Dear Rolling Hills Parents and Guardians:

First of all, thank you very much for your assistance and cooperation as we move towards the close of the first marking period of the 2022-2023 school year. The faculty and staff of this fine school are sincerely appreciative of your willingness to work together in order to provide all of our students with a quality educational experience for your children.

We would like to thank all of our parents/guardians who took time out of their busy schedules to attend our recent Parent/Guardian-Teacher Conferences. Please remember that keeping the lines of communication open is important to student success.

Thanks, too, for helping your children prepare for our special events during our Week of Respect and Red Ribbon Week. In addition, participation in our annual Take the SCARE Out of Hunger will help our local food pantries fill their shelves before the holiday season.

As we move forward, we could use assistance with the following matters:

• Please be sure that your contact information--especially all of the phone numbers listed in Genesis to be used in an emergency--are kept up-to-date and accurate.

• If you are picking up your child from school, please make every effort to wait until all "pick-ups" are called for dismissal at 3:30 p.m. Numerous classes continue to be interrupted on a daily basis as we stop everyone's learning for early pick-ups! Please avoid all early pick-ups unless there is an emergency. Thank you very much for your assistance and understanding!

• Most of our students have mastered their full (first and last) names and their Student ID numbers now. Thank you for your help with this important matter!

• As the days--especially the mornings--turn a bit colder, please remember to label your child's clothing before they wear them to school. This will help keep our "lost and found" items to a minimum.

• A "LOST AND FOUND" table is located outside the nurse's office. If your child is missing any items, please have them stop by the table sometime during the day to retrieve their lost belongings. Please see if you recognize any of your children's items in our "Lost...and Lost?" photos below!

We hope you enjoyed our first Wellness Weekend for 2022-2023. The next Wellness Weekends are scheduled for February 4th and 5th and April 1st and 2nd! Mark your calendars!

I wish you all the best as we continue working together for the good of our students.

Take care,

Pauline F. Anderson, Principal

If your child is missing any clothing, lunch bag, or water bottle, please have them stop and check the lost and found table located outside the Health Office.

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Picture Retakes

(If students are getting pictures retaken, the original package must be returned. )

(If you have a new student the order form is available below.)

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

SCA Meeting @ 8:00 p.m. (via Zoom - see link button below)

Sunday, November 6, 2022

Clocks "Fall Back" at 2:00 a.m.*

Monday, November 7, 2022

*All staff and students are invited to wear pajamas to celebrate!

SCA Gertrude Hawk Fundraiser Ends

"What Makes You Happy" contest submission deadline by 5 p.m.

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Scholastic Book Fair Ends

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

1st Marking Period Ends

BOE Work Session

Thursday, November 10 & Friday, November 11, 2022

NJEA Convention - School Closed

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

BOE Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.

Report Cards Issued via Genesis Access

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Early Dismissal Day (1:15 p.m.)

(lunch must be pre-ordered using the form below)

Thursday, November 24 & Friday, November 25, 2022

Thanksgiving Day & Thanksgiving Recess

Wednesday, November 30 thru Friday, December 2, 2022

SCA Student Holiday Shop

November's calendar invites us to try new things! Go ahead and give something new a try!

Getting absorbed in a new activity is a great way to boost your wellbeing. And when facing challenges, it can really help to take a new perspective or find a new way forward.

Wear a t-shirt with an important message!

Gabby Smith truly made Mrs. Nicole Gad smile!

As in the past, we are asking Rolling Hills parents and guardians to help us select a teacher or an Educational Services Professional (ESP)* for this year's Governor's Educator of the Year Awards.

*This is the list of school staff members who may be nominated as an ESP:

Anti-Bullying Specialist

Athletic Trainer

Behavior Specialist

Child Study Team

Cooperative Education Coordinator/Hazardous Occupations

Educational Interpreter (Cued Speech, Transliteration, Oral Interpreting, Sign Language Interpreting)

Guidance / School Counselor

Learning Disabilities Teacher Consultant

Library Media Specialist

Mathematics Specialist / Mathematics Coach

Nurse (Instructional & Non-instructional)

Occupational Therapist

Paraprofessional (Instructional only)

Physical Therapist

Psychologist

Reading Specialist / Reading Coach

Social Worker

Speech Language Specialist

Student Assistant Coordinator

Technology Coach

Please use the form below to nominate a Rolling Hills staff member for this honor. Nomination forms are due by November 7th, 2022. This is the perfect way to let others see the important role that an educator has played in your child's life!

Thank you!

A big thank you to Thrive Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry for a fun educational dental assembly and to our Rolling Hills School Nurse Jen Gallant for organizing it.

Thank you, Dr. Daniel Akkaway, Brynn's Mom (Carrie-Anne Bosland) and Mendy Cady for doing such a fine job--and for sharing such a great goody bag with every student!

Mrs. Reinhardt shared that she had her students create smile cards on World Smile Day. Students chose a friend, family member, teacher or bus driver that they were going to see and wrote a letter saying how that person made them smile!

All second grade language arts classes participated. They had an AM and PM parade to show off all the hard work to complete their Pumpkin Book Reports. For the reports, students had to select a fiction book to read. Then choose a character to complete a character analysis book report on (describing both internal and external traits). Lastly, they decorated a pumpkin to look like their character.

This year's RHPS SCA Board:

President - Robyn Seger

Vice President - Marissa Vradenburg

Treasurer - Christina Shreiner

Recording Secretary - Christine Canal

Corresponding Secretary - Lori Mish

Let's continue to work together for the benefit of our students!

...I want to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving break.

Always remember that I am here to assist you and your child.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me!