Rancho News
From the Principal's Desk - October 14, 2022
Upcoming Events
Fri, Oct 14 PTO Hosts Movie Night
Fri, Oct 14 LHHS v. Lockhart (Away)
Mon, Oct 17 Second Nine Weeks Begins
Mon, Oct 17 PTO BoosterThon Kickoff
Mon, Oct 17 LHISD School Board Meeting 6 pm
Tuesday, Oct 18 PTO Spirit Night at VIA313
Wed, Oct 19 Gifted and Talented Parent Orientation 6-7 pm
Thurs, Oct 20 Grade Level Newsletters Published
Friday, Oct 21 BoosterThon Obstacle Course Event
Friday, Oct 21 Report Cards Posted for First Nine Weeks
Wed, Oct 26 PTO General Meeting
Friday, Oct 28 Storybook Character Parade 8:00-8:30 AM
Friday, Oct 28 LHHS v. Bastrop (home) Rancho Fighting Panther Club kids run the field.
Sat, Oct 29 2nd PTO Annual Howl-O-Ween benefiting the Wilco Animal Shelter at RSE 5-7 pm
Sun, Oct 30 LHHS Trunk-or-Treat
Friday, Nov 4 Student Holiday
Friday, Nov 4 LHHS v Pieper (away)
Booster Weekend Challenge!
This weekend we are issuing a special challenge! If your student gets $2 per lap (or $60 flat) in donations this weekend they will earn a special BONUS PRIZE! Check out mybooster.com for details.
Thank you for your continued support so far!
And if you're looking for the easiest way to ask for a donation, just upload a photo of your student to mybooster.com to create a personalized Student Star Video. This fun, hilarious video starring your child can be shared by email or social media to connect with donors and ask for a donation. Thank you again for supporting our class and school!
Thank you PTO, Room Moms, and Parent Volunteers!
October Champions of the Month
Ellyssa Netherton, 2nd Grade Teacher Champion
EXCELLENCE IN THE CLASSROOM
She welcomes students to be themselves in the classroom. She challenges students with higher level questioning.
MOTIVATION
Her classroom setup is unique and it encourages student engagement. Students are consistently highly invested in learning in her room. She advocates for her students and has compassion and heart in all that she does.
CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION
She is so creative with the lessons she plans, and her students are highly engaged!
LEADERSHIP
She models leadership to others through her passion for teaching and endless positive energy.
DEDICATION
She is at her best during challenging times and is a great support to her team and campus.
Noah Rosenberg, Kindergarten Student Champion
Noah Rosenberg was not only awarded the character award for Trust this month, but he is also being recognized as the Students Champion of the Month for Rancho Sienna.
He continually goes above and beyond in following classroom and school expectations.
Noah is always finding ways to make his classroom safe by pushing in all chairs, even before he starts his centers.
He assists other students in logging into Istation/Dreambox when they aren't able to do it.
He works hard on self-reflection of his work and fixing his mistakes.
He is incredibly kind and always finding new friends to play with.
Noah is a true Champion of RSES!
Kris Rich, Registrar Paraprofessional Champion
EXCELLENCE ON THE JOB
She gives 110% to make sure our new families feel welcome and our school runs smoothly. She communicates protocols and needs in a timely manner. She is knowledgeable and is always willing to answer staff and parent questions. Her communication is professional and informative.
MOTIVATION
Kris inspires others to have a servant's heart and does it with a smile.
DEDICATION
Kris always has a smile in her office, and she is always so patient and kind. She has embraced her new role with energy and dedication and always with a smile. She supports our fast-paced office needs positively. Her can-do attitude inspires!
Storybook Character Parade
Registration is now open for Panther Academy at Rancho Sienna Elementary. The purpose of Panther Academy is to provide further enrichment opportunities for students of LHISD. Click here for information about the classes available at Rancho Sienna Elementary School. Space is limited so sign up soon.
Click here to register for Panther Academy courses. Registration closes on October 19. These courses start the week of October 24. Please send questions about Panther Academy to kpark@libertyhill.txed.net.
October Character Value
GRIT is our character value for October. This is described as refusing to give up when things are hard. When I'm in the classrooms, we share many examples of showing their GRIT, ranging from learning to walk (I brag on them for showing their GRIT even when they were babies!) to playing sports to working through academic challenges. We discuss being patient with ourselves when learning something new, and feeling proud when we are successful at an endeavor. We also discuss how feeling successful spurs us to want more success! We discuss how challenges and disappointments serve to strengthen our GRIT and make us more determined. Thank you for encouraging them to grow their GRIT at home!
Annual LHHS Trunk or Treat
The LHHS Trunk-or-Treat on Sunday, Oct. 30 is from 2-4 p.m. This event will be hosted by DECA (our HS business/marketing organization).
There will be more than 30 booths set up by our high school athletes and organizations, and the LH Fire Dept. and LH Police Dept. have been invited, as well. There will be games and lots of candy. Guaranteed fun for ALL!
Angel Tree
Annual Food Drive
Special Programs Information
Art - Yearbooks
Yearbooks are on sale now for $24 and will increase to $27 on Jan 1st. Go to Balfour.com and type in "Rancho Sienna Elementary" to order your yearbook today for the lowest price! Purchase a yearbook online using a credit or debit card. The last day to order online will be May 7th. The site will close early if books sell out.
Attention 5th-grade parents! The Rancho Sienna Elementary Yearbook will feature Fifth Grade Pridelines this year! Purchase your ad today on Balfour.com for $10. Just go log in, search our school, and create an account. Then design your ad for the yearbook and submit it by the deadline: February 15th.
If you have any questions email Ms. Dwight at mdwight@libertyhill.txed.net
Library - Plan Ahead for the Libraries 'Great Pumpkin Caper'!
Parents! It’s almost that time of year again where students will have the opportunity to participate in dressing up their pumpkins! More information will be sent out closer to the time but I wanted to put a sale on your radar! Hobby Lobby & Michael’s are great places to purchase the craft/fake pumpkins at a steep discount right now! While we accept real pumpkins, we have found that some of them do not make it the entire season and start to rot in the library. We are highly encouraging fake pumpkins as much as possible so be on the look out!
PTO Needs YOU!
Hello Rancho Family!
Did you know that you can support us just by shopping on Amazon or by eating cereal? Search for Rancho Sienna PTO on smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases! You can also download the Box Tops for Education™ app on your smartphone to scan Box Tops to help us earn money.
Upcoming events:
10/13-10/21 Boosterthon
10/18 - Spirit Night at VIA313 with proceeds going to the Music Department
10/19 - Staff Appreciation
10/21 - Boosterthon Obstacle Course
10/26 - PTO General Meeting
10/29 - 2nd Annual Howl-O-Ween benefiting the Wilco Animal Shelter
Follow Rancho PTO on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RanchoSiennaPTO
Details on how to sign up for the PTO, order Spirit Wear, and our Facebook page can be found on our website - https://ranchosienna.ptboard.com
Gifted and Talented Program
https://sites.google.com/libertyhill.txed.net/kidparentsupport/home
RSE Staff Birthdays
Oct 15 - Missy Cook, 2nd Grade Teacher
Oct 16 - Brittni Thompson, Intervention
Oct 20 - Libby Scott, PE Coach
Oct 26 - Amy Hobart, Library Aide
Oct 30 - Jill Cundiff, 3rd Grade Teacher
Oct 31 - Jana Starritt, 2nd Grade Teacher
Oct 31 - Rachael Bullock, Kinder Teacher
A Peek into Campus Life
General Campus/District Information Links
Rancho Sienna Elementary
Email: webmaster@libertyhill.txed.net
Website: https://www.libertyhill.txed.net/Domain/13
Location: 751 Bonnet Boulevard, Georgetown, TX, USA
Phone: 512-260-4450
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lhisd.rses/
Twitter: @rancho_panthers