Rose City Park Elementary School
December 20, 2024
Rose City Park Elementary School
Website: https://www.pps.net/rosecitypark
Location: 2334 Northeast 57th Avenue, Portland, OR, USA
Phone: 503-916-6765
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoseCityPark
Instagram: @rcp_otters
Dear RCP Families,
Happy Holidays! Wishing all a peaceful and joyful winter break.
Lifting Universal Human Rights at RCP: This week on Wednesday we held our monthly school assemblies with the focus on Universal Human Rights. Our students were amazing! Check out the highlights HERE.
Change in Automated Attendance Calls: Please note an important change to our attendance process. To enhance our focus on student safety, automated attendance calls through Remind will now begin at 9:30 AM instead of 10:30 AM. To avoid receiving a call, please report your child's absence to the school before 9:30 AM. Thank you for your cooperation
Important 5th Grade Family Information: 5th grade families, please see this letter (English/Vietnamese) for important changes in grading happening at all PPS middle schools next school year.
Year of the Snake: 2025 is the Year of the Snake according to the Chinese Zodiac. The year of the snake symbolizes wisdom, transformation and intuition. The snake’s ability to shed its skin is a metaphor for letting go of the past and transformation. I invite you all to take some time this winter break to think about what you will let go and what you will transform in the new year. See you next year!
For more important school news, please read below.
In Solidarity,
Principal Bacon
The Family and Teacher TAG referral window is now open and will remain open until January 10th, 2025. The goal of this second referral round is to identify students who may not have been referred during the Fall data-driven referral window. This includes but is not limited to, those students in K-2 who do not participate in MAP and OSAS testing, as well as those in 3-5 for whom computer-based assessments present a roadblock in demonstrating their academic level and need. Families of 2nd-grade students who have scored at or above the 95th percentile on the screening assessment for intellectual giftedness (called NNAT) will be notified in January 2025 that their student will be evaluated for TAG identification based on that assessment.
The referral process this year has changed from previous years. Families interested in referring their student for TAG should contact their classroom teacher during this window to discuss their student’s needs. Teachers submitting a referral will complete a reflection about their experience with the student in the classroom and consider several things, including:
How quickly does this student master new concepts and skills?
Is the student providing insights and thinking about topics in a way that is different from most students?
In what ways (if any) does the teacher already need to differentiate for this student to support their success?
Once this reflection is completed, additional work samples and assessment data will be collected before the Rose City Park TAG team meets to make a final decision. Once a decision is reached, parents will be informed via email, prior to April 24, 2025.
The TAG website has more information on evaluation and identification, TAG services, and opportunities for parents to provide input and feedback through the TAG Advisory Council (TAGAC).
Covered Bike Parking!
If you are able to help set up our new bike-cover canopy in January, please sign up here. Canopy Sign-Up
We need your help with the lost and found. If you have 30 minutes a week to help tag items with a color-coded sticker and pull any items from the lost and found with names, this would be wonderful! Please click here to join the Lost and Found Committee. Many hands make light work!
Thank you - Ms. Karen & Ms. Madalyn.
https://www.konstella.com/app/school/66be58a01b5c72a5033ccd07/committees/670ff29c079cc93efd4d7ac6
