Rosemount Elementary
January 2011
Independent School District 196
Leprechaun Ledger
——————–“Educating our students to reach their full potential”———————
IMPORTANT DATES:
Defining Bullying Behaviors
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At Rosemount Elementary School we expect all students
to be respectful to one another, and to work and play
safely. A safe and orderly school contributes to a positive learning environment.
January 3rd~SCHOOL RESUMES
January 4th~RES Inventor’s Fair
~PTO Meeting, 6:00 pm.
~Human Growth & Development Curriculum meeting for
4th & 5th grade Parents,
7:00 pm.
January 5th~RES Inventor’s Fair
January 6th~RES Inventor’s Fair
January 12th~Student Council,
8:50am.
January 13th~Patrol’s to Skateville,
bus leaves RES at 5:15 pm &
returns at 8:25 pm.
January 15th~District Inventor’s Fair,
Eagan High School
January 17th~NO SCHOOL, Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day
January 24th~After School Classes
start
January 26th~Wendy’s Night, 5:008:00 pm.
January 28th~NO SCHOOL,
Staff Development
In some of our classes we use a curriculum called Steps
to Respect to help us recognize bullying, and steps to
stop the behavior. Bullying is unfair and one-sided. It
happens when someone keeps hurting, frightening,
threatening, or leaving someone out on purpose.
Bullying may consist of hitting, teasing, taunting,
spreading rumors and gossip, stealing, or excluding
someone from a group. It is carried out with the intent
to harm someone. Bullying is often a repeated activity.
However, bullying may also occur as a one-time event.
Bullying always involves a power imbalance. The person
bullying has more power due to such factors as age,
size, strength, support of friends, or access to resources (such as toys and other belongings), and uses
this power in a deliberately hurtful way.
Bullying isn’t just a “part of growing up” – it is a form of
harassment that can have serious consequences. All
forms of bullying are detrimental to a child’s selfconfidence, but bullying behaviors such as put-downs,
teasing, name-calling and threats can escalate to violence.
Bullying is harmful to both the person being bullied and
the bully. If parents, children, schools and community
members work together, we can find solutions to bullying and harassment.
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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Our next meeting is scheduled
for Tuesday January 4th at
6pm in the Media Center. Daycare will be provided. Join us
as we discuss upcoming
events including the planning of Family Fun
Night in February!
Wishing you and your families a safe and
peaceful holiday season!
Sabrina Powers
Rosemount Elementary 2010-2011
PTO President
612 919-1628
tsjpowers@charter.net
AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES
Monday, January 24th
through
Thursday, March 17th
Skip Dates: Monday, Tuesday, &
Wednesday, February 7, 8, & 9.
Bus Transportation home is available on
Mondays and Tuesdays only.
Classes are from 3:50-4:50 pm.
Box Top Update
Keep saving those tops – Next collection
drive is the week of Feb. 14th – 18th!!!! We
will be having a week long sprint to see how
many we can collect. The cut off to receive
payment this school year is March 1st so we
are trying to see how many more we can get
turned in. So far this year we have received
$ 4,000.00 from the program. During the
last competition a group of volunteers meet
every week to trim and count all the tops. A
HUGE Thank You to them all!!!! Because
we pay to ship them to General Mills we try
to trim them down to save on postage. When
trimming just make sure the expiration date
is visible.
Thank you. Becky Pasch & Tammy Buckley,
Box Top
Co-Chairs
Please pick up your children promptly at
4:50 pm.
Have a wonderful and relaxing
break. It’s great to be a kid at
this time of the year so enjoy
these moments since they grow
up so fast!
Volunteer
Corner
I would like to say thanks to all the volunteers
who helped with classroom parties. Thanks also to families who donated items to the Armful of Love food drive. Please look for notices
next year to help with Family Fun Night. It’s
in February, but planning will start in January
2011.
Have fun in the snow!
Patty Grunklee
RES Volunteer Coordinator
RESVolunteer@gmail.com, 651-423-7215
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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RES 2011 Inventors Fair
Nutrition News Flash
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 15th. Students from
grades 4 and 5 were 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!
We will celebrate Local Lunch Day on
January 26 with Minnesota corn muffins made by Pillsbury/General Mills in
Chaska, Minnesota. Mel-O Clover Honey from Cannon
Falls will also be served at lunch that day. (Speaking of honey, did you know that honey is not only used as a sweetener
but also for medicinal purposes--for example to soothe sore
throats?)
KINDERGARTEN PLUS
The kernels of corn that you eat are really seeds, and corn
can be yellow, white, blue or red. An ear of corn contains
from 200 to 400 grains and is from six to 10 inches in length.
Corn is versatile and can be processed into many other products. Cornmeal is nixtamaled. This is a process developed
by the Aztec and Mayan cultures to preserve and fortify their
corn.
Native Americans were using ground corn for cooking long
before European explorers arrived in the New World. Southern Native American culture is the “cornerstone” of Southern
cuisine. From their culture came one of the main staples of
the Southern diet: corn (maize) - either ground into meal or
made into hominy, also called masa.
2011-12 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 2011-12 Kindergarten Plus program random drawing, your completed Kindergarten Plus application and $170 deposit is
due by 4pm on Friday, January 21.
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 March 2nd or 3rd.
Cornbread is a “common” bread in American cuisine. It
was a staple during the American Civil War because cornmeal was cheap and very versatile. Today, cornbread is a
popular soul food enjoyed by many people for its texture and
scent. It can be baked, fried or steamed and is known by
many names such as corn muffins, corn pones, johnnycakes
and hushpuppies.
The taste of cornbread can vary between northern and southern states because different types of corn meal are used with
differing amounts of sugar and eggs.
Another delicious cornmeal preparation is shared by Italians
and people from the American south. Polenta (Italian) and
grits (southern) are made from corn meal and have the consistency of mashed potatoes.
For more information contact:
Melinda Ullrich, K Plus Secretary
651-423-7933
k-plus@district196.org
Save time and apply online for 2011-12 Kindergarten
Plus.
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