Rosemount Elementary
January 2012
Independent School District 196
Leprechaun Ledger
——————–“Educating our students to reach their full potential”———————
We want to wish all of our students and
families:
RES BY THE NUMBERS
Can you match the following?
(Answers on page 3)
JANUARY 2012 DATES:
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January 3rd~SCHOOL RESUMES
January 4th~RES Inventor’s Fair
January 5th~RES Inventor’s Fair
~PTO Meeting, 6:00 pm.
January 11th~Student Council,
8:50am.
January 12th~Patrol’s to Skateville,
bus leaves RES at 5:15 pm &
returns at 8:25 pm.
January 14th~District Inventor’s Fair,
Eagan High School
January 16th~NO SCHOOL, Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day
January 25th~Wendy’s Night, 5:008:00 pm.
January 26th~Last Day of After School
Classes
January 27th~NO SCHOOL,
Staff Development
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Number of students
Number of daily buses
Average hot lunches served per day
Total full and part time staff
Days of school so far this year
% of 5th graders proficient on MCA test in 2011
Total number of computers
Next PTO meeting is January
Year our school was built
Average class size (K-5)
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
92
88
1961
10
645
70
451
188
23
5
Most important number:
#1 – Your child -- who comes to RES to learn and be a
member of this terrific school community.
Thanks for your partnership in learning,
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.
Rosemount Elementary School
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The PTO has new
officers; Sarah Rothstein
and Katie Herzog are the
new co-treasurers
and Becky Pasch is the Presidentelect. All three of them have been actively involved at the school and I want to
thank them for all the hard work they
have done and will continue to do for
RES.
If you have yet to attend a PTO meeting,
I strongly recommend you join us on
Thursday, January 5th @ 6:00 p.m. for
our next meeting and see the time and
effort parents are providing to RES.
Come and help shape the future of our
PTO sponsored activities at our school.
Neil Buesing
Rosemount Elementary 2011-2012
PTO President
Thanksonceagaintoallthe
volunteerswhohelpedthis Volunteer
month.Thankstoallwho
Corner
donatedfoodduringthe
FoodforFamilies/Armfulof
Love
campaign.Thankstoalltheparentswho
helpedwithieldtripsandHolidayparties.
Iamstilllookingforafewparentstohelp
organizetheeventsforFamilyFunNighton
February16,2012.Lastyear,therewas
pizza,bingo,asilentauctionandcarnival
games.Pleaseconsiderstartinginearly
January2012toplanthisfun-illedevening
fortheRESstudentsandtheirfamilies.
MayeveryonehaveawonderfulWinter
Break!Hopefully,you’llhavefuntimes
withfamilyandfriendsandspendsome
timerelaxing!
PattyGrunklee,VolunteerCoordinator,
RESVolunteer@gmail.com
Notice to Parents
Come one, come all…
to the Rosemount Double
Dutch Club
demonstration at the
Mall of America!
Saturday, February 4, 2012
See skills students learn in after school
rope jumping classes.
Performance time will be in the next
Leprechaun Ledger.
Under the Federal No Child Left Behind law, parents have the right to
ask for certain information about their child’s classroom teachers,
and requires the district to give parents this information in a timely
manner if they ask for it. Specifically, parents have the right to ask
for the following information about each of their child’s classroom
teachers:
Whether the Department of Education has licensed or qualified
the teacher for the grades and subjects he or she teaches.
Whether the Department has decided that the teacher can
teach in a classroom without being licensed or qualified under state regulations because of special circumstances.
The teacher’s college major; whether the teacher has any advanced degrees and, if so, the subject of the degrees.
If you would like to receive any of this information, please call Tom
Pederstuen, Director of Human Resources at 651-423-7859.
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.
Rosemount Elementary School
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RES 2012 Inventors Fair
During the week of January 3rd inventions will be on display in the
library. New ideas or improvements
for a wide assortment of problems
will be on display. Many of these
inventions and their inventors are using the RES
Inventors Fair as a stepping-stone for the District
Inventors Fair on January 14th. Students from
grades 4 and 5 are able to participate. The school
fair is a way for these students to display their ideas in a non-competitive manner, and get feedback
from teachers so they can make improvements, if
they choose to participate in the Districts Inventors
Fair. Most importantly it is a showcase for some of
our fabulous kids with great ideas, dedication, and
courage. Out of 250 students from our school who
could have come up with an invention only these
students persevered to the end. Throughout the
process some students have run into obstacles and
dropped out of the fair, they did not. This is what
we celebrate!
KINDERGARTEN PLUS
2012-13 Registration Information
Kindergarten Plus is an optional, fee-based, extended
day program that complements traditional (half-day,
free) kindergarten. The program is a collaboration between Elementary Education, which oversees the morning kindergarten program, and Community Education,
which administers the afternoon Kindergarten Plus program. Morning and afternoon sessions are taught by the
same licensed kindergarten teacher, resulting in a cohesive, all-day experience for students.
For your child to be eligible for the initial 2012-13 Kindergarten Plus program random drawing, your completed Kindergarten Plus application and $170 deposit is
due by 4pm on Friday, January 20th.
Please note: Applying for the Kindergarten Plus program
does not replace registration for kindergarten at Rosemount Elementary. You will also need to register your
child here at RES on February 29th or March 1st.
For more information contact:
Melinda Ullrich, K Plus Secretary
651-423-7933
k-plus@district196.org
CongratulationstoAnoushkaSunkum
forwinningtheFifthGradeNational
GeographicGeographyBee.Fourteen
ifthgradestudentsadvancedtothe
RESSchoolGeographyBeewhichwill
beheldonJanuary4th,2:30-3:30inthe
schoolcafeteria.Congratulationstoall
whoqualiiedandgoodluckinthe
competition!
RES by the Numbers
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Answers:
1. E
2. D
3. G
4. 1
5. F
6. B
7. H
8. J
9. C
10. I
Save time and apply online for 2012-13 Kindergarten
Plus.
Rosemount Elementary School
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