News from RStar
Week of October 23 - 27
Red Ribbon Week!
Your Future is Key So Stay Drug Free!
We will celebrate with another Spirit Week!
Monday: Mismatch Day
Tuesday: Team Tuesday (team gear or athletic wear)
Wednesday: Wear Red
Thursday: Super Hero Day!
Friday: Pajama Day!
Grand Lunch!
Hello RS Families!
Please save the date for one of the best days of the year at Rising Star - Grand Lunch! This year's Grand Lunch is Friday, November 3rd. Please invite someone grand in your students' life! Grand parent, grand uncle or aunt, grand friend.. anyone to help make this day GRAND for all RS students!
After lunch, feel free to check out our amazing school book fair! Flyers will be sent home soon or print the flyer that's attached. Please fill out the RSVP form and submit it by Friday, October 27th so we know you're coming!
Pencil grams will be on sale for $1...these pencil grams will be handed out on Halloween. Proceeds from this goes to All for Books which benefits the library, Mr. Wilson and PTA.
Please contact Jamie Borgman at jaborgman@hotmail.com if you have any questions.
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO FILL OUT AND RETURN RSVP FORMS TO SCHOOL!
Need Reading Strategies for Your Child? Check out the link below!
Artsonia!
All our kiddos artworks are displayed on Artsonia this year. Artsonia is a safe, kid/parent friendly website. Please fill out the permission form below (or ask your child as permission slips have gone home)!
Thank you for your support and thank you helping us be tech savvy in art. #innovativeteaching
Camille Hartman
Art Teacher
Online Verification
Dear Rising Star Parents,
This is a friendly reminder to complete your online verification on Skyward as quickly as possible. If you need assistance with this, you can access THIS document to walk you through the process, or please stop by the office or there will be staff in the library during Back to School Night.
When completing the photo release from, please be aware that checking “NO” on the photo release form will not allow your child’s picture to be included in the yearbook.
Check Us Out On Social Media To See What's Happening @RStar!
Website: http://risingstar.smsd.org/
Location: 8600 Candlelight Lane, Lenexa, KS 66215
Phone: (913) 993-4500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RStar512/
Twitter: @RStar512
Calling all Rising Star artists!!! It's Reflections Contest Time!
This year's theme is Within Reach.
REFLECT on the theme. CREATE art. BE RECOGNIZED!
Students can create original works of art in as many of the 6 categories as they choose. Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts!
Pick up a PTA Reflections entry form in the office and get inspired! Please check out the Rising Star Reflections Contest website here if you have any questions: http://www.reflectionscontest.doodlekit.com/
Please attach completed forms to the back of art and place your art projects into the Reflections box in the front office by Friday, November 17th.
Please mat or mount art onto sturdy cardboard. Students should not sign the front of their art. Size limits, Visual Arts, 24”x 30”: photography, 11”x 14” both including mats.
Thank you for participating and nurturing your child’s creativity!
Please contact parent volunteer Christina Middleton at Middletonjs4@Gmail.com for any questions.
World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser
As of now we have a few students who still have money outstanding. Blue reminders went home in your child's backpack on Thursday with the amount they still owe. Please note that we ordered enough prizes for ALL students who participated. Prizes will be delivered as soon as they are received to students who have paid in full. For those who still owe, your child will receive their prize once all money has been collected. We have been notified that the prizes may be a bit delayed due to them coming from Florida.
The GameKart has been scheduled for Friday, October 27th for all kids who sold at least 2 cases of chocolate. Kids who have earned the GameKart must have all money in prior to October 27th or else that opportunity will be missed.
Contact Gwyn Dill at gwyndill@gmail.com or 913-638-6854 if you have any questions. Once again, thanks for supporting your PTA!
West is Best Scholarship Fund
STILL NEED HEALTH COVERAGE FOR 2017?
The deadline for 2017 plans is over. Open Enrollment for 2018 runs November 1 - December 15, 2017. Coverage starts January 1, 2018.
To find out more information....click HERE!
UPDATE,
Although there is a lot of political talk surrounding the Affordable Care Act, it is still the law and the most affordable option for those whose employer’s do not offer health insurance. Many SMSD families rely on the ACA for health insurance. As you may be aware, Blue Cross and Blue Shield has pulled out of the marketplace in the Kansas City area. Centene (Sunflower) and Medica are likely to be the providers. Most ACA families will need to re-enroll in order to have continued health coverage. This year the enrollment period for the Healthcare Marketplace is Nov 1-Dec 15th.
***Enroll Kansas will be at SMWest on Nov. 7th and SMNorth on Nov 9th. Times TBD. Enroll Kansas has forwarded the below videos.