☀️ Summer just started... but we're already getting excited for back-to-school! 🎒📚

We're thrilled to announce that FREE school supply kits will be available for Kent School District students to help families get ready for a successful school year!

Each grade-level kit is packed with the supplies students need, including items like notebooks, pencils, crayons or colored pencils, folders, glue sticks, headphones or earbuds, and more.

🎨 Pre-K

🖍️ Crayons, water paints, Play-Doh, and glue sticks.

🍎 Kindergarten & 1st Grade

Primary notebooks, headphones, pencils, crayons, water paints, folders, glue sticks, a pencil pouch, and an eraser.

📓 2nd & 3rd Grade

Composition notebooks, headphones, pencils, crayons, folders, glue sticks, a pencil pouch, and an eraser.

✏️ 4th & 5th Grade

Composition notebooks, headphones, pencils, colored pencils, folders, glue sticks, a pencil pouch, an eraser, and (5th grade) index cards.

🎓 Middle School

Composition notebooks, pencils, colored pencils, folders, highlighters, index cards, a pencil pouch, an eraser, and wired earbuds.

🎒 High School

Composition notebooks, pencils, highlighters, index cards, a pencil pouch, an eraser, and wired earbuds.

💙 We know summer is for making memories, but we're excited to help students head into the new school year feeling confident and prepared!

For more information visit: School Supplies | Kent School District

Kent School District is offering free summer meals for children ages 0–18 through August 8, 2026, at 30 locations across the district. Meals are served only on weekdays, with no service on July 3 and 4 in observance of the holiday. See our summer meals page for more information: https://www.kent.k12.wa.us/page/summer-meals #OneKSD #OneCommunity

Celebrating National Mentoring Month: Highlighting Kent Youth and Family Services 💙

January is National Mentoring Month, and as OneKSD, we are proud to recognize the incredible work of Kent Youth and Family Services. For more than 55 years, KYFS has supported children, youth, and families in our community through professional counseling, education, and a variety of support services.

Their mission—to promote healthy development and help youth and families achieve their goals—reflects values we share as a district: equity, inclusion, partnership, and advocacy. By working together, we can help students thrive and build brighter futures.

We are grateful for partners like Kent Youth and Family Services who strengthen our schools and our community every day.

🏀🤼 Middle School Season 3 begins January 26! Girls Basketball and Wrestling are starting soon. Families who qualify are encouraged to complete the CNEEB Application (Child Nutrition Eligibility & Education Benefit) to help reduce or waive sports and activity fees and support student participation this winter. Apply today through the Nutrition section of the Kent School District website.

Final Reminder: OneKSD Art Contest 🎨

There’s still time to participate in the OneKSD Art Contest! We are still accepting digital entries until 11:59 p.m. on January 11.

This is your last chance to showcase your creativity and share what OneKSD means to you through art. We can’t wait to see the inspiring work from our talented students across the district! 💙💛

Don’t miss out—submit your digital entry before the deadline!

Due to possible flooding in the Kent Valley, out of an abundance of caution, all after-school activities are canceled at these schools for Monday, December 15:

• East Hill Elementary

• Kent Elementary

• Meadow Ridge Elementary

• Mill Creek Middle School

• Neely-O'Brien Elementary

• Panther Lake Elementary

• River Ridge Elementary

• Scenic Hill Elementary

• Springbrook Elementary

Due to heavy traffic, school buses in the valley will be late.

The city of Kent confirmed that the messages sent from the National Weather Service and King County were to a broad audience. The city of Kent is working to provide additional communications.

Please know the district is closely monitoring the situation, working with the City of Kent Emergency Operations Center, and keeping the safety of our students and staff as our highest priority.

As always, keep monitoring your communications, be safe and cautious. We will provide updates as more information becomes available. Again, continue to monitor your communications.

Kent School District is hosting a free vaccine clinic to help ensure students are healthy and up to date on required and recommended immunizations. For ages 6 months to 18 years are welcome—no cost, regardless of insurance status!

📅 Date: Thursday, December 12

⏰ Time: 12:00–3:00 p.m.

📍 Location: KSD Administration Building – Mt. Adams Room

💉 Routine & School-Required Vaccines Available:

• DTaP/Tdap (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Whooping Cough)

• Hepatitis A & Hepatitis B

• IPV (Polio)

• Hib (Haemophilus Influenzae)

• HPV (Human Papillomavirus)

• Varicella (Chickenpox)

• MenACWY-TT (Meningococcal)

• MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella)

• Men B (Meningococcal B)

• PCV20 (Pneumococcal)

• COVID-19 & Flu (Influenza)

🎨 Get ready, KSD—It’s almost time! Building on the amazing momentum from last spring, the OneKSD Art Contest returns December 1! Students and staff are invited to show what equity means to them through original artwork celebrating opportunity, belonging, and helping everyone thrive in our diverse community.

🎉 Check out all the details and start dreaming up your design: www.kent.k12.wa.us/oneKSDart