Rosemount Elementary
Independent School District 196
February 2012
Leprechaun Ledger
——————–“Educating our students to reach their full potential”———————
FEBRUARY DATES:
Greetings, Rosemount Elementary Families!
Recently, a parent asked me what we do at school during Staff Development Days. Do we clean our classrooms? Correct papers?
Drink coffee and discuss our weekend plans? NO!
February 2nd~ Music Programs:
1st Grade-6:30-7:00 pm.
3rd Grade-7:30-8:00 pm.
February 6th~ PTO Meeting, 6-7:30 pm.
February 8th~ No School, for half day
Kindergarten only.
~ Conferences and Book Fair,
4:00-8:00 pm.
February 9th~ Conferences and Book Fair,
8:00 am-8:00 pm.
~ NO SCHOOL
February 10th~ NO SCHOOL
February 13th~ Box Top Blitz Competition
Starts.
February 16th~ Family Fun Night,
5:30-7:30 pm.
February 17th~ Box Top Blitz Ends.
~ Favorite Book Day.
February 20th~ NO SCHOOL, President’s
Day.
February 21st~ Spring Picture Day.
February 22nd~ Wendy’s Night, 5-8:00 pm
February 27th~ After School Classes Start.
February 29th~ Kindergarten Registration,
8:00 am-6:00 pm.
March 1st ~ Kindergarten Registration,
4:00-8:00 pm.
In every profession, employees must have time to collaborate in
order to be as effective as possible. Consider this example. During
a construction project, many people work as a team. The team
might include architects, engineers, electricians, painters, and construction workers. In order to complete their project well and on
time, the team needs opportunity for frequent communication. They
work together to agree upon their common objective, establish timelines, monitor progress, and solve problems.
The same is true for teachers. We cannot do our work well in isolation. A report published by the National Commission on Teaching
and America’s Future (2009) stated the following:
Quality teaching is not an individual accomplishment, it is
the result of a collaborative culture that empowers teachers to team
up to improve student learning beyond what any of them can
achieve alone. The idea that a single teacher, working alone, can
meet the diverse needs of every child every day throughout the
school year has rarely worked, and it certainly won’t meet the needs
of learners in years to come.
Staff Development Days are critical for teachers, and in turn for
students. We use this time to work together towards our common
goal – high levels of achievement for all children. The Rosemount
staff is a positive and professional community. As we collaborate,
we focus on four questions:
What exactly do we expect students to learn?
How will we know if they are learning it?
How will we respond if a student experiences difficulty or does not
learn?
How will we respond when students have already mastered the outcome(s)?
We did drink coffee on January 27th, but we also discussed our reading curriculum and key standards for learning at each grade level.
Teachers worked together to plan math lessons and prepare learning
activities for your child.
Who is our most important team member? You! Thank you for
supporting your child’s education. I look forward to seeing you at
conferences on February 8th and 9th.
Respectfully,
Tom
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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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I would like to thank all of the
parents that continue to help
RES through the PTO and
PTO activities. Activities like
Family Fun Night cannot be a
success with out the dedication of all the
parents that coordinate and volunteer.
Reminder that the next PTO meeting is
on Monday, February 6th @ 6pm. Julie
Olson, Director of Elementary Education,
is going to present information about the
proposed calendar change for next year.
I hope you can attend, and if you would
like additional information,
don't hesitate to email me (Neil Buesing)
at president@REpto.org.
Conferences & Book Fair
Wednesday, February 8th,
4:00-8:00 pm.
and
Thursday, February 9th,
8:00 am-8:00 pm.
The Rosemount Double Dutch
Club will be performing in
Macy’s Court at the Mall of
America on Saturday, February
4th at 3:30 p.m. Parents, you are
invited to bring your child/
children out to show support for these boys
and girls from RES and RMS and to see
skills that are practiced in after-school rope
jumping classes.
Volunteer
The planning for this year’s Family Corner
Fun Night is underway so I’d like
to recognize the RES parents who
have stepped up to organize this big event:
Becky Pasch, Kim Beslin, Jen Vetter, Sara Gnan,
Kristina Horner, Cori Young, Nikole Kestner, Stacy Ross, Nancy Asmus, Shannon Hjelmstad and
Nikki Babcock.
Please plan to attend the Family Fun Night on
February 16th from 5:30 – 7:30pm. There will be
pizza, games, Scholastic Book Fair, Obstacle
course and much more.
Volunteers are still needed so return the Volunteer Form located on the last page of the Family
Fun Night packet or go online to the Rosemount
Elementary website, under Involvement & Volunteer Opportunities. You can also go directly to
http://www.district196.org/registration/re/
index.cfm . Shifts are for ½ hour and instructions
are given at each game and activity.
In addition, my time as Volunteer Coordinator
will end this June. Thus, the PTO is looking for a
parent willing to serve in this position starting in
September 2012.
If you are interested in this position, please contact me and I’ll answer any questions.
Thanks to all the volunteers at Rosemount Elementary!
Patty Grunklee, Volunteer Coordinator,
RESVolunteer@gmail.com
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 (651-423-7690) and we will relay your message to the appropriate person.
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Box Top Update
It's Box Top Blitz Time! We will be having a one week contest February 13 to
February 17. So go through the cabinets, ask your friends and family and
let's see how many we can collect! The
amount collected will be added to the
classes Spring Competition numbers.
We are doing this blitz to get more
turned in before the cut off to receive
payment this year. Did you know that
there is an app for that? Grow Local
Learning has an app for your phone
that lets you enter in bonus codes and
find out ways to earn more points at
your favorite stores! You can also see
our school's earnings and get recipes!
Happy Clipping!
Becky Pasch and Maggie Riley
Our first check this year!
11/01/2011
Pay to the
Order of Rosemount Elementary $3,151.82
Three thousand one hundred fifty one & 82/100
(General Mills)
KINDERGARTEN
REGISTRATION
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29th,
8:00 am-6:00 pm.
THURSDAY, MARCH 1st,
4:00 pm-8:00 pm.
Rosemount Elementary School
February is
“I Love to Read”
month.
Love to
Read
During this month
Month
we encourage the
children to read
more at home and
at school. Students will receive pink
sheets to keep track of minutes read in
February. When they have read the required minutes they will receive a heart
to put on the wall in the Media Center
Hallway.
Classrooms will decorate their doors as
book covers that you can view on February 16th during Family Fun Night.
We are also asking for used books to be
donated to the library- so we can have a
Used Book Sale on February 22nd and
23rd. If you have books you want to donate please send them to the library or
the office.
Thank you!
Please celebrate “I Love to Read” month
by reading more with your child.
Scholastic Book Fair News Remember to stop by the gym during conferences or the media hallway during Family Fun
Night to check out the latest books. We will
have a wide variety of books that will be great
for all readers. 65% of what is sold will come
back to us as free books for the students. Did
you know we use the proceeds of this for the
Birthday Books that Mr. Idstrom gives out to
the kids? This is a great way for us to encourage our kids to read.
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