RJ Richey Family Newsletter

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October:

October 20 - Smart Smiles Treatment Day @ RJ

October 23-27 - Red Ribbon Week (see themes below)

October 31 - Halloween & Student Costume Parade & Adventure Dash Fun Run Kickoff @ RJ

November:

November 1-9th - Adventure Dash Fundraiser / Pledge Challenges

November 3 - No School for Students / PD day for staff

November 9 - Adventure Dash Fun-Run Day!

November 10 - Veteran's Day Performance & Ceremony (PM)

November 13 - 5th grade YMCA Twin Lakes Field Trip

November 14 - 5th grade YMCA Twin Lakes Field Trip

November 20-26th - Thanksgiving Break

November 27 - No School for students / PD day for staff

RJ is excited to celebrate with our students with a school-wide costume parade on Tuesday, October 31st @ 8:30AM, weather permitting.

Our parade will begin at 8:30 and all students will line up with their homeroom classes and parade through the campus front circle of the school for a costume parade.

• Parents are invited to attend the parade by lining our front circle drive as each student and class will walk through.
• All parent vehicles should be parked in a designated parking space to attend the event and parents will line the circle drive in designated places to cheer on their student in costume.

Costume Day Important Reminders:

• Students are invited to wear appropriate costumes to school this day. Please ensure that your child's costume is school appropriate (Nothing that promotes the use of illegal substances or activities or are derogatory, gory, disrespectful or depict violence.)
• No full face masks or weapons (nun chucks/sickles/swords/knives/guns, etc).
• All students will get to participate in a school wide costume parade and will have the opportunity to change out of their costume if needed or necessary for the remainder of the school day. ***Please send a change of clothes with your child if their costume will present distractions throughout the day.***
• Students or parents who have questions about the acceptability of their costume should check with their homeroom teacher prior to wearing the costume to school.
• Students wearing inappropriate costumes will not participate in the parade and will call home to have a change of clothes brought up to them. PARENTS: Please help support an appropriate, distraction-free learning environment for all students by assuring that your student adhere to these guidelines.

• Costumes need to not interfere with learning. This means no full-face masks, no costumes that restrict movement or vision, prevent from sitting or standing, or prevent participation in recess or physical education.

• Students can not use the school bathrooms for getting ready before the parade. They need to come to school in the costume. Face paint, make-up, hair coloring spray should not be brought to school.

• Costumes may not be violent or suggestive and may not have accessories or props that could be used as a weapon or look like a weapon.

RJ has had attendance above 95% for the past 3 weeks! Keep it up Bulldog Families!

Let's keep it up Bulldogs and get to that GREAT feeling of 98!!!

Thank you for all you do to help our attendance count! We are trending up from previous weeks with our attendance percentages, but we can't stop now!

Remember, our goal is 98% and we believe we can get there with your help and support!

**Don't forget that students that are checked out early miss valuable instructional time and will have an attendance code for that day. Did you know that checked out earlies count against perfect attendance?

Thank you to our parents for supporting our students in getting them to school early to serve on these teams and for instilling great leadership qualities in our Bulldogs!

Submit an email on the same day as the transportation change request by 1:30 p.m. to rjr-transportation@burnetcisd.net.

Include the following details in the email:

• Student’s full name
• Student’s grade level
• Student’s homeroom teacher
• The transportation change you want made for today (bus rider to car rider or car rider to bus rider)

Requests made after 1:30pm will not be processed. Notes, phone calls, text messages and emails sent to any other email will not be processed.

The Burnet Middle School Zombie/Color Run is back for 2023!! Join us on October 21, 2023 at 9am in front of the BMS band hall!

We will have a Kids Color Run starting right at 9:00. It will be a short, uphill run for our youngest crowd.

• At the conclusion of that run, we will start our 2 mile Zombie/Color Run - all ages are welcome!
• If you can't run with us, there is an option online to purchase a shirt.

To sign up, you can visit this link to pay with a credit card or visit the front office at BMS to pay with cash or check.

Have you experienced great customer service from an RJ teacher, staff, or employee? Has one of our staff members done something to make you smile or gone the extra mile? If so, we want to hear about it!

What is a Staff Shout Out? A Shout Out is a special recognition that acknowledges a District staff member who has demonstrated a special effort, an outstanding job, caring customer service, a project of high quality workmanship, a team mentality, and/or is helping students CRAFT the FUTURE.

Who can submit a Staff Shout Out? Students, parents, teachers, auxiliary staff, coworkers, and all community members. Anyone can submit a Staff Shout Out!

Who can receive a Staff Shout Out? Any employee of Burnet CISD. EVERY staff member is an important part of our team!

Please click the link below to complete a form briefly explaining why this staff member or coworker deserves recognition. All Shout Out will be listed on the Shout Out webpage.

7:15am Front Doors Open

7:20am Front Office Opens

7:45am School Begins

7:45am Tardy Bell

9:00am Students not in attendance are marked absent

1:30pm Transportation changes due, please email: rjr-transportation@burnetcisd.net

3:25pm Student Dismissal

4:00pm Office/School Closes

Website: https://rjr.burnetcisd.net/
Location: R J Richey Elementary School, East Graves Street, Burnet, TX, USA
Phone: 512-756-2609
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rjrichey