At the Creek.....

We are finishing up the first quarter of school this month, which is surprising as it seems like yesterday that we started the year. It's a great time to check in with your children about school work, check out Parent Connect and to take a look at your calendars to find the best times for scheduling your conference(s) with teachers. October 26th and 27th feature dismissal for students at 12:30 with conferences beginning at 1:00. The conference scheduler is online and allows you to find an available time slot that works best for your schedule for teacher meetings. The scheduler opens on Monday the 10th-watch for information from me with links to come home then.

Our staff are doing great things with students, some of which you can see in photos below. One of the things I love most about our current staff is the collaboration and teamwork amongst grade level staff and across the building. Staff in a few grade levels are sharing students to support instruction in Reading and Math, with grouping students to best support academic success. Others are collaborating across the hallways and on planning times to discuss instructional strategies and data. And, it's not uncommon to see teachers grouped together from various grade levels to gather ideas, share stories and have a laugh. We have a wonderful group of educators at Rabbit Creek!

Speaking of wonderful, congratulations to Mr. Ring for being recognized by his colleagues as the Teacher of the Month for September. Our School Business Partner, Texas Roadhouse, shared certificates and free meal coupons to use to let staff know how wonderful they are. Thank you to Texas Roadhouse and to Mr. Ring!

The background here is fitting for us on these fall-and almost winter days. Please be sure to send your children with coats and hats to keep warm on these chilly days. Light weight gloves are beginning to make their appearance, which is great to see.

Have a wonderful weekend. I hope to see many of you at next week's PTA meeting.

Ms Peterson

Tuesday the 11th-PTA meeting 7pm in library-Please join our amazing group!

Friday the 14th-Student Council Speech Assembly grades 3-6 1:45pm

Coming Soon:

10/20-End of first quarter

10/21-No School for Students

10/26 and 10/27-Student dismissal at 12:30 daily--Please make plans for your students to get home. There is not supervision at school after 12:30.

10/28-No School for Students

10/28-Trunk or Treat with our amazing PTA

11/5-Rabbit Creek Christmas Towne Bazaar-Don't miss out!! It's the BEST!

Thank you to all the students who participated in September Healthy Futures Logs! September Healthy Futures incentives and grand prize tickets are on the way soon!

October Healthy Futures logs are being distributed to students!

Students who are active for at least 60 minutes a day, 15 days a month, and record their activity on the Healthy Futures Activity Log are awarded fun incentives at the end of the month when they turn completed their Healthy Futures Logs to Mr. Nees or Mr. Pemble, students also receive 1 ticket for each month completed for the grand prize drawing at the end of the year!

The grand prize can be selected from a menu of fun items including Ladderball, Spikeball, a Healthy Futures Hoody and more!

October's Healthy Future log incentive is a super awesome marble mesh toy!

The books are available in the library for student check out as we get ready to start our program for the year. Ms. Rachel has the bookmarks available for students as well. Mrs. Barnes will be returning in a couple of short weeks and we'll get our program off and running!! Go Rabbit Readers!!!

3rd/4th grade books: Abraham Lincoln Pro Wrestler by Steve Sheinkin

Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights by Debbie S. Miller

Cilla Lee Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire by Susan Tan

Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon

Juana and Lucas by Juana Medina

Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder by Nie Jun

One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Dragon Masters: Rise of the Earth Dragon by Tracey West

Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and

Someone Called Plastic by Emily Jenkins

We Could Be Heroes by Margaret Finnegan

World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

5th/6th grade books: From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

Ghost Squad by Clairibel A.Ortega

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris

Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron

My Life as a Book by Janet Tashijian

My life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen

Plagues and Pandemics by Kate Messner

Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker

Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly

Mr. Ring's class is getting ready to start working on a Continent Postcard project. Ms. Rachel in the Library has checked out about 25 books to the class that the students will use as resources. They have already been talking with their parents about which continent to choose. The project goes along with the fourth-grade Social Studies standards and the children are so excited!

• Remember that supervision starts at 8:40 daily. Students need to stay in the car with family members until the bell rings and staff are outdoors. Families are welcome to walk to the front door and wait for the bell.
• Please drive safely whenever on Lake Otis Pkwy and on our school property. We know that families are often in a hurry to get to work/home, but safety is important at all times.
• All students and family need to enter through the front door of the school daily. If your child is running late, please make sure they come to the front of the building to check in and get a pass.

October 5, 2022

Hello Rabbit Creek Families,

Thank you to everyone who participated and volunteered at the Rock the Wild Jogathon. It was a huge success and the PTA staff are working hard on tallying all of those pledge envelopes. A special shout out to Kelly Taylor-Lee and Heather Helzer our Jogathon VPs as well as all the volunteers who came out for this awesome fun filled event! We couldn’t have done this event with all of you!! If you would like to share any photos of the event, please send them to memorybook@rabbitcreekpta.org.

Congratulations to the winners of the one-day pass to Hilltop Ski Area:

● Kindergarten: Emmit Kirn with 24 laps

● First grade: Archer Howard with 28 laps

● Second grade: Jack Esslinger with 29 laps

● Third grade tie: Brady Hall and Jonathon Wrobel each with 30 laps

● Fourth grade: Reyce Lee with 34 laps

● Fifth grade tie: Payden Henrie and Ethan Pelenato each with 31 laps

● Sixth grade: Cienna Enslow with 36 laps

School pictures are completed and it was wonderful to see the kid’s smiling faces in class pictures this year. Individual codes to access your child’s pictures will be available soon. Just as a reminder you can still purchase memory books at ybpay.com with the Yearbook ID code of 13268823. The books are $20 each and parents can decide to personalize the book with their child’s school photo on the front, if they wish.

Please save the date: Monster Mash: Trunk or Treat will be held on October 28th in the Rabbit Creek parking lot. The event will be trick or treating along with an outside dance and picture area. More information to come in the upcoming weeks, but we know it will be tons of fun.

Thank you to everyone who ordered your RC spirit wear. We should be receiving all of the merchandise soon and will distribute them to the children in the classrooms, when they arrive.

If you haven’t joined PTA yet, please consider joining PTA through an individual ($10), family ($15) or business ($50) membership by visiting https://form.jotform.com/92304757793164 and completing our online form. The class with the most participation will receive a pizza party!

Please join us next Tuesday, October 11th at 7pm in the RC library for our next PTA meeting. To stay up to date with current PTA issues and activities, refer to our PTA website www.rabbitcreekpta.org and our closed PTA Facebook group "Rabbit Creek Elementary PTA".

Your awesome PTA President,

Kelly Joy Quisenberry

President, Rabbit Creek PTA

president@rabbitcreekpta.org

Kelly Quisenberry asked that I share the following link that allows you to be able to sign up and assist with the lunches that our PTA provides during conference week.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094EA5AE2CA2FF2-conference1

Email: peterson_kristina@asdk12.org
Website: www.asdk12.org/rabbitcreek
Location: 13650 Lake Otis Parkway, Anchorage, AK, USA
Phone: 907-742-5700
Facebook: facebook.com/RabbitCreekPrincipalPage