Comet News - Rice Edition!

• Jan 17 - Laser light show enrichment program
• Jan 18 - Produce Market food distribution @ SecCampus
• Jan 19 - CSD Board of Directors meeting - 6:30 PM @ SecCampus
• Jan 20 - Winter parties (rescheduled from a snow day in December)
• Jan 26 - End of 2nd marking period
• Jan 27 - Act 80 teacher training day NO SCHOOL for students
• Feb 1 - Rice Spelling Bee - grs. 3 - 6
• Feb 7 - Rice PTA meeting - 6:30 PM
• Feb 9 - CSD Committee Meeting - 4 PM @ SecCampus
• Feb 10 - 6th grade dance 7 - 9 PM (snow date 2/17)
• Feb 13 - 24 - FEED & READ contest - see below for details
• Feb 16 - CSD Board of Directors meeting - 6:30 PM @ SecCampus
• Feb 20 - NO SCHOOL - President’s Day Holiday
• Feb 21 - School in session, 1 PM Early Dismissal - Parent Teacher Conferences scheduled by appointment - afternoon/early evening.

• Feb 23 – School-wide free Skating Party @ Skateaway – 6 – 8 PM, skate rental=$4

• Feb 24 - School Spirit Day

• Feb 27 - Mar 3 - Spring Book Fair

Save the DATE - for your planning purposes - 2023 Senior Graduation June 10, 2023

Thank you Mrs. Malone for your guidance and wisdom! The Peace Chain that our students made truly demonstrates how our school can come together to make the world a better place!

Congratulations to our first round of OnTrack winners that celebrate our first character trait - teaching acceptance.

These winners were chosen by random drawing on Jan 6

• Kindergarten - Lucas B & Braxton
  
• First grade - Jaxon & Aubrie D
• Second grade - William G & Moksha
• Third grade - Julia M & Leah S
• Specialists - Josie B & Connor W

Our OnTrack winners for grades 4, 5, & 6 for January are:

• Fourth grade - Nathan & Julian
  
• Fifth grade - Bryce G & Joey S
  
• Sixth grade - Seth B & Emerson S
• Specialists - Sebastian J & Lucas C

We are very proud of our students ability to be accepting of others, even though they may look of believe differently than themselves.

Feed & Read Competition

February 13th -24th, 2023

Rice Elementary is holding our 2nd annual food drive to collect food for our school

backpack program and also support area food banks.

Competition Prizes

1. The homeroom that donates the most in the school, will get a party sponsored by the PTA.

2. The grade that donates the most will receive $300.00 in books from the book fair for their classrooms and three extra recesses.

3. The homeroom in each grade level that donated the most will receive a $25 Amazon gift card for classroom supplies to be used at the teacher’s disgression.

The purpose of the Robo’s Readers Program is to encourage students in local classrooms (K-6), to read as many books as possible and serve as a tracking device to show their progress. The Penguins will then reward each student who reads 10 books with one (1) free voucher for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home game on Saturday, April 1st. Parents will be able to purchase additional tickets at a discounted rate of $19 , $22, or $24 depending on where you sit.

Below are the specifics for the Robo’s Reader program:

• We have one more Robo Reader game scheduled on Saturday, April 1st. Each student who reads 10 books between January 23rd and March 3rd will earn one free voucher for the April 1st game.

Here are some directions on how to redeem your voucher: Online, over the phone, or in person

• You will be able to redeem your ROBO’s Readers vouchers online with a link to be provided at a later date.
• Please call me at 570-970-3605 and I will make arrangements for your tickets to be mailed, emailed, or text.
• Vouchers can be redeemed at The Toyota Sportsplex, which is at 40 Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre, about a mile down the street from the arena during the hours of M-F 9 am to 5pm. The vouchers are not redeemable at the arena or at the game – ONLY at the Toyota Sportsplex at Coal Street before 5pm on April 1st.

The classroom that reads the most books in the K-3 range and in the 4-6 range will be entitled to a pizza party in their school, with special “guest delivery” made by Penguins players, team mascot “Tux,” and a gift from the Penguins.

Please contact Colby by phone at 570-970-3605, or via email at cgaugler@wbspenguins.com with any questions you might have.

Director of Curriculum K - 12/Rice Elementary Principal

Email: peg.foster@csdcomets.org
Website: www.csdcomets.org
Location: 3700 Church Rd, Mountain Top, PA, USA
Phone: (570) 868-3161
Twitter: @cscacacomet