Rita Drabek Elementary

Field Day shirts are 12.00 and available at fortbendisd.com/rde Check out the flyer below for more information. Last day to order is March 1st.

First Grade Program is March 5th at 8:40 AM and 5:30 PM

Spring Break is March 9-13; No school this week

Career day is March 19th, and we're on the hunt for presenters. If you are interested or know someone who would be able to present four or five 20 minute sessions about an exciting and interesting career, please contact the counselor at Takisha.Thibodeaux@fortbendisd.com

RDE students will participate in the Gulf Coast Regional Destination Imagination Tournament at Cy Springs High School/Hopper Middle School in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD on Saturday, February 29th. Teams will present their solutions to challenges utilizing STEM principles, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Good Luck Dragons!!

You can order individual pictures using the envelope that was sent home in Friday folders or online by clicking HERE.

You can order class pictures using ONLY the envelope that was sent home in Friday folders.

Online ordering must be placed by 11:59 p.m. CST the day before Picture Day. Online orders placed on Picture Day cannot be processed.

We are thrilled to announce that Ms. Mackenzie Smith was named as a 2020 Elementary Rookie Teacher of the Year for the District! Congratulations Ms. Smith!!! We appreciate all the love, care, and attention you show our dragons. You are an excellent teacher, and we are so proud to have you represent Drabek!

Thank you Ms. Roshan Cherian for all you do for our school, our community, and our dragons! We greatly appreciate your time and effort. We can't wait to celebrate you and are so grateful you're apart of our Dragon Family.

Thank you, parents, for your cooperation in implementing the new morning drop off procedures. These procedures are recommendations from FBISD police and traffic division due to safety concerns and congestion.

• Morning car riders will remain in the car line to drop off their students. Only families with school business should park.
• Only students will enter the building, unless you have business to address with a staff member.
• Car riders should not be dropped off on the street. There are staff members available in the drop off line to monitor their safe arrival.
  
• FBISD police stated "U turns" are illegal on Lake Woodbridge.
• When crossing the street, please walk to the nearest designated crosswalk for your safety.

We appreciate your help with this!

Healthy eating advocates often tell people to eat a variety of colorful foods. Making sure we have colorful foods on our plate is a simple way of reminding us that a variety of fruits and vegetables in our diet will give us the vitamins and minerals we need.

Next week we will be starting a MyPlate program to help our students learn about healthy eating habits. Using the MyPlate, children are encouraged to eat an assortment of colorful fruits and vegetables, whole grains, proteins from a variety of sources, low fat dairy, healthy snacks and to choose water over sugary drinks.

MyPlate Colorful Food Program

Monday – The food color of the week will be broadcasted on Monday morning announcements. There will be reminders on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Wednesday - Children should choose a food item of that color from the cafeteria menu or bring a food item of that color in their lunch from home.

Friday – The classsroom with the most children participating will have the fun of eating from a colorful MyPlate. The cafeteria staff will serve lunch to student from the winning classroom on a MyPlate. Children with lunch from home can transfer food items to a MyPlate. Children in grades 3-5 will also participate. Instead of eating from the special plates, the classroom with the most students participating will win a prize representing the food color for that week.

Food Colors for March

March 4 – yellow

March 18 – green

March 25 – red

April 1 - orange

3/3: Spring Pictures

3/5: First grade performance 8:40/5:30

3/6: End of Term 3

3/9-3/13: Spring Break- No school

3/19: Report Cards posted

3/19: Career Day

3/19: Open House; Art Show

3/27: Spring Carnival

Our campus attendance went UP for the days of February 24-28 with 96%

Remember our campus goal is 98% attendance. Attendance is essential to your student's success and students should come to school each day they are not sick.

These homerooms had the highest attendance rate for their grade level:

PreK.....................Ms. Torres and Davis met 98%

Kindergarten.......Ms. Cordova with 100%

First Grade..........Ms. Starnes with 100%

Second Grade.....Ms. Joseph with 100%

Third Grade.........Ms. Moosa with 99%

Fourth Grade.......Ms. Calvin with 99%

Fifth Grade..........Ms. Ross and Wright with 100%

5th grade had the highest overall attendance rate with 98% attendance!

Kindergarten and Second had the lowest with 93% attendance.

PreK-2 grade winners will receive “Addie” the Attendance Dragon for the week. K-5 grade winners receive 10 CHAMP bucks. All classes who reach at least the 98% goal receive 5 CHAMP bucks.

All classes turn in their earned CHAMP bucks at the end of the month in an effort to earn the grade level extra recess for that month.

Choir: (3:25-4:30) March 17 and 26

Art Club: (3:25-5:00) March 16, 19, 30

Coding Club: (7:00-7:45) March 2, 6, 16, 20, 23, and 30

Student Council: (3:30-4:30) March 18

Science Club: (3:30-4:45) March 26

NEHS: (3:30-4:30) March 17

Please take time this week to ask your student about the Mindful Minute message and video that was shared at school this week.