing or minimizing them. If you disagree with media portrayals, explain why so your teens can separate the mediums they get news from and the messages conveyed.
“I give my daughter the floor to feel out where she feels. Instead of sharing my opinion and being biased, I get her insights.”
Kenyetta Gorham PARENT KIPP NEWARK COMMUNITY PREPKenyetta Gorham and daughter A'maya
Across the United States, 7.2 million students receive support from an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) to address learning difficulties.
At KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy, our special education teammates are committed to supporting every student that enters their classrooms and partnering with families on that journey. By combining their expertise, knowledge, and dedication, our families and staff enable students to reach a high bar— and never feel embarrassed about receiving the support they need to get there.
We spoke to a KIPP parent, a special education teacher, and a Director of Special Education about their experiences navigating IEPs and the advice they’d share about breaking the stigma and supporting students with learning disabilities to become lifelong learners.
Erika Noboa PARENT, KIPP LANNING SQUARE PRIMARY & KIPP HIGH SCHOOL
Three of my children have received support from an Individualized Education Plan during their time in KIPP schools. I feel grateful to their teachers for involving me in my children’s education and taking the time to understand their needs.
I believe that every child is different and may have unique learning needs, even students who don’t have an IEP. My older son benefits from things like math problems broken down step by step. Speech therapy has also helped him make progress and as a result, he’s doing great in school today.
My biggest advice to other families who may be starting the IEP process is to communicate with teachers! Teachers like Ms. Godbolt are excellent at communicating with me. We meet every year with their teachers and we work together to set goals for their progress and talk about our expectations. I then have the chance to share how they’re doing at home and teachers discuss their progress in the classroom and what to expect about the following year.
My goal as a parent is to act as a partner with teachers and support my children’s learning at home. It’s hard when families have to juggle work schedules and their child’s education, but I think it’s important to set aside time every day to read books with them or connect about their day. It gives you time to understand them as learners and see if there are things you could be doing to better support them.
Martina Godbolt SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, KIPP HIGH SCHOOLI think it’s common for families and students to feel like there’s a stigma attached to having an IEP. However, there is not! I believe IEPs create opportunities for teachers, students, and families to work together and improve academic results.
Students with IEPs can achieve success. If a student has a disability, it does not mean they have an inability to learn, they just access knowledge differently.
In my classroom, I’ve created an environment with an array of hands-on and cooperative learning opportunities. For instance, last school year during Black History Month, each of my students had the chance to research a famous African American and present on
that person’s life, at our “Blacks in Wax” Museum. Other active learning opportunities included a visit to a local restaurant (where students received a budget and planned their meal accordingly!), a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, career explorations, and various S.T.E.M experiments.
Partnerships with families are important, and it enhances academic growth. Therefore, I prioritize family communication and encourage families to visit my classroom. Most often, a child’s caregiver is their first teacher and knows them best. Together, we can help them meet their goals!
In my role, I feel passionate about ensuring that our special education program allows every child to access the same education as their peers in general education. I want parents who are starting the IEP process to understand that we always begin with the least restrictive option when we look at possible accomodations and that there’s no shame associated with having an IEP—it’s all about helping every student receive an excellent education.
If a parent is concerned their child could have a learning disability, we start with the intervention process. This could look like providing an intervention where we work with the child in a smaller group or ensure they receive more targeted, individual instruction.That intervention can sometimes be successful, but if the child needs additional support, we move forward with the process of an IEP evaluation.
When a child receives an IEP, their caregivers immediately become a part of our support team and offer a critical voice in the process. There’s only so many things we can learn from teachers, we need the perspective on progress at home from our families. Our families are supported by our assistant principals of special education, special education teachers, and school psychologists.
I encourage families to come visit our schools and classrooms. The goal in our classrooms isn’t just that students grow academically, it’s that they feel excitement and joy when they come to school every day and become lifelong learners.
If you believe your child could benefit from special education service, please reach out to your school’s Assistant Principal of Special Education.
“The goal in our classrooms isn’t just that students grow academically, it’s that they feel excitement and joy when they come to school every day and become lifelong learners.”
Jaime Downey DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION KIPP COOPER NORCROSS ACADEMY
Our teachers and staff work to draw out our students’ innate curiosity every day in our classrooms, whether they’re examining a nonfiction book or creating a volcano for a science fair.
The goal? To ensure the curiosity our students bring to the classroom is cultivated, not just in their time with KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy, but for life.
Luckily for our students, they have some great role models in our KIPP community. Whether they’ve completed graduate degrees or received a promotion, our teachers, families and alumni are making big moves to improve their careers and model lifelong learning for their students and children.
A little over a year ago, I opened up my own massage studio. It’s a shift to be your own boss, but it’s rewarding, too. Everything from marketing to customer service falls on me, and I’m still learning! I started pursuing massage therapy in 2007 when I saw a list of certification programs offered by the Chubb Institute. Today, my days are long, but I find a lot of satisfaction in supporting new clients and maintaining relationships with longtime clients.
I think being a lifelong learner has helped me as a parent and a massage therapist. The more you learn, the more you grow, and when you stop, you get stagnant. I want to model that for my children. My boys have always wanted to play football. Today, my daughter wants to be a veterinarian, but once she wanted to be a mermaid! I tell them they can be whoever they want to be, I just want them to put their all into what they choose.
This past spring, I graduated from Rosemont College with a master’s degree in educational leadership with a K-12 Principal certificate. Eventually, my goal is to become a school principal, but before that I’d like to become a math academic coach. Earning my master’s degree was an important step towards these goals. It helped me understand what my non-negotiables would look like if I led a school and also develop strategies to support student classroom engagement. I learned how to articulate a vision of leadership and how to earn buyin from school staff.
My degree supported a lot of the development that I’ve experienced so far at KIPP New Jersey. My math teaching coach is Marc Tan, the AP of STEM at KIPP Hatch Middle. He’s done a phenomenal job of modeling student engagement and data-driven decision-making. I try to figure out what it takes to engage all the learners in my classrooms, through providing examples that resonate, like studying ratios by having them calculate whether it makes sense for them to buy their favorite brand of chips in bulk or by the bag. I want my students to see how math applies to their everyday lives and to always keep learning!
When I was at KIPP Lanning Square Middle, teachers like Mr. Pawling made learning interesting and fun for me; plus I gained a lot of friends I still keep in touch with today. When I first started high school, I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do in the future, but during my junior year I knew I would need to start planning and decide if I wanted to continue my education.
I connected with my KIPP Forward counselor, Mr. Reyes, my senior year. He supported me as I made choices about my future and was really helpful during the decisionmaking process. There was a lot to learn and I’ll be the first in my generation to attend college. Ultimately, I decided to attend Rutgers University-Camden to study art. I’m really passionate about animation production and they have a great program that will allow me to improve my skills as an artist.
I like to sketch my own characters in my free time. My favorite animated show is “Cowboy Bepop,” because I think the art is so good and I admire how they develop the characters. I always think of the hard work the artists put in behind the scenes to make it that way and that inspires me to keep drawing and learning new things.
It has always been my goal to become a nurse. I was a certified nursing assistant (CNA) for thirteen years and always heard about how difficult it was to go to nursing school, especially when you have younger children. I have two daughters who are eight and fourteen years old and one five-year old son, so I really had to think carefully about how I would build a support network that would help me focus when I chose to take that leap. For a while, that dream was on the back burner due to my kids being a priority and having to work o r my kids and give them a better life.
Then two years ago, my dad had a stroke and ended up moving in with us. I learned a lot as we helped nurse him back to health. Once he was a little better, he decided to stay with our family. It was such a blessing, because he and my children became close and he was able to regain his strength and do things like take them to the park, school, play dates and cook dinner. He encouraged me to go back to school and I did. It was so hard. I had to miss things like school events for my kids, vacations and other family outings. But this past May, I graduated with my nursing degree as a Licensed Practical Nurse! Unfortunately, my dad passed away shortly after I graduated. I’m so glad he was able to see me graduate and pursue that dream.
I teach my children to work hard for everything. I’m big on staying involved in their education and I want to show them that there’s more to life than what they see on the streets of Camden. They come with me to ‘Take Your Child to Work Day,’ and have chores and responsibilities to make money so they will understand that they have to work hard for what they want in life and I instill strong morals and values in them. My older daughter attends KIPP High School and works at Corinne’s Place, a longstanding soul food spot in Camden. The two youngest play sports and are a very big help around the house. It doesn’t stop there: My plans are to go back and obtain my Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (RN) to help me create generational wealth for my family. I’m truly blessed.
Every spring, KIPP New Jersey offers students the chance to share their best writing through our student Writing Contest.
We are always impressed by the power of our students’ voices, and we love to see students like Brielle and Neveah express their creativity with the world.
Everything has a future, and everyone thinks about the future. But, in the Land of Lucropia, a place where all the future-involved theories and concepts—flying cars, jetpacks, hovering buildings, laser guns, and more come to life—there’s no need for theorizing about the future. Inside Lucropia, behind all the bustling-futuristic activity, dwells a hovering house that shelters a small family.
The Mother, Esterna, stands in the kitchen washing the dishes. Inside of her fingertips, lay a billion microscopic-nanobots. They all come out to flip, pour soap, scrub, and wash dishes. Once they’re done, they all come flying right back into Esterna’s fingertips. As they begin to reside within her hands, their metallic exteriors blend in with Esterna’s skin color.
Her daughter, Malinda, came running into the kitchen, yelling with an obnoxious temper.
“Mom, Mom! Come quick, come quick!” She exclaimed, jumping up and down.
Esterna looked down at her daughter and wondered, what could possibly be the problem this time? She swiftly put all the dishes away, and waited patiently for Mallinda to speak.
“What is it now, Malinda?” Esterna questioned, “Tell me!”
Mallinda briskly grabbed her mother’s arm, and ran all the way to the front door with her. “There’s no time! It’ll be over soon!” she cried out.
Mallinda reached out for her “special” mechanical boots, slipped her feet into them, and turned them on. The outsoles of her boots began to spark, emitting a glowing blue light that surrounded the entirety of the bottom-half of her boots.
“C’mon, Mom! I’ll show you!” Malinda said, with delight.
She opened the front door and showed Esterna the outside. There were other hovering houses, and they all lined up with each other. There were also hovering-holographic streets that lit up, as well as hovering cars flying down the street. Everything was in the air.
“What’re you showing me the outside for? I know this already!” Esterna cried out, sighing. “I knew this was another one of your little pranks.”
“No, not that, that!” Malinda exclaimed, pointing to the sky.
At last, Esterna finally realized what her daughter has been trying to show her all along. There were shooting stars! Shooting stars coated the horizon! Hundreds upon thousands of shooting stars
came flying by, all of them sparkling and glistening, enriching the entire town with casts of light. “Make a wish, Mommy!” Malinda suggested, smiling with glee.
“Aww, honey!” said Esterna, as she wrapped Mallinda around her arms. “I don’t have to wish for anything.”
“Why not?” asked Mallinda.
“Because you’re the best wish that I have ever made!” said Esterna.
Esterna hugged Malinda tightly, kissing her on the forehead. Mallinda hugged her mother back, and ran outside to get a better look at the shooting stars. Her boots shimmered even brighter, and her boots allowed her to hover in the air. She looked up at the sky and slowly closed her eyes, thinking about the wish that she was about to make.
“I wish, I wish…” Malinda mumbled with a whisper.
To read the rest of “A Glistening Wish,” head here: https://knj.news/StudentWritingContest.
I hope you’re doing well. Whether you’re in middle school, high school, college or even not in school anymore, I hope you look back on this year. Sure, you had other classes and school years, but to me this is the most important one—it’s just before middle school!
Some things most likely changed. Like who you’re friends with and who you might “like, like” if you know what I mean. Hopefully you have good friends. I hope you spend time with family and, if you’re out of college maybe you have a family of your own! That would be cool. I hope Joshua is a good little brother, I love him. Do not tell our other siblings, but he has to be my favorite sibling. Please tell me we got a good job like an engineer or a teacher or a musician or one of the other jobs we wanted. It’s okay if we didn’t, but it would be cool if we did.
Is Coronavirus over? I hope it is, we don’t have to wear masks and we don’t have to stay six feet apart but covid is still a thing. In 2020, Coronavirus was really bad. We couldn’t go to school, many people got really sick and we had to quarantine. Hopefully, you look back on moments like that. The times that are hard, the times where it feels like something changed. When it felt like the world was ending. Those are moments that you should look back on.
Anyways, is the president a good one? In 2022, we have Joe Biden as our president. Maybe in the future America will have a president who’s a woman! Maybe I’m the president! I really hope they’re a good president. On another note, keep on writing. Especially poems. I know it can be hard to write when people are telling you how to write and what you can or cannot write, but be creative and don’t listen to them (unless you’re in school and you have a prompt).
Anyways, in the present day, fourth grade is almost over! I have some good friends like Alyssa, Taryn and Aisha. I have other friends, but they are my closest friends. I have amazing teachers Ms. Holguin and Dr. Woods. They are great teachers.
Well, I don’t know how your life is going, but I hope you’re happy and have a great life, My life. Hopefully you try your best in everything you do and you work hard. And please be kind. No matter who does something or what happens, think from somebody else’s perspective. Put yourself in someone else’s shoes. You don’t know what someone else is going through.
Jul 4 Closed - Holiday
Aug 15 First Day - Entry Grades: KLSP (K), KIPP
Hatch (3, 4, 5), KLSM (5) KIPP Sumner (K, 1, 2)
Aug 17 First Day - All Grades
Aug 29 No School - Staff PD Day
Sep 5 No School - Labor Day
Sep 26 No School - Staff PD Day
Oct 10 No School - Indigenous Peoples' Day
Oct 28 No School - Staff PD Day
Nov 11 No School - Veteran's Day
Nov 16-17 Early Dismissal - Q1 RCCs
Nov 23-25 No School - Thanksgiving Break
Dec 5 No School - Staff PD Day
Dec 22 Half Day Dismissal
Dec 23-31 No School - Winter Break
Jan 2 No School - Winter Break
Jan 6 No School - Staff PD Day
Jan 16 No School - MLK Day
Feb 1-2 Early Dismissal - Q2 RCC's
Feb 3 No School - Staff PD Day
Feb 17 Half Day Dismissal
Feb 20-24 No School - Mid-Winter Break
Mar 20 No School - Staff PD Day
Apr 7 Half Day Dismissal
Apr 10-14 No School - Spring Break
Apr 25-26 Half Day Dismissals - Q3 RCCs
Apr 28 No School - Staff PD Day
May 26 No School - Staff PD Day
May 29 No School - Memorial Day
Jun 12-16 Half Day Dismissals
Jun 14-15 Q4 RCCs
Jun 16 Last Day of School
Jun 19 Closed - Juneteenth Holiday
