Dear Roadrunner Families ~

On behalf of the Renton Park Learning Community, I am excited to welcome you to the 2024-2025 school year! I hope you had an opportunity to enjoy a wonderful summer and are ready to start a new school year!

This year our theme is western-related where we are “Saddling Up for Success”, by ensuring EVERY child, EVERY day, in EVERY classroom and environment is engaged in high quality learning experiences. Our Office Team is busy registering new families and making sure we’re well-stocked with materials, the Custodial Engineer Team have tirelessly been working to provide clean and safe learning environments for all and Staff are hard at work planning and preparing for all students to arrive.

Below are a few important dates/info to tuck away as we begin the year:

• August 22: Pop by and say "Hi" (see below for more information)
• August 28: First Day of School (Grades 1-12)
• September 2: Labor Day - NO SCHOOL
• September 3: First Day of School (Kindergarten)
• September 19: Curriculum Night - more info to come

• Admin Team: Pamela Washington (Principal), Kelly Bruno (Assistant Principal)
• Office Support: Jesenia Fernandez (Office Manager), Jeff Day (Office Assistant/Attendance)
• Health Room: Keri Franklin (Nurse), Elise Callies (Health Services Assistant)
• ILC K-2: Teresa Culley (Teacher); Colleen Huff and Amber Lewark (Para-Educators)
• ILC 3-5: Catalina Narvaja (Teacher); Tara Cline and Leezette Wheeler (Para-Educators)
• Ready K Team: Sara Barbee (Teacher) and Haley Brotherton (Para-Educator)
• Kindergarten Team: Monica Jimenez, Olivia Murphy and Pennye Brown
• Grade 1: Stephane Eliason, Taylor Morrell and Linda Warmenhoven
• Grade 2: Roslyn Lucas, Jessica Jou and Cherie Weaver
• Grade 3: Katie Cerna, Emily Choe and Melinda Van De Sompele
• Grade 4: Shaleila Moore and Erick Schug
• Grade 5: Dave Bussey and Siena Ciarrocchi
• Specialists: Dave Burrows (PE), Eric Munson (PE Itinerant), Megan Howell (Music), Shayla Hetletvedt (Music Itinerant), Lise Lindfors (Library)
• Student Support: Loura Williams (Counselor), Alice Reiff (SEL Coach), ThaiEscia Ellis and Johnathan Codiga (Behavior Interventionist)
• SPED: Perlina Fugate and Amanda Scofield (RLC Teacher), Rebecca Burrows and Lavenus Lee (SPED Para-Educator), Emily Kramer & Elena Mendoza (SLP), Paul Campbell (OT), Brianne Lefferts (PT), Yasmin Xarayath (Psychologist), Erica Brehm (Clerical)
• Instructional Facilitator: Jessica Steinle
• Multi-Language Team: Adrienne Wicklund (Teacher) and Lucy Uribe-Gonzalez (Para-Educator)
• Reading Teacher: Kaci Aguilar
• Title/LAP Para-Educators: Mary Nelson, Elizabeth Shively, Annie Barrett, Asha Ahmed, Brandace Spangler
• Nutrition Services: Maureen Kosir and Liliya Yarmaliuk
• Custodial Engineer Team: Thu Nguyen and Dung Luong

Classroom assignments will be available via Skyward Thursday, August 22nd.

Join us for a popsicle where you can learn class assignments while meeting Renton Park Staff.

WHEN: Thursday, August 22nd

TIME: 4:00 - 5:00pm

WHERE: Renton Park Playground

Walkers: Main front entrance doors open at 8:10am for breakfast. At 8:20am all doors are open and students are invited to enter the building for "Books Before the Bell" where they are invited to sit quietly with peers and talk or read.

**Note: 1st - 5th Families are welcome to enter the building and walk students to their class on Wednesday, August 30th. After that, please plan to say your goodbyes at the front door.

Car Riders: To ensure our process moves quickly and smoothly we're asking all students be ready to exit the vehicle.

• For safety reasons, traffic posts will be used to separate lanes.
• Morning drop off is only available using lane closest to sidewalk (right lane). Left lane drivers will be directed to park and not be able to merge into drop off lane.
• Once students have exited the car, families should continue to pull forward.

Bus Riders: Students exiting the bus will be ushered into the building and go directly to the cafe for breakfast. At 8:20 students will be dismissed from the cafe to join peers for Books Before the Bell.

DISMISSAL PROCEDURES:

• K-4 students will be released to the playground at dismissal.
• 5th Grade students will be released through the front main entrance.

Walkers: Students walking home will exit the campus and report directly to their respective destinations.

Bus Riders: Students riding the bus will be released to the playground area and report directly to the bus area where they will board the bus.

Car Riders: Car riders can either meet their family in the car pick-up lane in front or in the playground area. *NOTE: Families MUST park their cars in a designated parking spot if picking their child up from the playground. No parking in the pick up lane.

Renton Schools provides school supplies for all elementary and middle school students in classrooms at the start of the school year. Families pay a low, one-time fee of $30 ($10 for families on free/reduced lunch) for enough school supplies for the entire school year (backpacks and lunchboxes not included). Families who wish can continue to bring their own school supplies. High school students will continue to provide their own school supplies.

Cost for school supplies for the full year is only $30 ($10 for families free/reduced lunch). Families can pay the one-time fee through their Online Payment account or at their school.

Families eligible for school bus transportation will soon receive an email with bus route and stop locations. For more information about school bus routes please email Transportation.Routing@rentonschools.us.

Thanks to a state and federal funding, Renton School District will again provide breakfast and lunch meals free to most students this school year. All students can eat school breakfast and lunches free except at Risdon Middle School, Hazen High and the H.O.M.E. program. Unfortunately, the federal Community Eligibility Provision formula left us unable to include these schools.

Important note: While not required for free school meals, families are strongly encouraged to complete this Child Nutrition and Education Benefit form to help students and families receive important resources like: before and after school academic and enrichment programs; resources for classrooms; guidance and college counselors; health and wellness services; state summer grocery debit cards (SunBucks), and more. Submit your completed form to RSD.mealform@rentonschools.us or drop off at your school.

During the summer, we transitioned to the newest version of Skyward. The link to log into New Skyward Family Access can be easily found on the district website and on each school’s webpage. Family members, if you already have a username and password for Skyward Family Access from last year, those credentials will work in New Skyward. If you are new to Family Access, you can use the “Forgot password” link to set a new password, with your email as the username. Additionally, families should access the new site through our website linked in this message and delete previous bookmarks to the old site to ensure access to the correct site.

Renton School District is partnering with Hazel Health, a confidential and secure service to provide access to quality health care services for all students, at no cost to families. Hazel Health offers scheduled appointments with licensed therapists and on-demand access to medical providers. The program will be offered to students at school (read more about the in-school program here). Families can also sign-up for in-home care at https://my.hazel.co/rentonschools/info.