The Parrot Post
Rush School Weekly Update for September 11, 2022
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Week of September 11, 2022
- Monday & Tuesday, Sept 12-13: New Jersey Start Strong Assessments for Grades 4 & 5
- Thursday & Friday, Sept 16-17: Link-It Benchmark Assessments for Grades 3 through 5
Important Upcoming Dates
- Tuesday, Sept 20: Cinnaminson Elementary Home and School Association
- Thursday, Sept 22: Back to School Night at Rush School (Virtual option available)
- Tuesday, Sept 27: Board of Education Meeting @ Middle School 7PM
- Thursday, Sept 29: English Language Learner Open House held at New Albany School 5PM
NEW JERSEY START STRONG ASSESSMENTS
The following letter from Mrs. DiSimone was emailed home on Thursday, September 7, 2022.
September 7, 2022
Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s):
This letter is to inform you that Eleanor Rush Intermediate School will administer the Start Strong assessments to students in 4th and 5th grades on Monday, September 12th and Tuesday, September 13th. Students will be tested in English language arts (ELA) on Monday and Mathematics on Tuesday. Testing days are regular, full days of school for all students, and inclusive of their lunch periods.
The Start Strong assessments are intentionally brief, designed to maximize instructional time and quickly provide critical data to teachers and school leaders. The Start Strong assessments are based on a subset of prioritized prior-year academic standards and provide schools and districts the flexibility to address students’ unique needs at the beginning of the school year.
The Start Strong assessments will include accessibility features and accommodations for the students who require them, per IEP and 504 plans. Students who miss an assessment due to absence will have an opportunity to make-up the test at an alternate time.
Please encourage your child to get plenty of rest, eat a healthy breakfast, and relax on their testing days. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at disimonek@cinnaminson.com. Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Kerry DiSimone
Principal
"Parrot Points" Student Recognition Program
This week begins Rush School's Parrot Points student recognition program! We are looking for students who are putting in extra effort when it comes to kindness, compassion, courtesy, and inclusivity! We also want to recognize students who rise to challenges as focused learners.
When something is witnessed that shows a student going above and beyond, they will receive a Parrot Point! With this ticket, comes great reward! First, the student will receive a positive phone call home about their Parrot Point. Next, that student is entered into a weekly raffle for free ice cream or treats from the cafeteria. Classes with the highest number of points at the end of each month will be recognized, as well as grade levels with the greatest amount of points at the end of every two months.
Rush families, help us by reminding your students of our school-wide expectations:
Take Care of Yourself
Take Care of Each Other
&
Take Care of Rush School
INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSPORTATION, ARRIVAL, AND DISMISSAL
The Transportation Department will not transport students on different buses unless
there is an emergency situation. If an emergency situation occurs, parents need to
contact the Transportation Department (856-829-8812) to request a change in their
child’s transportation.Traffic Patterns
Morning Drop-Off & PM Dismissal Traffic Procedures
Our #1 priority at Rush School is to ensure student safety. In order to do so, there are procedures in place. As a partner in your child's education, we ask that you please abide by those procedures, as follows:
1. Students MUST NOT be dropped off to school before 8:25AM (unless an arrangement has been made with a teacher). Students need supervision and our staff is unable to do so before this time. We have staff on duty beginning at 8:24AM. Before then, students will not be permitted in the building. If you are in need of before-school care, please contact the SAC program at 856-829-7600, x.2141.
2. If you are driving your child to and from school, you will pull into the driveway and turn immediately right into the staff parking lot. Loop around the back of the parking lot and staff will be posted to receive your child/ren on the walkway at the end of the lot. Please do not let your child out of the car until a staff member is present.
3. If you would like to drop them off in front of the building, you must wait until all Rush School buses have left the premises.
4. For students who are walkers, they will be called to dismiss after all of the buses have been called. The students will walk to the intersection of Buttonwood and Wynwood. At the end of the day, no cars will be allowed onto the property to pick up students until all buses have left the premises.
5. If you are dropping your student off at the front of the building, please follow the protocol below:
- As you enter the school grounds, be sure to drive around the flag circle to drop off your child safely on the school’s sidewalk. Do not stop before the flag circle and have your child exit from your vehicle and walk between vehicles to get to the sidewalk.
- Once around the flag circle, please proceed beyond the canopy if there are other vehicles behind you. This will maximize the number of vehicles along the sidewalk in front of the school.
- To avoid delaying vehicles behind you, be sure your child is ready to promptly exit the vehicle. If for any reason you need to assist your child, please park in the parking lot and escort your child across the walkway to the school.
- After your child exits your vehicle, please wait in the drop off line for the vehicles ahead of you to move forward. Do not pass the vehicles ahead of you. Doing so risks driving into the lane of oncoming vehicles.
As always, use extreme caution at all times, and please drive slowly when entering and leaving the school grounds. Your cooperation in assisting us in the safety of the students and following the aforementioned procedures is sincerely appreciated. Our crossing guards are employed by the Cinnaminson Police Department. They are trained to keep our students safe. They are following protocol set forth by the CPD and Rush School Administration. We ask that they are treated with respect and understanding as they are only doing their jobs.
Dismissal / Early Dismissal
For the safety of our students, any time a student will not be using his or her regular means of transportation home or to SAC, a written note or an email must be sent in to the child’s teacher and the office staff at ersmainoffice@cinnaminson.com that day. Any
change in the normal dismissal for a child must be in an email or writing so that the teacher/office has confirmation of these plans.Please mention in the email if there is a change in dismissal for an after school club or intramural.
If you need to pick up your child early, and it is past 1:00PM, please call the main office. We cannot guarantee a teacher will see an email in the afternoon when they are teaching.
Also, students cannot be called out of class for any dismissal changes once the afternoon announcements begin at 3:00 P.M. Therefore, if you want to have your child called for an early dismissal, please send an email or written note that morning and come to the office before 2:50 PM on a regular school day or 12:40 PM on a single session day.
In order to pick up your child for early dismissal, you must sign the student out on the Lobby Guard found in the front vestibule. You will need your driver’s license or a valid legal identification in order to do so. At no time are you to take your child out of a line or
of the bus without first signing him or her out.
âť– A STUDENT WILL NOT BE RELEASED TO ANYONE OTHER THAN A DESIGNATED GUARDIAN UNLESS THE OFFICE HAS AN EMAIL OR WRITTEN NOTE STATING WHICH INDIVIDUAL WILL BE PICKING UP YOUR CHILD. THE PERSON PICKING UP YOUR CHILD MUST BE PREPARED TO SHOW PHOTO IDENTIFICATION.
To be credited with a full day of attendance, a student must be in school for a minimum of four hours. (Cinnaminson School Board Policy #5230)
FLU SHOT CLINIC INFORMATION
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(856) 829-7778