Kentfield School District

Dear Bacich Families,

Tomorrow is the big day! The first day of school is upon us! We are beyond excited to welcome back our Bacich Bears to campus for a full day. Please read on to learn more about the transition back to school.

Carline

• In the morning, there will be parents at the carline at both gates to open the door of your car and greet your child as they enter school. Please stay in your car!
• Dismissal/Carline - Please follow these important tips to help make carline go as smoothly as possible. We will have four grade levels leaving at the same time, so we need your help!
  • Write your child’s name and grade clearly on the placard (we will give these out on BTSN) and place it where it can be visibly seen inside your windshield on the passenger side.
  • Talk to your child about what your car looks like so they can recognize it!
  • The carline is never very fast, please be patient and kind to other drivers.
  • Avoid carline altogether! Bike or walk to pick up your child.
• Dismissal/Walking - If you are walking/biking to pick up your child at the end of the day, please wait at the designated parent waiting areas for your child. There will be too many people in front of school to have additional parents there. Thank you!

First Day of School

• First - fourth: You may now walk your child up to the gate to drop them off. Students can walk freely into school without the health screening or temperature check at the gate. This will make it less congested at the gates. However, please do not linger at the gate so all students can get into school safely.
• Kinder families, you may walk your new student to their classroom the first few days of school as needed.

Safety Reminders

• Mask reminder: Public health has recommended that we require masks indoors and outdoors at school. We will be following this recommendation. Please send your child with a clean mask each day to school. We do have extra masks at school if they forget or rip a mask.
• For those of you recently returning from vacation: The new decision tree for travel out of state indicates that unvaccinated people should participate in a "modified quarantine.' This allows you to send your child to school but you should monitor your child for symptoms and test after being at home for 5 days. Extracurricular activities should be postponed during this modified quarantine.

Back to School Night

• We are so happy to have our BTSN in person this year! We have staggered the schedule to make it possible for parents to attend both presentations if they have two children at Bacich. Also, it minimizes the number of parents on campus for an extended period of time. Where practical, we do encourage you to consider sending only one parent to this event. Please reference the Back to School Night Schedule below.

Take care,

Greetings Kent Community,

On Tuesday, August 24th we welcome all students back to Kent for the start of this school year! Please see the notes below for important information about this first week of school.

First Day of School

Student schedules are now live in Aeries, accessed through the Aeries Parent Portal. Students may access the Kent campus through any gate to our school, and should report to their first period class on Tuesday morning by 8:30 am. If you plan to drop your child off at school by car, please pull all the way forward in the Kent driveway, turn left and continue all the way to the Gym and drop students off at our student drop off zone, in front of the Gym. School staff will be present on campus to help guide each student to their correct first period class.

Back to School Night

We welcome our school community to our Kent Back to School Night this Thursday, August 26th from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. During Back to School Night please expect to meet school staff working with your child, and to learn an overview of the academic, social, and creative program your child will experience at Kent this year. Please reference the Back to School Night schedule below.

Daily Schedules for this Week

Kent Middle School runs a special schedule the first week of school to accommodate Back to School Night. Additionally, we will be running a schedule each day that goes from 1st through 7th period. For the second week of school we will start our normal weekly bell schedule, linked below. Please see the notes below regarding start and end times of each school day this week.

Tuesday, August 24th - 8:30 am to 3:28 pm - First Day of School - Schedule for 8/24

Wednesday, August 25th - 8:30 am to 3:28 pml - Schedule for 8/25

Thursday, August 26th - 8:30 am to 3:28 pm - Back to School Night - Schedule for 8/26

Friday, August 27th - 8:30 am to 1:13 pm - Picture Day, Early Dismissal Dayl - Schedule for 8/27

Monday, August 30th and Beyond - Weekly Kent Bell Schedule

Student and Parent Handbook

Linked here is the Adeleine E. Kent Middle School Student and Parent Handbook for your reference.

We look forward to a school year full of promise, learning, growth, and joy for each and every Kent Falcon. Thank you for your support as we work to launch an exciting, safe, and welcoming first week of school this week!

All my best,