October 10th, 2025
Dear Kenwood Families,
Happy Friday! This past week we had much to celebrate as our quarter came to a close. We had our annual Cross Country race at Kenwood and our students, staff and many parents came out to cheer on our 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade runners on our Kenwood cross country course. A huge thanks to Mr. Bicknell for helping to organize this event with the help of our specials teachers (Mrs. Giraldi and Ms.KJ). On Tuesday we had a visit from Louise, the jersey cow with a demonstration from Farmer Ralph as he milked Louise and shared with our students the importance of farming and milk production. We also had a visit on Wednesday from Firefighter Terry from the Champaign Fire Department as he talked about Fire Prevention with our Kindergarten, First and Second grade students. On Monday, we also celebrated our students during our Star assemblies. We recognized students from each class for the month of October. Star students were recognized for being respectful, caring, demonstrating hard work, showing what they know in their academics and model citizens. The Star students for the month of October are:
Star Students for October
Teacher | Student | Grade |
Mrs. Kirby | Autumn Fletcher and Destin Lawrence | Kindergarten |
Ms. Yoo | Messiah Davis and Amaya Golson | Kindergarten |
Mrs. Dunford | Malia Parker and Sofia Buravleva | Kindergarten |
Ms. Shungu | Henry Diep | Kindergarten |
Ms. Lauren | Nell Clem and Winona Clem | 1st Grade |
Mrs. Donovan | Milo Wondra | 1st Grade |
Ms. Pape | Andy Tran | 2nd Grade |
Mr. A | Rose Weese | 2nd Grade |
Mrs. Norcross | Elijah Lee | 2nd Grade |
Ms. Geraldi | Emersen Hibbard | 2nd Grade |
Mr. Bicknell | Declan Hays | 3rd Grade |
Mrs. Abbott | Sayed Mohammadi | 3rd Grade |
Mrs. Dancy | Zuri Sayles | 3rd Grade |
Mrs. Leverenz | Tiah Gray | 3rd Grade |
Mr. Dreste | Royal Scott | 4th Grade |
Mrs. Currie | Ma'khi Chapple | 4th Grade |
Mrs. Cervantes | Brody Kinkelaar | 4th Grade |
Mrs. Lehr & Mrs. Denzer | Lena Swiatek | 5th Grade |
Mrs. Hopper | CJ Ebes | 5th Grade |
Ms. KJ | Maryam Mohammadi | 5th Grade |
Thank you to all of our Star students for the month of October. This quarter we also recognized 3 classrooms that exemplified our Kenwood Stars characteristics as well. These classrooms were:
Ms. Yoo (Kindergarten)
Mrs. Pape (2nd Grade)
Mrs. Currie (4th Grade)
These classes had a Pizza party on Wednesday..
Basketball Coach
The elementary schools in Unit 4 have previously sponsored an interdistrict basketball league. We are interested in starting a team at Kenwood, but currently we are looking for a coach. The commitment would likely be a practice and game each week. If you are interested or know someone who would be interested please let me know.
Kenwood PTA Trunk or Treat, Oct. 28th, 6:30-7:30pm
Our Annual Kenwood Trunk or Treat event is back! Sign up to be a Trunk, and prepare to buy as much candy as you can! This is a great event for kids and families, and definitely a favorite of everyone.
Kenwood PTA Trunk or Treat Sign Up
Fall Break, Oct. 13 through 17th
Just a reminder that we will be closed for Fall break next week. Students return to school next year on Monday, October 20th..
Have a great fall break!
Sincerely,
Dr. Trevor Nadrozny
Principal