Comet News - Rice Edition!

• Feb 1 - Rice Spelling Bee - grs. 3 - 6
• Feb 7 - Rice PTA meeting - 6:30 PM
• Feb 9 - CSD Committee Meeting - 4 PM @ SecCampus
• Feb 10 - 6th grade dance 7 - 9 PM (snow date 2/17)
• Feb 13 - 24 - FEED & READ contest - see below for details
• Feb 16 - CSD Board of Directors meeting - 6:30 PM @ SecCampus
• Feb 20 - NO SCHOOL - President’s Day Holiday
• Feb 21 - School in session, 1 PM Early Dismissal - Parent Teacher Conferences scheduled by appointment - afternoon/early evening.

• Feb 23 – School-wide free Skating Party @ Skateaway – 6 – 8 PM, skate rental=$4

• Feb 24 - School Spirit Day

• Feb 27 - Mar 3 - Spring Book Fair

  Feb 27 - 6th grade Field trip to Kirby Center - play Finding North

• Mar 7 - March PTA meeting

• Mar 10 – NO SCHOOL – Act 80 Teacher training day

• Mar 21 – Grs K, 3, & 4 – Field trip to Kirby Center – STEM program

• Mar 30 & 31 – Kindergarten Registration for the 2023 – 2024 school year

• Mar 31 – School Spirit Day

Save the DATE - for your planning purposes - 2023 Senior Graduation June 10, 2023

Congratulations to our Spelling Bee contestants!

School Winner - Blake Ruddy, grade 4

Runner up - Holly Rodgers, grade 6

Third place - Aarya Patel, grade 5

Best wishes as Blake moves on to the Third Annual Diamond City Regional Competition @ Wilkes Barre Area School District HS Auditoriun, March 12, 2023

Congratulations to our first round of OnTrack winners that celebrate our first character trait - RESPECT

These winners were chosen by random drawing on Feb 3

• Kindergarten - Thomas & Keegan
  
• First grade - Mayson & Colton
• Second grade - Paisley & Jacob
• Third grade - Julie & Max
• Specialists - Aislinn, Mrs. Mikielski’s class

Our OnTrack winners for grades 4, 5, & 6 for February are:

• Fourth grade - Blake & Christopher
  
• Fifth grade - Alison & Trevor
  
• Sixth grade - Micah & Kathryn
• Specialists - Rosslyn & Joseph

We are very proud of our students ability to show RESPECT for themselves, for others, for property, and for the environment

Feed & Read Competition

February 13th -24th, 2023

Rice Elementary is holding our 2nd annual food drive to collect food for our school

backpack program and also support area food banks.

Competition Prizes

1. The homeroom that donates the most in the school, will get a party sponsored by the PTA.

2. The grade that donates the most will receive $300.00 in books from the book fair for their classrooms and three extra recesses.

3. The homeroom in each grade level that donated the most will receive a $25 Amazon gift card for classroom supplies to be used at the teacher’s disgression.

Crestwood elementary wrestling competed in the local Penn League tournament last weekend
Emmersyn (6th grade rice elem) was awarded the Vayle-Rae baker award for her elementary wrestling career and accomplishments as well

The purpose of the Robo’s Readers Program is to encourage students in local classrooms (K-6), to read as many books as possible and serve as a tracking device to show their progress. The Penguins will then reward each student who reads 10 books with one (1) free voucher for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home game on Saturday, April 1st. Parents will be able to purchase additional tickets at a discounted rate of $19 , $22, or $24 depending on where you sit.

Below are the specifics for the Robo’s Reader program:

• We have one more Robo Reader game scheduled on Saturday, April 1st. Each student who reads 10 books between January 23rd and March 3rd will earn one free voucher for the April 1st game.

Here are some directions on how to redeem your voucher: Online, over the phone, or in person

• You will be able to redeem your ROBO’s Readers vouchers online with a link to be provided at a later date.
• Please call me at 570-970-3605 and I will make arrangements for your tickets to be mailed, emailed, or text.
• Vouchers can be redeemed at The Toyota Sportsplex, which is at 40 Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre, about a mile down the street from the arena during the hours of M-F 9 am to 5pm. The vouchers are not redeemable at the arena or at the game – ONLY at the Toyota Sportsplex at Coal Street before 5pm on April 1st.

The classroom that reads the most books in the K-3 range and in the 4-6 range will be entitled to a pizza party in their school, with special “guest delivery” made by Penguins players, team mascot “Tux,” and a gift from the Penguins.

Please contact Colby by phone at 570-970-3605, or via email at cgaugler@wbspenguins.com with any questions you might have.

MYSA is excited to announce that registration for the Spring '22/'23 soccer season is officially open! Please see the attached flyers for additional information, or visit our Facebook Page: MYSA – Mountain Top Youth Soccer 18707.

Registration runs through 2/19/23 and is open for all children born between 2005 and 2018.

We are also looking a few good volunteer coaches, please consider registering if you have the time!

Questions on registration, please reach out to Kathleen McGeer at kmmcgeer@gmail.com. Questions for the MYSA soccer board can be sent to mountaintopysa@gmail.com.

Thank you,

MYSA!

Director of Curriculum K - 12/Rice Elementary Principal

Email: peg.foster@csdcomets.org
Website: www.csdcomets.org
Location: 3700 Church Rd, Mountain Top, PA, USA
Phone: (570) 868-3161
Twitter: @cscacacomet