The RES Reporter: March 6, 2025

S.E.A.S the Day!

Important Dates

*Ask your child about this event!

March 7

•Shark Assembly (9:30 Smaracko and 1:40 DeFreze)

TBS Cover artwork due- community will vote on March 11th -Voting Day

March 11

Conferences (No School for Students)

March 12

Wellness Meeting (2:30 PM)

*St. Patrick's Day Assembly (10:00 AM)

Grade 1 Trip to the Portsmouth Music Hall

March 14

*Shark Talk with Mr. M (Grade 4)

March 28

*Sheryl Faye Assembly (Grades 8:30-9:30)

Important Dates for Families

Celebration Assemblies

April 18: Earth Day

May 16: World Language Concert

June 6: Concert for Grades K-2

June 11: Last Day of School for K

June 13: Grade 4 Moving On and Celebrations of Growth

Grade 4 at 9:00 AM

Grade 2 at 10:15 AM

Grade 1 at 12:45 PM

Grade 3 at 1:45 PM

June 17: Anticipated Last Day of School for Grades 1-4 (Early Release)

ASE Summer Camp will be June 23-27!!!

Important Links

Reference Material

Rye Elementary School Homepage

Academic Calendar 2024-2025

2024-2025 Handbook

Curriculum

Principal's Archived Newsletters

Staff Slideshow: Get to Know Us!

SAU Sensation

2025-2026 Calendar

Links for Social Emotional Support

STAND UP/SPEAK OUT Report Form

Family Referral Form for Counselor

Handle with Care Form

A Note from Mrs. Pitts

Dear RES Families,

We hope you had a magnificent break!!

I would really LOVE if you could take some time to fill out this survey, it would help me to reflect on my practice and support our students, families and staff to the best of my ability.

Please note that our Summer ASE camp will be June 23-27.

THANK YOU for your support,

Warmly,

Michelle Pitts

Photo Day 2

This is a NEW event and we are going to try and see if there is interest for another round of pictures. PLEASE know that we have done individual photos once and class photos but if you want to show your child's growth, this might be for you?

BONUS: We have sent home a sheet asking families if they would like SIBLING photos for those who attend RES only. Students cannot come from another school and younger siblings cannot attend due to the unpredictability of when we will take these during the school day. We must have this form returned by Friday, March 7. Please be patient as we know this may not be far reaching as far as who can take advantage of this NEW option, but we will try it and if we can't repeat it, that's ok.

Help Wanted!!!!!

We are looking for HELP!!

We need 2-3 volunteers for "Try It Tuesday" on March 18 in the cafeteria. Please email resoffice@sau50.org if you are interested!
We would LOVE to have someone help serve in our cafeteria from 10-1 or 11-1 from now until the end of the school year! Please email mpitts@sau50.org if you are interested. It could be volunteer or we could hire too:)

Voting Day

Dear Rye Parents & Community Members,

This is a friendly reminder that Voting Day is Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from 8am-7pm at Rye Elementary School.

Please be advised that there are 2 open seats and that each voter needs to select 2 candidates on the ballot.

For a copy of the ballot and a summary of the warrant articles please click here."

Special Education Parent Partnership News

Special Education Parent Partnership Group Monthly Meetings

The Parent Partnership Group recently hosted a presentation on Dyslexia and Specific Learning Disabilities at Greenland Central School on January 27th. Check it out here: https://gcs.sau50.org/contentItem/a5e04cc0-137b-445b-8897-239e38cf9ad9/1762167064

Parent Partnership Meetings- All welcome!

Upcoming guest speakers include:

March 4, 2025 - Occupational Therapy with Jodi Fletcher, Occupational Therapist, Greenland School District
April 1, 2025 - Speech Therapy with Gina Henshaw, Speech Pathologist, Rye School District
May 6, 2025 - Psychological Services with Jen Drew, School Psychologist, Greenland School District
June 3, 2025 - IEP Document with Stacey Kirby, Director of Special Education

CHILD FIND

School districts are responsible to actively seek out families who may have children with disabilities and require special education. Our Preschool team will hold the second screening on April 4, 2025. Notification of the screenings was included in weekly school newsletters as well as mailed to local preschools, community service agencies, and pediatrician offices.

RJH 2025 PLAY

Rye Junior High School announces this year's musical, “BEETLEJUICE".

Performances: Thu 4/10, 7pm; Fri 4/11, 7pm; Sat 4/12, 2pm & 6pm

Lunch in Our Caf

We invite one family member at a time to have lunch with their child(ren) but 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.
Days for family visits are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We do not have lunch visitors on Fridays.
Lunch times are:

Kindergarten-11:45-12:10

First Grade-12:10-12:35

Second Grade-12:10-12:35

Third Grade- 11:15-11:40

Fourth Grade-11:15-11:40

Photo Highlights

Take a Photo!

These girls were so excited about their new lounging spot that they asked Mrs. Piper to take a photo. We had to put it into the newsletter!

World Language with Madame Piper:

First graders recently learned about the TGV (the efficient high-speed train service that runs through France). TGV is pronounced "tay-jay-vay" in French. We learned colors and days of the week in French and used this information to create our own trains! Have your first grader sing you our French days of the week song. Bien fait!

Rhythm Method Band

Mr. Guth's band, The Rhythm Method, played for us as a send off to winter break. We were also so fortunate to have Newington students join us as they are part of our SAU 50 family. We sang and danced and enjoyed music together before heading off for a week apart.

UNH Teaches About Water

Dr. Jim Malley, an Environmental Engineering professor and one of his graduate students from UNH came to speak to third graders about clean water and how he works with college students to build treatment plants. Students determined the cleanest water out of six different samples taken from RYE. through a variety of "tests".

According to Dr. M (as students call him), UNH has helped over 2 billion people drink clean water. He shared a video of UNH students who built a water filtration system in the Dominican Republic. This talk was attended by Mrs. Warden, Mrs. Piper and Ms. Murphy as it blended our understanding of safe drinking water and life in the Dominican with world language, health/wellness and outdoor education. The fourth grade visit will take place March 21st. Dr. M is planning to create filtration systems with the students. What a great hands-on experience!