This week, the ELA students chose a word of intention to help guide them this year. After they chose a word, they elaborated in writing how using a more broad word of intention could help them work on their personal goals.
Here is the meal pick up schedule for January
During our live announcements today, we drew names from our Rocket Slips to recognize respect, pride, and integrity by giving away some RP gear and candy. We missed a couple for the picture, but appreciate them all. Also, we had a little class competition guessing game and the 8th graders took the win. It was a great way to start the day!
Today, we want to give a shout out to our high school PALS (only a few of them pictured here). PALS (peer-assistant leaders) is a class that high school students can take in which they learn a lot about themselves, gain insight into interacting with others, and build skills for a semester before they work as mentors for younger students throughout the district. We are so thankful for this group of students for supporting the social and emotional learning of our students.
Meet our Parent Support Partner, Chace Willard!
CHACE CAN HELP
• Navigate resources for parents that have youth with complex needs
• Connect with other parents with similar lived experience
• Advocate alongside you when working with the school or a child-serving system
Learning to solve inequalities is important and learning to communicate is just as important! We love partner work.
It is great to be a Rocket. A high school group wanted to bring joy to our community and raise money for the rescue mission ... the first holiday light show was born! It was amazing and we raised $7586.78! The middle school was excited to participate and even to win the trophy, but truly, the entire community won with this event. #RPSTRONG
Thank you Rocket City. We passed $3300 last night in donations for The Rescue Mission at the light show. We also helped spread a lot of holiday cheer. Do you think we can pass $10,000? The light show is again tonight from 5:30 to 7:30.
As one of the last activities, student council planned for a school wide holiday trivia Kahoot. The game got intense and Mrs. Woijtas and her class came out with a win. We are proud of the work of our student leaders to create a great week of fun before the break.
It was a little busy today and we missed a couple of pictures but, here are a few of our Rocket Slip winners. We can’t say enough about the respect, pride, and integrity we see from our students on a daily basis. Go Rockets!
The competition was tough this year, but a final winner of the staff competition from yesterday for the ugliest sweater was announced today. We think it was the wrapping paper skirt that sealed the deal.
The holiday spirit continues. Learning went on as normal, but our students just happened to be wearing snowman costumes and all kinds of holiday gear.
Reeths-Puffer Schools was awarded a Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The $125,000 annual grant, renewable for 5 years, will support the Straight Talk About Tough Stuff (STATS) Coalition focused on youth vaping tobacco and drug use prevention.
There is a lot of green and red around RPMS today. Check out some of the ugly sweaters. Again, our students are so creative. Disclaimer: some of the “ugly” looks so great.
We had Santa hats with elf ears, hats with sports teams, hats that made a student have to duck to get through the door way. It was a great spirit day at RPMS! Tomorrow is the day to break out the ugly sweaters.
The comfort level was high today with all of the pajamas. Here are a few photos. Tomorrow is Santa or holiday hat day.
Ski Club will look a little different this year, but we wanted to still find a way to provide a safe opportunity. Check out this information and let us know if you have questions.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BwgKsWFjmzlFS6vNwn-_OfDRbYOBHpUIjZtQfcXzXNo/edit?usp=sharing
Please join us this weekend for a light show. All donations will support the Muskegon Rescue Mission
Congrats to our Rocket Slip winners (missing one from the photo). We all know that there are some extra challenges right now, but so many of our students are consistently showing The Rocket Way with respect, pride, and integrity. Way to go!
Today, at the end of math class, some of our students were rewarded with the opportunity to “tie dye” a mask using sharpies and rubbing alcohol. Their creations were amazing! This year has brought all kinds of challenges and most don’t love wearing a mask, but we always get to choose our attitude. We are constantly amazed by the resilience of our students.
