RBS Principal’s
Notes
January 11,
2019
IN THE NEWS:
Spirit Days
I wanted to give
parents a heads up about our upcoming Spirit Days. Typically, we have Spirit Week the week
before both February and April Vacations.
This 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. Here is our upcoming January/February
Schedule:
Friday, Jan. 25 –
PJ Day (no slippers or stuffed animals, please)
Friday, Feb. 1 –
Fancy Friday (dress in your “fancy” clothes)
Friday, Feb. 8 –
Freaky Friday (Wacky Wednesday…but on a Friday!)
Thurs., Feb. 14 – Valentine’s
Day
Friday, Feb. 22 –
RBS Spirit Day
Kindergarten
and 1st Grade Registration (2019 – 2020)
Starting Monday,
February 4th,
you may download and print out registration packets (HERE)
or stop by our school to pick one up.
The packets need to be returned to the school by Thursday, March 7th.
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, 2019 to be eligible for kindergarten.
- A child must attain his/her 6th birthday
on or before September 30, 2019 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.
PTG News and
Information
PRINCIPAL
WINTER READING NIGHT - REGISTER BY JANUARY 18TH: Dress in your PJ’s, bring a blanket and
come listen to all the Bedford Principals read you a story. This fun-filled
family event will be held on Thursday, January 24TH at the
McKelvie Intermediate School cafeteria. Choose between two session times
4:30pm or 6:30pm, click HERE for more details. If you plan to attend, be sure
to REGISTER for this event by January 18th, by filling out
this REGISTRATION FORM
BARNES AND
NOBLE EVENT: Save the
date for PTG’s event to be held January 25th – 26th at the Barnes and Noble
Manchester location. See amazing student art projects from all Bedford Schools,
enjoy a performance by the McKelvie Music Department and listen to stories read
by Bedford’s elementary teachers. For more information click HERE. Event schedule coming soon.
HANNAFORD HELPS
REUSEABLE BAG PROGRAM: Hannaford
on Kilton Road has chosen Bedford PTG to be the beneficiary of the Community
Bag program in January. For every green Community reusable bag purchased at
Hannaford, on KILTON ROAD, in January, the PTG will receive a $1.00
donation.
COMMUNITY SPIRIT
9/11 MINI-GRANTS PROGRAM: The
Bedford PTG is the proud recipient of the Community Spirit
9/11 Mini-Grants Program funded by Harvard Pilgrim. This $500
grant was awarded due to the generous nomination of a Bedford family.
About the
Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grants Program: To commemorate those
Harvard Pilgrim members who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, Harvard
Pilgrim and its Foundation created the Community
Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant program. This program enables employees from
Harvard Pilgrim, Health Plans Inc. (our affiliate) and NTT Data (our IT partner)
to award an annual grant, completely funded by the Foundation, to the local
charity of his or her choice. Since the program began in 2002, these employees
have directed almost $6 million to hundreds of organizations throughout our
health plan service area – comprised of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and
New Hampshire.
REMINDERS:
New Year’s
Reading Challenge
There are some great suggestions on THIS
Reading Challenge calendar from Scholastic.
If you and your child are interested, hang it up in your home and enjoy
some of these fun activities together!
Bakers
(or Buyers) Needed for our Lady’s Choice Dance
Our annual Lady’s
Choice Dance (formerly, Father/Daughter
Dance) is scheduled for Friday, February 1st, and we’re looking
for parents who are willing to donate baked goods for the event. Students were sent home with THIS
INFORMATION this week, but I wanted to include it here as well. Ticket information will be going home on Friday,
January 18th.
Snow Day
Lunch Info./Announcements
Just in case we
have a snow day this winter, I wanted to let parents know how the district
deals with hot lunches the following day. There is no rule of thumb when
determining the lunch menu on the day following a snow day as the menu for that
day is dependent upon what was on the menu the day of the snow day, what prep
the kitchen had to do, and what fresh produce the kitchen had ordered.
Therefore, our district’s Food Service Director (Emily Murphy) provides an
announcement on the SAU’s website (www.sau25.net) in the District News box,
which will detail, by school, what the hot lunch offering will be the day
following the snow day. This information will be available the day of the
snow day.
Dr. Dawn
Huebner Presentation on Anxiety in Children
Save the
Date: Join us on Wednesday, March 13th
at 6:30pm at McKelvie Intermediate School for a 90-minute Q&A 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.
Check out Dr.
Huebner in advance at her TEDx Talk on "Rethinking Anxiety: Learning to
face fear" HERE.
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 25th. 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 18 – End of Quarter 2
January 21 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – NO SCHOOL
January 29 – 4th Grade Spelling Bee
(Library 2:45 PM) *Snow date – January 30
January 24 – PTG Principals’ Winter Read *Snow date –
January 31
January 25 – Report Cards Released (on-line)
February 1 – RBS Lady’s Choice Dance *Snow date –
February 8
February 6 – RBS Cabaret – 6:30 PM RBS Gymnasium
*Snow date – February 7
February 11 – RBS Invention Convention *Snow date –
February 18
February
25-March 1 – Winter
Vacation
