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Please join us for Open House 2018-19
Open house for grades Pk-5 will be held on September 26th at 6pm Open house for grades 6-8 will be held on September 27th at 6pm
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WELCOME BACK to the 2018 -19 School Year!!
Click here to read a brochure about our school.
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2018-2019 SUPPLY LISTS
Click here for supply lists. Lists are organized by grade level.
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Home Access Center
Yonkers Public Schools is implementing the SunGard Home Access Center (HAC) to enable parents/guardians Internet access to their child’s school information with a user name and password.
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Homework Help
Online tutoring will be available everyday from 3pm to 9pm. Click the picture for the link.
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Extra Practice Website List
Here you'll find a comprehensive list of extra practice websites. Strengthen your skills in all subjects, practice for state tests, play educational games or be creative with art, music and coding sites. All grade levels from Pre-K through high school.
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NYS Test Practice
Click on the picture or go to tinyurl.com/gibranpractice to link to a website that will provide practice for computerized state assessments and other resources to support student readiness.
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Tiger Talk - June 2018
Click the picture to read the Spring 2018 edition of Tiger Talk, Gibran's School Newspaper. Thank you Mrs. Ackerman, Mr. DiMonaco and all the students that help create our newspaper.
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Gibran's PTA requests that you bring in your BOX TOPS to raise money!!
Save those BOX TOPS!! Download the app and earn double rewards for our school.
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BOE Summer Meetings
The Trustees of the Yonkers Board of Education have set Wednesday, July 11 and Wednesday, August 15 for their summer meetings. The Board will meet in the 4th Floor Board Room at One Larkin Center. All are most welcome!
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BOE Adopts Budget With No Layoffs
Following the adoption of the City of Yonkers budget by the City Council last week, the Yonkers Board of Education adopted the proposed $615.6 million 2018-19 school year budget at its June 19, 2018 Stated Meeting, avoiding layoffs.
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Yonkers Students Make Joyful Noise at Yonkers Hispanic Day Parade
The Yonkers Public Schools family was EVERYWHERE during the annual Yonkers Hispanic Day Parade and Festival this weekend – marching, dancing, singing, and riding the new Lime Bikes. #YonkersProud
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Academic Achievement Awards Celebrate Students
It was a packed house x 2 as more than 900 students were celebrated for academic success in back-to-back ceremonies.
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Apollo Theater Provides In School Seminar to Lincoln Students
From make-up to making it up, Lincoln High School students were immersed in American theater tradition during the Apollo Theater Academy In-School Career Seminar.
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Of the People: Students' Reverence of the Past Offers Glimpse of the Future
Observing a cherished tradition, Yonkers middle and high school students recited Lincoln's Gettysburg Address during the Mayor's Annual Memorial Day Oratorical Contest.
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Lincoln's Dynamic Principal Honored With Leadership in Education Award
Ian Sherman was not the first in his family to teach in the Yonkers Public Schools, but he is blazing a trail as an innovator and leader that is leaving a lasting legacy.
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Roosevelt Wall of Fame Honors for Coach DeMatteo
The legendary football coach will be ushered into the school's Wall of Fame Wednesday, May 30, 2018.
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Riverside's Young Veterans Society Honors City Vets
The club of 20 juniors from Nicole Botman’s English class formed an instant connection to our vets that developed into a priceless intergenerational family dynamic.
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Welcome to the
Kahlil Gibran School
Website!
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Kahlil Gibran, from its foundation, has stressed academic excellence. Our goal is to provide the best education for each student. Our school’s success rests on parental involvement, a rigorous curriculum, and a dedicated staff. We look forward to working together as partners to ensure your child is successful.Dianne White
Principal
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Mission Statement
The Overall Mission/Goal at Kahlil Gibran School is for All Students to Value Their Education.
The staff and parents of the Kahlil Gibran Elementary School are committed to establishing a safe, positive environment for learning. Our curricula will reflect a diversity of cultures to enhance the development of each student, which will be accomplished through our Literary Curriculum.
Our expectations for academic excellence are high. Students are taught in a challenging environment that encourages creativity, participation, and involvement. This philosophy is enhanced through positive open lines of communication with each child, parent, teacher and school administrators. Higher order thinking is encouraged to ensure each child's future success.
