April 23 Monday Letter
"Effort Creates Ability"
APRIL 23 - APRIL 27
Contact Administration
- Thomas @ (208) 881-4437
- Justin @ (208) 516-0278
- Scott @ (208) 541-0016 (NEW NUMBER!)
Principal Principles
"The education of a man is never completed until he dies." -- Robert E. Lee
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 23:
- Preliminary campaigning for all running for Student Council
Tuesday, April 24:
- Preliminary campaigning for all running for Student Council
- Interdisciplinary Team Meeting in the Morning
- Content and Interdisciplinary Meetings in the Afternoon
- Preliminary voting for all running for Student Council
- Honor Society Roadside Cleanup starting at 2:30-3:30 pm. Students should bring a jacket and gloves with them.
- Literacy Team Meeting at 8:00 am in the Library
- Final campaigning by Student Council finalists
- Track meet at Thunder versus Eagle Rock, Rigby, and Mountain View at 3:30 pm
- Final campaigning by Student Council finalists
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!
Saturday, April 21 - Taylorview Invitational (Track) at Idaho Falls High School
- 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
Tuesday, May 1 - Team Puma 8th grade Registration during History class
- 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)
- Friday, May 4 - Track Meet versus Madison and Sandcreek at Eagle Rock Middle School
Tuesday, May 8 - Team Cougar 8th grade Registration during History class
- Wednesday, May 9th - End of the Year Choir Festival at Rigby High School starting at 9:00 am
- Wednesday, May 9 - Student Council will hold the last pep assembly of the year
- Thursday, May 10 - Team Mountain Lion 8th grade Registration during History class.
- Thursday, May 10 and Friday, May 11 - USRV Conference Track Meet at Taylor View Middle School
- Wednesday, May 16 - 6th Grade Open House Orientation at 7:00 pm at RMMS
- Wednesday, May 23 - Band Concert at 7:00 pm in the RMMS Auditorium
- Monday, May 28 - Memorial Day - No School
- Friday, June 1 - Last day of school
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.
- Megan Toone (by the buses on the south end of the building)
- Kirsten Bates (by the buses in the center near the main entrance)
- Mikki Nuckols (by the buses on the south end of the building)
- Deidre Farnam (by the buses near the pavilion)
The Following Week's Bus Duty Assignment:
- Patti Horman (by the buses on the south end of the building)
- Leslie Egbert (by the buses near the pavilion)
- Desiree Jessen (by the buses in the center near the main entrance)
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 23 - 8:00 am - Conference Room - Pepper, R. Johnson, Jessen, Rothwell, Kenly
- Monday, April 23 - 3:45 pm - Rm. 1 - Hill, Jones, Farnam, Bates, Joyner
- Tuesday, April 24 - 3:45 pm - Rm. 209 - Toone, Pedersen-Murri, Thompson, Moeller, T. Johnson, Brown
- Wednesday, April 25 - None
- Thursday, April 26 - None
- Friday, April 27 - 3:45 pm - Conference Room - J. Navarro, Pepper, Joyner, Jones, Kenly
New Items to Be Aware of:
- Thank you for your participation in our last Parent and Teacher Conferences of the year! Based on feedback we receive from parents, community members, and teachers, we will continue to modify to make this time as positive of an experience for all as possible. This is a time to recognize students for their greatness, so thank you for yours!
- Please make sure that your IPLPs are complete and your SLO information is recorded for first and second trimesters. Thomas, Justin, and Scott will be meeting with each teacher individually to go over goals and SLOs as a part of the annual evaluation process beginning May 1st. The administrator that completed your JPAS will be scheduling that with you.
- Bonneville High School counselors will be here on Monday to meet with any students that have still not registered. They will be pulling those students out of classes and meeting with them in the back of the library.
- ISATs are well underway. Language Arts will now be testing for the next few weeks (April 23-May 4). STAR testing will be starting as well soon.
- 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:
- 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).
- 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 in May before beginning this.
- You all should have received a training module of sexual misconduct for staff to student. Please complete this as soon as you can.
- 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.