Every day, Kennedy Middle School strives to create a welcoming learning environment where all students are safe and successful.  If at any time there are issues you feel are impacting your child’s education, please reach out to either Principal Jessica Gieryn, 262-253-3452 or jgieryn@gsdwi.org, or Assistant Principal Brandon Kohl, 262-502-7440 or bkohl@gsdwi.org. We are here to help! Please use this page as your source of information for all things back to school; additional information may be added to this page as we get closer to the start of the school year.

Crusader Families - Mark Your Calendars!

• Skyward Online Registration and Verification - July 15th - August 12th.

• Kennedy Middle School Student Orientation Night - August 22nd, 2024.

  • Orientation Night is an opportunity to meet your teachers,

    pick up your schedules, and drop off your school supplies in your lockers.

  • 7th & 8th grade: 3:30pm-5pm (more information coming out in August)

  • 6th Grade: 5:30pm-7pm (more information coming out in August)

• School Pictures - September 17th.  Retake picture day, October 25th

All families will need to complete the online verification process, and you will need to respond to all of the “STEPS” for completion to move through the pages. The online verification process has completely been revised to upload your student's current immunization records, sport physicals and alt-year sports forms.

6th grade families, you will need to re-verify your Germantown School District address and upload two (2) proof of residency. Please visit our enrollment page for the suitable residency forms.

Activities and Athletics Registration - Open NOW
Activities and athletics registration is now open for Kennedy Middle School students and Germantown High School students. Parents and students will need to log into Skyward to complete the required steps for registration. To access the activities and athletics registration, please select Online Forms. Then, select Fill Out Form and complete all required fields/steps.

Interested in Cross Country (6-8) or Girls Basketball (7-8) for the 2024 school year.  Both start the second day of school - Wednesday, September 4th.  Please have all items taken care of by August 27th. Please see the quick links for CC and Girls Basketball and more sport specific information here.

Transportation Survey- Open NOW
If your child(ren) needs bus transportation for the upcoming school year, you must fill out the Transportation Survey in Skyward. To access the survey, please log into your Skyward Family Access account and select Online Forms. Select Fill Out Form, and complete all required fields/steps. If you have any questions about transportation, please contact your child’s school secretary. The deadline to complete this survey is Friday, July 28th.

KMS Fees
The school registration fee is $75 for the 2024-25 school year. All registration, course and co-curricular fees can be paid online; there is a small charge for this service. You can also pay these fees in person at the Student Services office during the summer,  on August 22nd at the orientation night (please look for a table set-up near the cafeteria), or send payment with your student, during the first week of school. All checks should be made payable to Germantown School District. Any questions on fees, please contact Stacie Karrels at 262-502-7326 or skarrels@gsdwi.org.

Co-Curricular Fees
There is an $85 Co-Curricular Activity Fee for students who participate in the following activities:

• Boys and Girls Basketball (this is a tryout sport, please wait to pay)

• Girls Volleyball (this is a tryout sport, please wait to pay)

• Boys and Girls Track

• Wrestling

• Forensics

• Boys and Girls Cross Country

• Destination Imagination

• FBLA

*There is a fee cap of $425 per family.

If your student will be absent or tardy, email will be the preferred method of notification to KMS office staff.

Please email or call the KMS Attendance Office at kmsoffice@gsdwi.org (preferred) or 262-253-3453 before 8:00 a.m. and provide the following:

1. Student's full name (please spell last name)

2. Grade

3. Reason for the absence or tardiness

4. Your relationship to the student

Students at KMS should carry their student IDs on a daily basis. The student ID has a barcode on it that is used for library checkouts and lunch purchases. Student IDs may also be required to enter various after school activities (e.g. PTA events, school dances). Lost IDs can be replaced for $5 in the Student Services Office.

Google Classroom is Germantown School District's Learning Management System and is primarily used by teachers for sharing resources and assignments with students.  Google Classroom is also where students will be able to electronically submit assignments.  Teachers will be able to review assignments, assign grades and return work all within Google Classroom.

Skyward is Germantown School District's student information system, which  is the central hub for contact information, health information, grades, discipline records, and any other pertinent information specific to individual students.

Students’ cell phones should be turned off and placed either in their backpack or locker during the school day. If a student needs to use their cell phone, it can be done with the permission and supervision of a staff member. If a student needs to call or text their parent from their phone, they may come to the Main Office or Student Services to do so. If a student is found using their phone in violation of KMS’s policy, each offense will be documented and addressed.

• 1st Offense: Student will have device confiscated and may pick their device up in the main office at the end of the hour. 

• 2nd Offense: Student will have device confiscated, teacher will take device to main office, parents will be contacted, and student may pick device up in main office at the end of the day. 

• 3rd Offense: Student will have device confiscated, teacher will take device to main office, parents will be contacted, and parents will come to pick up device in the main office. 

• 4th Offense: Student will have device confiscated, teacher will bring device to main office, parents will be contacted, parents will come to pick up device in the main office, and the student will now be responsible for dropping off and picking up their device in the main office at the beginning and end of each day.

Please consider joining the Kennedy Middle School PTA.  Meetings are typically scheduled on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the Gold Activity Center at 7 pm. The first meeting is scheduled for September 24th.  If you wish to join the PTA, please include your payment during online registration or at the first PTA meeting.

Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/KennedyGSDWI to see what's happening in and around our classrooms at KMS!

• School Year Calendar

• KMS Daily Schedule

• Food & Nutrition Documents

• KMS Student Handbook

• Fee Waiver Form

• GSD Health/Medical Forms & Information

• Picture Day

  • Information

  • Network Photography Online Pre-Pay

• House School Supply Lists

• Immunization Information

• After School Homework Club Permission Slip

• Athletics

• Activities

• KMS Facebook Page

• 6th Grade - Transition to Middle School Video

• Meet the Admin Presentation