Tiger Tracks
Week of April 8th
Hood's Highlight
Hope you all had a great Spring Break!!! 7 weeks until summer!!!!
Parents we need your help as we finish out the remainder of the school year! We kindly ask that you help us limit your students bringing toys to school. While we understand the excitement and comfort toys can provide to children, their presence in the school environment can cause distractions, disrupt learning, and lead to potential conflicts among students. Our primary focus is to create a conducive learning atmosphere where every child can fully engage in educational activities and interactions with peers. We appreciate your cooperation in ensuring that our school remains a place where all children can thrive academically and socially. Thank you for your understanding and support.
I'm excited to let you all know that the below students will have artwork featured in the county wide art show at the Colonnade from April 9th -29th. There will be a show opening reception on the evening of April 10th from 6-8.
Altman: Cora Ridley, Paisley Qualls
Bomar: Charlotte Staubs, Maelynn Chavez, Mason Fresquez
Cook: Jazzlynn Scoggins, Brynlei Swaney
Gracy: Callan Ridley, Indie Pullum, Luna Jones
Hackett: Empress Jeffries, Riley Vann
Hamontree: Kiyah Blaylock, Buck Williams, Anna Templeton
Morgan: Abigail Simpson, Carson Eason
Oliver: Uriah Coker, Nolan Hakes, Jackson Simpson
Parvin: Abigail Cole, Elizabeth Matthews
Queen: Knox Orr, Rhys Holcombe, Bernadette Phillips, Brooke Castillo, Lola Thomas-Burton
Robinson: Kolton Bunch, Amos Bradberry, Addison Webb, Sawyer Bailey, Lilly Oliver
Tucker: William Smotherman, Jack Willard, Baylee Davis
From the Nurses' Office!
URGENT URGENT URGENT
If your child is currently enrolled in Medicaid or Peach Care health coverage you must take action NOW to ensure your child's coverage remains active.
To learn more and to update your child's eligibility please visit staycovered.ga.gov and click on the green "Visit Gateway" box. You can also click on "Medicaid Members" at the top left of the page for more information. This is an easy process now but will be more complicated after May.
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.
Upcoming Dates:
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
May 24th: End of Year Parties
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.