Reptile Review
October 2024
Principal News
Hi Reptile Families,
We want to thank you for your involvement and support to start this school year! We have had a great start to the year, and are excited to see so much family involvement.
We had a great turnout for our 4B's Family Night. It was a great opportunity to enjoy burgers from our PTO, visit classroom and see your child's work, enjoy playing Bingo, and purchase some books at our bookfair.
Another exciting highlight is that out of the entire school district, New River continues to place within the top 10 schools in the Race to Read challenge! We know that the more minutes our students read, the more academic success they have. Keep up the great reading, and log those reading minutes in the Beanstack app!
This month we will kick off our first Read-a-thon fundraiser. During this fundraiser, your child will work to earn pledges for reading. The culmination for this will be on October 31st with a character parade. Look out for the flyer coming home soon!
If you ever have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us. Thank you for your continued support!
Colleen Wilkinson, Principal, cgwilkin@pasco.k12.fl.us
Clara Craig, Principal on Assignment, ccraig@pasco.k12.fl.us
Katie Ketterer, Assistant Principal, kkruza@pasco.k12.fl.us
Health Screening
Walk & Roll to School Day
Save the Date- Read-A-Thon and Red Ribbon Week
Trunk of Treat
Help us Support Our Local Community
Picture Day
Report an Absence
If your child is sick and you need to report an absence, go to the New River Elementary school website at https://nres.pasco.k12.fl.us/. Scroll part way down the page and on the right side, click on the link for Report an Absence.
You can also access the form at this link. https://nres.pasco.k12.fl.us/mform/view.php?id=24671
PE News
New River Fitness pretesting has concluded. Our 3-5 grade students will be working on improving muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility, speed, and agility this year. They will be setting goals to improve the number of sit ups and pushups they can do. Also, they will be working on their mile time and flexibility! Any encouragement you can give at home is greatly appreciated!!
We have over 125 Fun Run Club members! Running Club is full and we have a waitlist. Running Club begins October 21st at 9:30 AM. We will be using myStudent to communicate any announcements or changes to the regularly scheduled running dates (weather etc.). Students may not have more than 3 unexcused absences to stay in the Fun Run Club. Absences from school are excused.
PTO Newsletter
Important Dates
October 7th- K, 1st, and 3rd grade Health Screening
October 8th- PTO Meeting
October 9th- National Walk to School Day, Odyssey of the Mind Event
October 11th- End of Quarter 1
October 14th- No School
October 15th- No School
October 16th- Remarkable Reptile Celebration
October 18th- Kindergarten Field Trip- Sweetfield Farms
October 18th-31st- Read-a-Thon Fundraiser
October 22nd- SAC Meeting
October 23rd- Picture Day, Report Cards Posted
October 25th- Truck or Treat
October 30th- All Pro Dad, Culver's Spirit Night
October 31st- Character Parade
Past Newsletters
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