Dear Art Rutkin Elementary Families,
We had a wonderful Fun Run today. Thank you to our PSO Fun Run Committee and volunteers! We also want to thank Mrs. Megowan our PE teacher, Mrs. McKean our music teacher and all our staff members who worked together to make this a great event for students. We also enjoyed a fun spirit week leading up to today’s fun. Special thank you to Integrity Staffing who sponsored Fun Run t-shirts for every student and staff member this year. Everyone should sleep well tonight after a lot of good running today.
We have some important things happening this coming week. Please read this newsletter for all the details. We will be celebrating custodial staff day on Wednesday, Oct. 2nd. This comes with bittersweet news about Mr. Bill, our Building Day Specialist. Mr. Bill will be officially retired as of Monday, September 30th. We appreciate Mr. Bill for everything he has done to help open this new school over the last 18 months. The Art Rutkin community will always be grateful for your contributions to this new school. We will have an official announcement for our new custodial building day specialist next Friday.
Attendance
Our school-wide goal is 97% for regular attendance. Currently our school attendance rate is just over 97%. Way to go families!!! We know that students who miss more than about one day a month are likely to have their progress impacted during the school year. We certainly understand when students are too sick to be at school. Please remember to plan vacations and appointments outside of the regular school day when at all possible. Please contact your child’s teacher, or our school office with any questions.
Arrival & Dismissal
Please remember to drive slowly and safely in our school parking lots at all times. Arrival and dismissal will take more than just a few minutes so we ask everyone to be patient. We feel that everyone is doing well with after school routines so parking lot cones and signs will stop going out soon. Please continue to follow our procedures carefully. We will place the cones and signs back out if we need them in place again. Thank you for your cooperation every day.
Student personal devices
Please review the student rights and responsibilities handbook regarding devices from home. We expect that all cell phones, smart watches and personal communication devices get turned off and put away during the school day between 8:00 AM and 2:20 PM. Please contact your child’s teacher, or me with any questions.
Parent Square
If you need assistance signing up for Parent Square, please contact the school office. Families will be receiving regular messages through this new communication app. Please watch for Family Partnership conference time sign ups that will be coming from your child’s teacher on Friday, Oct. 4th next week.
Oct. 1st - TTSD Community Engagement Meeting - Twality MS
Please consider attending the TTSD Community Engagement Meeting on Oct. 1st from 6:00-8:00 PM. We will hear from our new superintendent, Dr. Iton Udosenata, provide input on district priorities and engage in small group collaboration. Family dinner from 6:00-6:30. Please join me there.
Enjoy a wonderful weekend!
Mr. Kingery
