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The Karns City Incentive Committee is organizing a Food Truck Day on Friday, June 6th in the front parking lot of KCHS.

Breakfast Trucks will be there from 6 am - 10 am.

Lunch Trucks will be there from 10 am - 2 pm.

Thank you for your support!

First grade held their annual Egg Boxing Competition on April 15th. To compete, the students needed to create an egg license. Each student wrote a descriptive paragraph about their egg boxer, including their egg name and two special moves that could help them become the Egg Boxing Champ. The four winners were Humpty Dumpty, Eggslee, Fillbo, and Mighty America! 

Save the date for Karns City Area Elementary School's Festival of Learning! 

May 22, 2025
5:00 - 6:30 PM

Mrs. Twentier and Mrs. Seidler’s social studies classes studied the history of everyone’s favorite Easter treat…marshmallow Peeps! Did you know these delicious treats are made in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?

The fifth grade classes studied the history of the Peeps and then made dioramas of the Peeps in American History. The students really showed off their Peep-tastic creativeness!

The annual Elementary Spelling Bee was a great success!

The fifth grade classes at KCAES celebrated the NCAA Championship with a March Madness Game Day!  At the beginning of the tournament, the students picked a team in the tournament to research. That team was also their pick to win the championship. The students enjoyed following their team throughout the tournament. The student with the winning team won a basketball!

Third grade students had a special visit from Lieutenant Brian Grooms and his K-9 partner, Chooch, from the Butler City Police Department.

Fifth grade students recently wrapped up their unit 5 social studies projects with an exciting showcase of Washington, D.C. sites. Each group researched a monument, memorial, museum, or landmark, diving into the history and importance of their chosen topic.

Mrs. Hammonds’ fourth grade students spent a couple weeks learning about different types of text and graphic features in ELA.

The students read various types of non-fiction books that provided opportunities for the students to identify features such as text feature that include fact boxes, captions, bold text, and table of contents to name a few. They also identified graphic features such as the difference between a photograph and illustration in a story, graphs, charts, and maps that help provide more information within a story. 

To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Rice, Mrs. McCall, and Mrs. McMillen's third grade classes crafted with fifth graders while studying the colors of the rainbow (ROY G. BIV) that leads to the pot of gold!  Mrs. Twentier and Mrs. Seidler's fifth grade classes assisted in making Pot of Gold necklaces with the third graders. 

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Butler County
Karns City Jr/Sr High School
Saturday, April 12, 2025
9:00 am - 1:00 pm

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To prepare for the upcoming PSSAs, Mrs. Baum’s 4th/5th ELA class is reading the book, ‘Out of My Mind’ by Sharon Draper. The students' completed activities about the story relating to figurative language, vocabulary, and citing evidence from the text. 

Mrs. Hebenthal's sixth grade students at JKarns City Elementary School celebrated Read Across America week with some special activities, including spending time with Mrs. Wimer's first grade class. 

The older students read books and played theme related card games with the younger students. Although sixth grade visits first grade weekly, this was an extra special treat for all students involved.

Students at Karns City Area Elementary recently took on the Cereal Dominoes Challenge and collected 860 boxes of cereal for the Karns City Weekend Food Backpack Program.

The students were successful! Their cereal chain wound through the halls from kindergarten to 6th grade! Students cheered as the Domino chain fell from one end to the other, knocking down all of the boxes.

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Students in Mrs. Kelly Sadowski and Ms. Carolyn Kelly’s classroom at Karns City Area Elementary School, opened the “Sunshine Station,"a coffee and snack shack for teachers. Teachers were given the opportunity to order a drink (with the choices of tea, iced coffee or water), creamer or no creamer, sugar or no sugar, and a snack (chips or biscotti), and students then filled each order and delivered it to the staff. 

This month the station was focused on kindness, and each student wrote encouraging messages on the cups. Students then practiced using their social skills when delivering. Teachers told students that giving someone something can feel good and is a kind thing to do! Students enjoyed writing the uplifting notes, and seeing staff smile with each delivery. 

The Karns City Area School District School Board of Directors will hold a special meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 in the LGI room of the Karns City Jr./Sr. High School, 1446 Kittanning Pike, Karns City, PA.  for the purpose of discussing facilities needs and any other matters that come before the Board.

Mrs. Hammonds’ fourth grade students had a great day learning and reviewing ELA skills for the Super Bowl.

A lot of learning was had about the Super Bowl with close reading passages, grammar was practiced with editing a news media post, word building with compound words, and reviewing of skills with point of view, inference, and main idea.

KCAES fifth grade had a Super Bowl Tailgate Party on Friday afternoon. The party consisted of math and reading challenges, along with quarterback, punting, and jumping competitions.

The students learned the history of the Super Bowl and made predictions for this year's Super Bowl.

The fifth grade social studies classes recently participated in an activity based on the taxes forced on the colonists during the American Revolution. 

Mrs. Baum’s students at Karns City Area Elementary enjoyed a StarBOOKS Q2 Reward Day on January 24th! Complete with cake pops, white hot coco, and the pink drink! We love learning a LATTE!
 

Students at KCAES joined with Military Connections out of New Kensington to make valentines for service men and women.

Our fifth grade students demonstrated positive action, kindness and helping others by working with the third grade students to make the valentines.

Great work, everyone!

Save the date for the 2025-2026 KCAES Kindergarten Winter Welcome!

March 14, 2025
9:00 am
Karns City Area Elementary School

Mrs. Twentier and Mrs. Seidler’s fifth grade classes really got into the Christmas spirit over the last few weeks!

They celebrated Santa Day, Reindeer Day, Ugly Sweater Day, and many more! They also made beautiful snowflakes on the Christmas Craft Day!  They concluded the week with a pizza party provided by the PTO.

Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season! 

Karns City Area Elementary School 5th grade students graduated from the DARE program in December.

The DARE program consists of ten lessons about making good decisions and the dangers of drugs and alcohol. The program was taught by Deputy McGrady from the Butler County Sheriff's Department. 

A few select high school band students recently visited Karns City Area Elementary School and the Chicora Medical Center to play Christmas carols for the students and residents.

Many students, staff, parents, and alumni of Karns City enjoyed performing with the Kittanning Community Band for their winter concert series!

It's hard to believe the winter season is just around the corner. As we prepare for the possibility of inclement weather this year, please take a moment to review our winter weather procedures. This page outlines our two-hour delay schedule and our plan for moving to remote instruction if a physical school closure becomes necessary.

Click to view our winter weather procedures.

The next school board meeting is on Monday, September 9th, in the high school LGI room. The work session begins at 6:00 pm, followed by the regular meeting at 8:00 pm. All residents are welcome to attend.

We hope this letter finds you well and that you have enjoyed a wonderful summer break filled with rest, adventure, and quality time with loved ones. As we embark on a new academic year, we are delighted to welcome you all back to school and to our newly renamed and beautifully renovated Karns City Area Elementary School.