R-PTLE Weekly Family Communication

Dear Families,

The second week of May hosts Teacher Appreciation Week! Our PTO has scheduled a great week of celebrating our teachers, paraprofessionals, and monitors. We have an amazing group of educators and they deserve our appreciation (and a whole lot more)! Please join the PTO and consider ways for you and/or your student to show our teachers, paraprofessionals, and monitors how much we appreciate them!

Let's enjoy the week of learning at R-PTLE!

Just added:

- Cystic Fibrosis awareness month! Let's help the race to the cure!

- Family Fun Run AND R-P Spring Color Run

- Rocket Scholars Invitation

- Lunch Staff Super Hero Day was Friday!

Sincerely,

Paul Siembida

Principal, Twin Lake Elementary

719-3190, Ext: 2225

Succeed Today!

Happy birthday to the following Rockets who celebrated a birthday this past week:

Alexzander Hunter - 5/1

Braiden Carlson - 5/3

Rosalina Kuehnl - 5/3

Blake Short - 5/3

Mrs. Kinstner - 5/3 - not pictured :( - Mr. S. forgot to call her up

David Rosema - 5/4

Nicandro Iannuccilli - 5/6

We hope you all had a FANTASTIC BIRTHDAY!

RBK - Thank you for leading by example and showing The Rocket Way, plus…

Braylen Overkamp

Eli Rodriguez

Brynleigh Ross

Charli Wilhite - Not pictured :(

Well done, crew!

We are so luck to have Ms. Chris and Ms. Anna with us. They take a mazing care of our students and love to feed them everyday. So many homemade recipes and fun things like secret tray prize day! Some of our students completed a cool coloring project to present to them!

Thank you Super Heros - You are appreciated!

May is cystic fibrosis awareness month and the color purple represents this cause. Please wear purple and/or a hat on Friday May 12th.

In 6 years time, due to generous donations for research, the life expectancy has been increased from age 42 to age 56. But this is simple not good enough.

Please consider sending a monetary donation with your student's purple gear or hat on Friday. Last year we sent $500 to the foundation. Let's try to beat that in 2023!

Please consider joining our GOTR team on May 12th. Please click the link below for information.

Muskegon County 5K | GOTR West Michigan

The Wellness Committee will be hosting a Spring Color Run/Walk on Sunday, May 21st at RP Intermediate! Registration will begin at 12:15 and the event will begin at 1:00. There is no pre-registration.

• Consider joining the Rocket Scholars event this year. This is always a wonderful community event that directly benefits R-P students.
• Rocket Scholars

Registration opens May 1st!

The link will be shared, via email, at 10:00 am on Monday!

Current Grades: Begins June 19th

K-6 grades: Six weeks of Learning Fun

7-8 grades: 4) one week learning expeditions

9-12 grades: Project Based & Virtual Courseware for credits

Breakfast, Lunch, Transportation provided

Watch your email for Summer Acceleration Registration!

A Note About School Meals:

There are a couple different ways that you can add money to your child’s school account to pay for their breakfast and/or lunch:

1. Go to https://www.familyportal.cloud and set up an online account, where you can add money for your child by putting in your debit/credit card information. Please see the attached letter for answers to frequently asked questions.

OR

1. Bring in/Send in an envelope with cash or a check enclosed. Please include the child’s first and last name, and write “Lunch Money”. If you are sending money for two students, please write how much each student will receive. The office will collect these envelopes and the kitchen staff will enter the funds into the correct account.

In the event that your child does not have money in their account, but they do not have a cold lunch, they will still be able to eat a hot lunch. We will not let your child go hungry! However, please note that this will bring the account to a negative balance until more money has been added to the account.

A great summer learning opportunity.

4/24 AND 5/1 - 3rd/4th grade MSTEP testing

5/4 - 3rd /4th grade Learning Expedition

5/8 - Teacher Appreciation Week

Bus Drivers wanted. See .pdf below if interested ~ spread the word!

Respect ~ Pride ~ Integrity

Link to our Rocket Way Behavior Expectations. These are reviewed throughout the year, especially after long breaks from school.

Would you like to learn more about CKH? Click here

March's "Theme of the Month" is Courage!

We are in need of boys and girls pants sizes 5 and up. If you are able to donate to our clothes pantry, we would greatly appreciate it!!

HAND2HAND IS HERE! FREE FOOD!

Thanks to a partnership with group of local volunteers, our school will be participating in the Hand2Hand program. The program helps to provide a student with food for the weekends and is intended for families who may be experiencing a financial burden. This program will be available to all of our kids and parents will give permission for their child to participate. We are grateful to the generosity of the volunteers in our community.

Food is discretely to children in the program each Friday.

CLICK HERE FOR LETTER

Are you raising your grandchild or children who are relatives? You are not alone. "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren" is a kinship care program that offers support. All services are free. For more information contact Callie Sierra at 231-733-6654, or email her at sierrac@hccc-health.org.

*Go to https://ps-rp.muskegonisd.org/public

(There will be a default username and password in both boxes. Delete and create your own.)

*If you are a first time user, you will need to click on the “Create Account” tab, and fill out the

information. You will create a new Username and Password. You can add your students at the

bottom of the page using their Access ID and Access Password.

NOTE: The Access ID and Password is NOT the same as the Student Number and their

birthdate.

*If you have an existing account, use the “Sign In” tab to log in using your Username and

Password that you already have. If you do not remember these, call the office and we can help

you.

*Once you are signed in, you can add new students to your account by following these

instructions:

1. On the start page, click on “Account Preferences” from the navigation menu on the left. The

“Account Preferences – Profile” page appears.

2. Click the “Students” tab

3. Click the “Add” Icon to add a student to your parent portal account. The “Add Student”

dialog appears. Fill out the information and you should see a new tab for the student appear at

the top of the page.

*Once all of your students are added to your account, update the demographics for all of

your students by clicking on the “Demographic Update” button on the left side of the page.

Please electronically sign the required forms. Print the Emergency Procedure Card, sign it, and

give it to your child’s teacher.

IIMPORTANT: You'll receive a specific ID and Password for access to the Parent Portal. If you are a returning family, you may follow the directions above. Please don't hesitate to contact Carly, or Heather in our office if you need help.

Calling in Absences:

When parents call in an absence for a sick child and leave a message, it would be helpful if they could let us know the symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat, etc.) that the student is having or if they have been seen by a doctor and have a diagnosis (strep, flu, pink eye, etc). We ask these questions when we get a live person, but it is important for accurate health reporting each week.

Emergency Contact Information:

If you need help updating your child's contact information, please call our office and speak with Carly, or Heather. Thank you for your help with this.

Office Team Contact Information:

Please know that our office is willing to help answer any questions that you may have at any time during the school year. Ms. Carly Akins (akinsc@reeths-puffer.org) and Mrs. Heather Nicholson (nicholsonh@reeths-puffer.org) are amazing and happy to help! Our number is 719-3190.

School Hours:

School begins at 8:45 and dismisses at 3:45. If you would like more information about before and after school care, please contact, Dawn Lynn at Lighthouse Learning. The number is 638-2172, or you may call 719-3190 x 2206.

Mr. Paul Siembida

Principal, Twin Lake Elementary School

Email: siembidap@reeths-puffer.org

Phone: 231-719-3190, Ext: 2225

Location: Twin Lake Elementary School, 3175 5th Street, Twin Lake, MI, USA