Kelso C-7 Elementary

We can’t shout it, praise it, or share it enough-what a great weekend for our Falcons! Over $3600 was raised for one of our student’s family in a time of need. The varsity boys didn’t come home with a win, but they played sooo hard at the tournament. They always have so much .... and.we just got word that our cheerleaders should be present for the Notre Dame Tournament trophy presentation on Monday!! That means they have placed in the top 5!!! Thank you again for all those that packed the stands, cheered our teams on, and had or served lunch to support one of our own. We have the best school family-hands down! Now here’s the line up for the week: Tuesday, 1/11: PTO meeting @ 630 pm Wednesday, 1/12: Board of Education meeting 6:00 pm Thursday, 1/13: Boys basketball game @ 6 pm, 8th grade night between JV and Varsity games with the cheerleaders performing at halftime of the varsity game. Monday, 1/17 - No School MLK Jr Day, Notre Dame Tournament Trophy presentation after 745 pm game. We are excited for another great week for our Falcons!

Wow! What a great weekend to be a Falcon! The crowd turnout yesterday at the game was record breaking! Thank you to all who came out to support our teams yesterday! The score didn’t turn out like we wanted but the crowd definitely took the trophy! Falcons will be playing today at 1:15 pm at the Drury Gym at Notre Dame High School. The Hennecke Spaghetti Benefit is also today at Eisleben Church in Scott City from 11-2 pm. If there are any who would like to work the ben...efit, they could use help starting at 10:15 am. It’s shaping up to be another great day for our Kelso C-7 family!

Help One of our Fellow Falcons! All are invited and welcome to attend the a spaghetti lunch benefit tomorrow for one our families than could use some community support. Details of the event are on the image attached. Thanks in advance for any and all support!

This weekend our Falcons will compete in the annual Notre Dame Regional Tournament. The first basketball game is Saturday, 1/8, at 4:30 @ the Notre Dame High School Gym in Cape Girardeau. Our Kelso C-7 cheerleaders are competing in the tournament, too! They’ll be judged during our 4:30 game Saturday for overall cheering, stunts, and crowd participation. In fact, crowd participation is a big part of their score. They will also perform a 2-minute routine at halftime for the first time, which will also be judged. They are up against seven other local squads for the tournament title of 1st or 2nd Place Best Cheer Squad. They would LOVE it and really appreciate it if you could yell and clap with them even harder than you have been and wear your Falcon blue/white/yellow! Good luck to all of Falcons teams!!

No School Friday 1/7/22 Kelso C-7 will not be in session Friday, 1/7/22. Our rural roads are still very hazardous, with little hope of warmer temperatures over night to thaw them. We will keep our families safe and warm tomorrow and see all of you on Monday!

NO SCHOOL THURSDAY, 1/6/22 In preparation for the winter weather moving in, there will be no school today, 1/6/22. With the current weather predictions, it is highly likely we will have unsafe travel conditions. As always the safety of our school family is our number one priority. There will be no virtual learning, hopefully just a bit more family fun. Enjoy the day and stay safe Kelso C-7 family.

PTO meeting POSTPONED We will not meet tonight at 6:30. Please join us instead next Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 6:30. Thank you! PTO meeting POSTPONED We will not meet tonight at 6:30. Please join us instead next Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 6:30. Thank you!

This semester we are taking time to "spotlight" our amazing group of faculty and staff! First up, is Ms. Angel Toler. To help share the spotlight on them, feel free to share a favorite memory, thought, or just a shout-out to them in the social media comments.... Thank you Ms. Toler for all you do to help our students learn and grow!

Good morning Kelso C-7 family! We hope all of our families have had a great break. Our crew is extremely excited to have all of our students back in the building tomorrow and are ready to knock out another successful semester! One big task we will be tackling is a new District CSIP plan that aligns our work to the new state governing standards. The learning standards are the same, but Missouri has new MSIP standards. These are standards that guide districts. ... We will need your help and input along the way. Each month we will be sending out brief surveys that will provide our leadership team data to guide the creation of goals and actions for our future. This month we are tacking safety goals. There are two brief surveys. One is for Counselor Creech and the other is aligned to the MSIP safety standard. We appreciate your help and time. We can't wait to see our families tomorrow! 2 Survey Links (Please fill out both): https://forms.gle/PNBkQqa2Za3mtaYw5 https://forms.gle/i3kwPcZ1UCMA1ZUW6

Shout out alert!! Before Christmas break the district had a surprise gift in the mail. Representative Jamie Burger gifted the district a Missouri state flag! Over the break Mr. Ted and Mr. Pete Poe have been working to adapt our flag pole to fit two flags. ... Today is the first day our district proudly flies both flags. Thank you Rep. Burger for your continued support for our Falcons and region! Thank you Mr. Ted and Mr. Poe for your ingenuity and efforts!

Wishing all of you a day full of love and laughter. Thank you for all you do to support our amazing school and community. Merry Christmas

Today the staff played Christmas Bingo, where several prizes were given such as: Free Half Day off from school Free Extra Long Lunch with a Co-Worker Free Lunch from MK Free 32oz Fountain Soda... Free Coffee N More drink of choice Not all winners had their pictures taken today, and MANY students told Mrs Lands that they thought they deserved the free sodas. Congrats to our winners! Christmas Break is a half day away!

We have had so much fun with the countdown to Christmas! We appreciate all of the fun, joy, and Christmas cheer our families have helped us create in our classrooms! A special shout out to all of our faculty and staff for the above and beyond work they have done to make this a special time for our school. Tomorrow is the last day of our celebrations. I have heard that there will be some special appearances tomorrow. We appreciate our amazing PTO for the North Pole con...nection. School will dismiss at 12 noon to kick off the holiday break. Buses will run as normal but there will be no afterschool care. We wish all of our families a very merry Christmas!

Thank you to all who brought items for Beta Club's food drive!! Again, the generosity of our community is astounding! The Beta Club members took a vote to switch gears and donate all items collected to our neighbors to the south that were devastated by the tornado. Sportman's Mercantile will be taking items directly to those impacted. It's not too late to donate if you haven't yet! Nothing is too little to help those that have lost everything. Check out details b...elow. Thank you to Sportman's Mercantile for heading directly to help the tornado victims and thank you again for all of YOU who donated. Your generous hearts are a great example for service for our students!

We have a special visitor today!!!

Polar Express Day did not disappoint! Here is a mix of our 4th & 2nd grades enjoying some time together while watching The Polar Express, as well as our 1st Graders making Grinch Grime!!!

After a morning of holiday celebrations, tomorrow we will kick off our Winter Break. Kelso C-7 will dismiss at 12 noon. Buses will run as normal, but there will be no afterschool care. We hope all of our families have a very happy holiday season!

There will be no afterschool care today due to short staffing. We apologize for the short notice and inconvenience.

Look how sweet our Pre-K students, Mrs Bentley, and Miss Cassie look in their Christmas Sweaters today! We sure love these sweethearts

Looking for something fun to do over break? Check out SEMO's Take a Kid to the Game! Go Redhawks!

Grinch Day at school was a success! It was so much fun seeing our students dressed as either The Grinch or Cindy Lou Who

Kelso C-7 Board of Education will be accepting candidate filings for board members starting Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at 8:00 am and will continue during regular hours which Monday through Friday from 8:00 am 3:30 pm. Filling will not occur on days that the district office is closed due to inclement weather. Filling will also not occur on the following days when the District’s office is closed: December 18, 2020 through January 4, 2020 and January 18, 2020. The last day of filing will be January 19, 2020 until 5:00 pm. There are two positions available for three-year terms. The positions up are Dustin Benson and Leonna Heuring. Either the Board Secretary or the Superintendent can accept filings.

Holiday Spirit Week is next week! We are ready to spread some cheer and wind down for the winter break.

Check that list and check it twice! Gift card order forms are due Friday, December 11th. (The cards will come home in your child’s backpack next Friday, December 18th, as the school dismisses early for Christmas break.) Thank you for shopping with the Kelso C-7 PTO!

The regular meeting of the Kelso C-7 Board of Education is tonight @ 6:00 pm in the school library. All are welcome to attend. Masks and social distancing will be required.

First home basketball game of the season is in the books! Not the outcome they wanted, but a hard fought, good game.

Weekly Happenings are here! https://131f5a50-70c8-02e4-5901-c454033c3b54.filesusr.com/