Tiger Tracks
Week of March 18th
Hood's Highlight
Thank you to everyone for working with us during the Poplar Springs Road construction! For the most part everything ran smoothly on day 1, so we thank you for your part in that!
Last week we had LOTS to celebrate! We did our first ever Growth Celebration! ALL students were recognized for the growth and progress that they have made this year! We celebrated growth on our intervention programs, PBIS, good citizenship, math, and reading! This was to get the students excited about our big end of the year growth celebration that we will have in May, and encourage them to set goals and finish the year out strong! We also celebrated our Young Georgia Author participants last week! We had 461 entries that we submitted for RPS! Congratulations to Ellie Mahaffey who was a district level finalist!
Finally, as we are in the second semester of the year our behavior expectations are increasing as we have been in school for some time, and teachers are preparing your student for the next grade. At the school level we are encouraging students to finish the year strong and continue to follow our PBIS expectations! Please help us on your end to discuss with your student what it means to Be Responsible, Polite, and Safe!
PTO News
Upcoming Dates:
March 18th: Dental Van
March 26th: 2nd Grade Concert 6:00 at RHS
March 26th: RPS Night at Chipotle
March 29th-April 7th: No School-Spring Break
April 15th-26th: Read-A-Thon
April 25th: RPS/RES Senior Walk
April 26th: Preschool Breakfast
April 26th: Earth Day Planting
April 29th: RPS Kindergarten Enrollment at RPS 3:30-6:30
May 10th: Field Day
From the Nurses' Office!
How much sleep do kids need?
- Newborn (birth to 3 months): 14 to 17 hours
- Infant (4 to 11 months): 12 to 16 hours
- Toddler (1 to 2 years): 11 to 14 hours
- Preschool/Kindergarten (3 to 5 years): 10 to 13 hours
- School age (6 to 13 years): 9 to 12 hours
- Teenagers (14 and older): 8 to 10 hours
Please visit the website below for more healthy sleep habits!
https://www.strong4life.com/en/parenting/schedules-and-routines/healthy-sleep-habits-for-kids
REMINDER that all treats (cupcakes,etc) that are sent into school for parties and celebrations must be labeled with the list of ingredients. This is for safety purposes as we have many students with various food allergies. Thanks for your support.
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.
Title 1: Parent Engagement
If you would like to volunteer at future events, email Tracy Wilson, our parent involvement coordinator for more information!
A Mid Year Refresher:
*Doors open at 7am.
*The car rider entrance door will close at 7:55. There is little to no line between 7:00-7:30, so if you want to come at a time with little to no wait that's the window for you!
*Class time and attendance are important! This year our tardy bell will ring at 7:55 and instruction will start at 8:00. It is important that your student arrives on time so they aren't missing any key instruction.
*If your student is absent please send a note from either the doctor or write a parent note. We will take up to 5 parent notes each semester.
*Transportation changes can be emailed to rps_office.rps@catoosa.k12.ga.us any changes need to come with a picture of the guardians photo id, and need to be submitted before 1:00pm.
*For both morning and afternoon car rider line everyone should enter and exit to Holcomb Road by Evitt Lane only, not from Poplar Springs or the RES side.
Updated Visitor Information
All visitors must…
Get buzzed in through the front entrance doors
Sign-in using Ident-a-Kid through the computer in the front office
Wear their visitor badge at all times in the building
Sign-out using Ident-a-Kid through the computer in the front office
If you are eating breakfast with your student and have a sibling from the other school, both students need to be dropped off at their respective school, and the parent needs to sign-out in the same front office that you signed-in from. Please do not enter from one building and exit from the other.
For special events on our campus with a large number of visitors at one time, all sign-in procedures will be done through a paper format instead of through Ident-a-Kid.
Thank you for following these procedures to ensure our students’ safety.
Go Tigers!
Safety
At RPS, our number one priority will always be the safety of students and staff. Some of the procedures may seem inconvenient, but they are necessary and we hope that you will understand and be patient with us.
- If you would like to enter RPS, you must bring your ID.
- Parents are required to drop students off in the car rider line instead of walking students to class. No visitors will be allowed in hallways during arrival.
- If you would like to eat breakfast with your child, please bring your ID and sign in at the front office for a visitor's pass. This pass will allow you entrance to the cafeteria only. Once you eat with your child, please sign out at the front office. Your child will walk to class by themselves (we have monitors on duty to assist).
- All exterior doors remained locked throughout the day and we use a buzz in system for visitors.
- Classroom doors also remain locked.