Timber Talks

Today, our teachers are working hard to finalize report cards. Please be sure to review the documents and links below which explain how to read and understand the report card. These will be shared via Parentsquare next week. If you have any questions about the information captured in the report card, we encourage you to reach out to your child's teacher.

Thank you for your participation with our Penny War! We are awaiting the final results and will share those with you and the students as soon as we are able. More info to come!

One of our goals based upon our students' voices is to continue to work on students being kind and showing respect to one another. We recently collected information from our students and we recognize this is an area to continue to work on. One way we are working to improve is by teaching our students the difference between a small or big problem, and strategies to be able to work through them using Kelso's Choices (Kelso's Wheel) to help provide ideas about next steps so students can work together to improve their situation. We encourage you to ask your child about the strategies they are learning.

We are so grateful for Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Fischer. They love and support our students and staff every single day. Please help us in honoring them.

Overall, this last week, we had a 92% attendance rate. That does meet our goal, even though we did not meet our goal for the month of January, overall. We understand that students may get sick and there are times that they need to stay home. Ultimately, we want our students here as much as possible to have the greatest opportunity to learn along with their peers.

One area where we continue to struggle is getting to school on time. When students are tardy, they are starting the day out of routine and they miss out on key content. We recognize our drop off line in the morning does take time, so consider coming just a little earlier to help account for that and we will continue to move our line as quickly as possible.

If there are ways we can support you and your child to arrive to school on time, please do not hesitate to reach out. Thank you!

In order to help you all know what the week looks like, we will list it out clearly for you each week. REID days for are invited students and will change each week. Students are invited to REID days for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it's to extend or challenge a student, and other times it might be to provide extra help on a particular skill. On those days, our doors open at 7:50 and dismissal is at 10:00am. If you have questions about this week's schedule, please let us know!

This Week:

• Feb. 5th: Regular School Day
  
• Feb. 6th: Regular School Day
• Feb. 7th: Regular School Day
• Feb. 8th: Regular School Day
• Feb. 9th: REID Day, by invite only

Upcoming Events:

• Feb. 12th - 16th - Mental Health Awareness Week (including Dress-up Days)
• Feb. 14th - Kinder & 5th Grade Family Breakfast
• Feb. 16th - REID Day, by invite only
• Feb. 19th - No School, Presidents Day
• Feb. 23rd - Regular School Day, Friday
• Feb. 26th - March 1st - Celebrate Read Across America Week
• March 1st - REID Day, by invite only
• March 10th - Daylight Savings Starts
• March 18th - 21st - Sports Challenge Week
• March 22nd - No School, Grading Day
• March 25th - 29th - No School, Spring Break

The Estacada School District has many career opportunities available. Currently, River Mill is seeking a Long-term Substitute Kindergarten Teacher that will begin in April while one of our teachers is on leave. Please help spread the news, or if you are interested, let us know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Please come look through our lost and found. We know these jackets and items cost a lot of money and we want them reunited with their rightful owner. Thank you!

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My School Bucks is an online payment service that provides parents the ability to securely pay for meals, monitor student cafeteria purchases, and receive email notifications for low account balances. Please note: currently, a convenience fee of $2.75 will be applied for each transaction. All transactions are processed and applied to students' accounts nightly. To enroll, please follow the link below and have your student's ID number handy.

We know that weather can sometimes be unpredictable in Oregon and at times, students may need to access their learning from home for the day if we need to close school. In order for us to be prepared to best support you and your child, please take a couple minutes to fill out the technology survey below so we can get you connected with the right items. If you do not want your child to bring home a device, this is your chance to tell us. We plan to begin sending devices home the week of October 30th. Thank you!

The weather is super unpredictable. Please make sure your child has layers of clothes and a coat or jacket with a hood and long sleeves. If they do not, they will need to remain under the covered area during recess time when it is raining.

If your child gets super wet at recess or has a bathroom accident, we do not have extra clothes for them. For all students, Pre-K to 5th grade, please have a spare outfit (including socks) in your child's backpack. This will help make them more comfortable while they are at school.

If you wish to send snacks or gifts for your child’s birthday, the office will be happy to call your student out of class to see their surprise. To minimize classroom disruptions, our policy is to keep flowers, balloons, gifts, etc. in the office until the end of the day. When the student is released for the day, they can pick up their gift and take it home. Please contact your child’s teacher to make necessary arrangements for celebrations that can be scheduled at a time that is compatible with the day’s learning schedule. State law requires that snacks fit the healthy criteria for the Oregon Smart Snack law.

Please remember that our doors open on Monday through Thursday at 7:20 and on Friday at 7:50. We do not have supervision until those times so please do not drop your child off sooner than that time.

When it comes to dismissal, it is imperative that you update pick up patrol. We have several after school clubs and we need plans to be accurate. In addition, we still use pick up patrol on Friday, REID days and we need plans changed in that system on that day as well. If you need any support with this, just let us know. If we have not heard from you, we use the student's default plan in Pick Up Patrol to know where to send them. Thank you for understanding.

Every Student. Every Day. Whatever It Takes!

Principal Corinne Johnsen

Go Timbers!

Email: johnsenc@estacada.k12.or.us
Website: www.rmes.estacada.k12.or.us
Location: 850 North Broadway Street, Estacada, OR, USA
Phone: 503-630-8517
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RiverMillElem
Twitter: @RMTimbers