FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - The countdown is on — just ONE month until the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 10. Take small steps now to get ready: Adjust sleep schedules a little each week, gather school supplies and organize backpacks, keep learning going with 20 minutes of reading or math each day, mark important school dates on your family calendar, and start practicing morning routines. We can't wait to welcome everyone back for another amazing year!
Welcome back, families, to another great week at Rutledge Pearson Elementary! Here are your weekly updates for the week of August 24th-28th.
STAR CBM Reading assessment will take place this week. This is not a state assessment. This is another beginning of the year assessment that teachers can use to gain additional information on how to plan instruction, centers, and small group for each child. Teachers will assess each child in their class individually and the assessment takes about 5 minutes per student. If you have any additional questions, please reach out to your child's teacher.
5th graders will attend a field trip to the Marine Science Center this week. We will have 3 classes attend on Tuesday and another 3 classes attend on Wednesday. Please make sure your student is at school on time because the bus will leave right at 9:15 am to make it all the way to Mayport. The bus will not wait. This field trip is important to the science content that is taught this school year, but it is also a fun and wonderful experience for kids.
BIZI Day is on Friday! BIZI is a program we use as a school to reward students for Attendance, Grades, and Behavior. Students earn dollar amounts for each category based on performance. Students do not receive the attendance reward if they are tardy or checked out early. They must be in attendance all day. If students meet the expectations of the school, they can then use those dollars to purchase items from our school store each month. Friday is our first BIZI delivery day!
On Friday we will have 20 special guests on campus from the Unity Classic Game that will occur this weekend between Edward Waters University and Florida Memorial University. We will have 10 football players from EWU and 10 football players from FMU visiting classes and reading with students. Our school along with 4 others were chosen for this opportunity. Check out social media after the visit to see the pictures from the special day!
A few reminders about arrival and dismissal. For arrival, please do not drop off students before 8 am or allow them to walk too early to school. We will not have adult supervision until 8 am. We want to keep kids safe and that starts with our families. For dismissal, please do not check your child out early everyday so you do not have to wait in line. We are monitoring those early check outs and truancy will start calling September 1st. Your child also misses out on instruction and their BIZI attendance money. Keep your child in school every day unless there is an appointment.
We are on to Week 3! Let's make this a wonderful week.
STAR CBM Reading assessment will take place this week. This is not a state assessment. This is another beginning of the year assessment that teachers can use to gain additional information on how to plan instruction, centers, and small group for each child. Teachers will assess each child in their class individually and the assessment takes about 5 minutes per student. If you have any additional questions, please reach out to your child's teacher.
5th graders will attend a field trip to the Marine Science Center this week. We will have 3 classes attend on Tuesday and another 3 classes attend on Wednesday. Please make sure your student is at school on time because the bus will leave right at 9:15 am to make it all the way to Mayport. The bus will not wait. This field trip is important to the science content that is taught this school year, but it is also a fun and wonderful experience for kids.
BIZI Day is on Friday! BIZI is a program we use as a school to reward students for Attendance, Grades, and Behavior. Students earn dollar amounts for each category based on performance. Students do not receive the attendance reward if they are tardy or checked out early. They must be in attendance all day. If students meet the expectations of the school, they can then use those dollars to purchase items from our school store each month. Friday is our first BIZI delivery day!
On Friday we will have 20 special guests on campus from the Unity Classic Game that will occur this weekend between Edward Waters University and Florida Memorial University. We will have 10 football players from EWU and 10 football players from FMU visiting classes and reading with students. Our school along with 4 others were chosen for this opportunity. Check out social media after the visit to see the pictures from the special day!
A few reminders about arrival and dismissal. For arrival, please do not drop off students before 8 am or allow them to walk too early to school. We will not have adult supervision until 8 am. We want to keep kids safe and that starts with our families. For dismissal, please do not check your child out early everyday so you do not have to wait in line. We are monitoring those early check outs and truancy will start calling September 1st. Your child also misses out on instruction and their BIZI attendance money. Keep your child in school every day unless there is an appointment.
We are on to Week 3! Let's make this a wonderful week.
Weekly Updates August 17th-21st
We had a successful first week back to school, and a special thank you to all of our students and families for making that happen. We are ready to begin our second week, and here are a few events happening this week:
Baseline assessments will continue this week. Many of our teachers started last week once students were in and settled. However, they will continue this week as well. For our Kindergarten and 1st graders, they are moving through those baselines a little slower since they must also continue with those everyday rituals and routines of how the classroom works and how things should run.
Boys and Girls Club after-school program will start on Monday for those who received acceptance and also attended the parent meeting. If you were accepted but did not attend the parent meeting, then your child will not be allowed to start on Monday. With the start of Boys and Girls Club, we will see a decrease in our car rider line and walkers' line over the next few days. Those should start to move quickly and smoother.
As a reminder for our car rider parents, if you walk up to the door, you will be turned away, or you will wait until we call those who are in the line. Our system is efficient, and the car rider line will move if you are in your car. Please do not become belligerent or rude; instead, please follow the rules.
Also, to our families that have students that are late pick up: school gets out at 3:00 pm and our line the last few days has been finished by 3:30. Next week we will be around 3:15. If students are continuously late being picked up our School Officer will make a call and then we will place the student in Extended Day for a late fee charged to the parent.
Thank you for being patient and making our first week of school successful! Have a great weekend and we will see you on Monday morning!
We had a successful first week back to school, and a special thank you to all of our students and families for making that happen. We are ready to begin our second week, and here are a few events happening this week:
Baseline assessments will continue this week. Many of our teachers started last week once students were in and settled. However, they will continue this week as well. For our Kindergarten and 1st graders, they are moving through those baselines a little slower since they must also continue with those everyday rituals and routines of how the classroom works and how things should run.
Boys and Girls Club after-school program will start on Monday for those who received acceptance and also attended the parent meeting. If you were accepted but did not attend the parent meeting, then your child will not be allowed to start on Monday. With the start of Boys and Girls Club, we will see a decrease in our car rider line and walkers' line over the next few days. Those should start to move quickly and smoother.
As a reminder for our car rider parents, if you walk up to the door, you will be turned away, or you will wait until we call those who are in the line. Our system is efficient, and the car rider line will move if you are in your car. Please do not become belligerent or rude; instead, please follow the rules.
Also, to our families that have students that are late pick up: school gets out at 3:00 pm and our line the last few days has been finished by 3:30. Next week we will be around 3:15. If students are continuously late being picked up our School Officer will make a call and then we will place the student in Extended Day for a late fee charged to the parent.
Thank you for being patient and making our first week of school successful! Have a great weekend and we will see you on Monday morning!
Welcome back RHP families! We are going to have a GREAT first day of school!
Good evening! Tomorrow is the first day of school. Parents if your child will be a car rider, please see the entrance of and the direction of the car rider line in the map. Following this route will ensure the safety of all of our students and staff. See you tomorrow morning!
Welcome back, everyone!
Tomorrow is the first day of school. Parents are allowed to walk students inside the building on Monday and Tuesday. You may enter to walk in and visit your child's teacher, drop off supplies, or give their mode of transportation for the week. Once you do so, we ask that you exit the building. We will start doing sweeps at 8:20 am and then announce 8:25 am for parents to exit the building. We must start our day by 8:30 am. Please Park in the parking lot and do not park in the car rider lanes. This will cause a backup for the flow of traffic. We will have staff outside assisting with students being dropped off in the car rider zone.
Dismissal will be chaotic this week due to the Boys and Girls Club not starting until August 17th. We are anticipating around 300 car riders on Day 1. Please follow the rules. We will have 2 car rider lanes so that we can get more cars in. Ms. Allen will record names and call them over the walkie. As you pull up, they will be there to get into your car. PLEASE DO NOT WALK UP to get your child. Our new Police Officer, Mr. Mitchell, will turn you away. You must be in a car. We will not stop to talk either. We will be working hard to get students in cars in 95-degree weather. Car riders will be dismissed around 3:50 pm.
Walkers will be dismissed down the sidewalk and towards the walkers' corner. They will be dismissed first around 2:45 pm in waves. Students without siblings will go first and then siblings will be dismissed last.
Please be patient with us and supportive. We are trying to get everyone home safely. Dismissal the first week of school is the most stressful part of the beginning of the school year. We are excited to see everyone first thing in the morning! It's going to be a great year!
Final weekend before school begins!
Parents, just a reminder to make sure you have registered for a bus if you live more the 2 miles away through your Parent FOCUS account.
Make sure all school supplies or items needed for the first week are ready for Monday, if possible.
Parents will be able to walk students into the building and to class on Monday and Tuesday only. Wednesday, we will start our regular schedule of drop-off.
A car rider map will be posted on Thrillshare this weekend and provide on Monday morning.,
Take this weekend to something fun to close out the summer. We are all excited for the first day. My first Sunday evening message will go out this weekend with updates for the first day of school.
Have a great weekend!
Parents, just a reminder to make sure you have registered for a bus if you live more the 2 miles away through your Parent FOCUS account.
Make sure all school supplies or items needed for the first week are ready for Monday, if possible.
Parents will be able to walk students into the building and to class on Monday and Tuesday only. Wednesday, we will start our regular schedule of drop-off.
A car rider map will be posted on Thrillshare this weekend and provide on Monday morning.,
Take this weekend to something fun to close out the summer. We are all excited for the first day. My first Sunday evening message will go out this weekend with updates for the first day of school.
Have a great weekend!
Mark your calendars!
Good morning, families!
Extended Day Registration opened today. As a reminder, we offer both before-school and after-school care. Extended Day starts the first day of school.
To apply, visit the Duval County Public Schools webpage (www.duvalschool.org); once the page loads, scroll down about halfway to a story about Extended Day. Click there. On that page, it will provide a link to the Extended Day webpage. Once you click there, the page will have a registration button near the bottom. Complete the information needed for registration.
Spots will fill up fast, so do not hesitate. Last year we reached our capacity for Extended Day enrollment. Act fast!
Have a great rest of your summer!
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Good morning RHP families,
I hope your summer is going well. We are about one month until we return for another school year. Look for some important information coming out soon through our website and social media pages. School supply lists and other back-to-school information will be out very soon. We are mailing home Orientation Postcards around the middle of July so that you have plenty of time to make arrangements.
Below is a great opportunity from one of our Faith-Based partners near the school.
Vacation Bible School will be held at First Fruits Church at 4100 Beverly Ave and will run Sunday pm, July 5th-Thursday pm, July 9th, from 6:00 pm- 8:30 pm. They will have food, activities, and fun available.
Enjoy the holiday weekend! Look for more posts to come out soon!