We wanted to share some bittersweet news with our RES community. Two incredible educators who have dedicated almost 60 years of service will be retiring at the end of this year. Phoebe Bischoff, a grade 3 teacher, has been at RES for 27 years and has taught in grades 3, 4 and 5. Liz Barrett, our art teacher, has been at RES for 30 years and has taught art, preschool, kindergarten and grades 1, 4 and 5. We will miss them so much but will soak in every moment while we still can!

HAVE A WONDERFUL VACATION!!!!! Take some time to rest, bond and rejuvenate. Our staff will as well and then we will be back together

Here are some photos from our Blue Ribbon Celebration!

With MUCH respect and appreciation,

Michelle

Warmly,

Michelle Pitts

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Family To Do List: A NEW SECTION!

-PLEASE check out the lost and found or remind your child(ren)!!!

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Maple Sugaring

Third graders spent their OE time this week learning about and tapping the maple trees at RES. While it is "early", considering Maple Sugaring traditionally is a March activity, the unusually mild winter weather dictated our start date. We are hoping for a "sweet" harvest. Stay tuned...

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Osmos in Kindergarten

Mrs. Morrison has been working with Kindergarten students on coding and the use of technology tools that help us learn. Kindergarteners practicing math skills with their favorite OSMO math game called Bubble POP! This game practices counting and addition with the use of number and dot play tiles, which are combined to pop the number bubbles.

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Word Work in Grades K-4

Fundations is our K-2 phonics program. This is a picture of the letter boards used in grade 2 that help students spell words when learning phonics rules. In grades 3 and 4 this year, we have introduced UFLI out of the University of Florida. Meant to be used as an intervention at these later grades, we have found the need to continue to teach phonics in grade 3 to fill some gaps.

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Lunch with Students

We do allow one family member at a time to have lunch with their child(ren) but this is very optional and we don't want families to feel pressured to attend.

Email resoffice@sau50.org if you would like to attend with the date/time (starting October 1). It is important to anticipate who will be in the building. We love these opportunities for students and their family members but we will always put safety first.
We do have a focus during this time...eating for energy and brain power!
Family members must meet the child in the cafeteria and leave from the cafeteria.
Lunch times are:

Kindergarten-11:45-12:10

First Grade-12:15-12:40

Second Grade-12:15-12:40

Third Grade- 11:15-11:40

Fourth Grade-11:15-11:40

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RJH Connection

In an effort to create a ONE STOP SHOP for families, we are now publishing the RES and RJH newsletter on Thursdays and sharing the link in one place:)

RJH Newsletter

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PTA News

1.TACO TUESDAY TONIGHT !! Feb 20th! 4-9 pm % of sales will come back to the PTA! Pick up or Dine in! No dishes for you, $$ for the PTA!

2. Last week for ASE sign ups. Session starting after break!

ASE SESSION 4

3.Riptides swag is selling like hotcakes! Get your Riptides gear before spring sports start!

Riptides Gear

4. Bake Sale on March 12th- Last year we took in over $1000 for the PTA and playground at the bake sale so looking to do it again! Please sign up to bring a baked good on Tuesday morning and/ or sign up to be at the table for collecting $ and saying thank you to our community! Children are welcome and often seal and they do not eat all the goodies!

Bake Sale Helpers

Bake Sale Bakers

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