Fall Food Truck: Donuts and Apples!
North Star Food Truck will set up at dismissal time on Franklin Ave (between school and Kenwood Park). Donuts and local apples will be available for sale, with a portion of proceeds supporting our PTA.
More about North Star here: www.northstardonuts.com
Dining for Dollars: Red Cow Uptown
Help support Kenwood school by stopping by Red Cow Uptown for some tasty food. 10% of the sales from the day will be donated back to Kenwood PTA, which supports our arts residencies. Thank you to Red Cow Uptown for their donation.
Fall Family Festival
Roots Dance!
Join your kids and learn the dances they’ve been enjoying in this Fall arts residency program.
Pumpkins!
Each family can choose a pumpkin to take home—grown at the Kenwood School pumpkin patch on the Young Walser farm.
Free Dinner!
(Need transportation? Contact Danielle at 612-668-2760)
Pumpkin Picking!
All Kenwood families are invited for this 3rd annual volunteer event organized by Kindergarten teacher Cathy Sullivan with longtime Kenwood friends Dr. Bob Young and Julie Walser. Help harvest pumpkins from the new Kenwood Pumpkin Patch at the Young Walser Farm in Dennison, MN. Pumpkins will be brought back to school and distributed to kids at our upcoming Fall Family Festival.
Directions to the farm are here. (BYO transportation, picnic lunch, and garden shears if you have them!)
Woodystock Concert
Concert fundraiser benefitting our future Outdoor Classroom! Bring your own chair/blanket and enjoy an hour of live music with Metro Brass Quintet on the lawn - corner of Penn and Franklin
Back to School Curriculum Night
5:30-6:00 PM - New Parent/Guardian Orientation and Welcome from the PTA
6:00 - 8:00 PM - Meet with Prinicipal Johnson, hear about the state of the school, and attend informational sessions in your children’s classrooms about the arc of the learning year
Woody’s Welcome Walk (formerly the Kenwood Crawl)
A family event and back-to-school tradition where kids are invited to walk or run the perimeter of Kenwood Park. Breakfast snacks, coffee, activities, flu shots, and more!
Woodystock Concert
Concert fundraiser benefitting our future Outdoor Classroom! Bring your own chair/blanket and enjoy an hour of live music with Above Average Quartet on the lawn - corner of Penn and Franklin
Woodystock Concert
Concert fundraiser benefitting our future Outdoor Classroom! Bring your own chair/blanket and enjoy an hour of live music with Simply Overdressed on the lawn - corner of Penn and Franklin
Coffee & Kleenex
Kindergarten caregivers are invited to feel your feelings and make new friends! Outside door 1, after drop-off. Both coffee and Kleenex are provided ;-)
Grade 5 Completion Ceremony
Welcome by Principal Johnson, Kenwood 5th Grade teachers, presentation of certificates, and social time. In Kenwood Park!
Music/Band Performance: Grades 4-5
Fourth and Fifth Graders will perform in the multipurpose (lunch) room.
Poem in Your Pocket Day
Students are invited to choose a favorite poem to have in their pocket to share with each other throughout the day. Principal Johnson will have poems for all students to keep in their pocket as well.
"Pits and Alleys" in the Gym
A favorite Kenwood tradition! During school hours, classes get to enjoy an elaborate obstacle course set up in our gym. During this period, pickup will be at a different door since the gym is occupied.
(This event will be rescheduled for a TBD date in April) Music Performance Grades 2-3
Second and Third Graders will perform in the multipurpose (lunch) room. Unfortunately this event needs to be rescheduled for a future date. More information to come soon.
