June 2022

• Jun

  1

  Lands' End Memorial Day Savings

  5/26/2022 to 6/1/2022

  
  20% off on school uniform styles. Please click here for more info.

• Please Support Senior Prom Fundraising

  5/27/2022 to 6/3/2022

  
  If you missed the Senior Car Wash, you can still donate via Venmo @thekewforestschool.
  
  Please enter Class of 2022 Senior Car Wash in the memo field.

• AP English 12 "Spanish Books, Toys, & School Supplies" Drive

  5/27/2022 to 6/10/2022

  
  This is a chance to support an underfunded elementary school in Guatemala and also win your red/blue team an extra field day point! Please see more details here.

• DAY 3

  6/1/2022

• On-Site COVID-19 Testing

  6/1/2022

• Virtual Coffee with Mrs. Mac

  6/1/2022 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM

  
  This agenda-less gathering is an opportunity for families to share feedback and ask questions in a group setting with our Head of School. Zoom meeting instructions will be sent to all parents the day before the gathering. No RSVP required.

• Sports Awards Assembly

  6/1/2022 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM

  
  Venue: Kew-Forest Gym

• Lunch Orders Due for Week of 6 June 2022

  6/1/2022 11:59 PM

  
  To view the menu, please visit here. To place your order, please log into myschoolaccount.com.

   

  New parents/guardians: If you didn’t receive an email with ordering instructions or need assistance with placing your order, please email Joseph Farengo at Preferred Catering, jfarengo@preferredcatering.me, and copy kewforest@kewforest.org.
• Jun

  2

  Please Support Senior Prom Fundraising

  5/27/2022 to 6/3/2022

  
  If you missed the Senior Car Wash, you can still donate via Venmo @thekewforestschool.
  
  Please enter Class of 2022 Senior Car Wash in the memo field.

• AP English 12 "Spanish Books, Toys, & School Supplies" Drive

  5/27/2022 to 6/10/2022

  
  This is a chance to support an underfunded elementary school in Guatemala and also win your red/blue team an extra field day point! Please see more details here.

• DAY 4

  6/2/2022

• Rising Kindergarten Parent Coffee

  6/2/2022 8:45 AM to 9:30 AM

  
  Venue: Lower School Library
  
  

  This is an opportunity for parents to meet their child’s teacher for 2022-2023. Please stay tuned for more information and calendar invite.

• KFPA Lower School Tie-Dye T-Shirt Party

  6/2/2022 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

  
  Venue: Tent
  For more details and to RSVP, please click here.

• MS/US Cabaret Performance

  6/2/2022 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

  
  Organizer: David Aronson
  Venue: Kew-Forest Gym
• Jun

  3

  Please Support Senior Prom Fundraising

  5/27/2022 to 6/3/2022

  
  If you missed the Senior Car Wash, you can still donate via Venmo @thekewforestschool.
  
  Please enter Class of 2022 Senior Car Wash in the memo field.

• AP English 12 "Spanish Books, Toys, & School Supplies" Drive

  5/27/2022 to 6/10/2022

  
  This is a chance to support an underfunded elementary school in Guatemala and also win your red/blue team an extra field day point! Please see more details here.

• DAY 5

  6/3/2022

• Jagwear Friday

  6/3/2022

• 2022 Community & Alumni Reunion Weekend

  6/3/2022 to 6/5/2022

  
  Please clicke here for more details.

• Kew-Forest (Virtual) Alumni Panel: Trends in Health & Wellness

  6/3/2022 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  
  Moderator:
  Emilie Marcus '78, PhD, Executive Strategy Officer, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  
  Panelists:
  

  • Jaclyn Garfinkel, MEd, MS/US Counselor, The Kew-Forest School
  • Katie Lunden '93, PhD, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
  • Vikki Stark '67, MSW, Psychotherapist and Director, Sedona Counselling Centre of Montreal
  • Daniel Stransky '07, CSCS, Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach

  Instructions to join virtual events will be sent upon registration. Please click here for more information and registration form.
  

• KFPA Middle & Upper School Tie-Dye T-Shirt Party

  6/3/2022 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

  
  Venue: Tent
  For more details and to RSVP, please click here.

• Deadline to Complete MS/US Fall Sports Selection Form

  6/3/2022 11:59 PM

  
  

  The fall sports season begins at the end of August. We encourage interested students to try out for a sport. No experience is necessary. Interested student-athletes must:

  • participate in the fall sports preseason. The preseason is designed to prepare student-athletes for the upcoming season and is an opportunity to meet new teammates.
  • attend at least six practices to play in a game.

  To gauge the interest level for potential interscholastic extracurricular sports offerings this fall, we ask you to please fill out the Fall 2022 Sports Selection Form by Friday, June 3.

   

  Go Jaguars!

   
• Jun

  4

  AP English 12 "Spanish Books, Toys, & School Supplies" Drive

  5/27/2022 to 6/10/2022

  
  This is a chance to support an underfunded elementary school in Guatemala and also win your red/blue team an extra field day point! Please see more details here.

• 2022 Community & Alumni Reunion Weekend

  6/3/2022 to 6/5/2022

  
  Please clicke here for more details.

• Kew-Forest (In-Person) Alumni Basketball Game

  6/4/2022 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  
  Documentation of COVID-19 vaccination and a negative COVID-19 antigen test are required to attend all in-person events.
  
  Please click here for more information and registration form.

• Kew-Forest (In-Person) 2022 Faculty Hall of Fame Induction

  6/4/2022 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

  
  Honorees:
  

  • Richard Barry, PhD (Kew-Forest 1967-1973)
  • Daniel Horgan (Kew-Forest 1975-2006)
  • Christopher Spelman (Kew-Forest 1981-1991, 1997 - present) 

  Documentation of COVID-19 vaccination and a negative COVID-19 antigen test are required to attend all in-person events.
  
  Please click here for more information and registration form.

• Kew-Forest (In-Person) Milestone Reunion & Community Reception (Adults Only)

  6/4/2022 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

  
  Documentation of COVID-19 vaccination and a negative COVID-19 antigen test are required to attend all in-person events.
  
  Please click here for more information and registration form.
• Jun

  5

  AP English 12 "Spanish Books, Toys, & School Supplies" Drive

  5/27/2022 to 6/10/2022

  
  This is a chance to support an underfunded elementary school in Guatemala and also win your red/blue team an extra field day point! Please see more details here.

• 2022 Community & Alumni Reunion Weekend

  6/3/2022 to 6/5/2022

  
  Please clicke here for more details.

• WEEK B

  6/5/2022

• Kew-Forest Virtual Celebration of Tibor Heredy

  6/5/2022 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  
  Instructions to join virtual events will be sent upon registration. For more information and registration details, please click here.
• Jun

  6

  AP English 12 "Spanish Books, Toys, & School Supplies" Drive

  5/27/2022 to 6/10/2022

  
  This is a chance to support an underfunded elementary school in Guatemala and also win your red/blue team an extra field day point! Please see more details here.

• DAY 6

  6/6/2022

• Rising Grade 1 Parent Coffee

  6/6/2022 8:45 AM to 9:30 AM

  
  Venue: Lower School Library
  
  

  This is an opportunity for parents to meet their child’s teacher for 2022-2023. Please stay tuned for more information and calendar invite.
• Jun

  7

  AP English 12 "Spanish Books, Toys, & School Supplies" Drive

  5/27/2022 to 6/10/2022

  
  This is a chance to support an underfunded elementary school in Guatemala and also win your red/blue team an extra field day point! Please see more details here.

• DAY 7

  6/7/2022

• Rising Grade 2 Parent Coffee

  6/7/2022 8:45 AM to 9:30 AM

  
  Venue: Lower School Library
  
  

  This is an opportunity for parents to meet their child’s teacher for 2022-2023. Please stay tuned for more information and calendar invite.
• Jun

  8

  AP English 12 "Spanish Books, Toys, & School Supplies" Drive

  5/27/2022 to 6/10/2022

  
  This is a chance to support an underfunded elementary school in Guatemala and also win your red/blue team an extra field day point! Please see more details here.

• DAY 8

  6/8/2022

• On-Site COVID-19 Testing

  6/8/2022

• Virtual Coffee with Mrs. Mac

  6/8/2022 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM

  
  This agenda-less gathering is an opportunity for families to share feedback and ask questions in a group setting with our Head of School. Zoom meeting instructions will be sent to all parents the day before the gathering. No RSVP required.

• Senior Prom

  6/8/2022 5:45 PM to 11:00 PM

  
  Venue:
  The West Side Tennis Club, 1 Tennis Place, Forest Hills, NY 11375

  
  Seniors should arrive no later than 5:45 pm for pre-event photographs. Doors will close at 6:15 and latecomers will not be admitted, nor will departures be permitted before 10:30 pm. The event ends at 11:00 pm.
  
  A Prom 2022 Permission Slip must be completed by seniors, their parents, and their guests and sent to permissions@kewforest.org by Tues 31 May 2022.
  
  A Prom 2022 Student Agreement must be completed by all seniors and sent to forms@kewforest.org by Tues 31 May 2022.

• Lunch Orders Due for Week of 13 June 2022

  6/8/2022 11:59 PM

  
  To view the menu, please visit here. To place your order, please log into myschoolaccount.com.

   

  New parents/guardians: If you didn’t receive an email with ordering instructions or need assistance with placing your order, please email Joseph Farengo at Preferred Catering, jfarengo@preferredcatering.me, and copy kewforest@kewforest.org.
• Jun

  9

  AP English 12 "Spanish Books, Toys, & School Supplies" Drive

  5/27/2022 to 6/10/2022

  
  This is a chance to support an underfunded elementary school in Guatemala and also win your red/blue team an extra field day point! Please see more details here.

• DAY 9

  6/9/2022

• Rising Grade 3 Parent Coffee

  6/9/2022 8:45 AM to 9:30 AM

  
  Venue: Lower School Library
  
  

  This is an opportunity for parents to meet their child’s teacher for 2022-2023. Please stay tuned for more information and calendar invite.

• Senior Breakfast

  6/9/2022 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

  
  Seniors will have breakfast with available faculty members while receiving and signing their yearbooks.

• Virtual Upper School Academic Awards Assembly

  6/9/2022 11:08 AM to 11:54 AM

  
  Zoom link will be sent the morning of the event. Please join us.

• Class of 2022 Commencement Rehearsal

  6/9/2022 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

  
  Seniors are free to depart at the conclusion of rehearsal.
• Jun

  10

  AP English 12 "Spanish Books, Toys, & School Supplies" Drive

  5/27/2022 to 6/10/2022

  
  This is a chance to support an underfunded elementary school in Guatemala and also win your red/blue team an extra field day point! Please see more details here.

• DAY 10

  6/10/2022

• KFPA Tie-Dye T-Shirt Day

  6/10/2022

  
  All students are invited to come to school dressed in the tie-dye t-shirts they created last week. Students who did not create a shirt should have received one regardless.

  
  Tie-dyed t-shirts can be paired with:
  

  • K-F traditional uniform bottoms (skirt, jumper, pants)
  • Denim jeans/skirts (NO ripped jeans allowed)
  • PE uniform sweatpants/shorts or shorts

  Faculty & staff are invited to join in the festivities and wear anything tie-dye related.

• Senior Class Trip

  6/10/2022 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM
• Jun

  12

  WEEK A

  6/12/2022

• Class of 2022 Commencement

  6/12/2022 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

  
  Venue:
  Kew-Forest Gym and Tent
  
  

  Due to strict social distancing restrictions and indoor attendance limits for school settings, only four guests per graduate are permitted to attend the ceremony in person.

    

  We hope that all other members of the Kew-Forest community will come together and join us virtually to celebrate this momentous day! 

   

  kewforest.org/graduation
• Jun

  13

  DAY 1

  6/13/2022

• Rising Grade 4 Parent Coffee

  6/13/2022 8:45 AM to 9:30 AM

  
  Venue: Lower School Library
  
  

  This is an opportunity for parents to meet their child’s teacher for 2022-2023. Please stay tuned for more information and calendar invite.
• Jun

  14

  DAY 2

  6/14/2022

• Rising Grade 5 Parent Coffee

  6/14/2022 8:45 AM to 9:30 AM

  
  Venue: Lower School Library
  
  

  This is an opportunity for parents to meet their child’s teacher for 2022-2023. Please stay tuned for more information and calendar invite.

• Virtual Alumni Council Meeting

  6/14/2022 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
• Jun

  15

  DAY 3

  6/15/2022

• On-Site COVID-19 Testing

  6/15/2022
• Jun

  16

  DAY 4

  6/16/2022

• Middle & Upper School Exams

  6/16/2022

  
  

  • Final Exams for Spanish 3, Honors Spanish 3, and Honors Spanish 4 
  • Final Exams for Honors Algebra I, Honors Algebra 2, and Honors Pre-Calculus
  • International Relations Final Simulation 

• Grade 5 Moving Up Ceremony

  6/16/2022 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  
  Venue: Kew-Forest Gym
  
  For more details, please refer to Ms. Bernstein's communication dated Thurs 2 June.

• KFPA End-of-Year All School BBQ

  6/16/2022 3:10 PM to 5:00 PM

  
  Venue: Tent
  The event will begin immediately after dismissal. Please stay tuned for more details.
• Jun

  17

  DAY 5

  6/17/2022

• No AfterCare Today

  6/17/2022

• 8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony

  6/17/2022

  
  For students in Grades 6-8 and parents from Grade 8.

• Last Day of School (Half Day)

  6/17/2022 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

  
  Staggered dismissal today:
  

  • LS dismissal between 10:00 am - 10:30 am
  • US dismissal at 11:15 am
  • MS dismissal at 12:15 pm

• Lower School Spring Show

  6/17/2022 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

  
  Venue: Kew-Forest Gym
  Lower School students will be dismissed after the Spring Show. For more details, please refer to Ms. Bernstein's communication dated Thurs 2 June.
• Jun

  20

  BUILDING CLOSED (Juneteenth Observed)

  6/20/2022
• Jun

  21

  Professional Development for Faculty & Staff

  6/21/2022 to 6/24/2022
• Jun

  22

  Professional Development for Faculty & Staff

  6/21/2022 to 6/24/2022

• All Parent Virtual Meeting with Caples Jefferson Architects

  6/22/2022 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

  
  

  Topics:
  Kew-Forest Construction Work Update & Campus Master Plan Visioning Process Activity.
  
  Please look out for Zoom instructions the day before the event.
• Jun

  23

  Professional Development for Faculty & Staff

  6/21/2022 to 6/24/2022
• Jun

  24

  Professional Development for Faculty & Staff

  6/21/2022 to 6/24/2022

• Lower School Notices

  6/24/2022

  
  

  • Returning students receive summer packets
  • Second semester reports become available 
• Jun

  27

  Middle & Upper School Notices

  6/27/2022

  
  

  • Grades and comments available online today
  • Summer recommendations (reading, writing, language, math, science, etc.) to be available by the end of June 2022.
  • Senior transcripts/accompanying documents will be sent to colleges by the end of June 2022.
  • Now is the time to begin community service!  If you are uncertain where to find opportunities to serve, students can search for options through MobileServe (in the app or after logging into mobileserve.com using their K-F email). Grade-wise accumulated minimum community service hour requirements are as follows:
    • 6th grade = 10 hours
    • 7th & 8th grades = 20 hours
    • 9th & 10th grades = 30 hours
    • 11th & 12th grades = 40 hours
• Jun

  28

  Kew-Forest Regular Board Meeting (Virtual)

  6/28/2022 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM