Kyle Darbonne

Principal

Welcome Back Fireweed Family!

I cannot wait to see your faces, and even more excited to see your kids. I hope this summer was full of rest, adventure, and time spent as a family! As for my own, Mary and I welcomed our new son on July 12^th, Charlies (Charlie) Moon Darbonne – I’m sure you’ll be seeing him around the school.

Here are some important items to get our year kicked off:

New Faces

• Haley Balog is our new 4/5 Homeroom teacher at Big Fireweed! She comes to us from K-Beach Elementary and can’t wait to meet you all.
• Allyson Larned joined as our LFW nurse! We are so lucky to have her fill this role as she is a Fireweed parent as well.
• Make sure to say hello to both at the BBQ on the 23^rd!

First Week of School

• While we have been back to school for a little while now, school starts for kids on August 21^st! Start and End times are the same as the past few years:
  • LFW: 7:50a – 2:25p
  • BFW: 8a – 2:50p
• Meet Your Teacher/Supply Drop Off – Tuesday (20^th) from 2-3p. Come build excitement for day 1 while seeing your student’s room and say hi to your teacher and classmates!
• We will have our first PTO meeting on the 29th at 3:15p at Little Fireweed. This is a great time to come find out about all the things we have planned for the year!
• Class fees have been assigned on PowerSchool, which links to RevTrack if you’d like to pay with a card instead of the ole cash/check method (which we also accept).
• 23^rd – Our Back to School BBQ at Karen Hornady will be back in action. Kids will be walking/busing up to the park at 10:45a. Can’t wait to see you all there! Sign-up link to bring a dish or help with set-up/take-down is right here.

Communication

• ‘2,4,6,8, how do we communicate?’ Mostly through email! You can also find information on our school website, Facebook, and Instagram pages (links in my signature below).
• I’m here for you if you need to communicate anything via phone or in person. Have a concern or a celebration? You know where to find me!
• We will continue with our “Weekly Update” slides format so when you see those slides hit your inbox on Fridays, make sure to look through!
• We are playing with the idea of using ‘Remind’ as another avenue for increased communication – more to come on this if we decide to go this route.
• If you’re looking for me in person, my general schedule will be starting at Little Fireweed M/W/F and Big T/Th while switching around lunchtime.

Parent Orientation – Our staff, APC, and PTO are hosting a parent orientation for each school – Think Open House with bonus info.

• This is your time as a parent to hear from us in hopes of increasing communication, building community, and involvement!
• We believe that engaged families make for a better school, a better future for our kids, and a better community.
• I will be sharing lots more info on this down the line, but want to dial back the information overload.

Lunch Program:

This application for Free and Reduced meals is the primary indicator and pathway for us to regain our Title 1 services. I encourage you to fill out this form even if you don’t think you will qualify. http://mealapp.kpbsd.org

I have an ‘open door’ policy and welcome any communication, feedback, or ideas that you would like to share with me.

Best,

Kyle Darbonne