Rutledge H. Pearson Elementary

Happy Sunday Rutledge Pearson Families! We hope you have enjoyed your weekend but we are back for another great week! We have several events happening this week and we would love for you to be a part. Wednesday we will send home Report Cards. This is the only nine weeks we will print and send them home. Please check your child's backpack on Wednesday afternoon. On THursday, we will have our Literacy Night and Trunk or Treat. Literacy Night starts at 5:30pm for a presentation by JPEF and then starting at 6pm we will have our teachers with reading tables set up for you to visit. We will also have our Book Character Pumpkins for you to vote on. We are rewarding the pumpkin in K-2nd and 3rd-5th with a pizza party. I'm sure you want your child's class to win so come out a vote. You must visit the reading tables and vote to receive a check off on your passport. This passport will be used to get you into the Trunk or Treat which will be in the bus loop. We are excited to have so many of you come out and celebrate Reading! Our 1st Nine Weeks Awards Ceremony will be on Friday. Look for a flyer on Monday with the exact times for each grade level. We are happy to celebrate our students accomplishments. See everyone on Monday morning! Have a great rest of your weekend!

Good Evening Rutledge Pearson families, This is Principal Adkins with an update for the week. As you all know by now there will not be school for the rest of the week due to Hurricane Milton. The decision to close school is never an easy one but it is made with an abundance of caution. As a result, students will return to campus on Tuesday, October 15th. Just a reminder that Monday is a Teacher Planning Day so there will be no school for students. Wednesday our teachers are working from home to grade assignments and complete grades. We are working to reschedule our 3rd-5th grade Open House for next Thursday, October 17th at 6:00pm. A flyer went home today with students, and another will go home when we return. Please make sure you are in attendance. Shelters are open during the storm for those that may need one. The closest one in our area is the Legends Center. If you or anyone you know needs help during the storm, please direct them there. Shelters will open on Wednesday morning at 8:00am. Please stay safe and take care of one another. We will see you all when we return to campus on Tuesday.

Welcome back RHP, This is the last week of the 1st nine weeks. Teachers will be finalizing first quarter grades on Friday. Please encourage students to finish strong. We will post final grades to FOCUS by Friday, October 18th. Awards Ceremonies will occur after grades are posted. We will send home fliers as soon as we finalize the date and times. Picture Day is tomorrow (Monday). Make sure students are on time since we have a scheduled time for each grade level. If students miss their scheduled time they will be forced to do a makeup in November. We are excited to have picture day for the first time in the new building. Open House for 3rd-5th grade has been rescheduled for this Thursday, October 10th. We will start at 6pm and end around 7pm. Please come out and meet the teachers and learn about the expectations for students. This is a way that you can see what they are doing in class, look at data, and where they need to be at the end of the year as far as state testing. We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday. Let's make it a great week!

Hello RHP families, I hope you all weathered the storm and are happy to be back on Monday. This week we are easing back into it. Here are the events for this week and look out for a flyer to go home about rescheduling Open House for our 3rd through 5th graders. SAC and PTA meeting is on Thursday at 5pm in the Media Center. We hope to see you all there. Our Student of the Month Celebration for September has been rescheduled for this Friday at 1:30pm. Another invitation will go home to families with specific details. BIZI bucks are up for grabs with attendance, uniforms, and grades. Students will be able to make purchases at the end of October. Ask your child about the BIZI store! We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday morning. Hava great rest of your Sunday!

Welcome Back Tiger Nation to Week #7! It is a busy week for us so please stay up to date with what is happening this week. Wednesday is Early Dismissal. We will dismiss PreK at 12:30pm and everyone else at 1pm. If your child is car rider please make sure they are picked up on time. Our teachers and staff have a meeting at 1:20pm so there will not be any supervision for kids after that. Please plan accordingly. Wednesday is also our House Meeting at 8:35am so please come dressed in your house gear and colors. Our teachers and staff are always representing their house and we want kids to do the same! We will also have our BIZI store for kids to cash in their behavior and academic dollars. Thursday is Open House for ALL 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade families. Please come out! Our teachers have a lot to share with you and they'd love to show what your kids have been working on for the last 7 weeks! Open House starts at 6pm and ends around 7pm. Friday is our Student of the Month Celebration for September. We will send home invites to families of the students selected to represent their class for the character trait Responsibility. Please have students on time and present every day! They are being rewarded with BIZI dollars for academics, attendance, and uniforms. Some students already have over a thousand BIZI bucks! Keep up the great work! See everyone on Monday morning ready to conquer the week!

Welcome to Week 6 Tiger Family! Reminder that Progress Reports were posted to FOCUS on Friday afternoon. Please check your parent FOCUS account to see your child's grades for the first 5 weeks of school. The 1st nine weeks will end on October 11th so we still have 4 weeks left for students to bring up grades. We will have our Open House for PreK-2nd grade families this Thursday, September 19th from 6pm-7:15pm. We will open the doors for families to report to their child's class at 6pm. Actual Open House will begin at 6:08pm to allow for families to make it to the rooms and sign in. A special message will be played from me when you get there and then we will move into Open House. Remember this is an opportunity for you to learn about what students have been doing the first 5 weeks for school and looking at some early data. If you wish to set up a conference you can sign up that evening. We have 380 students in PreK-2nd grade so we are hoping to see 380 parents! We look forward to seeing all PreK-2nd grade families on Thursday! Friday is represent your house! If you purchased a House shirt please wear that. If your child does not have a house we will make sure they do by Friday. We will have our first House Meeting the following week. It will be lots of fun! Make sure students are on time because instruction is important and starts right away. We do not want them to miss anything. We are soaring to new heights this year and that starts with students being at school! See everyone on Monday morning bright and early!

Welcome Back Tiger Nation! We hope you had a great weekend, even though the Jaguars lost! Better luck next week! This week we have some important events happening. Testing this week will start for 3rd through 5th grades. They will test both Reading and Math for state PM1 testing. Testing for 1st grade will start this week too. We had to delay due to changes to classrooms. All testing will begin on Tuesday morning. 3rd through 5th will test on Tuesday and Wednesday and 1st grade will test Tuesday through Friday. Please make sure students are at school and on time each day. Progress Reports will be available through your child's FOCUS account on Friday. If your child has a D or an F they are endanger of failing the nine weeks. We will have 4 weeks left in the quarter to bring up those grades. Please reach out to your child's teacher to set up and conference. They will be able to show you student data and daily work so that you can see current progress and what needs to be addressed. We are looking forward to another great week at Rutledge H. Pearson. See everyone bright and early on Monday morning!

We hope everyone had a wonderful and enjoyable 3-day weekend! As we return on Tuesday, we will return to some testing for Kindergarten and 1st grade. They will begin state testing this week with PM1. Make sure students are on time and present each day. We will have our first SAC and PTA meeting this Thursday in the Media Center at 5pm. We are looking for our new SAC President! On Friday we will have our first dance of the year. The dance will support our safety patrols. The cost is $3 and snacks will sold at the dance for additional cost. Money to attend the dance will be collected until Thursday. No money will be accepted on Friday. This will allow for us to get accurate numbers and purchase items. Have a great rest of your holiday weekend! We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday morning!

Welcome Back as we enter Week 3! We will start State testing for 2nd grade and VPK this week.2nd grade will be Tuesday and Wednesday. VPK will be one on one throughout the week. Our Kindergarten and 1st grade will continue testing CBM Reading for UFLI baseline. Please encourage students to do their best and make sure they are here everyday and on time. 4th grade families if your child received a Read USA permission slip please look at it, sign it, and return it. It is free Reading tutoring for your child. The program is amazing and will help close gaps with reading and comprehension. Ask your child about BIZI! It is our new system we are using to increase positive behavior, academic improvement, attendance, and uniforms. Your child earns BIZI bucks everyday for coming to school, dressing in uniform, and following rules. This Friday they will earn bucks based off grades. For every A, B, and C they will receive a specific dollar amount. The more A's you have the more dollars you collect! Their first pay period for grades will be on Friday. Have students show you the money they earn. Students will be able to purchase items from our school store with the money the earn. Their first purchase will happen in September! Parents please follow the rules of the school. Traffic is big for us and we have an officer that is helping direct traffic. Make sure you follow speed limits and direction. Do not park on the grass on the side. Be mindful of students walking as well. Early pick up ends at 2:15pm. If you continue to pick kids up early they will miss vital instruction. Follow dismissal procedures. Students must be picked up by 3:30pm. Late parents will receive a warning and then we will have to start making phone calls to other agencies such as DCF and JSO. We have families that we must pick up as well and we cannot do that if students are left at school until 4:30-5:00 each day. We are looking forward to another great week! Thank you for your continued support!

Welcome back to Week 2 here at Rutledge H. Pearson Elementary! We hope each of you had a great weekend! We had an amazing first week. Thank you for making our start smooth. This is the sign of an amazing year. Here are a few updates for this week. Boys and Girls Club after-school program will start on Monday. If you were notified via email of your child's spot and attended Orientation last week, then they will stay after school starting on Monday. If you have any questions please let Ms. Menefee know. Please continue to be patient with us around dismissal. We are in such a better place with dismissal this year compared to last school year. This is because of you and helping us with the rules in place. Keep up the great work families! Our PreK, Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 3rd grade students will participate in vision and hearing screenings. This will take place during the day on Monday. Our 5th graders will have a field trip on Thursday and Friday to the Marine Science Center. Parents please make sure they have turned in their signed permission slip. They must also wear a uniform shirt in order to attend. This will assist us with them staying with the group. Please check your child's folder and make sure they are returning it back to school each day. This will allow them to earn their BIZI dollars each day. They can earn BIZI dollars for attendance, grades, responsibility of materials and homework, and social interaction. Ask your child about BIZI today! Have a great week!!