Groovy Gazette

Please join us for a treasure hunt on Sept. 5th (see flyer above) before our first PTO meeting. If you can't make it this evening the information will also be available on Sept. 6th from 7:05-7:40am.

We absolutely love having parents on our campus as much as possible! I have attached our Volunteer Sign up Google Sheet below. There are 3 ways you can regularly volunteer:

• Morning Car Duty Drop-off
• Lunch Help
• Instructional prep/Grade level volunteers

Please add your name to the sheet where you can volunteer! Your child will love seeing you on campus! If you have any questions please reach out to Dr. Bailey at baileym@rcisd.org!

ARRIVAL:

FRONT OF BUILDING:

Walkers, Daycares, and Buses ONLY

Do not drop off in the front of the building!

BACK OF BUILDING:

There will be two lines for drop off.

Your child may begin to exit their vehicles as you enter the awning area if you are in the interior lane.

A staff member will assist your student out of the car if you are in the outside lane. They will then be walked to a central location and a crossing guard will stop vehicles to get them across.

Adults will be outside to ensure your child is safe and will happily open vehicle doors of any student whom needs assistance.

DISMISSAL:

If you need to make Dismissal Changes those need to be made by calling the front office by 2:00PM or there is a strong chance your student will go home the way they normally do.

FRONT OF BUILDING:

Bus and Walkers ONLY

WALKERS:

Walkers will not gather at the bike racks (in front of the building) for parents meeting their children. Teachers will escort them in a line out the building to the crosswalk. Please wait across the street for your child. Older siblings (Gr4-5) may wait by the bike racks for their younger sibling before crossing the crosswalks.

BACK OF BUILDING:

The gate will open at 2:45. Please form two lines when entering. You will be given a name/number sign to put around your front mirror. Ms. Rodriguez and Mrs. Sykora will greet you each day and use that code to line the students in order. All students will be brought to your vehicle by an adult.

**For both drop off and pickup; please enter from Erby Campbell; there is no way for you to join the drop off/pickup line if you enter from the service road**

After each absence please send in a paper note or email to Sarah Hankins at sarah.hankins@rcisd.org.

5 days unexcused absence - parents will have to sign an attendance contract

7 days unexcused absence - parents will have to attend an attendance committee meeting

10 days unexcused absence - truancy will be filed with the county

Please send in those notes so that we can get those unexcused absences changed to excused! At this age attendance is not a student responsibility but a parent responsibility so please ensure your children are at school when they are healthy!

Students will have the opportunity to earn SHINE slips again this year! When they earn them the student will go on a bingo board. When that BINGO has 15 in a row those students will earn a prize and the BINGO board will start over. So - the more SHINE slips you earn the better your chances!

If you would like to donate to our Prize options for BINGO students please use the link below. We have created a wish list of ideas!

This year we will be implementing a house system on campus. This will allow us to have some friendly competitions and create community across the different classes and grade levels. Your students will spin a wheel to determine their "house"! They will then come home with a bracelet in that color. When we do "House Rallies" we will have students dress up in their colors! Below are when the sorting will take place!

August 25th - Grades 3-5

September 1st - Grades K-2

Teachers were sorted into houses last year to begin getting students excited and interested in what is to come! We are excited to get our students sorted this year!

8/22 - First (Aug) Fire Drill

8/25 - House sorting Gr3-5

8/29 - Fall Lockdown Drill

9/1 - House sorting GrK-2

9/4 - Labor Day (No School)

9/5 - Title 1 Treasure Hunt 5:00-6:00, PTO Meeting 6:00

9/8 - Kona Ice Day

9/12 - Fall Picture Day

9/15 - RC Homecoming

9/19 - Sept. Monthly Fire Drill

9/21 - All Pro Dad's 7am

The Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 2428 recently related to discipline for students in possession of, using or distributing vapes or e-cigarette on or within 300 feet of a school campus. Students in this situation will be removed from class and placed in disciplinary alternative education programs (DAEP). This does not apply to approved respiratory inhalers or other medical related devices.

For more information about the dangers of vaping and nicotine use please visit the provided link: Quick Facts on the risk of e-cigarettes. We appreciate your support of these safety and wellbeing efforts!

The Royse City ISD Transportation and Technology Departments are partnering on a new and safer system to track bus ridership. Bus riders will be issued official Bus Rider Cards to be scanned when they load and unload school buses. Similar to a badge reader, the Bus Rider Cards will allow the district greater details of ridership than ever before.

INFO FOR PRE-K TO 5TH GRADE:

Students who are signed up for bus transportation will be provided with a unique Bus Rider Card. Schools will be provided with the Bus Rider Cards and materials needed to attach them to the child’s backpack. Details coming soon on this procedure.

ACTION REQUIRED FOR FAMILIES
Families of bus riders are asked to complete this brief Bus Rider Registration Form to register your student(s) for transportation services. This form will also prompt our staff to activate a unique Bus Rider Badge for your student(s).

NEXT STEPS

As we grow accustomed to this new system, we know that cards may be lost or misplaced occasionally. We will not deny bus services to students without cards. Procedures for replacement cards and other FAQs will be published soon on the district’s transportation website.

Thank you for taking a moment to learn about this new system! For transportation specific questions, please email brigitte.hargrove@rcisd.org or call 972-636-9732.

Students in Grades K-5 are not allowed to use cell phones or watches with cell service accessibility while on campus property. If a student needs to have a phone with them, due to afterschool care communication, it must remain turned off and inside the students backpack until the student is off school property.

If a student is caught with a cell phone it will be taken up and turned into the office. The phone will not be released to the student. A parent/guardian will have to come to campus to pick up the cell phone.

The school is not responsible for any stolen or broken electronic devices.

Please note that students can wear hoodies. However, the hood may NOT be on their heads while they are in the school building. If a student does not comply with this rule, they will be asked to remove the hoodie until the end of the day. If they refuse, parents will be notified and the student will serve ISS.

Sept 5, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec.5

Jan 9, Feb 6, March 5, April 2, May 7

Website: https://www.rcisd.org/o/ase
Location: 1401 Erby Campbell Boulevard, Royse City, TX, USA
Phone: 9726363300
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Twitter: @AnitaScottElem