RJ Richey Family Newsletter

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December:

December 11 - Rescheduled Adventure Dash Fun Run Day! (schedule below)

December 12 - 5th grade Science STAAR interim practice testing

December 13 - Gingerbread House entries due to RJ today!

December 14 - RJR Holiday Parent/Family Night @ 5-6:15 (see invite below)

December 21 - Early Dismissal @ 12:25 & Classroom Holiday Parties (see detailed info below)

December 22 - No school for students / Professional day for staff

December 25-Jan. 8th - Holiday Break

January:

January 8 - Students Return

January 12 - December Top Dawg/Student of the Month Celebration

January 17 - 4th grade Field Trip (Evans, Cunningham, Dillard, Foley)

January 18 - 4th grade Field Trip (Harris, Brewer, Kelley)

January 19 - 3rd Six-Weeks In-Class Awards & Campus Perfect Attendance Party

January 26 - RJ Semester Growth Celebration & Parade @ 8:30 (parents invited)

January 29 - No School for Students / Professional Development Day for Staff

Our RJ Adventure Dash Fun Run has been rescheduled for Monday, December 11th!

Adventure Dash Fun Run Day:

9:00-10:00: 4th grade Fun Run

11:00-12:00: 5th grade Fun Run

12:30-1:30: 3rd grade Fun Run

*Parents are welcome to join to cheer on your student on the Fun Run Field. All visitors will need to check-in at the front office to receive a visitor's pass to attend the event on the field.

*Please send your child with an extra change of clothes / and appropriate shoes for the fun run event!

Thank you to our RJ families for all of your donations and encouragement of our Bulldogs for our Adventure Dash this year! Our Bulldogs had a blast with the leadership lessons and can't wait to run!

Join us as we continue our 12 Days of Christmas daily fun with dress-up themes for all of our Bulldogs! The flyer is included for the rest of our 12 days and also for next week up-close!

Checkout the attachment below for more details:

You are invited to participate in RJ Richey Elementary School’s Gingerbread House-Making Competition! All students are eligible to participate.

Please submit your gingerbread house to the Fine Arts room by Wednesday, December 13th!

Guidelines:

• Gingerbread houses must be submitted on a sturdy platform, such as plywood, cardboard, or a cake board.
• Gingerbread houses must be created using ENTIRELY EDIBLE ingredients.
• Gingerbread houses to be ranked on originality, structure, and attention to detail.
• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners to be chosen! Gingerbread houses to be ranked by a guest judge.

o Winners to be announced before students leave for Christmas Break!

RJ Richey Elementary School Honor Choir presents THE GREAT BIG Holiday Bake Off A Confectionary Christmas Musical

Please join us on December 14th at 5:00pm in the Fine Arts Room for a Christmas musical featuring RJ Richey Honor Choir!

Check out the attachment flyer below for more details:

Refreshments to be served. “A delicious musical delivering all the goodies with scrumptious songs and delectable scenes that will satisfy any sweet tooth!”

We are back above 95% for the previous week Bulldogs! Help us finish this semester STRONG, and let's get to 98%! Every student, Every Day....matters!

Submit an email on the same day as the transportation change request by 1:30 p.m. to rjr-transportation@burnetcisd.net.

Include the following details in the email:

• Student’s full name
• Student’s grade level
• Student’s homeroom teacher
• The transportation change you want made for today (bus rider to car rider or car rider to bus rider)

Requests made after 1:30pm will not be processed. Notes, phone calls, text messages and emails sent to any other email will not be processed.

Have you experienced great customer service from an RJ teacher, staff, or employee? Has one of our staff members done something to make you smile or gone the extra mile? If so, we want to hear about it!

What is a Staff Shout Out? A Shout Out is a special recognition that acknowledges a District staff member who has demonstrated a special effort, an outstanding job, caring customer service, a project of high quality workmanship, a team mentality, and/or is helping students CRAFT the FUTURE.

Who can submit a Staff Shout Out? Students, parents, teachers, auxiliary staff, coworkers, and all community members. Anyone can submit a Staff Shout Out!

Who can receive a Staff Shout Out? Any employee of Burnet CISD. EVERY staff member is an important part of our team!

Please click the link below to complete a form briefly explaining why this staff member or coworker deserves recognition. All Shout Out will be listed on the Shout Out webpage.

7:15am Front Doors Open

7:15am Student Drop Off/Breakfast

7:20am Front Office Opens

7:45am School Begins

7:45am Tardy Bell

9:00am Students not in attendance are marked absent

1:30pm Transportation changes due, please email: rjr-transportation@burnetcisd.net

3:25pm Student Dismissal

4:00pm Office/School Closes

Website: https://rjr.burnetcisd.net/
Location: R J Richey Elementary School, East Graves Street, Burnet, TX, USA
Phone: 512-756-2609
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rjrichey