RMS NEWSLETTER
Week of December 13 - 17, 2021
What's Inside the Newsletter
- Winter Conferences
- SPIRIT WEEK
- Health Office Message
- Book Fair/Literacy Update
- Classroom Update
- Family Resources
- PTO
Weekly Reminders
- SAVE THE DATES
Mon - Fri: Scholastic Book Fair in Library & Spirit Week
Thursday, Dec. 16th: 4:00-7:00pm Virtual Winter Conferences (sign-ups below) & NO AFTER-SCHOOL
Winter Break: NO SCHOOL Dec. 20th - Jan. 2nd
School Information
Virtual Winter Conferences - Thursday, Dec. 16th (4:00-7:00pm)
SPIRIT WEEK
What: A week to show your spirit
When: Dec 13-17, 2021
Where: At Ramsey Middle School
Why: To build community and have fun before Winter Break!
How: Dress in ways that show your spirit according to each day’s theme and/or upload a picture of yourself to Schoology Library Group
Week Overview
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Health Office Message
Experiencing COVID-19 Symptoms?
Then, Go to the SPPS COVID-19 Reporting System Website: https://commedspps.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9G0WvcJlWfuqwlL & follow the instructions there,
then Call the Ramsey Attendance Line at (651) 744-4750 to notify the school that you will be keeping your child home from school.
Literacy Corner
As partners in your child's literacy development, and as students are reading more and more across content areas: we offer our Ramsey Readers Can strategies using this link: bit.ly/RMSfamilyliteracy
Classroom Updates
MN Studies - 6th grade with Ms. Walter
Feel free to check out their Flipgrid videos where they are sharing their oral histories. (More were turned in, but only some students gave permission to show theirs with all of you.)
https://flipgrid.com/7c74d54b or Use Join CODE: 7c74d54b if you're using the Flipgrid app.
If you would like to learn more about the Lakota Winter Counts, please check out the slides (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rhTP0z5uTs4_Pf8qIJd-1WUT7qMohUEFJTAoHBgsJEE/edit?usp=sharing) from last week's lesson. You can also take a look at these winter counts in depth by checking out this website. You can really zoom in and see the details of the winter counts. https://www.si.edu/object/nmnhanthropology_11546000
Just wanted to share the cool things that the students are doing in MN Studies and it's always fun to learn more about our students.
Mr. Kowalski - 8th grade
Family Resources
Tutor Me
SPPS has formed a new partnership with TutorMe to give students free access to online tutoring services. TutorMe allows students to connect with a subject-level expert tutor at any time to get support in current classes. TutorMe is an external company SPPS is contracting with as an additional resource for students alongside the SPPS Academic Support Center and other student support opportunities in our schools.
The link below contains helpful information:
2022 School Choice Fair
Saturday, January 22 (in-person)
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Saint Paul RiverCentre, 175 Kellogg Blvd. W., Saint Paul
Every Meal - Fighting Child Hunger
Flipside
Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) Updates
You are a part of PTO
Join us in our Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ramseymiddleschool
Share your own ideas, thoughts, events or anything else that is relevant to our Community and keep up with what others are sharing.
Do you have an idea you’d like to see come to reality?
Click the link below to submit a proposal to the PTO so we can make it happen!
https://forms.gle/LFPzGvhUx8dUqN4h7
Do you love volunteering?
There are many opportunities to support our community with your time/energy.
Check out https://ramseyvolunteers.weebly.com/volunteer.html for current opportunities
Our next meeting will be in January.