December 21, 2018

RBS Principal’s Notes

December 21, 2018

We had a great time this afternoon at our annual Holiday All School Meeting!  Staff members dressed in festive garb and led a sing-a-long with the students!  We also surprised the staff and students with a special rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas!  Thank you to Mr. Bergquist (Anne Koellmer’s father) for leading us all on the piano. 

From the staff of Riddle Brook School, we would like to wish all of our families a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  It’s always a bittersweet time when the holidays come to a close for the year, but it’s also nice to enjoy some relaxing time with families and friends.  Have a wonderful week, and we will see you in the New Year (Wednesday, January 2^nd)!

IN THE NEWS:

Hour of Code

Over the past two weeks, Mrs. Rodd and our classroom teachers facilitated Hour of Code lessons with our K-4 students.  These computer-coding lessons were engaging, stimulating and fun for students and staff!  Please watch our video to see the students learning about robotics, computer science, problem-solving, teamwork and having lots of fun!
Hour of Code 2018 video

RBS Winter Concert

On December 12^th our Rhythmics Chorus put on a wonderful concert!  BCTV was kind enough to video it for us.  If you’d like to watch it, please click HERE.

Food Pantry

RBS is working with the Bedford Food Pantry to help collect food items that are most needed by families.  Every other month we will be collecting 1 food item.  For the month of January, that item is SINGLE SERVE JUICE.  If you are able, please bring in single serve juice until Friday, January 25^th.  We will have a box for donations in the office hallway outside of the library.  Thank you so much for supporting this very worthy cause, which supports Bedford families.

Coat Drive

Thank you to all of our families who donated winter coats, boots, etc.  We will be donating them to Families in Transition.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

December 24 - January 1 – Holiday Recess

December 25 – Merry Christmas!

December 25-January 1 – Holiday Recess

January 18 – End of Quarter 2

January 21 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – NO SCHOOL

January 29 – 4^th Grade Spelling Bee (Library 2:45 PM) *Snow date – January 30

January 24 – PTG Principals’ Winter Read (More information to come) *Snow date – January 31

January 25 – Report Cards Released (on-line)

February 1 – RBS Father/Daughter Dance *Snow date – February 8

February 6 – RBS Cabaret – 6:30 PM RBS Gymnasium *Snow date – February 7

February 11 – RBS Invention Convention (More information to come) *Snow date – February 18

February 25-March 1 – Winter Vacation