Rice Middle School eNews
Thursday, November 15, 2018
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Upcoming Rice Events!
Here are the events for the next two weeks! Feel free to come out and support our Rice Ravens!
Thursday, November 15
7th Grade Girls Basketball vs Hendrick -- Rice Gym 6:00/7:00
8th Grade Boys Basketball @ Hendrick -- Hendrick Gym 6:00/7:00
Saturday, November 17
FTC Robotics Competition -- Rice Middle School
Thanksgiving Break 11/19 - 11/23
PTA News
A. Time to Sign up for a PTA Membership
While you’re in Membership Toolkit, sign up for your 2018-19 Rice PTA membership. Families need to renew each July 1 for the coming school year. Signing up for PTA doesn’t mean you have to volunteer, although we appreciate those who do.
Why join PTA? Since we don’t hold traditional fund raisers at Rice, our membership dollars are key to supporting all the wonderful activities and services offered each year. Membership dollars help fund classroom wish list items, student programs, teacher conference registrations, parent education programs, teacher appreciation luncheons and special amenities throughout the building.
This year, we would like to see 100% parent participation in membership. This may be a lofty goal, but everyone can benefit from being a PTA member. Sign up at http://ricepta.org.
B. Complete your Volunteer Application Now
Rice Middle School PTA new and returning volunteers for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year must complete an online volunteer application through PISD to be eligible to volunteer. Get a head-start and submit your application today at https://www.pisd.edu/volunteer.
You can also select the Rice opportunities that you are interested in volunteering for through our Rice PTA Membership Toolkit athttps://ricemspta.membershiptoolkit.com/home - just log in and click on the "Volunteering At Rice 2018-19" form to submit your preferences.
Contact volunteers@ricepta.org with questions. Thank you in advance for your service to the students and staff at Rice!
C. Please Continue to Send in Your Box Tops
Hello, Parents, We would like to thank the families who have contributed to the Box Tops fundraiser. With your help, we are expecting to raise money just like previous school years. Thank you!
For this year our target is $500. Please continue to support our school by sending in your Box Tops! It's easy: just tear or cut off the Box Tops logo from your grocery item boxes and have your child bring them to the front desk of the school where a container is there to collect them.
Please like the Rice PTA Facebook page to stay informed about PTA activities!
First Tech Challenge!
This Saturday, November 19th, for the first time in school history, First Tech Challenge https://www.firstinspires.org/ will hold a regional qualifier robotics competition at Rice Middle School. Come support Rice’s very own FTC team, Ravenclaw Robotics, as they battle against other local teams for a chance advance to the next level of competition. For more information on the event, see the attached flyer.
High School Registration News!
All 8th grader students and their parents are invited to attend information meetings at the Academy High Schools. The dates for the meetings are below and a link is provided for more information about each Academy and the meetings.
Here are some important reminders as you start exploring options for 9th grade:
- All students are welcome to apply for an Academy.
- You DO NOT have to apply for an Academy. Rice students automatically go to Jasper (unless you are at Rice on a transfer)
- Placement in each Academy is based on a lottery system.
- DO NOT apply for more than one Academy.
- Each Academy is unique and students should only consider an Academy if they truly want to be a part of the learning environment that is provided.
- Academy applications should only be filled out if a student is aware of the application and wants to attend the Academy (parents, you will not be the ones attending school and doing the work).
- Academy applications are a personal choice and counselors cannot tell you where to apply.
- Academy placements are a privilege. If you apply for and are accepted into an Academy you do not plan on attending, you are taking away a seat from a student that wanted to attend.
- Please choose wisely….and refer to #1-#8 above!
IB World School (6:30 p.m. at three locations)
- November 15 - location: Plano East Senior High Theatre · 3000 Los Rios Blvd · Plano, TX 75074
Important Information from Nurse Yang
Flu Season Is Fast Approaching!
To learn more about seasonal influeza, please click on the link below:
https://www.pisd.edu/cms/lib/TX02215173/Centricity/Domain/233/Influenza2014-2018A.pdf
Guidelines for Exclusion due to Communicable Disease
Communicable Diseases – Exclusion from school for health reasons
Jasper Jazz: Grub Burger Fundraiser!
Turkey, Turkey, Turkey, BURGER! By Monday you will have had your fill of turkey and be exhausted from the activities of the holidays! So plan to go to the Grub Burger Bar on Monday, November 26th. Grub Burger Bar located at 8255 Preston Road, is generously donating 20% of the proceeds to the Jasper Jazz Drill team. Stop by from 11am till close to wind down from the holidays and enjoy a meal. Please mention Jasper Jazz for a percentage of sales donated to the Drill team. Print the attached flyer to remind you that relief from cooking is on the way!
Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!
Help Support the Lady Wolves!
The Lady Wolves Soccer Season is about to begin and the team is opening the Store on their webpage ) for one last order of their famous Sherpa Pullover. Sales through SUNDAY, November 18 ONLY!
Get one while you can as this will probably be the last order for the year. They are WARM for those cold soccer games or holiday outings! Limited sizes of other spirit items are shown in the online store, but payment by cash or check (made payable to The Goal Den) for these items must be made at time of delivery.
Please email Liz Lemaster, spiritwear@planowestladywolvessoccer.com, to check sizes and reserve yours if there is something you would like to purchase. General donations to support the Lady Wolves Soccer Team in their upcoming season may be made through their webpage at www.planowestladywolvessoccer.com. Go Wolfpack!
We will deliver to any campus during the first week of December.
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