Rosemount Elementary
October 2007
Independent School District 196
Leprechaun Ledger
——————–“Educating our students to reach their full potential”———————
OUR MONTHLY CALENDAR
Is new and improved, and easier to read...
Now located on the back page of each newsletter.
Our Fall Innisbrook Fundraiser has
come to a close. I would like to thank
all of the parents, students, and
teachers for all of your hard work!
Everyone did a great job!
THANK YOU! I would also like to remind everyone
that pick up for the fundraiser will be
Thursday, November 1st from 3:30-7:30 pm.
THANK YOU also to the following volunteers for
ALL of your help in counting money and getting orders ready to send in for the fall fundraiser:
Amy Dwyer, Patti Jergerian, Kathy Mann,
Laurie Johnson, Barbara Hester, Sandi Hibbard,
and Karen Brown Hepp.
THANK YOU EVERYONE
FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP !
THE FUNDRAISER WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE
IF WE DIDN’T HAVE SUCH
GREAT PARENTS HELPING US.
Our next PTO Meeting will be on
October 2, 2007
from 6:00-7:30 pm.
Everyone is invited to attend!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Kristina Schweigert
President, Rosemount Elementary PTO
Rosemount Elementary School
Ideas for Good Routines
“Simple, but important,” were my thoughts when I came across
this article. Many of you are aware that I have a second and
fifth grader of my own. I don’t claim to have this all figured
out, but believe that the following suggestions can be used at
some level as we parent our children.
Establishing a routine at home is important to the success of
your child here at school and will enable them to do their best.
Just as you have established routines in your job, children need
routines at home to provide them with stability and dependability. If you have not established them at this point in the school
year, I would encourage you to begin now. If daily routines are
already an important part of your family’s home life, I would
encourage you to continue with them. Either way, I hope you
will benefit from the following tips provided from an article
taken from the Home & School Connection entitled “Ready to
Learn.”
Relaxed. Music can help your child avoid the morning rush.
Play a mellow song and ask him or her to be dressed and ready
by the time it’s over.
Energized. A good breakfast increases concentration. Provide
for your child healthy choices. Examples: a whole-wheat bagel
with peanut butter; orange juices blended with fruit and yogurt;
instant oatmeal.
Connected. Talking about the school day lets your child know
you care. Ask him or her to share two good things that happened
during the day. Prompt them with specific questions, such as
“Which multiplication tables did you practice?”
Prepared. Studying a little every day is the best way to learn
new material. Help your youngster choose a time for homework
when he/she is most alert – and try not to change it.
Rested. A set bedtime helps kids fall asleep more quickly. Suggest that your child get in bed 15 minutes early to read or talk
quietly with you.
Thank you for your partnership in your child’s education,
Tom
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Welcome back to another year filled
with healthy school meals! This year
the Food and Nutrition Services Department’s goal is to follow the
Healthier U.S. School Challenge nutrition guidelines. We strongly believe that great nutrition
along with physical activity, now is, critical for students
to achieve a better and longer life.
The Nutrition Services Department wants to help students make healthier food choices, to offer the students
the very best nutrition, and to partner with education in
district 196 to help the students reach their full potential.
To follow the Healthier U.S. School Challenge, three different fruits and five different vegetables will be offered to students weekly. Menus will include a dark
green or deep yellow fruit or vegetable three times a
week. There will be a good source of vitamin C offered
every day. Cooked beans, peas, or legumes will be offered at least once a week. Whole grain foods are offered three or more times a week. 1% white milk, skim
milk, and chocolate skim milk will be offered daily. For
more information on Healthier U.S. Challenge, visit
www.healthierus.gov.
On September 21st, the elementary lunch menu began
offering a deli meat and cheese combo served with fruit,
dinner roll or whole wheat crackers every Friday in addition to the other lunch options. We think this will be a
popular menu item for Fridays so be sure to talk with
your student to find out how much they like this.
National School Lunch Week will be celebrated the week
of October 8 – 12. As part of the celebration we will be
getting local, home grown apples from an orchard in Lakeville. Students will be receiving
Honey Crisp apples one day with
their lunch and a number of schools
will have the opportunity to taste
test four other Minnesota grown
apples. Those apples are Harrelson,
Regent, Cortland, and Honey Gold.
One menu day during the week will feature fingerling
potatoes, spring mixed greens, sweet potatoes, and rutabaga strips. We hope all the elementary students enjoy
National School Lunch Week.
Rosemount Elementary School
Rosemount Elementary provides school social work services to students and families.
The purpose of these services
is to help students overcome
barriers to learning, and reach
their highest academic potential. These services can include individual counseling to
students, support group services, and parent consultation.
Social work services may include a variety of
concerns, including:
•
Family Changes
•
Grief and Loss
•
Friendship Skills
•
Anxiety
•
Depression and Anger Management.
Our Fall Support Groups will be starting in the next
few weeks.
If you would like your child referred to one of these
groups, or want more information, please contact our School
Social Worker, Susan Piepgras, at
(651) 423-7634 or
Susan.Piepgras@district196.org
for a parent referral and consent
form.
Thank you.
LITERACY CONNECTION
LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS...
If you would like to volunteer once a week for a short
period of time, and help provide a child with some
extra reading and writing practice:
Please call the office,
or Marci Nelson, Reading Recovery Teacher, and
leave a message on her voicemail.
651-683-6969 VM box # 94283
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Rosemount Elementary
October 2007 Calendar
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2 Cycle Day 5
PICTURE DAY
3
4
5
Cycle Day 4
Cycle Day 6
Cycle Day 7
Cycle Day 8
6-7:30 pm. PTO Mtg.
(Media Center)
8
Cycle Day 1
9
Cycle Day 2
10
Cycle Day 3
11
Cycle Cay 4
8:45 am. Student Council
Mtg.
6:00 pm. School
Board Mtg. (Dakota
Ridge)
12
Cycle Day 5
NO SCHOOL for half
day Kindergarten only
Kinder. Conferences,
8:00 am-4:00pm
Kindergarten Field
Trip to U More Park
15 Conferences 16 Conferences &
17
18
& Book Fair,
4:00-8:00 pm.
NO SCHOOL
Book Fair,
8:00 am-8:00 pm.
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
Staff Development
Day
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
Teachers Convention Teachers Convention
22
23
24
25
Cycle Day 6
Cycle Day 7
Cycle Day 8
Wendy’s Night
5:00-8:00 pm.
29 Cycle Day 3
After School
Classes Start
30
Cycle Day 4
6:00 pm. School
Board Mtg. (Dakota
Ridge)
31
19
Cycle Day 1
COSTUME
DANCE,
5:30-7:30 PM.
26
Cycle Day 2
Dress Up
Day
Cycle Day 5
4th Grade Field Trip/
Dodge Nature Center
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
27
8:00am –
12:30pm FREE
Parenting Education
Seminar, Eastview High
School
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“Get on the Bus with Box Tops”
Fall 2007-08 Box Top Campaign
When: October 8th – December 14th.
What: A friendly competition
between all classes in each
grade at RES. We did a great
job last year - let’s have some
fun and do it again!
Dear RES Parents:
Last year, RES raised more than
$6500.00 with our Box Tops for Education program.
That money went straight into our brand new playground and the kids love it!
On October 8th, we will be rolling out our next Box
Tops for Education campaign called “Get on the Bus
with Box Tops!” This campaign will run for ten weeks
and end on Friday December 14th. We need your help!
Please help your child in collecting Box Tops on a
weekly basis. We have set up a fun competition for all
grades. Additional information will be coming home
on October 8th with each child.
Box Top Collection Potential:
You do the numbers! If each student at RES would
collect just 1 Box Top each day during the ten week
period, we will collect more than 32,000 Box Tops and
raise more than $3200.00 for RES.
We have set a goal for this
year of $8500.00, so this
event is very important to
give us a good start at
reaching this year’s goal.
Please get on the bus and
ask friends and relatives to
help us reach our goal!
Mark Olson & Lynn Schneider
Co-Chairs for RES Boxtops for Education
Parent Teacher Conferences
And Scholastic Book Fair…
AM & PM half day Kindergarten:
Fri. Oct. 12th, 8am-4 pm, (NO SCHOOL for 1/2 day K.),
Mon. Oct. 15th and Tues. Oct. 16th, 8am-8pm.
Kindergarten Plus & 1st-5th Grades:
Mon. Oct. 15th, 4-8 pm,
Tues. Oct. 16th, 8am-8pm. (NO SCHOOL FOR ALL
STUDENTS ALL WEEK)
Rosemount Elementary School
Walk Now For Autism
Did you know that Rosemount Elementary School has a center-based program for students with Autism? A few
teachers from the program will be participating in the
Walk Now For Autism walk, on Saturday, October 6,
2007.
Why we are walking:
-Every 20 minutes another child is diagnosed with
autism affecting one in every 150 children.
-Autism is a national crisis affecting at least one
million Americans and costing the country more
than $90 billion annually.
If you would like to make a donation for this cause, you may
donate online or mail in a donation to:
Cure Autism Now/Autism Speaks
Walk Now For Autism
5455 Wilshire Blvd Suite 2250
Los Angeles, CA 90036
If you would like to donate online, please visit
www.walknowforautism.org. Click on Minneapolis and under
DONATE, click on Support a Walker. Put Amber Kish or
Anne Mehr in the box and click ok. You will be taken to our
webpage where you may donate.
Thank you for your consideration!
Sincerely,
Amber Kish and Anne Mehr, RES CID Teachers
Parent Power
Parent involvement makes a huge difference at RES. Our
new playground is evidence of the great things “Parent
Power” can accomplish at our school. My name is Karen
Brown-Hepp, and I am your new volunteer coordinator. I
worked at RES last year in a center based autism classroom. I am a mother of two girls and an active volunteer at
Greenleaf elementary.
Thanks to all those who returned their volunteer slips. I will
be keeping parents informed on numbers of volunteers
needed for each event. If we don’t have the volunteer
power to plan or work an event, we will have to cancel the
activity. This year, we will provide each volunteer chair a list
of volunteers and their contact information. These reports
are thanks to a new computer program designed by Char
Wemple to help manage our volunteer program.
You can also look forward to a redesigned RES student
directory thanks to the volunteer efforts of
Todd Radosevich. This promises to be another great year
at RES thanks to our involved parents.
Karen Brown-Hepp, RES Volunteer Coordinator
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