Goal Setting and #oneword2025 in Action!
Titan Families,
Ms. Olmstead and I are incredibly proud of our staff and Kindergarten through fifth-grade students for embracing the new year with such enthusiasm and a strong focus on personal growth.
This year, our young learners have taken a significant step towards self-improvement by setting ambitious goals for themselves. They have thoughtfully considered their aspirations in academics, social-emotional learning, and personal development. To further guide their journey, many students have even adopted a "One Word" to embody their overarching goal for the year. These powerful words, such as "Kindness," "Growth," "Effort," and "Inspire," will serve as daily reminders of their intentions.
This proactive approach to goal-setting aligns perfectly with our district's emphasis on Pursuit of Excellence, one of our ten Ethical Principles. By striving for continuous improvement and embracing challenges, our Titans are demonstrating the key qualities of our Graduate Profile.
We are excited to witness the remarkable progress our students will make as they work diligently towards achieving their goals. Their dedication and determination are truly inspiring. We encourage you to ask them about their goals and discuss as a family how you all can work with them in their progress.
As always, thank you for sharing your kiddo(s) with us! It is a joy to serve you daily! Please feel free to reach out if you have any celebrations or concerns, and have a great week!
Take care and lead well,
Dr. Amy Sharp, RPE Principal
Ms. Lacy Olmstead, RPE Assistant Principal
TITAN EXCELLENCE JANUARY FOCUS
We are so excited to combine two excellent programs into one great focus for our Titans. We are using Leander ISD's Ethical Principles (Culture of Caring) and Leander ISD’s Graduate Profile to make our Titan Community leadership and learning focus come to life.
What are we doing as a campus community?
Each month, we will have a new focus and will introduce Titan Excellence during our Titan Time Assembly. Then at the end of each month our teachers will choose two students from their homeroom that have exemplified these qualities through learning and leading. We will celebrate these students at our end of the month, Titan Time Assembly.
Why the change?
We want to effectively integrate important values into our school culture and provide students with regular opportunities to be celebrated for their achievements. This approach should encourage positive behavior and a strong sense of community among our Titans. Our hope is that the monthly focus and the recognition at the end of each month will help keep students engaged and motivated throughout the year.
How can you help?
We encourage you to support this effort by talking about these things at home with your Titan(s), too.
We are Hiring!
If you have any questions, please reach out to Dr. Amy Sharp at amy.sharp@leanderisd.org Thank you!
JOIN PTA TODAY!
Join PTA TODAY because increasing our membership, even by one, makes it possible to:
- Get funds to teachers to supplement classroom needs.
- Connect with teachers, parents, and administration to voice needs for our school and our Titans.
- Fund library technology, guest speakers, playground equipment.
- Help plan community activities such as Fall Fest, Apex Fun Run, Book Fair, Mentoring
- programs, Field Day, Career Day & STEAM Night.
- Support Teacher and Staff Appreciation.
Myths Debunked!
- PTA does NOT require mandatory meetings or volunteer hours.
- PTA is NOT just for stay-at-home parents or for those who want to take on a large leadership role.
PTA is-
- for ANYONE who wants to be a bit more connected to teachers, principals and the Titan community. In sum, there is no wrong or right way to be in PTA!
- something that takes 5 minutes to join and if you join now your $10 membership will enter you in a monthly raffle for gift cards, free water bottles, and MORE!
- easy to join! ----------> https://riverplacepta.membershiptoolkit.com
SDM & Bus Rider Passes
While we deeply appreciate your effort in ensuring your Titan's SDM is updated throughout the school year to include exceptions, we kindly ask that you contact the office via email to get a bus pass written for any Titan that doesn't typically ride the bus to ensure that your Titan is able to safely board the bus with no issue when their SDM exception is Bus Rider. Best practice would be to register your Titan for the bus using this link if these exceptions are planned for an occurrence of at least once a week. For your Titans who do typically ride the bus, please ensure that you have registered your Titan for the bus using this link. Moving forward, students will not be allowed to ride the bus in any capacity unless they've been registered or have contacted the office for a bus pass. If you have any questions, please contact the front office. Thank you!
River Place Elementary Titan Community
Here are our Titan Community Communication Tools-
- River Place Elementary School Website
- Twitter Account
- PTA Facebook Page
- Remind App for River Place Insiders
Email: ContactTeacher@leanderisd.org
Website: https://riverplace.leanderisd.org/
Location: 6500 Sitio Del Rio Blvd, Austin, TX 78730, USA
Phone: 512-570-6911
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RiverPlaceElementaryPTA/
X (formally known as Twitter): @RiverPlaceTitan
Instagram: @riverplace_elem