Start of the 2017-18 school year
A message from the principal...
Dear Parents,
It is an honor and privilege to be serving as the principal of Koraes Elementary School for the second year. Koraes is so very blessed to have an outstanding caring and collaborative teaching staff along with Fr. Tom who works closely with our school and provides the children with religious teachings and warm heart and smile to start each day. There is lots of excitement among the staff to begin our new school year. Our teachers participated in professional development in mathematics, Google classroom, PowerSchool training, worked on creating curriculum maps for reading and writing, science and social studies at the middle school level, and spent two days at a training with other Christian Orthodox schools from all over the country and several schools from abroad. With all the new curriculum changes, I think you will feel and experience the same sense of newness and excitement as you walk through the halls of our school. Our primary classrooms are equipped with new furniture that will increase collaboration with our students. I hope that you will feel welcome as you become involved with your child’s experiences at Koraes Elementary School.
Throughout the school year, your child’s teacher and I will be making a concerted effort to stay in touch with you. We will keep you informed of your child’s progress and school activities. Last year we started sending information to you on Fridays titled Notable Notes for Next Week and we will continue to do so this year. We do our best to keep our website current which is a great resource for families. Koraes will continue to send information home via email. It’s timely, cost effective and an efficient use of time.
As we begin this year, please remember that we welcome your involvement.
Your communication with us is very important. Please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher, or me, whenever you have a question or concern. I ask that you always begin by contacting the teacher first with questions or concerns. Our teachers work closely with your students and want to do their best to provide a learning environment that is engaging, productive, and fun.
This Friday, August 25 from 2:00 – 3:30 we will have our annual Meet and Greet the teacher and visit the classrooms. You are welcome to bring school supplies to leave in the classroom. Our first day of school is Monday, August 28 and students will wear their church clothes. Our students and our classrooms will be blessed to start off the year. Parents are welcome to stay for Morning Prayer and visit with other parents at a KTPA sponsored continental breakfast. Mark your calendars for Curriculum Night on September 6. It is expected that all parents attend.
The KPTA worked hard this past school year to support Koraes. They have provided the funds for new to Koraes shelving units, bins for our classroom libraries, resources for our classroom libraries, furniture for our primary classrooms, Chromebooks for our teachers, and a generous partner donated new flags and holsters for our classrooms. We are blessed and praise God for all that our families do to support our beloved school. I invite and encourage you to join our KPTA and become involved in any way you can give your time and your talents. The importance of parent commitment to our school is realized through your willing volunteerism. Your commitment is vital to our success. We have witnessed that when parents participate as partners our children growth and flourish and student achievement is also strengthened. Your help in sustaining a Christian Orthodox education for our children is imperative to growing our school successfully. This year we are welcoming 14 new families and 26 new students. We are thankful for our new and growing enrollment.
In closing, Koraes Elementary School is so very blessed to have a School Board that is dedicated to providing the funding necessary for our staff development this summer and for funding all of our new curriculum. There is no doubt in my mind that God surely has been at work sustaining hearts and minds of all who work tirelessly to provide an outstanding Orthodox Christian education for our students.
I look forward to a fabulous school year!
Most gratefully yours,
Beth Lind
It is an honor and privilege to be serving as the principal of Koraes Elementary School for the second year. Koraes is so very blessed to have an outstanding caring and collaborative teaching staff along with Fr. Tom who works closely with our school and provides the children with religious teachings and warm heart and smile to start each day. There is lots of excitement among the staff to begin our new school year. Our teachers participated in professional development in mathematics, Google classroom, PowerSchool training, worked on creating curriculum maps for reading and writing, science and social studies at the middle school level, and spent two days at a training with other Christian Orthodox schools from all over the country and several schools from abroad. With all the new curriculum changes, I think you will feel and experience the same sense of newness and excitement as you walk through the halls of our school. Our primary classrooms are equipped with new furniture that will increase collaboration with our students. I hope that you will feel welcome as you become involved with your child’s experiences at Koraes Elementary School.
Throughout the school year, your child’s teacher and I will be making a concerted effort to stay in touch with you. We will keep you informed of your child’s progress and school activities. Last year we started sending information to you on Fridays titled Notable Notes for Next Week and we will continue to do so this year. We do our best to keep our website current which is a great resource for families. Koraes will continue to send information home via email. It’s timely, cost effective and an efficient use of time.
As we begin this year, please remember that we welcome your involvement.
Your communication with us is very important. Please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s teacher, or me, whenever you have a question or concern. I ask that you always begin by contacting the teacher first with questions or concerns. Our teachers work closely with your students and want to do their best to provide a learning environment that is engaging, productive, and fun.
This Friday, August 25 from 2:00 – 3:30 we will have our annual Meet and Greet the teacher and visit the classrooms. You are welcome to bring school supplies to leave in the classroom. Our first day of school is Monday, August 28 and students will wear their church clothes. Our students and our classrooms will be blessed to start off the year. Parents are welcome to stay for Morning Prayer and visit with other parents at a KTPA sponsored continental breakfast. Mark your calendars for Curriculum Night on September 6. It is expected that all parents attend.
The KPTA worked hard this past school year to support Koraes. They have provided the funds for new to Koraes shelving units, bins for our classroom libraries, resources for our classroom libraries, furniture for our primary classrooms, Chromebooks for our teachers, and a generous partner donated new flags and holsters for our classrooms. We are blessed and praise God for all that our families do to support our beloved school. I invite and encourage you to join our KPTA and become involved in any way you can give your time and your talents. The importance of parent commitment to our school is realized through your willing volunteerism. Your commitment is vital to our success. We have witnessed that when parents participate as partners our children growth and flourish and student achievement is also strengthened. Your help in sustaining a Christian Orthodox education for our children is imperative to growing our school successfully. This year we are welcoming 14 new families and 26 new students. We are thankful for our new and growing enrollment.
In closing, Koraes Elementary School is so very blessed to have a School Board that is dedicated to providing the funding necessary for our staff development this summer and for funding all of our new curriculum. There is no doubt in my mind that God surely has been at work sustaining hearts and minds of all who work tirelessly to provide an outstanding Orthodox Christian education for our students.
I look forward to a fabulous school year!
Most gratefully yours,
Beth Lind
How to link your students on Powerschool...click on the handout
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Latest UpdatesParent-Student Handbook
Drop off and Pick Up ProceduesPlease review our drop off and pick up procedures.
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Hot LunchMilk is available every day. An order form was sent out with students to purchase milk for the whole year.
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Before/After Care
Before and after school programs provide a safe, fun environment for all students to participate in academic, leisure, and recreational activities outside of the traditional school day. Koraes Elementary School offers before school care from 7:30 am to the start of the school day at 8:45 am and after school care from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.
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KPTAThe Koraes Parent Teacher Association (KPTA) of Koraes Elementary School fosters a cooperative relationship between the parents, faculty and staff of Koraes Elementary for the enrichment of our children's educational experience. Through volunteer efforts, fundraising endeavors and event planning, the KPTA supports the educational, spiritual, and financial development of the Koraes School community. In addition, the mission of the KPTA is to establish a sense of community to all who attend Koraes.
Our bylaws can be found in the file below:
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2017/18 KPTA BoardVanessa Koutsiouris – President Natasha Pytlewski – Vice President Linda Hattar - 2nd Vice President Elizabeth Christofylakis– Treasurer Amy Korolis - Recording Secretary Natasha Argyris- Corresponding Secretary | ||
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Student Council
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2017-18 Student Council Members
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Community ServiceMembers of the student council and their siblings pack meals for Feed Our Starving Children.
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