Rockville Elementary School - USD 416

Weekly Update - 3/4/18

As of Friday, March 2, we had 134 kindergarten, 344 first grade and 120 second grade tickets circulated for our “Doing your best at RES” school wide recognition.

**March Wild Kittens – just announced this week**
-Kindergarten:
Charlee Clemence
Madeline Wilkinson
Cooper Weisenborn
William Pineda
Gage Alspach
Avery Buset
Paola Rios Martinez

-First Grade:
Isaac Blincoe
Kyia Feldkamp
Saylor Dansel
Lucy Gibbons
Caitlin George
Liam Burch
Kaylin Stone
Nick Beidelschies
Serenity Mathis
Aubry Goodman

-Second Grade:
Quincy Long
Maylee Meek
Allie Hafley
Bo Ballard
Emerson Lemus
Charlotte Apple
Connor Marsh
Elwood Martin

**March P.A.W.S. Crew Members**
Quincy Long, Kyia Feldkamp and Paola Rios Martinez

*Dental Screenings: 2017-18 Dental Screenings will be held March 27 & 28, 2018 for all grades. Parents/guardians must provide WRITTEN notice to OPT OUT; an
email to the nurse will be accepted: [email protected]

**Significant Dates:
March 7 – Muffins for Kindergarten Moms
March 10 – Parents Night Out
March 11 – Daylight Savings Time Begins – Don’t forget to turn your clocks forward on Sunday 2:00 am
March 16 – End of 3rd Quarter – No School for Students
March 19-23 – Spring Break – NO SCHOOL
April 12 – Biscuits & Gravy for 1st Grade Moms
April 12-13 – Kindergarten Screening (No School for current kindergartners).
April 18 – Wednesday – No School for Students
May 2 – Cinnamon Rolls for 2nd Grade Moms
May 2 and 3 – Last checkout for library books for the year
May 9 and 10 – All library books DUE
May 14-18 – BOOK Fair
May 16 – Field Day

If you are emailing a teacher in regards to attendance or a change in afternoon plans please include [email protected] on that email. That way it will also be sent to all office staff. Thank you!!

**Camp Invention – Summer 2018**
Next summer during 2018 Camp Invention scheduled for June 4-7, explore the technology behind self-driving cars, design futuristic dream homes, build and personalize a robotic dog and bring your exciting ideas to life! Secure your spot today at campinvention.org.

Camp Invention’s all-new summer program, Fast Forward, shows children that even the wildest and craziest ideas can become reality! Campers in grades K-6 will create a vehicle of the future, design a mechanical robot dog, and build futuristic dream homes. Local educators lead the week of fun, hands-on, STEM activities that encourage children to think big, explore their curiosity, and never give up! Visit campinvention.org or call 800.968.4332 to register. Use promo code Ideas25 to save $25 (expires 3/23) and Ideas15 to save $15 (expires 5/4).

**Lunch Guests **
We appreciate your support in helping model appropriate behavior at meal time, the art of conversation and staying at the table until excused. For the students of parents choosing our hot lunches - taking advantage of our nutritious offerings, an extra ticket for the classroom bucket will be awarded.

RES Valentine's Day Celebration

Weekly Update - January 28, 2018

As of Friday, January 26, we had 150 kindergarten, 316 first grade and 179 second grade tickets circulated for our “Doing your best at RES” school wide recognition.

FEBRUARY VALENTINE CELEBRATION SIGNUP:

http://signup.com/go/HzSQZuR
We're using SignUp.com (the leading online SignUp and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming SignUps for our Valentine Celebration.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp.com: http://signup.com/go/HzSQZuR
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.com.

Note: SignUp.com does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact Rebecca Bockelman and she will sign you up manually.

SIGNIFICANT DATES:
January 8 – February 16: Jump Rope for Heart at Rockville
February 7 – Cinnamon Rolls Breakfast with 2nd Grade Dads
February 9 – Valentine Celebration – signups
Celebration TIME Schedule on Feb 9, 2018
8:40-9:20 am Anderson, Herder, Warner, Heuertz
9:20-10:05 am Harris, Aust, Harding, Riese
10:10-10:50 am Kern, Stephens, Lemke
12:55-1:35 pm Griffin, Chase
1:40-2:20 pm Goode, Cash, Boulware, Gage

February 14 – Wear Red Day to support Jump Rope for Heart
February 15 and 16 – Jump with a Hero Day in PE
February 24 – LES/PTO Father/Daughter Dance at Rockville https://lespto.org/ or contact [email protected]
March 7 – Muffins for Kindergarten Moms
March 16 – End of 3rd Quarter – No School for Students
March 19-23 – Spring Break – NO SCHOOL
April 12 – Biscuits & Gravy for 1st Grade Moms
April 12-13 – Kindergarten Screening (No School for current kindergartners). Signups and more information to follow after spring break.
May 2 – Cinnamon Rolls for 2nd Grade Moms

CALENDAR CORRECTIONS to note:
April 17 – NO SCHOOL
April 27 – School for All

CRITICAL REMINDER ABOUT ILLNESS GUIDELINES
With the increase of illnesses this season, PLEASE keep children home during the course of fever, diarrhea or vomiting as well as for an additional 24 hours until symptom free without using medications.

Please remind your child to wash hands often. Keeping hands clean through improved hand hygiene is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others.

DEVELOPING ADULT CAPACITIES – to support children
Video featuring Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child, which notes developing adult capacities are really the first step in supporting children that come to school poorly prepared and ill equipped to be successful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urU-a_FsS5Y (It is well worth viewing!)

WHY Can’t I Skip My 20 Minutes of Reading Tonight ?
The simple practice of reading with your child every evening can play a deciding factor in the child’s future success. The choice is yours.

DID YOU KNOW ...There is a free APP available called "Points scan free," that does the job of "AR book find," but by scanning the bar code. So, so much easier and quicker, and great when at a book store, or the like!

CAMP INVENTION – Summer 2018
Next summer during 2018 Camp Invention scheduled for June 4-7, explore the technology behind self-driving cars, design futuristic dream homes, build and personalize a robotic dog and bring your exciting ideas to life! Secure your spot today at campinvention.org.

Camp Invention’s all-new summer program, Fast Forward, shows children that even the wildest and craziest ideas can become reality! Campers in grades K-6 will create a vehicle of the future, design a mechanical robot dog, and build futuristic dream homes. Local educators lead the week of fun, hands-on, STEM activities that encourage children to think big, explore their curiosity, and never give up! Visit campinvention.org or call 800.968.4332 to register. Use promo code Ideas25 to save $25 (expires 3/23) and Ideas15 to save $15 (expires 5/4).

STUDENT BIRTHDAYS
Parents, just a heads up that when I attach birthday pencils on student lockers - during the next two months, I’ll celebrate current and half birthdays. In other words, during the month of December, students with December and June birthdates will be recognized. During the month of January, students with January and July birthdates will be acknowledged. Having a daughter with a July birthdate, I’m sensitive to children missing out on school celebrations as a result of summer birthdays.

LUNCH GUESTS
We appreciate your support in helping model appropriate behavior at meal time, the art of conversation and staying at the table until excused. For the students of parents choosing our hot lunches - taking advantage of our nutritious offerings, an extra ticket for the classroom bucket will be awarded.

RES Valentine's Day Celebration SignUp.com makes it easy to coordinate school events & classroom activities, fundraisers, snack schedules, potlucks & more!

Weekly Update - 10/29/17

As of Friday, October 27, we had 135 kindergarten, 231 first grade and 82 second grade tickets circulated for our “Doing your best at RES” school wide recognition.

Significant Dates:

November 3 – Vision Screening
November 5 – Daylight Savings Time STOPS
November 8 – Grandparent Breakfast with 2nd Graders
November 10 - Veteran's Day Performance in LHS Gym @9:00 am
November 10, 11, 12 – Little Mermaid play (LHS auditorium)
Friday, October 27th is the deadline for all early bird ticket sales for this year's LHS musical, "The Little Mermaid." NO ORDERS WILL BE TAKEN AFTER FRIDAY.

Reserved seats will still be available to buy at the door on the day of the performances, but spots are filling quickly. Get your tickets now!!!

November 14 – Thanksgiving Lunch (corrected date)
December 4 – Monday
---6:30-7:15 pm – Kindergarten Winter Concert at LHS Auditorium
---7:30-8:15 pm – 1st Grade Winter Concert at LHS Auditorium
December 5 – Tuesday
---6:30-7:15 pm – 2nd Grade Winter Concert at LHS Auditorium
December 11 – Monday – Amazing Family FUN Night

2017-18 Vision Screenings
November 03, 2017 for all grades.

2017-18 Hearing Screenings
Starting November 01, 2017 for Kindergarten only.

These screenings are mandated by the State of Kansas and parents/guardians must provide WRITTEN notice to OPT OUT; an email to the nurse will be accepted: [email protected]. Results of the screenings will be uploaded to Skyward accounts for parents/guardians to review. Thank you.

Skating in PE – November 6-21
-Coach A will be contacting volunteers next week with the schedule.
-If you still have not signed the form for skating, you still can…

Fall Celebration

Thank you all for a very successfull Fall Celebration. Students had a wonderful experience with the different stations, i.e. Sack Race and Pumpkin Sweep, Limbo and Eyeball Spoon Relay, Spider Game and Pumpkin Ring Toss, and Tasty Snack.

A sincere thank you to our volunteer parents and grandparents who created a memorable experience for our Rockville students.

Why Can’t I Skip My 20 Minutes of Reading Tonight?

The simple practice of reading with your child every evening can play a deciding factor in the child’s future success. The choice is yours.

Little Mermaid Early Bird Ticket Form
Louisburg High School proudly presents this year's musical, The Little Mermaid on November 10th, 11th and 12th. Early bird tickets are on sale now! Please carefully fill out form and return with payment to your child's school. All checks should be written to LHS.

Lunch Guests

This week, we had 33 adults accompany students for meals with 8 joining us for a hot lunch. We appreciate your support in helping model appropriate behavior at meal time, the art of conversation and staying at the table until excused. For the students of parents choosing our hot lunches - taking advantage of our nutritious offerings, an extra ticket for the classroom bucket will be awarded.

I came across an interesting quote by Michael Pollan: “The family meal is the nursery of democracy. I really do think we literally civilize our children at the table. That's where they learn to take turns and to share and to argue.”

Reminder about Parent Email Contacts to School

Parents are requested to notify BOTH the office and the teacher should you find it necessary to notify us about child’s sickness or make alternate plans. Simply emailing the teacher does not guarantee your message will be received due to potentially being missed if the teacher is absent or unable to check email notes during the day. We do not want to miss your important messages.

SignUp.com | The Easiest Way to Bring People Together

Weekly Update - 10/22/17

As of Friday, October 20, we had 154 kindergarten, 163 first grade and 179 second grade tickets circulated for our “Doing your best at RES” school wide recognition.

Significant Dates:

RED RIBBON WEEK - October 23-27

Red Ribbon Week activities - bringing attention to "Say No to Drugs", and inviting everyone to get involved by dressing up for the different themes.
--Monday- Wildcats Are Drug Free- Wear red to kick off Red Ribbon Week
--Tuesday- Wildcats Have the Power to Say NO to Drugs- Wear a superhero shirt
--Wednesday- Don't Let Drugs Mix You Up- Wear mixed matched clothes
--Thursday- Being Drug Free is No Sweat- Wear sweatpants
--Friday- Wildcats Team Up Against Drugs- Wear Louisburg spirit wear or colors
-October 27 – Fall Festival Celebration – SignUp.com: http://signup.com/go/YSBJmwm
Supplies have been filled 100%, however, we only have 36 of the 109 volunteers needed to run the events for our students. CAN YOU HELP?
-November 5 – Daylight Savings Time STOPS
-November 8 – Grandparent Breakfast with 2nd Graders
-November 10 - Veteran's Day Performance in LHS Gym @9:00 am
-November 10, 11, 12 – Little Mermaid play (LHS auditorium)
Friday, October 27th is the deadline for all early bird ticket sales for this year's LHS musical, "The Little Mermaid." NO ORDERS WILL BE TAKEN AFTER FRIDAY.

Reserved seats will still be available to buy at the door on the day of the performances, but spots are filling quickly. Get your tickets now!!!

-November 14 – Thanksgiving Lunch (corrected date)
-December 4 – Monday
----6:30-7:15 pm – Kindergarten Winter Concert at LHS Auditorium
----7:30-8:15 pm – 1st Grade Winter Concert at LHS Auditorium
-December 5 – Tuesday
----6:30-7:15 pm – 2nd Grade Winter Concert at LHS Auditorium
-December 11 – Monday – Amazing Family FUN Night

Why Can’t I Skip My 20 Minutes of Reading Tonight?
The simple practice of reading with your child every evening can play a deciding factor in the child’s future success. The choice is yours. http://www.usd416.org/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/59cd43ec08645/why-cant-I-skip-reading.jpg

Little Mermaid Early Bird Ticket Form

Louisburg High School proudly presents this year's musical, The Little Mermaid on November 10th, 11th and 12th. Early bird tickets are on sale now! Please carefully fill out the attached form and return with payment to your child's school. All checks should be written to LHS.
http://www.usd416.org/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/59cd43ec08645/Little%20Mermaid%20Early%20Bird%20Ticket%20Form.pdf

Upcoming Fall Celebration – October 27

The Fall Celebration festivities take place on Friday, October 27. Our details committee is working on the movement and fun activities with brief treat (non-allergic food and drink) taking place during scheduled 40-minute rotations. SignUp.com: http://signup.com/go/YSBJmwm

Schedule by Class:
8:40-9:20 Anderson Herder Warner Heuertz
9:20-10:05 Harris Aust Harding Riese
10:10-10:50 Kern Stephens Lemke
12:55-1:35 Griffin Chase
1:40-2:20 Goode Cash Boulware Gage

Lunch Guests

This week, we had 23 adults accompany students for meals with 7 joining us for lunch. We appreciate your support in helping model appropriate behavior at meal time, the art of conversation and staying at the table until excused. For the students of parents choosing our hot lunches - taking advantage of our nutritious offerings, an extra ticket for the classroom bucket will be awarded.

I came across an interesting quote by Michael Pollan: “The family meal is the nursery of democracy. I really do think we literally civilize our children at the table. That's where they learn to take turns and to share and to argue.”

Reminder about Parent Email Contacts to School

Parents are requested to notify BOTH the office and the teacher should you find it necessary to notify us about child’s sickness or make alternate plans. Simply emailing the teacher does not guarantee your message will be received due to potentially being missed if the teacher is absent or unable to check email notes during the day. We do not want to miss your important messages.

SignUp.com | The Easiest Way to Bring People Together Choose your SignUps for RES Celebration Sign Up today! No login or passwords needed and receive automated reminders for your spots!

Red Ribbon Week Activities

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Weekly Update - 10/15/17

As of Wednesday, October 11, we had 189 kindergarten, 275 first grade and 195 second grade tickets circulated for our “Doing your best at RES” school wide recognition.

Significant Dates:
-October 16 – NO SCHOOL (Teacher In-Service)
-October 17-20 – Tumbling Unit in PE
--------Students need to wear SOCKS every day.
--------No dresses or jeans.
--------Girls: no headbands/bows & need to wear long hair up.
-October 27 – Fall Festival Celebration – SignUp.com: http://signup.com/go/YSBJmwm
-November 8 – Grandparent Breakfast with 2nd Graders
-November 15 – Thanksgiving Dinner
-December 4 – Monday
--6:30-7:15 pm – Kindergarten Winter Concert at LHS Auditorium
--7:30-8:15 pm – 1st Grade Winter Concert at LHS Auditorium
-December 5 – Tuesday
--6:30-7:15 pm – 2nd Grade Winter Concert at LHS Auditorium
-December 11 – Monday – Amazing Family FUN Night

Little Mermaid Early Bird Ticket Form
http://www.usd416.org/vnews/display.v/ART/59d8444c5be08
Louisburg High School proudly presents this year's musical, The Little Mermaid on November 10th, 11th and 12th. Early bird tickets are on sale now! Please carefully fill out the attached form and return with payment to your child's school. All checks should be written to LHS.

1st Grade Grandparents Breakfast this past Wednesday

We had 86 grandparents join our first graders for breakfast this week – bringing our Wednesday total of breakfasters to 192.

Lunch Guests

This week, we had 11 adults accompany students for meals with one joining us for breakfast. We appreciate your support in helping model appropriate behavior at meal time, the art of conversation and staying at the table until excused. For the students of parents choosing our hot lunches - taking advantage of our nutritious offerings, an extra ticket for the classroom bucket will be awarded.

I came across an interesting quote by Michael Pollan: “The family meal is the nursery of democracy. I really do think we literally civilize our children at the table. That's where they learn to take turns and to share and to argue.”

Reminder about Parent Email Contacts to School

Parents are requested to notify BOTH the office and the teacher should you find it necessary to notify us about child’s sickness or make alternate plans. Simply emailing the teacher does not guarantee your message will be received due to potentially being missed if the teacher is absent or unable to check email notes during the day. We do not want to miss your important messages.

SignUp.com | The Easiest Way to Bring People Together Choose your SignUps for RES Celebration Sign Up today! No login or passwords needed and receive automated reminders for your spots!

Louisburg USD 416

Weekly Update 10/8/17

As of Friday, October 6, we had 189 kindergarten, 275 first grade and 195 second grade tickets circulated for our “Doing your best at RES” school wide recognition.

Significant Dates:

-October 9 – Fire Safety Prevention (video and fire truck)
-October 11 – Grandparent Breakfast with 1st Graders
-October 12 – NO SCHOOL – Parent Teacher Conferences by appointment
-October 13 – NO SCHOOL
-October 16 – NO SCHOOL (Teacher In-Service)
-October 27 – Fall Festival Celebration (parent volunteer spot opening about 2-3 weeks prior)
-November 8 – Grandparent Breakfast with 2nd Graders
-November 15 – Thanksgiving Dinner
-No School - Oct 12, 13, and 16.

See you at Parent/Teacher conferences on Thursday, October 12. Remember that each conference is allotted 15 minutes - so be prepared with any questions you might have. Be sure to sign up for your conference slot at https://usd416.socs.net/vparentteacher/.

Fire Prevention Week is October 8-14, 2017.

In a fire, seconds count. Seconds can mean the difference between residents of our community escaping safely from a fire or having their lives end in tragedy.

That’s why this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme: “Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways Out!” is so important. It reinforces why everyone needs to have an escape plan. Here’s this year’s key campaign messages:

-Draw a map of your home by using our grid in English (PDF) or Spanish (PDF) with all members of your household, marking two exits from each room and a path to the outside from each exit.
-Practice your home fire drill twice a year. Conduct one at night and one during the day with everyone in your home, and practice using different ways out.
-Teach children how to escape on their own in case you can’t help them.
-Make sure the number of your home is clearly marked and easy for the fire department to find.
-Close doors behind you as you leave – this may slow the spread of smoke, heat, and fire.
-Once you get outside, stay outside. Never go back inside a burning building.

Little Mermaid Early Bird Ticket Form

Louisburg High School proudly presents this year's musical, The Little Mermaid on November 10th, 11th and 12th. Early bird tickets are on sale now! Please carefully fill out the form locatd on the website and return with payment to your child's school. All checks should be written to LHS.

Lunch Guests

This week, we had 27 adults accompany students for meals with two joining us for breakfast and five eating our hot lunch.

We appreciate your growing support in helping model appropriate behavior at meal time, the art of conversation and staying at the table until excused. For the students of parents choosing our hot lunches - taking advantage of our nutritious offerings, an extra ticket for the classroom bucket will be awarded.

I came across an interesting quote by Michael Pollan: “The family meal is the nursery of democracy. I really do think we literally civilize our children at the table. That's where they learn to take turns and to share and to argue.”

Reminder about Parent Email Contacts to School

Parents are requested to notify BOTH the office and the teacher should you find it necessary to notify us about child’s sickness or make alternate plans. Simply emailing the teacher does not guarantee your message will be received due to potentially being missed if the teacher is absent or unable to check email notes during the day. We do not want to miss your important messages.

Louisburg USD 416

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Weekly Update - 10/1/17

As of Friday, September 29, we had 157 kindergarten, 266 first grade and 213 second grade tickets circulated for our “Doing your best at RES” school wide recognition.

Significant Dates:
-October 2 – Wear Chiefs RED for Monday night football
-October 2 – October Wild Kittens announced in classrooms
-October 5 – Thursday: Walk-a-thon
-October 9 – Fire Safety Prevention (video and fire truck)
-October 11 – Grandparent Breakfast with 1st Graders
-October 12 – NO SCHOOL – Parent Teacher Conferences by appointment
-October 13 – NO SCHOOL
-October 16 – NO SCHOOL (Teacher In-Service)
-October 27 – Fall Festival Celebration (parent volunteer spot opening about 2-3 weeks prior)
-November 8 – Grandparent Breakfast with 2nd Graders
-November 15 – Thanksgiving Dinner

Walk-a-Thon Schedule Change on October 5 – Thursday

Due to a scheduling conflict, we'll need to change the Rockville Walk-a-thon schedule by swapping 2nd grade and kindergarten slots:
---2nd Grade 9-9:30
---1st Grade 9:30-10:00
---Kindergarten 10:00-10:30

If we have inclement weather, we will need to bump up times by 30 minutes since the gym already has two classes scheduled at 10:00 am for their daily PE class.

No School - Oct 12, 13, and 16.

See you at Parent/Teacher conferences on Thursday, October 12. Remember that each conference is allotted 15 minutes - so be prepared with any questions you might have. Be sure to sign up for your conference slot at https://usd416.socs.net/vparentteacher/.

Fire Prevention Week is October 8-14, 2017.

In a fire, seconds count. Seconds can mean the difference between residents of our community escaping safely from a fire or having their lives end in tragedy.

That’s why this year’s Fire Prevention Week theme: “Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways Out!” is so important. It reinforces why everyone needs to have an escape plan. Here’s this year’s key campaign messages:

--Draw a map of your home by using our grid on the Rockville website (weekly announcements) in English (PDF) or Spanish (PDF) with all members of your household, marking two exits from each room and a path to the outside from each exit.

--Practice your home fire drill twice a year. Conduct one at night and one during the day with everyone in your home, and practice using different ways out.

--Teach children how to escape on their own in case you can’t help them.

--Make sure the number of your home is clearly marked and easy for the fire department to find.

--Close doors behind you as you leave – this may slow the spread of smoke, heat, and fire.

--Once you get outside, stay outside. Never go back inside a burning building.

Lunch Guests

During the week of 9/18, we had 28 adults accompany students for meals with two joining us for breakfast and one eating our hot lunch. Then this week, we had 35 adult guests with 3 eating breakfast and 5 eating a hot lunch.

We appreciate your growing support in helping model appropriate behavior at meal time, the art of conversation and staying at the table until excused. For the students of parents choosing our hot lunches - taking advantage of our nutritious offerings, an extra ticket for the classroom bucket will be awarded.

usd416.socs.net

Weekly Update - 9/24/17

As of Friday, September 22, we had 196 kindergarten, 322 first grade and 224 second grade tickets circulated for our “Doing your best at RES” school wide recognition.

Alert about Parent Email Contacts to School

Parents are requested to notify BOTH the office and the teacher should you find it necessary to notify us about a child’s sickness or make alternate plans. Simply emailing the teacher does not guarantee your message will be received due to potentially being missed if the teacher is absent or unable to check email notes during the day. We do not want to miss your important messages.

Successful First Science Tub Friday!

On Friday, all classrooms participated in the first of our Science Tub Friday units. Activities ranged from learning about levels of the soil, observing a raincloud representation, predicting forces and motion, predicting whether white or black causes ice to melt quicker, building kazoos, building a phone with cup and string and then changing one variable, etc. Each class per grade level conducted unique science experiments. On future Science Tub Fridays, students will rotate to the different science lesson presented by our science teacher experts (11/17, 1/26, 2/23, 3/30, 4/27).

Significant Upcoming Dates:

September 28 - Parent/Teacher Conference Signups opens to select time slots
October 2 - October Wild Kittens announced in classrooms
October 11 - Grandparent Breakfast with 1st Graders
October 27 - Fall Celebration (Parent Volunteer Spot opens ~ 2-3 weeks prior)

Exciting “Celebration” News

Last year students, staff and parents thoroughly enjoyed our celebration activity format for fall, winter, and Valentine’s Day. Our details committee is working on the movement and fun activities with brief treat (non-allergic food and drink) taking place during scheduled 40-minute rotations.

Schedule by Class:
8:40-9:20 Anderson Herder Warner Heuertz
9:20-10:05 Harris Aust Harding Riese
10:10-10:50 Kern Stephens Lemke
12:55-1:35 Griffin Chase
1:40-2:20 Goode Cash Boulware Gage

As soon as our details committee sets up the Volunteer Spot, we’ll get that link to interested volunteers to sign up to bring specific food/drink items or help with the scheduled fun activities for your child(ren).

Rockville Celebration Dates

- Fall on Friday, October 27, 2017
- Winter on Monday, December 15, 2017
- Valentine on Friday, February 9, 2017
Common Illnesses Surfacing

Upcoming Reminder for 1st Grade Grandparents Breakfast

(Cinnamon Roll) being held on October 11, 2017: 7:30-8:15 am. We look forward to 1st grade grandparents who are able to join their grandchild for breakfast and then say goodbye so students return to class independently ready to learn at 8:20 a.m.

Talking To Children About Tragic News Stories

As of Friday, September 8, we had 132 kindergarten, 256 first grade and 118 second grade tickets circulated for our “Doing your best at RES” school wide recognition.

Significant dates:

- September 14 - THURSDAY Kindergarten Grandparent Breakfast: 7:30-8:15 am in Commons
- September 20 – Wednesday – PICTURE DAY

Lunch Guests this Week

This week we had approximately 21 adults join students for lunch. We appreciate your growing support in helping model appropriate behavior at meal time, the art of conversation and staying at the table until excused.

Talking with your child about traumatic events...

With tragic news stories coming with the landfall of Irma (and of course, Harvey recently), sometimes it is difficult knowing how to talk to kids about tragic news stories. Below is a link that might provide some help.
http://www.positiveparentingconnection.net/parenting-difficult-events-tragedy-helping-your-family-cope/

Note from our School Nurses

Illnesses are certainly in full swing here in the Louisburg School District. There have been a few reports of allergies, mononucleosis, Norovirus, and lice as well as more nebulous symptoms of headache, nausea & vomiting, lethargy and generally “not feeling well.”

As a reminder, please keep your child home if s/he is not feeling well; this will help prevent the spread of infection & help keep students and staff safe and healthy.

Please remember that in order to return to school, school policy requires that your child must be free of fever, vomiting, and diarrhea for 24 hours without the aid of medication. A list of district guidelines can be found here:
http://www.usd416.org/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/57040de8c3ab3/SCHOOL%20HEALTH%20GUIDELINES.doc.pdf

Please remind your children to wash hands frequently – keeping hands clean is one of the most important steps we can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others. *

If you have any questions or are not sure whether to send your child to school, please feel free to contact the school nurse.

* https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/show-me-the-science.html

Talking To Children About Tragic News Stories Tragedies and difficult moments are tough to understand for children and for us adults. Watching our children be upset, fearful or confused is not easy at all. We can’t undo what happened, w…