Monday, 9/9 - E Day
Tuesday, 9/10 - F Day
Wednesday, 9/11 - A Day
- 3rd Grade Early Morning Library - 8:00
- RNSF Board/Liaison Meeting - 9:15 - MS/HS Community Room
- 3rd Grade Principal's Conversation - 9:30 - FEB Annex
Thursday, 9/12 - B Day
- 4th Grade Early Morning Library - 8:00
- RNIC Meeting - 9:15 - FEB Annex *date changed from 9/11*
Friday, 9/13 - B Day
- 5th Grade Early Morning Library - 8:00
- Bike Safety Assemblies for Grades 3-5 with the Westchester Department of Public Works Traffic Safety Office
NYS has enacted a new law that requires schools to give communities notification about when SAFETY DRILLS will be happening. This is being done in an effort to mitigate potential anxiety for learners, parents and caregivers. Though schools may not release the exact time and/or nature of the drill, they can give a window of time for the drill. Such announcements will be made here in the FEB Weekly and/or via the Mass Notification System.
As part of our commitment to ensuring the safety and preparedness of our students and staff, we will be conducting a safety drill next week. The purpose of this drill is to ensure that everyone is familiar with our emergency procedures for an evacuation and can respond quickly and effectively in the event of an actual emergency. We ensure all communication to our young learners is developmentally appropriate. Following the drill, we'll let you know that it took place so that you are aware should your child mention anything to you.
The type of drill next week: Fire Drill
Timeframe: Sometime next week
Welcome Back! If you would like to participate in the 4th or 5th grade Strings or Band programs this year, please fill out the sign up form linked below. For those who signed up in June, we already have your information and there is no need to sign up again. Lessons are once a week and will begin the week of the 23rd of September.
When our rosters are complete, an official schedule will be sent out via email.
Before deciding whether or not your child will participate in the instrumental music program, please consider the following:
- Students must attend all lessons.
- When students join the instrumental program, they are making a commitment of at least one year.
- Every instrumental student is required to play in the annual (mid-May) concert.
4th Grade Strings and Band Sign Up
5th Grade Strings and Band Sign Up
We understand the need to communicate with your children as they travel to and from school with friends or on their own, but the distraction that personal devices create in classrooms during instruction or throughout the day have increased over the years.
We are not banning students from bringing them to school, but we are not permitting them into classrooms. If your child will be wearing a smartwatch of any kind or carrying a cellphone, we will be requiring them to place them in their lockers.
For fifth graders this year we are also requiring that they have a lock on their locker. This is a new addition to their experience but will also be an important "soft skill" they have in their toolbox for Middle School!
Here is a link to the lock I recommend fifth grade families purchase: Master Lock Black Dial Combination Padlock
Please DO NOT purchase a lock with a key as those will be clipped off if the key is lost and you will have to replace it. A combination lock is recommended. Teachers will make a list of all student combinations for the students in their class.
Third and Fourth grade students DO NOT have to purchase a lock, but if it make a family feel more secure to have one, please let the teacher know you are doing so.
Students will NOT be allowed to keep any personal electronic devices on their person during the school day.
Students are always welcome to call their families throughout the school day as needed from the Main Office.
Please note that there is a sign on the front door and on the sign-in kiosk ➡️
- All visitors must sign in with ID at the Raptor kiosk at the front entrance. If you have forgotten your ID, you can type your information in. Once you are signed in, please ring the doorbell to gain entry. Your visitor sticker will print inside the building.
- If you are dropping off a student, just ring the doorbell and we will let the student in.
- If you are only dropping off lunch, homework, etc, just ring the doorbell and we meet you at the door.
If you have a change in your child's pickup after 12:00 pm, please call the main office at 914-777-4600 or email the office at febattendance@ryeneck.org. This will ensure that the message is relayed to your child in time for dismissal.
If your child is going to be absent or late for any reason, please email the main office at FEBattendance@ryeneck.org or call 914-777-4600. All absences need to be reported by 9:00 AM.
Please remember to report upcoming absences for holiday travel.
If your child is reported absent by his/her classroom teacher, and you have not called the office, you will be notified at 10:30 AM via the automated system to verify the absence.
In case of severe, contagious disease, pediculosis (head lice), or prolonged illnesses, please notify the school nurse, Samantha Krench, MSN RN. It is our procedure that the nurse notifies parents of children in the class regarding exposure to a contagious disease.
If your child becomes ill in school and needs to be sent home, the nurse will notify you at the emergency phone number provided. For this reason, it is important for the school to have parents’ work numbers/cell numbers, as well as an additional one or two emergency numbers of neighbors or close relatives.
It is important that children arrive at school in time for the opening bell at 8:35 a.m. Arriving late (8:45 a.m.) after morning routines and instruction have started is disconcerting to a child and disruptive to the class. Plan to give your child a smooth beginning to his/her day by scheduling ample time for early morning procedures.
If you need to remove your child from school for any reason during the school day, please email or call the main office first.
With the rise in illnesses during this time of the school year, I felt it important to remind you of the illness guidelines at Bellows.
According to the New York Statewide School Health Services website, parents should follow these guidelines when determining when their children should not be in school:
Persistent fever greater than 100° degrees orally, including a fever that requires administration of medication such as Tylenol or Motrin
Vomiting or diarrhea
Significant cough that makes a child feel uncomfortable or disrupts class
Sore throat that is severe, accompanied by fever or feeling ill
Red, teary, itchy eyes that distract child from learning
Discolored nasal discharge, accompanied by facial pain or headache
Ear pain or drainage from the ear
Headache, especially with fever
Any condition you think may be serious or contagious to others
Children should be fever-free (without the use of fever reducing medicine), symptom-free and feeling well for at least 24 hours before returning to school after illness.
To report an absence related to illness, please email febattendance@ryeneck.org or call the main office at 914-777-4600.The nurse will be briefed on all illness-related absences and parents will be contacted regarding current health guidelines. A doctor’s note will be requested for any student who has been absent for 5 consecutive days, upon return to school.
All students should ring the bell at the front entrance for morning programs; students should be dropped off no earlier than 5 minutes before the program begins to ensure there is supervision.
- Early Morning Library starts at 8:00 (3rd Grade -A, D days; 4th Grade - B, E days; 5th Grade - C,F days)
- Band/Strings - Info coming soon
