Principal's Bulletin

Dear Ross Roadrunner Families,

Many thanks to our Ross PTA for coordinating our Back to School Picnic. We enjoyed a beautiful evening with a bountiful spread of delicious food.

Wishing all families who celebrate Rosh Hashanah a wonderful holiday.

REMINDER: NO JCC aftercare on Monday or Tuesday.

Please sign up for your Parent/Teacher Conference below. All families have a choice of an in-person conference or a virtual meeting on Microsoft Teams. Conferences are only 20 minutes, so please ensure you are running on time for your scheduled meeting.

Picture Day is October 14! Individual and class photos are taken for purchase and for our yearbook. See the attached flier below and note that your child must have a media release on file to be included in picture day.

Warm Regards,

Holly Searl, Principal

holly.searl@k12.dc.gov

The majority of conferences will be held October 6, which is a "no school for students" conference day.

Grade 3 will be held on Monday, October 3. School will go on as usual.

Ms. Chelak: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050544ADA82FAAFF2-kind

Mr. Eickmeyer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948A4AA2DA3F94-parent1

Ms.Hailemicael - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948A4AA2DA3F94-parent3

Ms. Emminger: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050b4bafae2ea5fb6-october1

Grade 2: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4caaab22a6fac70-2ndgrade

Grade 3: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4caaab22a4ffc52-3rdgrade1

Grade 4: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4caaab22a4ffc52-4thgrade

Grade 5:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D49A9A62FA1FBC61-5thgrade

Morning Chess Classes

Before-school chess classes will be offered to Ross students again this year, taught by FIDE instructor Zivorad (Ziko) Djuric. The beginner class (grades K-2) will be on Tuesdays, and the more advanced class (grades 2-5) will be held on Thursdays. Ziko will meet students in front of the school at 7:55am.

The cost is the same as last year - $14 per student per class. To register, please email Ziko at zikochess@gmail.com.

Our before and after school offerings for academic support and enrichments offered by Ross staff are coming together and we will share a schedule in next week's bulletin. The schedule will begin the week of October 10. Academic support will be invitation only, with communication coming through Ms. Adams, our school psychologist and coordinator of tiered interventions. Please understand that our ability to offer classes is dependent on staff availability and interest and the space constraints of our building. If a class fills up, we will maintain a waiting list. There is no cost for any of the programming being offered.

The Local School Advisory Team (LSAT) is a group of elected and appointed members that exists for every DCPS school. The team consists of parents, teachers, non-instructional school staff, and a community member to advise the principal on matters that promote high expectations and high achievement for all students. The first meeting (virtual) is Tuesday, September 27 at 5:00pm. Join on your computer, mobile app or room device

Thank you to the following parents and staff who have agreed to volunteer to serve on the Ross LSAT.

Parents: Shailee Adinolfi, David Alpert, Fatou Liddell, Marissa Poripato

Staff: Angela Cirillo, Cody Eickmeyer, Caroline Fogarty, Yerin Kim, Nikita Mehta

Community Rep: Debra Olson

WTU Rep: Lisa Juriga

PTA Rep: Liz Lowry

We are seeking parent volunteers to help with our monthly Open House/School Tours for prospective families. If you are available to volunteer for one or more, please reach out to parent Shailee Adinolfi (shaileevaidya@gmail.com) and Ms. Segovia (graciela.segovia@k12.dc.gov)

Our first Open House event is Thursday, October 13 from 9:00-10:30am at Ross, in-person.

In addition to monthly fire drills, we practice a variety of other safety drills with students. All drills are pre-taught to each class by Mr. Shegda and practiced to alleviate any anxiety and to focus on working together calmly for everyone's safety. It is important that your emergency contact information for your child is correct and that the contact is someone in the area who could retrieve your child in case of emergency/parent reunification, showing ID that matches the name on the contact list.

You can support safety planning at home by ensuring your child knows a phone number for parent/caregiver, understands why/how to call 911, and has been informed about stranger danger.

We discussed these topics briefly when the MPD Officer Friendly program visited K-5 students during lunch on Thursday.

September: Alert Drill/Soft Lockdown

October: Earthquake Drill

November: Lockdown Drill

December: none

January: Severe Weather Drill

February: Shelter in Place Drill

March: Evacuation Drill

April: Reverse Evacuation Drill

May: Lockdown Drill

June: none

2022.23 DCPS Calendar

2022.23 DCPS Calendar Spanish

National Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15-October 15

Monday, September 26: NO JCC aftercare, Rosh Hashanah

Tuesday, September 27: NO JCC aftercare, LSAT (virtual) 5:00pm

Join on your computer, mobile app or room device

Click here to join the meeting

Friday, September 30: Floor-wide Morning Meetings at 8:45 am; August/Sept birthday celebrations (coordinated through teacher and room parent)

Monday, October 3: PTA General Body Meeting (virtual, link coming soon), Grade 3 Parent/Teacher Conferences (school is in session as usual)

Wednesday, October 5: Yom Kippur (starts at sundown Oct. 4)

Thursday, October 6: Parent/Teacher Conference Day, no school for students

Friday, October 7: Professional Day for teachers, no school for students

Monday, October 10: Indigenous Peoples Day, no school for staff/students

Wednesday, October 12: Bike/Roll to School Day (AM event, details forthcoming)

Friday, October 14: School Picture Day (individuals and class photos) Students who do not have a Media Release on file will not be photographed. See Ms. Segovia for Media Release

Email: holly.searl@k12.dc.gov or graciela.segovia@k12.dc.gov

Website: http://rosselementary.org/
Location: 1730 R Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Phone: (206)-673-7200
Twitter: @rossesdc