Kingston Community School District

This week, Kingston High School students participated in Substance Use Awareness week. During the week, they viewed videos on different substances and were provided education on the potential long and short term side effects. These videos came from www.drugfreeworld.org. Students had the opportunity to take daily quizzes and earn prizes. JH students were given the opportunity to sign up for an escape room where they worked together in teams in hopes of finding their "friend" before he went to meet up with other friends who were making poor choices regarding using substances. All teams succeeded. Every student in Kingston High School was offered a drawstring bag which included additional education on various substances. A HUGE thank you to Joy Dise from TORC who taught the students during the escape room, Dr. Mark Hamed, MD, MBA, MPH, FAAFP, FAEMS, Medical Director at McKenzie Health System for creating an educational video for students on the differences between substance use and substance abuse, and short and long term effects from using substances, and to the Tuscola Prevention and Recovery Coalition for the donation for the drawstring bags for the students. All were greatly appreciated!

D.C. trip update: we have enough students/parents interested to secure our first bus! An email will be sent to those interested about securing their seat. There's still plenty of time to sign up. The web page is updated with payment information. https://sites.google.com/kingstonk12.org/washingtondctrip2025/home

Happy birthday Josh Campbell, hope your day is amazing 🎂

Tomorrow, Friday 4/26 is our Annual Kingston Varsity Track Invitational. We have 10 teams coming and we will need as many as 10 people to help run the meet. Coach Kiley will have people to rake and some to measure. If you are able to help in any way please contact Carl Nicol @ cnicol@kingstonk12.org

Happy Administrative Professionals Day! A big thank you to all of you! We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to all of you for your hard work and dedication to our students and staff. Your efforts do not go unnoticed, and we appreciate you all in so many ways. Sincerely, Board of Education Kingston Community Schools

Kingston High School will line the hallways at 2:10pm to send our band off to states! We will have the junior high band play their instruments in the hallway. If you would like to join us in the east parking lot to wish them well, the bus will be leaving at 2:15pm. GOOD LUCK Musicians!! Thursday, April 25th

Washington DC trip for spring break 2025 is a go! Last night the school board approved the DC trip and now it's time to start planning! Mr Herman created a website with all the information: Stay tuned for further updates. https://sites.google.com/u/2/d/1Uebj10y1rg3tzAqCnqXmbrNXa54uJa9J/preview

Happy birthday Kyle Van Horn, hope your day is amazing 🎂

Congratulations to the Jr. High Girls 4x800m Relay Team (Talia Harrington, Jocelyn Tetil, Norah Kiley & Payton King) for breaking the School Record at our first meet of the season with a time of 11:18.57! This time has also qualified them to compete in the MegaStar meet on June 1st against the top teams in the state. Norah also qualified for MegaStar in the 1600m & 3200m. Way to go, girls!

Address for Baseball / Softball today at Bay City All Saints 360 River Rd Bay City, MI 48708 Just north of James Clements Airport. Behind the Knight's of Columbus Hall

Kingston Community School Board meeting links: Virtual Meeting Link: meet.google.com/anh-tyva-iwg Agenda: https://5il.co/2izja

Happy birthday Debra Erbacher, hope your day is amazing 🎂

Todays Middle School Track Meet at Dryden has been cancelled . Practice will be after school in the elementary gym.

Spring Fling! Get ready for a fun, fancy, backyard BBQ! KCS 6th-8th grade students will have a fabulous night at a fancy backyard BBQ! May 10th 6-8pm

Just a reminder that Popcorn Friday is returning to KES this week! Please see the attached graphic for the remaining popcorn dates this year.

DEADLINE IS THURSDAY BY 3PM Kingston Community Schools Board of Education is seeking any interested applicants to be appointed to fill one vacancy as a trustee on the Board of Education. The term expires in 2024 and must be filled by April 22, 2024. For more information or to apply please contact Superintendent Shona Vennevy by email svennevy@kingstonk12.org or by US Mail: Shona Vennevy, 5790 State St, Kingston MI, 48741. Application Deadline is April 18th, 2024, by 3:00 pm. Interviews will be held prior to the board meeting on April 22, 2024. Interested candidates must apply in writing.

Reminders: Individual & Team pictures are as follows: Varsity Track Today Monday 4/15/2024 at 3:00 - Softball Tuesday 4/16/2024 at 3:00 - Baseball Tuesday 4/16/2024 at 4:00 - Be sure to have your forms filled out with payment inside. Jr High Individual and Team pictures will be scheduled as soon as possible.

FYI: Friday April 19, 2024 the Varsity Track Meet at Lapeer there will be a $5 admission charge for each spectator.

Happy birthday Amanda Kosinski, hope your day is amazing 🎂

Today was our KES Read-a-thon Fundraiser and it was a great success! Students enjoyed themselves and the time they were given to read together with their classmates to raise funds for all the fun activities we plan here at KES. Thank you to all our families that graciously donated to the fundraiser as well! It’s not too late to donate! We are accepting students’ forms/funds until Monday, April 15th!