RBS Principal’s
Notes
September 7,
2018
Hopefully, the
high heat has subsided and we can get back to temperate classrooms and
playground. Our students were certainly
troupers through all of this! Thank you
to parents for your understanding and generosity. The students and staff really appreciated the
fans and cold treats that were sent in!
IN THE NEWS:
Enchanted Forest Book Fair
Where: RBS Room 216-218
Days: Tuesday-Thursday, September 18-20
Times: 2:00-7:00 PM
Days: Tuesday-Thursday, September 18-20
Times: 2:00-7:00 PM
*Extended on Thursday until 8:00 PM for Open
House shoppers
Online shopping available through 9/25 at scholastic.com/bf/
Planting Volunteers
Since fall (aka
“mum weather”) is right around the corner, we would love it if we could get a
few people to help us out with the following:
1. Purchase (and we would reimburse) and plant
some mums in our planter at the entrance of the school.
2. Clean up the small garden located in the
front of the building.
If you’re willing
and able to do this, please let me know by replying to this email. Thank you!
Primary Day
Reminder…NH
Primary Day is Tuesday, September 11th. There is NO SCHOOL that day.
RBS Open House
Please join us on Thursday,
September 20th for our annual Open House.
K-2:
5:30-6:30 PM
3&4:
6:30-7:30 PM
This is a family
event. All are welcome!
Growth
Mindset Workshop for Parents
Memorial School (55 Old Bedford Rd., Bedford, NH) is hosting a Growth Mindset Workshop geared towards parents on Wednesday, September 26th from 6:30-8:30 PM in the library. Helping Your Child Cope with Stress: The Power of Growth Mindset. Come hear about the growth mindset lessons kids are learning! Find out how to reinforce this exciting initiative at home, and help your child develop the perseverance and resilience necessary to achieve in school and thrive in life.
Memorial School (55 Old Bedford Rd., Bedford, NH) is hosting a Growth Mindset Workshop geared towards parents on Wednesday, September 26th from 6:30-8:30 PM in the library. Helping Your Child Cope with Stress: The Power of Growth Mindset. Come hear about the growth mindset lessons kids are learning! Find out how to reinforce this exciting initiative at home, and help your child develop the perseverance and resilience necessary to achieve in school and thrive in life.
Presenters: Hannah C. Mariotti, MA, LMHC, Sarah Wagner,
M.Ed, School Psychologist Educational Consultant, Beacon Coaching and
Consulting, LLC
If you’re able to
attend, please fill out THIS
FORM so they can gauge numbers.
PTG News and
Information
SUPPORT THE
PTG: Help the PTG
continue to bring exciting programs/speakers to our schools like Eyes on Owls,
Native American Story Tellers, T.I.G.E.R. Anti-Bullying Performance, Ed Gerety
Youth Speaker, and Chris Herren Motivational Speaker. If you’d like to make a
donation, simply click on the PayPal link at www.bedfordptg.org or send in a check payable to
Bedford PTG in the support envelopes that have been sent home (K-8).
Click HERE for more information on the PTG and
programs we fund with your support. Thank You!
LOOKING TO
VOLUNTEER: Please
join us in Room 216 on September 21st at 9:30 to hear all about
volunteering at Riddle Brook. Bedford PTG is excited to introduce a new,
faster, paperless way to share your information for volunteering for Bedford
Schools. Instead of sending home a paper volunteer form to fill out and return,
we will now offer a Volunteer Google Form for each school. To
access the form click HERE, or check school websites, or the PTG
website www.bedfordptg.org under
helpful links/forms.
LYNN LYONS “Interrupting the Worry Cycle: Skills
We Can (and Should!) Teach Our Children” Presentation: the Bedford PTG is proud
to co-sponsor Lynn Lyons, licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist,
on September 12th, 6:30pm at BHS Theater as she presents
“Interrupting the Worry Cycle: Skills We Can (and Should!) Teach Our Children”.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! You won’t want to miss this insightful
presentation! Lynn Lyons Flyer
PTG VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITES: Looking
for some great opportunities to volunteer this year? The PTG has several
district level and committee positions available…
Ski and Skate
Committee members - Due
to the success of our annual Ski and Skate Sale, we are looking for new members
to be part of the planning committee.
Color Blast
Co-Coordinator and Committee Members: Get
in on the Colorful Fun and be part of planning this amazing community event!!
Color Blast is looking for 2 volunteers to share the role of event coordinator
(responsible for the overall organization of the committee and event) along
with anyone that might be interested in being involved with the planning and
execution of this event.
District Gift
Wrap Coordinator-Work with
PTG VP Fundraising and our current Gift Wrap supplier (Meadow Farms) to set up
and organize the fundraiser. Coordinate with school level coordinators the
distribution, collection and processing of order forms.
If you are
interested in any of these roles or would like more information please
email bedfordnhptg@gmail.com
MEET THE
PRINCIPALS EVENT SEPTEMBER 27th: You are invited to join the PTG and
the Principals from all six schools at our annual "Coffee with the
Principals" event on Thursday, September 27th from 9:30 - 10:30
a.m. at BCTV (10 Meetinghouse Road). This is a great opportunity to hear
what each school has in store for the year. There will be a Q & A following
the presentation. Light refreshments will be served and your young children are
welcome to attend.
REMINDERS:
Dismissal
Information & Identification
When providing
dismissal information (i.e. who will be picking up your child(ren) from
school), please use proper names instead of grandmother, nanny, neighbor, friend,
etc. Staff members doing parent pick-up duty may need to ask
for ID for those people they don't know, and therefore need a name to
go with the ID. Please be
patient with staff members at the start of the year as they get to know
parents/care takers.
RBS Fall Book Fair Volunteer Opportunity
Calling all volunteers!
If you’re interested in helping with this Fall’s Scholastic Book Fair,
please email Anne Lewis at anneclewis@hotmail.com. The Fair runs 2:00-7:00 PM from Tuesday,
September 18 - Thursday, September 20. There’s
plenty of opportunity to pitch in with set-up during school hours before this
too. Thank you!
Paraprofessional Openings at RBS
If anyone is
interested, or knows of anyone who is interested in becoming a paraprofessional
here at Riddle Brook School, please contact Matt Munsey and he'll be able to
provide you/them with more information. He can be reached at 471-1082
(please hit 0 for Mrs. Gorrie or Mrs. McMahon to transfer you to him) or
at munseym@sau25.net.
A Message
from our School Counselors (Mrs. Reese & Mrs. Kenny)
We are excited to
have two counselors on board this year in our counseling department. Marty
Reese, who has been with us for many years, and Martina Kenny, who was a
counselor intern here at RBS last year.
Martina will be
working Monday, Tuesday and a half day Thursday.
Marty will be
working Wednesday, Friday and a half day Thursday.
Please call either
counselor with any questions or concerns you may have regarding your children
and they will be happy to help.
You can reach
Marty at 471-1082 x 25205 and Martina at 471-1082 x 25272
RBS Garden
Please come by
(after school hours) to check out our garden. There are still beans, swiss chard, some
potatoes, green onions, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and yellow and green
zucchini squash to pick during the next month.
Automated Attendance Call
Again this year,
families in the Bedford School District will receive a phone call confirming their
child's absence via our "School Messenger" system. Once we have taken attendance, a message will
be generated confirming your child's absence. The elementary calls will go out at
approximately 9:30 AM, McKelvie and Lurgio will go out at 10:30
AM and the BHS at 11:00 AM. If
this call comes to you in error, please contact the Main Office so that we can
correct the attendance report.
Bedford
Education Foundation Annual Fall Fundraiser
Saturday, October
20, 2018, 7 PM @ Noah's Event Center in Bedford, featuring the RAL Jazz
Band and Mr. Michael Fournier as our Master of Ceremonies! Tickets are limited and sold on a first-come,
first-serve basis.
Find more
information about the Bedford
Education Foundation on our website, or follow us on Facebook.
If you have questions or would like to get involved, please email info@befnh.org.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
September 9-11 – Rosh Hashana
September 11 – Primary Election Day – NO SCHOOL
September 18-19 – Yom Kippur
September 18-20 – RBS Fall Book Fair/Sale (2:00-7:00 PM)
*Open during Open House hours on September 20th.
September 20 – RBS Open House: K-2:
5:30-6:30 PM, 3 & 4:
6:30-7:30 PM
October 8 – Columbus Day Observance – NO SCHOOL
