tuesday s newsday at res
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PreSchool & PreK parents should refer to letters sent
home by the teacher via their child(ren) for
timing of events. They may be different than noted for
Gr. K—4 in this newsletter. Thank you.
COMING UP:
Wed., Feb. 6—Report Cards go Home Fri., Feb. 15—Mon., Feb. 18, Winter Recess
TUESDAY’S NEWSDAY At RES
Jan. 29, 2019
Vol. 18-19, Issue 20
In this issue of TN:
Conversation with the Principals
PreS & PreK Dismissal News
Message from the Principal
Office contacts
Valid Photo ID is needed at all times
Lost & Found
Message from the Health Office
PTA News
Followed by: Community Events
Conversation with the Principals
Wed., Feb. 6, 2019
6:30p RES Café
TOPIC: Budget Conversation with
Dr. McMorran
THIS IS AN EVENING EVENT, PLEASE NOTE
CHANGE IN TIME.
Followed by the PTA Meeting
Every day the office staff is making numerous calls to parents to confirm their child’s after school activities. This adds extra work & confusion to an already busy time of day as we try to ensure that all students are dismissed safely and on time. SDM is set up in a way that gives parents the opportunity to list their child’s plans well in advance with recurring dismissal plans, or change plans right up until 1:30 pm (11:30 am on early dismissal days) daily. The office will no longer be calling parents to confirm their child’s activi-ties. Students will be dismissed from the classroom according to their SDM plans as entered by parents before 1:30 pm (11:30 am on early dismissal days) daily. As always, if you have to change your SDM plan after the cut-off due to an emergency, please call the office. Thank you.
DEADLINE for TN material is Thurs., Jan. 31.
Please email them as a PDF, if there are NO active links.
Otherwise, word or publisher format to [email protected]
(203) 938-2519 Ext. 304
Thank you!!
A gentle reminder to make sure that you park and walk your child to and from school. Fire lanes cannot be used, even for short periods of time.
Please send your child with a warm coat, hat and mittens daily. Mittens are best to help foster independence. We try to get outside everyday even as the temperature gets colder. Label ALL items with your child’s name.
Greetings RES Families, Congratulations to all of our super scientists, creators, investigators and engineers who participated in this year’s Imagine a World STEM fair. We had a wonderful variety of creative projects presented. I learned quite a bit from our very own experts! Thank you to our PTA volunteers who helped make this day a great success. Our visitors shared how much fun they had participating in the many science activities in the big gym as well as visiting our young scientists’ stations. Looking forward to seeing what next year’s fair brings! In continued partnership, Natalie Hammond
Contact our office staff: By Phone: 203 938-2519 By Fax: 203 938-3251
Ms. Natalie Hammond, Principal [email protected]
Mr. Christopher Basta, Assistant Princiipal [email protected] Mrs. Cindy Twiss, Director, Special Services [email protected]
Mrs. Andrea Kirby, Supervisor, Spec. Svcs [email protected]
SUPPORT STAFF:
Mrs. Mary Burritt, School Secretary [email protected] Ext. 302 Registrar & Room Use
Mrs. Marilyn Caruso, Secretary, Spec Svcs. [email protected] Ext. 312
Miss Bobbie Granskog, School Secretary [email protected] Ext. 304 Budgets, Payroll & Tuesday’s Newsday
Mrs. Rachel Saluzzi, School Secretary [email protected] Ext. 301 School Dismissal Manager & Subs
Message from our Principal,
Ms. Natalie Hammond
Please have a valid photo ID with
you EACH AND EVERY TIME you
wish to enter the school. We
cannot let you in without it. EVEN
IF WE RECOGNIZE YOU—please
have your ID handy.
We thank you for keeping our
students and school safe!!
Please remember create an absence or
tardy for your child(ren) in SCHOOL
DISMISSAL MANAGER. Our nurse is
spending much of her morning calling
parents to check on students who are
home sick. This report helps her manage
the process, and we know your child is
home safe. You do not need to call our
nurse, if you use this tool.
We appreciate your help. Thank you.
Now that cooler weather is upon us, please be sure your children come to school properly dressed
to be outdoors. Recess is outside whenever possible. THANK YOU!!!
DESPERATELY NEEDED BY OUR HEALTH OFFICE: Our health office is looking for
children’s clothing for emergencies. Specific items that are essential are:
Boys or girls underwear for young students in K—Gr. 2;
Socks for any age;
Small sized sweatpants and or leggings.
Please bring clean clothing to our health office, or drop off in the vestibule with a label for HEALTH
OFFICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Please be reminded to follow all traffic rules while driving in our parking lots and areas around RES. People have been observed not stopping at posted stop signs and exceeding speed limits when driving through our parking areas.
Thank you for working together to keep RES safe.
The RES Lost and Found is overflowing! The lost and found is
located in the RES Cafeteria. Please feel free to stop in any time and look for your
child’s belongings or ask your child take a peak. Remember to label your child’s
clothing so it gets returned to you.
We will be donating unclaimed clothing to our health office, and then a local charity if not picked up.
Ask your children to check too. THANK YOU.
UPDATED REDDING SCHOOL CALENDAR
Friday, May 17, 2019 will be a minimum day. Students in
Grades K thru 4 at RES will be dismissed at 12:50p on that
Friday. Please make a note of this updated schedule change.
Thank you. (Revised calendar is included in this issue of TN.)
Current & Upcoming
Celebrations & Shoutouts
Week of January 29, 2019
Imagine a World and the STEM Fair Revel in Elemental Fun
On January 26, budding artists, scientists, engineers, and mathematicians came to-
gether at RES to explore the elements, the building blocks of our physical world.
Thank you to program chair Trisha Doyle, STEM Fair chair Jim McDevitt, and all of
the volunteers who helped make this celebration of arts and sciences a success!
If you have photos from Imagine a World that you’d like to share, email them to
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PTA Email: [email protected]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/RESPTA/ Website: www.resctpta.org/
RES PTA NEWS YOU CAN USE!
Check Me Out Evening PTA Meeting +
Redding Roadhouse Meet-up
Interested in finding out more
about what’s happening at RES?
Join us at our special evening
meeting on Feb 6th at 6:30 pm at
RES. School Superintendent Tom
McMorran will present about the
future of Redding Schools and
the funding challenges they face.
Afterwards, meet up with friends
old and new at the Redding Road-
house! Enjoy discounts on select
menu items and tap into some val-
uable info and social connections.
Feb. 1 Snow Ball Ticket Deadline
Feb. 6 February PTA Evening
Meeting + Redding Road-
house Meet-up
Feb. 9 Snow Ball Dance at JRMS
Feb. 11 Box Tops Deadline
Feb. 11 Deadline for Visiting Author
Autographed Books
Click on Any Underlined Text in this Doc to Link to Event Details, Sign-ups, Tickets, Videos, and More!
RES PTA News You Can Use!
Expanding Perspectives
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“Different is Awesome!” Limb Difference Presentation
On January 29th RES students will hear a presentation by au-
thor and speaker Ryan Haack about what it’s like to move
through the world one-handed. Ryan was born without part of
his left arm, and encourages kids to acknowledge, accept, and
value the differences that make each one of them unique.
Book Stop Visit by Author and Illustrator Deborah Freedman!
On March 26, children’s book author Deborah Freedman will
visit RES to talk to students about her work. Families have
the option of ordering autographed copies of Ms.
Freedman’s books now and receiving them at the event. All
orders for autographed books must be received by Feb. 11.
Download the order form at: http://bit.ly/AuthorVisit2019
Dollars and Sense Kindness Club Returns!
In January, the Kindness Club returned to
RES, utilizing a grant from the PTA to
purchase materials. This spring, 2nd,
3rd, and 4th grade students will work on
projects to create valentines for
veterans, blankets for cancer patients,
spring decorations, and kindness rocks.
We can’t wait to see how their kindness
takes shape with these projects!
Box Tops = Free $ for RES!
The RES PTA is able to provide
programs and grants like the one made
to Kindness Club because of funds
raised by RES families. One fundraising
opportunity on the near horizon is Box
Tops for Education. Clip your box tops
and send them in by February 11 to
supply funds for more valuable
programming and initiatives at RES.
We Need You! Volunteer at the International Festival!
The International Festival needs volunteers like you! Email
event chair Karen Garcia Callot at [email protected]
to learn more about how you could help create this fun event!
RES PTA NEWS YOU CAN USE!
Five Fast Facts... About some of the people who makes RES such a special place
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Spotlight on Specials
“Display My Art” Projects Are Underway in Ms. Holden’s Art Class!
RES students have been hard at work in their
art classes in recent weeks working on their
“Display My Art” projects (previously known
as “Square One Art”).
Each student is creating unique pieces of art-
work that can be ordered on items such as T-
shirts, mugs, water bottles, and keychains.
This year, family members will also be able to
create a piece of art to participate in the pro-
gram. Proceeds from the sale of these unique
art items benefit the RES PTA and the pro-
gramming that our organization creates for
our students, school, and staff.
Look in your child’s backpack and in future edi-
tions of Tuesday’s Newsday for details on how
you can order these keepsakes of your child’s
artwork!
Each grade level has their own theme for the Display My Art projects. Pictures above show Second Grade students in the process of creating “Mexican Sun and Moon Designs”, and Fourth Grade students creating “Expressive Self-Portraits”.
