RBS Principal’s
Notes
March 8, 2019
Thank you to the
students and parents who joined us last night for our annual Math/Literacy
Night. It was a great RBS community
event! Please click HERE to check out some excellent
Book Talks!
Snow Day Count = 1
Tentative Last Day
of School = Monday, June 10th
IN THE NEWS:
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!
Box Tops
Thank you to all our families who brought in Box Tops. The classroom winners are:
1st Place: Mrs. Chapman’s
class: 600
2nd Place: Mrs. King’s
class: 484
3rd Place: Mrs. Sanclemente’s
classes: 483
Destination
Imagination
Good luck to all of the Bedford School District teams who are presenting
at the Destination Imagination Regional Tournament at Souhegan High School in Amherst,
NH on Saturday, March 9th. Please click HERE to view the
schedule.
PTG News and Information
COLOR BLAST FUN
RUN/WALK COMMUNITY EVENT: Get excited, registration
opens Friday, MARCH 15th for another fun filled Color
Blast Fun Run/Walk to be held on Sunday, June 2nd. New
Registration discounts available…Children’s price now applies to kids 10 and
under and 4-pack of entries available at a reduced rate.
STAND BY ME: PTG had the
pleasure to hear a wonderful presentation from the Stand By Me Student
Committee. Click HERE for a photo. The Bedford PTG is proud to be
a sponsor of the Stand By Me program. Stand By Me is a day for 7th graders at
Ross A. Lurgio and their parents/guardians. These interactive workshops are
designed to help teenagers and their parents build trust, self-esteem and
improve communication. To learn more about the Stand By Me program, please
visit LURGIO'S WEBSITE
MANCHESTER
MONARCHS EVENT: Join the PTG and Riddle Brook Chorus at the Monarchs game on
Sunday, March 10th 3pm. Click HERE to
order tickets. Enjoy a fun, family evening out and support Riddle Brook Chorus
as they sing the National Anthem!
VOTE VOTE VOTE – Don’t
forget to get out and vote on Tuesday March 12th!
REMINDERS:
KidVote 2019 (Sponsored by Bedford PTG)
Bedford School
District students will have an opportunity to cast a vote during our
School/Town Voting Day on Tuesday, March 12th. At RBS, students will vote on a day for April
Spirit Week. The choices are:
1. Holiday
Day (Dress for your favorite holiday – no matter what time of the year it
is!)
2. Favorite
Color Day (Wear your favorite color(s).)
3. New
Hampshire Day (Dress to represent your favorite NH place, activity, person,
etc.)
Crayola
Color Cycle (BHS Project)
BHS Seniors (and
former RBS students), Katie Lewis and Isabella Poschmann will be running a Crayola Color Cycle drive at
RBS from March 4th to March 15th for their CAS project, a
requirement to graduate in the IB diploma program at BHS. This drive is to
collect used/dried up markers that will then be sent to Crayola to be repurposed.
The idea behind the drive is to help protect the environment by reusing and
properly disposing of old markers. Please send in any used markers during the
dates above. There will be a collection bin for the markers in the main floor
hallway (outside of the library). Thank you in advance for all your donations!
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.
Evening
Q&A with Dr. Dawn Huebner
Join us for a
90-minute Q&A on Wednesday, March 13th at 6:30pm at McKelvie Intermediate School
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.
To submit a
question for Dr. Huebner in advance, email Priscilla McGinty, School Counselor
at McKelvie Intermediate School at mcgintyp@sau25.net, or your child's School
Counselor.
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.
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.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
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
May 3 – Boy’s Choice Event (Mel’s Funway) (Rain
Date: May 10)
May 6 – Full STEAM Ahead Day
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 – 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)
