RBS Principal’s
Notes
January 24,
2020
I’m sending kind
thoughts to all of you! I sent THIS VIDEO to staff members earlier
this week. This is a wonderful exercise
to do with our students at school and at home.
IN THE NEWS:
Absenteeism
Mrs. Daley
(Principal of Peter Woodbury School) made THIS
VIDEO for her school’s parents.
Please take a minute to watch it, as what she states in it applies to
RBS as well. It is vitally important
that students are at school each day unless they are sick. Per the DISTRICT
POLICY, if your child reaches the 10 and/or 15 day mark, it is documented
and you may be hearing from the nurse, teacher, guidance counselor, special
education team (if applicable) or administration, if you have not already
reached out regarding your child’s illness, etc. As always, if you or your child needs help in
any way, please reach out to one of us.
We are here to help!
PTG News and
Information
THANK YOU -
MINDFULNESS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT SEMINAR: A big thank to Terri Hamilton for teaching parents of
children in Grades K-6 about the benefits of Mindfulness and simple ways to
incorporate it into our daily lives.
UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS: The PTG has a busy spring planned with community speakers, book fair, district art show and of course, the Color Blast Fun Run/Walk. Stay tuned for more details!
STAY CONNECTED
TO THE PTG: Please visit
our PTG WEBSITE and
follow us on social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) to see all the
exciting things happening in our schools. Thank you for your support!
Bedford
Child Find Day
The Bedford School
District is sponsoring a Child Find Day.
Free vision, hearing, and developmental screenings are offered for
children suspected to have delays in language, learning, and/or development.
Who: Preschool Children, between the ages of birth and 6
What: The Child Find Program purpose is to identify
children that may require special educational services.
When: Friday, February 21, 2020
Where: Memorial Elementary School
55 Old Bedford Rd
Appointments
are Required
For an
appointment, please call 627-1776 ext. 23275 February 1st to
February 14th between 11:30 AM and 2:30 PM
Safety
Educator
Please click HERE
to read the January edition of Safety Educator.
REMINDERS:
Kindergarten
and 1st Grade Registration (2020 – 2021)
Starting
Monday, February 3rd,
you may download and print out registration packets (HERE) or stop by our school to pick one up. *Please do not download the form until closer
to February 3rd as there is information that needs to be updated. The packets need to be returned to the school
by Thursday, March 5th. 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, 2020 to be eligible for kindergarten.
- A child must attain his/her 6th birthday
on or before September 30, 2020 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.
Report Cards
Report cards were
released last Friday. 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.
Spirit
Days
I
wanted to give parents a heads up about our upcoming Spirit Days. In past
years, we had Spirit Week the week before both February and April Vacations.
Last 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. This schedule was a hit
last year, so we’re continuing with it this year.
Here
is our upcoming January/February Schedule:
Friday,
Jan. 31 – Favorite Character (can be book, tv, movie, comic, etc.)
Friday,
Feb. 7 – Retro Day (Dress from your favorite decade.)
Friday,
Feb. 14 – Valentine’s Day
Friday,
Feb. 21 – RBS Spirit Day
Bakers (or Buyers) Needed for our Lady’s Choice Dance
Our
annual Girl’s Choice Dance is scheduled for Friday, February 7th, and we’re looking for parents
who are willing to donate baked goods for the event. Students were sent
home with THIS INFORMATION, but I wanted to include it
here as well. Ticket information will be going home on Friday, January
24th.
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 24th. 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
27 – 4th Grade Geography Bee *Snow date
– January 28
February
7 – RBS Girl’s
Choice Dance *Snow date – February 14
February
11 – NH
Primary Day – NO SCHOOL
February
12 – RBS
Cabaret – 6:30 PM RBS Gymnasium *Snow date – February 13
February
18 –
RBS Grade 3 Inventive Thinking Day (More information to come) *Snow
date – February 20
February
19 – RBS
Grade 4 Inventive Thinking Day (More information to come) *Snow date – February
21
February
24-28 – Winter
Vacation
March
5 – RBS
Math/Literacy Night (5:30-6:30 PM Gym/Library) *Snow date – March 12th
March
10 – District
Workshop Day/Town Voting Day – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
March
27 – End of
Quarter 3
April
3 – Report
Cards Released (on-line)
April
3 – RBS Family
Fun Night & Art Show
April
8-16 –
Passover
April
6-9 –
Scholastic Book Fair
April
10 – Good
Friday
April
12 –
Easter
April
21 – RBS 4th Grade Play (6:30 PM –
Multipurpose Room)
April
24 – Spain
Brothers’ Concert (tentative)
April
27-May 1 –
Spring Vacation
