The Eagle Express

And just like that, we are in Quarter 2 of our school year! It is truly hard to believe how quickly time is flying by. Now, we begin the rush to winter break. These next few weeks will certainly feel like they are moving at lightning speed. We hope you get to take a little time to pause and soak in the magic and time together.

Yours in Learning,

Angela Patterson, Principal

Matt Stich, Associate Principal

• New dates on the calendar
• Report cards & Progress reports
• Veterans Day opportunities
• World Kindness Week

• Makerspace needs (please only donate what is listed)
• December Book Fair

An Explanation of Absences:

Excused - absences are excused if parents/guardians communicate with the school office through a phone call, email or the absence request process in IC

Unexcused - a student will be marked unexcused if the school office doesn't hear anything from a parent/guardian

Exempt - if a doctor's note is turned in following an appointment with your student's name and date/time of the appointment, the absence will be medically excused and not count against the attendance record. There is never a requirement by us to take your child to the doctor/dentist/ortho/therapist, but if you do, we can exempt the absence. This simply means the absences don't count against attendance. If you have prior appointments, please email Jennifer.Macakanja@nbexcellence.org or bring in a doctor's note and the absence(s) can be changed to exempt. Field trips, funerals and occasionally the weather are automatically counted as exempt.

Your student’s Quarter 1 report card will be accessible in Infinite Campus on Monday, 11/11/24 at 4:00PM. Please note that not all subject, disposition, or skill areas will have a grade or a score, as this report card serves as progress towards a final semester grade or score. This is especially true for Art, Music and Physical Education, where grades and comments are not completely entered until the end of the semester. At the end of Semester 1, all subject, disposition, and skill areas will have a grade or a score.

Family Login for Infinite Campus

Parent Reference Guide for Achievement Based Grading

In addition, IEP progress reports will be e-mailed to applicable families by 4:00PM on Monday, 11/11, as well.

Now that it is November, we are all reflecting on what we are grateful for. We would love to hear from our valued families and greater educational community about what and who you are grateful for at Ronald Reagan Elementary School.

Please take a brief moment to express your gratitude for our amazing staff. You may use the gratitude form linked below. Your words of appreciation make a great impact on our school culture and climate. Our hope is to have at least one note of gratitude for all staff members. You may complete this form multiple times. We will compile all the responses and share them with staff on November 26th before they leave for break. We will close the survey on Friday, November 22nd at 4:00PM to allow us time to organize all of your kind words.

Thank you for helping us shower our amazing staff with kindness!

11/11: It's a Double Spirit Day! Wear Red, White & Blue for Veterans Day AND Wear A Hat for Kindness Week!

11/12: Noodles Dining for Dollar$

11/18: Donuts with Your Dude

11/20: School Spiritwear/School Color Day

11/27-11/29: Thanksgiving Break (NO SCHOOL)

12/3-12/9: Scholastic Book Fair (more details soon)

If your student participates in art club, basketball, student council, battle of books, choir, mindful movement or news team -- please do not drop them off more than 10 minutes before the start time. (A few of these haven't started yet!) Thank you!

Art Club: 7:45am

Basketball Club: 7:45am

Student Council: 7:50am

Battle of Books: 8:00am

Choir: 8:00am

Mindful Movement: 8:05am

News Team: 8:15am

Dear Reagan Families,

Once again, in honor of our Veterans and Troops currently serving, and in conjunction with our Reagan Gives Back efforts, we have some activities we will do as a building to honor Veterans Day.

1. Honor Flight Fundraiser: The cost to send one Veteran on an Honor Flight is $525. Over the past 5 years, Ronald Reagan has sent 41 veterans on an Honor Flight. That is an amazing accomplishment and we couldn’t do it without your help! Students should return the fundraising form along with their donation and give it to their teacher. Make checks payable to: Stars and Stripes Honor Flight. A link to the form is attached below for your reference.

2. Honor Wall: Students can bring photos of Veterans they know, along with a form they fill out to go with their photo. Please paperclip the form to each photo and return it to your classroom teacher. Please send copies of your photos and not originals as photos will not be returned. Attached below is the referenced form.

3. Write letters to a Veteran. Students can write letters to a Veteran that will be attending an Honor Flight for their "Mail Call" on their return flight. Letters will be written to thank them for their service, and addressed as "Dear Veteran". If we collect enough letters, some will be taken to the VA hospital as well.

4. Monday, November 11th will be Patriotic/Red, White, and Blue Day.

5. On Monday, November 11th, each class will go outside in front of our school to place flags in the lawn. Each student will receive a flag to place in the ground.

6. In addition to placing flags outside all classes will be invited to view the live stream of the district-wide Veterans Day program.

Thanks for your support and help as we honor our past and present veterans and military members for all they have done to ensure our freedoms!

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact stephanie.fergerson@nbexcellence.org

Here's the link for the note to fill out for the Veteran photographs and donations.

Hello Reagan Families!

Coming soon is the start of our World Kindness Week! Students will have a different kindness challenge as well as a kindness themed spirit day to try to complete each day. Students do not need to track anything on their calendars but we greatly appreciate your support and encouragement for all to participate however they can to help spread extra kindness.

To help spread kindness into our surrounding community, Student Council has organized 2 ways to give back! The first is to donate non-perishable food items to the New Berlin Food Pantry and the second is to send in wishlist items for all the animal friends at HAWS. Collection for the donated items starts on Monday, November 11th and goes for the whole week. Students and families are encouraged to send in donations for one or both of the non-profit organizations. If your family participates, Food donations will be collected in each grade level pod and animal donations can be dropped off on the labeled tables in the Commons at Reagan in the morning during parent and bus drop-off before classes start. Student Council members will be there to help organize items, box them up, and store them until Friday, November 15th when the donation period ends. All students should be bringing home a Kindness Weeks calendar and donation information from school. Or you can click the following link to view electronically.

Ronald Reagan World Kindness Week

Thank you so much for supporting your students during World Kindness Week! If you have any questions or concerns, please email Mrs. Mulloy at Katie.Mulloy@nbexcellence.org, Carrie Kmichik at Carrie.Kmichik@nbexcellence.org, or Nicole Ward at Nicole.Ward@nbexcellence.org

The Ronald Reagan Makerspace is currently in need of the following items if you are interested in donating. The item currently at top of our list is paper rolls (short, medium and long). Please note, if used, items should be cleaned/washed and in good condition:

Empty Tennis Ball Cans or other canisters

Material/fabric

Yarn, String, Thread

Foil

Cardboard

Paper Rolls (short, medium and long)

Duct Tape, Masking Tape, Painter’s Tape, Packing Tape

Coffee Filters

Paper Plates (large and small)

Plastic or paper bowls

Paper bags (lunch size)

Playdough

Construction Paper

I’m looking for a morning volunteer to come and check in library books on Friday mornings from approximately 9:00-9:30am.

Please email julie.myszkowski@nbexcellence.org if you can help!

This year's program will take place on Monday, 11/11/24 at IKE, starting at 9:15AM, and will be live streamed. All students will watch the assembly at some point on Monday.

You are welcome to attend the assembly live, or join the live stream. Link to Live Stream Page

Lion Cubs Boys Basketball will be held on Tuesdays at Ronald Reagan from 4:30-6:00pm, beginning November 12th. This program is open to 1st and 2nd grade boys who will attend New Berlin Eisenhower. Cost of the program will be $50, plus an additional $20 for new players needing a reversible jersey. Lion Cubs is an educational environment for young players to learn the fundamentals of basketball and prepare for entering the Jr Lions youth basketball program in 3rd grade. CLICK HERE to register.

If you are looking for ways to be connected to other parents, here are links to our grade level Facebook groups.

HSA website: Ronald Reagan Home & School Association - Home (weebly.com)

The links to the classroom pages are also in the "Reagan Dictionary" section under Facebook.

Kindergarten: https://www.facebook.com/groups/466921209281908

1st: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2728503707291144

2nd: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1389465108237329

3rd: https://www.facebook.com/groups/523757715618795

4th: https://www.facebook.com/groups/581825659135694

5th: https://www.facebook.com/groups/627682987710788

6th: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2109032185982332

The Home and School Association (HSA) at Ronald Reagan is a collection of Moms, Dads, Grandparents, Teachers and Staff Members working together to make our school a better place. Our mission is to build a strong community at the school and to support students and teachers in their academic efforts. Our HSA funds, organizes and hosts many of the programs and functions held for Ronald Reagan Elementary students. Our general monthly meetings are open to all wishing to attend and membership is free. All Reagan families are HSA members.

Ways To Connect:

Webpage - www.ronaldreaganhsa.weebly.com

Facebook - Ronald Reagan Elementary - Home and School Association (link to join)

Email - rrehsaexec@gmail.com

HSA Executive Board 2024-2025

President: Amanda Mihalek - gimlera@yahoo.com

Vice President: Karen Feucht - karebair78@hotmail.com

Treasurer: Danielle Gallo - zyvertdn23@gmail.com

Secretary: Deanne Harder - deanne910@gmail.com

November...a month of reflection and gratitude!

Website: https://www.nbexcellence.org/schools/rr/
Location: 4225 South Calhoun Road, New Berlin, WI, USA
Phone: 262-789-6550
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ronald-Reagan-Elementary-267815246680257
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