RBS Principal’s
Notes
October 4, 2019
IN THE NEWS:
Parent/Guardian
and Teacher Communication Action
Item
Based on data
collected from the Tripod Parent Engagement Survey, Superintendent Fournier has
asked teachers to focus on parent/guardian and teacher communication. Specifically, he’s asked teachers to help
parents/guardians with the following information:
- Inform families of the role they should play in their
child’s education
- Show families how they can help their students with
homework
- Maintain frequent, quality communication throughout the
year
- Help identify, address, and prevent non-developmentally
appropriate stress and anxiety
Each of our
teachers have put together a document addressing these topics (for grade 1, it
is a slideshow). I would ask that all
parents/guardians please take a few minutes to read through it. The information is located on each teacher’s
website under Classroom Information (menu on the left hand side of the
page), and it is called Parent/Guardian Communication. For your convenience, HERE is
our staff directory.
A collaborative
and positive parent/guardian and teacher (school) partnership is essential to
our students’ success. As such, we look
forward to working with all of our families to ensure a happy and successful
school year!
Principal’s Advisory Group Winners
This year’s Principal’s Advisory Group was voted on
and announced this afternoon. Congratulations
to our class representatives:
Tanner
Abernathy (Mr. Carty)
Cameron
Calkins (Mrs. Dionne)
Izabella
Dayno (Mrs. Fraser)
Millie Nugent
(Mrs. King)
Kendall Lennon
(Mrs. Koellmer)
Ian Barad (Ms. Paquin)
Gemma Harl (Mrs.
Brennan)
Kendall Abernathy
(Mrs. Bowen)
Cate
Sheibley (Mrs. Chapman)
Anna
Fazalet (Mrs. Dearborn)
Maci
Laurendeau (Mr. Halloran)
Brendan Kenny (Ms.
Moskwa)
Amanda Lamon (Mrs.
Woodhead)
RBS Picture
Retake Day
Picture Retake Day
at RBS is Wednesday, Oct. 16th.
Picture envelopes went home to students who were absent on the original
day, or who are new to RBS. If you would
like your child to have a retake, please send his/her original picture package
with them for retake day. If you have
any questions, please call the main office.
RBS Holiday
Concert Date Change
The date of our
RBS Holiday Concert has been changed from Wednesday, December 11th
to Tuesday, December 3rd (snow date Monday, December 9th). The time and location remain the same (6:30
PM at the RBS gymnasium).
Farm to
School Day (A note from Food Services)
October is
national farm to school month. In order to recognize this event, the Bedford School
District Food Service Department is dedicating a special lunch that only
features local foods. Please click HERE
for more information.
PTG News and
Announcements
MEADOW FARMS
GIFTS, WRAP AND MORE: More
than just wrapping paper, PTG’s GIFTS, WRAP
and MORE SALE offers unique gifts, kitchen items, gourmet snacks and Kringle
Candles. The sale is going on now, all orders are due by October
10th. Students in elementary schools who sell 5 or more
items will earn a coupon for a free ice cream at Inside Scoop. Families, students, and staff at McKelvie,
RAL and BHS will be able to order online via THIS
LINK
Products will ship
direct to you and 40% of sales goes back to our schools!
COFFEE AND
CONVERSATION with Superintendent Fournier: Hosted by the PTG, Superintendent Mike Fournier invites
you to “Coffee and Conversation” on Monday, October 7th, 9:30am at
the Town Library. This will be a small,
informal gathering to discuss Bedford School District happenings. Questions and comments are encouraged. Please
click HERE to RSVP if you wish to attend.
STAY CONNECTED
to PTG: Please visit
our PTG WEBSITE,
“like” our FACEBOOK PAGE, check us out on Instagram (bedfordPTG)
and Twitter (@Bedfordptg) to see all the exciting things happening at our
schools. Thank you for your support!
REMINDERS:
Harvest
Festival and Calendar Raffle
Our Annual Harvest Festival
is coming up on Saturday, October 19th. It's always a lot
of fun! Please see THIS
FLYER for more information. Also, information and ticket sheets for
our annual calendar raffle were sent with students. HERE is a copy of the calendar, and for a
description of how the calendar works, please click
HERE. The grand prize ($500) will be
drawn the day of the Harvest Festival (you don't have to be present
to win), but the raffle will continue each week day through Friday, November 1st.
Tripod
Survey Information
Between October 7th and October 25th, the district will administer the "Tripod Survey" to students in grades 2 - 12 (grade 1 will participate in the spring). For the elementary schools, this includes "specials" (i.e. art, music, library and physical education) as well as enrichment. This survey asks for the students' perspectives on our teaching practices. All survey responses are anonymous and confidential. The purpose is to use this feedback to help our professional staff continue to improve. This year, parents were able to provide permission for their child to take the survey through InfoSnap registration. If you opted your child out of the survey, please know that we will make other arrangements for him/her during the time that his/her class is taking the survey.
Between October 7th and October 25th, the district will administer the "Tripod Survey" to students in grades 2 - 12 (grade 1 will participate in the spring). For the elementary schools, this includes "specials" (i.e. art, music, library and physical education) as well as enrichment. This survey asks for the students' perspectives on our teaching practices. All survey responses are anonymous and confidential. The purpose is to use this feedback to help our professional staff continue to improve. This year, parents were able to provide permission for their child to take the survey through InfoSnap registration. If you opted your child out of the survey, please know that we will make other arrangements for him/her during the time that his/her class is taking the survey.
If you
would like to view the surveys, please click on the links below.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
October 7 – PTG Coffee with the Superintendent (9:30
AM Bedford Town Library—RSVP required)
October 8-9 – Yom Kippur
October 11 – District Workshop Day – No School for
Students
October 14 – Columbus Day Observance – NO SCHOOL
October 16 – RBS Picture Retake Day
October 19 – RBS Harvest Festival
October 31 – Happy Halloween!
November 1 – End of Quarter 1
November 8 – Report Cards Released (grades 2-4)
November 11 – Veterans’ Day Observance – NO SCHOOL
November 27-29 – Thanksgiving Break
December 3 – RBS Winter Concert – 6:30 PM RBS
Gymnasium (snow date 12/9)
December 6 – Ellis Island (snow date 12/9)
December 22-30 – Happy Hanukkah!
December 23 -
January 1 – Holiday Recess
December 25 – Merry Christmas!
