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Hello Rockburn Families!!

We hope you enjoyed winter break and then the snow break!

This will be our first 5 day week of 2025. As a reminder - please make sure your Family File is up to date, especially the emergency closing section.

The end of the quarter is coming up quickly. Math conferences are coming up in early February. Due to the snow, the conference sign-up window will now open on January 23rd at 8:00am. Thank you!

Have a great week!

Bonnie Branch Middle school: Jan 21 at 6pm in the BBMS cafe.

We will have a Spanish Interpreter for our Spanish speaking families.

Elkridge Landing Middle School: January 22, 2025, at 6pm. There will also be a GT presentation that same night at 5:30pm for any interested parents. The snow date will be January 30.

Dear Rockburn Families,

Welcome back from Winter Break, and welcome to 2025! We hope you all had a restful and enjoyable time with family and friends, and are ready to start the new year refreshed and energized. As we continue to work together to ensure the safety and well-being of all our students, we would like to take a moment to remind everyone of some important safety guidelines for both drivers and walkers in and around our school zones. Your cooperation helps ensure that our school remains a safe and welcoming place for all.

Please see the attached PDF as an important safety reminder. Thank you!

As we enter into the colder winter months, we wanted to send this reminder about outdoor recess.

Children are expected to wear warm clothing to protect them during cold weather when participating in recess or outside activities. The decision to go outside or stay inside for recess, physical education, or any other outdoor activity is a decision made daily based on the following criteria:

• Temperature and humidity

• Wind chill

• Heat index and air quality

• Age of students

• Length of time outdoors

• Adequacy of the children’s clothing

• Condition of the playground

• Falling precipitation (more than a sprinkle or mist)

• Thunder and lightning

Generally, it is assumed that students will be outside for recess, outdoor eating, physical education, or any other outdoor activity when the temperature combined with the wind chill is not less than 20 degrees Fahrenheit or the heat index reading is less than 95.

It is time to order your memory book. The link below will be active through Friday, April 11th. This yearly classic is filled with collage pages for each grade level and many of the spirit days. The cost is $22 and all orders this year are online only. Use the link below and the enter the code:

• Go to ybpay.com and enter code 15120825

The MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) winter testing window for Grade 5 opens on January 7th and Grades 1-4 January 27th. The window runs until February 27th. The following are the testing dates for grade 1-5 for the Winter MAP Assessment. Students who miss the testing date will make-up testing another time within the window.

If you have any questions in regards to MAP Testing you can reach out to your child’s teacher or nicole_meyerson@hcpss.org.

Thank you for your continued support!

This year we are going to work with PTA to try to raise funds for a new electronic sign out front. Our sign is looking a little dated and old. One way we're going to raise funds is to sell spirit wear. Please click on the link to check out our amazing store! Shop away!!!

RES Spirit wear

Please fill out your Family File today!

It is very important that each year, every family update their Family File. Please make sure all

Here is a direct link to HCPSS Connect. The Family File tab will be on the left hand side once you have logged into HCPSS Connect.

Thank you for taking the time to complete the Family File.

We will once again be doing prize cart at recess! If you are able to help out, please sign up. Each slot is 30 minutes.

Prize Cart Help

Please click here for our Counselor Corner, this will be continually update by Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Braxton-Cheek

RES Counselor Corner

January

1 - New Year's Day - schools and offices closed

2 - Return to school!

20 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - schools and offices closed

23 - Schools close 3 hours early 12:15pm

29 - Professional Work Day - Schools closed for students

February

5 - Schools closed 3 hours early for P/T Conferences

6 - Schools closed 3 hours early for P/T Conferences

7- Professional Work Day - Schools closed for students

17 - President's Day - Schools and Offices Closed

2/? 100th Day of School - Any shirt with numbers or math-related [To be modified if we have snow days]

3/7 - College Shirt or Career Day

4/4 - Culture / Heritage Day

December 16 - https://secure.smore.com/n/w6ajg-rockburn-report

November 11 - https://secure.smore.com/n/v0y3p-rockburn-report

We have begun planning Staff Appreciation Week for this year. We would once again like to assemble 72 gift baskets that we will raffle off to our wonderful staff throughout the week. To make this happen, we need your help. Please consider purchasing items from our wish list, which will be delivered directly to the PTA. Thank you in advance for your support!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1JKW4WCU5MFWD?ref_=wl_share

RES PTA is once again hosting a Skate Night at Wheels Skating Center. Save the date of Saturday, February 8th from 5 pm to 7 pm. More details and a link to purchase tickets will be coming soon.