Ruediger Elementary List Serv
December 4 - 8 WEEK of the 2006 - 2007 TERRIFIC YEAR
THOUGHT
Benjamin Disraeli said, "Nurture great thoughts for you cannot go higher
than your thoughts."
WEEK AT A GLANCE
12/4 MONDAY
12/5 TUESDAY
FCAT Field Test Writing Grade 4
12/6 WEDNESDAY
12/7 THURSDAY
Don't forget, the 1st Thursday of each month is CiCi Pizza Night. Families
that order pizza and say they are from RES earn $$ for the school.
12/8 FRIDAY
Character Education Program
8:05 -9:00 Grades K-2
9:15-10:10 Grades 3-5
Last day for students to check out books
UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER
PIZZA NIGHT FUNDRAISER
Don't forget, the 1st Thursday of each month is CiCi Pizza Night. Families
that order pizza and say they are from RES earn $$ for the school.
Dec. 11 No SAC Mtg. 6:00
Dec. 12 No PTO Mtg. 6:00
RES 4th Grade Holiday Musical
Dec. 18 - 20
Winter Wonderland Story-time. Please make plans to visit
Ms. Claus special story time with your child's
class.
Early Release Days (7:50-11:40)
Dec. 20 End of 2nd nine weeks (44 days)
Dec. 21 – Jan. 2
Winter Holidays
Jan. 3 Teacher Planning Day
Jan. 4 Students return
Jan. 8 SAC Mtg. 6:00
Jan. 9 PTO Mtg. 6:00
Jan. 10 Report Cards go home
RES Speech Contest Grade 5
Jan. 12 Awards Program
Jan. 15 M. L. King Holiday
Jan. 18 Late Night Library 6:00-7:00
Jan. 20 District Speech Contest
Feb. 2 Hansel & Gretel by FSU Music Opera Outreach
Feb. 5 - 16 Progress Alerts go home for the 3rd nine weeks
Feb. 6 –Feb. 7
FCAT Writing Grade 4
Feb. 12 SAC Mtg. 6:00
Feb. 13 PTO Mtg. 6:00
Feb. 14 Picture Day – Class & Individual
Feb. 15 Black History Month Fashion Show & ML King Luncheon
Late Night Library 6:00-7:00
Feb. 19 Presidents’ Day Holiday
Feb. 26 – Mar.9
FCAT-NRT / FCAT-SSS Reading & Math Grades 3-5
FCAT-SSS Science Grade 5
Mar.12 SAC Mtg. 6:00
Mar. 13 PTO Mtg. 6:00
Mar. 15 End of 3rd nine weeks (49 days)
Mar. 16 Teacher Planning Day
Mar. 19 – 23
Spring Break
Mar. 28-Apr. 4
SAT/10 Grades 1-2 (3/28 Reading; 3/29 Mathematics; 3/30-4/2
Make-ups)
Apr. 6 Awards Program
Apr. 9 SAC Mtg. 6:00
Apr. 10 PTO Mtg. 6:00
Apr. 19 Late Night Library 6:00-7:00
Apr. 23 - 24 Science Fair (4/23 Set-Up; 4/24 Viewing 2:10-6:00)
Apr. 23 - May 4
Progress Alerts go home 2nd nine weeks (weeks 5 & 6)
Apr. 25 Secretary Day
Apr. 30 – May 4
Staff Appreciation Week
May 2 Kindergarten Orientation (8:30-10:00)
May 15 RES Spring Musical
May 18 Island Day / Accelerated Reader Celebration
May 21 End of the Year Field Trips
5th Grade Fifth Wild Adventures
4th Grade St. Augustine
May 22 Fifth Grade End of the Year Celebration
May 22– 24
Early Release days (7:50 – 11:40)
May 24 End of the 4th nine weeks (44 days)
Awards Program in Classrooms
Report Cards go home
Last day for students
May 28 Memorial Holiday
REMINDERS
AUGUST – DECEMBER 2006
2006-2007
Ruediger Elementary
Business Partners
As you travel about town, be sure to stop in and thank the following
businesses for contributing to Ruediger Elementary:
AmeriCorps
Burger King
SAM’S Club
Albertson’s
TGI Fridays
Dominos Pizza
Harvey’s Supermarket
Hooters
Publix
Dr. and Mrs. Roland Garrett
Linda Knowles
Agency for Workforce Innovations
Channel 40
Qdoba Mexican Grill
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Young Actors Theater
Crispers
Clinton Nursery Havana, Florida
Wal-mart
AM South Bank
Bagel Heads
Loop
Panera
Transportation
If you need information about bus routes call the Transportation Help Desk
921-1294 or visit the Leon County transportation website:
http://www.leon.k12.fl.us/public/transportation/sc0311.html
SCHOOL PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT (SPAR)
The 2005-06 School Public Accountability Report (SPAR) for Ruediger
Elementary is available for viewing in the school office or can be viewed
on line at www.leon.k12.fl.us/SPAR/2006/.
The information in this report includes important information about your
child's school, including: Kindergarten readiness; test scores; and
enrollment.
Feel free to view a full copy of this report by coming to the school office
or via the web, at www.leon.k12.fl.us/SPAR/2006/. If you contact the
school, we will send you a copy of the report at your request.
We encourage your participation and input with regard to our continuing
school improvement efforts.
LEON COUNTY NEWS
For the latest in County LCS e-News, be sure to sign up for the e-News list
serve at http://listserv.leon.k12.fl.us/archives/lcsenews.html so you will
receive it regularly. You can view previous editions of LCS e-News on the
NEW District website by clicking on the Public Information option.
Please note that web links in LCS e-News are active if viewed using Adobe
Acrobat version 7.0.5, which you can download for free at
www.adobe.com.
NO TOYS AT SCHOOL
This is the time of year when children seem to want to bring toys to
school. The students have been reminded that if they bring toys to school,
the toys must remain with the principal until a parent comes in to pick up
the toy. Please help your child remember that toys of any kind should not
be brought to school. If a student has a toy that resembles a weapon, it
is an automatic suspension from school.
BE SURE TO
VISIT
Ruediger Homepage:
http://www.Ruediger.leon.k12.fl.us/school/index.html
This website has activities for grades K – 12 grade in reading,
mathematics, science, writing, test prep and more.
Join our Ruediger ListServ
Parents stay up to date with all the happenings at RES. Please join the
RES List-Serv. You will be sent reminders and news via your e-mail. Go to
the RES website and click on Parent List-Serv and follow the instructions
to keep up to date on what’s happening.
http://www.Ruediger.leon.k12.fl.us/school/index.html
BE SURE TO VISIT the following
websites:
The Parent Guide. address is:
http://www.leon.k12.fl.us/public/news/20042005%20Parent%20Guide.htm
Reading Tips
Website
Parents for great ideas, suggestions and tips
on helping your child with reading go
www.justreadfamilies.org
Center for Parent
Leadership
CIPL is an
initiative that trains and supports parent activists to help improve
achievement in their schools and to be advocates for statewide reform in
Kentucky. Their services consist mainly of large-scale consulting,
workshops and seminars, and publications.
www.centerforparentleadership.org
EPIC
Every Person Influences Children EPIC is a national not-
for-profit organization that provides effective programs and resources for
parents, teachers, and school administrators that help adults raise
responsible and academically successful children.
www.epicforchildren.org
Family Literacy and Math These programs focused on helping parents of
populations traditionally left out of higher mathematics to develop their
own skills, confidence, and enthusiasm for math.
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Transportation
If you change how your children goes home,
PLEASE send the teacher a note.
Medication
The Leon County School Board has a strict policy in regards to
administering medicine to students. Students are not to bring prescription
or non-prescription medicine to school. If your child has medication that
needs to be taken during school hours, a Medication Permission Form must
be completed by a parent or guardian identifying the medication
(Amoxicillin, Ritalin, etc.) and indicating the time it is to be taken.
Forms are available in the school office. Medication is administered ONLY
by the administrative staff or designee. All medicine is kept locked in the
school’s clinic. All medication must come in original containers clearly
labeled with child’s name and dosage. (Ask pharmacist to provide an extra
bottle.) No permission to administer medication will be granted by phone,
as per school board policy.
If your child becomes ill or is seriously injured at school, we will
contact you immediately providing we have accurate and operable
information. Please keep 2 current phone numbers on file in the office.
Let the office know immediately if these numbers should change. Please
remember, we cannot keep ill children at school. Students should be fever
free for 24 hours before returning to school.
Visitors on Campus
To visit on campus, you will need to sign in and get a Visitor Badge any
time you are on campus.
This is a safety precaution and we appreciate your help with this
procedure. We have a NO
Drop-In Policy at Ruediger Elementary, please check with the classroom
teacher BEFORE stopping
by to visit the classroom. We are trying hard to have as few interruptions
to the instructional
program, as possible. A teacher stopping a lesson even for a few minutes
to assist or answer
a parent’s question, disrupts the lesson and takes away precious learning
time. If you would like to
observe or volunteer in the class, just let the teacher know to expect
you. This will help the teacher
plan and keep those interruptions down.
RUEDIGER ARRIVAL / DISMISSAL SAFETY
PROCEDURES
Ruediger has the V-soft system which tracks
visitors, students, faculty, contractors, volunteers at the school;
providing a safer more monitored environment. All visitors on campus check-
in at the front office where they will be asked to present their valid
driver’s license.
Arrival
The earliest children may be dropped off is 7:05 a.m. Supervision starts at
7:05 a.m.at the Tharpe Street entrance.
At 7:15, students are released from the Tharpe Street entrance to walk to
the following areas:
Cafeteria Grades K-1 and those eating breakfast
Media Center Grades K-5
Technology Lab Grade K-5
Playground Areas Pre-K, K-1, 2-3, and 4-5
Locked Gates classrooms and front and side gates are locked when the rings
at 7:50.
This is a safety feature. All teachers and staff have gate keys, as well
as, Maintenance, Police and Fire Department. Our goal is to keep our
students safe! Please help by reading and following the arrival and
dismissal procedures.
Walking a Student to
Class
For safety there
is NO drop off or pick-up in the Tenth Avenue parking lot. If parents
would like to walk their child to class, they are asked to park in the
Tenth Avenue lot and walk their child across the parking
lot.
Dismissal
Dismissal begins at 2:10. There is a staggered dismissal process to
promote an orderly student dismissal process (bus, car, walkers, after
school, camp oasis).
Parents are asked to meet students by the cafeteria walkway at the Tenth
Avenue entrance.
Parents are asked to send a note if they wish their child to go home a
different
way.
There are 3 Dismissal Sites:
Car dropped off or picked-up is done at the Tharpe Street entrance.
Walkers or bike riders enter and exit at Tenth Avenue entrance, using the
crosswalk and sidewalk.
Parents on campus, when the bell rings, may wait by the cafeteria to pick
up their child. However, if a parent is not waiting for the student, the
student will be sent to the Tharpe Street entrance where there is adult
supervision. For safety there is NO drop off or pick-up in the Tenth Avenue
parking lot. A parent must walk their child across the parking lot.
Bus
Bus riders enter and exit at the side entrance.
RUEDIGER DRESS
CODE
Students who are neatly dressed and who take pride in their personal
appearance are usually
successful academically and tend to conduct themselves in an outstanding
manner. They
are generally respectful and display high self-esteem.
ALL GRADE LEVELS:
Clothing should always be safe, comfortable, and appropriate. Baseball
caps, or any other cap, sweatbands, toboggans, bandanas, hoods, etc, MAY
ONLY BE WORN ON THE PLAYGROUNDS. Students are expected to remove caps
throughout the remainder of the facility including breezeways, the
cafeteria, and classrooms. Furthermore, all students must wear shoes at all
times, FLIP-FLOPS WILL BE PERMITTED, EXCEPT DURING P.E. due to safety
concerns.
GRADES 2-5:
1. No clothing is allowed that contains inappropriate messages or
references to any alcohol or tobacco product. *
2. Halter tops, midriff shirts, tank tops, spaghetti straps or
clothing that leaves the body bare is not appropriate for school.
Sleeveless tops with enlarged armholes are inappropriate. *
3. Tops cannot be longer than shorts or skirts.
4. Male shirts must have sleeves. *
5. Female tops must have straps wider than one inch. *
6. Grade 5 will encourage shirts to be tucked in and will offer a
system to reward those who can consistently follow the rule.
7. All shorts and skirts must extend beyond the student’s fingertips
when arms are extended at the side. *
8. Bike shorts will not be allowed.
9. Trousers/slacks/shorts/jeans/skirts/Capri pants must be worn at the
natural waistline. Belts should be worn if there are belt loops. No
undergarments should be visible at any time. *
10. Curlers, fingernail polish, and other grooming aides (i.e.
hairspray, perfume, cologne, etc) should be used at home and should not be
brought to school. Combs and hairbrushes should not be used in classrooms.
Combs/picks should not be visible.
Consequence: Student will be sent to the office and the parent will be
called to bring appropriate clothing to school
EXTENDED DAY ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
Extended Day Enrichment Program provides before and after school care for
students in grades K-5. For a fee schedule and information call Bettye
Woodson 921-3140.
CAMP OASIS ACADEMIC PROGRAM
The Ruediger Camp Oasis Program was highlighted in the Leon County Schools
21st Century September Audit for the excellent variety of activities; with
an emphasis on character development and behavioral improvement.
Camp Oasis is a free program for students needing academic support..
Before School Mon – Fri. 7:15-7:50 Media Center and Technology
Lab
After School Mon.-Thurs. 2:10-5:00
If you would like to make a difference in a child's life, sign-up as a
mentor or classroom volunteer. Mrs. Long, our guidance counselor, will
help you match your time and interest with a placement need. Just call 488-
1074 and ask for Mrs. Long.
Box Top
Collection
Please help our school collect Box
Tops. For every Box Top that is brought in, we earn ten cents from General
Mills. Our goal is $1,500. If you have any Box Tops at home, please cut
them out and send them in with your child. The school and the class will
appreciate it.
Volunteer / Mentor
Program
If you
would like to make a difference in a child's life, sign-up as a mentor or
classroom volunteer. Mrs. Long, our guidance counselor, will help you
match your time and interest with a placement need. Just call 488-1074 and
ask for Mrs. Long.
Thank you for your help and support. You make a difference
Looking forward to seeing you on RES campus this week.
Your Partner in Education,
Carolyn Spooner, Principal
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