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100th Day of School - Spirit Day:

Last Thursday's "Snow Day" bumped our hundredth day celebration back to Thursday of this week. However, potential delays this week could impact the Spirit Day as follows:

• If school is closed on Wednesday only, then the 100th day will be simultaneous with Valentine's Day, this Friday February 14th. [Anyone have red shirts with numbers on them?]

• If school is closed Wednesday and Thursday, then the 100th day will be bumped to next Tuesday, February 18th.

Family Fun Night is back- March 13 from 6:00-7:30. Families can join teachers and staff for a night of activities, crafts and movement. More details about the specific activities and sign up to come soon! So, please be on the lookout.

To make this event possible, we do need your help with a few items. Please consider donating an item or two from our Amazon Wishlist. We appreciate all of your support to help make this night possible! Thank you! We look forward to seeing you all on March 13th!

Do you have a kindergartener who will be attending Rockburn next year, 2025-2026? If yes, come join us, the Kindergarten Team, March 6th from 5-7pm in the Cafeteria. (This event is for future kindergarteners and not current kindergarteners!) Drop in at any time during the evening to verify your incoming student’s registration, meet some teachers and health room staff, and build a toolkit to prepare for Kindergarten. We recommend you complete registration prior to the event or bring a non-cellphone device with you to complete the online portion of registration. Note that the registration for 2025-26 incoming kindergarteners will begin March 4th. Please do not register prior to this date.

What: Come join Rockburn for a night of fun and learning of the amazing cultures we have in our community. You can choose to participate in three different ways!

1. Families can attend to learn more about the cultures in the community.

2. Create a poster board (we recommend a three-panel board, so it stands up) and bring artifacts, samples of food, or wear traditional cultural clothing that represent your family. You will have an area on a table to display your culture.

3. You can also choose to read a read aloud book in the "reading room" that represents your culture.

When: THURSDAY February 20, 2025 from 5:30-7:00. We'll have time for visiting booths followed by performances.

** If you are presenting, you are welcome to come at 5:00 to set up.

Where: Rockburn Elementary School

Who: Any RES student and their family. Please come! Please teach us about your culture!

**Please sign up by February 10, 2024 to let us know your interest. If we have less than 15 families signed up to share about their culture, we will sadly have to cancel this event.

Please use this link to sign up: RES Culture Fest

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

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.

Dates to be out soon....be on the lookout for an email.

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

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

March

14 - Schools close 3 hours early

31 - Schools closed for students

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

January 27 - https://secure.smore.com/n/bs197d-rockburn-report

January 13 - https://secure.smore.com/n/9vdkg7-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

The RES PTA is partnering with Eco Adventures to offer an after school Eco-Trekkers club for 1st - 5th graders! Students will participate in fun, hands-on sessions exploring the wonderful world of nature with activities, live animal interactions and more! Each week will explore a different continent and some of the animals and myths from that region. The best part is that all of these animals and experiences come right to students at Rockburn without having to leave the building!

Sessions will be on Friday afternoons from February 21st through April 11th (no class on March 14th or March 28th) from 3:20-4:20pm. Spaces are limited so sign up today!

https://fspta-00031574.givebacks.com/store/items/1161027

Mark your calendars for our spring book fair being held at the Ellicott City Barnes and Noble on Thursday, February 27th at 4:30 pm and all day on Friday, February 28th. Like last year, join us on Thursday to get your picture taken with Rocky and hear your teachers read books.

Cannot attend in person or have family wanting to order books that live in a different state? Use our bookfair ID 12832168 when ordering online.

Get ready for Rocky's Rockburn Reading Challenge! Our annual read-a-thon will once again be taking place in March. Sign up information will be posted soon. Start gathering those books to help your class with the top prize!

The RES PTA is once again partnering with AR Workshop to bring you a morning of crafting with your kiddo(s)! Join us on Sunday, February 16 from 10 am - 12 pm. Sign up at https://www.arworkshop.com/events/columbiamd/482074/ and use the password RES0216.

Save the date of Thursday, March 27th from 6:30-8pm for BINGO night! We will have fun raffle prizes for all ages!