Calendar of Events
* Note about recurring calendar items: Growing Power & SCRIP
Growing Power Market Basket orders are due each Tuesday by 4:00 p.m., with payment by Thursday and pick-up each Friday, 6:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
SCRIP orders are due Monday mornings by 9:00 a.m. with deliveries on Fridays, unless otherwise noted.
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Friday, May 7
Initial solar energy installation
visit
Monday, May 10
1st level Daisy Scouts & Junior
Scouts
After school
Wednesday, May 12
Brownie Scouts
After school
Friday, May 14
Registration forms due
Family Fun Run/Walk on May 29
Monday, May 17
Extended Day Daisy Scouts
After school
Tuesday, May 18
Construction begins on the solar
panel installation!
Board of Directors Meeting
6:00 p.m.
School lounge
Thursday, May 20
Full Staff meeting
7:45 a.m.
School lounge
Deadline for Girl Scout
donations to Humane Society
Friday, May 21
Plant sale (hanging basket &
flower flats): CJ's Flowers
Southwest corner of campus
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 22
Market Day orders due
11:00 p.m. online
Monday, May 24
1st level Daisy Scouts & Junior
Scouts
After school
Wednesday, May 26
Spring Musical
1:15 p.m.
Market Day pick-up
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Pole Barn
Brownie Scouts
After school
Thursday, May 27
Spring Musical
6:00 p.m.
Pole Barn
Friday, May 28
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
Games Day
Pledge forms & pledges due
Family Fun Run/Walk tomorrow
Saturday, May 29
Family Fun Run/Walk
Colonial Park
10:00 a.m.
Monday, June 1-Tuesday, June 2
Spring Conferences
CCP available (reservations
required)
HAPPY SUMMER EVERYONE!!
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Get Involved!
Humane Society DonationsBy Thursday, May 20Help our Girl Scout Troop by dropping items off in the bin outside the school office by Thursday, May 20:
- Bleach
- Old towels
- Dog & cat food/treats
- Dog & cat toys
Help Out at the Spring Plant Sale on May 21
We could use some help at the
plant sale during pick-up times: 11:30, 2:30 and 3:30. If you are
willing to lend a hand, please contact the office.
Participate in Family Fun Run/Walk on May 29
Sign up and collect pledges for this event being held on Saturday, May 29. Sponsored by RACINEkids.com.
Join "Relay
For Life" Team on June 11 & 12
If you know anyone who has been affected by cancer (and who doesn't?), it's not too late to join RMS' Relay for Life team at
Case High School starting at 6:00 p.m. on June 11th and ending at
10:00 a.m. on June 12th. (You don't have to walk the entire time!)
It's the American
Cancer Society's signature fundraiser for the fight against cancer. Our team so far this year consists of Kim & Ricky Granger, Rita Lewis, Rachel Sura, Lisa Porter& Echo Tremeear-Matson. It's a fun time for a great cause. How can you go wrong? Join us!
Your Throwaways = $$
For RMS
Please keep in mind that RMS earns money toward its fundraising budget (which helps cover operating expenses) on items that would normally end up in the garbage:
Please keep these items coming in! Every little bit matters. The Easy Ones
Lest you forget, please keep RMS in mind in these other (mindless!) ways: - Earn rebates for RMS through Roundy's/Pick 'N Save's We Care program by designating us as your non-profit "beneficiary" when grocery shopping with your Advantage card.
- Use your Red Card at Target and earn money through their Take Charge of Education program.
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Montessori Spotlight
Here's an idea for summer adult reading: " Montessori Madness" by Trevor Eissler. Eissler is a Montessori parent and doesn't pretend to be trained in Montessori, except as a parent! He explains the benefits of a Montessori education in very simple terms, from a dad's point of view. He asks the readers to focus on what is important for our children to learn. Eissler compares Montessori schools to traditional education and imagines what the world would be like if all children could be exposed to this style of learning. |
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The Solar Panels Are Coming!
We are so excited! Our grants from Focus on Energy and WE Energies have been approved and, thanks to the enormous generosity of Dr. Clif and Gladys Peterson and Charles and Kathryn Heide who have gifted the remaining $45,000, we are ready to install the solar panels this month! This amazing project will be accomplished solely through this grant/gift money. (If you are interested in penning your own thank you note to the Petersons and/or Heides for their extreme generosity & support, send them to the school office and we will happily forward them for you!) Tomorrow, May 7, the folks at H&H Solar will have their structural engineer here to insure that the roof on the pole barn can support the weight of the panels and to finalize the calculations for the installation. At the end of the day on Friday, they'll meet with the teachers about the system and instruct them how to talk about it to the students. On May 17, construction will begin with the installation of the brackets for racking. Around the 19th, we will be in full construction mode and will involve the students as much as possible. We expect construction and installation to be complete around May 24. Isn't this exciting?
Summer School is Coming
Please return your summer school forms as soon as possible since we are able to accept only 24 students at each level: Primary & Elementary! When those spaces are filled, your child's name will be placed on a waiting list.
Our theme is "All About Wisconsin" and students will learn about native bugs, plants, animals, facts, history, famous Wisconsinites, landmarks and much more!
The cost for each summer session, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m., is $75 /week, beginning Monday, June 21 and running for five weeks, through July 30. There will be no summer session during the week of July 5. Our Child Care Program will be available ($4/hour for > 10 hours/week; $5/hour drop-in rate) after summer school each day from 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (if needed).
No deposit is required, but we ask you to sign a contract to hold your child's space in class. Join us! It will be fun!
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Great Alumni News
Congratulations to former RMS student, Genevieve Vittori Boman for receiving the historic 2010 Salisbury Prize Award from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. These awards are given to the most meritorious seniors at the university who have completed all of their
requirements "faithfully, industriously, and with distinguished
attainment". The Salisbury Prize was established in 1871 by Stephen Salisbury II, a WPI founder and president of the Board of Trustees. We're so proud of Genevieve and clearly remember her as a hardworking, dedicated student at RMS in the years she was at our school, and we were thrilled to hear of this wonderful honor! Genevieve is the daughter of Dave and Linda Boman. Linda, as many of you know, is the reading specialist working with Katie Knight in the Rainforest Canopy classroom.
LAF Wrap-Up
What a fabulous day we had for our 29th annual Lakefront Artist Fair last Saturday. The weather was balmy, the crowds were unbelievable and the artists were happy! It was a great success, both financially and emotionally! We have heard from contented artists both by email and snail mail about how thrilled they were with the great volunteers and the success of the LAF.
The winners in our raffle were:
$500 Grand Prize Nicole Fuentes
$250 Cash Prize Quintin Vincent
Cooking Classes Rachel Sura
American Girl doll Joanne Leskowicz
Playmobil Circus Kaeann Lowden
Bracelet Catherine Saaski
Net proceeds from the fair will end up at close to $25,000, which is what we always hope for! Here's how the various categories break down:
Underwriting: $4,000
Friends of the Fair: $581
Artist Booth Fees: $10,325
Raffle Sales: $3,321
Children's Activity Booth: $257
Bake Sale: $391
Silent Auction: $1,648.35
Basket Raffle: $3,236
Prize Board: $745
Collection Boxes: $77
Food: $200
Way to go, everyone! We couldn't have done it without you!
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Come Hear RMS Dad, Mark Paffrath! Mark will be performing in the Great Hall at the DeKoven Center this Saturday, May 8, at 7:00 p.m. Mark's newest CD, "I Like it When Everything's O.K." will be released. The CD captures the spirit of love and respect for nature and other people. There will also be a photographic exhibit by the Racine Camera Club with a reception following Mark's performance. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $5 for students and $40 for families. Come support yet another of our talented RMS family members!
"Mothers and Others" Special Portraits on Mothers Day!
Bring home beautiful portraits of you, your mom, your family, your friends or your pets in a beautiful art gallery setting on Sunday, May 9, from 12 - 5 p.m. at our own Denise Zingg's Spectrum Gallery at the DeKoven Center.
No sitting fees! Printing on site, with matting available.
4" X 5": $8
5" X 7": $10
8" X 10": $20.
Call 262.634.4345 to make an appointment or just stop in!
Spring Plant Sale
Plan to purchase your hanging basket and flats of annuals at RMS for your Memorial Day planting! The sale will be on Friday, May 21, in the southwest corner of our campus. Many thanks to Cathy Ulrich and Jennifer McClendon for volunteering to help us out during the morning hours. We could use more help, especially during pick-up times at 11:30, 2:30 and 3:30 so if you're willing to help, please call the office.
Family Fun Run & WalkRACINEkids.com is hosting its First Annual Family Fun Run & Walk on Saturday, May 29, 2010, at 10:00 a.m.
The 3k & 7k Run/Walk will start at Colonial Park, 2300 West High St., and travel along the Root River Parkway. Parking will be available at Gilmore Middle School and the RUSD building. For routes & details, see RACINEkids.com. Registration fees are $15/individual or $35/family of four.
This is a great way to meet up with other RMS families, do something healthy with your kids and raise money for our school! RMS will receive a portion of any pledges you collect. Sign-up by May 14 and receive a free t-shirt & water bottle! - Return registration forms to the school office by 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 14.
- Pledge sheets and pledges due in the office by 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 28.
For questions, please contact Stacey Day Kocian.
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Attendance, Tardiness & Alternate Schedules
Please call the school office at 637.7892 by 9:00 a.m. if your child will be absent for any reason. We appreciate you making every effort to schedule appointments after school hours or during school breaks.
Out of respect for our teachers and students, please make sure your child/ren arrive at school between 8:20 - 8:40 a.m. Students arriving before 8:20 a.m. should make arrangements to stay at child care until it is time to go to class.
If there will be a change in the time or way you normally pick up your child, please fill out one of the bright orange "Alternate Schedule" forms. For safety reasons, it's important we're made aware of any changes to your child's normal routine.
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It's That Time of Year: Bike Safety
Bike riding is a great way to get exercise and fresh air and share time as a family. But before you and the kids rush out and start pedaling, there's an important factor that you need to consider - safety.
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