RJ Richey Family Newsletter

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October 2024:

Oct. 23: 5th grade Science STAAR practice testing

Oct. 28-Oct. 31: Red Ribbon Week w/ daily dress-up themes

M- Red

T- Color Wars (grades choose colors)

W- Jerseys

T- Book Character Costumes

Oct. 31: End of 2nd Six Weeks & Character Costume Parade @ 8:15a.m.

November:

Nov. 1: No School for students or Staff

Nov. 4: No School for students / Professional Development Day

Nov. 6: STAAR Practice 3rd-5th Reading Interim testing

Nov. 7: Fall Picture Retake Day! &. Progress Reports in Family Access

Nov. 11: Veteran's Day Program @ RJ (5th grade led & program) @ 8:30a.m.

Nov. 12: 1/2 5th grade field trip

Nov. 14: 3rd, 4th & 5th grade STAAR practice Math Interim testing

Nov. 18: 1/2 5th grade field trip

Nov. 21: Thanksgiving Lunch for staff and students in cafe (not available for visitors)

Nov. 25-29: Thanksgiving Break (No school for students or staff)

Congratulations to these Bulldogs for being here EVERY day for our 1st Six-Weeks!

We celebrated together with an AttenDANCE party where students chose the music, danced together, and enjoyed cookies & lemonade last Friday!

Way to go Bulldogs for making school a priority with Perfect Attendance!

Please help us dedicate a flag in RJ's Field of Honor to a Veteran in your life:

These flyers came home recently in Bulldog take-home folders. We'd love to have our 5th grade students share their words and artistic abilities with us all at RJ to honor our Veterans. Art will be displayed for our Veteran's Day program and the winning poem read aloud during our ceremony and presentation on Monday, Nov. 11th.

• Entries are due by October 30th!

Way to go RJ Bulldogs! RJ, once again, led the district in overall weekly attendance!

RJ's attendance for this week was 96% which is an improvement from years past.

Remember, when your child is absent or even checked out early, they are missing valuable learning that can't be replicated by make-up work sent home!

Our students are actively engaged in guided practice, class collaborative learning and projects, as well as small group instruction that is tailored to their individual learning needs in class. Missing even parts of days can have an impact on their learning!

Should your child need an appointment of any kind, we ask that you try to schedule it beyond school hours whenever possible.

Thank you RJ Bulldog Parents & Families! We are still aiming for 98% weeks, and your help and support can help us get there!

Did you know that just 2 absences in a Six Weeks can mean YOUR child is CHRONICALLY ABSENT?

Do you know the research about Chronically Absent student performance?

Did you know that when Absences ADD UP this one statistic can contribute to below grade-level achievement and increase in social emotional anxiety for students?

Attendance @ School Matters! RJ's Mission to Make EVERY school day count!

• Should you need to sign-your student out early during the day, please have your ID.
• All parents/guardians will be asked to sign your student out as we are required to track student attendance and parts of day out of school. We will be able to code and excuse your child's early checkout with a doctor's note returned the next day.
• Excessive check-out earlies do affect student attendance and can accumulate for days missed from school.
• Time out or away from school, even significant tardies and/or check-out earlies WILL affect your child's attendance awards.

Submitting an Absence Note?

There are 2 easy ways to provide documentation for your child's absence IF they need to be away from school at anytime:

• You can send your child with an absence note to turn-into the front office. There is an "absence note" box where all students can place their absence letters or doctor's notes that our registrar documents daily.
• You can also scan in doctor's notes and/or send parent communication regarding your child's absences to our attendance registrar @ rsuter@burnetcisd.net

Pedernales Electric Cooperative invests in an array of educational programs to help brighten classrooms and communities across the Texas Hill Country.

For a second school year, PEC will host a Teacher Spotlight Award to recognize the incredible work teachers do in their classrooms and communities.

PEC is accepting nominations for the Teacher Spotlight Award through October 25 and encourages members to fill out the form online. Please feel free to share this with your community to recognize your hardworking educators.

From the nominations received, PEC will select teachers from across the co-op’s service territory to receive awards.

This round’s winners will be announced in November and PEC will visit the teachers at their schools to present them with a thank-you basket of resources and materials to support classroom learning.

Members can learn more details and nominate a teacher by visiting pec.coop/youth-programs.

How do I request a change in transportation?

Submit an email on the same day as the transportation change request by 1:30 p.m. to:

rjr-transportation@burnetcisd.net.

Include the following details in the email:

• Student’s full name
• Student’s grade level
• Student’s homeroom teacher
• The transportation change you want made for today (bus rider to car rider or car rider to bus rider)

Requests made after 1:30pm will not be processed. Notes, phone calls, text messages and emails sent to any other email will not be processed.

Have questions about arrival, dismissal, transportation changes, visitor procedures, etc?

Always find RJ Richey School Information about daily school procedures here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19qxv2ztN9aG_GHkYg069Q5zvvGQRKDyb2q0ENU12G9o/edit?usp=sharing

BMS is holding the annual Zombie/Color Run with a Bake Sale on Saturday, October 26, 2024.

Please come join BMS for a 2 mile run/walk with Zombies and color throwers along the route to the high school and back.

We will have dogs from the Hill Country Humane Society to run with (and adopt if you want!) The sign up for that will come at a later date.

If you'd like to join, click this link to choose a shirt option. We will distribute shirts starting at 8am on Saturday.

Give an RJ Staff a BCISD Shout Out!

Have you experienced great customer service from a Burnet CISD employee? Has a Burnet CISD co-worker gone the extra mile in supporting you in some way? If so, we want to hear about it!

• What is a Staff Shout Out? A Shout Out is a special recognition that acknowledges a District staff member who has demonstrated a special effort, an outstanding job, caring customer service, a project of high quality workmanship, a team mentality, and/or is helping students CRAFT the FUTURE.
• Who can submit a Staff Shout Out? Students, parents, teachers, auxiliary staff, coworkers, and all community members. Anyone can submit a Staff Shout Out!
• Who can receive a Staff Shout Out? Any employee of Burnet CISD. EVERY staff member is an important part of our team!

Please click the link below to complete a form briefly explaining why this staff member or coworker deserves recognition. All Shout Out will be listed on the Shout Out webpage.

CLICK HERE TO GIVE A STAFF SHOUT OUT!

7:15am Front Doors Open

7:25am Front Office Opens

7:45am School Begins

7:45am Tardy Bell

9:00am Students not in attendance are marked absent

1:30pm Transportation changes due, please email: rjr-transportation@burnetcisd.net

3:25pm Student Dismissal

4:00pm Office/School Closes

Website: https://rjr.burnetcisd.net/
Location: R J Richey Elementary School, East Graves Street, Burnet, TX, USA
Phone: 512-756-2609
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rjrichey