Rockburn Report
November 24, 2025
Rockburn Updates
We are thankful for you!
Dear Rockburn Families,
As we head into Thanksgiving, I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to each of you. Thank you for your ongoing collaboration, your support, and for sharing your truly wonderful children with us every day. Our work is meaningful because of the strong relationships we have with our students and families, and I am so thankful to be part of the Rockburn community.
I hope this week brings you moments of joy, rest, and connection. May you find time to relax, enjoy your families, and celebrate all the things—big and small—that bring you gratitude.
Wishing you a restful week. We'll see you in December!
Parent Teacher Conference
Our Parent-Teacher Conferences have started. It is great to see so many of our families here for conferences. Tuesday and Wednesday conferences are Virtual. For your planning purposes:
All conferences will be with Homeroom/Language Arts teachers
Monday, November 24th - All Conferences In-Person at RES
Tuesday, November 25th - All Conferences Virtual - google link will be sent
Wednesday, November 26th - All Conferences Virtual - google link will be sent
Collecting for Toys for Tots!
Prize Cart is Back!!!!
Prize cart is back! Kids have the opportunity to trade in their tickets at the prize cart one week each month. We love to have two volunteers for each grade to help facilitate. If you are able/willing to volunteer, please use this sheet to sign up.
*don't forget to do your volunteer training if you're coming in. See our website for more details.
Spiritwear Store is Open!!!
RES Spiritwear store
Family File - it's that time again!
Update Your Student/Family Emergency Information Today!
Parents/guardians must verify and/or update emergency information for each child every school year. This is completed online in Family File, which has several new updates including how and where to access. Full details on updating your Family FileLinks to an external site. are available online.
One exciting new feature is that families now can submit a change of address via Family File, rather than completing a separate form and sending to their school. Full directions and information for familiesLinks to an external site. on this new process can be found online.
HCPSS Updates
Important Dates
Important Dates
November
- 12 - Schools close 3 hours early for PL & Wellness
- 24 - Schools close 3 hours early for parent/teacher conferences
- 25 - Schools close 3 hours early for parent/teacher conferences
- 26 - Schools closed for students
- 26 - 30 - Thanksgiving Break
Spirit Days for the year
Past Rockburn Reports
November 10 - https://secure.smore.com/n/31c05-rockburn-report
October 6 - https://secure.smore.com/n/ep6xc-rockburn-report
PTA Updates and Information
December PTA Meeting is Virtual
Join us for our next PTA meeting on Wednesday, December 3rd at 7 pm. This one will be a virtual meeting. Join using the link https://tinyurl.com/RESPTAMeetings and password 572034.
Holiday Shop
Take the stress out of holiday shopping for your kids and bring them to the Annual Rockburn Holiday Shop to find inexpensive gifts from $0.50 to $12 for family and friends.
The Rockburn Holiday Shop is on Friday, December 12 from 6:30-8 pm. We need your help to make the annual holiday shop a success. Please sign up to volunteer at https://tinyurl.com/RESHolidayShop2025. Older kids, dressed as elves, are highly encouraged to help out the younger kids so they can shop without family seeing their gifts. As an incentive to volunteer, children of volunteers can shop at 6 pm - 30 minutes before the sale opens to the entire school!
Order Holiday Cards and Support the PTA
As you begin to think about ordering your holiday cards, don't forget about our partnership with Minted. Order your cards at www.minted.com. Enter the promo code FUNDRAISEROCKBURN to receive 20% off of your order and for 10% to be donated back to the PTA!
Staff Favorites List
As you begin your holiday shopping, we wanted to provide the link to this year's staff favorites. If a staff member you are looking for is not on here, please continue to check back as this will be updated as we receive more responses.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q1tioVyqyAIOzpyjYTV9tfoM3_krP113F0A4hLN0s_U/edit?usp=sharing
Make Waves at Rockburn - Join the PTA
The 2025-2026 PTA Membership Drive has begun. Your PTA contribution and membership helps fund many programs throughout the year such as Cultural Arts assemblies, Family Involvement events, Back to School Celebration, Fall Festival, Holiday Shop, Bingo Night, Movie Night, Sports Park NIght, 5th grade signature shirts, school gifts, staff appreciation, and enhancements to our recess and PE programs. All parents are encouraged to join the PTA.
You can pay your annual membership dues online via our MemberHub store (https://rockburnpta.givebacks.com/shop). You can also make a direct donation to the PTA there.
