Farewell


After dismissal tomorrow, please join Diann in the staff room tomorrow for cake, as we wish her well in her new career endeavor.

Core Values


One of our Core Values is “Make our schools the best choice for parents and students.” One way to make Keystone a great place is by hiring staff members above the talent threshold. We currently have the following staff positions open:
   ·     TIR (5 positions)
   ·     Registrar
   ·     School Ambassador

If you know someone who would be interested in the following positions, please have them apply at www.nhacareers.com.

Great job to Laura Finkbeiner who referred a friend! If her friend is hired, she will receive a monetary “thank you” from NHA.


Shout Outs



Sarah Z. and Jennifer D. for attending our school carnival. I apologize I didn’t include you last week. 

Michelle M. and Jaclynn for diving into our new math curricular tools. I know others have been doing the same, but I actually caught them doing it. :)

Monique, Michelle M., Nicole, and Andria for writing thank you cards to NHA’s Curriculum & Instruction team!

Megan, Mandy, Samantha, and Shelia for giving up 5 minutes of your prep time to ensure that Driveline runs smoothly.

Kaylie for providing Speech & Hearing information to our school community!

Jen Horner for all your work with retentions and attendance.

This Week


Wednesday, May 1:
   ·    PTO Meeting at 4 PM in the Parent Room

Thursday, May 2:
   ·    Purple Club for qualifying middle school students

Friday, May 3:
   ·    Pay Day Friday Breakfast-5th Grade

Important Dates


Please view the right side of the blog for important dates in

*If you have an event to add or something has been forgotten, please let me know!  

Office Closed



Our office is closed from 3:00-3:45 PM so Diann and Stephanie can assist with Driveline. Please do not send students to the office unless they are extremely ill or injured. Thank you for your understanding! 

Driveline



As anticipated, we will be making a few changes to our Driveline process next week. Please make sure to read the Driveline message that will be coming out on SchoolMessenger today at 4:00. 

Shout Out



All Keystone staff for your patience, support, and positivity during our first week of Driveline implementation.

Stephanie for making sure that we had great food this past week.   

Jamie, Cari, Robyn, Diane, Francine, Cindy, Steve, Tully, Tracy, Nicolle, and Sloane for sacrificing your personal time to spend it with our middle school students. Thanks to all of you, the middle school students had a blast. 

Stephanie, Teri, Christina, Robyn, Jamie, Andria, Karrie, Jena, Lisa H., and Jen H. for attending our school’s carnival last Saturday. It was great to walk around and see staff member’s faces.

Stacey and Christina for all your extra support during the first week of Driveline.

Robyn, Andria, Lisa, and Jaclynn for embracing a growth mindset regarding Balance Literacy instruction.

Liz for communicating to our staff important OT resources and information.

Nicole D. for getting engaged last weekend. Congratulations!  

Sarah D. for creating our master schedule for next school year.

Teri for organizing our school’s spelling bee.

Stacey for providing valuable input and feedback regarding the intervention schedule.

Lindsay for closing on your condo. Can’t wait to see all the before and after pictures.

This Week

Monday, April 22:
   ·    Nancy Kouba, DSQ, visiting from 1:00-4:30. We may be doing classroom observations.

Tuesday, April 23:
   ·    Casual Day for students who brought in 2-liters of pop for the carnival.

Friday, April 26:
   ·    Spirit Day-$1.00; 50 cent popcorn
   ·    SOM Assembly: 6-8 & Specials
Jorvonna Out of the Building: K-2 Math & ELA PD at Grand River

Congratulations


Mrs. Kaminski’s class is the first class to earn all their attendance letters! They will be celebrating with a pizza party.


Staff Dress Code



As the weather starts to get warmer, I wanted to remind everyone of our dress code. Our staff handbook states,

The staff dress code is business casual.  Jeans, t-shirts, tank tops, sweatshirts, tennis shoes, flip flops, and the like are not acceptable business casual attire.”

You may wear sandals, but they must have a strap on the back. Sleeveless shirts and/or dresses are acceptable, but majority of your shoulders must be covered; no thin straps. Thank you for being role models to our students.

Shout Outs



Diann and Stephanie for all the extra things that you do to make sure that I am prepared for the Board meetings.  
Laura F. for taking two additional 6th graders and ensuring that they had a successful day!
Kari for being so flexible your first week as our TIR. We are so happy that you are “officially” a part of our team.  
5th grade and 8th grade teachers for a great first week of testing.
Jamie and Robyn for preparing our students for Driveline.
Jamie for organizing PSAT so smoothly.
Sarah D. for making sure that we have everything we need for M-STEP. Thank you for updating all the Chromebooks and ALL the other things that you’ve done.
Sarah Z. for going above and beyond to ensure that your students’ needs were met during M-STEP and PSAT.

This Week

Monday, April 15:
   ·    Nancy Kouba, DSQ, visiting from 12:30-4:00. We may be doing classroom observations

Wednesday, April 17:
   ·    Middle School Fun Night 5-7 PM

Friday, April 19:
· No School-Good Friday