RES Weekly Buzz

RES was bustling with activity this week! Our high school friends, Fiona Zhang and Ken Park, spent time in 3rd and 5th grade this week. They presented a “Classroom Market Day” in grade 3, where students learned about earning and saving money. Grade 5 had an “Entrepreneur Day” focused on creating and selling items. Fiona and Ken have worked with many classrooms, bringing our students terrific learning experiences.

Gloucester Maritime visited our 4th-grade students this week and focused on how changes in a habitat can affect resource availability and the populations of species that live there. They even brought in some live mummichogs (a small species of fish found mainly in salt marshes),for the kids to see! We are grateful for our partnership with Gloucester Maritime again with grades 3, 4, and 5 this year. We ended our week with a great Community Meeting led by some 5th-grade leaders and our 3rd-grade classes. Our 3rd-grade students sang an excellent song to honor the splendor and beauty of Cape Ann. They were fabulous! And many thanks to our RES jugglers, who gave us a fantastic performance!

Have a terrific weekend, and enjoy your holiday next week. The next Weekly Buzz will be sent on Friday, December 6th.

Amy

• November 27th: 1/2 day of school for staff & students
• Pre-K dismissal-11:30 am
• K-5 dismissal-12 pm
• November 28th-29th: No school-Thanksgiving break
• December 3rd: 1/2 day for Students
• Pre-K dismissal-11:30am
• K-5 dismissal-12pm
• December 3rd-4th: Caregiver/Teacher Conferences- Follow the link, click on your students teacher to be taken to the conference sign up. All questions should be directed to the classroom teacher.

2024-2025 RPS School Calendar

SEPAC is sponsoring a Free Virtual Workshop titled: Basic Rights: Understanding the IEP on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024.

Registration link

24/25 Juggling Club for grades 2-5: Sign up here

24/25 Juggling Club

Thursdays, 8-8:45am

Any questions email Ms. Canniff, ecanniff@rpk12.org

Before/After School Schedule

Winter session #1-Begins week of November 18th

Sign up here

Students should be arriving no earlier than 7:55am for an 8am morning class.

The Euker-Alpert Scholarship is the result of the generous support of the Brace Cove Foundation in Gloucester. In honor of Claire Euker-Alpert, who passed away in 2014, the foundation is looking to support 12 students from kindergarten through 12th grade in weekly private lessons ($500 per student). We are profoundly grateful for the continued support of the Brace Cove foundation. This is a wonderful opportunity. We encourage everyone to take advantage of it!

The deadline to apply is Monday December 2 at 11:59pm. Recipients will be selected and notified by Friday, December 13 at 5:00pm. Lessons can begin immediately after that.

24/25 Euker-Alpert Scholarship Application

Morning Music Schedule

24/25 Music Department Calendar

If you have any questions, please reach out to the following faculty:

Orchestra-Mr. Cohen ncohen@rpk12.org

Band- Ms. Weaver dweaver@rpk12.org or Ms. Shaw-Reese kshaw@rpk12.org

Chorus-Ms. Shaw-Reese kshaw@rpk12.org

• 24/25 Chorus Schedule

Calling all photographers!

If anyone has photos of RES students participating in after hours, school based activities and would like to submit them for consideration in the yearbook, please send them to Mrs. Collins

scollins@rpk12.org.

“Saving Makes Cents” program with the Cape Ann Savings Bank is back!

Thursday, 8:30-8:45 for Grades 3-5

RES Foyer

New participants need to complete the attached form and send in with your child on that day or any Thursday after with $5.00 or more to start. A bank representative will be in the main foyer as the children enter the school for the day and will set up accounts as they come in. Parents do not need to accompany children. (Current participants can just bring in their book and bag and continue on).

Grace Brennan – CAPE ANN SAVINGS BANK

Member FDIC | Member DIF | Equal Housing Lender

Bank sign up form

Click on pictures for more information.

Please use this link to sign your child up to ride the school bus for school year 2024-2025. Routes will be posted on the website and sent to families this week. There have been some changes made to the routes from last year.

Bus Routes

School Bus Stop Safety

Thank you to everyone who has joined as members! We are always welcoming new members via our membership form and looking for new board members as well. Please email ptorockport@gmail.com with any questions.

Upcoming Events:

• Watch for information

PTO Membership Form

Please click on the link to review RES Illness and COVID-19 Protocols for this school year.

Does your family or someone you know in our local community need food assistance this holiday season? The Cape Ann Food Pantry, located at 28 Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, will again be handing out both turkey and vegan baskets (including various vegetables, stuffing, cranberries, gravy, and cornbread) this year to any families that need food assistance during Thanksgiving and December holidays. Please click on the following link to sign up: https://foodpantry.org/get-help/programs-services/holiday-basket-signup/

Free Thanksgiving Meal Options

The District is in need of Substitute nurses. Apply here

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the U.S. Postal Service has reopened COVIDtests.gov as of today, so that households across the country can order four additional over-the-counter COVID-19 tests for free. These tests are intended for use throughout the 2024 holiday season to detect currently circulating COVID-19 variants. Clear instructions are included on how to verify extended expiration dates

If you have any questions, please call the RES health office at 978-546-1223.

CLICK HERE FOR THE ROCKPORT FAMILY PORTAL.

• Any elementary, middle, or high school positions that are open in Rockport Public Schools are posted here.

• Click here or scan our QR code to see all available positions.

Click the links below to access the various resources:

• RES 24/25 Staff
• RPS Community Flyers
• Rockport Public Library-Visit the Rockport Public Library for some great offerings for both children and adults.
• Preschool Age Programs
• Rockport Youth Leaders
• Sawyer Free Library Offerings
• Nurturing Families Class at Pathways-This is a family program and includes child participation in age appropriate groups and a shared family meal. For further information and to register please reach out to Jeannine Helen at jhelen@pw4c.org. or call 978 296-8088.
• Cape Ann Kids Holiday Fund-Apply by December 1, 2024
• Community Coat Distribution Day-December, 7, 2024
• Cape Ann Youth Chorus
• Rockport Music- Visit the Rockport Music website for upcoming show information and discounted options for students of RPS.
• K-8 Rockport Youth Basketball
  

• Registration is now open for Rockport Youth Basketball!! Sessions will run on Saturdays for 10 weeks at the Rockport High School for boys and girls grades K-5 starting on December 7th. You can register here. Any questions please email Phil Whitley at pwhitley78@gmail.com

• Cape Ann Youth Hockey-Developmental Skating & Hockey Programs
• Cape Ann Museum
• Gloucester Youth Football and Cheerleading