RBS Principal’s Notes
October 13, 2017
Please join us tomorrow
anytime from 1:00-3:00 PM for our 5th
Annual Harvest Festival.
IN THE NEWS:
Raffle Winners
This week’s Calendar
Raffle winners:
Friday, October 6th
– The Tenn Family (sold by Luke Tenn) - $50 to Chipotle
Monday, October 9th
– Cheryl Vallee (sold by Brody Edson) – $50 to Chipotle
Tuesday, October 10th
– Shannon Badger (sold by Carrie Ann Badger) - $50 to Target
Wednesday, October 11th
– Keith Janca (sold by Nelson Janca) - $50 Dunkin’ Donuts
Thursday, October 12th
– Georgia Moulis (sold by Stella Moulis) – $50 to Marshall’s
Friday, October 13th
– Esmeralda Roxo (sold by Isabella Mailloux) – $50 to Toys R Us
Picture Retake Day –
October 18th
If
you would like your child to have his/her school picture retaken, please take a
look HERE for more information.
A Message from Food
Services: Sample a Smoothie Day!
We
will be offering samples of a Fresh Fruit Smoothie in the Riddle Brook cafeteria
during lunches on October 17th. Please talk to your child about the offering. It will be samples only and any student in the
cafeteria can come up and try one. I
have listed the ingredients below, in case there are any questions of
allergies. We are looking forward to
seeing everyone give it a try! If you
have any questions, please contact Emily Murphy (Food Service Director) at
murphye@sau25.net
Fresh
Orange Tropical Smoothie
Ingredients:
Bananas
- Carrots - Pineapple - Strawberries - Yogurt (plain skim milk)
RBS Box Tops for
Education
Please
click HERE
for information on the program at our school.
8thAnnual
Witch Way to the 5K - REGISTRATION OPEN
Join us for the 8th
annual Witch Way to the 5K on Saturday, October 28, 2017. The kid’s 1K race starts at 9:30AM and the
adult race begins at 10AM at Lurgio Middle School. Click
here to register. We are also always
looking for sponsors - for more information click
here.
PTG News and Information
MEADOW FARMS GIFT WRAP
FUNDRAISER - DEADLINE EXTENDED! - Thank you to all who participated in our annual Meadow Farms Gift Wrap
Fundraiser. If you missed the chance to
place an order, you are in luck! Online
orders will be available until December 16th. As we embark on the gift-giving season, please
take a moment to check out the online
link for some fabulous gift ideas.
** 40% of the sales are donated back to the schools! **
** 40% of the sales are donated back to the schools! **
HELP THE PTG - Help the PTG continue to bring exciting
programs/speakers to our schools like Eyes on Owls, Abenaki Story Tellers,
T.I.G.E.R. Anti-Bullying performance, Ed Gerety Youth Speaker, and Chris Herren
Motivational Speaker. These events
cannot happen without the support from parents and teachers in the Bedford
community. There is still time to
help. Simply click on the PayPal link
at www.bedfordptg.org to
make a donation or send in a check payable to Bedford PTG in an enveloped
marked “PTG Support” with your name, email address and child’s school. Bedford PTG appreciates your support.
SAVE THE DATE - COFFEE WITH SUPERINTENDENT CHIP MCGEE
- Thursday, November 2nd 9:30 – 10:30AM. Join us at BCTV (10
Meetinghouse Road, Bedford), with our special guest Superintendent
Chip McGee, for a brief overview of current happenings in the district followed
by a Q&A. Light refreshments will be
served and your children are welcome to attend.
ANNUAL GIFT CARD FUNDRAISER - A gift card is the perfect gift for any occasion! For every gift card you buy, a percentage of the value of the card is donated by the sponsoring retailer to our schools, while 100% of the value of the card that you purchased is available for you to spend! Order forms will be sent home with children in grades K-8 on October 20th. For those students attending BHS, or for those who would like to download an order form, one will be available on our website at www.bedfordptg.org.
Pat’s Peak Learn to
Ski and Ride Program
Sign-up information is
coming soon! Registration deadline will
be November 15th. The program
will start on Friday, January 5, 2018. It
is a five-week program. Please contact
Kim Peicker at kpeicker@comcast.net with
any questions.
Suicide Prevention Training
Bedford School District
professionals will be conducting a suicide prevention training, open to all
community members, on Thursday, October 26th, 5:30-8:30 PM
at BHS. Please contact Zanna Blaney
at blaneyz@sau25.net with any
questions regarding this workshop.
REMINDERS:
RBS
Clothing
You can order
Riddle Brook School clothing online! Please go to www.bedfordwear.com. Hover over Schools in the menu bar,
and select Riddle Brook School. An order typically takes
7-10 business days to be delivered. You can order in a variety of colors
and styles. We have a few samples hanging in the office area so you can
get an idea of what is offered. Also, there is a size chart on the
website for your reference. 10% of profits come back to the school.
Bedford Education
Foundation
The BEF is holding their
annual fundraising event on November 17th from 7pm to 10pm at the Bedford
Village Inn. The theme is Nostalgic November. For more information
on the event and how to purchase tickets, click HERE.
Questions can be directed to info@befnh.org
Change in Practice
Regarding Student Absences and Excuses – IMPORTANT PLEASE READ
Superintendent McGee sent
the message below to parents in late August, but I wanted to follow up as well.
Overall, our attendance
rates are very high. Thank you! It is very helpful to have our students present
and ready to learn every day. At the same time, we have a small number of
students who struggle to get to school for a variety of reasons. In order to
address those situations more effectively, we have adjusted our practice
regarding attendance.
- If a student reaches 10 days (20 half days)
absent in a school year, we will promptly send a letter home that will
require parents/guardians to provide appropriate written documentation for
all future absences in that school year.
- If a student reaches 15 days (30 half days)
absent in a school year, we will require a meeting to establish a plan for
the student to return to regular attendance.
Our goal is to work
together with families to help all students attend regularly. The full
procedure is in each of the School Handbooks and can be found directly here.
Two additional points:
·
If parents do
not call in to our attendance line or write a note to their child’s teacher, it
will be considered an unexcused absence.
·
Because I wanted
to make sure that parents saw this information (in my Principal’s Notes), we
will begin on October 1, 2017.
Bedford Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony
Please join us as we
recognize the Inaugural Class of the Bedford
Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take
place on Homecoming Day - Saturday, October 21st at 2:00 PM - in
the Bedford High School Dining Commons. For more information,
and to order tickets, please click HERE
UPCOMING EVENTS:
October 14 – RBS Harvest Festival
October 18 – RBS Picture Retake Day
November 2 – Coffee with the Superintendent (9:30 AM @ BCTV)
November 10 – Veterans Day Observance – NO SCHOOL
November 18 – PTG Ski and Skate Sale
November 22-24 – Thanksgiving Break
December 1 – Grade 4 Ellis Island Day
