Rosewood Elementary School is participating in the Souper Bowl of Caring Campaign Food Drive from January 16th – February 16th. There will be a drop box in the front office for canned / non-perishable food items in the main office until February 16th. We encourage everyone to bring in canned/non-perishable food items! Spread the word! #Tacklehunger!

Friday, February 9th Super Bowl "Game Day Friday"

• Wear your favorite National Football League Sportswear and paraphernalia!
• Tailgating lunch for students in the cafeteria!

This Saturday, February 3rd, our Rosewood Fitness Team will compete at A.C. Flora High School in the 12th Annual Richland One Fitness Bowl. Students at the Fitness Bowl will compete in four FitnessGram tests (PACER, curl-ups, sit and reach, and the flexed-arm hang) as well as the standing broad jump. Rosewood is in the AA Division and will be competing against Bradley Elementary and Lewis-Greenview Elementary. Other participating elementary schools include Brockman, A.C. Moore, Satchel-Ford, and Arden.

The following students will be representing Rosewood Elementary in the District Fitness Bowl! Team Members: Sally Brooks, Jordan Capone, Anna Collins, Kade Corbin, Maya Dragovic, Callen Gilbert, Ann Riley Graham, Colvin Kelley, Bruce Kennedy, Ruth Mandsager, Saige North, Eliot Patterson, Ethan Powers, Hudson Riddle, Lawson Simmons, Lydia Smith, Edward Sutherland, Noa Tomlin, Ria Tomlin, Stan Young.

Although this event is NOT open to the public we will be cheering our Rosewood Eagles in Spirit!!

January 16th-February 16th - Souper Bowl of Caring 🥫

February - Black History Month!

February 2nd- Groundhog Day (fun fact found below in newsletter)

February 3rd - District Fitness Bowl

February 5th-9th - National School Counseling Week

February 6th - Interims

February 9th- Wear your Favorite National Football League sportwear and paraphernalia and "Game Day" Tailgating Lunch

February 12th - Dreher High School Drama Performance 4th and 5th Grades

February 13th - 4th grade Field Trip (SC Philharmonic)

February 14th - Valentines Day! 💘

February 15th - VIP Dance 6pm

• National School Resource Officer Day 👮

February 16th - No School

February 19th - No School (President's Day)

February 21st - Rising Kindergarten Parent Info Session, 8 am

February 22nd - 2nd grade Field Trip (Museum)

• National School Bus Driver Day 🚌

• Why did you decide to become a teacher?

Because I can't sing! I always had dreams of being a superstar! My second love was books. I now get to work with my second love but still have big dreams of being on "the big stage"!

• What is one of your hidden talents?

I am great at random knowledge. If you have a trivia team, you want me on it!

• What is your dream vacation?

I would love to travel to Brazil. I love all of the history and statues.

• What was your favorite subject in school?

I loved Social Studies and in particular, black history.

Stephen Duerr, physical education teacher at Rosewood Elementary School and the district's lead elementary PE teacher, was named the 2023 Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the SC Association for Physical Education and Sport.

Congratulations to the following students!

Kindergarten

Goetzman-Kendrick Williams, Chloe Washington, Maggie Stanley

1st Grade

Slack- Acen Mathison, Ellie Brown

Usher- Georgia Royal, Shepard Thompson

2nd Grade

Ligon- Sarah Dell Hayes, Colton Brown

Clarkson- Michalea Humphries, Aiden Taylor

Peyton- Laci Messier, Zaiya Porter

3rd Grade

McFall- Danny Wilder, Sally Brooks

Floyd- Vivian Pickle, Gabby Pratt

Smith- Jude Perry, Ryn Fogle

4th Grade

Fripp- Malaysia Hendrix, Allison Sheldon-Hutto

Isaacs - Simon Fowler, Cali Messier

Hamilton- Alston Griffin, Armonie McNabb

5th Grade

McCants- Ruth Mandsager, Suzie Van der Iest-Simpson

Gilbert - Khamari Harris, Ann Riley Graham

Pool- Luella Owings , Aniston Patton

🍧These kids earned their Popsicle Party!🍧

What is the 2024 Black History Month theme? Since its origins in the 1920s, Black History Month has been assigned a theme. For 2024, the theme is "African Americans and the Arts," according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

Romare Bearden was an artist, author, and songwriter. He worked with many types of media including cartoons, oils, and collages. Bearden was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. Around 1915, his family followed the Great Migration to the North. He grew up in New York City and Pittsburgh, and graduated from New York University in 1935.

From the mid-1930s through the 1960s, Bearden was a social worker with the New York City Department of Social Services, creating his art at night and on weekends. His success as an artist was recognized with his first solo exhibition in Harlem in 1940 and his first solo show in Washington, D.C. in 1944. Bearden’s art was exhibited during his lifetime throughout the United States and Europe. His work depicted his childhood in North Carolina, his life in Harlem, and stories from historical, literary, and musical sources.

Jammin’ at the Savoy is a collage of jazz musicians playing their instruments at the famed Savoy Ballroom, a popular jazz nightclub in Harlem.

History of Groundhog Day

What does a sleepy, furry marmot have to do with seasonal change? According to fans of Punxsutawney Phil, everything! But why?

The story begins with Candlemas, an early Christian holiday where candles were blessed and distributed. Celebrators of the holiday eventually declared clear skies on Candlemas meant a longer winter.

The Roman legions, during the conquest of the northern country, brought this tradition to the Germanic tribes who concluded that if the sun made an appearance on Candlemas Day a hedgehog would cast a shadow, thus predicting six more weeks of bad weather or "Second Winter." German immigrants brought the tradition to Pennsylvania; but how did Punxsutawney Phil emerge?

In 1886, a spirited group of groundhog hunters from Punxsutawney dubbed themselves "The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club." One member was an editor of Punxsutawney's newspaper. Using his ink, he proclaimed Punxsutawney Phil, the local groundhog, to be the one and only weather prognosticating groundhog. He issued this proclamation on Candlemas, and yes, Groundhog Day. Phil's fame spread, and newspapers from around the globe began to report his Gobbler's Knob prediction.

MORNING POSTS 7:15-7:30am: Luella Owings, Amos Whitehead, Jackson Avinger

AFTERNOON POSTS 2:10-2:30pm: Luella Owings, AnnRiley Graham, Hayes Cranford, Avery Collins, Annieka Mitra, Karlee Goodwin

**Please make sure you support our students by having them ready to exit the vehicle on the curb side. We appreciate you having them ready to hop out.

February 13 - PTO Meeting, 7pm in the library

February 14- Coffee Cart for Teachers

February 15- VIP Dance (details coming soon)

Committee Chairs and Volunteers Needed! Spring events will be here soon and we need people to help with ScienceDay/Night, VIP Dance Party, Arts Day/Night, Spring Picnic and more!

To receive PTO communications and stay up to date on volunteer opportunities, Sign up here!

2024-2025 Kindergarten Registration is now open! Complete registration early (including uploading all required documents) and you'll be given a GOLDEN TICKET giving you early access to your child's teacher assignment!

https://www.richlandone.org/Page/4879

If your child needs to go home a different way than normal please send a note or email their teacher AND the front office at rachelle.bartlett@richlandone.org. Teachers are not always available to check email during the day (they are teaching your children), so its best to email both! If the person picking up in car rider or walker line is not on your pick up list, it has to be in writing by the parent for them to pick up. Last, but certainly not least, PLEASE do not call a change in after 1:45. End of day is already in motion and we want to make sure your child is in the right location to get home safely. Thank you!

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