The Rocket

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Rosland Elementary52350 Yaeger WayPO Box 3360La Pine, OR 97739Phone: 541-355-8100Fax: 541-355-8110Website: bend.k12.or.us/ April 1, 2016

Important Contact Information: Rochelle Williams - Principal 541-355-8100 Rosland Office 541-355-8100 Bus Garage 541-355-5750 FAN Advocate Janet Sicora 541-355-8117 Director of South County Schools Jim Boen 541-355-8101

Top 5 Things You Need to Know1. Lots of events coming up - please see calendar

on pg. 32. The students have almost completed our school

reading goal - keep up the at home reading.3. April is Responsibility month! (pg.2)4. There are some great adult learning opportunities

coming. - See page 75. Yearbook orders are due April 18th!

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S What a great first week back! The students came back ready to learn and excited about all the great events and activities that are coming up that will create a great Spring here at Rosland. There were a few times, however, that students needed reminders about school expectations, keeping our hands to ourselves, and working without distracting others. Please ask your student(s) to review school expectations with you and ask lots of questions. Not only will this help them remember our rules, but it is great conversation and is practicing the skill of main idea and supporting details.

We are very close to meeting our school-wide reading goals, so please keep your students completing their nightly reading minutes and thank you in advance for signing agendas and/or turning in reading slips each week. We are really noticing the extra time that students are spending completing their reading minutes is really paying off in their classwork and reading assessments.

April and May will be very busy with lots of learning, but it is also when we will be completing our State Assessments in the areas of English Language Arts, Math and Science (5th grade only). Be watching your classroom newsletters for dates and details. If you have any questions about the testing, please feel free to contact me or your child’s teacher.

Happy Spring to everyone! Mrs. Williams

REMINDERSKIDS OF CHARACTER

Yearbook Order deadline

is April 18th! Don't miss the deadline!

Mrs. Barker has been working really hard to make our yearbook special and it looks fantastic!

Yearbooks will be $12.00 this year. To order on line, go to ybpay.lifetouch.com and enter id code # 12739516. Yearbooks are scheduled to arrive the first part of June. We will have a limited number to sell at that time if you miss the order date.

Our BUY ONE GET ONE book fair will be April 4th to April 8th. We are looking for volunteers to help out, please call the office if you are interested. The book fair will be open from 8:30 am - 3:45 pm daily for your shopping pleasure!

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.

The Blue Ribbon campaign began in 1989 as one woman's tribute to her grandson. She tied a blue ribbon on her car antenna to symbolize his bruises after he died at the hands of his mother's abusive partner. KIDS Center brought the campaign to Central Oregon in 1997 to raise awareness of the epidemic of child abuse in our community. In addition to awareness, the Blue Ribbon Campaign also focuses on educating individuals and groups on how to better protect children in their lives, and in our community from child abuse.

Almost 50,000 blue ribbons along with educational materials will be distributed throughout the community in April. People are encouraged to wear a blue ribbon to show support for the awareness and prevention of child abuse.

Please contact the kids center for additional information and training opportunities.kidscenter.org or 541-306-6062

Responsibility is the character trait of the month for April.We will be discussing choices, consequences, fairness and caring this month. Please ask your student about their discussions at school and how they are being responsible.

PTA NEWSCALENDAR OF EVENTS

April 1- Architect visit to Ms. Reeves classApril 4 - 8 BOGO BookfairApril 7 - 2nd grade field trip to Cinderella PlayApril 8 - Fun with Physics Assembly 3rd -5thApril 9 - Bowl Down Cancer FundraiserApril 11 - 15 - Volunteer Appreciation WeekApril 18 - Last day to order a yearbookApril 18 - 29 Traveling TrunkApril 20 - Mr A and Ms. Reeves field trip to Sunriver Nature CenterApril 22 - Earth DayApril 22 - Movie Night @ Rosland 6pmApril 29 - Rocket Assembly - 9:10 amMay 2 - 6 -Teacher Appreciation WeekMay 18 - Early Childhood Learning Fair May 18 - 20 5th Grade Outdoor schoolMay 20 - Dance @ LPE - TBAMay 24 - Ned Show AssemblyMay 26 - 5th grade Soar Up DayMay 30 - No School - Memorial DayJune 2 - Outdoor Adventure DayJune 3 - Helmet Assembly for 3rd grade 9amJune 8 - Pizza with Parents - TBAJune 9 - Walk of GradsJune 10 - LPHS GraduationJune 16 - Last day of school

Tuesdays are College Days: Wear your college gear

Fridays are Rocket Days:

Wear your Red and

Silver

NEXT PTA MEETING IS April 20 @ LPE - 6pm

Free childcare and light snacks provided

Movie Night is Back! - April 22ndDoors open at 5:30 pm and movie starts at 6pm. Concessions will be available. Bring your blanket or a chair and enjoy the movie with your friends!

$1.00 Suggested donation per person. Children need to be accompanied by an adult all evening.

You are invited to BOWL DOWN CANCER with Mr. Tash on April 9th at the La Pine Bowling Alley. Mr Tash retired from Rosland several years ago and he would love to see everyone! INVITATION Who: Everyone is invited What: Bowling, Prizes, Raffle and Food When: 4/9/16 3p - 5pm Where: La Pine Bowling Alley Why: Have some family fun and support the fight against Cancer.

FIELD TRIPSCommunity Connection

Our 2nd annual Early

Childhood Learning Fair

will be May 18th , 3pm - 7pm. Come visit and learn about community resources for your young child. This event is focusing on families with children zero to 7 year olds. They will have fun visiting Smokey Bear, our wonderful librarians and there will be great resources for your family.

Healthy Beginnings is taking appointments during this time for a 12 Point Kid Inspection screening with your child. This screening is free and covers vision, dental, hearing, speech, motor, concepts, development, health, nutrition, Infant & toddler development, behavior and car seat safety. This is a great place to ask an expert about any concerns you may have. Please call them for an appointment right away! 541-383-6357

Some of the Participating Community Members contributing to the Early Childhood Learning Fair include: • USDS Forest Service • Sunriver Nature Center • SHARC • Deschutes County Library • Bend La Pine Nutrition Services • Healthy Beginnings - Call and schedule a

screening at 541-383-6357 • Mid- Oregon Credit Union • La Pine Park and Red • La Pine’s Student Based Health Center

OUTDOOR SCHOOL is right around the corner. Our 5th grade students will be going to Camp Tamarack on May 18th and

returning on May 20th. 5th grade parents, please send your suggested $25.00 payment in with your student or you can make the payment on line at bend.k12.or.us. Click on Parents tab, go to the Online payments, enter your student’s 6 digit id# and use their last name as the password. Click on the outdoor school tab and enter the amount you wish to pay. Donations are always welcome if you want to help another student.

We want to give

a huge Thank You to the following schools for helping out our 5th grade Rosland Students:• RE Jewell’s 5th grade leadership team

donated $100.00• W.E. Miller PTA donated $100.00 and• High Lakes PTA donated $500.00!

The district picks up all but $50.00 per student and the transportation costs to get to and from Sisters. We have been fundraising all year to make this possible and try and reduce the cost to our families. Thanks again to our fellow educators and parents for helping support our students!

MORE INFORMATION

FAN - Family Access NetworkNeed help gaining access to community resources? Call Janet Sicora, she can help you get connected with services! 541-355-8117.

More News

Do you have a child that will be 5 years old by September 1st?

We are registering next year’s Kindergarteners NOW!

We plan on having an Early Learning Fair in May and would love to get all the information to our new families! Please direct families to our office so we can welcome them to Rosland. If you need to register a sibling of a current student, stop by the front desk and get your registration packet! We already have 10 kindergarten students registered! We have a backpack full of goodies to welcome our new kindergarten students, so stop by or call Story time for

Preschool children is now every Tuesday at Rosland Library from 8:30 am to 9:00 am.

Please drop by and enjoy story time with

Roxanne from the Deschutes County Library.

If I Were Mayor Contest for 4th and 5th grade students.

Our students are invited to make a poster about what they would do as mayor. The local winner can win $100.00 and then they will be entered in the state contest with a chance to win an iPad Air 2! Deadline for posters is April 15th. More information available from your student’s teacher.

Thanks for bringing in all those boxtops! We mailed them in but keep clipping and we will send them in again in June!

Mrs. Longbotham and Ms. Tiderman’s class will be going to Three Rivers Elementary on

April 8th to see their production of Cinderella! Thanks for the invitation Three Rivers! We are really excited to visit your school and see your

play! Make sure to get your permission slips in right away!

MORE INFORMATIONUPDATES AND REMINDERS

We would like to remind all of our families that our campus is tobacco free. If you participate in after school activities at

Rosland, please help us remind those using our school that there is not supposed to be any tobacco in the parking lots or fields. Dogs are not allowed here either. We have had a couple of incidents where we have found cigarette butts and dog poop out at recess and although there was not a serious incident, our students are usually the first to find such items. Thank you for your help in keeping Rosland safe and clean!

PARENT HANDBOOK REMINDER Food Products in the Classroom

Research shows that children who regularly eat healthy do better in school, are more inclined to be physically healthy , have fewer weight problems as adults, and have a more positive social and emotional outlook on life. We care about your children and, like you, want them to be at their absolute best. Please remember this when packing lunches from home, as soda pop, candy, and excessive amounts of chips are not encouraged. Also, when it is your child’s birthday please consider a healthy alternative to cupcakes; such as, fruit/veggie trays, peanut butter and crackers, cheese sticks, yogurt, etc. or even a non-edible party favor instead. Your child’s teacher can give you some ideas if you need them. Food products for classroom functions must be prepared by a licensed production kitchen or bakery and should be brought to school in a sealed container.

Good job to our Battle of the Books Team! They did a great job representing Rosland! Thanks to our families that made our first year competing such a success!

Volunteer Appreciation week is April 11th through April 15th. We want to thank all our volunteers for their help to get us through the year! Please watch for your invitation to breakfast on April 13th. We hope you

can stop by and let us spoil you a bit.

NEWS, NEWS, NEWS COMMUNITY CONNECTION

Adult Education Classes at LPCC:

• iPad for Business: April 5 & 7 LPRD Computer Lab 6pm - 9pm $99

• Composition: A Key to Better Images: April 18, 20 & 22 LPRD Computer Lab 1pm - 4pm. $99

• The Cell Phone Office: Google Apps: • April 19 LPRD Computer Lab 5:30pm - 8:30pm.

$99

• Your Business on Social Media: May 3 & 5 LPRD Computer Lab 6pm - 9pm.

• Get More Out of Your iPad: Jun 6 & 8 LPRD Computer Lab 1pm - 4pm

These classes are held via live video streaming. The instructor will be teaching class in Bend but you can participate at the La Pine Community Center. To register please call 541-383-7270 orcocc.edu/continuinged/streaming

La Pine Park and Recreation also has Winter Walking, Pickleball , Self Defense and more! Check out their website lapineparks.org.

Family Fun Storytime Interactive Storytime with songs, rhymes,

and crafts. Program is geared to ages 0-5. Whole family is welcome! Thursdays, 10:30 am

Friends of the La Pine Library Hours for the Friends of the La Pine Library’s Book Nook:Tuesdays · 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, and Thursdays & Saturdays · 1:00 – 4:00 pm

Animal Adventures   Join the High Desert Museum for a fun storytime and craft. Meet one of the Museum's live animals! Limited to 25 children age 3+ and their adults. Free tickets will be available on the day of the program. Tuesday, April 5, 11:30 am

LEGO Block Party Read! Build! Play! Join other builders and a gazillion LEGOs. All ages welcome! Saturday, April 16, 1:00 pm

Animal Adventures   Join the High Desert Museum for a fun storytime and craft. Meet one of the Museum's live animals! Limited to 25 children age 3+ and their adults. Free tickets will be available on the day of the program. Tuesday, April 19, 11:30 am

ClosuresAll of the Deschutes Public Libraries will be CLOSED on Thursday, April 21.

After School chatsWhat’s in your backpack? Greet your child with this question and you will discover a lot about what he/she is doing in class! ✦Set aside time each day to go through your child’s papers. Try to do this first thing after school when the day is still fresh in your child’s mind.

✦Look over their work together. Help your child feel proud by making a specific comment about something he/she has done.It’s easy to learn what your child is doing in school by asking and looking through their backpacks!

The Tower Theater is presenting Fun with Physics for our 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students on April 8th at 9:15 am. Three Rivers School will have some classes joining us for a wonderful presentation of Science! You are invited to join us and watch the presentation with your student.

La Pine Middle School S.T.E.A.M. Night 

April 7th – 5:00 to 7:00pm (Science. Technology. Engineering. Arts. Math)  

Join LPMS students and staff for an evening of food, family, community and engineering competitions! Everyone is invited! 

  

→ Use your best engineering skills to create solar cars, doodle bots, newspaper towers and soda straw rockets that will be entered into friendly competitions. 

  

→ Stop­Motion films, movie trailers, digital photography and brain experiments made by LPMS students will be featured! 

 *Activities for students under 10: glass globe making, magnetic slime and scientific coloring contests  

   Featuring the VEX Robots from the local STEM Council 

Schedule of Events: 5:00­6    5:00­5:45  Dinner and competition guidelines 6:00­      5:45­6:45  Engineering Bots & Towers 6:40­6    6:50­6:55  Competitions begin 

 

 Reserve your spot now by RSVPing ASAP!  EMAIL stacy.welsh@bend.k12.or.us OR call 541­355­8200 OR return the bottom of this flyer to LPMS, LPE, Rosland, or LPHS   ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­   

Name(s) ___________________Number of family and friends attending ___   

Circle the school you returned form to LPMS  LPE       Rosland  LPHS