Mark Your Calendar
*Also listed on our ParentSquare Calendar
5/1 - Kindergarten Registration Target Completion Date!!!
5/1 - K-3 Amplify Testing Concludes
5/3 - K-2 iReady Testing Concludes
5/3 - 2nd Grade Field Trip
5/3 - Week Wind-Down-Staff Chair Massages Provided by Dr. Zinke at HealthSource
5/5-5/11 - RBM STEM Staff Appreciation Week
5/6-5/22 - Chromebook Returns (All Chromebooks Stay at School)
5/6-5/10 - STEM Focus Week-Detective Week
5/6 - 5/9- 5/22- Bagged Lunches from Cafeteria (Pending scheduling of special events classes can/should still Eat in the cafeteria or courtyard.)
5/6 - PTO Meeting 2pm in the Cafeteria
5/6 - School Leadership Team (SLT) Meeting 3:15pm in the Media Center
5/7 - All Media Center Materials/Books Due
5/7 - Rising Kindergarten Night 4:30-6pm
5/8 - Bike to School and Chalk the Walk 7:40am
5/9 - 5th Grade Science and 3rd Grade Reading End of Grade (EOG) Testing
5/9 - 2nd Grade Field Trip
5/10 - Fire Drill
5/14 - 3rd-5th Grade Math End of Grade (EOG) Testing
5/15-5/17 - Device Collection (See information below.)
5/15 - 4th Grade Field Trip
5/16 - 4th-5th Grade Reading End of Grade (EOG) Testing
5/16- Cannon Ballers Family Night 6:30pm at the Kannapolis Cannon Baller Stadium
5/17- 5th Grade Field Trip
5/17 - K-2 Field Day (More details shared soon by Coach Palacio)
5/17 - 3-5 Grade End of Year Class Celebrations
5/20 - 3-5 Grade Field Day (More details shared soon by Coach Palacio)
5/20 - K-2 End of Year Class Celebrations
5/21 - 5th Grade Promotion 8:45am in the Gym/Cafeteria
5/21 - Decades Dance/RBM Through the Decades Celebration (Dance, Art, Music, Food, Memories) 5-6:30pm
5/22 - End of Grade Period
5/22 - Last Day of School for Students
5/22 - Report Cards/2024-2025 Supply Lists Sent Home
5/22 - Early Dismissal 12pm
5/23 - Staff Workday
5/23 - Second Chance EOG Instruction Day
5/24 - Staff Workday
5/24 - Second Chance EOG ReTesting
5/24 - Lost and Found Items Donated
5/29 - Staff Workday
5/29 - Second Chance EOG ReTesting
6/3 - STEM Advisory Council 4:30-5:30pm at Great Wolf Lodge
6/14-6/29 Read to Achieve Camp 8am-3pm Furr, Irvin, and Rocky River Elementary Schools
Rising Kindergarten Night
We are excited to meet our newest Bobcats! We will be holding our Rising Kindergarten Night tomorrow May 7th from 4:30-6pm. The evening will start in the gym (current building-541 Sunnyside Dr SE ) with a brief introduction of the Kindergarten team. Our new Bobcats will then join the teachers in the classrooms to meet one another and experience some of the activities and resources they will see next year. While students are with teachers, families will remain in the gym to hear additional important information including transportation information, connecting family via Parent Square accounts, information about school nutrition and more! Before picking your student(s) up you will also have the opportunity to ask any questions you might have. We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow night!
Student & Staff Wellness
Positivity Project (P2)
Morning Meetings: Cabarrus County Schools began implementing P2 in 2022 and will continue and expand this work in the coming year. At RBM STEM all class and all students will utilize P2 lessons and activities daily during Morning Meeting. Please see the implementation calendar below.
P2 Word Walls: As part of the Green Shield Application process, we need to have a P2 Word Wall in each classroom.
Please see the new PBIS resources:
STEM
PD Present/Subscribe to STEM:
On our last early release day, teachers received a gift with a new classroom strategy to try. Teachers tried these strategies out before Spring Break and will soon be debriefing to to share the successes of implementation.
Science Olympiad
Our Science Olympiad team placed sixth overall after a super-competitive tournament with many teams! Way to go team- you rocked and represented R. Brown McAllister STEM very well! You also earned the first trophy to place in our new school! Congratulations to Blake, Emma, Jaiden, Timothy, Colin, Isaac, Carl, Gray, Mac, Amelia, Conrad, Gibson, Gage, and Austin!
Mathletes
Congratulations to Carl, Emma, Isaac, and Levi who participated in the CCS Tournament of Mathletes. They competed against math teams from other elementary schools across the county in individual and team competitions. They did an incredible job representing R. Brown with their dedication and teamwork!
CCS Robotic Camps
Both half-day and full-day Vex Robotics Camps will be held across the district this summer. Please register quickly as these camps fill up fast. For more information, please email rebecca.welch@cabarrus.k12.nc.us.
You may view the schedule and registration links by clicking here:
Media Center Book Return
The last day to check out media books is this Friday, April 26, and all media books are due back by Tuesday, May 7th!
We will have a class competition starting on Monday, May 6th, as well as a raffle for teachers.
Teachers received updated overdue lists. If you have any questions about missing books, please send Ms. O'Neil a message.
Beginning Wednesday, Ms. O'Neil will run reports daily for each class, and the first class in each grade level to reach 0 books checked out will get a treat & surprise during their last media class of the year! Teachers with 0 overdue books in their class each Friday will be entered in a raffle to win a $50 credit toward the Scholastic Book Fair Catalog!
Family (Parent/Guardian) Survey
Dear CCS Parent(s)/Guardian(s),
Evaluating a school’s learning environment and organization is important for school districts. Our School Quality Survey was developed so a variety of stakeholders — instructional staff, administrators, parents/guardians, and students — could assess their school and their experiences. This survey instrument includes items that each of these stakeholders can respond to, allowing for rich analysis of perceptions across stakeholder groups.
Parent feedback is one way for us to engage in an ongoing, two-way dialogue, which is a critical step to our district providing the best educational experience for all students.
This survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Cabarrus County Schools is administering the survey and analyzing results. Reports will not identify individuals, and only overall data will be shown. No one in Cabarrus County Schools will know if you participated unless you identify yourself in the open-ended comments. If you have questions about this survey or your confidentiality, please contact Cabarrus County Schools at cabcoschools@cabarrus.k12.nc.us . This survey will close at 11:59 P.M. on May 9, 2024. If you have multiple children in the district, please submit a survey for each child's school.
Thank you for taking the time to provide your honest feedback. I look forward to sharing the results with you in the coming months.
Stay Well,
John Kopicki, Ed.D.
CCS Superintendent
Click this link to access the survey: https://engagewithccs.com/spring-2024-parent-engagement-survey/surveys/spring-2024-parent-engagement-survey
This survey may be auto-translated to the user-preferred language by choosing "Select Language" at the top-left of the survey page as shown by the yellow highlight in the image below.
Parent Representatives:
Shonda Carter
Abigail Eastridge
Laura Moore
Jenna Roman
Brian Sullivan
Tracy Toussaint
School Improvement Team Meeting Dates:
September 11, 2023 @ 3:15pm
October 2, 2023 @ 3:15pm
November 6, 2023 @ 3:15pm
December 4, 2023 @3:15pm
January 8, 2023 @3:15pm
February 5, 2023 @3:15pm
March 11, 2023 @3:15pm
April 8, 2023 @3:15pm
May 6, 2023 @3:15pm
School Improvement Plan
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*Monthly Agendas and Minutes Posted
Construction Updates
RBM STEM Legacy
New Student Information
Schools across the district will hold "New to School" events this spring to allow an opportunity for new students and families to visit the school, meet staff, and become acquainted to the new school prior to a new school year kicking off in August 2024.
These events are for all families "New to School" including:
- Anyone affected by realignment;
- Rising 6th grade families (middle schools);
- Rising 9th grade families (high schools).
For information on realignment or to visit our "Find My School" locator tool, please visit our Realignment Resources webpage.
Elementary Schools: Any student who will be newly assigned to the school due to realignment. Click here to see the complete elementary school "New to School Event" schedule. Please note: Incoming kindergarten-specific events will be held on other dates and will be announced soon.
Middle Schools: Rising 6th graders and any student who will be newly assigned to the school due to realignment. Click here to see the complete middle school "New to School Event" schedule.
High Schools: Rising 9th graders and any student who will be newly assigned to the school due to realignment. Click here to see the complete high school "New to School Event" schedule.
Pre-School
NC PRE-K ENROLLMENT
One universal application allows you to apply for your child(ren) to attend any of Cabarrus County's free, high-quality preschool programs during the 2024- 2025 school year.
PROGRAM GUIDELINES :
Must be 4 years old on/before August 31, 2024
Additional requirements must be met to qualify.
APPLY HERE: https://www.cabarruspartnership.org/early-education/preschool-programs/preschool-applications
For more information, call: 704-933-8278
2024-2025 Academic Calendars
It's never too early to start planning for August. Back to School Open Houses across Cabarrus County Schools for the 2024-25 school year will be held on the following dates and times. Links to the 2024-25 academic calendar is available below.
2024-2025 School Year:
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Location: 541 Sunnyside Drive Southeast, Concord, NC, USA
Phone: 704-260-6270
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