RBS Principal’s
Notes
March 22, 2019
Happy Spring! The students have really been excited about
the warmer weather! Hopefully, once we
get past this weekend’s mini storm, we’ll be in the clear, and crocuses,
daffodils and tulips will be popping up before we know it!
Snow Day Count = 1
Tentative Last Day
of School = Monday, June 10th
IN THE NEWS:
Scholastic
Book Fair at RBS
Scholastic
Dino-Mite Book Fair is coming! It’s
the Scholastic DINO-MITE Book Fair: Stomp, Chomp, and Read! Super-size
fun awaits as Riddle Brook School is turned into reading raptors, bookceratops,
and readasaurus rex bookivores ready to unleash their inner dino and enjoy a
stomping, chomping, reading good time! Children
will visit the Book Fair to create their own wish lists during the school day. Families are invited to come back to shop from Monday,
April 8 through Thursday, April 11 between 2:00-7:00
PM in rooms 216-218.
Parent Pick
Up Request
I know it’s
tempting to let your child run over to you as soon as he/she enters the gym,
however, it’s very important that students wait to be called by the duty person
checking them out. For safety and
accountability purposes, we need to be sure that students are leaving with the
appropriate person (noted on the check-out slip). If your child runs over to greet you before
being checked out, please send him/her back.
We appreciate your help with this.
RBS Yearbook
It’s time to order
your RBS Yearbook! Ordering by check or
cash will be available until April 5th, and online through April 19th.
The link to order online is
www.schoolannual.com. You will need to select “Buy Student Yearbook” and enter Riddle Brook School information. If you have any questions, please contact one of our Yearbook Coordinators, Ashley Rousseau at aah313@gmail.com or Jen Spector at Jen.spector@gmail.com.
www.schoolannual.com. You will need to select “Buy Student Yearbook” and enter Riddle Brook School information. If you have any questions, please contact one of our Yearbook Coordinators, Ashley Rousseau at aah313@gmail.com or Jen Spector at Jen.spector@gmail.com.
BHS Senior
Project for Make-A-Wish
BHS Senior, Sophia
Sargent, is hosting an Easter Brunch for elementary age students and families,
which will benefit Make-A-Wish. Please
click HERE
to read more about it.
PTG News and
Information
COLOR BLAST FUN
RUN/WALK COMMUNITY EVENT: Get excited!! Registration is now
OPEN for another fun filled Color Blast Fun Run/Walk to be held on
Sunday, June 2nd. New Registration discounts available
for returning runners, PLUS Children’s Price now applies to kids 10 and
under and 4-pack of entries are available at a reduced rate. Click HERE to register.
~~ First 250
registrants will be entered for a chance to win a raffle, where two lucky
winners will receive a $25.00 Barnes and Noble gift card~~
DAVID FLOOD, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER: David Flood, Youth Motivational Speaker, has been speaking with students for over twenty years about dignity, respect and compassion, is coming to BHS and RAL on March 29th. Learn more about David at http://davidjflood.com/
SCHOLASTIC BOOK
FAIR IS COMING –
Scholastic Dino-Mite Book Fair…Stomp, Chomp and Read, will take place April 8th -
11th at all elementary schools and McKelvie. PTG’s Scholastic
Book Fair will be a reading event that brings the books kids want to read right
into our school. It will have a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable
books for every reading level. Please check with your schools for more details
and specific shopping hours.
BHS UNICEF
Fundraiser for Clean Water
The Bedford High
School UNICEF club is hosting a Water Walk on March 24 (this Sunday) to raise
awareness of the lack of clean water in other countries. This is a free event
and registration can be found on the water walk website (www.is.gd/waterwalk) or
just arrive at 1:30 p.m. at McKelvie Intermediate School, 108 Liberty Hill
Road, Bedford, NH. Please bring a water container, such as an empty milk jug.
It's open to all ages, and Real World Learning Hours are available for high school
students. We hope to see you there!
Safety
Educator
Please click HERE
to read the March edition of Safety Educator.
REMINDERS:
No After
School Program on April 12
New Morning School
will NOT be having their After School Program at RBS on the afternoon of Family
Fun Night (Friday, April 12th), but they still WILL be having their
Imagine Program.
Family Fun
Night Tickets
Our annual Family Fun Night is coming up on Friday, April 12th. For ticket information, please click HERE.
RBS Spirit Days
As you remember from February, we are now having Spirit Days every Friday
leading up to April vacation rather than 1 week of Spirit Days the week before
vacation. It’s hard to believe, but
we’re beginning next Friday (March 22nd). Here is the schedule:
Friday, March 29th: Holiday
Day (Dress for your favorite holiday – no matter what time of the
year it is!)
Friday, April 5th: Beach
Day
Friday, April 12th: Sports
Day (*BHS Varsity Boys & Girls Lacrosse Teams will be reading to
classes)
Friday April 19th: RBS
Spirit Day
Family Fun Night Volunteers
Needed
We are looking for
volunteers for our annual Family Fun Night on Friday, April
12th. If you are interested, please use the Sign Up Genius links
below to sign up.
Book Fair
Volunteers Needed
The Scholastic
Book Fair is coming to Riddle Brook April 8th – 11th.
To prepare for this event, the committee is looking for volunteers to help
transform the fair into a fun and inviting space for students and their
families. Please click HERE to sign
up. For more information, please contact
Anne Lewis at anneclewis@hotmail.com.
4th
Grade Play
Save the date! Tuesday April 16th the entire
fourth grade will present "Goin' Buggy!" Every boy and girl in fourth grade have a part
to perform in this tongue-in-cheek story of bugs, uniting against the
injustices they have endured. Rehearsals
(all during school hours) have begun, and will culminate in what promises to be
a fun, fabulous presentation to parents and friends at 6:30 PM on Tuesday,
April 16th. You will not want
to miss this!
March Food Drive
RBS is working
with the Bedford Food Pantry to help
collect food items that are most needed by families. Every other month we collect 1 food
item. For the month of March, that item is CANNED FRUIT. If you are able, please bring in canned fruit
until Friday, March 29th. 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.
B.E.E.P.
2019/2020 Open Enrollment
For information
about our district’s Early Education Program (located at Memorial School) for
preschool-aged students, please click HERE.
RBS Night
Out at Mel's Funway Park - SAVE THE DATE!
Please save the
date of Friday, May 3, 2019 for a night out at Mel's Funway Park! Mel's
is giving Riddle Brook students and families an opportunity to purchase
"Funway Fun Packs" that will include one round of mini golf, one
go-kart race, one game of laser tag, one Lazer Maze, four batting cage tokens,
and one small soft serve ice cream, all at a discounted rate. This is a chance
for students to share a night out with their fellow RBS friends and families.
The rain date for this event will be Friday, May 10, 2019. Ticket order
information will be sent home in mid-March.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
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
May 3 – Boy’s Choice Event (Mel’s Funway) (Rain
Date: May 10)
May 6 – Full STEAM Ahead Day (Grs. 3 & 4)
May 7 – Kindergarten Orientation (12:30 PM)
May 8 – Grade 1 Orientation (12:30 PM)
May 9 – PTG Coffee with the Principals (9:30 AM
@ BCTV)
May 14 – RBS Grandparents’ Day
May 15 – Full STEAM Ahead Day (Gr. 2)
May 15 – RBS Spring Concert (6:30 PM BHS Theater)
May 21 – PTG Year in Review with the
Superintendent (9:30 AM @ BCTV)
May 22 – McKelvie Parent Information Night (4th
to 5th grade) *More
information to come
May 24 – District Workshop Day – No School for
Students
May 27 – Memorial Day Observed – No School
May 28 – Field Day Grades 3 & 4 (Rain
Date: May 31)
May 29 – Field Day Grades 1 & 2 (Rain
Date: May 30)
May 29 & 30
– Grade 4 Field Trip to
State House
June 2 – PTG Color Blast
June 10 – Tentative Last Day of School/4th
Grade Clap Out/Move Up Day
Events that
will be scheduled once the last day of school is set:
- Kindergarten Recognition Day
- BHS Senior Clap Out
- 4th Grade Talent Show (and try outs and
rehearsals)
