RBS Principal’s Notes
October 20, 2017
IN THE NEWS:
Food Drive – October 23 – November 17
The Food Pantry at Bedford
Presbyterian Church is a valuable resource for those in our community who are
facing hunger or food insecurity.
The Food Pantry is a 501(c)3 organization that is a
well-coordinated effort between 5 area churches, local organizations, including
the Bedford Lion's Club and the Boy Scouts, and individuals and families in
Bedford.
They are always in need of THESE
FOOD ITEMS. At RBS, we would like to
make a concerted effort to collect these items for our food drive. If you are able to make a donation, I know
the Food Pantry would GREATLY appreciate it!
*Donations of cash are also welcomed in order to
purchase food from the NH Food Bank (checks made out to Bedford Presbyterian Church).
On Tuesday,
November 21st the boxes will be donated as a contribution from
the Riddle Brook School community.
Therefore, we will need all donations by Friday, November 17th. Our Principal’s
Advisory Group will be organizing and packing the donations on Monday, November 20th.
A Message from Mrs. Parker (Enrichment Teacher)
Please click HERE
to read a message from Mrs. Parker about a recycling project, which will be the
focus of an upcoming All School Meeting.
Harvest Festival
Our 5th annual
Harvest Festival was a great success! Thank you for participating and supporting our
school. It was a fun day for the Riddle
Brook School Community! Contest winner
information:
- Chili
Contest Winners:
Best
Overall – “King of all Chilis”
(Mrs. Blaine)
Most
Original – “Brunswick Almost
Chili” (Mrs. Effenberger)
Spiciest – “Gilley’s Chili” (Mrs. McCarthy)
Most Kid Friendly – “Sweet Harvest Surprise” (Miss Ferns)
- Calendar
Contest Grand Prize ($500)
– Anne Ekdahl (sold by Casey Wydom)
- Harvest
Hustle
K-2:
1st
Place: Ethan Alexander (Cardin)
2nd
Place: Sean McGee (Caron)
3rd
Place: Molly Muir (Effenberger)
3 & 4:
1st
Place: Luca Fabrizio (Halloran)
2nd
Place: Sarah Muir (Brennan)
3rd
Place: Camden Santos (Koellmer)
- Pumpkin
Decorating Contest
Best
Butterfly – Gemma Harl (Ortakales)
Scariest
– Noella DiPardo (Fortier)
Best
Sparkle – Abigail Gregory (Sanclemente)
Best
Use of Glitter – Avery O'Sullivan (Blaine)
Best
Use of Paint – Valentina Spencer (Cushman)
Best
Alien – Saif Ismail (Bennett)
Best
Pumpkinhead – Jack Haley (Cushman)
Most
Original – Carolyn Kemp (Moskwa)
Most
Festive – Owen Sprague (Halloran)
Best
Use of Candy – Mary Lenti (Dubreuil)
Best
Animal – Jack Vorias (Effenberger)
Best
Haunted Scene – Zachary Lange (Winn)
Most
Ghoulish – Joseph DiPardo (Brennan)
- Costume Winners
1st
Place - Molly OBrien (Brennan)
2nd
Place - Zachary Lange (Winn)
3rd
Place - Bray Kelley (Porat)
Raffle Winners
This week’s Calendar
Raffle winners:
Monday, October 16th
– Robert Sprague (sold by Owen Sprague) – $50 to Marshall’s
Tuesday, October 17th
– Xueyan Wu (sold by Rina Yang) - $50 to Dunkin’ Donuts
Wednesday, October 18th
– Zachary Lange (sold by Zachary Lange) - $50 to Target
Thursday, October 19th
– Julie Cote (sold by Tripp Cote) – $50 to Toys R Us
Friday, October 20th
– Eman Farrag (sold by Saif Ismail)– $50 to Chipotle
Halloween Parade
We are
bringing back the RBS Halloween Parade!
This year, the event will take place on Halloween (Tuesday) at 1:30 PM. (Morning Kindergarten students who do
not go to K+ are welcome to join us!).
Given the magnitude of the event, below are some guidelines to follow:
- Due to lack of space and time, costumes that
slip on right over your child’s clothes are necessary. Try to
imagine 120 kids all waiting to use the three stalls in the
bathroom...yikes, talk about scary!
- No weapons or accessories that need to be
carried (swords, guns, witches’ brooms, magic wands)
- No make-up, please. We will not have time
to apply it at school.
- In order to respect the sensitivities of all our
K-4 students, please do not send in costumes or masks with blood, guts or
gore (masks that “leak” blood). Very
scary or gory masks will not be allowed to be worn.
- Send your child’s costume to school in a
clearly labeled bag. You may also want to label the costume.
- If
parents would like to see the parade, please arrive at our school yard
before 1:30 because we will be closing our parking lot entrance at that
time.
- Parents
can stand on the playground to see the parade.
- We ask that you not sign your child out early. It becomes very chaotic in the office and difficult for our office staff sign each child out and to call up to all of the classrooms as we need to do it one at a time.
- If your child will be going to parent pick up, please enter through the gym as you normally do.
Report Cards
As an FYI to
our new parents and a reminder to our returning parents:
Student report
cards are available online only in
the PowerSchool Parent Access Portal. To
access your child's report card online, log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal
and you will see a Report Cards icon in the left hand pane. When you click on this icon your child's
report card will appear on the screen.
You can scroll to see the entire report card and choose to print it, if
you'd like. Anytime you click on the
Report Cards icon, the most recent report card will generate. Quarter 1 report cards will be available to
view on Thursday, November 9th at 2:30 PM.
Volunteer
Award
Once again, Riddle Brook
School has earned the Blue Ribbon Award (a different Blue Ribbon Award than the
National Blue Ribbon Award) for excellence in volunteerism. A HUGE “thank you” to all of our volunteers
for putting in so many valuable hours of volunteering during the 2016-2017
school year. Thank you especially to our
Volunteer Coordinators, Jena Slosberg and Amy Ciruso!
PTG New
and Announcements
GIFT CARD FUNDRAISER - It’s getting to be that time of
year for buying gifts and the Bedford PTG is here to help with
our ANNUAL GIFT CARD FUNDRAISER! A gift card is the perfect
gift for any occasion! For every gift
card you buy, the sponsoring retailer to our schools donates a percentage of
the value of the card 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 please click
here, Gift Card Order Form.
For more information about this program, click here Gift Card Program. HAPPY SHOPPING!
AMAZON SMILE! Speaking of buying gifts, did you know
that every time you buy on Amazon, you can support the Bedford PTG?
Simply visit https://smile.amazon.com/ and select
“Bedford NH PTG” as the organization that you’d like to support. Now,
every time you shop at smile.amazon.com,
Amazon will donate a percentage to the Bedford PTG.
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.
PTG NIGHT OUT AT PANERA BREAD - The Bedford PTG would
like to announce our new monthly event which will take place on the
first Thursday of each month beginning November 2nd 4-8PM.
If you choose to dine at Panera
at Colby Court, a percentage of the proceeds will be donated back to the
Bedford School District. A hardcopy of their flyer must be turned in and
electronic versions not accepted. You
can find a copy of the flyer here: Panera Flyer
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! - Our annual Ski and Skate Sale
will take place on Saturday, November 18th from 9AM-2PM at
Bedford High School. Drop off items for consignment on Friday,
November 17th from 5PM - 8PM. Visit
our Ski and Skate Sale page
to find out more information.
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.
BeBOLD
Speaker Series
Dr. Carolyn
Morgan will be presenting her “Growing Resilience Program” at the Bedford
Public Library on Monday, October 30th from 7pm to 8pm. Click HERE
for more info.
Bedford Goes Red
Join the
Bedford Community and support our efforts in battling addiction. Let’s
light up our homes and businesses in red between 10/23 - 10/31. Click HERE
for more information.
REMINDERS:
RBS Box Tops for
Education
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.
Pat’s Peak Learn to
Ski and Ride Program
This is a five-week Learn
to Ski or Snowboard series for students in grades 1-8. The program runs Friday, January 5, 12,
19, 26 and February 2. Rentals are
available. You must provide your own
transportation. To sign up: www.patspeak.com/LTSR . Select
"Learn to Ski and Ride.”
Login info:
3:30
PM lessons: bedford3302018
4:30
PM lessons: bedford4302018
Registration deadline will be November 15th. Contact Kim Ahnen at kim.ahnen@comcast.net or at 918-0110 with any questions. Join the Bedford NH Pats Peak Ski and Ride 2018 Facebook page for more information.
Registration deadline will be November 15th. Contact Kim Ahnen at kim.ahnen@comcast.net or at 918-0110 with any questions. Join the Bedford NH Pats Peak Ski and Ride 2018 Facebook page for more information.
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.
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
UPCOMING EVENTS:
November 2 – Coffee with the Superintendent (9:30 AM @ BCTV)
November 3 – End of Quarter 1
November 9 – Report Cards Released on Power School (2:30 PM)
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
December 13 – RBS Winter Concert – 6:30 PM RBS Gym (Snow
date: December 20)
December 12-20 - Hanukkah
December 25-January 1 – Holiday Recess
