Timber Talks

This past week was a chilly one! We really appreciate the support you provided your child during our virtual school days. We know it is not easy to adjust your schedule at the last minute, but thanks to your preparedness, your child was able to successfully engage with learning at home. We had high levels of participation and we are so thankful that we could continue to connect with our students through the course of this week. We also extend our gratitude to our staff for pivoting quickly and providing meaningful opportunities for their students.

Looking ahead to next week, we are definitely looking forward to a regular school week. On Thursday, January 25th, we have two exciting opportunities. During the school day at 1:00pm, our staff and students will walk over to Estacada Middle School's auditorium to preview Estacada High School's rendition of Beauty and the Beast. We know our EHS team does an incredible job with their shows and we encourage to get your own tickets to one of the shows next weekend. In addition, we will host our Family Night on Thursday evening at 5:30pm. During this time, we will be serving pizza and will have many games set up for you to participate with your child in varied reading and math activities. Please download your free HomeTown Tickets to the event, which is in link below.

Have a great weekend and thank you again for your ongoing support.

In order to help you all know what the week looks like, we will list it out clearly for you each week. REID days for are invited students and will change each week. Students are invited to REID days for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it's to extend or challenge a student, and other times it might be to provide extra help on a particular skill. On those days, our doors open at 7:50 and dismissal is at 10:00am. If you have questions about this week's schedule, please let us know!

This Week:

• Jan. 22nd: Regular School Day
  
• Jan. 23rd: Regular School Day
• Jan. 24th: Regular School Day
• Jan. 25th: Regular School Day - Family Night at 5:30pm
• Jan. 26th: REID Day, by invitation only

Upcoming Events:

• Feb. 2nd - No School, Grading Day
• Feb. 9th - REID Day, by invite only
• Feb. 14th - Kinder & 5th Grade Family Breakfast
• Feb. 16th - REID Day, by invite only
• Feb. 19th - No School, Presidents Day

The penny war is a fundraiser that has been organized by our PTO to help raise funds for a new popcorn machine. The popcorn machine is used at some of our family and school events. Once that goal is reached, additional funds will support classrooms and saved to help raise funds for a future purchase of an electronic reader board outside our building. Thank you for your consideration and support of this event.

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My School Bucks is an online payment service that provides parents the ability to securely pay for meals, monitor student cafeteria purchases, and receive email notifications for low account balances. Please note: currently, a convenience fee of $2.75 will be applied for each transaction. All transactions are processed and applied to students' accounts nightly. To enroll, please follow the link below and have your student's ID number handy.

We know that weather can sometimes be unpredictable in Oregon and at times, students may need to access their learning from home for the day if we need to close school. In order for us to be prepared to best support you and your child, please take a couple minutes to fill out the technology survey below so we can get you connected with the right items. If you do not want your child to bring home a device, this is your chance to tell us. We plan to begin sending devices home the week of October 30th. Thank you!

The weather is super unpredictable. Please make sure your child has layers of clothes and a coat or jacket with a hood and long sleeves. If they do not, they will need to remain under the covered area during recess time when it is raining.

If your child gets super wet at recess or has a bathroom accident, we do not have extra clothes for them. For all students, Pre-K to 5th grade, please have a spare outfit (including socks) in your child's backpack. This will help make them more comfortable while they are at school.

If you wish to send snacks or gifts for your child’s birthday, the office will be happy to call your student out of class to see their surprise. To minimize classroom disruptions, our policy is to keep flowers, balloons, gifts, etc. in the office until the end of the day. When the student is released for the day, they can pick up their gift and take it home. Please contact your child’s teacher to make necessary arrangements for celebrations that can be scheduled at a time that is compatible with the day’s learning schedule. State law requires that snacks fit the healthy criteria for the Oregon Smart Snack law.

Please remember that our doors open on Monday through Thursday at 7:20 and on Friday at 7:50. We do not have supervision until those times so please do not drop your child off sooner than that time.

When it comes to dismissal, it is imperative that you update pick up patrol. We have several after school clubs and we need plans to be accurate. In addition, we still use pick up patrol on Friday, REID days and we need plans changed in that system on that day as well. If you need any support with this, just let us know. If we have not heard from you, we use the student's default plan in Pick Up Patrol to know where to send them. Thank you for understanding.

Every Student. Every Day. Whatever It Takes!

Principal Corinne Johnsen

Go Timbers!

Email: johnsenc@estacada.k12.or.us
Website: www.rmes.estacada.k12.or.us
Location: 850 North Broadway Street, Estacada, OR, USA
Phone: 503-630-8517
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RiverMillElem
Twitter: @RMTimbers