{"id":74,"date":"2012-07-31T21:19:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T21:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/gaenslen\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:05:49","slug":"principals-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/about\/principals-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal&#8217;s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Clement Avenue Families,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12161\" src=\"https:\/\/mpsschoolwebsi.wpenginepowered.com\/clement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Shannon-Kilsdonk-2025-square-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shannon Kilsdonk\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Shannon-Kilsdonk-2025-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Shannon-Kilsdonk-2025-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Shannon-Kilsdonk-2025-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/10\/Shannon-Kilsdonk-2025-square.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We are excited to welcome student(s) back to school for the 2025-2026 school year! We are attaching supply lists for each grade level. You will see the required lists as well as\u00a0 teacher wish lists for each grade level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/id\/urn:aaid:sc:US:aaebba11-0316-46bc-ac7d-de5ac0b12d3e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Required lists: These are items that the district requires students to have.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teacher wish lists: These are items that our teachers would love for their students to have, but they are not mandatory. If you can purchase items from the wish lists, it would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Important Dates:<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Tuesday, August 26, 2025 &#8211; Open House @ 5:00 PM &#8211; 6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Drop off school supplies<br \/>\n&#8211; Welcome message &amp; Title 1 info from the principal @ 5 P.M. in the Gym<br \/>\n&#8211; Move to classrooms to fill out important school forms<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Tuesday, September 2, 2025- First day of school!<br \/>\n&#8211; K4 &amp; K5 have staggered start days, you will be receiving a separate letter with<br \/>\nstart dates.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any additional questions, please feel free to call our main office at (414)294-1500.<\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you at Open House!<\/p>\n<p>Yours Truly,<\/p>\n<p>Shannon Kilsdonk<br \/>\nPrincipal of Clement Avenue School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Clement Avenue Families, We are excited to welcome student(s) back to school for the 2025-2026 school year! We are attaching supply lists for each grade level. You will see the required lists as well as\u00a0 teacher wish lists for each grade level. Required lists: These are items that the district requires students to have. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-74","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/clement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}