April 9 Monday Letter
"Effort Creates Ability"
APRIL 9 - APRIL 13
Contact Administration
- Thomas @ (208) 881-4437
- Justin @ (208) 516-0278
- Scott @ (208) 541-0016 (NEW NUMBER!)
Both Justin and Scott will be gone from the building Wednesday through Friday.
Principal Principles
"Through my education, I didn't just develop skills, I didn't just develop the ability to learn, but I developed confidence." -- Michelle Obama
Important Upcoming Dates for the Week
If you see something that should be here but isn't, make sure to contact us to get it updated! For focus teams, please plan on being to the meeting prior to the start time so that the meeting can start on time. Your time is valuable and so is that of the other people on your team. If for some reason, you are unable to attend due to extenuating circumstances, please inform your focus team leader prior to the meeting.
Monday, April 9:
- The counselors from BHS will be here to talk to any 8th Graders going to Bonneville. History teachers - please send any students headed to BHS to the Auditorium during History class that day to get registration information. The plan is for students to complete registration at Orientation on April 12th and then the counselors will let us know what they want to do to collect registrations that were not completed on the 12th. Please let Nikie know if you have questions.
- Bonneville Online High School 8th Grade Parent and Student Night from 6:30 - 7:30 pm at BOHS (3385 E. Iona Rd.). This is for any students who are interested in attending Bonneville Online High School for high school and who want to learn about the school. They will be discussing four-year plans, how classes work, student council and how students can get involved.
Tuesday, April 10:
- No scheduled events.
- Interdisciplinary Team Meeting in the Morning
- Content and Interdisciplinary Meetings in the Afternoon
- BHS Cheer has tryouts from 4:00 - 6:00 pm in the BHS Aux. Gym. Tryout packets will be available in the RMMS office starting Tuesday, April 3rd. Packets are to be completed and turned in after school starting at 3:15 pm on Wednesday, April 11th.
- BHS Cheer has tryouts from 4:00 - 6:00 pm in the BHS Aux. Gym
- Freshmen Orientation Night at BHS starting at 7:00 pm
- Informational meeting during FLEX for everyone interested in running for Student Councils
- Student Council is planning an after-school dance from 3:45-5:15 pm. We are looking for anyone who can chaperone! If anyone is available, let Shaeleigh Trimble know. Thank you!
- BHS Cheer has tryouts from 4:00 - 6:00 pm in the BHS Aux. Gym
Important Things After This Week
If you see something that should be here but isn't, make sure to contact us to get it updated!
- Monday, April 16 - Friday, April 20 - TRHS Cheerleader Clinic and Tryouts
Tuesday, April 17 - Deadline for paperwork for everyone wanting to run for Student Councils (Must be turned in before 4:00 pm)
Wednesday, April 18 - Tuesday, April 24 - Preliminary campaigning for all running for Student Council
- Wednesday, April 18 - STUDENT-LED PARENT AND TEACHER CONFERENCES
- Thursday, April 19 - Friday, April 20 - Bonneville High School Ballroom team tryouts will be held in the Auxiliary Gym at Bonneville High School from 4-6 pm. On the 19th, students will learn a tryout routine and receive an information packet with all the details for the team. The 20th will be the actual tryout. All are welcome; no dance experience required. Thunder Ridge tryouts will be held at the same time, combined with Bonneville. Any questions, please contact Terri Guymon at (208) 313-2959.
- Saturday, April 21 - Taylorview Invitational (Track) at Idaho Falls High School
- Wednesday, April 25 - Preliminary voting for all running for Student Council
- Thursday, April 26 - Tuesday, May 1 - Final campaigning by Student Council finalists
- Monday, April 30 - Thursday, May 3 - RMMS Cheer Clinic for Tryouts from 5:00 to 7:30 pm in the RMMS Gym
- Monday, April 30 - Mandatory Parent Meeting for All Trying Out for RMMS Cheer
- Wednesday, May 2 - Final Student Council candidate RMTV interviews shown and final voting during Advisory
- Thursday, May 3 - Student Council winners announced
- Friday, May 4 - RMMS Cheer Tryouts from 5:00 - 7:00 pm in the RMMS Gym ($100 Deposit Due by Thursday, May 3rd)
- Wednesday, May 9 - Student Council will hold the last pep assembly of the year
Bus Duty Assignments This Week
TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY REGARDING LOADING AND UNLOADING OUR STUDENTS FROM THE BUSES, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ONE PERSON IS IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ZONES DURING YOUR BUS DUTY.
Morning (8:15 am - 8:35 am) - Cafeteria, Commons Area, and Outside.
Afternoon (Please come outside as soon as the bell rings.) - South end of the building, Right out front where you can see toward the south end and north end of the building, and in front of the pavilion near the bus loading. This allows all assigned for bus duty to see all of the major areas where students congregate to wait. The essential area to be monitored is the south end (side) of the building. The first few minutes are critical as far as the need for supervision. If there are four people assigned, the fourth person can help where needed.
- Lana Izatt (by the buses in the center near the main entrance)
- Kolby Skoien (by the buses on the south end of the building)
- Jeff Kenly (by the buses in the center near the main entrance)
- Pauli Durfee (by the buses near the pavilion)
The Following Week's Bus Duty Assignment:
- Brooke Jubitz (by the buses on the south end of the building)
- Mary Brown (by the buses in the center near the main entrance)
- Cathy Joyner (by the buses near the pavilion)
Upcoming IEP/504 Meetings
These meetings are on your Outlook calendar, but this is a reminder of what you have this week. If for some reason, you are unable to attend due to extenuating circumstances, please contact the person whose room the meeting is in prior to the meeting. Unless identified, meetings start as soon as possible after school.
- Monday, April 9 - 3:50 pm - Rm. 31 - Thompson, Brown, Pedersen-Murri
- Tuesday, April 10 - 9:00 am - Rm. 7 - Pepper
- Tuesday, April 10 - 3:50 pm - Conference Room - Thompson, Pedersen-Murri, Toone, Brown, Durfee
- Wednesday, April 11 - None
- Thursday, April 12 - 3:50 pm - Rm. 31 - Pipinich, J. McLing, Gleave, Ogburn, J. Navarro, Shackett
- Friday, April 13 - None
New Items to Be Aware of:
- Student Council elections will be starting soon. Please see the dates above for general scheduling. For your information, there will be two representatives elected for Thunder Ridge from RMMS, four representatives (9th grade President, Vice President, Secretary, and Activity Leader) elected for Bonneville, and six positions for Rocky Mountain (President, Vice President, Secretary, Public Relations, Treasurer, and Cheer Representative).
- With Parent and Teacher Conferences upon us, we will be tweaking the conferences a few different ways once more based on the feedback we received from parents and faculty members. Thomas discussed these changes in our last faculty meeting. Please be in your rooms for the conferences (or right outside the door). Try not to congregate with other teachers to maintain privacy and keep lines from getting entangled with one another. We will be asking parents/students with a last name from A-F to come from 5:00-6:00 pm, G-N from 6:00-7:00 pm, and O-Z from 7:00-8:00 pm. All are still welcome to come when they are available, but we are hoping this basic scheduling will help reduce lines and waiting time. We will continue to use the BINGO sheets as we have done this year.
- We are now in the midst of ISAT time! The general schedule for testing will be as follows: April 12-13 (Science), April 16-20 (Math), and April 23-May 4 (Language Arts). We will be meeting with potential proctors in coming days.
- Just for your information, Idaho's new accountability system includes a student engagement survey. Schools will need to administer this survey to students in grades 3-8 this school year. The survey questions for middle school students can be found here. We are still working on how we want to implement this survey, but it has been suggested that in middle school students complete it in their Language classes. The survey window will be open from April 2nd to May 31st. We are planning on waiting until ISATs are finished before beginning this.
- Applications for the 2019 Idaho Teacher of the Year are due by May 25. The application and more information about how to nominate a teacher for this honor are posted online here.
Old Items to Be Aware of:
- Please complete your IPLPs and SLOs if you have not already done so. As we approach the end of the school year already, we need to make sure that everything is in order. If you have any questions or concerns on how to complete those, please let us know right away. Thanks!
- You all should have received a training module of sexual misconduct for staff to student. Our district is required to show that each of our staff members participated in training of this nature. It will take about 30 minutes, but it is good training with regard to not putting yourself in an uncomfortable position as well as providing direction as far as what to do if you believe someone else is demonstrating inappropriate behaviors with a student. Please try to complete this as soon as you can.
- We have received the annual car raffle tickets that clubs, groups, and classes can use as a fundraiser. These are really awesome because the group keeps 100% of their ticket sales! If you need some or are interested, contact Thomas in the office.
- Here is the link to the fire drill procedural map and the evacuation procedural map. Here is also an updated roster for who is in which zones as well.
- With many transitions happening this year and in coming years, the district would like all teachers to know that they can view all available job openings at www.d93jobs.com. Also for your information, they are updating the district hiring procedures so that jobs will only be posted for 7 calendar days.
- Click here for information about the Idaho Master Teacher Premium if you are interested in working toward that. Since our district will be following the state model, nothing is actually done through the school or district.
- Please use the following links to assist in any preparation you may need for JPAS: JPAS Annual Orientation, Color Coded Domains IV and V, Professional Development Materials by Indicator (JPAS). In addition, anyone who appears on this spreadsheet must complete Domains IV and V (the portfolio/interview portion).
HOPE Squad Training
Professional Development
Grants and Other Opportunities
The Idaho Humanities Council is opening applications for major and mini-grants, research fellowships, and teacher incentive grants for projects and programs exploring literature, history, law, cultural anthropology, and other humanities disciplines. Please find more information here and here.
If you are interested in starting an after-school program to help enrich our students' lives during non-school hours, the Idaho State Department of Education is accepting grant applications for next year. Click on the grant application for more information.
CenturyLink Teachers and Technology Grant Site- Through this program, pre-K through 12th-grade teachers in public, private and/or charter schools in CenturyLink local service areas are eligible to apply for a grant of up to $5,000 to implement innovative technology solutions in their classrooms.