RAMS Newsletter
December 16th. 2024
We’re excited to announce that yearbook ordering is open for the school year! Using this link on the school’s website you can order a 2024 - 2025 Robert Adams Middle School yearbook for your child. The price is 25.00 and you will need to enter Robert Adams Middle School on the Yearbook Forever site.
Yearbooks will be distributed in early June, and online ordering closes at the end of April. Please don’t wait to order - we’d love to secure a yearbook for your child now. We will have a few copies to sell in person in June, but last year we ran out! The only way to guarantee one for your child is by ordering online by April 30th.
Any questions? Email Ms. Malloy or Ms. Ditto Kustwan
This Year’s Theme is: COMMUNITY... Together We Can Achieve Greatness!
Being an active member of your community means you care about others and helping one another. Unity means joining together to achieve great things. Together you can make a positive impact in your school, neighborhood and community. Together, we can achieve greatness!
The POSTER submission deadline is Friday, January 24, 2025. The PSA submission deadline is Friday, April 25, 2025. For additional information, please contact MPY Executive Director Margie Daniels, at margie@mpyinc.org or Wendy Leone at wendy@mpyinc.org.
Upload Poster and PSA Submissions on our Website.
The RAMS Re-Act Players will be announcing the spring musical production very soon- in the meantime, here are some important dates to know:
Auditions (RECENTLY UPDATED):
Monday, 12/16/24 2:30-5:30
Tuesday, 12/17/24 2:30-5:30
Possible callbacks Wednesday 12/18/24
Rehearsals:
M-W-F 2:30-5:30 starting on 12/9/24
Dress Rehearsal:
Thursday, 3/20/25 2:30-6:30
Performances:
Friday, 3/21/25 @ 7pm
Saturday 3/22/25 @ 2pm & 7pm
Sunday 3/23/25 @ 2pm
By now you have likely heard about our efforts to support students and families with student attendance. Each school has formed school-based attendance teams who meet weekly to review student attendance totals and to determine family outreach and interventions as needed. We are grateful for your support!
Weekly Monitoring:
Students with 3 absences contacted by nurse
Team reviews students with 5 absences and/or tardies
Monthly Letters:
ALL families receive a monthly attendance update for their student(s) notifying them of totals.
45 Day Letters:
Families of students with 10% or more absences or tardies will receive a letter detailing attendance totals and inviting collaboration to support improved attendance. These updates will be sent approximately every 45 days, or sooner if additional communication is needed.
As a reminder, RAMS doors open for students at 7:50AM and the first “bell” sounds at 8:03 AM to remind them to report to homeroom. The second “bell” sounds at 8:05 AM. Students are considered tardy when they arrive after 8:05 AM. We ask for your assistance in assuring that your child consistently attends school and is on time to begin the school day.
Robert Adams Middle School is seeking paraprofessionals. At RAMS, paraprofessionals will work with students, individually or in small groups, to provide instruction, supervise, and share positive energy. The impact paraprofessionals have on the educational system is immeasurable, and we at RAMS greatly value our paraprofessionals.
Interested applicants can apply using THIS LINK.
If you are curious, please connect with us. You may know a new retiree, a recent college graduate, or a caring and positive person who would love to work with students. Contact Karen Manning (manningk@holliston.k12.ma.us) or Ryan Holland (hollandr@holliston.k12.ma.us). Please share this plea far and wide as you see fit. Thank you in advance!
How To Report Absences and Tardies
If your child will not be in or late to school, you have several options for reporting your child's absence or tardiness. Please be aware that if you report your child's absence or tardiness by 9:15 a.m., you will not receive a notification from Bright Arrow indicating that your child has been reported absent.
Call in your child's absence tardiness. Our RAMS Absentee mailbox is (508) 429-0657; press option 3. Please leave your child's name, grade, and reason for your child's absence.
Email us your child's absence or tardiness. Send an email to ramsattendance@holliston.k12.ma.us. Again, please leave your child's name and grade and the reason for your child's absence.
If you are dismissing your child early, please be sure to fill out the online dismissal form linked below!
RAMS Clubs & Late Buses
Dear RAMS Families,
Our after school clubs are underway! A list of our clubs can be found on the school website, so be sure to check it out in the "ACTIVITIES" section.
There are two late buses: A and B, and they arrive at 4:00 p.m. Clubs will run until 3:30, and after that, students can head to the lobby to wait or go outside for the buses. Walkers, bike riders, and parent pickups can leave at 3:30. If students are being picked up between 3:45 and 4:00 p.m., their ride must use the loop on the side of the building to allow buses to pull in and safely load students.
If you’re unsure about which bus your child should be on, they can visit the main office before 3:30, where Mrs. Ahronian will be happy to assist. Please remind students that after 3:30, they should either be in the lobby or outside, as wandering the building is not allowed.
There will be supervision from 3:30-4:00 while students are waiting for the late buses, so rest assured everyone is covered!
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the front office, Ms. Manning, or Mr. Holland.
