R-PTLE Weekly Family Communication

Dear Families,

Hard to believe this is the last full week of February. With no school for 5 straight days (no school on Monday 3/20), please remind your student(s) that school expectations are important and result in safe and effective learning while they are at school. You can review the expectations by accessing the link below in our PBIS section.

We are setting our sights on Parent/Teacher Conferences coming up in March. Look for information on these important conferences from your child's teacher in the coming weeks. I appreciate, so much, the work our teachers engage in as they balance teaching and learning between whole group core instruction (for all) and individualized differentiation for each student. Our communities children are in great hands!

This will be a great week at R-PTLE!

Sincerely,

Paul Siembida

Principal, Twin Lake Elementary

719-3190 Ext: 2225

Succeed Today!

Considering the ever changing family dynamics, I wanted to send another opportunity to fill out a free and reduced lunch application. If you have already filled one out, please ignore. If you have filled an application out, but your financial situation has deceased, please fill one out. If you have not filled out an application and/or are not sure you will qualify, please fill one out and our food service department can help you figure it out. See the link below.

Click this link. Search for Reeths-Puffer schools (start typing it in and it will pop up) and off you go.

A Note About School Meals:

There are a couple different ways that you can add money to your child’s school account to pay for their breakfast and/or lunch:

1. Go to https://www.familyportal.cloud and set up an online account, where you can add money for your child by putting in your debit/credit card information. Please see the attached letter for answers to frequently asked questions.

OR

1. Bring in/Send in an envelope with cash or a check enclosed. Please include the child’s first and last name, and write “Lunch Money”. If you are sending money for two students, please write how much each student will receive. The office will collect these envelopes and the kitchen staff will enter the funds into the correct account.

In the event that your child does not have money in their account, but they do not have a cold lunch, they will still be able to eat a hot lunch. We will not let your child go hungry! However, please note that this will bring the account to a negative balance until more money has been added to the account.

We added a fun activity in an effort to extend our CKH practices of getting to know each other better. Every other Friday the students will submit questions they would like to know about a certain adult. This past week was Mr. Siembida.

You would not believe the number of questions I got about doing a cartwheel. Well, I conceded to the peer pressure and included the evidence. I did not fail out and fall on my head - I did land it :)

I absolutely enjoyed reading all of the questions that were submitted. Childhood crush? Where have you traveled? Favorite food, restaurant, color, snack, sport, pop, etc...? Family? Pets? How old am I? Can I juggle? And many more. Super inquisitive group of students!

Can't wait to know who the students want to learn more about next!!!

Happy birthday to the following Rockets who celebrated this past week:

Bentley Bruursema - 2/13

Madalynn Overley - 2/13

Alaina Smith - 2/13

Jullian Millis - 2/16

Neiko Sharlow - 2/17

Maddison Maas - 2/17

Vera Goudzwaard - 2/18

We hope that you had a FANTASTIC BIRTHDAY!

Friday, February 24th: Last day for Pizza Kit Fundraiser

February 25th: Snow Much Fun

March 1st is next week Wednesday - WOW!

March 8th: PTO meeting

Respect ~ Pride ~ Integrity

Link to our Rocket Way Behavior Expectations. These are reviewed throughout the year, especially after long breaks from school.

Would you like to learn more about CKH? Click here

February's "Theme of the Month" is Kindness!

Princess Ball Planning

The Middle School PTO puts on the Princess Ball for all the elementary girls, and we would like your help with this event.

Saturday, March 18th, 6-8 pm - Princes Ball Flyer information - CLICK HERE

If you are willing to help organize and plan the big event. Please fill out the form below.

If you would like to help in other ways, we could use donations of decorations and/or cookies. Please fill out the form below. Note, We are not buying decorations, we simply thought we would ask if any folks have some fun things laying around the house they could donate.

Click here to access the form to volunteer.

Click here to access the form to donate.

Any questions please reach out to Jessica VanderLaan at jessvanderlaan11@gmail.com. Or, 231-750-7446

We are in need of boys and girls pants sizes 5 and up. If you are able to donate to our clothes pantry, we would greatly appreciate it!!

Click this link to get started

https://www.rpyouthsoccer.com/register2

Click link for RPHS athletic schedule.

https://5il.co/1ltt1

HAND2HAND IS HERE! FREE FOOD!

Thanks to a partnership with group of local volunteers, our school will be participating in the Hand2Hand program. The program helps to provide a student with food for the weekends and is intended for families who may be experiencing a financial burden. This program will be available to all of our kids and parents will give permission for their child to participate. We are grateful to the generosity of the volunteers in our community.

Food is discretely to children in the program each Friday.

CLICK HERE FOR LETTER

Are you raising your grandchild or children who are relatives? You are not alone. "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren" is a kinship care program that offers support. All services are free. For more information contact Callie Sierra at 231-733-6654, or email her at sierrac@hccc-health.org.

Calling in Absences:

When parents call in an absence for a sick child and leave a message, it would be helpful if they could let us know the symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, etc.) that the student is having or if they have been seen by a doctor and have a diagnosis (strep, flu, pink eye, etc). We ask these questions when we get a live person, but it is important for accurate health reporting each week.

Emergency Contact Information:

If you need help updating your child's contact information, please call our office and speak with Carly, or Heather. Thank you for your help with this.

Office Team Contact Information:

Please know that our office is willing to help answer any questions that you may have at any time during the school year. Ms. Carly Akins (akinsc@reeths-puffer.org) and Mrs. Heather Nicholson (nicholsonh@reeths-puffer.org) are amazing and happy to help! Our number is 719-3190.

School Hours:

School begins at 8:45 and dismisses at 3:45. If you would like more information about before and after school care, please contact, Dawn Lynn at Lighthouse Learning. The number is 638-2172, or you may call 719-3190 x 2206.

*Go to https://ps-rp.muskegonisd.org/public

(There will be a default username and password in both boxes. Delete and create your own.)

*If you are a first time user, you will need to click on the “Create Account” tab, and fill out the

information. You will create a new Username and Password. You can add your students at the

bottom of the page using their Access ID and Access Password.

NOTE: The Access ID and Password is NOT the same as the Student Number and their

birthdate.

*If you have an existing account, use the “Sign In” tab to log in using your Username and

Password that you already have. If you do not remember these, call the office and we can help

you.

*Once you are signed in, you can add new students to your account by following these

instructions:

1. On the start page, click on “Account Preferences” from the navigation menu on the left. The

“Account Preferences – Profile” page appears.

2. Click the “Students” tab

3. Click the “Add” Icon to add a student to your parent portal account. The “Add Student”

dialog appears. Fill out the information and you should see a new tab for the student appear at

the top of the page.

*Once all of your students are added to your account, update the demographics for all of

your students by clicking on the “Demographic Update” button on the left side of the page.

Please electronically sign the required forms. Print the Emergency Procedure Card, sign it, and

give it to your child’s teacher.

IIMPORTANT: You'll receive a specific ID and Password for access to the Parent Portal. If you are a returning family, you may follow the directions above. Please don't hesitate to contact Carly, or Heather in our office if you need help.

Mr. Paul Siembida

Principal, Twin Lake Elementary School

Email: siembidap@reeths-puffer.org

Phone: 231-719-3190

Location: Twin Lake Elementary School, 3175 5th Street, Twin Lake, MI, USA