Good Afternoon RPI Families,

Homecoming is one of my favorite weeks of the year. Not only do we have spirit themed days going on but the anticipation of a Friday night football game seems to add extra excitement in the air.

This year, the band program is sponsoring a food truck rally before the game and many of the RPI staff will be tailgating too. We hope you stop out and say hi! Maybe take on Mr. Panozzo in a game of corn hole!

We are also running a coin war between each of the grades. See the picture below from our PTO. I can't wait for the 5th grade to beat the 6th grade! Did you hear that 6th grade families? The 5th grade families are planning on winning this in a landslide!

Like I sent and said last week, we will continue to reteach, remind and hold them accountable to "The Rocket Way...Respect. Pride. Integrity." in all they do. We ask that you do the same but consider using this model:

Respect: You don't always have to like the person, and even if they do / say something unkind to you, it doesn't mean that you have to "absorb" it like a sponge. Typically when someone is like that, it's because they have something really heavy going on in their life.

Pride: How can you treat someone with empathy and consideration even if you feel "wronged."

Integrity: Doing the right thing, even when no one is looking.

And one last thing....breath. If you pause and take 5 seconds before responding and a big deep breath, we can change how potentially negative interactions impact our lives.

Please reach out if you have any questions!

Have a great week everyone!

Scott

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Scott Panozzo, Principal

panozzos@reeths-puffer.org

This week is homecoming, which is a great week for our entire community. We will have spirit days for our kids and a coin war between the 5th and 6th grade! The winning grade level earns a HAT DAY!

Spirit Days:
Monday: Pajama Day

Tuesday: Tropical Day

Wednesday: Mismatch and Wacky Socks Day

Thursday: Neon Colors Day...wear as much neon as you can find!

Friday: Green and White Day

The classroom with the highest daily percentage of participants for the week will win a pizza party!

Lately, We've been noticing many students wearing slides/flip flops, crocs, boots etc in PE. We want to encourage parents to send their students with a pair of tennis shoes for PE class -- even if it's an older pair of play shoes that they're able to leave in their lockers each day. As they begin to learn more advanced movements, it is critical that the students have proper footwear as safety will be the number one priority.

After School Opportunities are back!

• Mondays: Yoga (mats provided) (Starting 9/19) Pick up 3:45. Offered through June 2023
• Thursdays: Endurance Adventure (bikes/helmets provided) Pick up 3:45. Fall Endurance Adventure last through October. No EA on October 6.

Contact Kelley Peel with questions: peelk@reeths-puffer.org

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Calling all 5th and 6th grade girls. We will be offering basketball open gym times for any girls interested in coming to learn more about basketball. This will be on Fridays after school, in the Intermediate gym until 4:30.

Any questions please contact Jessica VanderLaan at jessvanderlaan11@gmail.com or 231-750-7446.

We look forward to seeing your girl after school on Friday, September 16th. It will run through September and October. Bonus it is FREE!!

We are excited to announce our first meeting will be WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5th at 4pm in the front office!

Interested in joining the PTO? Click here for the Facebook Page. Also, the email address to reach the PTO is: RPIntermediatePTO@gmail.com

Reeths-Puffer's District Wellness team would like to invite Rocket City to join us for monthly events, meetings and speakers. Our goal is to support the physical, nutritional and mental health of our community as well as increase environmental awareness and keeping Rocket City beautiful.

September and October offerings:

• October 3rd , - our next wellness meeting at 4 pm at RPEL in room 109 door 24 - potential guest speaker: Dan Bonner from Muskegon Luge Park
  
• Family Game night in Oct - Date and Place TBD

We hope to see many from Rocket City! Denise Sheffer (shefferd@reeths-puffer.org and Alyssa Nauta (Nautaa@reeths-puffer.org- Co-Chairs of the RP Wellness Committee

If you haven't updated your demographics and signed our digital forms yet, please log in to your PowerSchool parent account (from a computer not app) to update your demographics...even if they haven't changed. We need you to check off certain items (acceptable use policy, study trip permission, handbook, etc).

CLICK HERE for a link to the PowerSchool Parent Portal.

Doors Open: 7:35am (PLEASE DO NOT DROP STUDENTS ANY EARLIER THAN 7:25am)

Daily Start Time: 7:45am

Daily End Time: 2:43

***Note: Since we will not have breakfast in the classroom this year, students who need/want to get breakfast will need to enter in door 1 (main entrance) when they are dismissed from the bus.***

CLICK HERE for bus stop information

If you have ANY transportation related questions, PLEASE call the transportation office: 231-719-0110

CLICK HERE for the September Band Newsletter.

Medication shall not be brought to school unless it is essential to the health of the student.

Medications which need to be taken in school must be administered by certified school personnel (or designee) in the presence of another adult. Parents must bring medication to the school office in the original container and file a written statement. NO STUDENT MAY BRING ANY MEDICATION TO SCHOOL.

Contact the office if you have any questions.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Breakfast and Lunch will be served in the cafeteria, but will NOT be free to all students as in the past couple of years. Please go to lunchapp.com to apply for free or reduced breakfast and lunch benefits.

• Breakfast will be offered to any kids that need/want it in the cafeteria at 7:30am. Students will need to enter the building at DOOR 1 to walk to the cafeteria.
• Breakfast: $1.25
• Lunch: $2.90

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Please complete a school lunch application if your income has changed since you last filled one out or if you have not yet completed one this year. This information is super helpful for R-P funding, but also necessary for food service to have if an additional round of P-EBT cards go out. Complete the form online at lunchapp.com. THANK YOU!

Questions?

• Jackie Blomeke, MBA, RDN
  Director of Food Service
  blomekej@reeths-puffer.org

Students will have the option to purchase (if you allow it) a la carte items from the lunch line. These items WILL cost extra money, so students will need money in their account or to bring money with them. They will NOT be allowed to charge it to their account if there is no money in it.

Website: www.reeths-puffer.org
Location: 1500 North Getty Street, Muskegon, MI, USA
Phone: 2317449280
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reeths-Puffer-Intermediate-863900696970981/
Twitter: @scottpanozzo