It is the passion and commitment of dedicated volunteers who make all the difference!

"Exceptional"  "Outstanding"  "Above and Beyond" - When you read these words, do any parent volunteers, teachers, or staff come to mind?  If so....Get your nominations in for the 2015 Rockwell Volunteer Awards Celebration held on June 4. 

Ami King

A big shout out to all the Super Hero parent volunteers that helped with Staff Appreciation last week. Without all your Super Powers, the week would not have been possible. The entire Rockwell staff had a Dyna'mite time. 

Dear Wonderful Rockwell families,

Thank you SO much for your support and celebration of our wonderful teachers this week! You went above and beyond. Special thanks to Renee Lawson for making all of us feel absolutely "Super!"

If you haven't already changed your email information for me, please remove kmcardle@lwsd.org from your address books; it no longer works. All emails need to be sent to kgometz@lwsd.org from now on. Many thanks!

Kirsten Gometz

Principal, Norman Rockwell Elementary

On your marks! Get set! Go!

• Water Balloon Fillers will receive 30 small balloons and nozzle via Kid Mail the week prior to field day, and will need to return the filled balloons to school with your student the morning of Wednesday, June 10th. Drop containers will be located in front of the school.

Thank you to the nearly 900 family and friends that joined us for the 2015 Rockwell musical, The Little Mermaid JR, presented by the Rockwell PTA and Youth Theatre Northwest. Special thanks to my volunteer team: Beatriz Gomez-Albadawi, Ryan Butler (Redmond Middle School), Angela Shannon, Tracy Brooks, Colleen Broughton, Emily Papel, Angie Ballas, Jan Stemple, Mandi Bhatia, Rebecca Murman, Hildebrand Photography, Kirsten Moreno and Lacie Hendriksen.

Our LAST PTA General Membership meeting of the school year is on Thursday, May 28th at 7pm. 

You're ALL Invited!

*Maybe it's your last meeting or maybe it's your first one ever...regardless, please come!!  We need a good showing of support to vote for our elections for next year. Get involved with your child's school and PTA. 

Many chair or co-chair positions need to be filled for next year prior to the end of this school year. Please consider chairing (or co-chairing with another parent) one of the many positions that need filling! We can't do it without all of you and unfilled positions may result in the cancellation of some of our treasured events/programs. 

Some positions include: 

Chairs or co-chairs for fun events such as Heritage Night, Bingo Night, School Dance, and Field Day. Academic Enrichment programs need parent coordinators for: Salmon in the Classroom, Chess Club, Lego Club, and the PTA Reflections Art Contest. 

PLEASE READ FULL ARTICLE HERE!
(*More available positions listed here. Note: Membership chair has now been filled)

THANK YOU,

ROCKWELL PTA

Math Challenge #14 is now available here. For this challenge, 12 qualified submissions will randomly selected for a prize.  This is our second last Math Challenge, so grab some friends and family and work on challenge together!

On Saturday May 2nd Norman Rockwell Elementary participated in Washington State Math Olympiad in Seattle on the premises of John Muir Elementary School. Congratulations to the 5th and 4th grade students of the two teams. You were awesome! 

IXL Math Practice Continues - Prizes were distributed to the following students who have practiced IXL math and earned points. Keep up the great work. May will be the final month for prizes for this school year. Parents Thank you for helping to develop a culture of math here at Rockwell. Thanks to the Lake Washington Schools Foundation for IXL subscriptions for all students. Parents - please visit www.mathinaction.org to learn more about Math at Rockwell.

-Parent IXL Math Coordinators

Kindergarten - Owen U. (B), Colin S. (E), Kelsey H. (C), Vishnu (D, E), Sri Sahasra (D, E), Jillian J. (B), Alanna P. (D), Riya (E), Saankhya (E), Sawyer R. (B), Angela L. (E, F), Shaurya (D, E), Alexander F. (E), Clara G. (special), Matteo (C), Elaine C. (F), Balazs (C), Oyku (E), Torjus (A), Nathan H. (E), Alanna P. (E), Lucia L. (D), Maxwell M. (E), Kexin (F), Artem Z. (F), Tharan (special), Aiden P. (F)

First Grade - Marianna D (E), Lucas N (F), Sawar S (E), Dhruv I (D, E), Avery L (F), Sriram M (F), Amuktha N (F), Vidhur P (C), Shelby R (E), Liya S (F), Yohan Y (D), Prisha K (F), Avika A (F), Suhani G (D), Madeleine L (C), Ayushi S (D), Brandon S (A), Henry D (A), Sawyer L (D), Mihir M (C), Savannah D (E), Prayas D (C, D), Matthew S (E), Darshika V (C, D, E)

Second Grade - Declan J (B), Alexander C (D), Ren F (E), Mikhail K (E), Srikar N (B), Artem S (D), Jeslyn H (C), Samuel H (A), Kanal A (A), Avaneesh K (BC), Hoa Ran J (BC), Abigail M (A), Sofiia C (E), Erynn E (B), Jaeger G (A), Yuwan L (E), Rushaan M (E), Disha P (AB), Abbas Z (B)

Third Grade - Vanessa S. (A), Timason W. (E), Peter B. (B), Guy Z. (B), Michael S. (B), Beth Y. (F), Srikrishna G. (F), Emily W (B), Uzair K. (F), Rayna H. (C), Talah A. (A), Rithika M. (C), Shriya T. (F), Mahoko T. (D), Ashish K. (B), Neha S (C), Cole M. (B), Rayna H. (B), Emi K. (D), Sarah O. (C)

Fourth Grade - Shripad G (F), Spencer L (B), Claire M (B, C, D, E), Selena C (E), Lindsay G (C), Fredo G (F), Eitan J (D), Nathaniel N (B), Ishan V (D), Sohil B (E), Shivas K (E), Arjun M (C), Maya Y (B), Janelle C (D), Omid F (E), Maleekah K (C), Nikita S (A), Ethan T (C, D), Tony W (D), Brian Y (C), Tushar Z (F)

Fifth Grade - Mia M. (A), Sebastian H. (F), Brooke C. (C), Bradley S. (E), Fuhito O. (A), Jack U. (D), Maya K (F), Kaitlyn B. (D), Madeline F. (D), David R. (A), Noam R. (D), Omar E. (C)
 

Update: Wow! Our first week is over and 74 families signed up for SchoolPool! Help spread the word to continue raise funds for PTA & reduce car trips. If you haven't done so yet, click here to get signed up and earn $10 for our school (and a free Redbox coupon for the students!)

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Norman Rockwell Elementary and the City of Redmond are partnering up again to encourage our students to walk, bike, carpool, and ride the bus to school in May! SchoolPool will help reduce traffic in the neighborhood and encourage a healthier lifestyle by getting students to exercise and socialize while commuting to and from school.

The Redmond SchoolPool is a secure, online network for our school that helps families find carpool partners, form 'walking school buses' and start a 'bike buddies' program. 

Participants can raise money for our school and rewards for your student! (In the fall, we raised $4,870.00 for Rockwell...let's do it again!)

• For Our School: Earn $10 for the school/PTA when you sign up and another $10 when you take a walking, biking, carpool or bus trip and add it to the online calendar ($20/family).

• For Your Student: Earn a free Redbox movie or game rental when your student takes at least one trip on the calendar. 

How to Participate:

1. Register for SchoolPool here. (This is a new, easier reg. system so if you signed up back in the fall, please sign up on the new system.)
2. You'll receive an email to verify your account
3. Search for carpool partners, neighbors to walk with, or others to bike with
4. Add your SchoolPool trips (walking, biking, carpooling, and bus) to the online calendar. 

5. Earn rewards for your school & your student!

You can email the SchoolPool staff if you have any questions or call (425) 556-2419.

Thanks for helping us raise money & reduce traffic around Norman Rockwell Elementary!

Jimmy Cho & Rockwell PTA

Rockwell Principal Intern 

A BIG "Thank You" to all who brought in Box Tops!

But that's not all...

There was a friendly competition among the student population and we have a couple of winners to announce:

• The GRADE with the Highest average of Box tops collected per student is FOURTH Grade. You will receive an additional 5 minutes of lunch recess!
• The CLASSROOM with the Highest average of Box Tops collected per student goes to Mr. Cortes AND Mrs. Terilli.  They tied at 1062 Box Tops each. Congratulations to both classes, you worked hard to earn an extra 15 minute Recess.

Congratulations to Rockwell for obtaining the goal and earning additional funds for academic enrichment!

The fun doesn't end here! We are looking forward to see what Ms. Gometz and Mr. Cho will have as a very special treat for all students at the year-end assembly!

Keep saving your Box Tops and we will have another contest next year! For more information on the Box Tops for Education program, including a list of participating products and how much our school has earned to date, visit http://www.boxtops4education.com/

Stacy Hatch

Box Tops Coordinator, 2015

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