A.W. Becker Buzz

4/30-5/1 NYS Math Assessment (Gr. 3-5)

5/2 Grade 4 Meet the Instrument Night @ MS, 6:00 pm

5/3 Grade 5/6 Carnival/Dance @ MS, 6:30 pm

5/6-5/10 Teacher Appreciation Week

5/8 NYS Science Assessment (Gr. 5)

5/8 BOE Meeting @ HS, 6:00 pm

5/9 PTA Meeting, 6:45 pm

5/14 Author Visit, Ben Barrowman

5/14-5/15 PreK Screening @ HS

5/16-5/15 Kindergarten Screening @ HS

5/16 Spring Picture Day (Change from Printed Calendar)

5/17 STEAM/Engineering Day

5/20 Kindergarten Screening @ HS

5/21 Budget Vote

5/22 BOE Meeting @ HS, 6:00 pm

5/22 Kindergarten Screening @ HS

5/23-5/27 Extended Memorial Day Recess- No School

On April 8th, our PTA hosted a wonderful presentation by RCS Assistant Superintendent Jean Winkler on device readiness for our students.

AT&T Screen Ready: Here is one of the excellent tools we used to help you and your child decide when they are ready for a phone: https://screenready.att.com/digital-parenting/#phoneready-questionnaire

Common Sense Media: For those not familiar, this website was also shared at our recent presentation on device readiness for kids. This is an excellent website to help you determine if a video game, app, TV show, movie or even a book is age-appropriate for your child: https://www.commonsensemedia.org

On Tuesday, May 21, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District residents will vote on a proposed $54,578,339 budget for the 2024-25 school year. The RCS Board of Education adopted the proposed budget after dedicating the last few months to review programs, consider future opportunities, and finalize priorities for the coming school year. The proposed plan includes a spending increase of $1,032,433 or 1.92% and would result in an estimated tax rate increase of 4.26%. This estimated tax increase is below the district’s tax cap of 4.45% and requires only a simple majority for the budget to be approved (50% plus one vote).

Upcoming Dates:

• Wednesday, May 8 - The Annual Budget Hearing and Meet the Candidates will be held at 6:00 p.m. at the RCS High School.

• Tuesday, May 21 - The Annual School District Vote will be held from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the RCS High School.
  
  

A budget newsletter with details about the upcoming proposed budget will be available shortly to the residents of the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District. To access budget presentations and view the proposed budget, please visit our website's 2024-25 Budget Development webpage or click here.

Please visit our website for more information and registration requirements.

All pre-kindergarten students will participate in a screening conducted by teachers and nurses. This helps the school to plan the best possible experience for all children.

Pre-K Screening will take place on ONE of the following dates:

• Tuesday, May 14

• Wednesday, May 15

Specific information regarding YOUR specific screening appointment date and time will be shared with you from our main office.

If you have any questions about the registration process, please email registration@rcscsd.org.

If you have specific questions about the pre-kindergarten screening process or the pre-kindergarten program, please contact the A. W. Becker Main Office (extension 5001).

To enroll for kindergarten, visit our New Student Registration page here. There is no deadline for kindergarten enrollment at RCS; we encourage families to enroll their students by Friday, May 3 to participate in the kindergarten screening day.

The screening dates will be held:

• Thursday, May 16, and Friday, May 17

• Monday, May 20, and Wednesday, May 22

Specific information regarding YOUR specific screening appointment date and time will be shared with families by our main office.

To order the yearbook for A.W. Becker Elementary, go to treering.com/validate and enter the following passcode: 1016107419381036. Hardcover yearbooks cost $22.80 and softcover yearbooks cost $16.16 (plus tax). All orders placed by May 15, 2024 will be delivered to the school and will go home on June 14, 2024. All orders placed after May 15th will be shipped to your home, and a shipping fee will be charged.

The Bethlehem Walk and Roll Fest promotes bicycle, pedestrian and crosswalk safety. There will be a helmet fitting and bike check station leading to a skills course and it will be held on May 18th at the Town of Bethlehem Park.

All registered attendees will be entered into 2 raffles:

1. Raffle entry to win a new bike!
2. Raffle entry, with their corresponding school, to pick a theme for one spirit day during a selected day in June!

Also at the event: Safety trivia, vendors/sponsors, bike auction, adult and children reflective vests, reflective wrist/leg bands, drawstring bags and free goodies will also be available.

As a reminder, students MUST be signed out if you are picking them up from school. This includes at the end of the school day. Often the line is long and we appreciate your patience as our staff checks ID's to provide you with a purple pass. Once your child is with you, please turn the pass in so we know your child has been properly and safely signed out.

We appreciate your cooperation to ensure student safety!

Any time students are outdoors, we encourage them to do a "tick check" as a precaution. If any ticks are found on a student, they are sent to the health office. We encourage you to check your child at home on a regular basis (whether on a school day or not).

Stay healthy- stay safe!

During April, our school focus was "Be Safe" with a refresher of our school rules by some of our 5th grade students. For May, we will be shifting to "Be Responsible". With spring in full gear, it is that time of the year when being a responsible student is an attribute that our staff is always working to improve for success in all areas.

Thank you for all you do to teach your child to be responsible!

We have a few more drills (fire and lockdown) to complete before the school year ends. These will be taking place over the next few weeks of school. You will be notified after the completion of all lockdown drills.