Greetings Kent Community,

Please mark your calendars for the Kent Middle School Open House event next Thursday, March 24 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in our Kent classrooms. We are excited to welcome students and parents on campus to get a glimpse into the purposeful learning experiences that our students engage in daily.

Open House at Kent is a tour of our school for our families, provided by your Kent student. All classrooms will be open for students and families to visit together. The objective of Open House is for families to experience "a day in the life" of a Kent student, and student work and assignments on display in classrooms will reflect the typical learning experiences presented across our school daily. Your child will be your tour guide, charged with taking you on a self-paced tour of their school day, and sharing essential learnings and typical activities from each of their classes.

We ask that you set the expectation that your children stay with you for the duration of the Open House event, as we do not have adequate supervision for unstructured play outside, which can also present noise distractions in classrooms. We anticipate over 1,000 participants on March 24, which characterizes our Open House as a "Mega Event," per Marin County Public Health guidance. As we do not have the capacity to monitor vaccination status nor negative Covid-19 testing prior to the event, it will be required that all attendees wear masks while indoors. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have about our Kent Open House on March 24!

This week our Kent falcons will be taking the second and final round of MAP Growth assessments for this school year. MAP Growth is a computer adaptive assessment in Reading and Mathematics, designed to provide teachers with information about what each student is ready to learn. We look forward to analyzing the growth your child has made so far this year, and to utilizing the results for instructional planning for the third trimester.

All my best,