Sunday, February 3, 2019



LUNAR NEW YEAR All Roycemore students will celebrate the Lunar New Year, the year of the pig, on Tuesday, February 5th! Our children will be with their Upper School Griffin Buddy to celebrate. This year, students will enjoy a presentation, art project and story time.  Should be a fun time for all!

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!  For more information and to sign up, please visit this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JsoUdcmCSxJNbW0axs5RE3l1WLHsWvMBPh4fYyEoHcI/edit?ts=5c4f28c9


MR. ROGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD, February 13Attached 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 Lower School has a math block where skills are taught for four days a week and on on the fifth real life math projects and games are created and played to show our children that math is not just paper and pencil.

2.  The Third and Fourth Graders are studying space.  They are creating planets and researching information about different aspects of space. 
  
 3.  This month is Black History Month.  You will see what they children are studying all over Lower School.










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, February 4 in the First Grade Classroom from 3:15-4:00.
Coding Club will meet Monday, February 4 in the Second Grade Classroom from 3:15-4:00
Martial Arts/Tae Kwon do will meet Tuesday, February 5 in the Multi Purpose Room from 3:15-4:00.
Yoga will meet Tuesday February 5 in the LS Music Room  from 3:15-4:00. 
Sprout will meet Tuesday February 5 in the LS Art Room 118 from 3:15-5:15.
Board Games will meet Wednesday, February 6 in the Grade 3 Classroom from 3:15-4:00. 
Creative Improv will meet Thursday, February 7 in the Lower School Music Room from 2:00-3:00. 
Math Club/Team will meet Thursday, February 7 in Room 230 from 2:15-3:15. 
Chess Club will meet Thursday, February 7 in the Grade 4 classroom from 3:00-4:00 
Sprout will meet Thursday, February 7 in the LS Art Room 118 from 3:00-5:15.
Fitness Fun Friday  will meet Friday, February 8 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.









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