11/14 through 11/21 - Scholastic Book Fair

11/18 - RMS PE's "Turkey Bowl" Flag Football Tournament 3:30 BHS Turf

11/21 - Board of Education Meeting

11/21 and 11/22 - Report Card Conferences & Half-Days for Students

11/23 through 11/25 - No School - Thanksgiving Break

11/27 - Spirit Wear Orders Due (See PTO News Below)

11/28 - Modified Sports Begin

12/1 and 12/2 - 6th Grade PE Bowling Trip to Spins Bowl

12/7 - PTO Meeting

12/8 and 12/9 - 7th Grade PE Bowling Trip to Spins Bowl

12/8 - RMS Winter Concert 7pm @ the BHS Theater

12/9 and 12/10 - Drama Club Production - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer- 7pm - RMS Gymnasium

12/12 - Board of Education Meeting

12/15 and 12/16 - 8th Grade PE Bowling Trip to Spins Bowl

12/22 through 1/2 - Winter Break - No School for Students

1/3 - Students return to School

Before Monday 11/28, make sure that your student is sign up on and approved on FamilyID. For more information on this, follow this link to be directed to our BCSD Athletics Website: https://www.beaconk12.org/domain/28

We encourage everyone to attend to come cheer on! It's going to be a fun event with our flag games, music, and a concession stand by our PTO.

Questions? Contact your student's PE teacher.

The PE Department has been doing fitness testing the last few weeks in class. They wanted to give a special shoutout to all of our students for trying their very best. They also wanted to share some impressive records...

Pacer Test Record:

6th Grade- Zyaire West, 60 laps

7th Grade- A tie, Caellum Tripaldi & Jake DeLuise, both with 100 laps

8th Grade- Marci Rodriguez, 80 laps

Mile Run Record:

6th Grade- Emmett Bram, 7 minutes and 1 second

7th Grade- A tie, Caellum Tripaldi, 5 minutes and 52 seconds and Jake DeLuise, 5 minutes and 54 seconds

8th Grade- Travis Dickston, 6 minutes and 30 seconds

Sit Up Challenge Record:

6th Grade- A tie, Leela Ramdeen & Amber Perez Sample with 325 sit ups

7th Grade- Nolan Murphy, with 285 sit ups

8th Grade- Slater Way, with 300 sit ups

Wall Sit Record:

6th Grade- A tie, Samson Loeb & Jaliyah Vasquez with 1 hour and 7 minutes

7th Grade- Zora Nicholls, 30 minutes and 11 seconds

8th Grade- Lauren Antonucci, 10 minutes and 1 second

Plank Challenge Record:

6th Grade- Landon Soltish, 8:00 minutes

7th Grade- Mark Aakjar, 9 minutes and 10 seconds

8th Grade- Jayshon Lopez, 10 minutes and 1 second

Congrats on the hard work!

**Students will attend the bowling trip according to their ELA/ English teacher**

6th Grade:

Thurs, Dec 1 (Thomaselli/Gonzalez/Eraca)

Fri, Dec 2 (Simms/Briehof/Lepere)

7th grade:

Thurs, Dec 8 (Holliday/Fahlman/Woolley)

Fri, Dec 9 (Winkelmann/Kondor)

8th grade:

Thurs, Dec 15 (Cavagnaro/Winther/Woolley)

Fri, Dec 16 (Karnavezos/Kondor)

Our next meeting will be Wednesday 12/7 at 7pm in the RMS Library. It is a great way to find out about RMS happenings, share your questions or concerns, and meet great people. Here are a few things we have going on:

1. Can you help sell books? Ms. Dottavio is holding a Scholastic Book Fair in the library next week. Your student will visit with their ELA class and also have the option to shop during their lunch/recess period. Volunteer in the library for a 1.5 or 2 hour shift any day this week Nov 14 - 18. Sign up at here https://signup.com/go/FrFBcrr

2. The RMS Turkey Bowl, flag football tournament is November 18th. It will be held after school until approximately 7pm. The PTO will be running a concession stand during the event. We are looking for volunteers and food donations. Please check out our sign up here list https://signup.com/go/VXnOreM

3. The RMS Spirit Wear store is open. Order from our online shop at https://myarlingtonink.com/Rombout until 11/27. Spirit wear makes great holiday gifts! Merchandise will be delivered to your child's homeroom before the break, or you can email us to make arrangements for items to be picked up.

Stay connected with us! Email your contact info with students name and grade to RomboutPTO@gmail.com and we will include you on our mailing list. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram too!