RMS Staff Wildcat Weekly
Staff Newsletter 10.14.19
Weekly Shout Out
PLC Meeting: PRIDE Collaboration
- Click here for Student of the Month Nomination Form. Please nominate 2 students for Integrity.
- Click here for Attendance/Grade Information by PRIDE.
- Click here for PLC schedule.
New Staff Devices
New staff devices are FINALLY on their way, after months and months of Mrs. Westphal saying so. Once your staff laptop has been replaced with a new one, you will not have access to any files stored on the hard drive of your old laptop. Please make sure all files from your staff laptop are uploaded to your Google Drive. Office staff, this applies to you, too! Your desktop will be replaced, taking with it all your files. Please ensure that all files in your local or personal drive have been uploaded to your Google Drive or the K: drive. Deadline is December 2.
Training THIS Tuesday, October 15th
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH!
It’s time to nominate our colleagues for September Employee of the Month! CLICK HERE to submit your nomination! We will be presenting our trophy to our September Employee of the Month at our staff meeting on Mon, 10/21.
WEEKLY NEWS
NEW STUDENT PROCEDURES: When new students come to RMS, our counselors have a big job getting them set up. The kids complete a new student "inventory," counselors get them a buddy to take them to lunch, and create their class schedule. We then have the students complete their iReady testing, which takes close to a week. In order to minimize the impact on their academic classes, admin will be pulling students from their elective/PE classes for the first week to have them complete the iReady test in the library. We hope this will help the kids get settled faster.
Wildcats, the “Wildcats Got Talent Show” is coming up on November 21st. Invite your family and friends to come watch. Signup sheets are in the office or CLICK HERE for the sign up sheet. The deadline to sign up is October 25th.
Staff are encouraged to participate!!! Help us make this a school whose community event and get involved!
WE NEED PICTURES! Parents love to see what is happening at school with their kids. Please share pictures or information that you want to share with me, or please call me and I will take pictures of the exciting activities in your class. We want to increase communication with our Wildcat families about our amazing school and how great our programs and events are.
Thank you to all of you who paid dues to the Social Committee. These dues help us pay for all sorts of fun activities such as Staff Meetings, Harvest Lunch, on-site and off-site Holiday shenanigans, End-of-Year Extravaganza and much more!!
16th Annual Festival of the Arts is this Saturday! October 19!
Here is a link to the schedule for the event. (EVENT SCHEDULE) Here is a link to the flyers or the event (English Flyer)(Spanish Flyer).
"Reading comprehension is an important skill throughout all grade levels, and students who struggle to comprehend texts may disengage from learning. Engaging instructional practices allow students to form a connection with the content."
This helpful article shares some great ideas for supporting reading in all content areas! Please check it out!
Band/Choir Fundraiser
It's Christmas in October! Our annual Poinsettia Fundraiser begins October 1st. All proceeds will benefit our award winning Band and Choir programs. Order from your favorite choir or band student or fill out an order form and turn in to the front office. Flowers are delivered the first week of December. Forms available in the front office and linked HERE
Red Ribbon Week
We will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week from October 21st-25th. This year’s theme is “Send A Message. Stay Drug Free.” We will have a door decorating contest on Friday, Oct 25th. You may enter with your 8th period class. Winners get an ice cream party!
The dress up days for the week are:
Monday : Pajama Day- “Wake Up Drug Free”
Tuesday : Sports Day - “Kick it before it kicks you”
Wednesday : College Day - “Don’t let drugs hurt your future”
Thursday : Superhero Day - “You don’t need drugs to be a hero”
Friday : Wear Red Day - “Red Ribbon Week”
PTA Updates
Monday October 14th 3:15 PTA meeting. Room I-1. Everyone is welcome!
You are invited to “Dine-Out For the Arts” a PTA Fundraiser at Wendy’s on Plaza Drive next Thursday the 17th from 3:30-9:30pm. Please come out and support our PTA Program. Flyer linked HERE.
RMS PE STUD CLUB!
RMS PE has started something really cool this year called the Stud Club. Students must complete an entry challenge followed by 10 challenges ranging from running 12 laps without stopping to climbing the pole to 25 burpees in 1 minute to become a member. We had our first student complete all the challenges!
Congratulations to Hunter Gammell on becoming the first official member of Roosevelt PE's Stud Club. Hunter completed his final challenge on Friday, October 11th. He described his journey as "beast mode". Way to go Hunter!