Titan Families,
We launch the month of March this week! February was full of celebration and care, and we look to start March, we have just as much to highlight. More to come!
We also start to collect student and family data to support our understanding of your experience on our campus. Providing a safe, welcoming and caring school environment while partnering with our families has positively impacted student learning and personal growth. As we continue to measure these attributes of our school climate, engaging our students and families will help us assess where we have been, and where we currently are and identify opportunities to improve and grow for the future. We invite our students and families to share their student experience and school climate this year. Leander ISD is partnering with K12Insights to help us collect your feedback. Please read more about this process below and be sure to fill out your family survey by March 19th.
It's time for spring cleaning on campus, too! Feel free to swing by the office to check out the lost and found. It is stocked with plenty of jackets, water bottles, and lunch boxes. Teachers will walk their classes by the space and provide reminders to students. Be mindful that these items will be donated on March 10th.
As always, stay in the know by reading the information enclosed here and in your Titan(s)'s teacher(s)'s newsletter. Should you need anything, please reach out. Let's make it a great week of building and showing PRIDE in all we do!
Take care and be well,
Dr. Amy Sharp
Proud RPE Principal
First Lego League Qualifiers: 4th Grade
Mr. Narayanan and the Lego League wanted to report on the excellent performance by our two 4th grade teams from RPE in the First Lego League Challenge Qualifiers at Lockhart, TX on Saturday. Despite being first-timers in the competition competing against middle schoolers (many 8th graders), both our teams did amazingly well with our team placing in the middle of the pack among 40 teams!
The teams were judged for the design of their robots via a presentation, how their robots did in the robot game and their "innovation project" presentation where the kids had to present an innovative idea to solve an energy-related problem. In the end, neither of our teams qualified for the next level, but as, Ameya, who was part of the Superchargers team put it, in her mind her team won because they learned a lot and put up a great fight against seasoned teams & "middle-schoolers with mustaches". Below are some pictures from the event and a short video of our team's robot in action. They look forward to presenting this at the school STEAM night on Apr 5th!
The team also wants to take the opportunity to thank Dr. Sharp and the PTA for both for seeing the value in running this program at RPE this year and funding the program via the PTA. We have some smart and talented kids at RPE.
We hope this year's run inspires many more teams in our school next year!
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HEROES Mentors Wanted
Leander ISD needs mentors for students at our campus and across the district. Spending just 30 minutes of your time once per week can make a true difference in the life of a child. Our campus counselors can work out a schedule that works for you and your mentee. To learn more about HEROES mentoring and to sign up, visit our HEROES Mentor website.
Long Range Planning, Legislative Priorities & School Board Meetings
- Check out the updated long range plan. Right now, the VHS feeder zone is not a part of rezoning discussions; however, you'll notice our feeder pattern will be for the 2025-26 school year. Should you want to follow how the northern portion of the district is managing the rezoning, we encourage you to monitor/engage in those sessions, attend school board meetings, and join district committees.
- Check out our district's legislative session priorities.
- Check out our school board meetings to support your understanding of how our district works for our #1LISD community.
Special Programs and Services News from Leander ISD
The February Newsletter contains information about Family Education Events, Leander Lazers, Summer Camps, Department Spotlights, Post-Secondary Life, Destination Life, Science Scene, Self- Determination, Medicaid Waiver Lists, Heart Health Month, and Reading Nook. Read all about it here!
Watch D.O.G.S. Info
Dads (or those with influence over them!) …River Place Elementary would love your help on the following days:
- March 2, 8 and 21
- April 7,14, and 28
- May 5, 12 and 17
The WatchDOGS volunteer program is open for the spring semester. This is a full school day commitment to make a difference, meet the teachers and staff and get a good look at what your kids are doing every day. Memories will be made, kids will never forget, and the faculty will be grateful. We’d love to have you join us!
If you have any questions about the program please call or text Cuyler Owens at 512-483-1589. He has been volunteering over the last 10 years to support his 3 kids and has agreed to be the point of contact for any questions.
If you would like to be a Watch D.O.G., follow these simple steps:
Read through the expectations and sample schedule
If you have not done so already, register as a Leander ISD Volunteer
Marc Grace will contact you one week before your volunteer day with more detailed information.
Thank you to the volunteers that pitched in during the first half of the year and thank you for your feedback to make our program even better!
River Place Elementary Titan Community
Here are our Titan Community Communication Tools-
- River Place Elementary School Website
- Twitter Account
- PTA Facebook Page
- Remind App for River Place Insiders
