RHK8 Newsletter
May 4, 2018
Important Dates to Remember
May
7-11 Staff Appreciation Week
8 Scrip 9:00 AM
8 Pizzicato Fundraiser night
15 PTO Meeting 6:30 PM
17/18 MS Musical 7 PM
18 SPIRIT DAY
19 MS Musical 4 PM
21 All School Assembly 9 AM
24 Community Coffee 8:30 Session in English, 9:30 Session in Spanish
28 NO SCHOOL-MEMORIAL DAY
29-31 Volunteer Appreciation
31 Future Night 6-7:30PMGood Afternoon RHK8 Families,
Happy Friday and I hope you've had a nice week! Here's the RHK8 news for this week.
Ballots in Mail Soon!
The Beaverton School Board has placed a five-year Local Option Levy Renewal on the May 15, 2018 ballot. This is a vote-by-mail election.
If passed, Ballot Measure #34-284 would allow Beaverton schools to keep 300 teaching positions, maintain class sizes, and help ensure students are prepared for post-high school success. The levy renewal costs $1.25 per $1,000 assessed property value, the same tax rate at the current levy. Homes with the median assessed value of $238,000 would continue to pay about $25 per month. The levy would raise approximately $31 million in the first year.
For more information, including an informational flyer and frequently asked questions, please visit the Local Option Levy Information webpage.
Please remember to vote by Tuesday, May 15, 2018!
Not attending Raleigh Hills Next Year?
Library News
The year is winding down and so is library. We will be sending out notices weekly, to let families know what books are checked out. There will be no check out the last week of school. The number of books kids can check out will also be limited for the rest of the year. This helps our school to get the books back. Thanks for your understanding.
If you have books your family has outgrown consider giving them to the library. We will either place them in the collection or give them to other Raleigh Hills students.
Erica Moore
Staff Appreciation
Parents-
We have a special week planned! This is our way of thanking our fabulous teachers and staff for all their hard work and dedication to our children throughout the year.
How can you be involved?
1. Gift cards can be given by parents directly to staff members as long as the value is not over $50 per teacher/staff member. Pick up a gift card for your favorite EGC, ELD, Title 1, IA, Kitchen Cook, Custodian, Resource Teacher, the office staff, our Counselor, Computer Lab teacher, Music teachers, PE teachers, Library staff, Spanish teacher, or classroom teachers. Reaching out to anyone on this wonderful team would mean so much.
PLEASE see the attached list of teachers/staff & scrip form and get your gift cards here, we win double when we do this!
PLEASE send in your Scrip gift cards order by Tues (May 8th) by 9am. Orders will be returned by Thur (May 10th).
2. Send your student to school on Tuesday, May 8th with flowers from your garden or the store. Volunteers will add them to vases and deliver them to the staff.
3. We will have our famous Potluck Breakfast on Wednesday, May 9th! Dig out grandma's recipes and bring your favorite homemade dish. Sign up using the Link here.
4. Fill out a Thank You Gram! The form sent home in the kids’ backpacks and its attached to the newsletter so you can print it out and send as many as you like. It’s a simple thank you note. Please put the completed grams in the big Thank You Gram box in the lobby by Thursday, May 10th.
Here’s what the staff have to look forward to:
Monday- Coffee and pastries in the lounge starting at 7am.
Tuesday- Flower day! Students will be bringing in flowers to be delivered to your classroom. And an after school snack for the staff meeting.
Wednesday- Potluck breakfast hosted by families in the lounge starting at 7:00am. Sign up here
Thursday- Ernesto’s is catering lunch.
Friday- Thai Roses is catering lunch. Room parents will pick up a special package for you from the Appreciation Committee in the workroom and then they get to throw a party in the classroom to celebrate! The budget is $50. Also on Friday, we will have a drawing amongst all of the staff members for the popular Massage Envy Gift Cards. Good luck!
AND….There will be special fun surprises in the lounge throughout the week!
Sponsors: Columbia Sportswear, KEEN, Big Frog Custom T-Shirts, Massage Envy, Thai Roses, Pappa Murphy's, RHS Parents, and the list keeps growing!
If you have any questions or have something to donate, please email me at
Erin and The Staff Appreciation Committee
With appreciation,
Peter