Randall Update May 1st

Randall Weekly Update - Week 34

🤖🏆🤖Robotics Competition

Yesterday was the annual Gateway College Sumobot competition. Randall was well represented with 3 different teams comprised of 7th & 8th graders. Robot Team members were: 7th graders Noah Stout, Evelyn Povish, Emrys Flechner, Zack Krachey, Ben Tessien, Daniel Kryvoruchenko and 8th graders: Oaklee Reynold, Bentley Lesser, Taylor Gibbs. These teams have been working hard since Thanksgiving to design a robot that could compete in 4 different categories. We are VERY proud to announce yesterday's competition was a HUGE success!! Out of 25 middle school AND high school teams, Randall came home with 4 different trophies! Not only did Randall win 2nd pl. for their Banner, 1st pl. for their Presentation, AND 1st pl. in the Sumobot competition. BUT for the first time ever they also took 1st pl. for the Overall Competition!! Mrs. Eulgen & Mrs. Erbentraut are VERY proud of how hard all of you worked over the past 5 months and have greatly enjoyed watching you come together as teams to support each other. Great job Wildcats! (see pics below)

🎵🎷🥁Band Concert

Our spring concert was phenomenal! Students in band played a few selections from Band Fest as well as some new ones learned these past few weeks. From songs depicting the battle of Gettysburg to the catchy James Bond theme, the crowd surely found a favorite tune during this concert. The Junior high bands leveled up by writing their own introductions for each piece and talking in front of the crowd! Thank you to Mrs. Vanderloop and Ms. Klawonn for their outstanding conductorship

🫶🍎🫶Teacher Appreciation Week

As we look forward to next week, we are so excited to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week! Our incredible educators go above and beyond every single day to create nurturing, engaging, and inspiring classrooms for our students. Their unwavering dedication to your children’s academic success and personal well-being is truly the heartbeat of Randall. I invite you to join me in taking a moment next week to express our heartfelt gratitude - whether through a handmade card from your child, a kind email, or a simple "thank you"—to remind our teachers just how deeply valued and essential they are. Thank you!

👟🏃👟Spring Cleaning

The PE department is looking for some gently used tennis shoes for students to borrow when they forget it's a gym day and wear their sandals or crocs to school. All sizes are appreciated, but currently in need of big kids sizes 6 and up. Just send them to school in a bag labeled for Mrs. Pearce. Thanks so much for your help!

I look forward to continue working with you and our students throughout the 2025-26 school year. It is my goal to be as clear and supportive as possible. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly at agarcia@randall.k12.wi.us with any questions or concerns.

Thank you,

Alexandra Garcia-Bankowski

Principal

• Monday, May 4th - Monday, May 11th - Battle of the Bills (see image below)
• Monday, May 11th - Wednesday, May 13th - iReady Spring Diagnostic
• Tuesday, May 12th - Thursday, May 14th - PTC Book Fair
• Wednesday, May 20th - Last Day of School for 4K only
• Thursday, May 21st - 4K Promotion Ceremony
• Tuesday, May 26th - 8th Grade Awards Ceremony - 1:30 PM
• Thursday, May 28th - 8th Grade Promotion - 6:00 PM

Dear Randall Parents & Caregivers:

Randall Administration is reaching out in partnership to share important information, offer a reminder, and ask for your continued support.

From time to time, trends circulating on social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat can promote students to engage in behaviors or speech that can impact other individuals, friend groups or the school community as a whole. At times, these can also impact student safety and well-being. Often, these types of social media trends can encourage children to keep these agreements secretive or kept from trusting adults.

As part of the greater Randall community, we all share a commitment to ensuring the safety and well-being of our students – both at school and at home. In today’s social media landscape, that can include setting parental controls, using apps to monitor activity, and regularly reviewing privacy settings on devices. However, one of the most effective ways to support student safety continues to be open, ongoing conversations with your child(ren) about what they are seeing, engaging in and experiencing online.

As a District, we are grateful for those who utilize our anonymous tip-reporting Speak Up, Speak Out (SUSO) resource available on our website, as well as those who proactively share information with us. These efforts, along with the strong relationships students have with our dedicated staff, allow us to respond quickly and maintain a safe school environment. If concerns ever arise, Randall has resources and trusted staff members available to support students and families:

• School Resource Office: cphelps@randall.k12.wi.us

• Principal: agarcia@randall.k12.wi.us

• Director of Pupil Services: mmoczynski@randall.k12.wi.us

• Deans: kadamek@randall.k12.wi.us or rsproul@randall.k12.wi.us

• Counselor: lroth@randall.k12.wi.us

• School Psychologist: bjashinsky@randall.k12.wi.us

• District Administrator: antholine@randall.k12.wi.us

This is in addition to, and in support of, the work our educators do each day in the classroom. If we can be of assistance, please call 262-537-2211, and our office staff will connect you with the appropriate team member to best support your needs.

Sincerely,

Randall Administration

Supporting Literacy at Home During the Summer

WI FACETS is hosting a virtual webinar for families on how to support their child's literacy development over the summer. Tuesday, May 5 | 12:00 pm

In this virtual webinar, presenters will explore many ways family members can support literacy for their children at home during the summer. Discussion will include why it’s important to support literacy in the summer, the 5 components of reading and how parents can support them in summer, picking the "right" book, and other tips, strategies, and everyday opportunities for families to engage with their children around literacy in summer.

To register for this free webinar, click here!

Hi Randall Families!

We are in the home stretch! I've had a lot of conversations with students this week who are really feeling that 'end of the year burn out' - I let them know how normal it is to have that feeling. Since this is a topic that I talked about frequently with students this week, I thought I would share some strategies to help your kiddos get to the finish line!

-Getting enough sleep

It's getting nicer out and the sun is setting a little later each night which can make it hard to get the kids to bed at a decent time, but sleep is so important for them to keep their energy up during the day.

-One thing at a time

I know some middle schoolers are feeling overwhelmed with getting their assignments and projects done by the end of the school year- just take it one task at a time.

-Move your body

Take walks, play outside, get some fresh air! They need to give their brains a break once in a while.

-Ask for help when needed

Every staff member in our building wants to see our students succeed! Remind them to ask for help when they need it!

I'm looking forward to finishing out these last 5 weeks strong!

Please reach out with any questions or concerns. :)

Mrs. Roth

Randall School is pleased to announce the launch of the SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT confidential tipline as part of our school safety efforts. Tiplines are used to identify threats to schools, and for concerns impacting school age youth such as bullying, drug use, suicidal thoughts and more. Schools that promote and use tiplines have less violence overall. The SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT (SUSO) tipline is run by the Wisconsin Department of Justice’s Office of School Safety. Parents and students, this tool is available for anyone to use to help keep the Randall Community safe!

Randall students will engage in learning about how to advocate for their own (and others') safety and well-being over the next month in partnership with our counselor, Mrs. Roth, as well as other members of our student services team. We encourage you to speak with your child about the importance of communicating when/if they feel that their safety may be compromised.

Here is a LINK to an informational flyer about Speak Up Speak Out.

Thank you in advance for all of your support!