RBS Principal’s
Notes
February 1,
2019
It’s going to be
an exciting weekend for Patriots fans!
Hopefully, we’ll all be wearing our Patriots gear again on Monday in
celebration of their win!
Congratulations to
Mike Fournier who was named as our permanent superintendent! As a parent and a principal, I’m thrilled to
have him leading our district!
IN THE NEWS:
Lady’s Choice Dance – Tonight’s the Night!
Our annual Lady’s Choice Dance is tonight from 6:00-8:00 PM in the RBS
gymnasium. If you’d still like to attend
but didn’t purchase a ticket, you may do so at the door ($25/father and
daughter(s)). Bring your dollar bills
for some “extras” – raffles, flowers, face painting, etc.
Spelling Bee
Congratulations to
Claire
Thomas, who won the RBS 4th
Grade Spelling Bee this past Tuesday.
Congratulations to all of our classroom winners as well!
Mrs. Bowen:
Rordan Kemmerer
Lea Price
Mrs. Brennan:
Wesley Tonneson
Kate Granger
Mrs. Chapman:
Aaryan Narang
Blake Spencer
Mrs. Dearborn:
Owen Brown
Rina Yang – RUNNER
UP
Mr. Halloran:
Hunter Crowley
Esme York
Ms. Moskwa:
Andrew Zane
Claire Thomas –
WINNER
Mrs. Woodhead:
Luke Rodgers
Frederick Malnar
Wiggle Seats
and TheraBands
Our school was
lucky enough to receive a grant that provided wiggle seats and TheraBands to
every classroom in the building! TheraBands and wiggle seats are tools
that students can use at their desk to wiggle and fidget while they work. They
are an excellent way for kids to get their energy out while staying focused on
the task at hand. The kids are so excited to try out these new classroom tools. They will be in classrooms and available for
all students to use. Please let your
child’s teacher know if you would prefer that your child NOT use these tools in
class.
Substitutes
Needed
As you may know,
our district (and many others) are experiencing a critical shortage of
substitute teachers. We would love for
some of our parents to consider being a sub in our district (or even just Riddle
Brook School). If you’d like more
information about what it entails, please contact Matt Munsey at munseym@sau25.net or call the main office
at 471-1082 and our secretary will connect you.
Your children will LOVE having you in the building J
RBS Day at
the Monarchs
Please consider
joining us on Sunday, March 10th! Riddle
Brook School Day at the Monarchs is an event for our school community. Our choruses will lead the singing of the
National Anthem, and we will give high-fives to the players as they get back
onto the ice for the second period. You
can order your tickets online using THIS
LINK. Please take a look at THIS
FLYER for more information.
Bedford School District Deliberative Session
February 5th
Please click HERE
to read Superintendent Fournier’s blog to access information about the upcoming
BSD Deliberative Session and purposed warrant articles.
Paper
Retriever Recycling
Unfortunately, the
green and yellow paper recycling containers (Paper Retriever), which were
available to parents/community members have been removed from the district’s schools as
this company has gone out of business.
Therefore, there will no longer be any containers available on school
grounds for the public.
PTG News and
Information
THANK YOU FROM
PTG: Thanks to
everyone that came out to enjoy stories read by our Principals and Assistant
Principals at Principal Winter Reading Night and to those that
stopped by Barnes and Noble last weekend to listen to story
time with staff from our elementary schools, enjoy an amazing art show, and
hear the sounds of singers, musicians, and performers from our schools.
COLOR BLAST FUN
RUN/WALK COMMUNITY EVENT: Save the date…Sunday, June 2nd as
PTG hosts another Color
Blast Fun Run/Walk. Registration opens March 15th. Stay tuned
for more exciting details . . . . . Local businesses…want to
join PTG’s efforts in providing enriching educational opportunities, creating
community events, and helping support the individual needs of our Bedford
School District, while gaining positive exposure for your business? Consider
becoming a Color Blast Fun Run sponsor visit HERE for
more details or contact bedfordcolorblast@gmail.com.
STAY CONNECTED
TO PTG: Please visit
our PTG WEBSITE and
follow us on social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) to see all the
exciting things happening at our schools. Thank you for your support!
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
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
