ADMISSIONS' MORNING: Tuesday, January 29 from 8:30-10:00 a.m. 
If you know someone who would like to see our excellent school in progress. Please invited them to come. They can pre-register by contacting Amanda Avery, Director of Admissions (aavery@roycermoreschool.org). Of course, walk-ins are always welcome.

PARENT VISITATION DAY-Wednesday Feb. 6th from 8:30-10:30am

You are invited to come and see your students in action as you observe their morning classes!

MR. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD, February 13: Attached to the email accompanying this blog are promo materials for the Roycemore sponsored showing of the film, Won't You Be My Neighbor, the Mr. Rogers documentary.  Please join us in a viewing of this fabulous film!  Here is the link to register:  https://goo.gl/forms/dgx1XVUC8ciotK312 

FAN News: Roycemore is sponsoring a FAN (Family Action Network) speaker on Feb. 21. Yong Zhao will be speaking on "The Reach for Greatness: Education in the Age of Smart Machines" 

PICTURES THIS WEEK: I will be putting a lot of pictures on the blog at different places, but there will always be more at the bottom of the blog.

  1.  Gretchen Glader, our consulting psychologist, loves to interact with your children.  Here she is reading a book to the Junior Kindergarten children.

   2.  The 2nd Grade, as a culmination of their simple machines unit, had to complete a Design Thinking prompt of how might elves who worked in a bakery, get their materials into a tall mixing bowl.  They created them and had an "Expo" for the other students in Lower School and their parents. 

3.  Lower School does not end at 3:15, which is the end of our regular school day.  We have after-school enrichment activities every day until 4:00 and our extended day program goes to 6:00.  If you scroll down you will see all of the enrichment activities.  The pictures are from everyone's favorite, Fitness Fun Friday.  

AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES 

Each week I will list all the activities that we offer, but do know that sometimes, some of them will not go.  Please check them to see which ones are going that week.

Lego Club will meet Monday, January 28 in the First Grade Classroom from 3:15-4:00.

Coding Club will meet Monday, January 28 in the Second Grade Classroom from 3:15-4:00

Martial Arts/Tae Kwon do will meet Tuesday, January 29 in the Multi Purpose Room from 3:15-4:00.
Yoga will meet Tuesday January 29 in the LS Music Room  from 3:15-4:00. 

Sprout will meet Tuesday January 29 in the LS Art Room 118 from 3:15-5:15.

Board Games will meet Wednesday, January 30 in the Grade 3 Classroom from 3:15-4:00. 

Creative Improv will meet Thursday,January 31 in the Lower School Music Room from 2:00-3:00. 
Math Club/Team will meet Thursday, January 31 in Room 230 from 2:15-3:15. 

Chess Club will meet Thursday, January 31 in the Grade 4 classroom from 3:00-4:00 

Sprout will meet Thursday, January 31 in the LS Art Room 118 from 3:00-5:15.

Fitness Fun Friday  will meet Friday, February 1 in the gym from 3:15-4:00. All pick-ups should be at the gym.

SNOW DAYS

For school closures or schedule changes due to weather, texts, emails and voice calls will be used to notify families and faculty/staff, as well as posts on the school website, Facebook and Twitter, and on the Emergency Closing Center website at emergencyclosingcenter.com.

 A REMINDER: Please remember that Roycemore Lower School is a nut/peanut-free environment.  Please remember this when you send in birthday treats and snacks for your children.  There are many other allergies, specific to individual children, so please check with your classroom teacher before sending in treats. Thank you in advance for caring about all of our children.

Please remember when you need more information, such as lunch menus, the weekly bulletin, and reminders of upcoming special events, go to the Parents' Page on our web site at http://www.roycemoreschool.org/parents


The URL for RenWeb/Parents Web may have changed.  Moving forward please use the instructions below:

Go to www.FACTSmgt.com

Click on the blue Parent Login login button (upper right)

Select FACTS Family Online (ParentsWeb)

The the login screen will appear to logon

As usual, if you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to call or email me.

Please remember there is NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 21 to honor Dr. Martin Luther King.  Our Extended Day Program will NOT be available.

PREVIEW NIGHT/STATE OF THE SCHOOL Thursday, January 24 6:00-7:00 p.m. 

This evening you will hear from Adrianne Finley Odell , Head of School and Tom Ellis, Board Chair, of all the exciting programs that are happening in our school.  You will then go to the classroom in which your children will be in next year to meet the teacher and hear all about the exciting curriculum, projects and activities that they are planning for them. We are all so proud of our amazing faculty and I know you will be too. Fourth Grade parents will hear about our fabulous Middle School from the Middle School faculty. This is what is so wonderful about Roycemore.  We already want you to make that connection with next year's teacher to start a relationship and partnership with them for your children.  There is nothing better than both of you working together for your child.  There will also be an exhibit of what our Middle School students are doing in P3, (Personal Passion Project). and our Upper School students doing in JST (January Short Term). Both of these, plus the Lower School Theme Week in March, are signature programs which set our school apart.
You should have received an invitation by separate email.

Childcare will be available!

MR. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD: Attached to the email accompanying this blog are promo materials for the Roycemore sponsored showing of the film, Won't You Be My Neighbor, the Mr. Rogers documentary.  Please join us in a viewing of this fabulous film!  Here is the link to register:  https://goo.gl/forms/dgx1XVUC8ciotK312 

FAN News: Roycemore is sponsoring a FAN (Family Action Network) speaker on Feb. 21. Yong Zhao will be speaking on "The Reach for Greatness: Education in the Age of Smart Machines" 

PICTURES THIS WEEK: I will be putting a lot of pictures on the blog at different places, but there will always be more at the bottom of the blog.

   1. The Upper School has a signature program called JST (January Short Term). This is the time where the Upper School students have internships and participate in projects which give them real-world experiences while still in high school.  A group of students are interning under P. E. teacher Jessi Wunder.  One of their experiences is to teach basketball skills to our third and fourth graders.  Everyone is learning and having fun.

2.  Mike Byster, a math genius, visited the Grades 1-4 classrooms and showed them how to make math fun by tricks and games.  Everyone loved him.  A lot of parents joined us and were just as amazed as the children.  

  

AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES 

Each week I will list all the activities that we offer, but do know that sometimes, some of them will not go.  Please check them to see which ones are going that week.

Lego Club will NOT meet Monday, January 21 in the First Grade Classroom from 3:15-4:00.

Coding Club will NOT meet Monday, January 21 in the Second Grade Classroom from 3:15-4:00

Martial Arts/Tae Kwon do will meet Tuesday, January 22 in the Multi Purpose Room from 3:15-4:00.
Yoga will meet Tuesday January 22 in the LS Music Room  from 3:15-4:00. 

Sprout will meet Tuesday January 22 in the LS Art Room 118 from 3:15-5:15.

Board Games will meet Wednesday, January 23 in the Grade 3 Classroom from 3:15-4:00. 

Creative Improv will meet Thursday,January 24 in the Lower School Music Room from 2:00-3:00. 
Math Club/Team will meet Thursday, January 24 in Room 230 from 2:15-3:15. 

Chess Club will meet Thursday, January 24 in the Grade 4 classroom from 3:00-4:00 

Sprout will meet Thursday, January 24 in the LS Art Room 118 from 3:00-5:15.

Fitness Fun Friday  will meet Friday, January 25 in the gym from 3:15-4:00. All pick-ups should be at the gym.

SNOW DAYS

For school closures or schedule changes due to weather, texts, emails and voice calls will be used to notify families and faculty/staff, as well as posts on the school website, Facebook and Twitter, and on the Emergency Closing Center website at emergencyclosingcenter.com.

 A REMINDER: Please remember that Roycemore Lower School is a nut/peanut-free environment.  Please remember this when you send in birthday treats and snacks for your children.  There are many other allergies, specific to individual children, so please check with your classroom teacher before sending in treats. Thank you in advance for caring about all of our children.

Please remember when you need more information, such as lunch menus, the weekly bulletin, and reminders of upcoming special events, go to the Parents' Page on our web site at http://www.roycemoreschool.org/parents


The URL for RenWeb/Parents Web may have changed.  Moving forward please use the instructions below:

Go to www.FACTSmgt.com

Click on the blue Parent Login login button (upper right)

Select FACTS Family Online (ParentsWeb)

The the login screen will appear to logon

As usual, if you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to call or email me.

Please remember there is NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 21 to honor Dr. Martin Luther King.  Our Extended Day Program will NOT be available.

PREVIEW NIGHT/STATE OF THE SCHOOL Thursday, January 24 6:00-7:00 p.m. 

This evening you will hear from Adrianne Finley Odell , Head of School and Tom Ellis, Board Chair, of all the exciting programs that are happening in our school.  You will then go to the classroom in which your children will be in next year to meet the teacher and hear all about the exciting curriculum, projects and activities that they are planning for them. We are all so proud of our amazing faculty and I know you will be too. Fourth Grade parents will hear about our fabulous Middle School from the Middle School faculty. This is what is so wonderful about Roycemore.  We already want you to make that connection with next year's teacher to start a relationship and partnership with them for your children.  There is nothing better than both of you working together for your child.  There will also be an exhibit of what our Middle School students are doing in P3, (Personal Passion Project). and our Upper School students doing in JST (January Short Term). Both of these, plus the Lower School Theme Week in March, are signature programs which set our school apart.

Childcare will be available!

PICTURES THIS WEEK: I will be putting a lot of pictures on the blog at different places, but there will always be more at the bottom of the blog.

1. The 2nd Graders studied all the properties of simple machines.  They were then given a Design Thinking problem.  They were elves who worked in a bakery and needed to get the flour, milk, eggs, etc into a mixing bowl that was much taller than they were. How were they going to solve that problem? 

   2. The Pre-kindergartners think they are playing a game, but oh are they learning!

3. The Junior Kindergartners are having a great week back.  They are doing so much and again, oh are they learning.  

  

AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES 

Each week I will list all the activities that we offer, but do know that sometimes, some of them will not go.  Please check them to see which ones are going that week.

Lego Club will meet Monday, January 14 in the First Grade Classroom from 3:15-4:00.

Coding Club will meet Monday, January 14 in the Second Grade Classroom from 3:15-4:00

Martial Arts/Tae Kwon do will meet Tuesday, January 15 in the Multi Purpose Room from 3:15-4:00.
Yoga will meet Tuesday January 15 in the LS Music Room  from 3:15-4:00. 

Sprout will meet Tuesday January 15 in the LS Art Room 118 from 3:15-5:15.

Board Games will meet Wednesday, January 16 in the Grade 3 Classroom from 3:15-4:00. 

Creative Improv will meet Thursday,January 17 in the Lower School Music Room from 2:00-3:00. 
Math Club/Team will meet Thursday, January 17 in Room 230 from 2:15-3:15. 

Chess Club will meet Thursday, January 17 in the Grade 4 classroom from 3:00-4:00 

Sprout will meet Thursday, January 17 in the LS Art Room 118 from 3:00-5:15.

Fitness Fun Friday  will meet Friday, January 18 in the gym from 3:15-4:00. All pick-ups should be at the gym.

SNOW DAYS

For school closures or schedule changes due to weather, texts, emails and voice calls will be used to notify families and faculty/staff, as well as posts on the school website, Facebook and Twitter, and on the Emergency Closing Center website at emergencyclosingcenter.com.

 A REMINDER: Please remember that Roycemore Lower School is a nut/peanut-free environment.  Please remember this when you send in birthday treats and snacks for your children.  There are many other allergies, specific to individual children, so please check with your classroom teacher before sending in treats. Thank you in advance for caring about all of our children.

Please remember when you need more information, such as lunch menus, the weekly bulletin, and reminders of upcoming special events, go to the Parents' Page on our web site at http://www.roycemoreschool.org/parents


The URL for RenWeb/Parents Web may have changed.  Moving forward please use the instructions below:

Go to www.FACTSmgt.com

Click on the blue Parent Login login button (upper right)

Select FACTS Family Online (ParentsWeb)

The the login screen will appear to logon

As usual, if you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to call or email me.

The 2nd Graders creating their "machines"

The Pre-kindergartners learning so much from playing a math game!

The JK kids are studying penguins. Can you tell?

Happy New Year!!
I hope you all had a wonderful winter break.  We are looking forward to seeing you all on Monday, January 7

   Please be sure to bring back all the winder clothes you took with you over break.  With this beautiful January weather, we will be going out on Monday. We go out everyday if the temperature is over 20 degrees.

Don't Miss the Early Childhood and Kindergarten Expo!

We invite you to join us for an Early Childhood and Kindergarten Expo on Saturday, January 12th, from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.  Families and children are encouraged to explore our Pre-Kindergarten, Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten classrooms. Our expert teachers will engage children as they take part in interactive STEAM based activities and make something fun to take home!

Families will also enjoy locally-sourced snacks from our food service provider, HandCut Foods and enjoy a story with our delightful and energetic librarian.

Current and prospective families are welcome! 

Please remember there is NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 21 to honor Dr. Martin Luther King.  Our Extended Day Program will NOT be available.

PICTURES THIS WEEK: I will be putting a lot of pictures on the blog at different places, but there will always be more at the bottom of the blog.
1. The Kindergarten finished their study of Transportation by putting on a "Car Show" for their parents and other students in Lower School.  All of the students designed their own vehicles and created them using recyclable materials. 

  2. Wassail was wonderful! All the Griffin Buddies got together to make blankets for Project Linus.  We then sang Holiday songs and had treats.  It was so much fun, and we made 55 blankets for children who are ill and in the hospital. It was a great way to end the year! 

  3. The Pre-kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten celebrated the end of 2018 by making gingerbread men which ran away and they had to find them.  They found them in and then made houses for them with help from their parents.

AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES 

Each week I will list all the activities that we offer, but do know that sometimes, some of them will not go.  Please check them to see which ones are going that week.

 THE 2019 WINTER REGISTRATION FORM WAS SENT OUT IN A SEPARATE EMAIL. THEY WILL START JANUARY 14.
We still have spaces in most of our clubs and activities.  If your child would like to attend and you have not signed them up, you may still do so. An email from you will suffice.

SNOW DAYS

For school closures or schedule changes due to weather, texts, emails and voice calls will be used to notify families and faculty/staff, as well as posts on the school website, Facebook and Twitter, and on the Emergency Closing Center website at emergencyclosingcenter.com.

 A REMINDER: Please remember that Roycemore Lower School is a nut/peanut-free environment.  Please remember this when you send in birthday treats and snacks for your children.  There are many other allergies, specific to individual children, so please check with your classroom teacher before sending in treats. Thank you in advance for caring about all of our children.

Please remember when you need more information, such as lunch menus, the weekly bulletin, and reminders of upcoming special events, go to the Parents' Page on our web site at http://www.roycemoreschool.org/parents


The URL for RenWeb/Parents Web may have changed.  Moving forward please use the instructions below:

Go to www.FACTSmgt.com

Click on the blue Parent Login login button (upper right)

Select FACTS Family Online (ParentsWeb)

The the login screen will appear to logon

As usual, if you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate to call or email me.