Timber Talks

River Mill Elementary - November 27, 2022

Dear River Mill Families,

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day last week to come and meet with your child's teacher. It is an honor for us to be able to collaborate with you in order to best serve your child. We hope that you were able to learn about your child's successes and growth areas at school, as well as some ideas or strategies on how we can partner to help your child learn what they need. These next three weeks are an opportunity to lean on our consistent routines and dive deeper into our learning before Winter Break.

It appears that the weather is taking another dip, so please make sure your child has warm clothes and layers for recess, which may include hats and gloves. If you are able to, please label them so we can return them to their owner if left outside or around the school.

First and second grade families, your Family Breakfast is next week! Please "purchase" a free ticket per guest (not the student) via the Hometown Fan app prior to arriving to the event. This will help us streamline our entry process and best prepare for the number of guests. Thank you so much. Have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,

Corinne Johnsen

Principal, River Mill Elementary

johnsenc@estacada.k12.or.us

This Week's Schedule

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!

Monday, November 28th: Regular School Day
Tuesday, November 29th: Regular School Day
Wednesday, Nov. 30th: Regular School Day
Thursday, December 1st: Regular School day
Friday, December 2nd: REID Day, by invite only

Dec. 7th - 1st/2nd Grade Family Breakfast

Jan. 25th - Kinder/5th Grade Family Breakfast

Congratulations Rangers! State Champions!

Event Information

1st & 2nd Grade Family Breakfast!

We cannot wait to welcome our 1st and 2nd grade families to our family breakfast event. Please register in advance to help us with a smooth transition inside. You do not need to register the student you are joining. You can register yourself via this link:

https://www.estacadaschools.org/community/event-registration-and-tickets

If you have any questions, feel free to give us a call!

When?

Wednesday, Dec 7, 2022, 07:30 AM

Where?

River Mill Elementary School, North Broadway Street, Estacada, OR, USA

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Please remember a coat for your child at school!

Why Attendance Matters

We have a number of students who are arriving at school late each day. We really emphasize the importance of coming to school each day and on time to establish routine, consistency, and we don't want your child to miss important social and academic items that are so valuable to their school success. If there is a specific circumstance causing this for your family, please let us know so we can support you. Thank you.

Free and Reduced Lunch form

Please fill out

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Technology Needs

It is important to us that all our students have what they need in regard to technology. We rely on technology on a consistent basis in the classroom. If you happen to have a device or charger at home from last school year, please send it back to school with your child as soon as possible. Thank you.

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 this technology survey so we can get you connected with the right items. Thank you!

This Month's Standard of Excellence

Each month we choose to focus on one of our Standards of Excellence. Through this, we teach our students what it means to display these characteristics. Then we recognize members of our school community for exemplifying the trait. All of these help us to reach our school district's long term mission of equipping our students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be resourceful and successful.

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My School Bucks - Meal Service Payment System

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 click the link below and have your student's ID number handy.

My School Bucks can be accessed via the link below: https://login.myschoolbucks.com/users/register/getsignup.action?login_hint=&clientID=schoolbucks