Ryan Elementary School Update

We would like to invite you to attend the Ryan Elementary spring music program on March 21st at 6:30pm in the Bronson Jr/Sr High School gymnasium. Students who will be performing in the show will need to arrive at 6:00pm. If you are a family of a 5th grade student, please remember to bring a 5 gallon bucket for your student to use in the performance. This program will be featuring the students of Ryan Elementary performing a variety of popular hits from throughout the decades. They have been working very hard and are excited to be able to showcase their music for you! This event is free to attend and there will be concessions available for donation at the door. We hope to see you there!

Anyone interested in volunteering in the classroom must submit the volunteer form by April 1st. This will allow us enough time to process the applications. If you have already submitted a form this year, you will not need to do so again until next year.

After Spring Break, we will be pausing before school interventions to allow students the opportunity to enjoy some physical activity in the morning. We believe that starting their day with some exercise, which can have numerous benefits for their overall well-being and academic performance.

Rest assured, we are not eliminating the intervention programs; instead, we will be integrating some of the programming into our intervention time that is already built into the school day. For students who are interested in continuing their learning activities in the morning, the cafeteria will remain open for students to work on iXL, Imagine Learning or to silent read.

We appreciate your understanding and support as we strive to create a well-rounded educational environment. If you have any questions or concerns regarding these changes, please feel free to reach out. Thank you for your continued partnership in your child's education.

If you need to pick your student up early from school, anytime after 2:30, please park on the road and not in the drive close to the school. Our buses use the drive closest to the school, and you will not be able to get out until the buses leave.

On delayed start days, our dedicated staff come together in teams to engage in learning and planning aimed at ensuring student success. Please note that classes will begin at 8:20. For the safety of your child, we kindly request that you refrain from dropping them off before 7:35, as adult supervision will not be available until that time. Thank you for your cooperation in maintaining a safe and secure environment for all students.

We are starting Mileage Club back up next week on Monday's, Wednesday's at recess. We will also be running at Friday morning recess on our delayed start day at 8:00 am.

A group of 4th grade students present their habitats for their animal research projects to the 3rd grade students.

By Cooper Carpenter and Kayden Smith

To kick off March is Reading Month all of the teachers rotated around to every classroom and gave a two-minute commercial for their favorite books. Many students created a reading list for the rest of the month based on the teachers commercials. We had to buy more copies of books.

For March’s reading month, each classroom created different destinations that students could choose to read at. Mrs Snellenberger has a coffee shop called “Snelly’s Coffee Shop,” which the students from her class designed. If you visit the coffee shop you get lemonade, which is really good.

Our destinations include Tropical Getaways, The Great Outdoors, and Staycations. Miss Kus has Hawaii, which looks cool, in fact, there were a lot of Hawaii/tropical getaways, as well as camping/outdoors. The teachers that did Tropical were Mrs.Skidmore, Mrs.Harris, Miss. Kuss, Mr.Kehoe, Mrs.Parker, and last but not least Mrs. Norton and Mrs Gina. The teachers who did the ‘Great Outdoors” setting were Ms.Miner, Mrs.Kilburn, and Mrs.Coleman. Ms.Skirka was the only one who did underwater. Mrs.Butters, Mrs.Pierucki, and Mrs.Cranson all did front porch/staycation.

We also had other fun reading activities in the month such as Friday classroom Book Shares, the Book Fair and you cannot forget “stop, drop, and read.” Each classroom had many guest readers from Varsity Club students at the high school, community members, and even Mrs. Wall went to 12 different classrooms.

• United We Read Guest Readers- March 20th
  

• Spring Musical- March 21st at 6:30

• Viking Venture- March 22nd 1:25-2:15

• Spring Break (No School for Students)- March 25th - 29th

• Volunteer Form Deadline for End of the Year Events- April 1st

• 2nd Grade Visit to Ryan & 5th Grade Visit to the high school- April 3rd morning

• Records Day (Half Day for Students)- April 26th

• Savings Program End of Year Celebration- May 8th

• Field Day Date May 17th (May 24th Rain Date)

• 3rd Grade Field Trip to the Air Zoo May 22nd

• Memorial Day (No School for Students)- May 27th

• 5th Grade Field Trip to Sauder Village- May 29th

• Last Day of School- May 31st