The RES Reporter: October 16, 2025

Important Dates

October 17

Grade 4 Trip to UNH for Ocean Day

October 21

Principal Advisory Council (8:00 AM, Conference Room)

October 22

Evacuation Drill to Safety Building (9:00 Departure)

School Board Meeting (5:30 PM)

October 24

RES Play: Pinocchio (7:00 PM)

October 25

RES Play: Pinocchio (2:00 and 6:00 PM)

October 29

Early Release (12:35 PM)

October 31

Halloween Celebration Assembly (8:30 AM Parade)

IMPORTANT FAMILY DATES THIS YEAR!

*These are dates that are NOT on the school calendar and may require an adjustment to your work/life calendar in order to attend? I will say that dates are subject to change due to weather days/conflicts but we will do everything we can to keep them!

December 11: Mall in the Hall (1:00-2:30 PM, holiday shopping for families)

December 19: Winter Sing-A-Long (8:30-9:00 AM, Families Invited)

January 16: Music Concert (Grades 3 & 4 only from 8:30-9:00 AM, Families Invited)

March 27: Music Concert (Grades K-2 only from 8:30-9:00 AM, Families Invited)

April 17: Earth Day Assembly (8:30-9:00 AM, Families Invited)

May 15: French Assembly (8:30-9:00 AM, Families Invited)

May 19-21: NH State Testing for Grades 3 and 4

May 29: Field Day Grades K-4

June 11: Kindergarten Picnic on the Commons (10:00 AM, no rain date)

June 12: Last Day for Kindergarten

June 16: Grade 4 Moving On Ceremony (9:00 AM)

Celebrations of Growth (Grade 2 at 2:00 PM, Grade 3 at 1:15 PM and Grade 1 at 10:15 AM)

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Important Links

Reference Material

Rye Elementary School Homepage

2025-2026 Handbook

Curriculum

Principal's Archived Newsletters

Staff Slideshow: Get to Know Us!

Links for Social Emotional Support

STAND UP/SPEAK OUT Report Form

Family Referral Form for Counselor

Handle with Care Form

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A Note from Mrs. Pitts

Dear RES Families,

I want to thank everyone who could attend the Room Parent Training we held on Tuesday this week. The training link is below and it may be helpful to all families as there are some links to ideas for healthy snacks and other resources for party planning! Additionally, I want to recognize and thank ALL OF YOU who have volunteered and will volunteer to help our teachers in celebrating so many events throughout the year.

ROOM PARENT TRAINING

Thanks for your support!

Michelle Pitts, Principal

We are ready to invite you now that we HOPE we are fully staffed!:)

We invite one family member at a time to have lunch with their child(ren) as we really do get quite tight at certain lunches. This is very optional and we don't want families to feel pressured to attend. This is an occasional event as we do want children to build independence and social skills in the cafeteria, a perfect time for this!

Email resoffice@sau50.org if you would like to attend with the date/time. It is important to anticipate who will be in the building. We love these opportunities for students and their family members but we will always put safety first.
Adults must bring their own lunch and can bring lunch for their own child.
We do have a focus during this time...eating for energy and brain power!
Family members must meet the child in the cafeteria and leave from the cafeteria BEFORE we line up all the children.
Days for family visits are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Lunch times are:

Kindergarten-11:45-12:10

First Grade-12:15-12:40

Second Grade-12:15-12:40

Third Grade- 11:15-11:40

Fourth Grade-11:15-11:40

Important Points:

We will be conducting an evacuation DRILL on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. The purpose of this drill is to ensure that our students and staff are well-practiced in our emergency protocols.
We will take our students and staff to the Rye Public Safety Building.
All students and staff (except Preschool students, PreKindergarten students, facilities, an SAU 50 administrator, and kitchen staff) will leave Rye Elementary School on a bus and travel to the safety building on this day if they are present at school.
The drill will be conducted in a way that is age-appropriate and supportive, with staff guiding students through each step of the process.
This is a wonderful time to double check that anyone who can pick up your child in the event of an emergency is listed in PowerSchool. We will NOT dismiss children to adults in a real emergency who are not identified on this list!
Families will receive TWO forms of communication on this day so we can check our systems. These will BOTH come from the Office of the Superintendent. One will announce that we have started our evacuation DRILL and the other will come when we have all returned to RES and are back to learning. Please expect these two emails on this day and there is no need to respond.
PLEASE do NOT come to the safety building. This is just a drill.

All students in grades preschool through grade 4 participated in an All Write event. They were able to spend this time writing about ANYTHING they wanted, create books, poems, stories, share information about their favorite activities or family memories. One child even wrote a GREAT "How To" book about to earn a Rye Riptide sticker! It is one of our favorite activities because children are all doing the same activity as a community, which is amazing to see! Even some of our teachers were writing furiously:).

RES PLAY CONCESSION DONATIONS

Our RES Student Council will once again be running the Concessions Booth for our upcoming play.

We're putting out an “All-Call” for food & drink donations to sell at the play.

If you are willing and able, Jeffrey and the entire crew would very much appreciate it!!

PLAY: Pinocchio, Made of Wood.

DATES: Friday, 10/24 7PM. Saturday, 10/25 at 2PM and 6PM. We'll need donations for all 3 shows.

DROP-OFF: All donations should be dropped off at the school on FRIDAY, either during the day or at the evening performance.

SIGN-UP: Click here to Sign-Up for donations.

SAU 50 Connections

In an effort to create a ONE STOP SHOP for families, we are now publishing the RES and RJH newsletter on Thursdays and sharing the link in one place:)

RJH Newsletter

SAU Sensation

Check out our New Riptide Apparel!

Don’t worry, we will still be stocking many of your favorites, but we are excited to offer you some new options!

This is an online store that you must order from directly, and it’s only open for a short window of time.

Order by October 28th!

https://harveysembroidery.chipply.com/RyeRiptides/

View Store Flyer

*Note: you can even specify your sport of choice for the items under the “Athletics” tab!

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Registration for ASE Session 2 is now Open

This session runs from November 3rd to December 19.

https://ryeasesession2-2025.cheddarup.com

*The deadline to register is October 30, after that a $10 registration fee will be charged.

**Signing up now makes it easier for the ASE teachers and committee to plan, so thanks for your prompt response!

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Membership Drive Update:

We have had a strong start to our drive, with 12 teacher Memberships, 13 Basic Memberships, and 33 Family Memberships!

Please help us to finish even stronger, by joining today!

https://annual-membership-2025-26.cheddarup.com

To learn more about what membership entails and what your donations funded last year, look here:

PTA Flyer and PTA Spending info

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Trunk or Treat: Sunday October 26th 4:30-6:00pm

Sign up and purchase raffle tickets in one place:

Sign up here: Halloween Raffle Tickets and Signups

No purchase necessary to sign up for a basket, trunk or volunteer!

This is one of our kids' most favorite nights of the year. This event is sponsored by the PTA, but is only possible with your support.

In order to make this event a success we still need:

Volunteers to decorate their trunk for the trick or treaters - we currently have 7 volunteers for this, and we aim to have 25
Donated Raffle Baskets - see sign up for themed ideas - we currently have 20 baskets; we aim to have 30
Candy donations
Volunteers to help out at the event (set up, raffle ticket sales, pizza, clean up, etc)-We currently have 3 volunteers signed up, we aim to have 20

1. Trunk-or-Treat link: http://my.cheddarup.com/c/rye-trunk-or-treat-2025
2. ASE Session 2 Link: https://ryeasesession2-2025.cheddarup.com

3. PTA Membership: If you please could insert: Membership flyer (it's 2 pages) along with the link https://annual-membership-2025-26.cheddarup.com

4. New Riptide Apparel: https://harveysembroidery.chipply.com/RyeRiptides/