Parent Communication

Good Afternoon RPEL Families,

It is hard to believe that we are entering the middle of October! We are having a blast learning with your children.

We can not wait to share all of the good things that we are learning about during our conference window. Please connect with your children(s) teacher to set up the best way and time for you to communicate about the progress of your student(s).

Our school office is open from 8:00-4:00 daily. Please call our office 744-4777 with any questions.

Go Rockets!

Mr. Klimsza

Cartoonversation 2021

CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATIONAL FLIER

Monday Lunch: Cheesy breadsticks w/ marinara dipping sauce instead of cheeseburger

Thursday Lunch: Chicken nuggets instead of chicken drummies

Friday Breakfast: Cinnamon cream cheese bagels instead of egg & cheese sandwich

The R-PEL PTO is sponsoring a Trunk or Treat event here at RPEL on Friday October 22nd, 6:30-8:00. (Weather Permitting) More details about this event soon.

Save the date!

Parents, we have a large quantity of lost and found items here at the school Please stop in to the school office if you are looking for lost items.

Parents,
You all did an amazing job participating in the September reading challenge! We are excited to bring you some more fun activities for the month of October! Please make sure to fill out the form at the end of the month to tell us about your favorite things! We will put your name in a drawing for a prize!

October Calendar

We have five lunch monitors that supervise our lunch in the classroom program. Each monitor follows the same schedule each day. This has helped these individuals get to know our students. Many of our monitors are familiar faces to many of our students, three of the five monitors are also our school bus drivers!

Our monitors and the classroom they monitor are:

Mr. Robert - Ruff, Medema, Shafer, Boes, Radecki

Mrs. Arends - Reed, Ross, Wheeler, Bryson, Bignall

Mrs. Martinez - VanderMeer, Thorns, Schilling, Hildebrant

Mrs. Wymer - Prysock, Oyler, Hernandez, Machinski

Mrs. Ferris - Portice, Griswold, Yarian, Harris, Disselkoen

Mrs. White - Supports all rooms

A Message from the Foodservice Director:

Menu Changes & Supply Chain Disruptions

I hear you and I share your frustrations regarding menu changes. Unfortunately, the changes are not due to my own decision, but rather an inability to obtain the product that is originally on the menu. We are experiencing extreme supply chain disruptions, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to get the items needed to follow the menu. I notify principals of any menu changes as soon as I am aware of them; please check weekly communications from your building for the most up to date information regarding the menu.

I wish I could say it's going to get better soon, but from everything I have been hearing and everything I have been experiencing, it may even get worse before it gets better. A few manufacturers just announced that they are suspending production of entire product lines until January 2022. I appreciate your understanding as I work through these challenges. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at burrowsc@reeths-puffer.org.

Thank you!

Great News! All students can receive free breakfast and lunch.

Parents - our lunch in the classroom is monitored by our classroom lunch monitors. Our monitors are employed by the school district.

• Fill out your Free/Reduced Application. CLICK HERE. Even if you think you don't qualify, the rules have changed and other IMPORTANT school programs are based off of this information. Thanks for doing this!
• Breakfast will be provided in every classroom beginning each day.
• Lunch will be provided in every classroom daily beginning.
• October Lunch Menu - CLICK HERE

CLICK HERE FOR WEEK IN PREVIEW

CLICK HERE FOR FLIER

What is Blast Off?

In this annual collaboration, the R-PHS choir and theatre students run a weekend series of workshops. Modeled after the world famous Young Americans’ workshop, this event offers students in 2nd through 9th grades a chance to meet, rehearse and perform with our top high school performing groups.

Reeths-Puffer Play and Learn is happy to be offering in person play and learn and take and go book kits this year.

CLICK HERE FOR OCTOBER FLIER

CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

Troops are forming for all girls who are in K-12! Cost to join is only $25 and financial aid is available (new troops may charge nominal dues for supplies).

CLICK HERE for flier.

Arbor Circle is excited to announce our next 10-week session of the evidence-based Nurturing Parenting program. This program will be held virtually through Zoom. Please see the attached flyer for pertinent information.

CLICK HERE for flier.

They must be worn on the bus, in school and in the classroom. There will be mask breaks during the day, including recess and when eating breakfast and lunch. Please send your child to school with one that is fun to wear and comfortable. You might want to consider sending an extra mask, just in case. We will also have extra masks on hand.

We have been experiencing a high volume of phone calls to the office at the end of the day for early pick ups and ride changes. It can be very difficult to get to all of these in a timely manner. Please try to have your transportation set for the week. Also remember that our school day ends at 3:45.

Thank you!

Principal

Reeths-Puffer Elementary School

Email: klimszap@reeths-puffer.org
Website: www.reeths-puffer.org
Location: 874 E. Giles Rd
Phone: 231-744-4777
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RPElementary/
Twitter: @RPElementary