Timber Talks

As we wrap up the first semester, we are preparing to share updates on your child’s progress, similar to progress report time. Report cards will be sent home next week. Please take a moment to review the information below, which explains our report card and how to interpret it. Our goal is to ensure you have a clear understanding of how your child is learning at school and how they can continue to grow.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Family Fun Night! It was a joy to welcome you into our school and to see families engaging together in some of our academic games. At River Mill, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of readers, as reading is foundational to so many other skills. We appreciate your continued support in reinforcing this at home through nightly reading.

Also, a big thank you for your incredible participation in our Penny War! Thanks to your generosity and enthusiasm, we raised over $1,700 for our school—an amazing achievement! Every coin and dollar contributed made a meaningful impact, and we are so grateful for the support from our students, families, and staff. A shout out to our amazing PTO for organizing and putting in the hard work to make this event such a success. We truly appreciate everyone who joined in the fun, brought in change, and helped support our school community. Your generosity makes a difference! Classes with the top earnings will be receiving their rewards soon!

As always, we appreciate your partnership in ensuring your child’s education is the best it can be. Your support at home makes a world of difference, and we are grateful to work alongside you in helping your child learn and grow!

Lindsey Fullenwider, Principal
Trevor Syring, Vice Principal
RMEOffice@estacada.k12.or.us

In order to help you all know what the week looks like, we will list it out clearly for you each week. REID days are for invited students and will change each week. Students are invited to REID days for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it's to extend or challenge a student, and other times it might be to provide extra help on a particular skill. On those days, our doors open at 7:50 and dismissal is at 10:00am. If you have questions about this week's schedule, please let us know!

This Week:

• Feb. 3rd: Regular School Day
  
• Feb. 4th: Regular School Day
• Feb. 5th: Regular School Day -
• Feb. 6th: Regular School Day
• Feb. 7th: REID Day, by invite only

Upcoming Events:

• Feb. 12th: K/5th Family Breakfast at 7:30 AM
• Feb. 12th: 4th/5th Music Concert at 6:30 PM
• Feb. 13th: ELD Family Night at 5:30 PM
• Feb. 17th: No School, Holiday
• Feb. 21st: Full School Day for All Students
• Feb. 27th: Bingo Night 6:00-7:00 pm, doors open at 5:30 pm.

We are thrilled to introduce a fun new way to recognize and celebrate our students for following our school rules—Be Safe, Be Kind, Be Respectful, and Be Responsible! Students can now earn special trading cards when they demonstrate these positive behaviors at school.

Encourage your child to collect all four cards! Each one represents an important part of our school community, and we can’t wait to see our students striving to earn them. Be on the lookout—when your child receives a card, it will come home in their green Thursday folder.

Let’s cheer on our students as they work toward earning their cards! 🎉

Next week is National School Counseling Week, and we are excited to celebrate our incredible counselors, Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Bohrer! They work tirelessly to support our students' academic, social, and emotional growth, and we are so grateful for all they do. Please join us in showing them appreciation next week with a kind word, note, or gesture to let them know how much they mean to our River Mill community!

Our desire as TIMBERS, is that every day we are "Kind with our words and actions!" In January of 2024, we had 16 office referrals. This January 2025, we had 32 office referrals. We discuss this data at our assemblies and the school knows that our goal is to stay below ten referrals each month.

Our overarching goal is to use all situations as learning opportunities, but as we reflect upon the referrals of January, we all need to work as a team to remind students to use kind words/language and to have kind actions with our bodies. Thank you families for all of your support and let us know if you have any questions.

Did you know that many of our youngest students miss about 10% of the school year—around 14 days, or just two days a month? This level of chronic absenteeism in elementary school can predict lower test scores and challenges with retention in later grades. Every day and every minute of school matters, contributing to your child's growth and success! Please help us support your child's learning by ensuring they attend school every day and arrive on time. Thank you for partnering with us to build strong habits for lifelong learning!

Please take a minute to view the Early Learning Newsletter from our partners, Todos Juntos. Click the green link below to view the newsletter!

If you plan to order a yearbook for your student this year, you can purchase those at buytheyearbook.com or with exact cash or check in the office. You can save $2 by purchasing before Febuary 10th.