Thank you for helping us help YOU! It is essential that parents/families make appointments to see Administrators at RMMS. We know sometimes things come up quickly, however, in order to serve our families, we need you to schedule an appointment. Parents who arrive on campus prior to school beginning will need to wait until school starts to meet with an Administrator. Please note that all Administrators are on campus, welcoming scholars, each morning from 8:00 am - 8:30 am. Administrators are not available to meet with parents during this time. We thank you for your understanding and patience. Please schedule an appointment by calling 760-631-4500.

Our scholars are assigned an Administrator based on their last names. We are all here to help! Please call Ms. Claudia at 760-631-4500, x64006, to set up an appointment if needed or click on the AP's name to email them directly in English or Spanish. Be sure to include your scholar's name.

• Assistant Principal Mr. Dillard is assigned to scholars with last names A-L
• Assistant Principal Mr. Selleck is assigned to scholars with last names M-Z.

May 30 - No School

June 2 - Masquerade Dance - ticket and COVID test required ($5 at scholar station)

June 6 - 8th grade BBQ, 12:30 - 3 pm

June 8 - Last day of school, 6th and 7th graders out at 11:30 am, 8th graders arrive at 12 pm

June 8 - 8th grade Promotion, 1 pm, RMMS Upper Field

Letters were sent out this week to families of scholars who aren't meeting the criteria to participate in promotion. Please check out the 8th grade Scholar Newsletter for more details.

FROM THE HANDBOOK - Eligibility for Promotion

• Scholars must have earned a GPA of 2.0 or higher by the end of the 3rd quarter reporting period. Scholars with a GPA lower than 2.0 may not be invited to the promotion ceremony. Scholars who receive five or more referrals, or days of suspension for the second semester may not be invited to the promotion ceremony. Administration reserves the right to modify participation criteria for promotion.

“Steal as much wisdom from other people as you can.”

― Aziz Ansari

ATTENTION CURRENT 6TH AND 7TH GRADE FAMILIES

INTEREST SUMMER FORM

Rancho Minerva will NOT be offering summer school this year due to the construction project happening on campus. However, we would like to know if you are interested in having your scholar attend summer school at another site. ASES WILL be offering programs! They will be working at Alta Vista HS. Please complete the form ONLY IF you are interested. We cannot guarantee there will be space, however, we will try! Thank you! Please complete this form ASAP!

STATE TESTING STARTED MAY

OPEN HOUSE - MAY 19

PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Hi Parents! We need volunteers for our school dance on Thursday, June 2. The dance will be from 3:15-4:30. Volunteers should arrive at 3:00 so we have time to organize before the dance starts. Please use this link to sign up: Dance Volunteers Thank you so much!

MASQUERADE DANCE ON JUNE 2

On Thursday, June 2, we will be having a Masquerade Dance from 3:15 to 4:30. There will be music, games, Kona Ice, snacks, and a photobooth area to capture all those memories with friends before the year ends! It will be at RMMS immediately after school. To participate, scholars are required to have:

• proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours of the dance OR provide proof of vaccination when buying dance ticket - you can register your scholar for an on-site test by clicking the following link - REGISTER FOR INSPIRE
• a 2.0 GPA or higher
• less than 5 days of suspension

Tickets will be $5 per person. They will be sold at the Scholar Store May 17th-20th and also May 24th-27th. Tickets will ONLY be sold on those dates. You will not be able to buy a dance ticket at the door. Buy your tickets early so you don't miss out on the fun! Come to the Scholar Store to pick up your order forms starting Monday, May 16th.

SPORTS UPDATE

WEEKLY COVID TESTING

RMMS is offering weekly COVID testing on Wednesdays for those families who have consented. Many families consented back in August. If you would like your scholar removed from weekly testing, please contact Claudia in scholar services.

HEADS UP: NEW START TIME FOR 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR

California Senate Bill 328 requires all public and charter middle schools and high schools to make adjustments to bell schedules so that high schools begin no earlier than 8:30 am and middle schools begin no earlier than 8:00 am. There is no requirement for elementary schools. This bill was approved on October 13, 2019, and, even after years of litigation and advocacy, will go into effect on July 1, 2022. RMMS WILL START AT 9 AM (TUESDAY-FRIDAY), 10 AM (MONDAYS) CLICK HERE FOR THE SCHEDULE

SHADE PROJECT

RMMS is under construction! The Balfour Beatty team is hard at work getting all the work done for our new lunch area shade structures. This week,

FREE NCTD BUS FOR SCHOLARS!

To take part in the free program, children 18 and under will have to sign up for a Youth PRONTO app account or a Youth PRONTO card. Information on PRONTO can be found at https://bit.ly/3rv3ONd.

MONDAY - BREEZE ROUTE 334 TO RMMS - SPANISH

TUESDAY - FRIDAY - BREEZE ROUTE 334 TO RMMS - SPANISH

TUESDAY - FRIDAY - BREEZE ROUTE FROM RMMS - SPANISH

22-23 ASES PRE-REGISTRATION

Please see the flyers below this section for information on how to register your 6th or 7th grader for ASES for the 22-23 school year.

COVID AT RMMS THIS WEEK

We did have a positive COVID cases this week at RMMS. Our SASEA/UCSD robot DID NOT detect COVID in our wastewater this week. Please see the SASEA newsletter for more information.

RMMS is offering weekly COVID testing on-site for those scholars whose parents have consented AND registered through Inspire every WEDNESDAY. Families must consent AND register in order for participation.

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RMMS CLUBS ON CAMPUS: (CLICK LINK HERE TO ACCESS CALENDAR)

Monday:

• Dungeons & Dragons Club meets in the Library, from 3:15-5 pm

Tuesday: BUSING AVAILABLE at 4:30 pm

• Ballet Folklorico meets on the stage, from 3:30-4:30 pm
• PLUS meets in E111, from 3:15-4:30 pm
• CSUSM Maker Lab, 3-4:30 pm, Library

Wednesday:

• Movement Club meets in E109, from 3:15-4:15 pm

Thursday:

• Rainbow Club meets in Room G106, during both lunches

Friday:

• Movement Club meets in E109, from 3:15-4:15 pm
• Nutrition Club meets by the front gate, 3:00 pm

TUESDAY - FRIDAY - BREEZE ROUTE 334 TO RMMS - SPANISH

TUESDAY - FRIDAY - BREEZE ROUTE FROM RMMS - SPANISH

The purpose of the School Accountability Report Card (SARC) is to provide parents and the community with important information about each public school. A SARC can be an effective way for a school to report on its progress in achieving goals. The public may also use a SARC to evaluate and compare schools on a variety of indicators.

The SARC includes:

• Demographic data
• School safety and climate for learning information
  
• Academic data
  
• School completion rates
  
• Class sizes
  
• Teacher and staff information
  
• Curriculum and instruction descriptions
  
• Postsecondary preparation information
  
• Fiscal and expenditure data

A hard copy is available upon request in the front office. Click the links below for a virtual copy.

10 Instagram & Snapchat Safety Tips for Families

from SmartSocial.com

Teach teens how to be responsible online

Austin Luliano, Social Media Marketing Consultant

‍Educate teens about what is right and wrong for online activities. When students randomly send their phone number or personal data on Snapchat, teach them to show their parents the message.

Explain to teens why it isn't appropriate to share personal information on Snapchat or Instagram. Parents need to be aware that kids have access to everyone and if the parents take the time to educate their kids, 9 times out of 10 the kids will make the right decision.

Are you ready to take action?

Have you seen or heard something that concerns you?

Is someone or something bothering you or your friends at school?

Let your school or local law enforcement team help!

The PSSTWorld Report It! form is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

PSSTWorld is monitored and reviewed during schools hours only

so if this is an emergency please call 911.

Be helpful, not hurtful. Say something.

PSSTWorld - Promoting Safer Schools Togetherr.

Below is a list of the widely recognized awareness months and day(s) for a specific group, culture or cause. These awareness months and day(s) are intended to help raise awareness and understanding for the group, culture or cause, not trivialize.

All Month

National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Haitian Heritage Month

Indian Heritage Month

Mental Health Month

Personal History Awareness Month

1–2 The Twelfth Day of Ridvan

2 Ramadan Ends

4 Star Wars Day

5 Cinco de Mayo

8–9Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those who Lost their Lives during WWII

21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

22 International Day for Biological Diversity

23 Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz, Shavuot

29 Ascension of Bahau'llah

30 Memorial Day

Taken from https://www.tmcc.edu/diversity/awareness-calendar

KEEP YOUR SCHOLAR HOME IF THEY DON'T FEEL WELL

Please remember that if your scholar doesn't feel well, please keep them home. In addition, if you are waiting for a test result for your scholar, or anyone in your family, please do not send the scholar to school until you receive a negative test. You will help us keep RMMS open and healthy. We don't want to have to send scholars home. Thank you for helping us!!!

QUARANTINING DURING COVID

We appreciate your support as we continue to work through all the challenges with COVID protocols. Thank you for helping our school stay safe and healthy by checking in with your scholar about how they are feeling AND keeping them home if they don't feel 100%. If they come to school not feeling well, they could be sent home to quarantine. Please know that CANVAS is the district approved learning management system for all scholars in VUSD. If your scholar is quarantined, please know that it may take a day or two for the teachers to get all the assignments uploaded and ready to go.

We will not be sending out school wide letters to families if we have a COVID positive scholar at RMMS. We WILL include that information in this newsletter. Only those families that have a scholar who is considered a close contact will be notified directly.

Check out the COVID INFORMATION NEWSLETTER and the VUSD COVID-19 Dashboard below.

If your scholar rides the NCTD bus, please be sure they ask the driver if they are going to Rancho Minerva. The normal Route 334 DOES NOT go to RMMS. We have a special bus that brings scholars to RMMS in the morning. Please remind your scholar to ask before getting on the bus. We don't want them to end up somewhere else! See the schedules below.

Below is the link to the NCTD website that contains all the PRONTO information scholars and families will need. If you have questions, call Customer Service at 760.966.6500 or the PRONTO Support Team at 619.595.5636. https://gonctd.com/fares/pronto/

• This is the 2021-22 VUSD Calendar: CLICK HERE
• This will help you know when schools are closed, when there are Minimum Days, and when the school year ends.

LATE START MONDAYS

Just a reminder that all middle schools in VUSD have late start Mondays. We begin school at 9:30 am every Monday. Gates open at 9 am. Please do not drop off your scholar prior to 9 am. Please check with ASES if you need AM/PM care for your scholar.

CELL PHONES ON CAMPUS

All scholars are reminded to power down their cell phones and to put them in their backpacks each morning during the announcements. If a scholar needs to reach their family, they are able to access the phones in classrooms or in Scholar Services. If a scholar's phone is seen out (for example, in their back pocket), it could be confiscated and held for parent pickup. Thank you for your support in advance.

Assembly Bill 272, signed into law on July 1, 2019, allows schools to limit the use of smartphones while scholars are on campus. "The bill declares that there is growing evidence that unrestricted use of smartphones by students during the school day interferes with the educational mission of schools; lowers pupil performance, particularly among low-achieving pupils; promotes cyberbullying; and contributes to an increase in teenage anxiety, depression and suicide." Click here for more information.

NUTRITION

Per our handbook, please be sure scholars leave candy, large bags of chips, sodas, and energy drinks at home. All purchased drinks (like Starbucks, McDonalds, etc) need to be finished prior entering 1st period. In addition, please remind your scholar to bring a refillable water bottle to school to stay hydrated.

The Vista Institute for Parents (VIP) is a collaborative effort to create a system of support to engage and empower families as partners in education.

• Facilitating access to academic supports
• Prioritizing care and connection
• Building technology literacy
• Helping families effectively navigate the education system

This website is designed to provide up-to-date resources and videos, a platform to communicate with our support team and get connected to others, to learn new skills and tips for your family, and have fun with us as we all continue to grow and learn together to support our amazing Vista Unified students. This is an ever-evolving program, so if you identify something you would like to share or learn, please reach out to us today! Here's to being partners in education!

RMMS's School Accountability Report Card (SARC) is now available on our school website and in the Main Office for your review.