RJ Richey Family Newsletter

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September:

Thursday, Sept. 26th-Oct. 9th: Battle of the Cans (flyer info below)

Friday, Sept. 27th: End of First 6 weeks & Smart Smiles Screening Day

Monday, Sept. 30th: No School for Students / Professional Development Day

Monday, Sept. 30th - Oct. 4th: BCISD Homecoming Week (theme dress days coming)

October:

Oct. 1: RJ PTO Adventure Dash (Fun Run) Rally & Kickoff Day

Oct. 3: 1Six Weeks Report Cards & BHS homecoming parade

Oct. 4: Smart Smiles Treatment Day @ RJ & In-Class 1st 6weeks awards & RJ Perfect AttenDANCE party @ 2:30

Oct. 7: Top Dawg Award Reception @ 2:00PM

Oct. 8: Fall Picture Day @ RJ

Oct. 11: Adventure Dash Fun Run @ RJ

Oct. 14: No School for Students / Parent Outreach & School/Family Conference Day

Oct. 18: 4th grade Field Trip (Bob Bullock Museum)

Oct. 23: 5th grade Science STAAR practice Interim testing

Oct. 28-Oct. 31: Red Ribbon Week w/ daily dress-up themes

M- Red

T- Color Wars (grades choose colors)

W- Jerseys

T- Book Character Costumes

Oct. 31: End of 2nd Six Weeks

November:

Nov. 1: No School for students or Staff

Nov. 4: No School for students / Professional Development Day

Nov. 6: STAAR Practice 3rd-5th Reading Interim testing

Nov. 11: Veteran's Day Program @ RJ

Nov. 14: 3rd, 4th & 5th grade STAAR practice Math Interim testing

Nov. 25-29: Thanksgiving Break (No school for students or staff)

Each week, campus leadership will share some hot-topics and helpful parenting tips to help build and bridge connections and conversations between school and home.

We want all of our Bulldogs to have the best school and learning experience possible, and we all know that it takes a VILLAGE to foster the highest levels of social, emotional, and academic wellness for our Bulldogs!

Thank you for taking the time to read the tips and hot-topics so that we can all partner together in building relationships and Crafting the Future together!

This week's Topics:

• helping your child to meet high expectations
• encouraging student responsibility
• how to help with student meltdowns & boost student self-reliance

Did you know that just 2 absences in a Six Weeks can mean YOUR child is CHRONICALLY ABSENT?

Do you know the research about Chronically Absent student performance?

Did you know that when Absences ADD UP this one statistic can contribute to below grade-level achievement and increase in social emotional anxiety for students?

Attendance @ School Matters! RJ's Mission to Make EVERY school day count!

• Should you need to sign-your student out early during the day, please have your ID.
• All parents/guardians will be asked to sign your student out as we are required to track student attendance and parts of day out of school. We will be able to code and excuse your child's early checkout with a doctor's note returned the next day.
• Excessive check-out earlies do affect student attendance and can accumulate for days missed from school.
• Time out or away from school, even significant tardies and/or check-out earlies WILL affect your child's attendance awards.

Submitting an Absence Note?

There are 2 easy ways to provide documentation for your child's absence IF they need to be away from school at anytime:

• You can send your child with an absence note to turn-into the front office. There is an "absence note" box where all students can place their absence letters or doctor's notes that our registrar documents daily.
• You can also scan in doctor's notes and/or send parent communication regarding your child's absences to our attendance registrar @ rsuter@burnetcisd.net

Did you know that RJ PTO gives back to RJ in many ways?

This week our PTO partnered with Templetons, Scot's Pizza, and Bill's Burgers to award prizes to our staff members with shout-outs from Parent Night! Check out the winners and pictures below!

Thank you to RJ PTO for helping to fund and support these initiatives for this Six Weeks:

• Student & Teacher 1st Six-Weeks celebration on 9/27 (student treats & teacher "Whoot" Wagon)
• Student Care Closet with daily items needed for student wellness & clinic supplies (toothpaste, tooth brushes, deodorant, socks, undergarments, etc.)

How do I request a change in transportation?

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 questions about arrival, dismissal, transportation changes, visitor procedures, etc?

Always find RJ Richey School Information about daily school procedures here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qxv2ztN9aG_GHkYg069Q5zvvGQRKDyb2q0ENU12G9o/edit?usp=sharing

BMS is holding the annual Zombie/Color Run with a Bake Sale on Saturday, October 26, 2024.

Please come join BMS for a 2 mile run/walk with Zombies and color throwers along the route to the high school and back.

We will have dogs from the Hill Country Humane Society to run with (and adopt if you want!) The sign up for that will come at a later date.

If you'd like to join, click this link to choose a shirt option. We will distribute shirts starting at 8am on Saturday.

Give an RJ Staff a BCISD Shout Out!

Have you experienced great customer service from a Burnet CISD employee? Has a Burnet CISD co-worker gone the extra mile in supporting you in some way? 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.

CLICK HERE TO GIVE A STAFF SHOUT OUT!

7:15am Front Doors Open

7:25am 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