October is National Bullying Prevention Month, National Principals Month and National PT Month

Reading for Education Fundraiser runs through October 8th

4 Parent Advisory Council 6:30 PM at Central Services (CS)

5 Fall Picture Day, Marco's Spirit Day, Board Meeting @CS 7:00 PM

6 Collaborative Planning Day Dismissal at 11:20AM

8 Relay for Life $1 PJ Day, Student Advisory Council 7:45 at CS

10-16 SC Metric Week

11 Columbus Day, Indigenous People's Day

14 PK4 Literacy Night

17-23 National Character Counts Week, National School Bus Safety Week

19 School Improvement Council 5:30, Board Meeting 7:00 PM

20 End of First Quarter

21 Teacher Work Day, Parent/Teacher Conferences - No School for Students.

22 No School for Students or Staff (Weather Day)

25-29 Red Ribbon Week, Book Fair

25 Relay for Life CFA Biscuit Sales $3

28 Grandparent Donuts & Books Drive-In

29 Report Cards Issued

It is hard to believe that October has arrived! One of our teachers used the term “Indian Summer” when I was saying how hot it has become again! Maybe we will eventually see some cooler temperatures!

This week we will welcome Mrs. Christy LeBron to the RBE team. Mrs. LeBron will be our new instructional assistant in Mrs. Tammy Ricard’s 5K classroom. We are very excited to have her join us! She comes to us from Glenforest School in West Columbia. Mrs. Ricard and her class are looking forward to getting to know her!

October is a busy month for us! Fall Picture Day will be held on Tuesday, October 5. As you know, our second Collaborative Planning Day is Wednesday, October 6 with a new dismissal time of 11:20 a.m. The first Relay for Life Pajama Day will take place this Friday, October 8 where students may pay $1 to support the fight against cancer and wear their pajamas. Our second grade students will be participating in CogAt & Iowa Assessment testing on selected days in the second and third week of October. Second grade students will have received information on this testing. Our next School Improvement Council meeting will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, October 19 at 5:30 p.m. Red Ribbon Week will be recognized during the week of October 25 and we will have a Bedford Falls Book Fair that week as well.

The first quarter of the school year will end on October 20 and report cards will be issued on Friday, October 29. In the near future, your child’s teacher will be in touch to schedule a Parent/Teacher Conference. We will be offering conference times on Wednesday, October 20 between 3 and 6 p.m. and again on Thursday, October 21 between 7:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. We would to have 100% participation. Students will not attend school on Thursday, October 21 due to the conferences and may not have to attend on Friday, October 22 as long as we do not use that date as a bad weather make up day between now and then.

I hope you will take a moment to view the rest of our October Newsletter and make note of all of the important information. Thank you for all you do each day to support our children, our staff, and our school! Lead. Learn. Love….Pass it on!

Please be sure to review the Family Engagement Documents here. (Spanish copy here.)

Picture Day is scheduled for October 5th.

LOOLA students can drop by between 10-12 to have their picture taken.

If your student is out for any reason, make-Up Day will be November 5th.

To sign up to receive updates via email regarding their child's school portraits. https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/clients/red-bank-elementary-school/fall-pictures-10-5-2021-12/optIn These updates include promotions, additional deals and the ability to order more pictures at a later time. When entering student information, parents should be sure to enter the student's name as it is on file at the school.

RBE SIC will meet every third Tuesday at 5:30 PM, except for December. At this time, meetings will be virtual. The SIC will sometimes be joined with the Title I Planning Team, as many of their agenda items are of common interest. We would love to have you join our SIC team to offer ideas and collaborate on improving all aspects of your child's education. Please email Janet Ricard if you would like to join the SIC, jricard@gmail.com.

The Reading for Education fundraiser runs from the Sept. 27th to Oct. 8th. It is one of the most simple ways for the school to earn money and for students to earn prizes. Students are asked to complete the booklet enclosed in the packet and return it to school the following day. The Reading for Education organization will take it from there. Thank you so much for continued support!

Grandfamily Coffee & Talk

Grandfamilies will meet one Thursday morning of each quarter from 8-9 in the Family Resource Room (106) for coffee, donuts & talk. The group provides support & services to grandparents/guardians with issues and challenges that may arise while raising your grandchildren/students. Mark your calendar for upcoming meetings!

Thursday, October 28, 2021 (This will be Grands Drive-In Books and Donuts)

Thursday,January 27, 2021

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Sign up today and I will share all the upcoming events with you!

Sign Up Here

For more information contact Mrs. Lind, Title l Family Liaison at

803.821.4609, elind@lexington1.net or

Check out RBE’s Website and click Family Engagement

LEAD-LEARN-LOVE. . . Pass It On!

Click here for the Brochure

Checkout Times:

Tuesday: By Appointment 1st Quarter

Wednesday: 11:00-12:00

Thursday: 2:00-3:00

For more information contact Mrs. Lind, Title l Family Liaison at

803.821.4609, elind@lexington1.net or

Check out RBE’s Website and click Family Engagement

LEAD-LEARN-LOVE. . . Pass It On!

Scan the QR Code below to watch the video hear

Mrs. Lind share about the Family Resource Center.

“Drug Free Looks Like Me”

Monday: Red Ribbon Week: Wear Red

Tuesday: Team Up to Say No To Drugs: Sports Jerseys

Wednesday: Put a Lid on Drugs: Wear a Hat

Thursday: Peace Out to Drugs: Wear Tie-Dye

Friday: I Dream of a Drug-Free World: Wear Pajamas

Look out for fun red themed food in the RBE cafeteria this week!

RBE Red Ribbon Week Contest:

• Create a VIDEO, POSTER or ESSAY about the importance of being drug free and making healthy choices.
• Submit your entry to Mrs. Tarcza by Oct. 22. ktarcza@lexington1.net
• Your entry may be shown on the RBE News Show and you could win a prize.

3 LUCKY ENTRIES WILL WIN A BAG OF KINETIC SAND!

T-shirts are in and on sale now!

At the end of last school year, RBE had a T-shirt Design Contest. We had so many creative designs submitted, but in the end, Savannah McCaskill was our grand winner! Part of Savannah's prizes was a free t-shirt that she designed.

T-shirts are $15 and all proceeds go to support RBE!

Red Bank Elementary School is a Title I school, which means we receive funding to help meet the needs of our students. Every family and guardian are invited to serve on the Title l Planning Team. The team meets at least four times a year to plan and review the Title l program at RBE. If you are interested, contact Mrs. Lind.

We need your voice to imagine the future at RBE. We are stronger together! Meetings are scheduled on the third Tuesdays of the month at 5:30. Our school Improvement Council Meeting will follow immediately after Title l. Many of our agenda items will cross over.

Title I will meet: Tuesday, November 16 and again, Tuesday, May 17.

If you can attend these meetings, please contact Mrs. Lind at elind@lexington1.net or complete the form that was sent home with your child(ren).

For more information please contact Mrs. Lind at (803) 821-4609,

elind@lexington1.net.

The STEAM Lab is in the process of our annual Cardboard Building Challenge! We are in need of cardboard boxes, cereal boxes, toilet paper rolls, and paper towel rolls. If it is a clean recyclable, we'll take it!

As a student participating in the Lexington One Online Learning Academy (LOOLA),

you have access to library books from the Red Bank Elementary School library collection!

This program has already begun at RBES!.

Please examine the information below to browse books and place them on HOLD.

Step 1: Access our collection:

• Access the RBES Learning Commons online library collection

Step 2: Searching the RBES Library Catalog and placing a book(s) on HOLD (reserving a book):

• VIDEO - Length 13 minutes. (This video must be downloaded before it will play.)

Step 3: Pick up and return your items:

Holds placed by Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. each week will be ready for pickup on Friday of the same week. RBES LOOLA students may check out up to 4 books. Books placed on HOLD may be picked up at any time from the RBE front office.

You may return books when you come to pick up your next available HOLDs, or you can drop them off at any time in the front office.

* As always we appreciate your patience. Our goal is to get library books to you while observing mandated safety procedures for our RBE students and family and school staff.

It's hard to believe it but the holidays are around the corner! If you are struggling financially and would like information about holiday assistance/angel tree programs in the community please contact Erica Lind, RBE Parent Liaison at elind@lexington1.net or at 821-4609. Each year the school is contacted by outside organizations who provide holiday gift assistance for children. Many programs close at the end of October or early November so they have time to organize the gift collection. (Please note, these programs are not run by the school or district and thus we cannot guarantee you will receive support.)

Please remember the tardy bell rings at 7:40 a..m. when instruction will begin. Our day will end at 2:20 p.m. when we will begin dismissal.

Thank you for your patience as we strive to keep our students safe!

All RBE students will receive a car tag regardless of whether he/she is a car rider regularly or not. Please discard the old red tags from last year as these will no longer be accepted as identification for student pick up. If your child normally takes the bus or goes to daycare, it's important to have this car tag on days you might need to pick up your child(ren) in the car line. If you have not picked up a car tag for your child(ren), please stop by the front office as soon as possible.

Effective August 25, 2021, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) revised its rules regarding close contacts for students in schools.

DHEC defines a close contact as, “someone who was within 6 feet of an infected person (laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness) for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period … from 48 hours prior to symptom onset (or specimen collection for an asymptomatic infected person) of the infected person.”

“The close contact definition excludes students who were within 3 to 6 feet of an infected student (laboratory-confirmed or a clinically compatible illness) if both the infected student and the exposed person wore masks during the exposure time. This exception does not apply to teachers, staff, or other adults in the indoor classroom setting.”

You can view these requirements here (Page 3).

Lexington District One continues to follow DHEC rules and therefore, the district will adjust close contacts to meet this guidance.

What does this mean for your student?

• If your student is within 3 feet of another student or 6 feet of a staff member who tests positive, your student must quarantine, whether or not a mask was worn.
• If your student is between 3 to 6 feet of another student who tests positive, your student must quarantine UNLESS a mask is worn by both your student AND the student who tested positive. (This rule only applies to student-to-student contact. All students within 6 feet of a staff member who tests positive must quarantine.)

Beginning September 10, 2021: If your student receives a positive test result for COVID-19 infection or is identified as a close or household contact of someone who tests positive for COVID-19, complete this Google form to notify your school.

https://forms.gle/RArTy6G42D2zTTWB9

Free breakfast and lunch continues for ALL Lexington County School District One students!

Be sure to visit the Lex One Food Service and Nutrition website. There is plenty of information including menus, meal prices, the LOOLA order form, Meal Benefit Application and more!

https://schools.lexington1.net/fsn

Water Bottles: Students may bring a water bottle filled with water each day. Please make these are non glass. Our water fountains will not be used as a safety precaution.

Outside Food: In order to keep our staff and students safe, we are not allowing parents/guardians to deliver lunch or other items during the day. If a student forgets his/her lunch, the parent may drop a lunch box off at the front office and we will deliver it. We CANNOT accept outside food. This includes cupcakes and other items for birthdays. Please call the school and talk to our Cafeteria Manager, Alyse McClarrie, if you would like to purchase school snacks for birthdays. You can also access the order form on our Facebook Page here.

Email: rbes@lexington1.net
Website: www.rbes.lexington.net
Location: 246 Community Drive, Lexington, SC, USA
Phone: 803-821-4600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RedBankElementarySchool/
Twitter: @RBESRoadrunners