RBS Principal’s Notes
February 16, 2018
Snow Day Count = 6
Tentative Last Day of
School = Thursday, June 21st
IN THE NEWS:
100th Day Celebrations
On Monday, we celebrated
the 100th day of school (a little later than normal J)! Below are
pictures from some of our classroom celebrations.
Invention Convention
Our annual Invention
Convention was held on Monday.
Congratulations to all of our winners and participants! We had a number of impressive inventions and
Rube Goldberg’s this year! Our winners
were:
Inventors Challenge
Category (Inventions to the Rescue):
Grade 3: Alan Morales, Josiah Dockins
Grade 4: Samantha Holmes, Carolyn Kemp, Garrett Lande
Rube Goldberg Category:
Grade 3: Leslie Belanger, Max Boldeia & Clare
White, Madison Zebra & Claire Thomas
Grade 4: Advika Govindaraju, Annie Zink & Ella
Wilkens
Inventions Category:
Grade 3: Soren Abel, Finn LaMarche, Reese Garrett
Grade 4: Brendan Sullivan, Mason Milom
February Spirit Week (February 19-23)
Below is the list
for Spirit Week:
Monday, Feb. 19 – PJ Day
(no slippers or stuffed animals, please)
Tuesday, Feb. 20 – Favorite
Character Day (TV, movie, book, etc.)
Wednesday, Feb. 21 – Wacky
Wednesday
Thursday, Feb. 22 – Future
Day (what you think you’ll be in the future)
Friday, Feb. 23 – RBS Spirit Day
Box Tops
Box Tops for Education are due next week (prior
to vacation). Thank you for supporting
RBS by turning in Box Tops!
Flu Update
Good news! Students who were absent with the flu/flu
like symptoms lessened this week.
Hopefully, we are coming out on the other side of it now.
B.E.E.P.
2018/2019 Open Enrollment
For
information about our district’s Early Education Program (located at Memorial
School) for preschool-aged students, please click HERE.
The PTG and BeBOLD ARE EXCITED TO
CO-SPONSOR A PRESENTATION FOR ALL PARENTS & GUARDIANS - Wednesday, March 28th
from 7-8:15 PM at the BHS Auditorium.
Understanding How to Parent So that
Children Can Succeed: Addressing Childhood Anxiety and its Potential
Pathway towards Substance Abuse – Special guest speaker, Jessica Lahey,
veteran teacher, journalist, and author of The
Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can
Succeed.
Jessica Lahey
will provide insight on how to raise kids who are happy and healthy and less
likely to turn to destructive coping strategies, including ways to prevent
childhood addiction. Lahey will also
share research on the most effective ways to parent and support the
psychosocial and emotional needs of our children. Additionally, she will outline risk factors,
explain which positive interventions can overcome those risk factors, and offer
parents and teachers actionable, useful tools for raising happy, resilient
children who will be less likely to turn to unhealthy behaviors when faced with
the increasingly toxic stress and anxiety they face at home, in school and in
our society. This event is open to all
parents/guardians.
The 45-minute
presentation will be followed by a 30-minute question and answer session.
PANERA & PTG – Take a night off from cooking
and join us at our Bedford PTG Night at Panera (Colby Court) on Thursday, March
1st anytime between 4-8 PM. Be sure to bring
your Panera
Flyer with you.
COLOR BLAST 2018 COMMUNITY EVENT…Save the date – Sunday, June 3rd! Get Ready for the Most Colorful, Fun-Filled
Day of Your Life as PTG hosts another Color Blast Fun
Run. Registration opens soon. Stay tuned for more exciting details.
STAY
CONNECTED to PTG: Please
visit our PTG WEBSITE and be
sure to “like” our FACEBOOK
PAGE to see all the exciting things happening at our schools. Thank you for your support!
REMINDERS:
Kindergarten and 1st Grade Registration
(2018 – 2019)
You may pick up registration packets starting Monday,
February 5th, and return them by Thursday, March 8th. A $525 deposit is required with the K+ registration
(checks made out to Bedford School
District).
- A child must
attain his/her 5th birthday on or before September 30,
2018 to be eligible for kindergarten.
- A child must
attain his/her 6th birthday on or before September 30,
2018 to be eligible for first grade.
Kindergarten students who are currently enrolled at RBS (or
anywhere in the district) do not need to register for 1st grade.
Yearbook Information
Riddle
Brook School yearbooks are currently on sale for $20. Checks
can be made to Riddle Brook School
and returned in the order envelope provided (forms were sent home) or ordered
online (no additional fee) at the following link: www.schoolannual.com Select “Buy
Student’s Yearbook” and enter the school information.
The
order deadline is March 16th....be sure to order
your yearbook prior to the deadline.
RBS Math &
Literacy Night
Please
mark your calendar for our annual Math/Literacy
Night. It will be held on Thursday,
March 8th (snow date – March 15th). More information will be coming home soon.
Riddle Brook School
Day at the Monarchs – March 11
Please
join us for a fun-filled afternoon when our Manchester Monarchs take to the ice
against the Norfolk Admirals on Sunday, March 11th. Our choruses will lead the National Anthem
before the 3:00 PM game, and all RBS students will be invited to greet the
players in the "High Five Tunnel." Everyone who joins our reservation group
on-line will enjoy special pricing. Watch for notices and details to be released
soon!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
February 26-March 2 – February Vacation
March 8 – RBS Math/Literacy Night (5:30-6:30 PM
Gym/Library) *Snow date – March 15th
March 5-12 – RBS Artist in Residence (Randy Armstrong)
March 12 – Full STEAM Ahead Day (grades 3 & 4) *More
information to come
March 30 – End of Quarter 3
March 30 – Good Friday
March 30-April 7 – Passover
April 1 – Easter
April 2-5 – Scholastic Book Fair
April 13 – RBS Family Fun Night
April 20 – Spain Brothers Concert
April 23-27 – Spring Vacation
May 4 – Mother/Son Event
May 8 – Kindergarten Orientation (12:30 PM)
May 9 – Grade 1 Orientation (12:30 PM)
May 15 – RBS Grandparents’ Day
May 16 – RBS Spring Concert (6:30 PM BHS Theater)
May 25 – District Workshop Day – No School for Students
May 28 – Memorial Day Observed – No School
May 30 – Field Day Grades 1 & 2 (Rain Date: June 1)
May 31 – Field Day Grades 3 & 4 (Rain Date: June 4)
June 3 – PTG Color Blast
June 6 & 7 – Grade 4 Field Trip to State House
June 21 – Tentative Last Day of School/Move Up Day
