Tiger Tracks
March 2024
Upcoming Dates
MARCH
1st- First Grade Field Trip
4th-8th- Read Across America Spirit Week
6th- Second Grade Field Trip
10th- Daylight Savings Time Begins
14th- Young GA Authors Reception
15th- In Service- NO SCHOOL
16th- 26th Annual GraduRUN
17th- St. Patrick's Day
18th- Dental Van visit
21st- Report cards sent home
26th- Second Grade Chorus Concert, 6pm, RHS
-RPS Spirit Night at Chipotle, 4-8pm
29th-April 5th- Spring Break-NO SCHOOL
31st- Easter Sunday
Title 1 Parent Involvement
It's survey time again!! I have attached the link to the Title 1 Parent Survey for spring.
Your feedback will help improve parent and family engagement in our school, so please take a few minutes to complete the survey by clicking the link below. If you submit before March 8th, your child will receive a small treat! Thanks for all you do to make RPS the BEST!
Tracy Wilson, RPS Parent Involvement Coordinator, twilson.rps@catoosa.k12.ga.us
Young Georgia Author Essay Contest Winners!
CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG AUTHORS!
Reception for Essay winners and guests will be held in the RPS Media Center on March 14 from 3:15-415. Your invite will come home soon.
Kindergarten Winners
First Grade Winners
Second Grade Winners
Cafeteria Chat
Please make sure you pay your child's lunch charges.
You can use this link:https://www.k12paymentcenter.com/ or send in a check to your child's teacher.
If you have questions about your child's account, contact Tracie Brown, Cafeteria Bookkeeper at tbrown.rps@catoosa.k12.ga.us
Music Notes
2nd Grade Chorus Concert
The 2nd Grade Chorus Concert is March 26th at 6:00pm, RHS Theater.
Families, friends, and other students are invited to come enjoy the show!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwT10cZxCq-3v-SlLqQmk22DZ8XJPD3Bq&si=_VTd-zyuUKHzCp4c
Library Lessons
Read Across America
March 4-8 will be an exciting week at RES and RPS as we Read Across America!
Each day we will have a reading theme and a dress-up day to go along with it.
Friday we encourage everyone to dress up as a favorite book character and have a copy of the book with them or at least a printout of the book cover. Some students may choose to dress up as a real person they have read about in a biography. Most importantly we want to encourage reading at school and home. A flyer with more details will go home closer to time.
Counselor Corner
- Character Education Trait for March is Perseverance, which means working diligently without
giving up.
- International Social Emotional Learning Day on March 8th is a way to celebrate the way SEL is
“Todays Students, Tomorrows Leaders.” Studies show SEL reduces stress and promotes self-
regulation, self-awareness, social awareness, decision-making, and relationship building. Here
are some specific examples of how SEL can positively impacts students:
o Higher levels of empathy
o Increased social confidence
o Better attitude about school
o More responsible decisions
o Better recognition of emotions
When your student is recognizing difficult emotions and would like help finding a mental health
care provider for them, use Care Solace, a complimentary and confidential care coordination
service provided by Catoosa County Public Schools:
o Call 888-515-0595. Multilingual support is available 24/7/365.
o Visit caresolace.com/ccps and either search on your own OR click “Book Appointment”
for assistance by video chat, email, or phone.
Our goal is for our students to have uplifted hearts and connected minds!
Gym Notes
It is VERY important that your child wear tennis shoes or fitted shoes for the safest gym experience! Dojo message your teacher or myself if you need to know what day of the week that is.
Sweat, Smile, Repeat! Stay active Tigers!
Coach Mc
Cub Care After School Care
Did you know that you can make payments online now? You can! Use the following link to pay your fees: https://catoosa.revtrak.net/ringgold-primary-after-school-program/
Notes from the Nurse
Dental Van visits Monday March 18.
Guidelines for sending a child back to school following an illness:
A fever is considered a temperature of 100.4 or higher.If a child has been sick with fever, vomiting or diarrhea they should NOT return to school until they have been fever free, no vomiting or diarrhea for a 24 hour period without the use of any medications.
If you have further questions, email Nurse Lunn at mlunn.rps@catoosa.k12.ga.us
Community Events
Connect with RPS!
Whitney Hood, Principal
Michele Cribb
Assistant Principal
Melissa Jones, Registrar
Dr. Karen Farmer, Counselor
Cindy Pedersen, Nurse
Cpedersen.rps@catoosa.k12.ga.us
Missy Lunn, Nurse