Week of May 19 – 23, 2025

Hello Cougar Nation!
Here we are! …Heading into the last three days of the school year! Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are Early Release Days! Each day this week, students will be dismissed at 12:15. ASP will run, as usual, until 6pm.
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IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK!
No Backpacks on Wednesday!! Bus riders cannot bring backpacks or lunchboxes to school on Wednesday. All personal items will be sent home with students on Tuesday. If your child is bringing a lunch from home on Wednesday, please pack it in a disposable bag that can be thrown away. Students may not bring anything home on the bus!
My Payments Plus – The autorenew function of MyPayments Plus has been disabled for the year. Please manually add money to your child’s account if needed
Lunch This Week – The Cougar Cafe will be serving sack lunches this week.
Medication Pick Up!! If your student has medication in the clinic, please come to the school to pick it up by noon on Wednesday. If you do not pick up medication, the medication will be discarded. Please communicate in advance via phone or email if you will send a designee to pick up your student’s medication.

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
2025 – 2026
Here is the Cobb County School District Year at a Glance Calendar. Please make notes of the breaks, early release days, and the four Digital Learning Days scheduled for next year.

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KINDER/1st GRADE
BUS RIDE ALONG
JULY 31, 2025

Thursday, July 31st all buses will run their routes and pick up rising Kindergarten and 1st Grade students at the stops along with their parents. They will circle through the school and talk about bus safety and then drive through the run as they would in the PM to drop students and parents off.
**Only students registered to Cobb County Schools may ride the bus. Non-school age students are unable to board the bus**
Click Here for the Cobb County Bus Route Finder (25-26 school year will be updated later this summer)
Click Here to Download the Here Comes the Bus App
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SUMMER READING
The research is clear that children who don’t read during the summer can lose up to three months of reading progress and that loss has a cumulative, long-term effect. The following resources and articles provide information about summer reading and summer learning loss. Plus you’ll discover great activities to encourage kids to learn, read, and have fun in the summer sun. For all of our summer resources, browse Topics A-Z: Summer Reading.
(adapted from www.readingrockets.org)
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LITTLE JACKET CHEER CAMP

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$100 OFF
SIGN UP BY 5/31

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BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS AT KINCAID
MAY 9th is the LAST DAY for Birthday Treats!!
We love helping you celebrate your child’s birthday at school through marquee messages, and through birthday treats served in the cafe!
Birthday treats sent in by individual families are not permitted. Birthday treats can be pre-ordered through the café only Please plan birthday treats by clicking this link. Do not send in treats, balloons, or party invitations for select students. After you join PTA, you may use the address book in Membership Toolkit to contact other families about birthday parties.
Marquee messages for birthdays can be ordered by using this order link.
Payments are accepted through Check, Cash or MyPaymentsPlus (with My Payments Plus: Select “Activities & Events” then “Fundraisers”)
IMPORTANT: Payments for birthday treats or marquee message must be made separately.
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Thank you for your continued support of Kincaid as we set out to live our daily mission to Reach, Inspire, Support and Engage every student – every day! Have the BEST summer and I look forward to seeing you at Meet and Greet on August 1st!

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FROM THE PTA…

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FROM THE KINCAID FOUNDATION…
Thank you for your generosity and support of the Kincaid Foundation! As we wrap of the year, here are a few examples of how your donations are directly impacting Kincaid…
- May 5 – 9 – Career Week
- May 9 – Teacher Appreication luncheon
- May 16th – the Reading Celebration – Kona Ice and prizes for students!
- iPad Cart – students are creating stop motion videos in the STEM lab!
- Teacher Grants – teachers are writing grants for their classrooms next fall!
- Teacher Stipends – teachers receive $150/year to use for their classroom!
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Looking Ahead
July 18 Kindergarten Popsicles and Playground Playdate
July 23 Kindergarten Screening (by appt)
July 31 Kinder/1st Grade Bus Ride Alog
August 1 Meet and Greet
August 1 3 – 9 Chuck E Cheese Night
August 4 First Day of School
August 8 5:30 – 8 Back to School Bash
August 12 6:30 – 7 K – 2 Parent Information Night
August 14 6:30 – 7 3 – 5 Parent Information Night
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