Rocket Update September 23rd

I want to continue to thank those of you who are following our drop off and pick up procedures every day. Next week I will be sharing a change we will be making to our morning drop off procedure. This change will take place AFTER Fall Break. We feel as though this adjustment will increase the safety for students and will make for a more organized process in the mornings. We also hope it will eventually lead to a faster drop off procedure for all.

Please remember when exiting drop off and pick up to please make sure you are turning right in the right lane and left in the left lane. We have had some near accidents because parents are turning in the wrong direction. I also want to continue to remind you, that you cannot drop off on Rose Lane street. You must either drop off in the drop off lane or park at Madison Christian and walk your kiddo over. Thank you so much for your support with this.

In the next section I will be providing our first RULER RECAP. RULER is the social and emotional learning curriculum that we use at Rose Lane. RULER stands for Recognizing, Understanding, Labeling, Expressing, and Regulating emotions. Throughout the year I will be sharing some of the different techniques and strategies that your kiddos are learning in order to accomplish this.

We are only two weeks away from our Fall Break and all I can say is thank you for this wonderful 1st quarter of the school year. Please continue to make sure your child is on time and at school each day. Our attendance is improving school wide and every day counts! Let's have another great week!

Your Rose Lane Principal,

Andre Reyes, M.Ed.

Since the last week of August our Rockets have been working on Mindfulness…

This is taken from our definition slide for Mindfulness...

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." ~Viktor E. Frankl

Mindfulness is the process of training our attention to actively notice what is happening both inside and outside of our body, right now in this moment. We learn mindfulness through a series of easy to follow exercises where we notice thoughts, feelings, emotions, and senses. This helps us create a self-understanding that nurtures good self-regulation skills; supporting us in navigating life’s challenges and stressors.

Mindfulness does not eliminate the challenges our kids face; instead, it helps create space between the challenge and their ability to choose a response that will be acceptable.

In order for our students to become successful with using mindfulness in their everyday life, we have explored breathing techniques, discussing the differences between taking a Meta Moment response instead of a “Flight, Fight, or Freeze” response as well as creating a safe place for our bodies to feel safe so we are able to calm down.

Attached is a video shared in our classrooms about mindfulness

Mindful Ozzy Introduces Mindfulness (Pre-k to Grade 2)

In our next Bulletin I will share a second tier of Mindfulness, which is “Self Regulation”.

If you have not already completed the free/reduced-price meal application for the 2024-2025 school year, this is a reminder that free/reduced-price meal benefits from applications filled out during the 2023-2024 school year will expire on September 18, 2024. To continue eating free or reduced-price meals in the school's cafeteria, a new application must be submitted.

Applications are available in English and Spanish online at linqconnect.com and paper copies are available in the school's front office.

• 7:15 AM - School Office Doors and Campus Gates open for students.
• 7:15 to 7:40 AM- Our playgrounds will be available for use by students in the morning at designated locations related to their grade level.
• 7:40 AM - First bell, all students enter their classrooms.
• 7:45 AM - Instruction begins. Students who arrive at or after 7:45 are recorded as tardy, and will need to report to the attendance office for a tardy slip.
• 10:50 AM -12:50 PM - Lunch at grade level assigned times. Students eat lunch for 20 minutes, then report to a designated location on the playground for supervised recess.
• 2:30 PM - All Students Kindergarten through 4th grade dismissed per Rose Lane dismissal procedure.

🚩If your child is here for more than 15 minutes past dismissal time, attempts will be made to contact parents, guardians, or emergency contacts provided by you on your child’s emergency card. If these attempts are unsuccessful, the police will be contacted. Parents will be required to meet with an administrator after 5 late pick-ups.