Friday, January 25, 2019

January 25, 2019


RBS Principal’s Notes
January 25, 2019


IN THE NEWS:
Report Cards
Report cards were released on PowerSchool at 2:30 PM today.  As a reminder, we no longer print report cards.  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. 

Barnes and Noble Days
This weekend (January 25th & 26th) is our PTG’s annual Barnes and Noble Days.  HERE is the list of readers for the weekend.  There is a GREAT showing from RBS teachers!  Hopefully, your family will be able to make it over for a session or 2!

Spirit Days – CHANGES MADE
Since the Patriots are in the Super Bowl, we are going to switch Fancy Day to Thursday (1/31) and have Patriots Spirit Day on Friday (2/1).
I wanted to give parents a heads up about our upcoming Spirit Days.  Typically, we have Spirit Week the week before both February and April Vacations.  This year, our Principal’s Advisory Group decided to do it a little differently by having a Spirit Day 1 day a week for 5 weeks.  Here is our upcoming January/February Schedule:
Friday, Jan. 25 – PJ Day (no slippers or stuffed animals, please)
Thursday, Jan. 31 – Fancy Day (Dress in your “fancy” clothes)
Friday, Feb. 1 – Patriots Spirit Day
Friday, Feb. 8 – Freaky Friday (Wacky Wednesday…but on a Friday!)
Thurs., Feb. 14 – Valentine’s Day
Friday, Feb. 22 – RBS Spirit Day

Bedford High School’s For’word’ Momentum Literacy Night
We would like to invite the elementary students of Riddle Brook and their families to our club’s Literacy Night at Bedford High School.  The event will be held on Friday, February 15 from 6-7 in the library at BHS. Parents can enter through the Theater in the circle.  Club members will be reading their favorite children’s books and engaging your children in corresponding activities.  If you have any questions, please contact Aubrey Patrick (student) at aubreypatrick81@gmail.com or Linda Pomeroy (advisor) at pomeroyl@sau25.net. 

REMINDERS:
Save the Date – RBS Math & Literacy Night
Please mark your calendar for our annual Math/Literacy Night.  It will be held on Thursday, March 7th (snow date – March 14th).  More information will be coming home soon.

Lady’s Choice Dance
Our annual Lady’s Choice Dance is scheduled for Friday, February 1st.  Students were sent home with a flyer last week.

Kindergarten and 1st Grade Registration (2019 – 2020)
Starting Monday, February 4th, you may download and print out registration packets (HERE) or stop by our school to pick one up.  The packets need to be returned to the school by Thursday, March 7th.  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, 2019 to be eligible for kindergarten.
  • A child must attain his/her 6th birthday on or before September 30, 2019 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.

New Year’s Reading Challenge
There are some great suggestions on THIS Reading Challenge calendar from Scholastic.  If you and your child are interested, hang it up in your home and enjoy some of these fun activities together!

Snow Day Lunch Info./Announcements
Just in case we have a snow day this winter, I wanted to let parents know how the district deals with hot lunches the following day. There is no rule of thumb when determining the lunch menu on the day following a snow day as the menu for that day is dependent upon what was on the menu the day of the snow day, what prep the kitchen had to do, and what fresh produce the kitchen had ordered.  Therefore, our district’s Food Service Director (Emily Murphy) provides an announcement on the SAU’s website (www.sau25.net) in the District News box, which will detail, by school, what the hot lunch offering will be the day following the snow day.  This information will be available the day of the snow day.

Dr. Dawn Huebner Presentation on Anxiety in Children
Save the Date:  Join us on Wednesday, March 13th at 6:30pm at McKelvie Intermediate School for a 90-minute Q&A with Dr. Dawn Huebner, nationally recognized Psychologist, Parent Coach and author of award-winning mental health books for kids. Dr. Huebner is best known for her What to Do Guides - including What to Do When You Worry Too Much and Outsmarting Worry - which have sold over 1 million copies. Rather than giving a one-size-fits-all talk, Dr. Huebner will be answering audience questions about how to recognize anxiety in kids, how to respond to it, and how to build skills to better manage it. Questions can be submitted in advance, written on a note card that evening (to maintain anonymity) or asked live. This is not a group therapy session but instead an informative Q&A that will leave you with a clearer understanding of anxiety, what parents do that inadvertently feeds it, and how to help your child get on the path to defeating it.

Check out Dr. Huebner in advance at her TEDx Talk on "Rethinking Anxiety: Learning to face fear" HERE.

Government Shutdown – Bedford Food Pantry Info.
Please click on the links below for information from the Bedford Food Pantry regarding assistance during the Government Shutdown.
Weekend Lunch Info.
General Info.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
January 25 – Report Cards Released (on-line)
January 29 – 4th Grade Spelling Bee (Library 2:45 PM) *Snow date – January 30
February 1 – RBS Lady’s Choice Dance *Snow date – February 8
February 6 – RBS Cabaret – 6:30 PM RBS Gymnasium *Snow date – February 7
February 11 – Gr. 3 RBS Inventive Thinking Day (Rooms 216/218) *Snow date – February 18
February 12 – Gr. 4 RBS Inventive Thinking Day (Rooms 216/218) *Snow date – February 19
February 25-March 1 – Winter Vacation
March 7 – RBS Math/Literacy Night (5:30-6:30 PM Gym/Library) *Snow date – March 14th
March 12 – District Workshop Day/Town Voting Day – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
March 29 – End of Quarter 3
April 5 – Report Cards Released (on-line)
April 8-11 – Scholastic Book Fair
April 12 – RBS Family Fun Night & Art Show
April 16 – RBS 4th Grade Play (6:30 PM – Multipurpose Room)
April 19 – Spain Brothers’ Concert
April 19 – Good Friday
April 19-27 – Passover
April 21 – Easter
April 22-26 – Spring Vacation





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Friday, January 18, 2019

January 18, 2019


RBS Principal’s Notes
January 18, 2019

I wanted to remind families that there is no school on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  We will see everyone on Tuesday morning!  Enjoy the long weekend—it looks like a snowy one!

IN THE NEWS:
Report Cards
As a reminder…
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 2 report cards will be available to view on Friday, January 25th at 2:30 PM. 

Save the Date – RBS Math & Literacy Night
Please mark your calendar for our annual Math/Literacy Night.  It will be held on Thursday, March 7th (snow date – March 14th).  More information will be coming home soon.

Lady's Choice Dance
Our annual Lady's Choice Dance is scheduled for Friday, February 1st.  Students were sent home with a flyer this week.

Government Shutdown – Bedford Food Pantry Info.
Please click on the links below for information from the Bedford Food Pantry regarding assistance during the Government Shutdown.
Weekend Lunch Info.
General Info.

Safety Educator
Please click HERE to read the January/February edition of Safety Educator.

REMINDERS:
Spirit Days
I wanted to give parents a heads up about our upcoming Spirit Days.  Typically, we have Spirit Week the week before both February and April Vacations.  This year, our Principal’s Advisory Group decided to do it a little differently by having a Spirit Day 1 day a week for 5 weeks.  Here is our upcoming January/February Schedule:
Friday, Jan. 25 – PJ Day (no slippers or stuffed animals, please)
Friday, Feb. 1 – Fancy Friday (dress in your “fancy” clothes)
Friday, Feb. 8 – Freaky Friday (Wacky Wednesday…but on a Friday!)
Thurs., Feb. 14 – Valentine’s Day
Friday, Feb. 22 – RBS Spirit Day

Kindergarten and 1st Grade Registration (2019 – 2020)
Starting Monday, February 4th, you may download and print out registration packets (HERE) or stop by our school to pick one up.  The packets need to be returned to the school by Thursday, March 7th.  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, 2019 to be eligible for kindergarten.
  • A child must attain his/her 6th birthday on or before September 30, 2019 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.

New Year’s Reading Challenge
There are some great suggestions on THIS Reading Challenge calendar from Scholastic.  If you and your child are interested, hang it up in your home and enjoy some of these fun activities together!

Bakers (or Buyers) Needed for our Lady’s Choice Dance
Our annual Lady’s Choice Dance (formerly, Father/Daughter Dance) is scheduled for Friday, February 1st, and we’re looking for parents who are willing to donate baked goods for the event.  Students were sent home with THIS INFORMATION this week, but I wanted to include it here as well.  Ticket information will be going home on Friday, January 18th.

Snow Day Lunch Info./Announcements
Just in case we have a snow day this winter, I wanted to let parents know how the district deals with hot lunches the following day. There is no rule of thumb when determining the lunch menu on the day following a snow day as the menu for that day is dependent upon what was on the menu the day of the snow day, what prep the kitchen had to do, and what fresh produce the kitchen had ordered.  Therefore, our district’s Food Service Director (Emily Murphy) provides an announcement on the SAU’s website (www.sau25.net) in the District News box, which will detail, by school, what the hot lunch offering will be the day following the snow day.  This information will be available the day of the snow day.

Dr. Dawn Huebner Presentation on Anxiety in Children
Save the Date:  Join us on Wednesday, March 13th at 6:30pm at McKelvie Intermediate School for a 90-minute Q&A with Dr. Dawn Huebner, nationally recognized Psychologist, Parent Coach and author of award-winning mental health books for kids. Dr. Huebner is best known for her What to Do Guides - including What to Do When You Worry Too Much and Outsmarting Worry - which have sold over 1 million copies. Rather than giving a one-size-fits-all talk, Dr. Huebner will be answering audience questions about how to recognize anxiety in kids, how to respond to it, and how to build skills to better manage it. Questions can be submitted in advance, written on a note card that evening (to maintain anonymity) or asked live. This is not a group therapy session but instead an informative Q&A that will leave you with a clearer understanding of anxiety, what parents do that inadvertently feeds it, and how to help your child get on the path to defeating it.

Check out Dr. Huebner in advance at her TEDx Talk on "Rethinking Anxiety: Learning to face fear" 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 25th.  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.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
January 18 – End of Quarter 2
January 21 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – NO SCHOOL
January 29 – 4th Grade Spelling Bee (Library 2:45 PM) *Snow date – January 30
January 24 – PTG Principals’ Winter Read *Snow date – January 31
January 25 – Report Cards Released (on-line)
February 1 – RBS Lady’s Choice Dance *Snow date – February 8
February 6 – RBS Cabaret – 6:30 PM RBS Gymnasium *Snow date – February 7
February 11 – RBS Invention Convention *Snow date – February 18
February 25-March 1 – Winter Vacation
March 7 – RBS Math/Literacy Night (5:30-6:30 PM Gym/Library) *Snow date – March 14th
March 12 – District Workshop Day/Town Voting Day – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
March 29 – End of Quarter 3
April 5 – Report Cards Released (on-line)
April 8-11 – Scholastic Book Fair
April 12 – RBS Family Fun Night & Art Show
April 16 – RBS 4th Grade Play (6:30 PM – Multipurpose Room)
April 19 – Spain Brothers’ Concert
April 19 – Good Friday
April 19-27 – Passover
April 21 – Easter
April 22-26 – Spring Vacation






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