Today the Kettle Falls School District participated in a joint evacuation drill of the high school involving Kettle Falls School District Transportation, Kettle Falls Police Department, Kettle Falls Public Works, Stevens County Sheriff's Office, and Stevens County 911. This drill simulated an off site evacuation for our high school students if we were experiencing an emergency. We want to thank the City of Kettle Falls and the Sheriff’s Office for the resources they provided. We look forward to working together with our community to ensure the safety of our students and staff here at KFSD.
Kettle Falls High School Softball in action! 🥎 KFHS Softball is currently 4th in the NE 2B League.
KFHS students and other local schools were invited to attend the P.E.O luncheon this week. The P.E.O. Scholar Awards are one-time, competitive, merit-based awards intended to recognize and encourage academic excellence and achievement by women in doctoral-level programs. P.E.O. Scholars have demonstrated their ability to make significant contributions in their chosen field of study, having assumed leadership positions in university academics, scientific research, medicine, law, performing arts, international economics, history, literature, government and other demanding fields.
The 7th grade art students at KFMS recently completed a unit on drawing and shading wolves. They used simple grids, colored pencils, and a visual reference. They first learned about shading and drawing by practicing light to dark shading on value scales and creating textured lines on a round surface. Students worked on a step by step process that took several days and paid special attention to the shape and details of the eyes, mouth, nostrils, and fur pattern over the gray areas. These wolves were on display in our hallways for conferences.
The Kettle Falls Elementary and Middle school students and staff participated in an all school challenge to be more understanding and including for Autism Awareness month in April. An assembly was given to each school to present information on autism and to begin the challenge. Each puzzle piece on the trees represents a student or staff who signed their name, saying they pledge to see past the label.
Great weekend in Wenatchee. Nearly 200 FFA members completed at the state trap shoot. Our team placed 11th out of 38 teams. Bailey Heater was the 4th place girl and Hunter Ferguson placed 4th in the chipper game.
2nd Grade wrote pollinator stories after learning how plants need pollinators, how they move pollen, and how the parts of a plant work. Each student picked a pollinator choosing from moths, butterflies, beetles, flys, and wasps. Students had studied bees earlier to practice researching the other pollinators. They wrote, edited, and self published including a scientific drawing as the cover of their book. Then, Mrs. Rubin’s Current World Affairs class came to the elementary school so that both the 2nd graders and the seniors could share books with each other. The seniors wrote books about different careers. The opportunity energized and built confidence in all the students to share the hard work they had put into the writing process.
Our community, staff, and students are rockstars. FCCLA partners with Vitalant and hosted an amazing blood drive. Our awesome donors gave 17 units of blood, thats enough to saving 51 lives. Great job Kettle Falls.
The Kettle Falls High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) will be hosting a community blood drive on April 17, 2023. The Vitalant mobile blood bus will be on site from 10:15 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. to accept blood donations. If you would like to sign-up to donate blood, please go to Vitalant website at https://www.vitalant.org/. Thank you for helping save lives!
4th Graders wrote poetry during their 1st expedition, then after Christmas, they began working on performances combining poetry reading, music composition, and speaking and listening standards. In small groups students composed music played by other students in their group. Families were invited to come watch the performances, and then afterwards everyone joined up to participate in a whole group drum circle. Students also shared other learning about the Oregon Trail. Overall, it was exciting to introduce a new KFES tradition to the school especially one to share with families.
This year because of the wonderful suggestion made by one of our 8th grade students and the kindness of Mrs. Purvis for hosting in her room, we started a card club at the middle school. They met once a week after school playing card games, learning new card games, teaching each other new games, laughing, and making new friends. Over the course of the year we had a special guest come in to share some magic tricks with us. We would like to thank Magician John Hill for giving his time to share some amazing card tricks with us. I am still trying to figure out how he made that card vanish. Thank you to Mrs. Purvis, Jada, and John Hill for a great first year of card club!
On Monday March 27th our 8th grade student were able to take a trip to 49 Degrees North ski hill! This is an annual trip that all 8th graders get to take. Some students were experts on the ski hills, while others this was the first time they have ever been on skis. The 8th grade class would like to thank the teachers who came up to the ski hill, the substitute teachers that helped cover classes while the teachers were gone, our bus driver for getting us there, and the ASB for the generous donation to help make this trip possible. The 8th graders had a great time and came back to school the next day sore from all the fun they had skiing.
The Kettle Falls Early Learning Center stays open during spring break to provide a fun environment where students get to be creative and spend enjoy time outdoors.
Students at KFMS attended their first annual pi night on 3.14. Mrs. Purvis provided different activities for students and families to earn tokens for participating in “pi challenges.” Pi, in mathematics, is the ratio of the circumference to its diameter. In its decimal form, the value of pi is approximately 3.14; but the full decimal representation for Pi never ends. Kara was awarded an blueberry pie for being able to recite the first 103 digits of pi from memory. Other students took home pies from a raffle drawing. The night ended with families enjoying pizza. Make sure to join us next year for our next pi celebration!
Mr. Kroiss and his students have started learning and playing the popular game of Pickleball! It is an indoor or outdoor racket/paddle sport where 2-4 players hit a plastic ball over a net using paddles. Pickleball has been the fastest growing sport in America for the past three years. There are currently 10,320 pickle ball courts in the United States.
Kettle Falls High School's woodshop classes offer students the opportunity to develop valuable woodworking skills by making projects that are both fun and functional. The high school offers three levels of classes to improve students skills that will help in various trades. Students who complete these classes have a great understanding of woodworking skills, safety skills and techniques. Our kids make some pretty amazing projects that they get to take home.
Third grade had an awesome adventure to WildWalls in Spokane. The students did a great job representing Kettle Falls. They were polite, had perseverance, and some say they even faced their fears!
Friday, March 17th was St. Patrick’s Day. The middle school was lucky enough to have some special leprechauns visit each and every class today sharing some special treats with the teachers in our building. We are very lucky to have these special people in our building! Thank you for sharing your magically delicious snacks with us!
Mrs. Debbie Crumpler drives bus four to Williams Lake each day and has been driving Kettle Falls students for the past thirteen years. Each day, Mrs. Debbie and other awesome drivers transport students safely to and from their homes, sporting events, field trips, etc. Mrs. Debbie is one of eight drivers at the Kettle Falls School District and we are lucky to have all of our dedicated bus drivers and transportation staff; they are a crucial part of our school!
Students at KFSD have been practicing safety drills all year long. This week the schools practiced a full evacuation which would happen if there was an emergency and we were unable to go back into the building before going home. The KFMS students evacuated to the high school gym. In the event of a real emergency, parents would be rerouted to the high school for reunification with their children. We currently have two students who were unable to walk to the high school, so this gave us some practice on how we would transport students who needed additional assistance. Each drill gives us the opportunity to review what went well and what we need to work on. Our School Safety Officer, Matt Stephens, serves as our district liaison and is able to align the building’s safety plans.
