HomeLink Newsletter
December 2019
Message from Mr. Reeser
Happy Thanksgiving!
Families,
I am excited for the coming weeks full of student performances, events, and holidays. I hope all of you are just as excited as I am that the holiday season is upon us and that we are preparing to embrace a new year full of great memories.
Here are a few updates and some important things to know:
Winter Break: The office is closed for Winter Break December 23rd- January 5th.
Second Semester Registration (Elementary): Elementary registration will occur on Thursday, December 19th. You will be able to access WINGS and make adjustments to your schedules through January 16th.
Secondary Registration: Changes to your schedule need to occur through your consultant. Please contact your consultant if you need to make any adjustments to your onsite classes. As a general reminder, make sure that if you were enrolled in a semester-long class or workshop, you are now enrolled in another semester-long class or workshop for the same time period.
Private Lessons: Private lessons are scheduled for the year. Should new spots open up, an email will be sent to families letting them know we will offer open registration for those lessons.
Elementary Showcase: Showcase is scheduled for Wednesday, January 15th from 5:30 PM-7:30 PM. The showcase is a time for K-5 students to bring their families in to show off all the cool projects and activities they worked so hard on during the semester. We look forward to a great evening!
Important Dates:
1. Elementary (K-5): The last day of 1st semester elementary workshops will be Wednesday, January 15th and the first day of 2nd semester elementary workshops will be on Tuesday, January 28th.***Design Studio will have their last class on January 10th for first semester. Second semester Design Studio will resume on Friday, January 31st.
2. Elementary will have no workshops January 16th-27th. We will be conducting winter benchmark testing during this time.
3. Private Lessons- There will be no private lessons the week of Martin Luther King Day (January 20th-January 24th). First semester private lessons will go through Friday, January 17th. Second semester private lessons will begin on Monday, January 27th.
4. Secondary (6-12): First semester secondary classes and workshops will continue through Thursday, January 16th. 2nd semester secondary classes and workshops begin on Monday, January 27th.
5. Staff Training: The week of January 21st-24th teachers will participate in project-based learning professional development provided by the Buck Institute (PBL Works!). We look forward to continuing to provide hands-on, high-quality, engaging classes through our program and this training assists us in that process.
6. Winter Benchmark testing: While staff are in training, we plan to offer winter benchmark testing January 22nd-24th. More information will be emailed out at a later date. In the meantime, please save this date for students in K-8th grade.
I hope all of you have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Tyler Reeser, Principal
Papa John's Night
Date: Thursday, December 5th
SAT Testing
No School - Winter Break
Classes resume Monday, January 6th.
Music Events
K-5 Choir Life Care Center
K-5 CHOIR Students will travel on Wednesday, December 18, from 12:30 - 2:00. They will not be able to go unless they are signed up through Family ID. Here is the link to sign up. They will need to wear their blue HomeLink Music Shirts with a splash of color.
https://www.familyid.com/three-rivers-homelink/mrs-campbell-k-5-choir-to-life-care-center
6-12 Choir - Life Care Center
The 6-12 Choir students will go on Thursday, December 19 from 2- 3:00. We will sing all the songs we have learned all semester!! Wear your HomeLink Music Shirt and holiday splash of color!
https://www.familyid.com/three-rivers-homelink/mrs-campbell-6-12-to-life-care-center
Music Matters
HomeLink’s Winter “Music Matters” Concert is December 18 at 6:30pm at the Chief Joseph Middle School Auditorium! Ensembles will include Secondary Choir, Band, Guitar, and Orchestra as well as Elementary Band, Choir, and Ukulele. We will also have a few individual student performances selected from our “Music Matters” PBL project. Please come support our students!
--Mrs. Meredith and Mrs. Campbell
Salmon are coming!
The Salmon are coming! Wildlife officials will be bringing salmon eggs in again for our students participating in Salmon in the Classroom to raise and release into the Columbia River. Stop by from January-April to see the eggs turn into Alevins and Fry!
Curriculum Order Deadline
Monday, January 6th – Second semester ordering opens
Friday, February 7th - Final Deadline for ordering for the 2019-20 school year
Please make sure to plan ahead and have all your curriculum orders for this school year in by the deadline!!
Time to Order!
Cap & Gown order packets at the front desk. Please stop by to pick one up.
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Here’s what you will need for the graduation ceremony:
On the very back of the Three Rivers HomeLink Order Sheet – check item #27 – Cap, Gown, Tassel, & Medallion (complete) - $37.
*This is all you need! Of course you will see many other “packages” that include an extra tassel or even a 2020 key chain. Feel free to order whatever your heart desires.
WHEN YOU ORDER!!!
You can either order online – or use the order sheet. HomeLink will not be accepting money of any kind. Please complete the credit card info on the order sheet – or complete this online.
IMPORTANT: Your order will be delivered to the school. They typically arrive around Spring Break time-frame.
Whether you order online or turn in the order sheet – please have this completed by December 13th! This allows for plenty of time for us to get these in and take pictures with them if you like.
If you order online and lose your order sheet – www.jostens.com or call 509-586-1621
Mrs. Campbell's Elementary Class Performances
End of Semester Music demonstrations in Mrs. Campbell's class:
At the end of each semester, Mrs. Campbell invites families into her K-1 and 2/3 World Music, and other classes to demonstrate some things they learned in class. Plan on coming to class for this part of these classes:
Tentative Showcase schedule for music classes are as follows - January 15th - Save the date!
Winter Wishes
K-8 STEM EXPO
Thursday, December 19th from 3:15-5:00 PM we have our 2019 K-8 STEM EXPO.
This event is designed as an open house style event for students, teachers, and parents to be immersed with their students learning and for all of the teachers and students to show off any PBL based lessons and activities.
Below is the schedule for the night’s events and it will conclude with the Future City Students doing presentations and then the STEAM students playing their Cajons in our MPR. This event will help us to make sure we can celebrate all of our students and by splitting this event with Showcase, we can now fit all of the parents and students in the building for both events.
Schedule for the event:
3:15-4:00
Open House Format for students to go to different classrooms to show their parents what they have been working on.
4:00-4:15
Future City Presentations in various classrooms
4:30-4:50
Cajon Presentation in our MPR
5:00
End of Event
About HomeLink
Email: kathryn.kopsho@rsd.edu
Website: https://threerivershomelink.rsd.edu/
Location: 1710 Van Giesen Street, Richland, WA, USA
Phone: 509-967-6090
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