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MARCH 2026
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PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
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Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for this Wednesday March 11. KAS is closed to students to allow check-ins between students and their teachers throughout the day. Please be timely to support parent meetings later in the day.
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2nd ANNUAL VEHICLE STEM CHALLENGE
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This Friday, March 13 at 1PM, KAS students from all grades will participate in the Second Annual Car STEM Challenge, and the third STEM challenge of the school year. Students have taken the last few weeks to prepare cars that will be judged on how far they can roll, and for their art and innovation. Check social media at the end of the week to see who our winners are!
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NFL DRAFT COMING TO PITTSBURGH
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On April 23-25, Pittsburgh will host the National Football League Draft. This will bring thousands of people who do not know how to navigate bridges and tunnels to our City. We are expecting delays in transportation so as we get closer, we may need small modifications to our school days during this event. More information coming in a few weeks.
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CROSS COUNTRY & KIDS OF STEEL RUN
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The KAS Cross Country Club resumes this week (tomorrow) and will continue Tuesdays through April. Every KAS student is invited to attend the workouts. Our ultimate goal is for students to successfully prepare and participate in the Pittsburgh Kids Marathon in May. To register for the 2026 Pittsburgh Kids Marathon, please visit the Dicks Sporting Goods Marathon website. If you register by April 8, we have been told that bibs will be delivered to KAS by April 24th. After that, parents will need to pick up their bibs at the expo the Friday before the run.
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FYI: To ensure all students are safe and reunite with family members after the Kids Marathon, the race has a matching bib system. Each child will get their own bib as well as a parent bib, so that at the end of the finish line chute parents can show their matching bib to retrieve their child.
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SAVE THE DATE:
SEASONS OF LIGHTS PERFORMANCE 24 APRIL
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Join us on Friday, April 24th at 6:00PM for a K-5 music and theatrical performance based on the works of our very own KAS students this school year. SEASONS OF LIGHT is an exploration of the way we interact with light throughout the seasons of the year. More details are forthcoming.
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FIRST-EVER KAS GRADES 4-8 LOCK-IN
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Grades 4-8 experienced their first school Lock-In this past Friday night. Students were invited to spend the night at the school to play games, listen to music, watch a movie, eat pizza, laugh, and spend time with friends. In the morning teachers made breakfast for the students before sending our tired kangaroos home. Thanks so much to the teachers who dedicated time that was 'above and beyond the call of duty' in honor of creating a memorable event for our children.
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REMEMBER YOUR WATER BOTTLES
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KAS keeps plenty of cups in the cafe for students to use when thirsty. Nevertheless, we are asking all students to bring a water bottle to school to use so water is perpetually accessible. Especially in the middle school, we are urging all students to use water bottles to reduce cup washing.
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DAY OF MAKING UPDATE
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Our Day of Making (April 23) is starting to gel and we again want to invite you to this event. We plan to have 6 stations, led by some of our middle schoolers and teachers. Parents may join their child as we rotate through these stations and all can enjoy a range of different types of MAKING already seen across the KAS campus. Our stations (may) include: Origami; Cooking; Balloon Power Vehicle Making; Paper Plane Creation; Picture Frame Art; and Cardboard Free Design. The entire event will be in the morning starting around 9AM: parents are invited to visit the cafe beforehand while students are taking attendance for a coffee or tea.
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25-26 YEARBOOK UPDATE
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Thanks to Ms. Max and Mr. Bob for leading the development of the KAS annual yearbook. Middle school students have been setting up the formatting and populating the pages.
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*You will be receiving (or have received) an email directly from our middle schoolers asking if you are interested in purchasing a page (or part of one) for your business logo, or personal message. These purchased pages offset the cost of publication for all families. Thanks also to our middle school students who have led this initiative.
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ANNUAL BOOK FAIR COMING
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Our annual KAS Book Fair will be March 25-27, and we expect and event similar to last school year. This year, we'll be setting up things in the Art Room and adjacent hallways. Also - please join us for Donuts with Grownups the morning of the fair.
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Semester Student Survey. Below are the results from the first and second student surveys we run annually. We believe these data provide a positive snapshot of the relationship KAS has with its students. Please visit this bulletin board when you are here for conferences.
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