Good Afternoon RPI Families,

WOW, last week was an awesome way to close the month of September. On Friday, 96.55% of our kids wore green and white in some form or another. It was great to celebrate our school community!

As we start the month of October, we are introducing "Kindness Wednesdays." We will be working with kids to show some form of kindness to those around them through simple acts that they might not always think about doing. While we will also encourage kindness and do so through the Rocket Way, Wednesday's will be focused specifically on how we can show kindness to others.

I'm excited to see what comes from this work. If you have some specific celebrations for your family, please share! I'd love to mention it to others.

As we think of kindness, one way that we can help kids connect to our expectations is through reteaching, reminding and holding them accountable to "The Rocket Way...Respect. Pride. Integrity." in all they do. We ask that you do the same but consider using this model:

Respect: being kind so someone shows respect for you and for them. It is honoring something in you or them.

Pride: How can you treat someone with kindness, empathy and consideration even if you feel "wronged."

Integrity: Doing the right thing, even when no one is looking.

REMINDER: NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 7)!!!

Please reach out if you have any questions!

Have a great week everyone!

Scott

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Scott Panozzo, Principal

panozzos@reeths-puffer.org

Students will stand outside the building for approximately 10 minutes every morning before the doors open. During that time, we often hear "I'm freezing," but it usually comes from the kid that is wearing shorts or no jacket. Please make sure they are dressed appropriately for this time of day. If you need assistance with warmer clothing, please let us know!

Lately, We've been noticing many students wearing slides/flip flops, crocs, boots etc in PE. We want to encourage parents to send their students with a pair of tennis shoes for PE class -- even if it's an older pair of play shoes that they're able to leave in their lockers each day. As they begin to learn more advanced movements, it is critical that the students have proper footwear as safety will be the number one priority.

After School Opportunities are back!

• Mondays: Yoga (mats provided) (Starting 9/19) Pick up 3:45. Offered through June 2023
• Thursdays: Endurance Adventure (bikes/helmets provided) Pick up 3:45. Fall Endurance Adventure last through October. No EA on October 6.

Contact Kelley Peel with questions: peelk@reeths-puffer.org

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Calling all 5th and 6th grade girls. We will be offering basketball open gym times for any girls interested in coming to learn more about basketball. This will be on Fridays after school, in the Intermediate gym until 4:30.

Any questions please contact Jessica VanderLaan at jessvanderlaan11@gmail.com or 231-750-7446.

We look forward to seeing your girl after school on Friday, September 16th. It will run through September and October. Bonus it is FREE!!

We are excited to announce our first meeting will be WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5th at 4pm in the front office!

Interested in joining the PTO? Click here for the Facebook Page. Also, the email address to reach the PTO is: RPIntermediatePTO@gmail.com

Reeths-Puffer's District Wellness team would like to invite Rocket City to join us for monthly events, meetings and speakers. Our goal is to support the physical, nutritional and mental health of our community as well as increase environmental awareness and keeping Rocket City beautiful.

September and October offerings:

• October 3rd , - our next wellness meeting at 4 pm at RPEL in room 109 door 24 - potential guest speaker: Dan Bonner from Muskegon Luge Park
  
• Family Game night in Oct - Date and Place TBD

We hope to see many from Rocket City! Denise Sheffer (shefferd@reeths-puffer.org and Alyssa Nauta (Nautaa@reeths-puffer.org- Co-Chairs of the RP Wellness Committee

If you haven't updated your demographics and signed our digital forms yet, please log in to your PowerSchool parent account (from a computer not app) to update your demographics...even if they haven't changed. We need you to check off certain items (acceptable use policy, study trip permission, handbook, etc).

CLICK HERE for a link to the PowerSchool Parent Portal.

Medication shall not be brought to school unless it is essential to the health of the student.

Medications which need to be taken in school must be administered by certified school personnel (or designee) in the presence of another adult. Parents must bring medication to the school office in the original container and file a written statement. NO STUDENT MAY BRING ANY MEDICATION TO SCHOOL.

Contact the office if you have any questions.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Breakfast and Lunch will be served in the cafeteria, but will NOT be free to all students as in the past couple of years. Please go to lunchapp.com to apply for free or reduced breakfast and lunch benefits.

• Breakfast will be offered to any kids that need/want it in the cafeteria at 7:30am. Students will need to enter the building at DOOR 1 to walk to the cafeteria.
• Breakfast: $1.25
• Lunch: $2.90

October Menu

Please complete a school lunch application if your income has changed since you last filled one out or if you have not yet completed one this year. This information is super helpful for R-P funding, but also necessary for food service to have if an additional round of P-EBT cards go out. Complete the form online at lunchapp.com. THANK YOU!

Questions?

• Jackie Blomeke, MBA, RDN
  Director of Food Service
  blomekej@reeths-puffer.org

Students will have the option to purchase (if you allow it) a la carte items from the lunch line. These items WILL cost extra money, so students will need money in their account or to bring money with them. They will NOT be allowed to charge it to their account if there is no money in it.

Website: www.reeths-puffer.org
Location: 1500 North Getty Street, Muskegon, MI, USA
Phone: 2317449280
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reeths-Puffer-Intermediate-863900696970981/
Twitter: @scottpanozzo