We had a great week of learning at Randolph this week! Whether your students are virtual or face-to-face the kids are doing an amazing job. This week we began our second round of i Ready Assessments. These assessments are very important as they help us see the progress our students are making in literacy and math as well as what support is needed. Next week we look forward to our Virtual Literacy Night on January 27. Please make sure to fill out the health screener each day and keep your students home if they meet any of the criteria. We hope to stay healthy and stay in school during these tough winter months.

Please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Mr. D

Happy Friday Randolph Community!

Today marks the end of the first week of our return to face to face instruction. I want to thank all our Roadrunner families for your dedication to our safety protocols. Please see the new Covid-19 screener below from Wayne county. This will be the new screener we use moving forward. This week we also had our January PTA meeting. I want to thank all those that attended and our amazing PTA group who does so much for our Randolph staff and students.

Please keep in mind that there is no school on Monday, January 18. We also look forward to our Virtual Literacy Night on January 27.

Have a nice weekend!

Mr. D

PTA Meeting tonight at 6:30pm!

Kendall Goddard is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Randolph PTA Meeting

Time: Jan 12, 2021 06:30 PM America/Detroit

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Monday will be our first day back to school for our face-to-face students. We are excited to welcome our Roadrunners back to school. We will be following our Randolph Safety Plan at all times. We will also be implementing the Livonia Mitigation Measures. Our school day begins with a gentle arrival in which students can enter their classroom from 8:55-9:10 am. Dismissal is at 3:25.

Livonia Virtual will continue online at the same scheduled times. Grades K,2, and 4 will join their sessions at 10, 12, and 2. Grades 1 and 3 will attend at 9, 11, and 1.

We look forward to welcoming everyone on Monday.

January 12 - PTA Meeting - 6:30 pm

January 18 - No School - Martin Luther King Day

January 15 - Roadrunner Rally - December Recap - Will be sent out to families

January 27 - Virtual Literacy Night and Book Fair - Mark your calendars! More info will come out soon.

Dear Families,

If you have signed up to receive a "Blessings-In-A-Backpack" small package of food, please stop by the Randolph Office to pick it up. These packages are not included with Food Service deliveries nor added to teacher pick-up items.

Thank you,

Sandy Coyne

This week Report Cards will be available on Wednesday. Report Cards can be viewed through Parent Connect. Attached to the email you will find directions for accessing Parent connect.

Parent Teacher Conferences will be Wednesday evening, Thursday afternoon and evening. Thursday and Friday are Half days for the students. They will attend their first two sessions virtually.

Beginning December 7, your son or daughter can begin taking part in our Virtual Specials. Please see the following schedule for more info on how and when to attend.

Some Roadrunners receive intervention outside their class block. Please do not miss intervention to attend a special area class. You may attend a different block to still take part in the special without missing an intervention time. Intervention is very valuable and we want students to have the ability to receive intervention and still attend specials.

Virtual Specials Schedule

Good Afternoon Randolph Families.

I want to wish you all a safe and happy Thanksgiving Holiday. Please remember that there is no school tomorrow, Wednesday, November 25-November 28. We look forward to seeing everyone back in Virtual Class on Monday, November 30. Once again, have a great Thanksgiving and Stay Safe Randolph Roadrunners.

Thursday, December 3 - End of the First Trimester

Friday, December 4 - No School

Wednesday, December 9 - Report Cards will be available on Parent Connect

Wednesday, December 9 and Thursday, December 10 - Parent Teacher Conferences (Your teacher sent a sign up )

Friday, December 11 - 1/2 Day

We are excited to announce that Mrs. Emert and Mrs. Curtis were awarded a Livonia Public Schools Foundation Grant today! Mrs. Emert and Mrs. Curtis wrote an amazing grant to provide IXL math online instruction for all our Fourth Grade Roadrunners. This is a tremendous resource and we are very thankful for our tremendous teachers writing this grant on behalf of our school and students. Congrats Mrs. Emert and Mrs. Curtis!

LMC Zoom Meeting Times

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Tuesday, December 1st 9:30-9:55am 4th Grade

Tuesday, December 1st 3:00-3:30pm Multi-Age Center

Wednesday, December 2nd 11:00-11:30am 2nd Grade

Wednesday, December 2nd 2:00-2:30pm 1st Grade

Thursday, December 3rd 9:30-9:55am Kindergarten

Thursday, December 3rd 2:00-2:30pm 3rd Grade

News from the Art Room!11-16-2020

It’s been a BUSY, creative beginning! Children have been learning about using materials safely, line, color, emphasis and... are LOVING the new art studio furniture! We have been creating ! Pop art is art that takes its inspiration from everyday popular culture. (See pictures attached.) Most recently we created some Romero Britto inspired work which we will complete later. FUN FACT-he painted on newspaper at first because he didn't have money for any other paper.

Although we are taking a pause from in person art, please DO continue to DO art and check out my lessons via my ART googleclassrooms.

This week I will be posting video assignments so that the kids can still see me :) and continue our study with a more current popular culture thread. The lessons should be up by Wednesday afternoon. Here are the codes for entering ART….HURRY UP AND JOIN KIDS! You know you wanna learn more about Pop Art and other art too!

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3rd grade code-4n6tesz Kinder code-x4ibz6f

2nd grade code-slyfbh5

Lastly, I wanted to let you know that some kids ( Randolph)ceramic artwork is on display at the board office. See attached! I will get it back to you in December. I’ll miss our kids and will see them when it is safe to return!

Lisa Werner

It was another great week here at Randolph Elementary. On Wednesday we recognized our Roadrunners who are doing their BEST in school. We will have a Virtual Roadrunner Rally each month to continue to work on School-wide goals and celebrate all our Roadrunners who are doing amazing in school both virtually and in-person.

Friday we celebrated World Kindness Day at Randolph. The kids are doing a project here at school (Pictures will come out soon) to pledge how they will spread kindness in our world. Take a moment this evening to discuss kindness and how your children were kind to someone else at school. This is a great reminder to talk about kindness each day and celebrate when we are doing nice things for others to brighten their day.

Our PTA Meeting will be on Wednesday, November 18 at 6:30 pm.

Topic: PTA Meeting

Time: Nov 18, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Do you have questions about our school district's academically gifted program? Well, if so, please see the flyer below and attend their virtual meeting on 12/3/2020.

The LPS ACAT application window opens 11/30/2020. Webster Elementary will be holding a virtual information meeting on 12/3/2020 to share information about their program.

ACAT (Webster) Information

November 18 - PTA Meeting - 6:30 pm

November 25-29 - No School - Thanksgiving Recess

December 3 - End of the First Card Marking

December 9 and 10 - Parent Teacher Conferences - Teachers will send out a sign up

December 10 and 11 are half days - Dismissal is at 12:40.

December 21-January 1 - No School - Winter Break

Randolph Picture Day

School Name: Randolph Elementary School
Picture Day Date: Friday, November 6
Picture Day ID: EVTXHT439

All in person students will get their pictures taken with their class Friday Morning. Virtual students can come in anytime between 2 and 4:30 pm for their pictures. Our in person school day ends at 3:25. If you are more comfortable coming in when the building is empty, come in after 3:30. We will have an easy in and out process using the front doors as pictures will be taken in the lobby.

We had another great week here at Randolph. The kids are settling into class and doing a great job with our procedures. Thank you to our Randolph families for attending Curriculum Night on Thursday. We look forward to a continued partnership this school year. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Mr. D

Families who are in need of assistance should visit www.livoniagoodfellows.org to download and fill out the application form by October 31, 2020.

Safety Week

Next week we will have our Annual Safety Week. This week we focus on our safety drills here at school. We will teach them to the kids and practice them in a safe way. Tuesday we will have our first Fire Drill and we will have our Lock Down on Wednesday and our Tornado Drill on Thursday. We practice these so the children will know what to do should there be an emergency at school. This week is a great week to review safety procedures in your home as well. Check your smoke detectors. Discuss your plan for if there were inclement weather or a fire.

PTA Meeting - Tuesday, October 13 - 6:30 pm

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Curriculum (School information) Night

Thursday, October 15 each teacher will host a virtual information session. These will be an opportunity to learn more about the classroom and goals for the school year. Please attend these informative sessions so you can play an active role this school year. When we work together anything is possible!

Kindergarten - 5:30-6:15 pm

Grades 1 and 2 - 6:15-7 pm

Grades 3 and 4 - 7-7:45

It was amazing to welcome back our students this week for face-to-face instruction. We are also so proud of our Virtual Teachers who continue to amaze with their online lessons, engaging our learners each day. As we welcomed back our students we put new procedures in place. These procedures are in place to make sure we keep every child safe here at Randolph. As we see procedures that are not working like we hoped we are making modifications.

Arrival and Dismissal have been going really well. Kindergarten and First Grade families are picking up their students at their door and heading home at the end of the day. Second through Fourth grade students are heading directly to the pick up line and heading home as well. This is going great. I do need some help from our parents. If you are picking up or dropping off you must wear a mask on school grounds. All our students will have masks on and our staff will as well. We need all adults to please mask up before coming to pick up or drop off. Thanks for your help with this.

Greetings Randolph Community,

It has been another excellent week of Virtual Learning this week. Thanks again for your continued support at home. Next week we begin to transition to face-to-face for all those returning to Randolph this school year. Please keep in mind next weeks phase in schedule:

Monday - Kindergarten

Tuesday - K and 1

Wednesday - K,1, and 2

Thursday - K,1,2 and 3

Friday - All Randolph Students

RCR Center students return to full days following the schedule communicated by your classroom teacher.

Busing, Breakfast, and Lunch begin next week. To find out your busing information please go to MISTAR and click on the Transportation tab. Info on logging in to MISTAR can be found in the video below. We have also provided a handy checklist you may want to use for return to face-to-face instruction. Click below.

We look forward to seeing everyone next week!

Mr. D

Tuesday, October 13 - Randolph PTA Meeting - 6:30 pm -Virtual (link will come out next week)

Thursday, October 15 - Virtual School Information Night - Each teacher will host an informative session on the school year for parents or guardians. These will be Virtual and your teachers will send the links soon. Kindergarten - 5:30-6:15 / Grades 1 and 2 - 6:15-7 / Grades 3 and 4 - 7-7:45.

I want to thank all our Parents and Guardians for supporting our Roadrunners this week through their Virtual Learning. We are so lucky here at Randolph to have the best families and students around, THANK YOU!

In this weeks Newsletter you will find information on the Livonia Return to Learn Plan (Click on Red Button Below), An application for Free and Reduced Lunch, and our Randolph Parent Compact.

Have a great Weekend.

Mr. D

Greetings Randolph Community,

This week you should have received the Livonia Public Schools Return to Learn Plan. At this time it is a proposal that will be voted on by the School Board on Monday, September 28. To view the meeting, please visit: Livonia School Board. We are making plans for the students to return in case the board approves the proposal. Please make sure you review the district proposal and start developing a plan as a family to return your students to in person learning. I will send out important procedural expectations for all returning students, if applicable, on Tuesday, September 29 following the vote.

Remember, if you chose Virtual Learning you will have an opportunity to reevaluate your decision in December. I am happy to help if you have any questions about the plan.

-Mr. D

It is important that all families have the ability to sign up for Free and Reduced Lunch this school year. Even if you are virtual at this time, you may elect to return at the trimester. There are also opportunities for families that stay virtual to receive food from the school. Please use the following link to sign up for Free and Reduced Lunch.

Free and Reduced Lunch

We are sad to communicate that at this time we cannot have visitors or volunteers here at Randolph. We are following guidelines from Wayne County and the CDC so we can keep our kids safe and in school. We will of course reassess the guidelines if and when we go to the next phase here in Michigan. Thank you so much for your understanding. If you do have any questions or you need to drop something off for your child please stop in the office and Mrs. Coyne will assist you from the vestibule.

Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Allen and the Randolph PTA organized a clean up of our playgrounds. We want to send a BIG thank you to everyone who helped make Randolph look great!

Greetings Randolph community,

We successfully completed our first week of online instruction! I want to thank all our families and staff for making this week a tremendous success. By now, we all know how to login to Google Classroom, attend virtual sessions, complete assignments, met our teacher, and collected our supplies for school. That's a great deal to accomplish in one week. We are doing something that we have never done before. We appreciate your flexibility this week and determination to learn some new things and make it a great experience for our kids. Have a great weekend. We look forward to seeing everyone for week two.

If you haven't checked our announcements out yet, tune in every morning to the Randolph Facebook page at 8:45 am. Each morning we do the announcements and share some important updates for the day.

Randolph Facebook Page

We continue our daily lesson schedule for the week of September 14-18. Each day our First and Third Graders will attend sessions at 9, 11, and 1. Our Kindergarten, Second, ad Fourth Graders will attend sessions at 10, 12, and 2.

Hello, Randolph Familes~

My name is Mrs. Wilson, and I am the Social/Emotional Elementary Support Teacher here at Randolph. I am thrilled to be back this year, and I am eager to assist you in this very different/stressful time to be a parent and student. Please reach out to me and schedule a time to meet with me, if I can help your daily life of remote/virtual learning.

I would love to work with you to fit your individual needs:

• help you get your child on a good school schedule.
• assist you in helping your child get the most out of Zoom lessons.
• create visual charts/schedules.
• support you in anything unique to your situation.

I am here for you, and we can figure it out together. To contact me, please email me at jwilson4@livoniapublicschools.org or call me at (734) 744-2770.

I look forward to working with you and your child!

Mrs. Wilson

Please click here to sign up for a classroom visit and materials pick up time.

Randolph Sign Up

Greetings Randolph Community!

We are so excited to welcome back our Randolph Roadrunners next week. Please don't forget that you can login to Parent Connect on Wednesday afternoon to find out your son or daughter's class placement. Your classroom teacher will be reaching out to you with a schedule for the first week. The following is an outline of what the first week will look like.

All sessions are online for the month of September.

Tuesday 9/8 - Half Day

• Each class will have an opening meeting. Grades 1 and 3 will meet at 9 am and grades K,2, and 4 will meet at 10 am.
• A Sign Up will come out from your teacher where your family can choose a time to come into the classroom, meet your teacher and gather materials. These meetings will take place during the day. Thursday evening will also be an option.

Wednesday 9/9

• Grades 1 and 3 - Live lessons will take place at 9 am, 11 am, and 1 pm
• K, 2, and 4 - Live Lessons will take place at 10 am, Noon, and 2 pm
• Meetings will take place at schedule times with families.

Thursday 9/10

• Grades 1 and 3 - Live lessons will take place at 9 am, 11 am, and 1 pm
• K, 2, and 4 - Live Lessons will take place at 10 am, Noon, and 2 pm
• Meetings will take place at schedule times with families. Evening Meetings will be available for those who need them.

Friday 9/11

• Grades 1 and 3 - Live lessons will take place at 9 am, 11 am, and 1 pm
• K, 2, and 4 - Live Lessons will take place at 10 am, Noon, and 2 pm
• Meetings will take place at schedule times with families.

These times will continue for the month of September on every school day. Grades 1 and 3 - 9 am, 11 am, and 1pm / Grades K, 2, and 4 - 10 am,12 noon, and 2 pm. .

We have Chromebooks available for your Randolph Roadrunner to utilize this school year should you need one for home. Many families took advantage of leasing out Chromebooks last spring and you should still have those for this school year. You can use the same Chromebook from last year, even if you are heading up to Johnson for Fifth Grade.

If you need a Chromebook please stop up to the Randolph Office during office hours (8 am-4:30 pm)and Mrs. Coyne will check one out to you. Chromebooks will also be available when you come in the first week of school to meet your classroom teacher. Teachers will be reaching out by the end of the week to set up a time for you to come in.

Hi Everyone! I’m so happy to tell you that I DO get to be your Art Teacher again this year! Yippee! I wanted to let you prepare for our first virtual meeting together. You only need a few basic supplies to create some COOL Pop Art!!! You’ll need:

• A piece of white paper- the thin kind not construction- can be lined or not- Yep plain old printer paper is good

• A printed copy or original 8x10 picture of yourself -can be color or black and white (***We Will NOT be wrecking the picture- you’ll still have it in tack after the lesson.***)

• A few pieces of tape

• A pencil or fine tip black marker or black crayon

• Whatever you want to complete the project like crayons, markers or watercolor paints - anything goes here people! Simple and fun!

Ok that’s it! Easy Cheesy Right?! I’ll be joining your classroom teacher at some point over the next few weeks and we will do a mini lesson using these supplies together…..drum roll….. live! I can’t wait to see you all!!!

I also wanted to let everyone know that your child’s ceramic artwork from last school year will be available for pick up next week. You may enter through the outside doors by the art room AFTER your scheduled time with your classroom teacher to pick them up. Please- only ONE parent may enter through the door outside by the second grade entry point to collect the work. The ceramics are on tables by last year's grade level just outside the art room door. Please be very careful and mindful of ceramic art that other students created. As you know, these are very special treasures!

Ms. Werner

Happy Friday Randolph Roadrunners!

I wanted to write today to fill all our Randolph Families in on some updates for the 2020-2021 School Year. The Roadrunner (formerly Peek at the Week) will come out each Friday as a way to stay connected to what is going on at our school. I hope you are all staying safe and trying to enjoy this beautiful summer.

Here at Randolph the building is beautiful and the teachers are starting to prepare the rooms for our children. We are ready and excited to welcome you all back as soon as we safely can. As you know, we are starting the year virtually. We will have a plan to invite each family into school whether you chose Livonia Virtual or in person instruction. Stay tuned to information on when and how you can stop up and meet your teacher and collect your materials for a fantastic September of learning. The following letter updates you on some important items. I just want to start by saying how much I miss all our Roadrunners and can't wait to see you soon!

Mr. D

Greetings Randolph Families,

Welcome to the 2020-2021 School Year. We miss all our Roadrunners tremendously and can’t wait to see you whether it be in person or virtually this school year. It has been a very different summer and we hope you have all stayed safe and enjoyed this time with your families.

We are looking forward to a great year at Randolph. As always, our staff is committed to beginning the year building relationships with students and creating a positive, caring classroom culture. Over these next few weeks, teachers will be engaged in professional development with a focus on remote learning, setting up their classrooms and as always are looking forward to meeting their students. We will be working hard to maintain our amazing family feel whether you have chosen Livonia Virtual for your child or will be starting the year remotely and returning face to face. We will communicate with you often these next few weeks as we prepare for our Return to Learn. We will be showing patience and grace to our staff, students and families as we work through the transition from remote learning to face to face.

We may not know all the answers...but we do know that we are going to do everything possible to keep everyone safe, create the best learning environments possible, and show deep care for our students and staff everyday! Our Community With Character and what we value as an LPS family will be more important than ever.

I am sure you have many questions and we are working on answering these questions as quickly as possible. The LPS Dialogue will be coming out soon which will include critical dates, times and start of the year information. We strongly recommend you continue to visit our district website and the Return To Learn page which has an informative FAQ. Our website houses the most timely information about our back to school plans.

Below are some additional details you may have on your mind:

• Beginning Monday, August 24, Mrs. Coyne will be returning to the office. Mr. D is here as well and we look forward to answering any questions you may have heading into this school year. At this time we are asking families to make appointments if they need to meet with our office staff in person. Please contact us: phone: 734-744-2770 or email mdaraska@livoniapublicschools.org

• Kindergarten Roundup(K-4 buildings) will NOT take place August 27, 2020 as previously planned. Instead, all elementary schools are working on a plan to safely invite all students to our classrooms to meet their in person or Livonia Virtual teacher. At that time we will also be able to distribute school materials needed to work at home either remotely or as part of Livonia Virtual. Those invitational visits will take place during the week of September 8. You can look for an invitation prior to Labor Day weekend.

• We know you are all excited to receive school supply lists. Each school will email their school supply lists and publish them on their website no later than August 26, 2020.

• A process for borrowing district technology will be shared on August 31, 2020. The goal is to have devices reserved for families that do not have adequate access for remote learning. There is no need to send email requests for mobile devices at this time.

• As in the past, teacher assignments will be available in Parent Connect after 4:00 pm on September 2, 2020. See attached.

• You can also be sure to find a remote learning and Livonia Virtual teaching schedule shared over the next few weeks.

Sincerely,

Mike Daraskavich

Principal, Randolph Elementary

Email: mdaraska@livoniapubicschools.org

Phone: 734-744-2770

Randolph Website

Randolph on Facebook

Friday, June 12 was our last day of school. This year is one that will not be forgotten. We had to take our learning online in March as we tried to stay safe during the Covid Pandemic. I want to thank all our staff and families for their hard work over the last 3 months to teach our students and help them continue to grow. We have a tremendous community and the partnership between our staff and families was inspiring. Great Job!!

I also want to congratulate all our Randolph Fourth Graders. I am so sorry that our time together was cut short. You are all leaders and I hope you take what you learned at Randolph to the next level. Step up, work hard, make a difference in all that you do! Make sure to come back and visit to tell us all about your amazing accomplishments.

It was so wonderful to see all our Roadrunner families at our Good Bye Parade! We hope you have a fantastic summer and look forward to seeing everyone back at Randolph in the fall.

Have a safe and happy summer!

Mr D

GREAT NEWS! Livonia Public Schools has purchased i-Ready Online Reading Instruction for all students over the summer! i-Ready Reading Instruction is a terrific program to help keep your child's literacy skills sharp for school in the fall. The best ways for your child to keep up his or her literacy skills during the summer are to read at least 20-30 minutes every day and do i-Ready Reading Instruction online for 20-30 minutes daily. If your Randolph student has not done i-Ready Reading Instruction and needs support getting started, or if you would like Mrs. Wehner, our Academic Elementary Support Teacher, to monitor your child's i-Ready Reading Instruction lessons and progress, please email Mrs. Wehner at awehner@livoniapublicschools.org. Mrs. Wehner would be happy to support Randolph students with i-Ready Reading Instruction this summer. Enjoy summer reading!️

Hello Randolph Roadrunners,

The Martian Marathon rescheduled for July 25th has been officially cancelled.

Here are the options to make BEFORE July 1st:

* Do nothing and your race registration will be automatically rolled over for the April 17, 2021 event

* Choose to participate virtually (the tee shirt, medal, and any add-ons will be mailed to your home)

* Choose to have a credit for the amount paid for future events

* Choose to have your entry fee donated to the organization that organizes the events

You can make your selection and find additional information at martianmarathon.com

All the best to our Randolph Families.

Mr. O

Forms for Medication at School

If your child has medication kept at school, and you did not receive new medical forms for the 2020-2021 school year, please visit the Randolph website to get the medication forms needed for your child's health condition.

Randolph Medication Forms

In order for us to be able to administer medication to your child at school, new paperwork must be completed by your child's doctor and you over the summer for each school year. Thank you!

Hi Artsy Roadrunner People!

Hopefully everyone is well. I have really missed making art with the children! I thought I’d share a few words to let everyone know what we were up to in the art room this year. I also want to let you know why I am keeping the children’s artwork at school until the fall. There are actually several reasons for doing so.

We began the year looking at and making art inspired by the Renaissance era. We drew and painted, did some ceramics, did more ceramics and did some printmaking, collage and fiber arts too. We were on a roll and moved on to impressionistic art and artists. I do love Monet! Then, we had just completed taking a crack at some expressionism/cubism art. That was pretty cool stuff! As we started a unit on pop art, school closed due to the pandemic. Okay, so that's what was going on in the art room! I hope everyone got to see the virtual art show videos I made! If not, check them out at …https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQfn11eTecn7ms6fwa0Tv5g

Alrighty, on to why I am keeping the kids art until this fall. The 3/D pieces are fragile and I want to know that your child has it safely in their hands and that you are expecting it before I part with them. As for the fourth grade cupcakes, not to worry! They will be sent over to their school with teacher names on the back so the kids can pick them up. As for my little winter ceramic group who made the snowmen, email me and I will make a plan to get them to you! lwerner@livoniapublicschools.org. As far as the kids 2//D artwork, it’s sort of incomplete. One of my goals this year was to allow the kids more time to self assess, critique and appreciate others artwork through gallery walks. If I send the artwork home, they won’t have those opportunities to do so in the fall. What? No! Gallery walks are the best! But seriously, those are important skills to develop and we need their actual artwork to be able to do those things.

Finally, and on a personal note, I lost my mother in April. Although she was ill, it was the virus that took her rather suddenly. She had been in a nursing home for a month. It’s been hard but now she isn’t sick anymore so that is a blessing.

Stay safe, have a beautiful summer and love those children! I look forward to making art with them again soon!!

Warmly, Ms. Werner

Greetings Randolph Community!

It is hard to believe that this is the last week of school. It will be a busy week as staff prepare for summer and complete Report Cards. Please don't forget that Report Cards can be viewed on Parent Portal June 17. We have our Student Supply Pick Up this week and a Good Bye Parade on Friday.

Monday - Supply Pick Up - Grades K, 1, and Center - 10-12 and 3-5 pm.

Tuesday - Supply Pick Up - Grade 2,3, and 4. -10-12 and 3-5 pm

Wednesday Supply Pick Up - Anyone who missed their day - 10-12 and 3-5 pm

Friday - Good Bye Parade - 12:15

Please follow the maps below for both events. We look forward to seeing all our Randolph Roadrunners this week and wish you a safe and happy summer!

Mr. D

Greetings Randolph Community!

I hope you are all staying safe and continuing to work hard to finish out the school year. We are in the home stretch but it is important that we continue to complete assignments and do our best each day! Please make sure to read through the following plan as we will be returning student's belongings the week of June 8.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Take care,

Mr. D

The teachers have been in this week working hard to pack up all the students belongings. We created a plan for distribution the week of June 8. We need your help to make this a smooth process. Please come on your designated day if at all possible. If you have siblings you can pick the day that works best for you. We really want to be organized in this process and keep everyone safe. Please make a sign with you last name on it and student(s) teacher on it. We will take it from there. As you pull in we will have your belongings brought out to your car. Just pop the trunk and we will deliver. We also need you to return any library books, leveled texts, classroom book bags, or other items you have at home that belong to the school.

You will be able to keep your Chromebooks for the summer if you loaned one from the school. We do need you to check the cover of your Chromebook. If you have a large E of F written on the cover followed by a number (ex.: E-12), we need that Chromebook returned and we will swap it out for a different Chromebook that you can keep for the summer.

We will have a lost and found set up in the North Parking Lot. Please practice social distancing when checking for items. Pictures of the items are below so you can possibly identify items before you come in.

All pick ups will be done in the South parking lot and we will follow the map below. The list of days is also included below.

Medication kept at school will also be returned at this time. Please write MEDS on your sign so we know to grab them.

Monday, June 8 - Grades K, 1, and Resource Room Center - 10-12 pm or 3-5 pm

Tuesday, June 9 - Grades 2,3, and 4 - 10-12 pm or 3-5 pm

Wednesday, June 10 - If you missed the other days - 10-12 am and 3-5 pm

Monday, May 11

• Packet Pick Up - 1-2:30 - Randolph -This will be the final packet pick up for the school year.

Wednesday, May 13 - PTA Meeting - 6:30 pm

Topic: Randolph PTA Meeting

Time: May 13, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Friday, May 14 - New Assignments are sent out for the week of 5/18

Over the course of the next month we will be highlighting the Artwork done by each grade level. Please click below to see the Kindergarten Artwork. Thanks Mrs. Werner for putting these together.

Registration for Young 5's begins next Thursday, May 14 at 8 am. Please visit the following link for more information on Young 5's.

https://www.livoniapublicschools.org/youngfives

Greetings Randolph Community,

This week begins week 2 of online learning. I am so proud of all the hard work being done while learning at home. We had 84% of our Randolph Roadrunners engaged and completing their assignments last week. Let's see if we can increase that number this week. It is so important that we continue to work hard and learn each day. Make sure you are completing your assignments and doing your best each day.

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. We have the best staff in the world at Randolph and I want to thank them for their dedication each and every day to meet the needs of their students and families. Please reach out and thank the Randolph staff this week!

Please reach out if you need anything that can support your child/ children during this time--emotional support virtually or just someone to bounce ideas and routines off of. Chromebooks are still available, if you need them. I am here to help. I can be reached daily via email jwilson4@livoniapublicschools.org and will call you shortly after.

Greetings Randolph Community,

I hope this newsletter finds you healthy and staying safe at home. Next week begins our new online instruction. Each Randolph Staff member should have communicated their plan for instruction next week. We look forward to continuing to work together and support you virtually through this new learning plan. Each Randolph Staff member will have Zoom Meetings for connection, new learning lessons daily, and Office Hours for support. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. I decided to create a sign up for my office hours. Please click here if you want to set up a meeting. I am happy to support in any way I can.

Mr. D's Office Hours (Tuesday and Thursday 3-4 pm)

When you add your name I will send you a link for a meeting.

Please make sure to check out the Randolph PTA Facebook page for daily recognition of our fourth graders. Every day 2 fourth grade students will be recognized.

Randolph PTA Facebook

Also make sure to check in for Morning Announcements at 9 am Daily.

Randolph Facebook Page

Greetings Randolph Community,

I hope that you are all staying safe and healthy and miss all our Roadrunners dearly. Next week we will continue our at-home enrichment activities. Watch for those to come home today. We will also continue our morning announcements so please tune into the Randolph Facebook page at 9 am. You will also see some changes next week as we transition into new online instruction which will begin 4.27. Each classroom teacher will set up at least one class meeting. They will also communicate with you their plan for online instruction. Please keep in mind that our staff is learning new ways to teach remotely and they are working very hard and doing their best.

Beginning the week of 4.27 you will start seeing two Literacy lessons and two Math lessons which are viewed live or taped from your classroom teacher. Your student will have an opportunity to practice the new skill and submit their work for review. Participation will be collected and reflected in the Report Card at the end of the year. Each teacher will also have office hours. Office hours are a time when staff is available to answer questions from students and parents. Our support staff will also have office hours to support as needed. Beginning next week, I will also have office hours in which you can join a Zoom meeting to discuss any ways I can support you through this process.

Please be patient through this transition process to online learning. Know that we are working hard and doing our best to provide quality learning opportunities for your students. Thanks for your continued support and stay safe Randolph.

Mr. D

Mr. D will be available to meet with parents or students to support during our at home learning time. Mr. D's Office hours will be Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4. These drop in meetings will be individual 10 minute meetings. You will have to wait in the waiting room until there is an opening.

Tuesday - 4/21

Mike Daraskavich is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Office Hours with Mr. D

Time: Apr 21, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Thursday - 4/23

Mike Daraskavich is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Office Hours with Mr. D

Time: Apr 23, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Greetings Randolph Community,

We certainly did not expect our learning time together to end so soon. We want to take this opportunity while we are participating in at-home learning to recognize our Fourth Grade students who will be heading to Johnson in the fall. If you have a fourth grader, please check out the following link to share information so your son or daughter can be recognized during our morning announcements (Randolph Facebook Page) and on our PTA Facebook page.

My Randolph Fourth Grader

We are working hard to send our 4th graders off with great memories of Randolph. Another way we would like to do that is by highlighting them in our yearbook. Below is are links for each class for students to submit their favorite memory of their time at Randolph. This memory doesn't have to be a 4th grade memory. Their memory will be included in the yearbook next to their picture.

Curtis: https://forms.gle/JPBqPhx2WikczcaQ7

Drabicki: https://forms.gle/VgNSGsyy9u8gXfo27

Korovesis: https://forms.gle/VPtzjKJqGRymFXvBA

Petoskey: https://forms.gle/R8g8J2ki1gaEwZoDA

Schroth: https://forms.gle/o1YYWygcXdvjVNJf9

Wednesday we had our first virtual PTA Meeting. It was fantastic! We had around 35 families and staff attend and we had a great conversation. Lot's of questions were asked and answered. Please know the the Randolph PTA is here to support you and please check out their Facebook page for fun ways to stay involved. The following link will explain the PTA nominations for next year as well as future meeting dates and times.

Randolph PTA Nominations

Good Evening Randolph Community,

I hope that our entire Randolph family is safe and had a wonderful Spring Break and Easter. Tomorrow we get back to work as we continue to learn from home. You received plans for this week from your son or daughter's teacher before we left for break on April 3. Please also join us in the morning for our Announcements at 9 am and daily challenge at 10 am on the Randolph Facebook page. This week we will also have a Randolph PTA meeting on Wednesday at 6:30 pm. We will have this meeting over Zoom. A link to the meeting is below. Have a wonderful week and please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Mike Daraskavich is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Randolph PTA Meeting

Time: Apr 15, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OeIHd4eAypYVbRu20owoniVcJWALxEd4/view?usp=sharing

Good Afternoon LPS Community,

If there is one thing we can all learn and appreciate, through this unprecedented health crisis, it is that all superheroes do not wear capes!

Doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, and all of the staff who are caring for patients on the front lines at the hospitals are the true heroes in this story. In LPS, we know that together, we are better. We want to help; we want to support, and we want to THANK those who are helping our neighbors, our families, and our community during this time.

To that end, we invite every student to join LPS in sharing our thanks by participating in the "Hugs over Email" effort for our heroes at St. Mary Mercy Livonia, our local hospital.

Here's how it works:

Students (and parents, grandparents, community members, etc) are encouraged to create a thoughtful message of thanks; snap a photo, or send a PDF to communications@livoniapublicschools.org with "Hugs Over Email" in the subject line. We will send the greetings via email to our contact at the hospital!

It's that easy - and so meaningful.

We thank you in advance for helping us send some love and care to the staff at St. Mary's!

Have a great afternoon. Stay safe and stay healthy.

Greetings Randolph Community,

On behalf of the Randolph Staff, I want to start by saying how much we miss all our Roadrunners and their families. This sure is a challenging time and we know that our community is strong and will continue to support one another. With that said, the Randolph staff has developed a plan to communicate with our students and families over the upcoming weeks.

Starting Monday (3/30) a Randolph staff member will present the morning announcements on Facebook live (Randolph Facebook Link). This will take place every weekday at 9 am until we return to school. We will start our day just the way we do at school with the pledge, mission, birthdays, and then a short story or lesson for the day. We will then come back again at 10 am with a challenge for the day. This will be something fun that you can do and post pictures and comments on Facebook so we can all stay connected. This will also be done by a different staff member each day. Please make sure to check these out each day.

This afternoon every classroom teacher will send out a weekly plan for their students. These are meant to practice skills and continue the learning process. Nothing will be graded or collected but we all know we need to learn each and every day if we want to become the leaders we want to be someday. This process will continue each Friday until we return to school.

So, please check in on Facebook each day to stay connected. Check out the weekly plan each Friday from your classroom teacher. Please know we are here for you. We want to support our Roadrunners through this process so don't hesitate to reach out.

Stay safe and I look forward to communicating with you on Monday.

Mr. D

Yearbooks are currently on sale! Be sure to get your order in. You can ONLY order online by clicking here: https://ybpay.lifetouch.com

Randolph Code: 1767820

If you have any yearbook related questions, please contact Suzanne Marsee (bsekmarsee@yahoo.com)

Hello Randolph Roadrunners,

I hope this email finds you all doing well.

Keep eating, exercising, and reading together each day.

The greatest gift we give to our children is our attention.

I'll be sending home an April Fitness Calendar and a weekly fitness challenge to our families.

Walk or bike each day and maintain a safe distance from others.

Sincerely,

Mr O

Randolph Kindergarten Teachers

Mr. D and Family

Make sure to read 30 minutes a day!

I hope that our entire Randolph Community is doing well. It sure has been a tough week. The halls of Randolph have been empty for a week now and I sure miss all those smiling faces. We come to school each day to learn and grow through educational experiences and interactions with staff and peers. Now we are forced into our homes and asked to keep our focus and move forward. This is a tremendous challenge. Please know that the Randolph staff is here to help. We are your support system and want to help in any way possible. Please reach out if you need anything at all. The following items are the start. Next week Livonia will send more information on what we can be doing for our children in this challenging time away from school.

LPS Support Page

Food Distribution

Emotional Support:

Livonia Public Schools has a hotline to support students during this time emotionally. Parents, guardians and students can email at SES@livoniapublicschools.org or they can call 734-744-2SES or 734-744-2737.

Spring Break

Spring Break will be regularly scheduled with students returning on Monday, April 13.

Report Cards on Parent Connect March 25th

Parents can access their students report card on Parent Connect starting on Wednesday, March 25th. If you have any questions or concerns about the report card please email your childś teacher.

M-STEP

Michigan students will not have to take the M-STEP and other state-mandated assessments after U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced Friday students impacted by school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic can bypass standardized testing for the 2019-20 school year. We are grateful for this relief so that when school resumes we can focus on instruction and learning.

Chromebooks

As a reminder to your children, all district Chromebooks are monitored by software to protect students. When a student searches or visits a website that is inappropriate in nature, the district will receive a warning with your child's name and exactly what they searched. As a district, we will be monitoring online habits and will reach out to families if their child has violated these rules. Remind your students to only be on websites and to only search appropriate and educationally related topics.

Make sure to check out our School and PTA Facebook for fun activities and news from the school.

Randolph Facebook Page

Randolph PTA Facebook Page

Take care and please let me know if you have any questions.

Mr. D

Tuesday, March 10 - No School - Voting Day

Wednesday, March 11 - Roadrunner Rally - AM

- 6:30 pm - PTA Meeting - Mr. D will share a Third Grade Reading Bill Presentation. Please join us. Babysitting is provided.

Thursday, March 12 - Folk Dancing at Randolph - Mr. B will be hosting a special night for Folk Dancing. All are invited to attend.

Friday, March 13 - 1/2 Day - End of the Second Trimester

March is Reading Month and Mr. D challenged the students to read 4,000 hours! Our theme is Wild about Reading. Please make sure to read every night and track your minutes on the provided reading log. These should be returned every Friday to total our hours and the kids can win prizes. If we accomplish our goal Mr. D has agreed to bring in a Wild animal presentation and hold a wild animal in front of the school.

After Week 1 the Randolph Roadrunners read 692 Hours! That is amazing since we only started on Monday. Great work Randolph. Happy Reading this Weekend.

With the tremendous help of the Randolph Community, last year Mr. B purchased Ukuleles for the kids to use in Music class. The students have been doing a great job learning to play these wonderful instruments. This year Mr. B ordered some devices that allow for every student to successfully play the Ukulele. These boxes attach to the end of the Ukulele and allow students to play cords easier allowing for everyone (even Mr. D) to play! We hope to feature these musicians at our spring concerts. Stay tuned.

The Spring Book Fair is Here! We hope you are able to stop by and support the library. Hours are below:

Preview for Students: During regularly scheduled media center times.

Student Shopping: 2/24-3/2: 9:00-9:30 am (money only)

After School: 2/24-2/27: 3:45-4:30 pm

Family Events:

• Movie/Family Literacy Event: Thursday, 2/27, 5:30-8:00 pm

• Rise & Shine Read: Monday, 3/2, 8:00-9:30 am

Our third grade students won the Box Top Contest through the PTA. They will receive a movie party with popcorn in the near future. Thanks for supporting our PTA through scanning those Box Tops. We will have one final contest that will end in May. Keep collecting.

Monday, February 24 - Book Fair Begins

Thursday, February 27 - Literacy Night / Movie Night - 6-8 pm

Every year the Fourth Graders have an opportunity to design our yearbook cover. All the entries were very well done. The teachers vote on the winner each year and the results are...

• Monday, February 17 and 18 - No School
• Thursday, February 27 - Literacy Night - 6-8 pm
• Monday, March 2 - Ready, Set, Rise, Read - Come and join us in the morning before school for some fun reading activities and treats. We will also have our Reading Month Kick Off March 2. Look for paperwork coming home that day.
• March 5 - Kindergarten Information Night - Event for all incoming Kindergartners to learn more about Randolph.
• March 10 - No School
• March 13 and 27 are 1/2 Days - 12:10 dismissal

Great job Randolph Community! We made a difference in the lives of others this holiday season.

Hello Randolph Roadrunners

The Kids' Martian Marathon is Saturday, April 18th

Log mileage with your family now and run 1.2 miles the day of the event.

Register now for the best price! (registration includes t-shirt, medal, logbook, inflatable martian)

Everyone will meet Mr. O at Ford Field Park in Dearborn for our 12:20 pm start

Parents and staff can run for FREE with the children or cheer from the sidelines.

Additional information can be found at https://runningfitevents.redpodium.com/2020-martian-invasion-of-races

This is how the students register for the Kids' Marathon:

https://runningfitevents.redpodium.com/2020-martian-invasion-of-races

Select that you are registering as a “group participant”

Team Name: Randolph Roadrunners - Orange Wave 12:20 Password: Heart

Captain/Leader: Charles O’Loughlin

IMPORTANT: Register by March 9th to receive the group discount of $20/participant

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This is how the adults & older students (parents, staff, etc.) register for "timed events":

https://runningfitevents.redpodium.com/2020-martian-invasion-of-races

Select that you are registering as a “group participant”

Events = 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Full Marathon

Team Name: Randolph Roadrunners Password: Heart

Captain/Leader: Charles O’Loughlin

Mission for Miles Discount: SCHOOLGROUP20 (This is a special discount for school groups)

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Please contact me if you have questions.

Heart, Heart, Heart!

Mr. O’Loughlin, Physical Education

coloughl@livoniapublicschools.org

In March we celebrate reading all month long! It is an exciting time each year where we challenge our students to read as much as they can at school and home. Read shirts are a fun way to help celebrate. If you are interested in purchasing a READ shirt they are available until February 9. You will revceive your READ shirt by March.

READ shirt Link

If you have an incoming kindergarten student or know someone with a Kindergarten age student please make sure to stop in and register beginning February 3. These packets can be picked up during school business hours (8-4:30) in the Randolph office. There is also a registration event on Saturday, February 22. Please click on the following link for a time slot on February 22.

Kindergarten Registration

Tuesday, January 28 - Special Person Breakfast

February 12 - PTA - Founder's Day

February 13 - Sweetheart Dance - 6-8 pm

February 14 - Spirit Day - Valentines Colors

February 17-18 - No School

February 27 - Literacy Night - 6-8 pm

Thanks to all the families who attended our first annual Parent Night at Randolph. It was a great night with many informative sessions. A great time was had by parents and students! Please join us next year if you were not able to attend.

Welcome Back, Randolph Community! We had an excellent week here at Randolph. The students are doing a great job transitioning back to our school procedures. This is an exciting time of year in the schools because we begin to see so much progress from the students. Keep reading everyday and creating those great habits. We look forward to a fantastic 2020 here at Randolph.

On January 21 we will host a Parents Night here at Randolph. A flier came home this week. Please join us if you can for this informative evening. Please check out the rest of this newsletter for information from the Art Room and a project to Spread the Love.

Pinecone Snowmen by Mrs. Slack's class, Pinecone Penguins by Mrs. Thompson’s class, Snowmen Dishes by Ms. Petoskey kids, Snowflakes by Mrs. Francis kindergarten students. Luminaries by special recess clay club.

We are excited to announce that Kindergarten Registration for the 2020-2021 school year will begin on Monday, Feb. 3!

If you, or someone you know, has an incoming kindergartner who will be five years old by Sept. 1, 2020, please see and share the following information.

Website link to registration information: www.livoniapublicschools.org/registration

The district will once again host a special Saturday registration event for parents, from 9 a.m. - Noon on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Riley Upper Elementary, 15555 Henry Ruff.

Please see the Sign-Up LINK HERE to schedule an appointment.

We are so excited to welcome our new class of students to LPS!

From all the Randolph Staff, we want to wish you a wonderful Holiday Break. Have a Happy New Year and we look forward to seeing everyone in 2020! School resumes January 6.

The Randolph staff looks forward to welcoming our community to a Parent Night on January 21. We will have informative sessions and fun events designed to learn together. Parenting is tough... let's work together to make it easier!

Wednesday, December 11

• Roadrunner Rally - 9:15 am
• Restaurant Fundraiser - Las Palapas - Come out to eat and support the Randolph PTA

Friday, December 12

• Report Cards Come Home
• Spirit Day - Wear your Randolph Gear!

Congratulations Mrs.Gierak’s Kindergarten class! You are our first BOX TOP WINNERS! Mrs. Gierak’s class will enjoy a special Holiday treat!

This week Mrs. Hillard's Third grade class raised money for a Boys Home to purchase Holiday Gifts for the boys. These boys might otherwise not get gifts this holiday season. These amazing boys and girls decided to host a pajama day here at Randolph and raised money for this great cause. Great job boys and girls!

The holiday shop begins next Monday, Dec 2, see the attached flyer for class schedule. Your child should bring the envelope they brought home to school on or before their shopping day. The attached flyer explains the three options for payment.

WE NEED YOU! Volunteers are needed to make this holiday shop a success. Please click this link to sign up. The more help we have the better. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B084EAAAA2AA2FB6-20193

Thanks and happy shopping!

Please be sure to use Amazon Smile for all of your Black Friday shopping! Link your Amazon Smile account to Randolph Elementary and a percentage comes back to the school! This works the same as Amazon Prime, but you MUST shop through the smile.amazon.com website!

1. Go to www.smile.amazon.com in your phone's browser and log into your account

2. Choose Your AmazonSmile from the drop down menu in the top left corner.

3. Click "Choose your charity" or "Change your charity"

4. Search "Randolph Elementary PTA" (be sure to choose the Livonia, MI selection)

5. Start shopping!

To make shopping easier, follow these instructions for adding a new "app" to your phone!

1. Tap the "share" icon at the bottom of your browser window.

2. Tap "Add to Home Screen, then tap "add"

3. A new icon will appear on your home screen to return at any time to smile.amazon.com

We collected over 60 boxes of food! Check out the chart below to see how each grade did in our competition to collect as many cans as possible. This food will go to families in need this holiday season. Thank You!

Monday, December 2

• Holiday Shop Opens for Business! Each class will have an assigned day and time to shop for their loved ones.

Wednesday, December 4

• Picture Retake Day - 1-3 pm

Thursday, December 5

• End of the First Trimester

Friday, December 6

• No School for Randolph Students - Teacher Records Day
  

Monday, November 25

Tuesday, November 26

• Pajama Day - Fundraiser for Mrs. Hillard's class (flier went home yesterday) - $1 to wear PJ's.

Wednesday 11-27- Friday 11/29 - No School - Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving Break.

This week all Randolph Roadrunners met with their NEST group for a school wide lesson focused on Habit 1: Be Proactive. The students are learning that they are in charge of their own decisions and choices. The groups focused on teaching the students to know their own priorities and others priorities in order to get the best result in countless situations and to help them create the best relationships possible with others. As a NEST group, all students listened to a story called "The Important Book". Following the story, the groups each had a discussion about how students can find out what is important to others... by asking questions. They were also asked to think about what is important to different people - to students, teachers, parents, etc. The NEST groups talked about how knowing what is important to you and those around you can help you to be more proactive. The students also decorated and cut out a mustache, which they wore as a necklace throughout the day. This was a reminder for the students to use their words to learn about others and be a more proactive student. So be ready for your child to say that they "Must-achue a Question"!

November 21 - MOD Pizza Night - The Randolph Staff will be serving pizza so please come and join us!

November 27-29 - No School - Thanksgiving Break

December 2-5 - Holiday Shop

December 6 - No School for Elementary Schools - Teacher Records Day

December 13 - Report Cards Go Home

KINDNESS T-shirts are now available for purchase from the Randolph Elementary PTA to show your support during Kindness Month in February.

**KINDNESS T-SHIRTS ARE WORN EVERY FRIDAY IN FEBRUARY!!**

All orders must be submitted online. https://randolphbekind2019.itemorder.com/sale

Online store closes on Friday, November 22nd.

No orders can or will be taken after the deadline.

Thank you for sending in all the canned food already! We are going to make a big difference this holiday season for those in need. The student lighthouse team will be collecting and graphing our progress all the way to Thanksgiving.

Our First grade students have been learning about weather. This week Kevin Jeanes visited to talk to the kids about weather reporting. Check out the clip of Randolph in the News.

Click Here

Wednesday, November 13 - PTA Meeting - 6:30 - Randolph Learning Lab

Friday, November 15 - Mama Mia is playing at Churchill - Buy your tickets now.

We had our Roadrunner Rally this week in which we celebrated our goal for October which was doing our BEST in the classroom. The students are doing a great job this year of following the expectations and treating each other with kindness. We celebrated many students with BEST awards for doing their BEST at school each and every day.

Tuesday, November 5 - No School - Make sure to get out and vote! - PD Day for staff.

Wednesday, November 6 - November Roadrunner Rally

Friday, November 8 - PTA Walk-a-thon - Each grade level will head out to the new walking path to walk and raise money to support Randolph. We are very excited to welcome the Churchill marching band, as well as some surprise guests to help make this an exciting event!

The Randolph PTA hosted a fantastic Fall Festival last week. We hope you were able to come and join us as the kids had a blast trick-or-treating, dancing, playing games, and enjoying treats! Thanks to the PTA and all our parent volunteers for helping make this night a success. We also want to thank all our amazing Randolph staff that was able to be there to celebrate with our students.

Hello Randolph Families! The Student Lighthouse Team is working hard on our first few projects to help our school and our community. We are going to be starting a recycling project at Randolph! We will be recycling broken crayon pieces and dried up markers to help our environment. We will be collecting the pieces and shipping them back to Crayola, where they will recycle and reuse the pieces. We are looking for donations of shoe boxes to help us collect the pieces in all of our classrooms. If you have any shoeboxes at home, please send them in to the office by next Friday. We need about 60 boxes! Thank you for your support and helping out at Randolph!

This week all Randolph students met with their NEST team. Several times throughout the year, all students will travel to another classroom for a schoolwide lesson on one of the 7 Habits of Happy Kids. This opportunity allows the students to all meet another adult in the school, who will be his/her NEST teacher until 4th grade. It’s important for students to make as many positive adult connections as possible, to help lead them to a successful school experience. For this first NEST meeting we focused on getting to know one another. We began by watched a read aloud of the story Stone Soup. This is a story about teamwork and how we will find happiness when we all contribute to our team. After reading the book, we talked as a NEST team and everyone shared their name and something that they bring to the group. We shared things we are good at or like to do. We celebrated and honored the fact that all our differences and talents make us a great team.

Dear Randolph Families,

Thank you for a successful Fall Book Fair. It was wonderful to meet everyone, and the fair definitely sparked a love of reading in our kids! We will be able to purchase a lot of books and technology with the money we’ve raised, and we were able to buy 40 new titles for our Series Collection by raising $345.15 from the All for Book program. (I also took $1129.84 of our profit in books straight from the book fair for the library, 116 titles, so we will get those popular books in circulation as soon as possible!)

Thanks also to the many volunteers who helped me promote, set up, and run the fair, and a special “thank you” to the teachers and parents who helped me to tear down the fair on Thursday night. I can’t thank you enough for the generous support of the library. The fair was a huge success because of all the great people in the Randolph Community.

Total sales: $8,805.83

Total Scholastic Dollars Profit (52%): $4619.07

Sincerely,

Lisa Zaar, Media Specialist

Please join us for the Fall Festival on October 25 from 6-8 pm. A flier went home showing families how to RSVP online. If you would like to pay cash you can use the attached link to print a form that can be filled out and returned to the school office. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Fall Festival!

Fall Festival Form

November 5 - No School - Election Day

November 8 - PTA Walk-a-thon

November 13 - PTA Meeting - 6 pm

November 27-29 - No School - Thanksgiving Break

December 5 - End of the First Card Marking

December 6 - No School

December 13 - Report Cards go Home

December 23 - Begins Winter Break

Just a reminder that the Randolph annual pumpkin contest with begin on Monday, October 21st! We are incredibly excited to see our front lobby decorated with creative pumpkins! Beginning on Monday, please bring your pumpkin to school and place it on your grade level table in the front lobby. Please make sure your first AND last name are on the bottom of the pumpkin. See the attached note for rules. Please email Mrs. Steele at lsteele@livoniapublicschools.org if you have any questions! Happy decorating!

Click Here for More Information

Please don't forget to fill out your paperwork for the Competitive Edge College Savings Program. The Livonia Public Schools will help you set up and start a savings account by adding $100 for your student. All you have to do is click on the link below. Please complete the form and turn it in to the Randolph office before February 1, 2020 for your child to receive money from the Foundation, if they graduate from a Livonia Public School high school and are excepted to a college, university or trade school.

Competitive Edge

Each October is International AAC Awareness Month. The goal is to raise awareness of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and to inform the public about the many different ways in which people communicate using AAC. Here at Randolph you may have noticed our new Core Board on the playground. This sign helps our students communicate their needs here at school. It is an extremely helpful and important tool to aide in communication.

Core boards are a low tech and inexpensive form of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) and give students the opportunity to point to words they may not be able to say, allowing them to communicate. Children who are non-verbal, due to Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Apraxia, Angelman Syndrome, and many other medical conditions often use AAC as part or all of their communication methods. But taking a device to a playground isn't always practical, and a core board gives them another option for communicating with peers and staff in a natural inclusive setting.

Thursday morning Mrs. Gierak was featured on 100.3 WNIC as the Teacher of the Week. She was interviewed on the radio this morning and received a beautiful plaque celebrating her dedication to the students of Randolph. Congratulations Mrs. Gierak! #Livoniapride

Wednesday evening, the Randolph PTA received a $1,000 check from Dr. Nicole Teifer of Today's Orthodontics. Randolph won a recent contest through Dr. Teifer's office. We want to extend a BIG thank you to Dr. Teifer for this generous donation. #Livoniapride

Monday, October 14

• Picture Day! School Pictures will be taken on Monday.

Wednesday, October 16

• Parent Teacher Conferences - 5-8 pm

Thursday, October 17

• Half Day for students - Dismissal at 12:10
• Parent Teacher Conferences - 1-4 pm and 5-8 pm

Friday, October 18

• Half Day for students - Dismissal at 12:10
• Parent Teacher Conferences - 1-4 pm

Parent Teacher Conferences are a very important time to touch base with your classroom teacher. You will discuss successes as well as challenges. You will create a plan together to make sure that your son or daughter has a successful school year. We look forward to seeing our Randolph Community next week at Conferences.

• Mrs. Dennis’ class was the winner of the Spirit Wear Contest. If you are still interested in Spirit Wear, please visit: https://stores.alleycatdesigns.com/randolphelementary/shop/products/all?page=1
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• Walk-a-thon paperwork came home this week.

• We are so lucky to have some of the very BEST teachers and staff at Randolph!

During Parent Teacher conferences, it can be difficult to find the time to grab a snack. So the PTA would like to make these long days & evenings a little easier for them by stocking the Teacher's Lounge with some of their favorites.

If you'd like to donation an item, please visit our sign-up by clicking on the link below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B084EAAAA2AA2FB6-parentteacher

Parent Teacher Conferences will be the evening of October 16, the afternoon and evening of October 17, and the afternoon of October 18. This is an important time to touch base with your son or daughter's teacher, learn about how the year is going, and make a plan for success. Please click on the following ink, select your teacher, and choose a time that works for your family.

Parent Teacher Conferences

Next week on Wednesday we will have our Roadrunner Rally for October. At this meeting we will share information about our Walk-a-thon. This is the major fundraiser for the Randolph PTA. The Randolph PTA does a great deal for our students including Fun Events, Field Trips, and Classroom Resources like IXL, Leader in Me, and Scholastic News. Please support our Walk-a-thon. Paperwork will come home on Wednesday.

This week we continued to roll out more Leadership Jobs. Our goal is for every student in the building to have a Leadership Job throughout the school year. This week applications were available for Announcement Leaders, Flag Leaders, Lunchroom Leaders, and Equipment Cart Leaders. Next week we will have applications for Student Lighthouse Team. This is a team of leaders who will help make Randolph the best school it can be. They run charity drives, track school goals, present to classrooms, and lead Roadrunner Rallies. This team will meet at least once a month but up to 2-3 times a month at lunch to help support Randolph Elementary. One Lighthouse Team Member will be chosen from each classroom.

Dear Parents & Guardians of Randolph Students:

The Livonia Goodfellows’ annual campaign to help ensure No Child Without a Christmas is fast approaching. Randolph Elementary School has a limited number of applications to receive assistance this holiday season. Applications will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, until they are gone. If you are a Livonia resident with children residing with you who are enrolled in school, your household income is within the income guidelines below, and you would like to apply, please contact me for an application. Requests for applications will be handled discreetly and kept confidential. Completed applications are due to the Goodfellows by October 31.

Income Guidelines:

Household Size Income 2 person $40,000 / 3 person $46,000 / 4 person $52,000 / 5 person $58,000 / 6 person $64,000 / 7 person $70,000 / 8 person $76,000 / Add'l persons: $6,000 per person.

Please know that parent/guardian applicants must attend a 30-minute interview at the Civic Park Senior Center (15218 Farmington Road). Call (313) 438-0862 to schedule your appointment. If you would like a Livonia Goodfellows holiday assistance application, please contact me at awehner@livoniapublicschools.org or (734) 367-9593.

Warmly, Amy Wehner

Elementary Support Teacher

Next week here at Randolph is a pretty standard week. We have nothing out of the ordinary planned. Students will be starting their integrated literacy assessments which take place during literacy time in class. These assessments help our staff plan for instruction to meet the needs of every learner. We look forward to another great week at Randolph next week.

We are so fortunate here at Randolph to have a student Credit Union. This program is through Zeal Credit union. Students can come to the Credit Union at school and make deposits in a real bank account. This is a great way to teach our children the value of saving. Please click on the following link to learn more. (Please note that the formatting is a little off because I tried to convert a PDF but the info is good and the dates are all there)

Rock Star Savers

We had our first PTA meeting of the year on Wednesday. It was a great meeting and very well attended. It is wonderful to have representation from so many families at this meeting. The PTA does many things to support our students all year long. We discussed the budget for the year which includes funds to support two great programs for the students, Leader in Me and IXL Math. You will learn more about these as the year goes on. We also discussed the Fun-a-thon which is the PTA's major fundraising effort for the school year. The students will come home with information on October 2 explaining how to collect pledges to support our school. If the students achieve their goal there are some fun surprises they can earn. You will have to wait and see. The next big event is the Fall Festival which takes place on October 25. A Sign Up Genius will come out soon for volunteers if you want to help with this fantastic event.

October 2 - Roadrunner Rally and Fun-a-thon Kick off (watch for info to come home on the Fun-a-thon)

October 9 - PTA Meeting

October 10 - Family Movie Night

October 14 - PICTURE DAY!

October 16-18 - Parent Teacher Conferences (Sign Up Genius will come home soon)

October 25 - Fall Festival

It has been a great first week of school here at Randolph. We have been working hard on establishing procedures and creating a community of learners so that our year can be successful. Thanks for your help to make sure students are here on time and lining up by grade level in the mornings. This newsletter will come out every week on Friday to give you information on the upcoming week at Randolph. We also like to share some of the great things going on here at Randolph as well.

Monday, September 9

• This week is Safety Week. We will review and practice our Safety Drills all week long. This is a great time to talk to your son or daughter about safety at home. Stranger Danger, home fire plan, and safety at school all might be great dinner conversations this week.

Wednesday, September 11

• Roadrunner Rally (students only/during school day)- 9:15 am - We will have our first Roadrunner Rally on Wednesday. These are whole school gatherings in which we teach the students our school-wide expectations. We set goals, collect data, and celebrate success at these rallies. Roadrunner Rallies are typically he first Wednesday of each month.
• PTA Meeting - The Randolph PTA will host their first meeting of the year at 6:30 pm in the Learning Lab. Babysitting is provided in the gym during these meetings. Please stop up to learn about the PTA's plan for the school year.

Friday, September 13

• Special Kindergarten Lunch with Mr. D for all that turn in their summer writing journal. An invitation will come home next week.

Greetings Randolph Community!

I hope you had a wonderful summer and are gearing up for another amazing school year. The teachers and I are sharpening the pencils and decorating the school in preparation of September 3. Here are some updates to help get you ready for the school year.

The following Link will give you more specifics on our Open House and School Information Night on Wednesday, August 28 from 6-8 pm.

Open House and School Information Night

The first day of school is Tuesday, September 3. This is a half day with dismissal at 12:10.

I look forward to a great year. Please know that my door is always open. Stop in with any questions or concerns.

Mike Daraskavich

Please stop into the Randolph office and ask to talk to Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Wehner, or Mrs, Coyne to drop off any medication your student needs during the school day. Medication Drop off is availavble from 8-4:30 everyday the week of August 26-29. If you can't come in during this time, please contact Mrs. Wehner: awhener@livoniapublicschools.org or Mrs. Wilson : jwilson4@livonispublicschools.org to set up a drop off time.

Please pick up your child’s medication from the 2018-2019 school year on the last day of school, Friday, June 14 (arrangements may be made with Mrs. Coyne for Monday, June 17 or Tuesday, June 18, if needed). Any medication that is left at Randolph after Tuesday, June 18, will be disposed.

It has brought to my attention that parking has been very challenging and it is getting congested on Hix St. behind the school. Please consider parking in the Pool club parking lot during pick up. Make sure to give plenty of room at the crosswalks as we have little children walking home and want to keep them safe.

On Monday we need to keep our main parking lot clear. Please do not park in the lot in front of the school on Monday morning. We will be having a BMX assembly and they will be setting up in the parking lot Monday morning.

Tuesday, June 4 - Kindergarten Round Up - 3 Sessions (call our office for information if you have questions)

Thursday, June 6 - End of Year Celebration - 6-8 pm - Randolph Playground

Friday, June 7 - Donuts for Dad- 8-9 am - Randolph Gym

Monday, June 10 - BMX Assembly (Provided by Randolph PTA) - During the school day.

Wednesday, June 12 - Last Full Day of School

• Kindergarten Graduation - 2 pm

Thursday, June 13 - Half Day

Friday, June 14 - Half Day - Last Day of School

• Fourth Grade Clap Out - 11:45 - Please come and join us to line the halls and clap out our Fourth Graders as they move on to Johnson.

Dear Randolph Families,

Thank you for a successful "Buy One, Get One" Book Fair. It was wonderful to meet everyone, and the fair definitely sparked a love of reading in our kids! We will be able to purchase a lot of books and technology with the money we’ve raised including $439.67 from the All for Book program to purchase new Battle of the Books titles. Since this is a BOGO fair, most profits go back to all of you, but our sales were good enough to obtain $620.67 in Scholastic Dollars, so thank you for your support! It was a win-win for all of us.

Thanks also to the many volunteers who helped me promote, set up, and run the fair, and three special “thank you's” to my Math Night volunteers, my Art/Music Night volunteers, and everyone who helped me to tear down the fair on Wednesday night. Thanks to the entire Randolph Community for your generous support of the library. The fair was a huge success because of all the great people here.

Total sales: $4,375.46 (BOGO!)

Total Scholastic Dollars Profit (15%): $620.67

Thank you to the parents and community members that were able to join us for Leadership Day. The students did an amazing job explaining their learning this school year and how the 7 Habits are used at Randolph. This was our first Leadership Event and it provided over 150 students leadership opportunities. Once again, thank you and we look forward to next year's event being even bigger and better!

Monday, May 27 - No School - Memorial Day

Wednesday, May 29 - Leadership Day

• Parents are welcome to come and join us for the morning. Leadership Day is designed to give the Randolph students an opportunity to teach others about the 7 Habits and how we use the Leader in Me in our School. The session runs from 9:15-11:15. Please join us if you are available Wednesday morning.

Thursday, May 30 - Second Grade Story Telling Event - 6 pm

FREE SWIM LESSONS

Monday, July 1 – Friday, July 5 (No lessons Thursday July 4)

Livonia Parks & Recreation is partnering with Livonia Community Swim Club to offer one week of FREE swim lessons for Livonia Resident Youth going into grades K-6!

Proof of free or reduced lunch program will be required to participate in lessons. Lessons are 40 minutes with 4 classes total.

Botsford Pool 10 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

(19444 Lathers)

Clements Circle Pool 11 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.

(999 Harrison)

Shelden Pool 9 a.m. and 9:45 a.m.

(33123 Van Court)

Register at the Kirksey Recreation Center, 15100 Hubbard. For more information call (734) 466-2900.

Greetings Randolph community,

We had an excellent week here at Randolph! On Wednesday we had our Field Day. The kids had a blast playing all the outdoor games and rotating to fun stations. We want to thank Mr. O and Mrs. Hinderliter for putting everything together. We also want to thank all our parent volunteers for running the stations and helping everything go smoothly.

Speaking of volunteers, we had our Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on Wednesday as well. We could not do what we do with out the tremendous parent support. Thank you to all those who are active in our PTA, volunteering in classrooms, running programs, and working with the kids each day.

Tuesday, May 21 - Math Night

• Stop up to Randolph anytime from 6-8 pm to play math games and have a fun and engaging evening with your kids. There will be a raffle with fun prizes and lots of fun to be had by all.

Wednesday, May 22 - Art and Music Extravaganza

• On Wednesday we will host our annual Music Concerts, Art show, and Ice Cream Social. Pleas join us at Randolph for this Amazing evening.
• Music Concerts - Grade 1 6:10-6:25 / Grade 2 6:40-6:55 / Grade 3 7:10-7:25 / Grade 4 7:40-7:55. All students should report to their classrooms 10 minutes before their performance.

Friday, May 24 - Half Day

Tuesday, May 14 - Dr. Daniels, principal at Kennedy Elementary, will be coming to Randolph to talk to the students who will be attending Kennedy next school year. She will read them a story and answer some questions so the kids feel comfortable with this transition.

Wednesday, May 15 - Field Day and Volunteer Luncheon

• PTA Meeting - 6:30 pm

Wednesday, May 22 - Art Fair/ Music Concerts / Ice Cream Social - 6-8 pm

Friday, May 24 - 1/2 Day of School

Wednesday, May 29 - Leadership Day! - Parents and community members will be invited to Randolph to learn about how we use the 7 Habits to become the leaders of tomorrow.

Tuesday, June 4 - Kindergarten Round Up

Thursday, June 6 - End of Year PTA Celebration - 6-8 pm

LMC News

Coding:

To celebrate Math Month, 1st-4th graders have been coding in the LMC. I borrowed some Coding Kits from Wayne County RESA, and kids have been asking about where to get some of the coding products we've used, so here are links to the coding robots we've been using:

• Code and Go Mice
• Ozobots
• Dash Robot

We have also used the online resource code.org, which is a free coding website. All 1st-4th grade students have accounts.

BOGO Book Fair (Buy One Get One Free)

May 20th-22nd

May 20 & 21: 9:00-9:30am (students with money only) and 4:00-4:30pm

May 22: 5:30-7:30 during Art Show/Music Concert

• Try using eWallet and don't send cash to school!
• Volunteer for the Book Fair

Thanks for all of your support!

This week, all Randolph Roadrunners met with their NEST group, led by their NEST teacher. Our goal at Randolph is to help the students become leaders and successful members of our learning community, and the larger world that they are a part of. All groups focused on Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then be Understood. During this week's NEST lesson, the students learned about the idea of perspective. Having the ability to see and understand the views and feelings of other people is a critical part of working well with, and getting along with others, in countless situations.

While meeting with their NEST teachers and with their NEST groups, the students heard two stories. First, they listened to the classic tale, The Three Little Pigs. The students then listened to the alternate version, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (which is the same story told from the wolf's point of view). Following the stories the students discussed the stories and compared them to one another. They learned that the two stories, while the same, were quite different based on who was telling the story. For example, in each version the bad guys/good guys changed, as well as the problem in each version simply because of the perspective the story was told from.

The NEST groups then discussed how this is similar to some situations that can happen at school, especially when there are arguments or disagreements. It is important for the students to see the value of considering the feelings/perspectives of their peers and schoolmates when working to resolve a variety of issues.

Randolph Elementary has been chosen to host an Arbor Day Celebration on April 26th at 2:30 and you are invited to attend! Weather permitting we will be outside on the blacktop by the parking lot. Our student leaders will be running the show and presenting in front of our mayor! The event will be recorded and shown on the Livonia Cable Channel. The city will be planting 3 new trees on our playground for us to enjoy for years to come.

Please have your child (and you!) wear green to help us celebrate trees on April 26th!

Please enjoy a nice three-day weekend, there is no school tomorrow. We look forward to seeing all our Randolph Roadrunners back on Monday, April 22.

Our Youth Making a Difference celebration is next week (Thursday, 4/25 - 6-8 pm)and we do not have all of the displays to go with all of the commitment forms. If you are still planning on turning in a display for your child’s project, please contact Christina Kirwan at Christina.kirwan@yahoo.com.

We would love to be able to inspire others by showing how your child gave back! This is a wonderful celebration! We cannot wait to celebrate all of the great things the students did all year!

4/12 – Zeal Credit Union Open

4/13 – Martian Marathon

4/19 – No School – Good Friday

4/25 – YMAD Celebration

4/26 – Arbor Day / Spirit Day – wear GREEN & 50’s Dance

4/26 – 50’s Dance (pre-order wristbands only)

4/26 – Zeal Credit Union Open

5/3 – Muffins with Mom

5/3 – Zeal Credit Union Open

5/6 – 5/10 Teacher Appreciation Week

5/10 – Spirit Day – Dress like your Favorite Teacher

5/15 – PTA meeting in Learning Lab & Field Day (May 16th – rain day)

5/17 – Zeal Credit Union Open

5/22 – Art and Music Show 6-8pm

5/24 – Half Day (12:10pm dismissal)

5/24 - Spirit Day – Mismatch Day (RESCHEDULED)

5/27 – NO SCHOOL – Memorial Day

Our Randolph Roadrunners accomplished their goal. They got to slime Mr. D for reading 4,003 hours in the month of March. Great job reading. Please don't forget to keep these good habits of reading everyday going all year long.

Have a wonderful Spring Break. Please remember there is no school next week. We look forward to seeing all our Randolph Roadrunners back on Monday, April 8.

The students accomplished their goal today! Congratulations to all our readers. Mr. D will get slimed as the students read over 4000 hours. The sliming will take place on Wednesday, April 10 at our Roadrunner Rally. Stay tuned for pictures!

Randolph had our Battle of the Books today. The kids had a great time and competed for this fun and exciting Reading Month event. Congratulations to all our Roadrunners who participated. They should all be proud of their efforts.

Please visit the Civic Center Library to see all the amazing art work that our Livonia Students created this school year. There are many Randolph students represented at the fair. This is an exciting way to celebrate all the talented artists in our schools. The following Randolph Artists will be featured:

Kindergarten

Umar B, Dante B, Harriet S, Miles T, Emma F, Benjamin B and Lucas T

First Grade

Tess H, Arianna L, Tessa T, Gus G, Joey M, Kaydence G, and Gabby H

Second Grade

Avery D, Denise M, Lily R, and Matthew B

Third Grade

Cassandra B, Elisa T, Faith K, Kai J and Mason B

Fourth Grade

Lily R, Miranda T, Juliette S, and Elizabeth W

Congratulations to our Amazing Artists and thank you to Mrs. Moorton and Mrs. Werner for supporting our students!

Please don't forget that Report Cards come home today. Please review the Report Card with your son or daughter. This is a great time to see what areas they are doing well in and celebrate. It is also a time to set some goals for the final trimester to improve in areas that your son or daughter might need extra practice. Please make sure you communicate any questions or concerns about your student's progress to their teacher so that we can make a plan for improvement this final card marking.

Friday March 29 - Battle of the Books

- Last day to turn in Reading Hours

- Wear READ shirts!

I hope you have all had a blast this reading month. The students have done an amazing job reading each night and turning in their sheets. I hope they can make their goal this final week. As of today, the boys and girls have read 2,825 hours. That leaves 1,175 hours for the final week. Please support your student to read, read, and then read some more and let's see if the students and staff of Randolph elementary get to slime Mr. D.

All Randolph Roadrunners spent some time with their NEST group this week. All groups completed the same lesson, and the focus was on Habit 4: Think Win-Win.

The students listened to the story, The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. This story is a great example of how everyone can win, because the Rainbow Fish hands his special sparkly scales out to all of the fish, instead of keeping them all to himself. After discussing the story, and the actions and feelings of the characters, each NEST group turned the focus on to themselves. The students were presented with several real-life scenarios, and given the chance to act-out or discuss ways in which the situation could be a win-win event. Talk to your student about ways in which your family compromises and thinks with a win-win mindset. At the conclusion of the NEST meetings, each Randolph student made a bracelet, decorated with our new school wide catch phrase "What Would Leaders Do" (WWLD). Remind your student of this phrase at home, as well...to help them make good choices. Leaders act with integrity, and show responsibility and leadership. We can all be leaders!

The Randolph staff had the opportunity to order some new flexible seating for the students. This is part of the bond work that the district is finishing up at all our buildings. Please make sure to stop up and check out our Learning Lab and our Lobby to see the new flexible work places for our learners.

The students are doing great. Our goal for Reading Minutes for the month of March is 4,000 and the students have read 1,597 hours as of last week. Keep reading and tracking those hours at home. Happy Reading!

The students read 603 hours in just 4 days! Wow!! I am so proud of our readers. Please keep encouraging Reading all month long and track your hours on the tracking sheets. A new sheet came home today. Happy Reading!