RMS Monday Message

Quarter 2 begins on November 22nd. Parents/guardians can sign up to discuss their student's report card with teachers at Parent Teacher Conferences. Students should check in with teachers this week about their grades and are encouraged to monitor their own progress on student portal. Attached below is a PDF which provides a step-by-step guide for students to access their student portal.

November 11 - No School

November 19 - End of Q1 Marking Period

November 22 & 23 - Parent Teacher Conferences

November 29 - Modified Sports Begin

December 8 - Mykee Fowlin Assemblies (student presentation during the day, parent presentation at 7pm @ BHS)

Volleyball Intramurals

Volleyball intramurals will be held every Wednesday from 7:15-8 am, beginning November 10th, in the RMS gym. Any girls in 7th or 8th grade are welcome. There are no intramurals on two hours delays. Any questions, contact Ms. Tobin (tobin.b@beaconk12.org). Follow vball_beacon on instagram for updates.

Intramurals (Games & Sports)

Intramurals will be held every Friday from 7:30-8:00 am in the RMS gym. Any students in grades 6-8 are welcome. The next two sessions are on 11/12 and 11/19. There are no intramurals on two hours delays. Any questions, contact Ms. Benson (benson.ma@beaconk12.org) or Ms. Tobin (tobin.b@beaconk12.org)

Kaleidoscope Club

Will have a meeting on November 10th, after school until 3:30pm.

Environmental Club

Meeting on Thursday, 11/18. Meet in Ms. Benson's room (A106) after school. Any questions, see Ms. Benson or Ms. Malin.

Student Council

Meeting on Tuesday, 11/16. Meet in Ms. Benson's room (A106) after school. Any questions, see Ms. Benson or Ms. Tobin.

NJHS

Meeting on Tuesday, 11/9 afterschool in Ms. Paredes' room. Food drive is still going on, bring in non-perishable goods to your homeroom.

Cheerleading

There will be an informational meeting on Modified Cheerleading for basketball season on Monday, November 8th, until 3:15 in room B220. See Ms. K. if you have any questions.

Boys Basketball

Any 7th or 8th grade boys interested in playing Modified Basketball, there will be an informational meeting on Wednesday, November 10th, at 3pm in the cafeteria.

Girls Basketball

The Modified Girls Basketball will have an open gym for girls 6-8 grade Wednesday, November 10th, 3:30-5:00 at RMS.

Wrestling

There will be a meeting after school in the gym on November 9th for anyone interested in wrestling this winter. Any questions see Mr. McPartland.

Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Monday November 22 and Tuesday November 23. All conferences will be fully virtual. Our students will follow a half day schedule on both November 22 and November 23rd. The early dismissal times will be as follows:

Beacon High School 10:30 AM

Rombout Middle School 11:00 AM

Elementary Schools 11:30 AM

Afternoon Parent-Teacher conference times at RMS on Monday, November 22 and Tuesday, November 23rd will be 12:00 PM - 2:50 PM. Evening conference times are from 5:00-8:00 PM. All conferences will be virtual. We will be utilizing our Pick-a-Time system to schedule conferences. The system will open on November 15th at 5pm. Teachers will be sending the links for their google meets to the email used in Pick A Time. Follow the instructions in the video below for scheduling and if you have any questions please feel free to call the main office. If you would like a meeting with your students school counselor, please email or call them directly.

Below is the bell schedule RMS will run on the upcoming half days. Please note that the student's first period is earlier than normal. Plan to arrive at school earlier on these days. Students will be fed "breakfast for lunch" on 11/22. All 3 lunch periods will meet. No regular, before school, breakfast on 11/22. On 11/23 we will have regular before school breakfast but no lunch periods. Students will not be fed lunch before dismissal on 11/23.

Every month RMS students have the opportunity to celebrate a teacher that put together a lesson that they loved! Our teachers have been working extremely hard to engage students. The TLOM is meant to celebrate the amazing lessons our teachers create and promote engagement in our classes.

Our October TLOM is awarded to Ms. Winkelmann, a 7th grade ELA teacher. The lesson was called, "Monsters are Due on Maple Street" and the student who nominated this lesson said, “It was fun because we got to act out the characters. It made me feel special because I got to pick if I wanted an important role or a side role. I wasn’t having a great day so I appreciated this. Ms. Winkelmann is very fun and engaging. She cares about us.” Check out the bulletin board outside the main office!

RMS is once again partnering with the Beacon Elks Lodge to recognize students in 6th, 7th and 8th grade each month. Teachers and staff nominate students based on these tenets:

• Overcoming obstacles

• Demonstrates respect to the student body and faculty and/or honors and respects others' property.

• Exhibits behaviors of an upstander.

• Student is working to his or her potential and/or shows improvement in areas that are challenging.

• Shows a strong commitment to continuing their education.

• Demonstrates acceptance and tolerance of the differences in others.

• Goes above and beyond to show support of others. Demonstrating the ability to work independently.

• Exhibits good time management/organizational skills.

A small committee then reads through the nominations and chooses one student for each grade.

The Book Fair will be held in the library next week, November 15th - November 22. On Monday, November 22nd the book fair will be open during school hours and during the scheduled Parent/Teacher conferences (12:00 to 2:50 and 5PM to 8PM) for anyone that wants to stop by.

Please remember to bring a reusable water bottle to school with you. We have water fill stations located all around the building. Plastic water bottles are no longer going to be provided in the main office.

RMS wants to encourage students to learn mindfulness techniques which can help some students manage their emotions in a constructive way. Mindfulness is a big word for a simple idea - "paying attention." We will begin to highlight some of our favorite strategies in the next few editions of this newsletter. Parents and caregivers can practice these simple strategies at home and help their students identify the moments when using these techniques can be beneficial. Take a look at the second strategy: Move from the Top.

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