The Rocket Review
October 3-7, 2022
Principal's Message
Dear Families,
We had another great week at RVES! We are enjoying the cooler weather at recess, exploring our new literacy and math labs, and getting ready to "Fall into Learning" (our October theme). Together, we will continue to support student learning and demonstrate our SOAR core values at school and home.
Please inform us if you have any changes to your contact information as soon as possible. This includes any changes to phone numbers, addresses, names of people authorized to pick up your child from school, etc. We need all information to be accurate so that we can get in touch with you in a timely manner.
If at any time you have questions for our team you can call our main line at 803-548-4677. Our office staff is available from 7:05-3:00 pm each day.
Have a great weekend!
Rockets Let's Soar,
Ms. Darleen Romenick, Principal
Ms. Lisa Lucas, Assistant Principal
Mr. Scott Sinclair, Assistant Principal
Upcoming Dates
Monday, 10/17: No school (Teacher Work Day)
Thursday, 10/27: BOOSTERTHON KICK-OFF
Lost and Found
Stocking the School "Star-Buck" Store
Counselor's Capsule : What Are We Doing at School?
This week in K-2 guidance lessons, students are learning that they can persevere and do hard things by having a growth mindset and harvesting the power of the word YET. When students are faced with a challenging or tricky task, they can coach themselves through it with positive self-talk, reminding themselves that mistakes are okay and with continued practice and patience they can be successful. I encourage you to ask your child about some of the mistakes they’ve made this week, what they learned from those mistakes and how they approached challenging assignments or tasks. You could ask about a tough reading, writing or math assignment or maybe talk about a new skill they are learning for a sport or hobby they enjoy. Ask them to identify something they cannot do yet and talk about what they can do to learn that new skill and how they will handle frustration when they make mistakes. Our students enjoyed dancing along to this Sesame Street Song, The Power of Yet. I hope you will listen to it together. You may also enjoy reading some of the following books with your child to help them develop their growth mindset.
The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do by Ashley Spires
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein
The Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
Spacey Speech Tips from our Amazing Speech Therapists
Outer Space Occupational Therapy Tips
Out of this universe ESOL tips....
STELLAR....ELA News from Ms. DeMeio
How can I help improve my child’s reading comprehension? Find the RIGHT BOOKS. It’s important not to set the bar too high. Generally, your child should recognize 90% of the words in the books they read in order to feel comfortable with the reading process. Stooping more often will interrupt the flow and will just confuse him or her as they try to focus on the overall meaning of the story. Obviously, also pick stories that interest them. It could be fairies, adventures, cars or Star Wars. We all prefer to read books about things we are interested in, so let your kids do the same.
Moon Math Games from Mrs. Gaither & Mrs. Segarra
If you ever have questions about how to support your child’s early math development, Talking Math with Your Kids is a great resource. Check out the Blogs below to gain insight from other educators and parents about supporting children’s early mathematical development.
October Related Arts Calendar
Transportation Changes
Parents are encouraged to have a consistent mode of transportation for their child to eliminate confusion and the potential for a child going home the incorrect way. However, we realize that there are times when a transportation change needs to be made. We prefer all changes in writing via email.
In the event you need to change your child's transportation, please send an email to the child’s teacher and to our receptionist, Ms. Storms at stormsj@fortmillschools.org. All changes must be made by 1:30pm. Students will be sent home their usual way if no communication has been received from the parents.
2022-2023 Lunch Visitors
We are excited to allow parents back to lunch in our building. Parent lunches will not begin until Tuesday, September 6th or after. We will also have to close lunches during testing windows and other school events. If your child has a birthday in the month of August, you will be permitted to visit prior to the Labor Day holiday. We have a list of students who have a birthday in August.
Due to safety, security and building capacity, all elementary schools are implementing the following parent lunch policy.
- Each student will have four parent lunch passes for the entire school year. Each visit counts as one "pass."
- We ask that no more than two visitors come to lunch for a student at a time.
- Parents visiting for lunch will only be allowed to visit the cafeteria.
- The administration/office staff will not mediate passes between split families or one parent/guardian monopolizing the passes.
- Only parents/guardians on the approved list will be allowed to visit for lunch.
- Parents will be required to show their ID for lunch.
- Students will not be allowed to have a friend sit with them when a parent is visiting for lunch.
SC Student Accident Insurance Program (Voluntary)
Finance/K-12 Voluntary Student Accident Insurance.
https://www.fortmillschools.org/Page/596
1) Website is http://www.bollingerschools.com
2) All the forms I sent can be pulled up off the website but will need to access through the PARENT portal.
3) The website has some good features such as tracking claims (for parents), claim forms in Spanish, Bollinger address and contact number, etc.
All questions about the voluntary plan, please contact Bollinger directly. The school or district office does not handle this insurance.