Family Newsletter
1/31/21
Our first big snowfall
I hope that you and your family are all doing well and staying safe. We had our first big snowfall this week. It was great to see the kids excited about playing outside in the snow. Please remember that even when kids are playing on campus after school hours they should have their masks on.
This week is National School Counselor's Week! Please encourage your children to share a message with their counselors to show their appreciation. Our counseling department does so much to support our families both in and out of school. We greatly appreciate all that they do each and every day!
This week also kicks off Black History Month. We are excited to have activities and lessons that celebrate this month. We hope that the kids will be able to share their learning with you at home.
Please reach out if you have any questions, concerns, ideas, or if we can provide support in any way. Thank you for your partnership in keeping the Robinson community safe.
Take Care-
Angeline
This Week's Schedule
Link to our school webpage calendar
Week of February 1st
This week is a D week
Monday, February 1
Students in person learning
Tuesday, February 2
Students in person learning
Wednesday, February 3
Wacky Wednesday Theme- PJ Day- student request
Students in person learning
Thursday, February 4
Students in person learning
Friday, February 5
Students online learning
February is Black History Month
Coyote in woods behind playground
Attached is a brochure and a Youtube video provided to us from the Department of Conservation. Please watch the video/read the brochure for additional information. Thanks!
Congratulations to Nurse Kim Garland
Yearbook with Lens of Equity and Inclusion
Proposition R - Right for Kids, Right for the Community
A Zero-Tax Rate Change Proposal Would Address Overcrowding, Safety and Security Challenges, and More
Faced with overcrowded classrooms and a lack of adequate instructional space in its schools, the Kirkwood School District Board of Education unanimously voted on Monday, Jan. 25, to place a zero-tax rate change bond proposal on the April 6, 2021 ballot.
The proposal, called Proposition R, is a ballot issue designed to provide the financial resources to address overcrowding and maintain class sizes with additional classrooms, update aging infrastructure and systems, enhance safety and security district-wide, and complete additional needed facility 22updates. If approved by voters, every building in the District would be improved. Proposition R requires 57.143% voter approval.
Prop R does not include a new elementary school building.
For more information, please visit our website: kirkwoodschools.org/PropR.
Information below is repeated from previous newsletters
Kindergarten Registration Information
To register, visit the District’s website at kirkwoodschools.org/register. For online registration, it is recommended that a laptop computer, desktop computer, or tablet device be used to complete your child's registration. Registration using a smartphone is not recommended.
Robinson Equity Group February Meeting Information
Here's the preview:
We know American public schools do not guarantee each child an equal education. Two decades of school reform initiatives have not changed that. But when Chana Joffe-Walt, a reporter, looked at inequality in education, she saw that most reforms focused on who schools were failing: Black and brown kids. But what about who the schools are serving? In this five-part series, she turns her attention to what is arguably the most powerful force in our schools: White parents.
Valentines' Parties at Robinson
Robinson Yearbooks and Yearbook Ads go on sale this week through March 12th
You can order yearbooks and ads online via our website:
https://shop.yearbookmarket.com/robinsonelementaryschool
or by paper order form which will be going home at the end of the month.
Our ad prices help to reduce the total cost of the yearbooks for families from $13 down to $10. Our add prices are $15 for 1/8 page, $25 for 1/4 page, $50 for 1/2 page and $100 for our full page ads. You may purchase and create your ad through our website link above. This is the first year that the website lets you fully design and create your ad with the layout, fonts, and colors that you prefer.
If you have never seen our yearbook before, watch this quick informational video about our yearbook and see pages from last year's edition.
If you want help navigating our ordering website and want to see where to click to purchase a yearbook, watch this short video.
If you want help navigating our ordering website to purchase an ad, please watch this short video.
Fifth grade families using the dedication ad builder will need to enter a code upon check-put to receive the 1/8 page ad for free. The code is JR5K8ICQ20 and it is also included in the description of the 1/8 page ad when they are adding it to their cart.
Thank you to PTO for creating and overseeing our yearbook program! We are excited to have the yearbook to remember this historic year. Please reach out to
robinsonelementaryyb@gmail.com with any questions about our yearbook or ads.