Kearny School District -

May your days be merry and bright! ✨ The Kearny School District wishes our students, families, and staff a joyful Christmas filled with peace, love, and warmth. 🎁🎅❄️

Franklin School Pre-K students wrapped up their clothing study with a special visit from the Kearny Fire Department! They learned all about how the firefighter's clothing and equipment helps keep them safe and protected. Thank you KFD for a great visit!

At KHS, Mr. Vega's honors chemistry classes were busy in the workshop, crafting ornaments over the last two days using redox reactions to plate pieces of steel with copper.

Kearny High School's Glamour Gals Chapter has been very busy over the last two months! The students have painted nails, made Thanksgiving crafts, and spent time with the amazing community at Alaris Health! This past week they made and wrote holiday cards for their friends at Alaris and are looking forward to their next visit in January!

🔔Happy Holidays from the Kearny School District! All schools will be closed from 12/24 through 1/1/25. Schools will reopen on Thursday, January 2nd on a normal schedule.

Save the date! Parents and guardians are invited to "Coffee with the Superintendent" at your child's school. 🕧Each event will be held from 9am-10am. 📆Washington: January 22 📆Garfield: January 24 📆Franklin: January 28 📆Schuyler: January 30 📆Roosevelt: February 5 📆LMS: February 6 📆KHS: February 11

🔔Reminder! Kearny School District will operate on a single session schedule on Monday, 12/23. All students in grades PreK-12 will be dismissed at 12:54 for Winter Break.

🎄✨ The 10 ABA classes at Franklin School had an unforgettable Breakfast with Santa! Students enjoyed festive treats, holiday-themed crafts, and a delightful performance by the KHS Success students. Each class also created holiday decorations to deck the halls with cheer! The Franklin School Junior PEERS were fantastic elves, lending a hand to ensure every activity ran smoothly. Students also posed for pictures with Santa, courtesy of the Kearny Optimist Club. Huge thanks to Mrs. Klein and Mrs. Best for organizing this magical event. The students had a wonderful time creating memories with friends and are officially in the holiday spirit! ❄️🎉

🎅🎁 Santa made a jolly appearance at Franklin School’s Breakfast with Santa, bringing joy to all 10 ABA classes! Students participated in crafts, created holiday decorations to brighten the halls, and watched a delightful performance by the KHS Success students. The Franklin School Junior PEERS were excellent elves, helping facilitate the fun. Students also posed for pictures with Santa, courtesy of the Kearny Optimist Club. Best of all, Santa handed out toys to all the nicest girls and boys! Big thanks to Mrs. Klein and Mrs. Best for making this holiday celebration one to remember. The magic of the season is alive at Franklin School! 🎄❤️

Congratulations to the winners of Kearny School District's first-ever iReady reading contest! Students from each of our elementary schools participated in "12 Days of iReady," competing for the title of "top performing" class in each grade level by having the most passed lessons. Great job, readers!

Kearny High School student Analyse Armstrong recently self-published her own book! The Nucleus, a collection of poems inspired by Ms. Armstrong’s own life and creative mind was written over the course of the last few years and is illustrated by a talented friend. We know this is the first of many accomplishments of this nature for Analyse - congratulations! The Nucleus is available for sale on Amazon.

The Kearny High School REACH club worked in conjunction with the Kearny Salvation Army to organize a successful Giving Tree event, and would like to thank the generous staff and many students who took home tags to donate Christmas gifts to local children. We REACHED 80 families this year! Happiest of Holidays and thank you for your support!

📢Reminder! Kearny Public Schools will hold its regular Board of Education meeting on 📆Monday, December16, 2024 at 📍Kearny High School Auditorium: 336 Devon Street 🕧7 pm The public is welcome to attend

At Franklin School, Ms. De Matos and Ms. Hinostroza's math class has ornamentally solved their order of operation problems and is ready for to spend their winter holiday with family and friends. Happy Holidays! 🎅

In honor of World Wildlife Conservation Day, the Lincoln Middle School EcoSchools cohort visited Garfield School's second graders to engage in a vibrant coloring activity. The LMS students crafted coloring books made from hand-drawn sketches of endangered species. Special thanks to Mrs. Cristalli for coordinating this event!🐼🐅

Franklin School's preschoolers are learning all about trees! They enjoyed a beautiful nature walk as they played and collected parts of a tree.🌳🌳

The Title I Family Engagement team hosted their monthly event at Washington School for November. Families came together to celebrate being thankful for one another. Everyone participated in hands on learning activities and even got to build a turkey snack. Fun was had by all!

At Franklin School, Ms. De Matos and Ms. Hinostroza’s students expressed Thanksgiving gratitude with a Build a Turkey exercise! The students solved an equation and wrote 6 different representations on the turkey's feathers!

At Franklin School, Ms. Klein's class is thankful for many things. The students were able to use their communication devices and tell us "Happy Thanksgiving!"

🍂 This Thanksgiving, we are incredibly grateful for our students, families, educators, and staff who make Kearny School District a community of learning, growth, and support. 🧡 Wishing you a holiday filled with joy, reflection, and togetherness. Please note: All schools will be closed Thursday, November 28th, and Friday, November 29th. We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Monday, December 2nd. 🦃✨