Thursday 9/16 Parent Orientation Night at RSES 5 pm Grades 1st-2nd 6 pm Grades 3rd-5th

Friday 9/17 PTA Free Family Movie Night 7 pm RSE playground/track DSHS @ Canyon - 7:30 pm

Tuesday 9/21 1st PTA General Meeting - 8:00 am Subs-R-Us Training #2 @RSE 9:30 am

Sunday 9/19 Last day to order RSES t-shirts click here

Wednesday 9/22 Dripping Springs Homecoming week Parade-Pep Rally-Carnival 6-8:00 pm @DSHS Football game -Friday, 9/24 D.S. vs. McCollum SA

Up Coming Events

Want ing to Volunteer or Chaperone a F ie ld tr ip? -Register at Insp ir ing Volunteers

FREE FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

ROOSTER SPRINGS PTA PRESENTS:

Friday, September 17th from 7-10 PM

Outdoors on the RSES track

Movie is Sonic The Hedgehog.

RSVP click here: Movie Night

District wide COVID protocols will be in place.

Don’t forget to bring your blanket, camping

chair, flash lights, and bug spray.

Snacks, drinks, and glow sticks will be sold.

Food trucks, TBD. Credit card and cash

accepted.

Rooster Springs Elementary Fall Picture Day Thursday, 9/23

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Dear Parents, Guardians, and Families,

It is time to sign up for UIL! What exactly is UIL? The University Interscholastic League (UIL) wascreated by The University of Texas at Austin in 1910 to provide leadership and guidance to publicschools in Texas. It has since grown into the largest inter-school organization of its kind in theworld. It exists to provide educational extracurricular academic, athletic, and music contests.

At DSISD, elementary students have the opportunity to participate and compete in nine events.Descriptions of the events offered are listed below. The culminating event for qualifyingparticipants will be the District Contest that will be held at Sycamore Springs Middle School themorning of Saturday, December 4th.

U.I.L. events will begin on Tuesday, September 28th . Teachers at our school will coach the academicteams 3:15-4:00 on the dates listed below. Participation is open to any interested second throughfifth grade student who is willing to commit to weekly coaching sessions and possibly someoutside study time. None of the events require you to buy anything, and there is no fee toparticipate.

As you consider this opportunity, please be aware of other extracurricular conflicts after school.There are many benefits to participating in a UIL event including improved academic achievement,learning to manage time, setting goals, and learning new skills.

Registration is open from September 2nd-September 23rd.Practice Date and Times:

Tuesdays3:15 - 4:00

Students who place 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Alternate at the CampusContest will continue to practice on the following days::

September 28 November 2

October 5 November 9

October 12 November 16

October 19 November 30

Campus ContestOctober 26

District ContestSaturday, December 4 @ 8:00 a.m.

<CLICK HERE TO REGISTER>If you have any questions, please contact our campus UIL coordinators:

Whitnee Dunn Natalie Mahanywhitnee.dunn@dsisdtx.us natalie.mahany@dsisdtx.us

UIL Events Summary***Please note the grade level requirements listed for each event***

Chess Puzzle – Grades 2-5Contestants in the Chess Puzzle event receive a paper-and-pencil test that include a series ofchess boards with pieces in particular positions. The contestant must then determine the fewestmoves to checkmate given that particular board layout. Time is also a factor – contestants arescored based on the most puzzles solved in the least amount of time. IT IS STRONGLYENCOURAGED THAT STUDENTS KNOW HOW TO PLAY CHESS IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THISEVENT.

Creative Writing – Grade 2The contest is designed to promote creativity and to encourage writing skills. Through preparationfor the contest, students will be able to evaluate their own writing and the writing of others.Contestants will be given a prompt and several captioned pictures. From these pictures, thestudents will create an original story based on their selection in 30 minutes. The stories mustcontain at least one of the pictured items.

Maps, Graphs, & Charts – Grade 5The maps, graphs, & charts contest is designed to help students learn to get information from avariety of maps, graphs, and charts including world maps, pie charts, bar graphs and local areamaps. The objective test will measure skills such as using a reference book to locate information,making comparisons, estimating and approximating, using scale and interpreting grid systems,legends and keys. Students will be given an objective test containing approximately 75 multiplechoice, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank questions that must be answered in 45 minutes.

Music Memory – Grades 2-5The focus of this event is an in-depth study of fine pieces of music literature taken from a widespectrum of music genres to expose students to great composers, their lives and their music.Students will be given the opportunity to describe and analyze the music, relate the music tohistory, to society and culture, and to evaluate musical performance. During the contest, studentswill listen to approximately 20 seconds of up to 20 musical selections and identify the name ofthe major work, selection and the name of the composer. Memorization of selection and composerand correct spelling are key to success in this event.

Number Sense – Grades 4-5Individuals are called upon every day to use their ability to make quick mental calculations anddecisions. Concepts of this contest include, but are not limited to: addition, subtraction,multiplication, division, proportions, and use of mathematical notation. Students will be given a10-minute, fill-in-the-blank test which they must complete without doing calculations on paper oron a calculator.

Oral Reading – Grades 4-5Reading literature out loud provides opportunities for students to analyze the text, to grow and todevelop as a performer, to communicate a message to an audience and to perform an artisticcreation. Students will read a selection of poetry. Each selection may be one poem, a cutting of apoem, or a combination of poems, from published poets.

Ready Writing – Grades 3-5This event helps students to learn to write clearly and correctly. The paper will also be interestingand original. Contestants are given a choice between two prompts, which defines the audience,and provides the purpose for writing. Students will be encouraged to analyze the prompts for thepurpose of writing, the format, the audience, and the point of view. There is no minimum ormaximum number of words the contestants must write.

Spelling – Grades 3-5The spelling contest is designed to give students exposure to a wide variety of vocabulary words.It is not a contest of memorization. For the most educational value, preparation for this contestwill include instruction in the rules of the English language, meanings and definitions, and rootwords. In addition to learning to spell proficiently, contestants will learn to write clearly and tocapitalize words properly. Students will write down words given by a pronouncer on their paper ata rate of approximately five words per minute.

Storytelling – Grades 2-3To tell a story, the participant must develop skills in listening, thinking, and speaking. This contestalso allows for the development of creative expression. Contestants will listen to a storytellerread a brief story (between 600 and 1100 words long) only once, and then retell that story in theirown words before a judge or judges. There are no time restrictions on the length of the story thestudent creates.

***Accelerated StudentsStudents will participate and test on their current instructional grade level.For example: A 3rd grader taking math acceleration in a 4th grade class will be eligible toparticipate and compete in Number Sense on a 4th grade level.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 23

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ROOSTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR

OPEN LATETHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7TH3:00 - 6:00

Subs-R-Us Training@ Rooster Springs

Please join us for our annual Subs-R-Us training!

When: Friday, Sept. 3rd @ 9:00amOr

Tuesday, Sept. 21st @ 9:30am after the PTA meeting*please bring your ID to check-in at the front office *

Where: RSES

Please Sign Up Here

Subs-R-Us are volunteers who come to campus to spend up to 3 hours in the classroom, to allow the teacher time to have on-campus meetings, or

planning time. This year, Subs-R-Us volunteers will be asked to help in various classrooms throughout the building. Current DSISD substitutes

will still need to attend the campus Subs-R-Us training.

Please contact kim.taylor@dsisdtx.us with questions.

Reflections 2021Reflections has been a staple arts program in many schools for over 50 years. Through theefforts of our Local PTAs, millions of students have found a creative outlet in the areas ofdance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and

visual arts.With positive recognition as the focus of this program, rather than competition, students

of all ages and abilities can experience the benefits of creative expression and help infinding their own voice in telling their unique story.

Started in 1969 by Mary Lou Anderson, then Colorado PTA President, Reflections hasgrown to be one of the largest nationwide programs of its kind, with more than 200,000

students participating annually.This year's theme is "I will change the world by..."

Rooster Springs Reflections entry deadline is November 12th!Email reflections@rsespta.org or artseducation@rsespta.org for

more details.

Join PTA and Win a Popsicle Party!

Each class to get 100% PTA participation wins a popsicle party for their class!

The House with the most PTA members will receive points!!!

Join at: JoinPTA.org Questions? Please email Jennifer Kerr at membership@rsespta.org

SHIRTS ARE ON SALE FROM AUGUST 20 - SEPTEMBER 19

ORDER ATHTTP://SPIRITWORX.COM/STORE/11736/

NO ORDERS WILL BE TAKEN AFTER THE DEADLINE,

NO EXCHANGES. NO REFUNDS.

Class shirts are $9 plus tax.

Orders are delivered to the classroom free of charge.

Home delivery available, fees apply.

Go to the Spiritworx online store. Select your grade then select

your teacher. Your assigned class color will auto populate. Select

your size. Complete your order as instructed.

2021-2022 RSES T-SHIRTS

ARE CLASS SHIRTS REQUIRED? Class shirts are not required but encouraged. Your

student may wear any shirt in their class color whenever it's class shirt day,

including assemblies, field trips, and campus events.

CAN I BUY MYSELF ONE? Yes! You don't have to be a volunteer or field trip

chaperone to show your class and house pride. Support your student with your own

shirt!

RED

Thompson

Clark

Chappel

Banks

Apple

Graham

Dunn

ROYAL

-

Heape

Pavlinsky

Northrup

Gee

Baucum

Reincke

SAPPHIRE

-

-

-

Cruz

-

-

-

CLASS SHIRT FAQSCOLORS. Each class in every grade level has a specific class color. Each color is

grouped together to form a house. The houses compete throughout the school year

to earn points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points wins a prize.

CAN I ORDER AFTER THE STORE CLOSES? No, we are unable to accept late

orders.

QUESTIONS?

EMAIL TSHIRT@RSESPTA.ORG

WHAT IS MY CLASS COLOR AND WHICH HOUSE IS MY CLASS IN? Below are

2021-2022 class colors and house assignment.

LIME

-

Maenius

-

-

-

Doyle

-

GREEN

-

Wottrich

Galus

Lindig

Herr

Lummus

Gutierrez

PURPLE

-

Armatta

Danz

Danaher

Kenton

Hack

Taylor

VIOLET

-

-

-

-

Pesek

-

Najvar

WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY SHIRT? Shirts will be delivered to the classroom, or

shipped to you if you choose and pay for that option, approximately one week after

the store closes.

ORANGE

Dishman

Norton

Nall

Cagle

Narayan

Wilson

Meyette

YELLOW

Landry

Larson

Shackleford

Culberson

Mahany

Laws

Oldham

Dear Rooster Springs Volunteers --

Once again, we would like to thank you for all that you do for our students and ourschool! Your generosity in sharing your time and talents with us is deeplyappreciated.

We are excited to introduce to you our new online volunteer program, InspiringVolunteers. This program will allow you to plan and schedule your volunteeractivities 24/7 from the comfort of your home!

You'll be able to review all volunteer opportunities at our campus or across thedistrict, sign-up and schedule your activities, and independently sign in at adedicated station when you come to campus for your volunteer activity. InspiringVolunteers will become your one-stop-shop for all your volunteer needs -- no morepaper forms or notifications coming from different places!

Let's Get Started!All volunteers, new and returning, first need to go online and register into the newsystem. By registering, all volunteers are agreeing to: 1. The guidelines and expectations as described in Inspiring Volunteers --Guidelines and Expectations. Please click the link and review this publicationbefore completing your registration. 2. Authorized DSISD to conduct a background check required for all volunteers. Thisis the same background clearance process we have completed every year. In the past,the background check was in paper form. Please click dsisd.excommunicator.net to start the registration process. We arehere to help if you have any questions.

Thank you, Steve NovickasPrincipal - Rooster Springs Elementary

SSMS National Junior Honor Society and

Clothes Bin® have partnered to collect and recycle old clothing, shoes and textiles!

So, please do not throw them away!

Place your items in a bag that is tied closed and deposit them in the green recycling bin in our front parking lot.

Every pound of recycled items supports SSMS NJHS! The following items may be placed in our bin for recycling:

Clothing: pants, jeans, skirts, dresses, suits, shorts, shirts, tees, tanks

Footwear: shoes, boots, heels, sneakers, sandals, socks, tights

Undergarments: bras, underwear, slips, camisoles

Accessories: hats, belts, ties, scarves, headbands

Handbags: wallets, totes, luggage, backpacks, briefcases

Linens: towels, sheets, comforters, blankets, tablecloths

As you clean out the old and bring in the new, you can help the environment and Sycamore Springs Middle School too!