Help us congratulate a few of our Rocket Slip winners from this week… and a few from last week that we forgot to share pictures of. Respect, pride, and integrity is the the ROCKET WAY!
The future of our world will be changed by problem-solving and collaboration. Our students got some practice with that today in science. Middle school students that can problem solve and collaborate become engineers, doctors, teachers, city planners, and adults that can problem solve and collaborate. We love how our face-to-face students were able to welcome our virtual students into the project as well.
In science, some of our eighth graders Kicked off their study about the layers of the earth AND built their capacity to collaborate and work as a team by working on a paper-mâché project. The parts of this project will allow our students to explore the content And become better collaborators, communicators, and problem solvers.
Remember, meals are available for pick up at the high school each week for all students. Seven lunches and seven breakfasts are provided. Here is the schedule for February.
Help!!! We are appreciative that many families are transporting students as requested. Two things that can help with morning drop off...
1. Pull all the way forward in the circle drive (all the way around the circle...all the way...as much as possible).
2. Make sure your student is ready to exit the car when the vehicle stops. We don't need to tuck and roll out, but please have stuff ready to exit right away.
Other things:
-Please do not park in the circle drive.
-After 7:30, do not drop off where the busses park (see diagram).
There was a little bit of white confetti for our last-first-day celebration of the year! We have amazing students… each morning, we have caught students holding the door. Small acts of kindness goes such a long way. It is going to be a great semester!
It has been a unique year for sure, but another first day calls for a celebration. We had a great first day welcoming many new students back into the building.
Remember, tomorrow and Tuesday are soft start days for all students and everyone is back together on Wednesday!
RPMS Choir students and staff helped add closure to the semester with a musical tribute to teachers. "Don't Give Up" on me is a special message shared by a special group of students.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=wABS3racxs0&feature=youtu.be
Students picked up supplies for the Food and Fitness club. We are thankful for the partnership with MSU to provide a great virtual after school experience for our students.
Our Student Council will be here at 2:00 and 6:00 to provide tours to any students new or returning to our building this year. We hope to see everyone today!
Reminder: today is a half-day with dismissal at 10:55!
After a little bit of a break, we were happy to welcome Addie back to the building today. Addie is a certified therapy dog and is a great support to the learning at the middle school in our Compass Room.
We love this Friday tradition. Help us in recognizing the rocket slip drawing winners for the week. The rocket Way is definitely on display and respect, pride, and integrity can be seen all over the place. Go Rockets!
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.
