RBS Principal’s Notes
September 24, 2021
Parent Resources
Procedure to report COVID Cases or Contact Traces for NON SCHOOL HOURS
Please use THIS FORM to report if your child has tested positive for COVID.
Please use THIS FORM to report if your child has been contact traced.
IN THE NEWS:
Harvest Festival and Calendar Raffle
Our Annual Harvest Festival is coming up on Saturday, October 16th. 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 home this week. HERE is a copy of the calendar, and for a description of how the calendar works, please click HERE. The grand prize ($500) will be drawn the day of the Harvest Festival (you don't have to be present to win), but the raffle will continue each week day through Friday, October 29th.
Free Lunch Clarification from our Food Service Department
FREE LUNCH includes...
1 ... *ENTRÉE (Grain & Meat/Meat Alternative) with a VEGETABLE
*(NOTE: Entree = Featured Entree on menu or one Alternate Entree Choices)
1-2 ... FRUIT(s)
1 ... 2nd VEGETABLE
1 ... MILK
STUDENTS NEED TO PAY for ...
WATER Bottles ($.50 each)
100% JUICE Cup ($.50 each)
*MILK Carton ($.50 each)
*(NOTE: one milk comes with a lunch, but is NOT FREE if the student is getting two (2) milks with lunch OR simply buying a drink to go with their lunch from home.)
IF a student does not have enough money on their account, they will not be allowed to purchase any of the a la carte items listed above.
Would You Like to Work at RBS?
We have an opening for a lunch/recess monitor. If you are interested and would like to know more about the position, please reach out to Matt Munsey at munseym@sau25.net.
Third Grade Book Club
Third Grade Book Club begins Tuesday, October 19, 2021. We will be reading Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren. Please have your child bring a nut free lunch. It may be from the cafeteria. If your child would like to participate in book club, please email Miss Ferns by Friday, October 15, 2021. fernsh@sau25.net
PTG News and Information
SUPPORT THE PTG:
Through Donations and Fundraisers the PTG helps fund…
For our Students…Author Visits, Science Programs, Musical Performers and much more.
For our Community…Principal Winter Reading Night, Museum of Science pass (held at the Town Library) and many other community focused events.
For our Staff…Staff Appreciation, Library Donations, Nurses Office Donations and more.
We couldn’t do it without your continued support. Please consider making a donation to the PTG either via the PayPal link HERE or send in a check payable to Bedford PTG in the support envelopes that have been sent home (K-8) or an envelope labeled with your name and email address (turn into your child’s school or mail to PO Box 10077 Bedford, NH). 100% of your donation through the Support Drive goes directly to the schools and students of Bedford.
LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER: Please complete a Volunteer Google Form for each school you have a child attending. To access the form click HERE or you can find them on the PTG website www.bedfordptg.org under PTG Forms. You need to fill this form out in order to hear about volunteer opportunities at the schools or district wide.
PTG COMMUNITY EVENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY:
Color Blast Fun Run Committee: Get in on the colorful fun and be part of planning this amazing community event!! Color Blast is looking for anyone that might be interested in being part of the planning committee. The committee meets monthly starting in October and more frequently closer to the event which is scheduled for Sunday, May 22nd.
If you are interested in this committee, please email bedfordnhptg@gmail.com.
NEW FAMILY WELCOME: If you recently moved to Bedford or are sending your first child to a Bedford School, you're welcome to attend Bedford School District's New Family Welcome hosted by the Bedford PTG on Wed., September 29th, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. or 6:30-7:30 p.m., at the Bedford Town Library.
Representatives from each school will be available to answer questions, provide school and town information, share opportunities on how you can be involved and welcome you into our community.
Please RSVP to keldamyork@gmail.com and specify if you will be attending the morning or evening session.
MEADOW FARMS GIFTS, WRAP AND MORE: Bringing you quality gift wrap, unique gifts, home & kitchen items, gourmet food, Kringle Candles and more. Our popular GIFTS, WRAP, AND MORE fundraiser is just around the corner. Brochures will be coming home with elementary students at the beginning of October. Online ordering only this year. 40% of sales goes back to our schools and orders ship directly to home! Sale runs from October 8-22.
REMINDERS:
Destination Imagination
The Bedford School District is proud to offer Destination Imagination (Bedford DI) as an extra curricular program in all of our schools. Registration is now open, and anyone interested should complete the application HERE. For more information on DI as well as Covid-19 guidelines, please look HERE. Registration closes October 1.
Marie Russell DI Coordinator - bedfordrocksdi@gmail.com
UPCOMING EVENTS:
October 11 – Columbus Day Observance – NO SCHOOL
October 12 – District Workshop Day – No School for Students
October 16 – RBS Harvest Festival (1-3 PM)
October 29 – End of Quarter 1
October 31 – Happy Halloween!
November 3 – RBS Picture Retake Day
November 5 – Report Cards Released (Grades 2-4)
November 11 – Veterans’ Day Observance – NO SCHOOL
November 24-26– Thanksgiving Break
