Reagan Insider
September 1, 2023
Principal Message
What a great week of school it has been. We have enjoyed getting into classrooms and seeing our students learning. Mrs. Murphy, our assistant principal, and myself have also enjoyed playing with students at recess. We wanted to remind you that Monday is a holiday and we are excited to see everyone back on campus on Tuesday, September 5, 2023. We hope all of our Rays have a safe and relaxing three-day weekend.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Alison Pennington
Principal
Twitter: @ReaganELemCP Instagram: @reaganelem_rays
Traffic Reminder
Thank you for doing your part in ensuring the safety of all of our students during drop off and pick up. Your cooperation is appreciated with driving slowly in the designated direction and using the crosswalk to cross. Please remember to remain in your cars during drop off and pick up in order to speed up the process and maintain student safety. We urge you to please move your child’s seat to the passenger side of the car and practice exiting the car by themselves.
We must emphasize that these procedures must be followed:
- The bus lane is not accessible to parents at any time
- Double parking and/or leaving your car unattended in the drop off line is not allowed
- Please pull up as far as you can in the car line to speed up the drop off/pick up process
- All bike riders, adults and children, must walk bikes and scooters on campus for safety and proper modeling for our students
- Motorized vehicles such as golf carts, mopeds and electric bikes need to go through the parent drop off/pick up line, or park and walk to school
Learn more about our campus transportation guidelines and expectations by clicking on the videos below.
Considerations will be made concerning tardy slips in the event that the car lines are excessively long, or we experience inclement weather in the morning.
During morning drop off we have scheduled staff to help students get off their car between 7:10 and 7:30 am. Our doors do not open before 7:10 am and there is no adult supervision before this time. If you are dropping off after 7:30 am, please do so in the front of the school as all of the other doors will be locked and there will be no staff to help children get off their car or enter the building. Tardy bell rings at 7:30 am and classroom instruction begins promptly at this time.
Important Dates to Remember
September 4: Labor Day Holiday - No School
September 5: Grade Level Parent Night (1st)
September 7: Grade Level Parent Night (Early Childhood, Kinder and 3rd)
September 8: Grandparents Lunch
Please bring a photo id with you on Friday for lunch.
If you would like to use the Fast Lane and have not been scanned into Raptor previously. Please come to campus prior to September 8th so we may scan your drivers license.
Grade Level Parent Nights
September 5th: 1st grade 5:30 - 6:15 pm
September 7th: Early Childhood and Kinder 5:30 - 6:15 pm
September 7th: 3rd grade 6:15 - 7:00 pm
Destination Imagination Registration
Registration Forms Are Now Available!
Destination Imagination is open to any 3rd-5th grade student. DI is an extracurricular program that brings out your creativity and builds team-based problem-solving skills and life skills!
If you are interested, please follow this link to find out more about Destination Imagination and get a copy of the registration form. Registration forms are due Friday, October 2nd.
https://sites.google.com/leanderisd.org/reaganelementaryquest/home/destination-imaginationThe Reagan Math Pentathlon Program needs YOU!
Math P is a national program that teaches students amazing math skills through playing 5 challenging games and then competing with other schools in a spring tournament. Reagan placed FIRST in the Central Austin division last year! Let's go RAYS!
We are excited about the upcoming year for Reagan Math Pentathlon. Before we can begin thinking about registration, we need to have a firm idea of how many coaches we will have in order to determine how many students can participate in each division. If you are interested in volunteering this year as a coach in our Math Pentathlon after-school club please fill out our interest form: HERE
Reagan Elementary has 3 divisions of Math Pentathlon. Each division will require a minimum of one main coach and an assistant coach responsible for teaching the games as well as several parent helpers to supplement learning and help with maintaining an orderly club time. The more helpers we have committed, the more students we can serve.
-Division 1 is for our Kinder and 1st grade students. The ratio for kids to parents for Division 1 is 4:1. Tentative tournament date is March 28th.
-Division 2 is for our 2nd and 3rd grade students. The ratio for kids to parents for Division 2 is 6:1. Tentative tournament date is April 25th.
-Division 3 is for our 4th and 5th grade students. The ratio for kids to parents for Division 3 is 6:1. Tentative tournament date is May 2nd.
We are needing parents who can jump in and be part of our award-winning program. You don't need to have any prior experience, and free training is available.
Reagan's Math Pentathlon Club has many children wanting to participate, however, we can only serve so many children. We need your help!!! If you haven't found your "niche" for volunteering, maybe Math Pentathlon is the right fit for you!
Reagan Elementary Campus Volunteer Day
It’s time for our Reagan Rays to shine! Come and join volunteers from other LISD elementary campuses on Tuesday, September 12th, from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, for our designated campus work day at the LISD Clothes Closet North Location (324 S. West Drive). We would love to have at least 3 volunteers representing Reagan Elementary at this community event. To sign up, follow the link below:
Leander North Location - September 2023 Clothes Closet Sign Up
Please note that in order to volunteer with LISD Clothes Closet, you must first apply and be approved as an LISD volunteer. You will then be able to create an LISD Volunteer Account. To apply for approval and create your account, please visit the LISD Volunteer site here:
Join your fellow Reagan Rays on Wednesday, September 13th at 5:30pm as we march together in the Vista Ridge High School Homecoming Parade! Please mark your calendars now and start dreaming big about how YOU want to express yourself on such a GREAT DAY TO BE A RAY!
Family sign up HERE. Let’s show our community what Reagan is all about as we walk alongside our VR Teams and Homecoming Court!
We will round up for the parade at 5pm in the rear parking lot of Vista Ridge High School nearest the baseball fields! See you there!
*We will have a Spirit Tub on-site for you to borrow items to enhance your Ray-ness!