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Posted Date: 10/15/25 (08:33 AM)
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10/14/2025

Principal's Message

It's goal-setting month! Our family conference window is October 22-24. 
  • 10/22 is a regular school day
  • 10/22 is for "drop-in" conferences @ 4:30-8:00P (see directions below)
  • 10/23 and 10/24 -- reserved for "scheduled" conferences set-up by our counselors and team facilitators
  • NO SCHOOL on October 23-24 (district-wide) 
As a CKMS staff, we have worked over the course of the last several years to take a look at how we have been organizing our conferences, who we are conferencing with, and who we need to conference with (based on student performance and need). 
  • We take an intentional approach to conferences so that our students who need more support are going to be scheduled first. 
  • Last week and this week, we began reaching out to students’ families that have been identified as needing a scheduled team conference.
If you do not receive communication about a scheduled conference for your student and would like to conference, we will have a "drop-in" evening on Wednesday, October 22nd from 4:30-8pm. These “drop-in” conferences will look a little different:
  1. You will start in the commons to pick up your student’s envelope with all of their class reflection sheets.
  2. There will be tables in the commons to review those reflection sheets and decide together which teachers you would like to check in with for a 5 minute drop in conference. 
  3. As you look at the reflection sheets you can make a plan for which teacher(s) you’d like to see for a quick 5 minute drop in conference.
  4. We are not able to accommodate Zoom meetings during drop-in time.
We encourage all students to attend their conference (drop-in night OR pre-scheduled) so they are part of the conversation to celebrate successes and identify opportunities for growth!
Kitsap Regional Library visits CKMS during student lunches.

Library

Kitsap Regional Library (KRL) visited CKMS students last week to share information about the library and upcoming events. Students and staff had the opportunity to sign-up with new library cards. Celebrate Reading!

Visit KRL.org for more information and learn about other upcoming events!

Office / Attendance

ATTENTION 8th Gr Families !!!
  • Keep watch for a digital permission form (to be sent via email) for your student to attend a live performance of Frankenstein: A Living Comic Book in the PAC on Monday, October 20th @ 9:45-11:10A
  • 8th grade students from across the district will be experiencing this performance together
  • The general public can purchase tickets for the evening show on 10/20 @ 6:30P (see hyperlink above)

Native American Heritage Night is happening on Thursday, November 6 @ 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Fairview Middle School. This event will feature delicious food from Sweet Native Expression, student artwork, educational vendor booth, traditional song and dance and a Land Acknowledgement Reading. We hope you can join in for a special night of honoring Native American culture and traditions!

Mark Your Calendar

10/15 - Girls Softball vs Klahowya Secondary School CKHS Softball Field
10/16 - Statewide Great Shakeout Drill (Earthquake E-Prep) @ 9:15 / Coed Track Meet vs Curtis JH, Cougar Field
10/17 - Assembly Schedule
10/20 - Frankenstein: A Living Comic Book at CK PAC -- 8th gr viewing @ 9:45 / Evening show @ 6:30 (purchase tickets online)
10/20 - Coed Track Meet at Poulsbo MS
10/20 - Girls Softball at Fairview MS
10/21 - Coed Track Meet at Ridgetop MS
10/22 - Healthy Youth Survey
10/22 - Girls Softball vs Cedar Heights MS
10/22 - Fall Conferences / Evening “drop-in” (open to all) @ 4:30-8:00
10/23 & 10/24 - NO SCHOOL / Pre-scheduled conferences-only
10/27-31 Spirit Week
  • Monday → PJ day
  • Tuesday → Heroes vs. Villains
  • Wednesday → Neon Color War (Your future is so bright day)
  • Thursday → Festive Flannel
  • Friday → Halloween Costumes (no masks, no gore, no fake weapons)
10/29 - Future Fair @ 2:05 / Monster Mash Fall Social (afterschool @ 3:30-5:30P)
10/31 - Pep Assembly
CKMS Fall Choir Concert 2025