Rutledge H. Pearson Tigers, please help us inform the community! What will voters see on the ballot this November?

The ballot language shows that funding will continue to support teacher and staff compensation, as well as arts and athletics.

We’re sharing the official language so our community can understand exactly what will appear on the November 3 ballot.

Learn more about the 1-mill referendum, including frequently asked questions and funding information, at https://www.duvalschools.org/o/dcps/page/vote.

For Teachers. For Students. For Duval. Our Progress Continues.

Why is the 1 mill back on the ballot this November?

The current 1-mill was approved by Duval County voters in 2022, and under Florida law, voters must consider its continuation every four years.

The 1 mill has helped support teacher compensation and efforts to recruit and retain qualified, certified educators. Since 2022, teacher vacancies have declined, teacher retention has increased, and Duval County Public Schools has become an A-rated district for two consecutive years.

As we approach the November election, we’ll be sharing factual information to help our school community understand what the 1 mill is, how the funding is used, and what voters will be asked to consider.

For more FAQs visit the DCPS website - https://www.duvalschools.org/o/dcps/page/vote-faqs

Welcome Back Rutledge Pearson families!

This is your weekly update for the week of September 28th through October 2nd. We have a pretty busy week ahead, so I highlighted the events below:

This is the start of FTE Week. It will run through October 9th. Attendance is extremely important for FTE. Please make sure students are at school and on time.

Our Good Pop Popcorn Fundraiser starts on Monday at 5 pm and closes on Monday, October 5th at 5 pm. Our goal is to raise $5,000 for the school so we can increase our rewards for Attendance and Behavior through field trips. The top 10 sellers will win lunch with Ms. Adkins. They can order, and we will eat VIP in the conference room with a TV. I appreciate your support in advance!

Our first SAC and PTA meeting of the school year will take place on Tuesday at 5:00 pm in the Media Center. Our PTA finally has the all-clear! After years of working through three schools' former PTA's and re-establishing ourselves, we finally have a brand-new EIN number, and we are ready to get started! Please come out and be a part of something special and new! See you then!

We will have a Meet and Greet for our 3rd grade teachers, Ms. Aderhold and Ms. Frazier, that are new to the grade level. It is an informal visit. The Meet and Greet will be on Thursday, October 1st from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. We are scheduling meet and greets this week for Ms. Metellus and Ms. M. Jones. So please be on the lookout for this invite soon.

We will have two field trips this week. The first one is for half of the kindergarten classes on Thursday, October 1st and the other half will attend the next Thursday, October 8th. They are going to the Public Library. Our 5th graders are going to Jacksonville STEM Academy to participate in various science activities and also experience a middle school opportunity. 110 of our 5th graders will attend on Friday, October 2nd. Look for permission slips on Monday.

We are looking forward to a great week! Enjoy the rest of your weekend. We will see you on Monday morning!

Good evening families,

just a reminder if you have not signed the green permission slip for our Garden Party Fridays for the entire year, that I need those signed and returned to school. We cannot allow your child to participate until they return the form to their teacher. Our first garden party is this Friday! Please don’t miss out!

Our 4th and 5th graders will take a survey screener on Friday. This is to give us information on your child around their social and emotional growth. if you do not want your child to participate then please complete the opt out form that was sent home today and send it back before Friday morning. If a form is not returned then the child will take the survey.

Have a great rest of your week and a wonderful evening!

Welcome back families! Here are your weekly updates for September 21-25.

College Week starts on Monday and runs through Friday. We will have several dress up days and activities for students to do through the week.

Tuesday-Hat's Off to Higher Education: Cap or hat of college or favorite college

Wednesday- Future Career Day ("When I Grow Up")- what do you want to be when you grow up

Thursday- Pennant or Mascot Colors Day: Wear the specific colors of a targeted college or your local high school feeder school.

Friday- College T-Shirt Day- wear your college or favorite college shirt

We will have our 1st Garden Party Friday of the school year. There will be a permission slip going home that must be signed if you wish for your child to participate in all of them this school year. On Garden Party Fridays, we hold our BIZI store, Resourxe Awards, Student of the Month celebration, monthly attendance awards, and school dances. We choose to have a Friday that involves our events so that we can maximize instructional days through the rest of the month. We will have these events this Friday.

Our Back to School dance costs $5. Money is due by Wednesday.

We will have a busy but fun week ahead of us. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and see you on Monday!

YES! For Teachers. For Students. For Duval. Our Progress Continues.

Welcome back Tiger Nation! I hope you had a great weekend! We are back for another great week! Here is an update on what we will have going on this week.

State Testing will start this week for kindergarten and 1st grade. This will be an all-week event since they must complete both Reading PM and Math PM. They usually test in small groups, which is why the week long window. Please make sure all students are on time each day. We will have breakfast at school each morning. We will start with testing groups right at 9:00 am. This is a baseline to see where they are and what we need to do to push them forward. Once testing is completed, parents will receive a data sheet to let them know where their child scored.

Progress Reports will be published in FOCUS for you to view on your parent account on Wednesday. The district pushed back on publishing progress reports due to district Wi-Fi and FOCUS concerns. That problem is being corrected this weekend.

Dads and Donuts will be on Thursday from 8:00 am-8:30 am. It will happen in the car rider drop-off. We will have donuts and reading information for dads, granddads, uncles, or pastors as they drive through the car rider line on Thursday morning! We are doing this method because of the state testing we have going on this week. So, calling all father figures out there...drive your student through the line, receive a donut, take a picture with our staff and student, and get information to help your student at home! We will be out in the line from 8:00 am-8:30am. We are excited to see you on Thursday! Look for a flyer on Monday to come home!

Have a great rest of your weekend! See everyone on Monday morning!

Good evening RHP Families,

A few mid-week reminders for everyone.

2nd-5th grade will continue testing tomorrow for Day 2. We had 30 students in 2nd-5th grade who were absent and missed Day 1 of testing, out of 473 students who were tested. I am looking for 100% attendance tomorrow in those grade levels. No makeups are the goal! Make sure students are on time and in good spirits! We will start testing around 9 am.

Open House is tomorrow (Thursday) for 3rd-5th grade. We will open the doors at 5:50 pm and start promptly in the cafeteria at 6:00 pm. We will start with a few announcements and introductions and then move to classrooms. Remember, this is not a chance to have a conference. This is to get information about expectations for your child this school year and what you can do at home to help! Open House will end at 7:15 pm. The class that has the most students who attend will receive a pizza party!

We are excited to see students for testing tomorrow and parent's tomorrow evening!

Happy Labor Day weekend, everyone!

Just a reminder that we do not have school on Monday to observe the holiday. Enjoy this time however you decide to celebrate it.

This week, we will have state PM1 testing for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. We will test on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Please make sure you are on time for school because we will start on time at 9:00 am. Students will eat breakfast at school, so make sure they are on time to do so. This assessment can last the majority of the day, so make sure that students are well-rested by going to bed early the nights before testing. State testing can be mentally draining, so they need the rest. Encourage students because this assessment will contain a lot of information they have not been taught yet. They are being tested on end-of-year grade-level material. We want them to try their best and give it their all.

Open House for 3rd-5th grade will be on Thursday from 6:00 pm-7:15 pm. We will open the doors at 5:50 pm and start in the cafeteria first at 6:00 pm with some announcements, updates, and introductions. We will then break out into classrooms. Open House will end at 7:15 pm, so please make sure you are on time so that you can learn about what your child is doing and what you can do to help your child at home.

Progress Reports will be available through your child's Parent FOCUS account on Friday. We will not print and send Progress Report or Report Cards this school year. Student grades will be available only through FOCUS. If you do not have a parent portal account, please look into getting one set up as soon as possible.

Vision and Hearing for Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 3rd grade will occur on Friday in the morning. We will start at 9:00 am so please make sure they are on campus for those screenings.

Have a great and safe Labor Day weekend. We will see you all on Tuesday morning!