RWHS Student Newsletter

• Chrome Care Protection Plan DEADLINE: REGISTER HERE

Tuesday, October 1

• Picture Retakes
  

Wednesday, October 2: ADVISORY SCHEDULE

• BARR I-times for grades 8-10 during Math

Thursday, October 3

• Student Flu Shot Clinic REGISTER HERE

Friday, October 4

RWHS office: (651) 385 - 4600

RWHS website

651-385-4660 (attendance)

Email for RWHS attendance line

Intérprete en Español
¡Bienvenido! Por favor contáctenos directamente para asistencia en español.
Jeimmy Yusty-Rojas
651-385-4607

Administrative Grade Assignments

Grades 8-10-12: Robin Pagel

Grades 9 & 11: Mandy Stokes

Counselor Assignments

Amber Pauley: 8-12th grade students with last names L-Z

Mrs. Pauley will be on maternity leave through 11/18/24.

Kara Gulbro: 8-12th grade students with last names A-K (and L-Z through October)

Make an appointment.

Struggling with your StudentVUE password? Is your account disabled?

Email Mrs. Borgschatz and she will help you out!

Oct. 2: U of M Twin Cities

Oct.2: College Promise

Oct. 3: US Army

Oct. 9: College Promise

Oct. 9: Winona State University

Oct. 15: Dunwoody College

Oct. 16: College Promise

Oct. 23: College Promise

Oct. 24: US Army

Oct. 28: U of M Duluth

Oct. 30: College Promise

November 15: Iowa State University

If you are not currently getting the weekly district e-newsletter in your inbox every Sunday and would like to, please email Newsletter@rwps.org.

Important Update regarding cellphones:

Cell phones are a personal device provided by families. It is critical that you continue to be a partner in the educational experience of our scholars. Teachers need spaces to do their jobs well. The state has also set new legislation that requires all districts to adopt cell phone policies, recognizing that humans are suffering from an array of social and health impact issues as a result of screen time. I encourage you to set limits on and use parental controls when necessary to ensure students are engaged in learning.

The following updates are being made to our procedures and want to ensure you are aware as parents.

1. Cell phones are not to be SEEN or HEARD.
2. First offence, cell phone will be given to the teacher and returned at the end of the class period
3. Second offence, cell phone will be given to the teacher, building supervisors will collect the cell phone, and it will be brought to the office for pickup at the end of the school day.
4. Third offence, Parent Meeting will be established to schedule a new plan for cell phones.

Schools are responsible for developing productive citizens through education growth in the classroom.

Students who need their cell phone for medical reasons should work with the administration to set a plan for how to access the phone when needed, so it does not put them in conflict with the procedures. We want the best educational experience possible for our scholars.

• We are enforcing a detention policy for students who are Tardy to class. Parents will be contacted for an issued detention and will be responsible for picking the student up after detention if they ride the bus. Parents will have advanced notice and scheduled for the detention.

• TTU = 1 point (this is just a few minutes late)

• TTR = 2 points (this is more than 6 minutes late)

• Detention = total 5 points

• 1st LC (Left Class) = warning

• 2nd or more LC = detention

Red Wing Public Schools provides all students in grades K-12 with a Chromebook device to use for learning and collaboration.

This device is the property of Red Wing Public Schools, but students are responsible for keeping their Chromebook in good condition. One way to protect the District's investment and save yourself repair costs is to purchase ChromeCare Protection Plan. This plan is only $15 and can save you hundreds of dollars during the course of the year. REGISTER HERE VIA COMMUNITY ED.

Did you know that nine families already have had to pay $315 each to replace their child's device this fall? Dozens more have had to pay for repairs. They likely would have paid nothing or only $10 if they had purchased ChromeCare.

Purchase ChromeCare by Sept. 30!

Students in grades 5-12 are eligible for ChromeCare. Students in grades 5-6 transport Chromebooks between classes. Students in grades 8-12 transport their Chromebooks between classes as well as to and from school, much as they do with textbooks. But K-5 students leave their Chromebooks in their classrooms. For these reasons, only families with students in grades 5-12 are eligible for the ChromeCare Protection Plan. The deadline is Sept. 30.

Chromebook Protection Plan (English)

Chromebook Protection Plan (Spanish)

Our students often struggle to use their school email as a tool because of the amount of Google Classroom notifications they get as emails. As a default, all classes will send them notifications any time a teacher adds new material or posts anything. This, for seven classes, is a lot of emails! Please consider taking time to walk through turning some notifications off and only leaving on the important ones (work is returned, due date reminders or teacher comments, for example). This will make a huge difference in the email inbox status and make it a much more usable tool!

If you have an OLD Google Class still showing up in your classes, email the teacher so they can remove you! If the teacher no longer works here or you need help, let Mrs. Bray know.

• There are no more free family/student/staff passes. We recommend you consider purchasing an annual activity pass, that will give you access to all home events. Download the GoFan app!

• Adults - $75

• District Staff - $30

• K-12 Student - $25

• 60+ and Red Wing resident - Free

• Single Game Tickets - Adults $10; Students $6

Please consider joining the BSU at RWHS!

BSU is for everyone and we will be happy to have you! We meet once a week on Thursday mornings 7:50-8:30am. We will also meet during Advisory time on Wednesdays.

CLICK HERE to learn more about BSU!

Please also consider donating new or gently used clothing to the BSU Clothing Drive! Boxes will be in the pods soon, so start collecting now! Donated clothes will be given to students at TBMS and RWHS.

Red Wing Public Schools and Goodhue County Health & Human Resources will offer an influenza vaccination clinic for interested students. Parents/guardians must register their student through the Goodhue County portal: https://tinyurl.com/GoodhueCountyHHS This is a flu clinic only.

Feed your body, feed your brain!

Our schools provide healthy meals each day. Our breakfast and lunch selections are nutritious and make a tremendous difference in how our students perform in the classroom: Feed your body, feed your brain!

Each student may eat one breakfast and one lunch per school day free of charge.

We do encourage families to complete the Application for Educational Benefits. Qualifying families may then receive benefits such as reduced activity fees, help with education expenses and some discounts. Please note that students who receive Medicaid or Medicare benefits are automatically enrolled. Start the process by creating your account at www.schoolcafe.com/register.

The district also offers a la carte items for purchase. Students bringing lunch from home, for example, may purchase milk daily for 55 cents per serving. Students are required to have a positive balance in their account to purchase a la carte items

All schools use a computerized school lunch accounting system linked to SchoolCafe. This allows families to deposit money into a personal account for their child. Each student is issued a four- or five-digit identification number that they will enter into a keypad when purchasing a la carte items. The cost will automatically be deducted from the account balance.

Families can deposit money by online payment or send cash or check to the school their child attends. Checks should be written to ISD 256. Checks should also contain the student’s full name on the memo line. The check can be written for multiple students. If doing this, please note this on the check.

Learn more at www.schoolcafe.com.

Jess Peña
Student Nutrition Services Director

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Families should have received communication via email and telephone regarding initial student pickup and drop off times for the new school year. These may be updated and you will be notified of any changes. Please note that at the end of the RWHS school day all bus students will need to board their assigned bus AT RWHS this year!

DOWNLOAD and/or REACTIVATE your app for notifications regarding your bus route!

RWPS code for this year: 7MM5

For questions regarding route changes, address changes and waivers:

Red Wing Transportation Department
(consulting agency)
651-385-4795
transportation@rwps.org

October is College Knowledge Month in Minnesota and to celebrate, the colleges and universities of Minnesota State are waiving their undergraduate application fees for the entire month AND there are no essays required for applications. That's what we call Minnesota State Month!

The Fall Driver's Education classes will be:

Class #6258-24F1
September 30 – October 22, 2024,

M-F - 6:30am-8:30am

Make-up date: October 23, 2024

-OR-

Class #6258-24F2

October 21 – November 6, 2024,

M-Th - 3:30pm-6:30pm

Register in person at the Community Education office located in the lower JPod of the High School or online at:

https://redwing.cr3.rschooltoday.com/public/getclass/category_id/-1/program_id/30

October 7-11: Team 6 Bus supervision (Sormunen, Robert, DeWitt, Bina, Perau, Gulbro, Pederson)

Tuesday, October 8: BARR meetings for grades 8 and 11/12

Wednesday, October 9: BARR I-times for grades 8-10 during Science

Wednesday, October 9: BARR meetings for grades 9 and 10

Wednesday, October 9: Senior cap and gown meeting 1:15-1:45pm

October 22: 50 Juniors taking the PSAT. Testing will take place in the Little Theatre, H109 &H110 and J110 on that day.

Student Council: WOW! What a great Homecoming week! Thanks for all of your volunteer hours planning and running all the events! -Mrs. Mikkelson

Injured and Sidelined Football Players: You did a GREAT job of getting the crowd cheering throughout the Homecoming game! Way to support your teammates on the field! -Bray

Ceramics students: THANK YOU a ton for a very, very successful reclaim day! -Bray