The RES Reporter: December 4, 2025

December 10

Early Release 12:35 PM

December 11

Mall in the Hall (1:00-2:30 PM, community invited)

December 12

Stocking Elves (sorting and unboxing) in caf (3:00-5:00 PM)

December 13

Stocking Elves (stuffing) from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM

December 17

School Board Meeting (5:30 PM)

December 19

Holiday Sing ALong (8:30 AM, Families invited!)

December 23

Early Release 12:35 PM

*SAVE THE DATE!: January 8 at 8:00 AM

Donuts with Grownups

I will present "RES 101", an informational session on MANY things you may not know we are working on or towards at RES?

-What are our safety protocols?

-What do we TEACH?

-What curriculum are we currently exploring?

-How do we support students social and emotional needs?

AND MORE...

IMPORTANT FAMILY DATES THIS YEAR!

*These are dates that are NOT on the school calendar and may require an adjustment to your work/life calendar in order to attend? I will say that dates are subject to change due to weather days/conflicts but we will do everything we can to keep them!

January 16: Music Concert (Grades 3 & 4 only from 8:30-9:00 AM, Families Invited)

March 27: Music Concert (Grades K-2 only from 8:30-9:00 AM, Families Invited)

April 17: Earth Day Assembly (8:30-9:00 AM, Families Invited)

May 15: French Assembly (8:30-9:00 AM, Families Invited)

May 19-21: NH State Testing for Grades 3 and 4

May 29: Field Day Grades K-4

June 11: Kindergarten Picnic on the Commons (10:00 AM, no rain date)

June 12: Last Day for Kindergarten

June 16: Grade 4 Moving On Ceremony (9:00 AM)

Celebrations of Growth (Grade 2 at 2:00 PM, Grade 3 at 1:15 PM and Grade 1 at 10:15 AM)

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Reference Material

Rye Elementary School Homepage

2025-2026 Handbook

Curriculum

Principal's Archived Newsletters

Staff Slideshow: Get to Know Us!

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,

The PTA is, again, planning some festive fun for our staff as we head towards the winter break! They are still in need of help with the cookie swap at both schools. The links to helps are below.

• RES: RES Cookie Swap

• RJH: RJH Cookie Swap

In addition, we will have our annual spirit week so I wanted to send this early on so everyone was ready!

Warmly,

Michelle Pitts

We do need families to log in to Pay Schools to check their accounts. The information will show the current status of your cafeteria account. You may charge lunches, but there must be a balance to draw from. Please note that negative balances will show a minus sign - in front of the $ sign.

You may send your payment directly to the school. Payment may be made in the form of cash or check, made payable to Rye Elementary School. PaySchools Central has been implemented at the Rye School District as an optional online payment.
www.payschoolscentral.com

RES Stocking Stuffing Event – Parent Volunteers Needed!

We’re excited to invite our Rye families to join us for this year’s Stocking Stuffing Event! This is a wonderful opportunity for students and parents to work together to spread holiday cheer and make a difference for others in our community. Please join us on Friday Dec 12th in the RES gym from 3-5 for the sorting of items and Satturday the 13th from 10-1 for the stuffing of stockings!

To help keep the event focused and fun for everyone, we encourage children who attend to participate in the stocking-stuffing activities alongside their parents, as we want all hands on deck and fully engaged in the spirit of giving!

Thank you for helping us spread holiday cheer to those in our community! We can’t wait to see you there!

-PLEASE pull up all the way to the white line or as far as you can when you are picking up your child.

-PLEASE send boots and snow pants! You can even have your child leave something at school if that is easier?

We are ready to invite you now that we HOPE we are fully staffed!:)

We invite one family member at a time to have lunch with their child(ren) as we really do get quite tight at certain lunches. 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 BEFORE we line up all the children.
• Days for family visits are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
• Lunch times are:

Kindergarten-11:45-12:10

First Grade-12:15-12:40

Second Grade-12:15-12:40

Third Grade- 11:15-11:40

Fourth Grade-11:15-11:40

We have had so much fun now that there is snow! I had to share these pictures of our RES community helping one another clear snow from their cars. This place truly is special. Also, the students have been so excited to play in the snow. PLEASE send in boots and snow pants so they can roll around and play in it.

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

SAU Sensation

October School Board Report

• 1) Staff Holiday Appreciation
  

  Cookie Swap: Monday, December 15th:

  RES Luncheon: Wednesday, December 17th
  

  RES Signup: RES Holiday Helpers

  Helpers are needed for setup, baking, and cleanup!

  2) After School Enrichment Session 3: Save the date!

  Registration window: December 14th - 30th

  Dates of session: 1/5 and runs until February Vacation 2/20.

  
  

  3) Stocking Elves

  Friday December 12: 3-5PM at Rye Elementary: Sorting/ Organizing

  Saturday December 13: 10-1PM at Rye Elementary: Stuffing, Clean up, Transport

  • Donations

  • Stocking Elves Amazon Wish List (please order by 12/3)

  • To help elves shop locally: Venmo @Thestockingelves (last 4 digits 2694)]

Dear Members, Neighbors, Representatives in Rye.

We continue the renewed tradition to light our beloved blue spruce at Parsons Field with a Holiday Lighting Ceremony, this Saturday at 3pm.

There will be music, fun, food, and plenty of holiday cheer. Join us for community, friendship and mutual appreciation in our great town.

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