Family Weekly Update - Week 7

Dear Randall Families,

Volunteering

We deeply appreciate all of our parent and guardian volunteers who give their time to support our students, classrooms, and school events! To help us maintain a safe environment for every student and ensure compliance with new Wisconsin state legislation (Act 89), we have updated our volunteer approval process for this school year:

1. Background Check: As in previous years, all volunteers must have an approved background check through our Raptor security system.

2. DPI's Act 89 Training: In addition to the Raptor background check, parents and guardians wishing to volunteer are now required to complete the Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) Act 89 Training. This is a 20-minute online module focused on recognizing and preventing grooming and boundary violations.

Submitting Your Certificate: Once you complete the online training, please email your certificate of completion to our Pupil Services Director, Morgan Moczynski, at mmoczynski@randall.k12.wi.us.Thank you for your cooperation and continued partnership as we work together to keep our students safe and adhere to state guidelines. If you have any questions regarding the new training or the volunteer application process, please feel free to reach out to Mrs. Moczynski at mmoczynski@randall.k12.wi.us or 262-537-2211 x1308 or check out our volunteering webpage on our Randall Website.

Eye Exams & Glasses

Does your child need an eye exam or need a new pair of glasses? The Wisconsin Lions Foundation, in partnership with the Shopko Optical Kids in Focus Program, has vouchers available for students in need of an eye exam and a pair of glasses, if appropriate, for free. These vouchers must be used by the end of the calendar year.

The vouchers are intended for students who:

• Do not have vision insurance
• Do not have BadgerCare Plus
• Have been identified as having vision concerns that warrant an eye examination
• The family does not have the means to pay for the eye examination

If interested, please email our school Nurse Mrs. Klabunde (nurse@randall.k12.wi.us) and she can connect you to the program!

Help Needed - Book Fair

The Randall PTC is looking for volunteers to help make our Fall Scholastic Book Fair a success! The book fair will take place October 26-29, and we would love your help! Whether you can volunteer for one shift or multiple shifts, your time and support is greatly appreciated! Please visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094AAFA62EAAFBC25-66728390-fall#/ to sign up. Thank you for supporting Randall PTC and helping encourage a love of reading in our Wildcats!

Thank you,

Ms. Garcia

Principal / Director of Instruction
Randall Consolidated School

• Monday, October 26th - Read, Roll & Win Reading Challenge
  Reading Challenge forms are due October 26. Multiple winners from each grade level will receive a FREE admission to TraXside! (additional forms can be found in the Elementary office and on our PTC website)
• Monday, October 26th - Wednesday, October 28th - Scholastic Book Fair
  The Book Fair is coming! We’re excited to give our students another opportunity to find some great new books
• Tuesday, October 27th - Girls' Basketball vs. Bristol
• Wednesday, October 28th - Elementary Harvest Parties; Fall Parent Teacher Conferences - PM
• Thursday, October 29th - Fall Parent Teacher Conferences - Daytime
• Friday, October 30th - No School for students; Staff Professional Development Day
• Tuesday, November 3rd - Girls Basketball @ Williams Bay
• Wednesday, November 4th - Last Day of Quarter 1
• Thursday, November 5th - Girls Basketball vs. Wheatland
• Thursday, November 5th - First Day of Quarter 2

Hello, Heart Heroes! Are you ready?! Kids Heart Challenge is coming to Randall Consolidated School soon! We have exciting things planned this year to get us moving, help others and have fun. Get a head start by signing up today and join the NFL PLAY 60 Family Challenge by getting active together as a family for 60 minutes a day! Randall School kicks off this mission Monday, November 2nd with a fundraising assembly (Finn’s Mission), where students will register and complete each heart saving task to earn rewards and raise money for the Heart Association.

Our annual Stuff the Bus Food Drive is officially around the corner, running from October 19th through November 12th! This year, we are turning the drive into a friendly weekly competition to see which classroom can bring in the most donations.

Wildcats Competition! The class with the highest donation count at the end of each week wins a reward!

To make donating easy, we have split the drive into 5 distinct categories. Counted items will refresh every week, giving every classroom five chances to win a prize!

• Week 1 (Oct 19-22): Cereal Boxes (Start strong!) - Over 130 Boxes Donated!!!

• Week 2 (Oct 23-28): Flour & Sugar (Baking essentials!)

• Week 3 (Oct 29-Nov 3): Canned Goods (Soups, vegetables, proteins)

• Week 4 (Nov 4-9): Peanut Butter & Jelly (Protein & sweetness!)

• Week 5 (Nov 10-12): Rice, Pasta, and Mac & Cheese (For a hearty meal)

Our absolute final donation deadline is Friday, November 13th. All items will be packed onto the bus to support local families in need. Start gathering your items today and let's see which class takes home the Week 1 prize!

As a reminder, Randall is partnering with Care Solace, an organization that quickly connects individuals with mental health support, substance use treatment, and social services matched to their needs. If your child or anyone in your family is in need of support but you don't know where to start, Care Solace is a great resource to connect you with services in the area based on your specific needs. To learn more about how to find the right services, please see this helpful walkthrough video. Additionally, you can click Randall's Care Solace Portal to begin your search.

• Wheel of Wonder Winners - Our first winner is a 5Ker Mason W. Mason has been participating in class and always trying his best. Our second winner is Robert W. He is an amazing fourth grader. He is an excellent role model for the other students and he gives 100% effort throughout the school day. And we have a third winner this week who is 7th grader Hailee D. She's been showing incredible perseverance. Her positive attitude and determination to dig deeper and keep trying have been wonderful to watch in math. Congratulations to our winners and please stop down at the office to spin the prize wheel.
• RICHARDSONS! 6th - 8th Grade Field Trip
  
• The 8th gr. Medical Detectives class recently learned how to properly plate & grow bacteria! Students used sterile, aeseptic techniques, as well as various personal protective equipment, to properly handle materials during the lab. After 48 hours of growth, the results were in! Students determined that of the three different antibiotics tested, tetracycline would be the best treatment for their hypothetical patient with pneumococcal pneumonia. Great job 8th graders!

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!