The RES Reporter: October 3, 2024

October 7

Chris Van Dusen VISITS!!!!

*Chris Van Dusen will sign books students bring from home. We will not be selling books that day.

October 8

Second Grade Trip to Seacoast Science Center

DeFreze Class to Gundalow

October 9

Smaracko Class to Gundalow

October 14

No School

October 18

Room Parent Training at 8:30 AM (Conference Room)

October 23

Vision Screening (Lyons Club)

October 27

Trunk or Treat at 6:00 PM

October 31

Celebration Assembly for Halloween (8:30 AM, Families Invited)

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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

Links for Social Emotional Support

STAND UP/SPEAK OUT Report Form

Family Referral Form for Counselor

Handle with Care Form

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Dear RES Families,

We wanted to provide you with a facilities update, mostly to give the well deserved accolades to our facilities team, Brian Helfrich ,SAU 50 Facilities DIrector and Jim Gordon, Rye Facilities Manager. On a side note, this week was Custodian Appreciation Day and we are SO thankful for our team!!!

• If you haven’t seen it, we finally have a new bridge to the Riptide Reserve. No more muddy shoes and jumping over swamp puddles! Jim Gordon custom built it just for our kids and staff! Truly above and beyond the call of duty. Thanks, Jim!
• We are also about 50% complete with the new RES solar array installed by Revision Energy. This has been 3 years or longer in the making. It is a money saver and will help the environment. We hope to show our students the importance of viable green energy options. After the install, we will get an app and can monitor the progress like we do at RJH! Here are some fascinating money and environmental saving statistics:
1. 205,000 kilowatt hours of clean energy from 383 panels in year 1
2. $340,000 net savings over 25 years
3. Annual CO2 reduction 201,000 lbs
• We also had air conditioning installed and it helped with the prolonged warmer weather! We are working on installing more units to cover the whole school

Warmly,

Michelle Pitts (Brian Helfrich)

On October 22 and 23, a free vision screening will be offered to your child by the members of the Rye Lions Club using the Spot Vision Screener.

Please complete this permission form either allowing or not allowing your child to be screened. If this form is not received by 10/18, your child WILL NOT take part in the program.

School communities across the globe are recognizing World Bullying Prevention Month this October. RES joins in this prevention, and we seek to keep the conversation going every day even after October has come and gone. We are always grateful for the support and cooperation from our RES families, because celebrating the good and building a culture of acceptance and kindness is a team effort!

We will bring the whole school community together for assembly time with Mrs. Pitts and Mrs. Arsenault to address Bullying Prevention and empower our students to engage in change. During this school conversation, we will define bullying behavior and identify the various roles students and staff can take if they witness bullying. We will focus on upstanders in our effort to empower our community to speak up and support one another.

At RES, we take our role as educators and supporters of every student very seriously. We care deeply about the opportunities we have to help our students grow to their full potential. The administrators and school board that lead our district in excellence also take this seriously. Our school board approves and reviews (annually) our Student Safety & Violence Protection policy. Within this policy, the expectation is set for school leaders and educators to create educational opportunities that inspire bullying prevention. We are also required to provide tools for students, family and staff to report bullying behavior and seek support. Please use our STAND UP! SPEAK UP! form to report any incidence of bullying that you may witness. Every incident will be investigated following the guidelines set forth in our Student Safety & Violence Prevention policy.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Michelle Pitts, RES Principal or Lori Arsenault, RES School Counselor.

This might help you engage in conversations with your child!

Supporter: A trusted adult who helps a child solve a problem.

Target: Person who is being bullied.

Student who bullies: Engages in behavior that is unkind and is repeated, on purpose/intentional and represents a power imbalance.

Bystander: Person who stands by while someone is being bullied.

Upstander: Person who stands up to the person who bullies. Sometimes they use a "power phrase" or a "power pose." They let a supporter know about what they have seen.

Follower: This person might encourage the person who bullies.

We have had some inquiries about adults having lunch in our cafeteria with the students. We will let everyone know when this will begin. We have a new lunch program, as well as two fairly full lunch periods in regards to seating. We love having our families in but want to put our students first in ensuring we have all of our processes and expectations solid to ensure enough eating time where this can occur seamlessly.

As part of the CHILD FIND services, the school districts of SAU 50 offer a free developmental
screening for all preschool children residing in the towns of Greenland, New Castle,
Newington, and Rye. This screening is available to children between three and five years of
age and is designed to identify preschoolers with special needs that may result in an
educational disability as defined by the New Hampshire Rules for the Education of Children
with Disabilities.

-Please read and sign the Acceptable Use Procedure that is going home this week. It covers the ways in which we are teaching our children responsibility with technology. These are RES rules and expectations.

Hola from the world language classroom! To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, RES fourth graders in Señora Piper's class created Spanish signs for The Children's Museum of New Hampshire in Dover. The signs are absolutely beautiful and are currently on display in the museum. If you are looking for something fun to do as a family, please take a visit to the museum and check out their awesome work! ¡Buen trabajo!

RES Drama Sponsorship Opportunity

One of the biggest ways we raise funds for our Drama Program is to sell Sponsor Ads in our Playbill/Program, seen by hundreds throughout the run of the show.

If you’d like to participate in this program, or would simple like more information, learn more here.

“Rumpelstiltskin" is a musical written by Portsmouth playwright Miles Burns - who also happens to be our Music Director.

Performances: October 25 @ 7pm, and October 26 @ 2pm & 6pm.

Read all about the Play Process here.

In an effort to create a ONE STOP SHOP for families, we are now publishing the RES and RJH newsletter on Thursdays and sharing the link in one place:)

RJH Newsletter

We are also linking the SAU 50 newsletter so you have RES, RJH, PTA and SAU 50 communication all in ONE PLACE!

Please find the latest edition of the SAU 50 Sensation here.

Sincerely,

Steve Zadravec

SCHOOL MENU WITH LINKS FOR ALLERGENS!

Membership Drive ends October 18th

• We hope to kick our membership enrollment into overdrive this month! Become a member today!

Fundraising:

• The totals for our September fundraising will be reported at tonight's meeting, but a huge THANK YOU for all participation, purchasing, and sponsorship!
• Save the Date: Election Day Bake Sale: Nov. 5 at Rye Elementary School

Trunk or Treat:

Sunday, October 27th 4:30-6:00pm

• All Rye students are welcome! Parents are responsible for supervising their children.
• Volunteers are needed to make this fun for all! See sign up below.
• Raffle Baskets- donated by families, sign up below. See link for details.
• Trunks - sign up to decorate your trunk spooky or fun! Please estimate around 300-400 treats per trunk.
• Raffle Basket tickets can be purchased ahead of event. Tickets will be distributed to students at both schools the week before Trunk or Treat.
• Pizza will be served
• see sign-ups for more details!

• Trunk or Treat Volunteer SignUp
• Raffle basket donation SignUp
• Trunk or Treat Raffle Basket Tickets 2024

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Email: mpitts@sau50.org
Website: https://res.sau50.org
Location: 461 Sagamore Road, Rye, NH, USA
Phone: (603) 436-4731