Independent School District 196
Rosemount Elementary School
March 2014 Newsletter
RESBYTHENUMBERS
Can you match the following?
(Answers on page 3)
MARCHDATES:
March 3, Spring Picture Day.
March 3-7, Box Tops Collection Week.
March 4, PTO Meeting, 6:30 pm.
March 9, Daylight Savings Time Starts.
March 10, Family Open Gym for 4th & 5th
grades, 6:30-8:00 pm.
March 12, Student Council Mtg., 8:45 am.
March 13, Silent Auction & Art Show, 5:308:00 pm.
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March 17, Student Council
“Irish Pride” Day!
March 20, 1st Grade Music Program, 6:30 pm.
3rd Grade Music Program, 7:30 pm.
March 21, Report Cards go home.
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Number of students at RES
Number of daily buses
Average hot lunches served per day
Total full and part time staff
Days of school so far this year
Number of full day K sections next year
Total number of computers
Next PTO meeting is March
Year our school was built in 19
Average class size (K-5)
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Most important number:
1– Your child -- who comes to RES to learn
and be a member of this terri=ic school community.
Thanks for your partnership in learning,
Tom
March 24-28, NO SCHOOL, Spring Break.
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District 196 does not engage in unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, disability, status with regard
to public assistance, sexual orientation or age. The School District Attorney, 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount, MN 55068, (651) 423-7883, has been designated to respond to inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies, including inquiries under Title IX.
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Hello parents!
March is a busy month
for the PTO as we are
nearing the end of this
school year and must
begin planning for next
year already. PTO posi ons will be voted on in
April for the next school year, so please a"end
our next PTO mee ng on March 4th at 6:30pm
in the RES Library if you are interested in learning more. Posi on descrip ons will be available
and we welcome your ques ons and involvement. Your involvement in PTO ac vi es is
cri cal if we are to con nue to offer strong educa onal support and fun events for RES students, families, teachers and staff throughout
the year. Please consider joining our team of
parents! Your interest and involvement will
make a difference in your child’s experience at
RES! Have a GREAT spring break!
Becky Pasch, REPTO President
VOLUNTEER CORNER...
It is bittersweet for me to announce that I
will be leaving my position as the REPTO
Volunteer Coordinator after the end of the
school year, as our family is moving out of
state. This has been such a fantastic opportunity for me the past two years to get to
know so many students, staff and parents. I
have loved being the Volunteer Coordinator
and will miss it dearly. The REPTO will be
looking for a new Volunteer Coordinator,
with hopes that someone will step up and
can work with me for the remainder of the
school year to learn about the job. Please
contact me if you are interested or have
questions.
Annie Miga, volunteer@repto.org
MUSIC PROGRAMS
THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH
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1ST GRADE:
6:30 P,M.
“Songs of Spring”
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3RD GRADE:
7:30 P.M.
“Songs From
Around the World”
Family Open Gym Night!
Open Gym for 4th & 5th
grade will be Monday,
March 10th, 6:30-8:00PM.
Come hang out and play with us! Bring
your parents too! This is for 4th & 5th
graders only.
Open Gym nights will be held for all grades
at different mes throughout the year.
(Please make other arrangements for children not in the specified grades.)
Use of e-mail at Rosemount Elementary School:
We value effective communication at our school. The use of e-mail has increased over the last few years. Most of our staff members do not have
their e-mail accounts open during the school day while they are working with students. As stated in our handbook: The staff at RES have an agreement to reply to e-mails within two school days. If your need to communicate with a staff member is urgent, please call the school office (651-4237690) and we will relay your message to the appropriate person.
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Jump Rope for Heart
Again this year in Physical Education class, Ms. Engebretson is
coordinating a “Jump Rope For Heart” event
sponsored by the American Heart Association.
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Classes will participate on March 17th and
18th.
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Permission slips and parent volunteers are
not needed since JRFH will take place
during Physical Education and Music.
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Students have been encouraged to make a
donation from their own money and/or
earn donations by doing chores for you.
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Students have been told to get parent
permission if they want to seek donations from family, friends and/or
neighbors.
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Collection envelopes may be turned in on
the day of the event or before.
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Please convert cash to a check payable
to the American Heart Association.
Students are encouraged to wear Rosemount
Irish clothing to JRFH.
THANK YOU.
Answers to Mr. Idstrom’s article on the front
page:
1. E
2. D
3. G
4. A
5. F
6. B
7. H
8. J
9. C
10. I
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SPRING INTO ART:
Silent Auction &
Art Show
Mark your calendars! March 13 will be a night to remember. REPTO's first art show combined with our annual
Silent Auction.
Join us to:
• bid on great items generously donated by local
businesses.
● snack on popcorn while strolling around looking at
beautiful art work created by our talented RES
students in art class.
● bid on collaborative pieces of art that RES students
have created.
● learn about the art the students have been viewing in
Art Adventure.
● join your child(ren) in creating some fun arts and
crafts.
● participate in fun photo opportunities.
• purchase raffle tickets ($0.25 each) for a chance to
win fun prizes from RES teachers and staff.
All proceeds from the Silent Auction will help to fund a
mobile computer lab for the school.
To find out more about the great technology REPTO is
funding, join us on March 13th.
AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED
Do you own or manage a business? If so, please consider donating to our Silent Auction.
Please contact Runa Mullin for more information.
Questions about Spring Into Art?
Contact Runa Mullin (runa.mullin@gmail.com) or
Nancy Asmus (nancyasmus@gmail.com).
Fourth Grade Students Interested in Band...
Mrs. Hoff has =inished instrument testing!
Don't forget to turn in your instrument selection
form in the basket in your classroom by March
14. The summer band interest forms are also
due at the same time.
Contact Mrs. Hoff with any questions:
Michelle.hoff@district196.org
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NEXT BOX TOP
COMPETITION
WEEK
MARCH 3 - 7, 2014
We s ll need 32,668 Box Tops to reach
our 90,000 goal so please keep clipping!
Congratula ons February
Box Top Winners:
1st place: Sewpersaud/Ackerman’s class
2nd place: Ringaman’s class
3rd place: Gonsioroski’s class
We want your images…
Did you take pictures at a school event or field
trip?
To submit photos to the yearbook team, go to
community.lifetouch.com and register with the
access code JXGJHZ.
Once registered you will receive an email from
Lifetouch with an activation link. You must click
on the activation link before you can log into the
Lifetouch Community Image Upload site.
TIPS: Upload 5 images at a time, 10MB or smaller. Enter a description for each image so the
yearbook staff can easily identify what is happening.
Did you order your yearbook Yet?
The Yearbook Order deadline is FAST approaching!
To order your yearbook online go to:
ybpay.lifetouch.com
Yearbook ID code: 2236214
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RES Art Update
We hope you enjoyed
visiting the Robert
Trail Library to view
the Rosemount Elementary School
show. It featured
drawings, paintings,
and photos of our clay sculptures by Kindergarteners through Fifth Graders. The end of
February also signals the close of our RES
Library show, so kids will be bringing that
work home soon. I am so proud of all our students!
The next exciting art event is in March! Students are studying Non-Objective Art. We are
creating expressive designs rather than pictures of familiar objects. We have teamed up
with our PTO to create giant collages that will
be a part of the Silent Auction held to raise
money for our school! These young artists
feel so grown up and professional to be making this contribution. Thanks to the PTO for
their support of the arts! This event also includes an art show, so don’t miss it!
Art projects featuring recycled items will be
coming up soon. If you have empty cereal or
cracker boxes, the art department would appreciate students bringing those in during
March. Thanks in advance for saving some
trees! We will also be learning the math behind human proportions by doing selfportraits.
Students are steadily strengthening their art
skills, and every day I enjoy working with
them more! : )
Nancy Alexander
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Outdoor Classroom…We DIG learning!
Spring really is just around the corner, although that’s hard to believe after this last snowfall!
We are busy getting a fabulous spring lineup of family fun in the gardens. We’re always looking
for more committee members, so don’t be shy! If you’d like to be involved please email Jaime
Riehle at 4riehles@gmail.com.
Mark your calendars for the following events and fundraising opportunities. More details for all
will be coming in the Friday Folders as the dates draw nearer. All proceeds earned will help to
build our outdoor classroom for our students and teachers to enjoy for years to come.
● In-kind donations- we are in need of various products and services to get our Outdoor
Classroom started this spring. We will be sharing the design in a future flier so stay tuned! If you
have connections to acquire any of the following products and/or services, please contact
Jaime Riehle immediately:
○ Gardening tools (wheelbarrows, hoses, pruners, shovels, rakes)
○ Sprinkler System
○ Grading and bobcat
○ Black dirt (lots!)
○ Cedar Mulch
○ Stained/stamped cement
○ Boulders or no maintenance decking for seating area.
○ Plant material
○ Fertilizer and weed prevention
○ Lighting system
○ Storage shed
● NEW! Shamrock Stepping Stones-We’ll be selling shamrock shaped stepping stones
to our RES families to raise money to build our outdoor classroom. You can design
yours with your family or have our committee do one for you. The stepping stones will
be incorporated into the gardens creating walking paths for the students to explore the
different areas. You can see a sample of these at the Art Show and Silent Auction on
March 13th. Your family can be a part of RES history!
● Annual Gift Card Sale-We’ll be selling Pahl’s and Gertens gift cards in late April and
early May. Don’t forget about Mother’s Day gifts!
● NEW! Plant Sale-We’ll be pre-selling plants from Pahl’s and Gertens in April and pick up
will be May 16th and 17th.
● Annual Spring Cleanup Day-May 3rd from 9 a.m. to Noon. Please come and help us
beautify our gardens around the school. We’ll also have special project for the kids to
enjoy and bring home with them.
● NEW! Shopping with Pahl’s program-We will receive a % of total sales when you
mention you’re with RES the last three weeks of May at the register.
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