Richardson Terrace Elementary
October 31, 2022
Terrace Teacher Experiences LAST FEW DAYS!!
Tickets for our Terrace Teacher Experience chance drawings are on sale during all student lunch times.
Tickets are $1 each or $5 for 6 tickets.
Students will be able to purchase tickets during lunch from now through November 2nd. The teacher experience boxes are on the stage and each box has a place for the tickets to be collected. Tickets will be sold at Multi-Cultural Night on November 2nd, as well.
Teacher Experiences might include a special delicious lunch, exciting game, creative activity, incredible off-campus event, or so much more.
Turkey Trot T Shirts
It is time to buy your Terrace Turkey Trot T Shirt!! Follow the link below to purchase the 2022 Terrace Turkey Trot T Shirt from the online store. The last day to order is November 6th.
STOCK THE SHELVES AT NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES
Did you know that when you donate to the Network of Community Ministries you are supporting students and families directly in Richardson ISD?
Network serves all 14 zip codes within Richardson ISD.
For the two weeks from Oct. 31 through Nov.11, RISD has partnered with Network to help “Stock the Shelves.” There will be a donation box on every RISD campus and building ready to receive canned goods and other non-perishables.
The goal is to have 25,000 pounds of food donated to help support RISD families in need. Please help us achieve this goal!
I Know What To Do Day
Tuesday, November 1 is one of RISD’s I Know What to Do days. These are days that we practice the Standard Response Protocols which provide clear, consistent, shared language and actions among all students, staff, and emergency responders that can be applied in any emergency. We will practice evacuating the building for any reason other than a fire. Please take a few minutes this week to talk with your children about why we practice for emergencies.
Introducing Richardson ISD’s First Annual UIL A+ Academic Competition
When: Saturday, February 25th
Where: White Rock Elementary
Who: Grades 2-6 from all RISD Elementary Schools
- Chess Puzzle (grades 2-6)
- Number Sense (grades 4-6)
- Creative Writing (grade 2)
- Ready Writing (grades 3-6)
- Storytelling (grades 2-3)
- Oral Reading (grades 4-6)
Interested in learning more about coaching a team? Fill out this Google Form. Contact dawn.ardila@risd.org with questions.
Stay tuned for information about how your child can participate in UIL A+ at Richardson Terrace Elementary!
Multicultural Night is November 2nd 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Our Multicultural Night is back and will be better than ever! All Terrace families are invited to bring a dish to share to get in free or pay $5 per person/$20 per family of 4+. We will enjoy sharing a meal together and will have dancing, singing, an art show, and more! Students will have the opportunity to enter their names into chance drawings for teacher experience and parents can bid on silent auction items. We will also offer henna tattoos. All chance drawing tickets, silent auction items, henna tattoos, and entrance fees must be paid for in cash. We do not have the ability to take credit cards.
As a new addition to our Multicultural Night festivities, the Santonicola Family has offered to provide samples of pizza from their award-winning restaurant Partenope!
Terrace Multicultural Night
Come join us for our:
Buffet Dinner*, Folk Dancing & Singing,
Henna Hand Painting, Silent Auction
& Teacher Experience Chance Drawing
When: Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Multicultural Night schedule:
5:30-7:15 Multicultural Buffet Dinner
5:45-7:00 Folk Dancing and Singing
5:30-7:30 Teacher Experience Auction
6:00-7:15 Henna Hand Painting
7:15-7:30 Choir Performance
*Each family is to bring a dish to share that will feed 10 or more people
OR pay $5.00 per person ($20.00 max per family)
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***Please cut this part off & return it to school by Wednesday, October 26th***
Student’s name______________________ Grade _____ Teacher ___________
Country/Culture ______________________________________
Please return this form ONLY if you are bringing food to Multicultural Night.
I will bring the following food (Please check one or more):
an appetizer __________ an entree ________________
a side dish ________________ a dessert ______________
State of Texas Kits Now Available to Parents
Texas law (S.B. 2158) requires school districts to make inkless, in-home fingerprint and DNA identification kits available to parents or guardians of elementary and junior high students, upon request.
Parents may complete a kit to keep at home to provide to law enforcement authorities if assistance is ever needed to locate and return a missing child.
This program is an optional tool for parents to keep at home. Kits should not be returned to any RISD school or employee. Parents or guardians interested in an in-home fingerprint and DNA identification kit should contact their elementary or junior high school’s front office.
Please visit the Texas School Safety Center website for more information.
Richardson ISD Student Cellphone Guidelines
To promote the best possible learning and social environment in Richardson ISD, students will not use their cellphones during the school day, unless provided permission from an authorized district employee during the instructional day. The intent of the cellphone policy is to establish a cellphone-free environment and avoid cellphones distracting from learning as well as causing a loss of instructional time.
Statement of Expectations
Campus administrators will state expectations clearly and reinforce the importance of maintaining a cellphone-free environment at the beginning of the year. Administrators will monitor cellphone violations to inform the need for reinforcement and support. Also, any headphone usage will occur based on the approval and expectations set by individual classroom teachers. RISD’s continued focus will be on the mitigation of educational distractions precipitated by the use of cellphones during instructional time.
Consequences
If a student uses their phone during the school instructional day without the explicit permission of an authorized district employee, it will result in the confiscation of the cellphone and adherence to the following graduated offenses stated below. Authorized district employees who will be responsible for cellphone confiscation will include: administrators and teachers.
1st Offense
Phone will be kept in the assistant principal’s office for the day, parent is contacted.
Student or parent can retrieve cellphone at the end of the day.
Offense noted on Focus with cellphone violation action code chosen.
2nd Offense
Phone will be kept in the assistant principal’s office for the day, parent is contacted.
Student or parent can retrieve cellphone at the end of the day.
Offense noted on Focus with cell phone violation action code chosen.
3rd Offense
Phone will be kept in the assistant principal’s office for the day, parent is contacted.
Warning to student and parent about additional consequences that will happen for non-compliance of cellphone-free environment.
Offense noted on Focus with cell phone violation action code chosen.
Student assigned school detention.
4th Offense
Phone will be kept in the assistant principal’s office for the day.
In-person meeting scheduled with parent.
Offense noted on Focus with cellphone violation action code chosen.
Student assigned lunch detention.
5th Offense
Phone will be kept in the assistant principal’s office for the day, parent is contacted.
Offense noted on Focus with cellphone violation action code chosen.
3 days of ISS assigned.
6th Offense and beyond
Violations of the cellphone policy beyond the fifth offense may result in the assignment of out-of-school suspension
AT TERRACE ELEMENTARY, If cell phones become a pervasive problem in a grade level, the teachers will collect cell phones from students at the beginning of the day and keep them in locked storage until the end of the school day when they will be returned to the student.
2022-2023 Terrace Family Handbook Now Available
Please click on the link below to access the 2022-2023 Terrace Family Handbook.
RISD Guidelines for Elementary Student Dress
Clothes must be worn in a way that private areas are all fully covered. Undergarments, except straps and waistbands, should not be visible. All items listed in the “must wear” and “may wear” categories below must meet this basic principle.
Student must wear (while following the basic principle above):
An opaque top with a sleeve or strap and must cover the stomach, back, and chest area
An opaque bottom, such as pants, jeans or the equivalent of a skirt, sweatpants, joggers, leggings, dress, or shorts
Closed-toe shoes
Students may wear, as long as these items do not violate basic principle above:
Fitted pants, including leggings, yoga pants, and skinny jeans
Ripped jeans as long as underwear and private body parts are not exposed
Athletic shorts and athletic skirts
Religious headwear
Students cannot wear:
Images, language or symbols that depict tobacco products, drugs, drug paraphernalia, alcohol, violence, hate speech, profanity, pornography, gang symbols, or other illegal activities
Images or language that creates a hostile or intimidating environment based on a
protected class or group.
Accessories that could be considered dangerous or could be used as a weapon
VOLUNTEERING AT TERRACE
If you would like to volunteer at Terrace Elementary, you must complete a volunteer background check EVERY new school year. Volunteering could include helping with behavior bashes, attending field trips with your children, working in the library, helping at Field Day, Turkey Trot, or many other activities. We will not allow anyone who has not completed and passed the volunteer background check to volunteer. Please click on the link below to complete the background check. You MUST also watch the very short powerpoint at the end to complete the entire background check. Failure to watch the powerpoint will make your application incomplete and you will not be able to volunteer.
Lunch Visitors will begin the week of October 17th
We will not allow visitors during lunch until after the first 9 weeks of school. This allows our students time to practice our lunchroom expectations, make friends, and practice important social skills.
When lunch visitors begin on October 17, 2022 please adhere to the following procedures to ensure parents enjoy lunch visits with students:
- Arrive 5-10 minutes prior to your child’s lunchtime. It will take some time to get through sign-in at the office, and we want to ensure students are not late getting back to class after lunch.
- To accommodate for limited spacing and to avoid overcrowding, it is expected that the following schedule be adhered to:
- Student with last names A-L: Monday and Wednesday
- Student with last names M-Z: Tuesday and Thursday
- Friday: No Lunch Visitors
- Lunch visitors may only eat lunch with their own students. No friends will be permitted to eat with lunch visitors.
- Parents are responsible for watching their children and any younger siblings. Please be mindful of the people working in the office and keep voice levels down while on the porch.
- For capacity reasons, we ask that each student has lunch visitors no more than one time per week.
- The school requests that each visitor comply with a no cell phone policy while eating lunch with your student to ensure student privacy as well as quality time with your child. Taking pictures and/or video of students other than the lunch visitor’s own child is not permitted.
- Please help your child to follow our Tiger Pride and our cafeteria expectations that we reinforce throughout the building by ensuring that all trash is thrown away and tables are left clean for the next group.
- After lunch, children will go back to class with their teacher. Lunch visitors must sign out in the office and the students will return to class.
- Students will only be allowed to go to lunch during their lunch time. We will not take students out of class to attend lunch with siblings or at a time other than their own lunch period.
Please Label Student Belongings
Please be sure to label all belongings that your children bring to school including coats, sweaters, water bottles, backpacks, lunchboxes, sweatshirts, etc. We have several items in our lost and found that have do not have names on them so they cannot be returned.
All families are asked to join the Terrace PTA. The cost is $10 per person. The Terrace PTA helps to provide programs and events for our students and teachers such as our annual Terrace Kickball Game, field trip buses, Donuts with Grown Ups, teacher appreciation events, behavior bashes, STAAR snacks, field day, Turkey Trot, choir and musical performances, and so much more. Our goal is to reach over 500 PTA members this year. Please help us reach our goal by joining today!
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