Reading Elementary Rockets Report: RES PRINCIPAL'S BLOG - ROCKETS REPORT

Dear Reading Elementary "Rockets" Families & Community Members:

Kudos and heartfelt thanks to:

Abby Rowlee for the amazing photos of Reading Runners!
Volunteers and parents helping with Reading Runners!
All of you who have your lunch and afterschool accounts paid for September.

Other Items of Interest:

Highlight on the Handbook - The WCUD Family/Student Handbook is full of important information and all principals will be highlighting information in our communications to families. The family district handbook can be found on our website and hard copies can be obtained from RES. Over the next few weeks, we are focusing on attendance.

Appointments During School

Early Dismissal

Students must be signed out in the office when being picked up early. Similarly, if a student returns during the day after an appointment, the student must be signed back in before returning to class. No student will be placed into the charge of anyone not approved by the parent(s) and/or legal guardian. It is helpful to let both the school office and your child’s teacher know that you will pick him/her up early so that homework and/or other information may be shared prior to departure. This procedure is done for the protection of the students so the school knows the whereabouts of all students during school hours.

Late Arrival

Students are expected to arrive by their school’s start time. Attendance, notices for the day and lunch counts are all done the first 10 minutes of the day. Arriving at school late disrupts the day for your child as well as for the class. The principal will contact you if a pattern of tardiness develops and will discuss solutions to this issue with you.

All students arriving at school after our scheduled start will report to the office. A tardy slip will be written and the student will give it to the teacher in the classroom. We realize that there are legitimate reasons for being tardy, i.e. doctor and dental appointments, family emergencies, etc. Contacting the front office ahead of time regarding a legitimate reason for late arrival may result in an excused tardy.

Back to School Open House - Wed., Sept. 26, 5:30 - 6:30 PM. We changed our date as the high school scheduled it the same night as ours. This evening is not for parent conferences, it's just a brief presentation by your child's teacher. Parent conferences will occur in November.

The PTO will have a table and are looking for volunteers. Please see the PTO e-mail about potluck details.

There will be a table for information from the Girl Scouts available in the library. Please stop by and see the new updated RES library!

Classroom Donations Needed - Gr. 5/6 is in need of the following items:

#18 Clear Soda or Seltzer 2 Liter Bottles with Caps - please rinse clean.

Thank you. Ms. Collins

Picture Day - Wed., Oct. 3 is the annual picture day. Forms were sent home Friday - please check your child's backpack. Please send the completed forms back into school. Order online before Picture day with your picture ID at mylifetouch.com. Reading Elementary School's Picture ID: VJ178089Q0.

Coming Soon -

Profile of a Graduate Community Dinner - The entire district will be hosting "Profile of a Graduate Community Meetings" which are an important step to constructing a unified district strategic plan. Your voice and ideas are important and valued. Please mark your calendars for Thurs., Oct. 11. We hope to have a good community turnout. If you can't make it that night, please attend one of the others scheduled throughout the district!

Afterschool Program - We welcome Mr. Chuck Vanderstreet and Mr. Bill Rauscher working as program aides in the program. Mrs. Maxham also helps us out two days a week. We have a fantastic program, but we're still looking for teachers and volunteers! Last week, Reading's chef, Paitra Martin, baked with our students in the program. Kip Dixon, the PE Teacher from WES and Killington, is the guest teacher on Mondays for PE Power! He helps out with Reading Runners and then runs outdoor games with the students! If it is rainy outside, we've been doing "Go Noodle" with the students. It is an online program that helps burn some of that energy off or to help us calm down.

Invoice statements will be sent home this week to students participating in the afterschool program. Thank you to all who have sent in their checks bi-weekly!

PE Message - Happy Almost Fun-Day Monday friends and families! Hope everyone got out and enjoyed the fall-like weather this weekend. Finally comfortable temps! Great sleeping weather! I will be checking in with our children to see what outdoor activities they were involved in this weekend. This weeks P.E. plan is to start challenging/cooperative relay race activities. There will also be aerobic, flexibility, strengthening and hand-eye coordination exercises. We have a lot to do in a short period of time! Please stop in and say hello at our Back to School night on Wed. See you soon! Mr.(Coach) Drost

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