UPCOMING EVENTS
Monday, January 28
7:30 p.m. Community Day with Dr. Starr
Wednesday, January 30
7 p.m. Math Curriculum Information Night
Tuesday, February 5
7:30 p.m. PTA Meeting
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HELPFUL LINKS
How are we doing? Have Comments? You can send an anonymous survey to the PTA or school, click here.
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2012-13 PTA Officers and Board of Directors President - Eric Williams |
A BIG THANK YOU TO...
- Tonya Greenspan and Tammy Roberts for organizing the Variety School. Thanks also to the students and parents who participated and help out at the event. The Show was a great success.
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Loyalty Card Programs
School ID: 58180
(school 6557768)
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(school 00762 Rockville)
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Volunteer for Manna Mania
Volunteers needed! Once again Ritchie Park is celebrating Manna Mania in February to help the hungry in pur community. We need volunteers for three shifts in February where you will be sorting food at Manna. Kids must be older than 7. We need 6 people per shift including at least one or two adults. The shifts for RPES are Tuesday Feb. 12 and Thursday Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. and Saturday Feb 16 in the morning. Please let Lisa Bosse know if you have questions and/or to sign up for this great community service activity. Slots have filled up very quickly in the past so don't wait.
Mad Science Afterschool Online Registration Now Open
The new Mad Science "Funky Forces" sessions are now available for online Registration. Funky Forces Sessions will be available on both Mondays and Thursdays. Monday class starts on 2/25/2013, and Thursday class starts on 2/28/2013. To register click http://register.madscience.org/dc. If you have any questions or any problem with registration, please don't hesitate to contact Teresa Williams, Mad Science Coordinator, at etk2williams@gmail.com. |
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
RM Cluster Community Day and Town Hall is an opportunity for Dr. Starr to spend a day meeting with staff, visiting schools, and hearing from parents. The RM Cluster Community Day will be Jan. 28. It will culminate with a Town Hall event at 7:30 p.m. at Richard Montgomery High School, where the parents and others in the school community can ask questions and share thoughts and ideas. Free childcare and interpretation services will be available at the Town Hall meetings. Click here for more info.
Math Curriculum Information Night will be Wednesday, Jan. 30 from 7-9 p.m. at the Carver Educational Services Center auditorium. You will learn about what's new and how the math curriculum 2.0 reflects the new Common Core State Standards adopted in Maryland and MCPS, math instruction and homework expectations in elementary and secondary Curriculum 2.0, and how acceleration, challenges, and support are implemented within the 2.0 framework. More info on the flyer. PTA General Meeting: The first PTA meeting for 2013 will be on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. We will have a guest speaking on the topic of adolescent dental care.
February Restaurant Night will be at Elevation Burger on Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 5-9 p.m. Be sure to say you are with Ritchie Park.
RPES'S ANNUAL MUSIC AND DANCE NIGHT! It's a night of FUN, it's a night of GAMES, it's a night of DANCING with all of your friends!!!! It's Friday, February 22 from 7-9 p.m. Siblings are welcome! It will be a night you and your children will NOT want to miss!!!!!
There will be two rooms of music and deejay-led games (the GYM is K-2 and the APR for GRADES 3-5) as well as yummy snacks sold by the 5th grade promotion team. There will a MANNA FOOD DRIVE and a Donation Drop-Off area for non-perishable food. Bring your children, siblings and all your friends for a fun filled night and let's help fight hunger!
Barnes and Noble Ritchie Park Book Fair: March 10 from 1-5 p.m. at the Washingtonian Rio in Gaithersburg Raffles, Surprise Guest Storytellers, Scavenger Hunt and More! Volunteers will be needed for various posts throughout the day. An online sign up form will be available in February.
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WAYS TO VOLUNTEER
Volunteer for the MCCPTA: Would you like to be more involved in helping to formulate education policy in the county? MCCPTA, the county council of PTAs, is seeing individuals who would like to take on a leadership role in supporting the three-fold mission of PTA:
- To support and speak on behalf of children and youth in our schools, in the community, and before governmental agencies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children.
- To assist parents in developing the skills they need to rear and protect their children, and
- To encourage parent and public involvement in the public schools of this nation.
The RM Cluster needs people who will serve as Cluster Coordinators and will represent the cluster schools in MCCPTA. This is a great way to have an impact on issues that affect children all over the county, in addition to the students at Ritchie Park. Jennifer Young and Cheryl Moss Herman are currently two of the RM Cluster Coordinators. Please contact them if you have any questions.
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FUNDRAISING FORUM
 The next next deadline for sending in Box Tops is February 14. Please keep collecting and sending your boxtops to school. Don't forget to check the BoxTops Marketplace online every time you shop online. This way the school gets a percentage of your purchase. Log onto Box Tops for Education when you are shopping on the internet for those January sales. A certain number of pink squares are credited to the RPES account. Here is the list of the OVER 250 participating stores.
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ADVOCACY CORNERThe quality of our children's education can not be compromised by concerns for their safety. Hear from our elected officials, MCPS security department, our local police and those responsible for the safe environment in our community what is being done to keep our children safe and how we can help. The Montgomery County Council of PTAs Safety Committee, led by Donna Pfeiffer and Susan Burkinshaw, brought everyone to the table for a riveting discussion on January 16 that was covered widely by local media and will be re-broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays at 9:30pm January 26 & 27 and February 2 & 3 on Comcast channel 34, Verizon channel 36 and RCN channel 89.
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