Rocklin Academy Faculty - 2014-2015

We are excited to announce our teachers for the Turnstone and Meyers campuses. We have attached a brief bio to introduce our new teachers to you. They are excited to join our team and are all passionate educators. We are sure 2014-2015 will be a great year!

DATE

Thursday 29

• Perfect Attendance Lunch • Talent Show Rehearsal, 3:10pm, Multi-Purpose Room • Speech Finals, 6:30pm, Multi-Purpose Room • RA Special Board Meeting, 8:00pm, WSCA

Friday 30 • ACES/Student Council Breakfast, 7:30am, Room 32 • Volunteer Appreciation, 2:30pm, Multi-Purpose Room

Saturday - Sunday 31/1 Have a Wonderful Weekend!

Monday 2 • Kindergarten Donuts with Dad • Talent Show, 1:30pm, Multi-Purpose Room

Tuesday 3 • Field Day, Grades 1-6 • Kindergarten Water Day

Wednesday 4 PSP Meeting, 3:15pm, Room 6 (no childcare available)

Thursday 5 • Minimum Day – Dismissal 11:40 a.m. • LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Grade Turnstone Meyers K Jenny Flores

Alisha Foster Amy Alford

1st Jen Baker Trisha Smith

Abby Wilkinson

2nd April Leatherman Tanya Capulong

Megan Dresser Chris Dykstra

3rd Shannon Decker Megan Curtis

Kori Crowe

4th Irene Yousef Keri Reno

Diana Wilson

5th Catherine Klein Ana Sotka

Lia Harper

6th Angie Main Gina Moon

Kristel Kamrar

Intervention Heather Donovan Kathy Putkey

Rocklin Academy Wednesday Weekly

Robin Stout, Principal http://turnstone.rocklinacademy.com Phil Spears, Executive Director/Superintendent Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Alisha Foster: Ms. Foster will be teaching p.m. kindergarten at Turnstone, partnering with Jenny Flores. She has four years combined experience in a variety of educational settings. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from William Jessup and completed her student teaching K/1st and 5th grade. She has a belief in providing a welcoming environment for both students and parents and building a strong parent connection. Kori Crowe: Ms. Crowe will be joining us in third grade at our Meyers campus. Formerly, Kori Kittle, Ms. Crowe is a returning teacher to Rocklin Academy. She taught kindergarten with Mrs. Stout and 2nd grade from 2004-2006. She has also taught 1st and 4th grades, and is excited to join our third grade team. She values collaborating with parents and her colleagues toward the common goal of impacting student learning. Irene Yousef: We are excited that Ms. Yousef will be joining our 4th grade team at our Turnstone campus. Ms. Yousef has proven herself to be an exemplary teacher. She has been on our campuses for the past three years as a student teacher and then as a long term guest teacher in 3rd and 6th grade. Lia Harper: Mrs. Harper will be teaching 5th grade at our Meyers campus. She comes to us with a wealth of experience including 11 years in education with students ranging from grades 2nd through 8th. She has a strong belief in parent/ teacher collaboration and will be an asset to our school. Angie Main: Ms. Main will be joining Turnstone in 6th grade. She is not a new face on campus as she has been an instructional aide in the upper grades the past two years. Along with having many years of instructional aide experience, she has also taught K, 2nd and 3rd grade. She has a strong understanding of our Core Knowledge curriculum and our collaborative culture. Gina Moon: Ms. Moon will be a 6th grade teacher at our Turnstone campus. She is excited to become a part of our Rocklin Academy team. She has experience teaching 4th grade and as an instructional aide. She also has experience working in a charter school as a teacher advisor. She has a passion for teaching and working with parents to support student learning.

There Are Only A Few Yearbooks Left!

Only $22 each! Our school’s yearbook will be a full-color book with 80 pages of memories including portraits, class montages, fun event photos, and original student artwork. Don’t miss out on

buying one before they sell out—they always do!

Order forms are available in the office. Please contact Flora Deter (yearbook@deter.com) if you have any questions.

Calling all Library Books!! All library books were due last week!!

If your student has an outstanding book(s) on their account and it is not returned, you will need to pay for it. If a book is paid for and then found, we are happy to issue a full refund if the book is returned prior to September 1, 2014.

Exceptional Eagles Awards Congratulations to these students for receiving the Exceptional Eagles award for the week of May 19th. We are proud of you and what you have accomplished! These students were recognized in front of the school at our Exceptional Eagles Award Ceremony, and received a certificate, a golden eagle pin, and the opportunity to sit at a festive, special table for lunch. Great job, Eagles!

Helpful Shows Integrity Teacher’s Choice Victoria Long Keira Hoy Andrew Stanton Connor Grenfell Joel Tajiri Madeline Williams Clare Sotka Viswesh Vancheeswaran Bardia Beheshti Marisa Adao Ryan Terry Jia Goraya Kendall Lacker Alex Dillon Caleb Kinnan – Amazing Reader Nolan Boscow Melody Yu Alicia Sevilla – Amazing Reader Branden Byrd Grace Davis – Responsible Robbie Jones Mia DeCampos–Tremendous growth in diligence and commitment

Dylan Ream – Takes Ownership Tessa Ritchie – Flexibility Garrett Klotz – Commitment Katherine Bell – Artistic Rachel Kluessendorf – Good Sense of Humor ParkerTennant – Fun Lover Colby Frey – Most Improved Reader Justin Nguyen – Takes Ownership

LUNCH ACCOUNTS Beginning this week, your student will not be allowed to charge to a negative balance on their lunch account—they must have a positive balance or cash. Please make sure your child has money on their account if they plan to eat hot lunch. If not, the lunch room staff will not be allowed to serve your child a hot lunch. Any funds remaining in your child’s lunch account

at the end of the year will follow over to next year’s account. For sixth grade students going to a RUSD middle school next year, their lunch account balance will follow them to their new school. Thank you!

Mark your calendars!! Rocklin Academy’s Field Day will be on

Tuesday, June 3rd!

We are so excited to give the kids an amazing Field Day this year ~ one that they will always remember! In order to make this a fun and successful day, we need your support. Your room mom has sent a link to the Sign Up Genius (or take a look here: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0B4CA5AF23A46-2014/1651388). Please take a look and see how you are able to help.

Please make sure your kids dress in shorts, t-shirts and tennis shoes because they will be playing hard and even getting a little wet. Don't forget sunscreen!!

The students will have their normal lunch on this day, so please be sure to either send a lunch from home or they can have hot lunch in the cafeteria.

Big Spoon Yogurt will be on campus at 2:00pm selling yogurt for $3. This is a PSP Fundraiser, so send your child with $3 cash if they are interested in this delicious treat! We need 3 volunteers to help with the frozen yogurt sale (1:45pm - 2:15pm) so if you can stop by, please email Andrea Streight (acstreight@gmail.com)! Thank you!

The annual Teacher vs. 6th Grade Students Kickball game will begin at 2pm as well, so come out to support your team!

The fun is about to begin, and you will want to be a part of the laughter and memories! Thank you in advance for your help!

VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION “THANK YOU” ASSEMBLY We would like to invite all of our wonderful volunteers who have donated 30 or more hours, to an assembly in their honor on May 30th at 2:30pm in the Multi-Purpose Room. We want to recognize these valued individuals and show our appreciation at this special event. We hope you can make it! Thank you!

CONGRATULATIONS – NEW BIKES FOR PERFECT ATTENDANCE! Congratulations to Matthew Verbeke, Brooke Schaefer and Gage Harrison! They won the perfect attendance drawing and each won a new bike! A big thank you goes to Maynard and Brian Idleman at Horace Mann Insurance for donating the bikes.

STUDENT MEDICATIONS If your student has medication in the office, please pick it up by the last day of school, Thursday, June 6, 2013. We cannot store medications over the summer. New medication forms must be submitted with medication at the beginning of each school year. Thank you!

LOST AND FOUND – CHECK IT OUT! Be sure to check out the Lost and Found in the multi-purpose room. There are all kinds of things—lunch boxes, water bottles, jackets and sweatshirts! All items left after the last day of school will be donated, so take a look before the last day of school.

2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR The approved school calendar for the 2014-2015 school year is included at the end of the newsletter. Please remember to schedule vacations around our calendared breaks. Thank you!

TIME TO VOTE FOR “BEST OF THE BEST” It’s time to vote for the Placer Herald’s 2014 BEST OF THE BEST Reader’s Choice Awards! The clock is ticking and the deadline is June 2nd at noon!

Rocklin Academy and Western Sierra Collegiate Academy headline every year. Be sure to vote for BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, BEST HIGH SCHOOL, BEST TEACHER, and BEST PRINCIPAL! Let's keep with tradition! You must be 18 years or older to vote and only one entry per reader. To validate your ballot and be eligible for the $100 drawing, complete at least 25 categories and include your name, email, and telephone number. When voting for a person, please remember to also list the school. Vote online at www.placerherald.com by clicking on the BEST of the BEST icon. You may also write in your choices using the ballot inside the Placer Herald. Please remember to include the name of the school when voting for best teacher and principal. Thank you for taking the time to vote! Entries can also be printed and mailed in or dropped off to: The Best of Placer Herald 5055 Pacific Street, Rocklin, CA 95677 ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION In a continuing effort to keep you updated about the importance of our Academic and Community Excellence Foundation, the Board appointed Fundraising Committee will publish weekly informational pieces.

Don’t my taxes already pay for my child’s education?

Tax dollars alone do not provide adequate funding to pay for the essential enrichment programs and small class sizes that we all want for our kids, and that differentiate RAFOS from other schools. An annual giving campaign is a once a year fundraising event that helps fill in budget gaps and grow what we want for our kids. In addition to asking school families to participate in this campaign, it is important to ask households without children in the district to consider contributing to the campaign since public schools offer services to residents such as hosting non-education community events, employing area residents, and positively impacting local housing markets and real estate, thus benefiting all homeowners. To read more about our very successful neighboring district and their Foundation’s work please see here: http://www.eurekaschoolsfoundation.org/annual-giving-campaign To learn more we invite you to attend one of the Fundraising Committee’s meetings or contact the Chair, Jennifer Salib at salibj@gmail.com or Vice Chair, Kim Dvorak at kim.dvorak@stantec.com with your thoughts and suggestions. Meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. the first Monday of the month at Western Sierra Collegiate Academy in the Administration Offices.

PSP NEWS AND EVENTS Don't forget that attending a PSP meeting counts towards your Volunteer hours! Be sure to bring your PSP membership cards to earn double hours! See you soon! RA Turnstone PSP PSP Meeting – Room 6, no childcare available

• 6/4 – 3:15pm

Congratulations to Mrs. Boekstein's Class for winning a Doughnut Party for the most parents in attendance at the PSP Meetings. Thank you for all your support!

THE 2014-15 PSP ACTIVITY COMMITTEES ARE TAKING SHAPE! A big thank you to all the parents who stopped by the PSP information table during last week’s Core Knowledge Night to share their well-wishes and support. We’re continuing to build and plan for next year’s Parent-School-Partnership committees and activities. More of our great Rocklin Academy parents signed up as volunteers or chairpersons for several PSP committees. Thank you Erika DeCampos, Elicia and Denis Valle, Lisa Burch, Lauren Powell, Jana Suthahar, Rachel Hoy and Geetha Swaminathanfor stepping up to help, plus a special thank you to our returning volunteers and chairs: Beth Maeyama, Laura Even, Allana Jones, Flora Deter, Jen Holzer, Derek Sorci and Elsa Sandoval. (My apologies to anyone whose name was left out.) If you volunteered on a committee last year and plan to participate again this coming year, please let me know! PSP Board Special Announcement: We have 3 unfilled vacancies on the 2014-15 PSP Board of Directors (our 2014-15 Treasurer-elect A.J. Richards notified us that he is unable to accept the position). Please consider applying for one of these important available Board positions: Vice President, Fundraiser and Treasurer. Contact Danielle Ruden druden1@me.com for more information on what’s involved and how to apply.

Rocklin Academy Family Dinner Night Line-Up May 28th -Laser Craze – TONIGHT! Target Dollars: Did you know that you can easily raise $$$ for Rocklin Academy every day? By getting a Target DEBIT card and linking your card to Rocklin Academy Turnstone or linking your existing card by following this link: Target, up to 1% of all your purchases will be donated to our school! It may seem small but it really adds up! E-Waste For Good: Rocklin Academy has joined forces with a great company called E-Waste 4 Good. E-Waste 4 Good will come directly to your home or business and pick up all of for e-waste and then donate the proceeds to our school. We are now collecting empty printer ink cartridges (any size) in the office—just drop them off and E-Waste For Good will pick them up. If you want to schedule a pick-up at your home, please follow this link: http://ewaste4good.com/pickuprequest.html Go EAGLES!

Join your Classmates, Teachers, Friends and Family Wednesday, May 28th ~ 5pm to 9pm

LaserCraze will donate up-to 33% of all Laser Tag and Bounce House

Wristband purchases back to Rocklin Academy!

This is not a closed event...feel free to invite everyone you know.

~The more people who come, the more money we make!

Reservations are highly recommended.

Arcade & Prize Center

7,000 Sq. Ft. Laser Tag

Multi-level arena

6694 Lonetree Blvd ~ Rocklin ~ (916)259-2729 ~ www.lasercrazeCA.com

Rocklin Academy Fundraiser Night!

Bounce Houses

FundraiserFundraiser

The Class with

the MOST

representation

wins FREE laser

tag passes for

the whole class!

So Grab Everyone You Know!

2014-2015

Rocklin Academy Turnstone/Meyers Calendar

Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa

1 2 11-15 Professional Development 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 18 Meet the Teacher 2:00-3:00 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 No School: Presidents Day

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 First Day of School: Minimum Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 16 No School: Presidents Day

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 Back to School Night: Minimum Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 23 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 25 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day 27 End of 2nd Trimester

31

Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 No School: Labor Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 Conference Prep: Minimum Day

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 9-13 Conference Week: Minimum Days

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 16 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 30-31 Spring Break

28 29 30 29 30 31

Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa

1 2 3 4 6 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day 1 2 3 4 1-3 No School: Spring Break

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 20 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6 No School: Professional Development

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 13 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day

26 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30

Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa

1 3 Conference Prep: Minimum Day 1 2 11 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 End of the 1st Trimester 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 18 Conference Prep: Minimum Day

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 No School: Professional Development 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 21 Core Knowledge Showcase: Min. Day

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 11 No School: Veterans Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 No School: Memorial Day

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 17-21 Conference Week: Minimum Days 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

30 24-28 Thanksgiving Break 31

June

Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 End of 3rd Trimester

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 22-31 No School: Winter Break 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 Minimum Day: Last Day of School

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 8 Last Day for Faculty

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31 28 29 30

Total School Days: 180

Su M Tu W Th F Sa Total Faculty Days: 190

1 2 3 1-2 No School: Winter Break

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 No School: Martin Luther King Day

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 Collaborative Inquiry: Minimum Day

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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