SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE!
Monday, September 14th, 2020
We are SOARING right into our first full week of learning! Looks like we will have a beautiful stretch of fall like weather as we move into this week. We are all adjusting to our new school 'normal' and overall it seems to be going very well! It is just good to have the kids back and they really are doing an awesome job during the school day. Again, thank you for all that you have done to support us in creating a school environment where safety and engaging learning environment are the focus. Please let us know if there is anything that we can do to support you or your child here at Rose Glen. Our goal is to make it a great year for all of our Eagles and your therefore it is important to us that you communicate with us any concerns, thoughts, or ideas that you might have to create the best possible learning community. We are fortunate to have such a wonderful and supportive family community. Have a great week!
Walker's Circle Update
- Please make sure that if you are in the circle to be up as close as you can to the end of the Walker's Path. Do not leave large spaces between cars. Please pull-up if cars leave so more cars can enter the circle. We will assist in guiding your child to the cars. The goal is to get cars in and out of the circle as quickly and safely as possible.
- If you are parked on Brookhill, then also be sure to park close enough as well. This will assist in decreasing congestion towards 59. We will not let kids run up to cars that are parked along Brookhill. For safety purpose, we will only allow them to enter cars within Walker's Circle.
- Please make every effort to not block the main entrance or exit to the school. Sometimes we find ourselves in an instance where we thought we were going to have room to pull up and then you recognize you do not. We know families are not trying to block entrances and exits. We just ask you to be mindful of the main entrances and exits.
- If you find yourself in the position of being parked on Brookhill before the Rose Glen main entrance, then please pull into the school parking lot for a moment. This is what is most concerning at this time as we don't want anybody to be in a dangerous position to back-up 59. If this continues this week then we will look to make adjustments to pick-up.
- At the endow the day we have a group of children who walk across Brookhill to get to the Cider Hills neighborhood. Please be mindful of not blocking that pathway and just be aware that we do have families that walk to that neighborhood. The crosswalk and STOP sign was added a few years ago to assist our walking neighborhood friends and so we all want to be mindful that there are children who cross at the end of the day into the neighborhood.
- Please remind your child that they should be looking for you at the end of the day.
Thank you for your assistance with this end of the day procedure.
Safety Protocols and Rose Glen
A good amount of time is spent at the beginning of the year establishing routines and providing structures for our kids in the classroom. As a school we also practice our safety drills at the start of the year. Tomorrow we will be wrapping up our safety drill practice for the month of September. Last week we practiced our Evacuation/Fire Drill and we also engaged in the Lockout Process with the unexpected situation that occurred on Tuesday. Today we practiced our Shelter/Tornado Drill and tomorrow we will practice our Lockdown Drill. As a school and as a district we adhere to the Standard Response Protocol for developing, implementing, and practicing our safety response plans. Each month we practice at least one of our safety drills.
Evacuate: This is typically a fire drill (practiced monthly) to ensure that all students and staff are aware of how to exit when there is a need to evacuate the building.
Shelter: This is typically a tornado drill (practiced at a minimum of 2 times per year) that ensures that students know where to go if their a tornado or other weather emergency that requires students and staff to take shelter or cover.
Lockout/Lockdown: This is a drill that ensures that students and staff know what to do if there is an intruder in the building (practiced at minimum of 2 times per year). A lockout is a situation where the school and students continue with their typical day in school but are not allowed to go outside and outsiders are not allowed to come inside. If for some reason there is a lockout and you are trying to get in the building or take your child out of the building (appointment, early pick-up, etc.) then anticipate that you will not be able to get inside.
- If a lockdown, lockout, or other emergency protocol is issued during a school day and it is not a practice drill, then you will be notified via phone blast and/or email to inform you of the situation.
Fall Clean-Up and iPads
Birthday Celebrations
Picking Up and Dropping Off During the Day
Also, we kindly ask that you be mindful of end of the day phone calls or last minute transportation changes. The office is hustling and bustling and there is a chance that we could miss your call and/or not have the opportunity to connect with the appropriate individual to let them know of the changes. Therefore, we encourage you to not contact the office after 3:00 PM with transportation changes. We cannot guarantee that your request will be honored - especially if it is via email or voicemail. We do understand that things come up and changes may need to occur in a rare instance. This is ok and we will do our best to ensure that we get your message to your child and to their teacher.
District Mask Communication
Good Afternoon Parents, Guardians, and Staff,
The School District of Waukesha recognizes the importance of face coverings in order to best ensure health and safety in the school environment and to comply with the state-wide mask mandate. We recognize that this will be a learning curve for many of our students and is something that will require teaching, reteaching, and reinforcement. All 19 public school districts in Waukesha County will be utilizing a "three strikes" policy regarding refusal to comply with the face-covering requirement. The following progressive discipline will be utilized in accordance with board policy #5600.01 - Disciplinary Consequences for Student Misconduct.
Teaching, Re-teaching, & Reinforcing
The first week of school will include a heavy emphasis on providing clear expectations, support, and instruction to students regarding face coverings. This will include the information regarding consequences of repeated refusal to wear a face covering. There will be increased leniency during the first week of school in order to best establish this new procedure and requirement for all students and staff; however, all incidents of refusal will be logged in Infinite Campus.
First Refusal
Teacher redirection
Parent contact
Infinite Campus Documentation
Second Refusal
Infinite Campus Documentation
The student will be referred to administration and suspended for the remainder of the school day. A reminder of the consequences for further violations will be provided to the parent and student along with the written notice of suspension perboard policy #5610 - Suspension and Expulsion.
Third Refusal
Infinite Campus Documentation
The student will be referred to the administration. An out-of-school suspension will be issued and the student will be auto-enrolled in eAchieve for the remainder of the school year. The student will be suspended for no more than 5 days until the enrollment and student’s course schedule are finalized. A written notice of suspension will be provided with a resolution detail of "enrollment in eAchieve."
**If the student has an individualized education plan or Section 504 plan, face-covering accommodations should be discussed with the case manager. In the event a disciplinary response is necessary, the administration will follow all federal and state guidelines for discipline, which will include working with the IEP/504 team and potentially proceeding with a manifestation determination process.**
Thank you,
SDW Student Services
SAFE ARRIVAL
Pre-Excused Absences: If you know your child is going to be absent and you want to report that before the student is marked absent in school, Safe Arrival provides three convenient methods:
1. Using your mobile device, download and install the SchoolMessenger app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store (or from the links at https://go.schoolmessenger.com). The first time you use the app, select Sign Up to create your account. Select Attendance then Report an Absence.
2. Use the SafeArrival website, https://go.schoolmessenger.com. The first time you use the website, select Sign Up to create your account. Select Attendance then Report an Absence.
3. Call the toll-free number 1-866-490-7371 to report an absence using the automated phone system. These options are available 24 hours/day, 7 days a week.
Future absences can be reported at any time.
Post-Excused Absences: If you were not able to report your child’s absence in advance you will be notified by the SchoolMessenger system if your child is marked absent.
You are notified of a reported absence within minutes of the reported absence.
The School Messenger app or the website will allow families to customize where they want to receive their notifications and allow them to excuse the absence right from the notification.
If you report your child’s absence in advance using the SafeArrival toll-free number, website or mobile app, you will NOT receive these notifications.
Additional assistance can be found on the District's Safe Arrival Support Page:
https://sdw.waukesha.k12.wi.us/SafeArrival
IT Help Desk Email Link:
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&source=mailto&to=ITHelpDesk@waukesha.k12.wi.us
IT Help Desk Phone:
262-970-1073
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Drop-Off and Pick-Up Procedures for Walker's Circle
Drop-Off Procedures
Rose Glen is a relatively large elementary school. Each year we typically have 11 busses bringing our students to and from school each day. Unfortunately, we have a relatively small parking lot to handle the before and after school traffic that is present daily. Therefore, it is critical that we all work together to follow the established procedures for pick-up and drop-off. When we all follow the established the procedures everything flows really well and safety is maintained! Most students at Rose Glen take the bus to and from school each day. If your child is being dropped off and picked up each day then below we have the following procedures. Also know that our procedures will always be available to you in our weekly Smore Newsletter.
GOALS:
To ensure that we are creating the safest environment and procedures possible for morning drop-off.
To ensure that all Rose Glen community members are aware of the current drop-off procedures.
CIDER HILLS CROSSING:
A crosswalk has been added to provide a safe pathway for families from Rose Glen to the Cider Hills neighborhood. Additionally, STOP signs have also been added to slow cars down and to ensure that families are able to cross without having to worry about on-coming traffic. These STOP signs will be activated from 8:30-8:45 and 3:30-3:50.
General Drop-Off Procedures:
Walkers' Circle is the horseshoe shaped entrance and exit located on the side of the building. All cars should enter through the ENTRANCE ONLY of Walkers' Circle to drop children off.
There is NO PARKING IN WALKERS’ CIRCLE. It is intended for fluid drop-off of children. Please exit quickly and cautiously. Be mindful that others are waiting to drop-off and unnecessary stopping causes delays and interferes with the purpose of Walkers Circle.
Cars can exit and turn left from the left lane or turn right from the right lane. NO U-Turns, no Y-Turn, no backing up and out through the entrance, or using the neighborhood cul-de-sac. Traffic either goes right or left out of the circle.
Children should use the sidewalk of Walkers’ Circle to walk to the hill. No children should be seen leaving the car from the driver’s side of the car. All children exiting the car should leave from the passenger side of the car.
Cars should pull up on the right side of the Walkers’ Circle.
- No cars should use the left lane of Walkers’ Circle to park or drop-off children. This lane will be open so that cars can safely pull into the left side for left turn exiting purposes.
- If you want to walk your child up the hill in the morning please do not park in the circle. Please pull ahead and park on the road. This will allow Walkers' Circle to keep moving.
- No parking on Brookhill Drive that runs parallel to Walkers’ Circle (the grassy part of the Walkers’ Circle). This will allow cars turning both left and right to have a clear view of oncoming traffic. Cars that park next to grass area closest to the Walkers’ Circle create a blindspot. Therefore, moving forward we would like to reduce this risk and make this a No Parking Zone.
Pick-Up Procedures
GOALS:
To ensure that we are creating the safest environment and procedures possible for afternoon pick-up.
To ensure that all Rose Glen community members are aware of the current pick-up procedures.
CIDER HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD CROSSING!
A crosswalk has been added to provide a safe pathway for families from Rose Glen to the Cider Hills neighborhood. Additionally, STOP signs have also been added to slow cars down and to ensure that families are able to cross without having to worry about on-coming traffic. These STOP signs will be activated from 8:30-8:40 and 3:30-3:50. If you live in the Cider Hills neighborhood a teacher or staff member will escort your child and cross them to the neighborhood. Please contact us prior to school starting if your child will be utilizing the Cider Hills crosswalk . This will allow us to connect with them prior to the end of the day and ensure that we have all the students that we will be walking across to the neighborhood. We want them to know the plan and be comfortable with the end of the day procedures.
General Pick-Up Procedures:
All cars should enter through the ENTRANCE ONLY to pick children up.
There is NO PARKING IN WALKER'S CIRCLE. It is intended for fluid pick-up of children. Please exit quickly and cautiously. Be mindful that others are waiting to pick-up and unnecessary stopping causes delays and interferes with the purpose of Walkers Circle.
Cars can exit and turn left from the left lane or turn right from the right lane. NO U-Turns, no Y-Turn, no backing up and out through the entrance, or using the neighborhood cul-de-sac. Traffic either goes right or left out of the circle.
Children should use the sidewalk of Walkers’ Circle to walk to enter the car. No children should be seen entering the car from the driver’s side of the car. All children entering the car should be seen entering from the passenger side of the car.
Cars only use the right side of the Walker's Circle.
No cars should use the left lane of Walker's Circle to pick children up. This lane will be open so that cars can safely pull into the left side for left turn exiting purposes.
No parking on Brookhill Drive that runs parallel to Walker's Circle (the grassy part of the Walkers’ Circle). This will allow cars turning both left and right to have a clear view of oncoming traffic. Cars that park next to grass area closest to the Walkers’ Circle create a blindspot. Therefore, we would like to reduce this risk and make this a No Parking Zone.
As you use Walkers Circle, it is important to be mindful of keeping the flow going. Drive forward as cars exit. With the left lane open for traffic, then cars should be able to navigate safely and easily out of the Circle. No student will be allowed to enter or cross the circle to get in a vehicle if the vehicle is parked in the left lane.
- It is important that cars do not park at the entrance of the hill on Brookhill. This is critical to keeping flow into the circle moving. If a car cannot get into the Circle because another car has chose to park, then the whole flow of the Circle is stopped or slowed down. With these changes we should anticipate that there might be a longer line up Brookhill to get into the Walkers Circle. As kids are picked up in the Circle, then cars will be able to enter from Brookhill to also pick up.
- Anticipate that it might take a few extra minutes. This particularly true this year as we anticipate more families deciding to pick their child up from school. A lot of thought has been put into how we can create the safest pick-up possible. Remember that the ultimate goal is child safety. Patience is key during this time of day.
- A 'process' that has grown over the years is our kindergarten families that are picking up at the end of the day at Walker's Circle tend to gather at the bottom of the hill on the grassy knoll (in front of the 5 green dots off of Brookhill Rd) to meet their Kindergarten kids. Kindergarten families tend to park and then wait on this grassy area and then safely walk their child to their parked car. We can continue to honor this process as long as families are mindful of social distancing and wear masks while waiting for their child.
- Please know that adults will walk children down the path to Walker's Circle and will not leave until all students are picked up. If a family is running late then we just walk the students back up the hill and bring them to the office for pick-up (It happens to all of us from time to time!). Just know your child is safe and we would never leave them unattended.
Transportation - Bus Information
In order to access your child's bus route information you need to login to your Waukesha School District Infinite Campus parent portal account. You would have set up a user name and password when you registered your children for Kindergarten.
BUS ROUTE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR PARENT PORTAL.
To find your child's bus route information:
- Log into your Infinite Campus (IC) Parent Portal.
- Along the left side (black background), click More.
- In the middle section (white background), click Transportation
- Under Bus Detail you will find the morning bus # , pick up location and pick up time as well as the afternoon bus #, drop off location and drop off time.
There is a form available on the Rose Glen website (link: Transportation to Alternate Location Request Form) if you need to change your child’s bus due to child care. This is needed even if your child will be attending the Lawrence Center for before or after school care. Please complete the form and send it in as soon as possible because at the beginning of the school year, changes can take up to 14 days to take effect due to the large volume of scheduling. If you can submit it prior to school starting there is a much better chance that your child’s schedule will be set by the time school starts.
Before and After School Care
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LUNCH UPDATE INFORMATION
School Library Books
Virtual PTO Meeting
Welcome back Rose Glen families! VIRTUAL PTO MEETING! Yes, you read that right. We will be having a virtual PTO meeting via Zoom on Thursday, September 24 at 6:30pm. The log-in information for the Zoom meeting will be published in the Family Eagle Dash for the week of 9/21. If there are any topics you want to make sure we cover, please either comment below or send an email to roseglenptoboard@gmail.com. We are looking forward to connecting (virtually) with anyone that can make it!
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Rose Glen Upcoming Dining Night
Wednesday, September 16: Orange Leaf
Time: 12pm-9:30pm
Location: 1180 W Sunset Dr, Waukesha, WI 53189
**Rose Glen will get 20% of the sales of people who bring in the paper flyer, show the electronic flyer on their devise, or just mention you are there for Rose Glen.
Flyer Link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hVCz5uDLjqqVNffTXcuJKVihCbbbyzICcpEBWjrHeFE/edit?usp=sharing
Virtual Spanish Classes
Live Interactive Spanish in a Virtual Setting!
GET AHEAD WITH SPANISH! This Fall join Futura for a live, interactive Spanish class in real time. From the comfort and safety of your home, your child will learn Spanish in a dynamic, lively manner that incorporates songs and games. There are two options for learning: ‘Vamos a viajar’ is a theme based class where students will “travel” all in Spanish. ‘Essential Spanish’ will include all the basics to create an amazing language foundation for years to come. Various times and days to choose from to fit your family’s needs for language learning. Please check our website for course details and offerings. https://futuraadventures.com/virtual-learning-registration/ Enroll today! Space is limited.
Mad Science
Every child will receive their own Experiment Pack with our cool Take-Homes delivered right to their door!
Mad Science Interactive, Online Programs Include:
- A 1 hour 4 or 6 week program for kids ages 5-12
- Experiment pack with at-home activities and our cool Take-Homes
- A variety of different themes to choose from that cover a wide range of science topics.
There are a variety of themes including: Crayola World of Design, NASA Academy of Future Space Explorers, Amazing Magnets and More!, Secret Agent Lab and more! Our onine programs start at $74.
Call 414-858-9990 or register online at milwaukee.madscience.org
We are offer 2 FREE 'TRY IT' sessions, so kids can check it out!
riday, September 18th at 2:45pm: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpde-gqzIrEtHzN1teii9ysebJ06aS62B4
Wednesday, September 23rd at 2:45 pm:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsfu6qqj0oGNydNiZSDWZUZqeLC4skFRQU
After completing the registration, parents will be emailed a link to the Free Try It Session.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, 9/16 Orange Leaf (Noon-9:30 p.m.)
Monday, 9/21-Culver's Night (5-8 pm) Sunset Drive Location
Soar Like An Eagle!
Email: csweet@waukesha.k12.wi.us
Website: https://sdw.waukesha.k12.wi.us/roseglenes
Location: W273s3845 Brookhill Drive, Waukesha, WI, USA
Phone: 262-970-2405
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoseGlenPTO/?epa=SEARCH_BOX
Twitter: @RoseGlenEagles