Rio Minders December 8th‐19th - Rio del Mar Elementary School
Rio Minders December 8th‐19th - Rio del Mar Elementary School
Rio Minders December 8th‐19th - Rio del Mar Elementary School
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Dear <strong>Rio</strong> Families,<br />
<strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Minders</strong> <strong>December</strong> 8 th‐19th <br />
In this issue:<br />
Dates to Remember<br />
Principals Message<br />
Parent Alliance<br />
Honor Roll and Principal’s List<br />
A Message from Our Principal<br />
I hope you all enjoyed some time with<br />
family and friends over the Thanksgiving break. The<br />
children returned happy and renewed or maybe it was<br />
just me.<br />
On the Tuesday before we left for<br />
Thanksgiving Break we celebrated our upper grade<br />
students’ academic accomplishments and stellar<br />
behavior with our “Big Spin” Assembly. If you’re not<br />
familiar with our “Big Spin” Assembly, allow me to<br />
enlighten you. First, all fifth and sixth grade students<br />
who earned themselves a place on the honor roll or on<br />
the principal’s list are announced and congratulated.<br />
Honor Roll requires at least three A’s with the<br />
remaining grades as B’s and, of course, no N’s. The<br />
Principal’s List requires all A’s and, of course, no N’s.<br />
Fourth graders are not included in the Honor Roll or<br />
Principal’s list as it’s their first year of letter grades<br />
and that in and of itself is a bit of an adjustment. They<br />
will have ample opportunity in fifth and sixth. The<br />
grand finale is the Big Spin Drawing where the names<br />
of all fourth through sixth grade students who have not<br />
received any pink or blue slips are drawn for each<br />
grade level. When a student’s name is drawn, s/he is<br />
invited to come up and spin the Big Spin Wheel They<br />
have the opportunity to win a pizza party, an ice cream<br />
party, a gift certificate to Baskin and Robbins or a<br />
movie pass. It’s a raucous event shared by all.<br />
I am excited to announce that our computer<br />
lab is very close to opening. The furniture is in, the<br />
cabling is in, and the computers are set up with the<br />
added security of cable locks. We only need to<br />
complete the “imaging” of our computers. We hope to<br />
be up and running after winter break. The staff has<br />
been working diligently on designing a scope and<br />
sequence of technology skills as well as tech projects<br />
for each grade level.<br />
As a reminder we have a NONrestructured<br />
Wednesday, <strong>December</strong> 17 th, the week<br />
before break. Students will be dismissed at 2:05<br />
instead of 12:05. We have a three-week winter break<br />
with our last day of school being Friday, <strong>December</strong><br />
19 th . Students return on Tuesday, January 13 th . I<br />
wish each and every one of you a wonderful, fun-filled<br />
and restful holiday break with family and friends. See<br />
you when we return.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Deborah Dorney, Principal<br />
“The highest result of education is tolerance. “<br />
Helen Keller<br />
Parent Alliance News <br />
<br />
Next Parent Alliance Meeting:<br />
Tuesday, <strong>December</strong> 9 th , 6:30pm. Childcare<br />
and refreshments provided.<br />
<br />
See’s Candy orders will be ready for pick up in the<br />
Cafeteria on Monday, <strong>December</strong> 8 th . Times are:<br />
7:45am– 8:15 am, or 1:45 – 4:00pm, or 6:00 – 8:00<br />
pm.<br />
If you need special arrangements outside of these<br />
hours, please call Michelle Chapa at 688-1034. There<br />
will be a few extra $5.00 boxes of holiday candy for sale<br />
at the time of pick up.<br />
Thank you for supporting our school!<br />
<br />
Jogathon Thank You<br />
We’d like to thank all the volunteers who signed<br />
up to help at the Jogathon. A huge thank you goes to:<br />
Tony Picone, Ted Goyette, Hillary Sweet, Heather Bragga,<br />
Ellen Abelar, Tawni Pardue, Linda Feldbrugge, Debbie<br />
Collins, Denise Russo, Stacey Ely, Kimberly Grover, Katie<br />
Esche, Veronica Seitchick, Jennifer Spinelli, Dave Wardle,<br />
Cindy Evans, Christy Tall, Michelle Rossi, Lisa Bruce,<br />
Grandpa and Grandma Chapa, Kathleen DeFancesco,<br />
Allysen Lanagan, Gabby Mackle, Kristin Witwam and last<br />
but not least <strong>Mar</strong>ia and Gayle in the office.<br />
In addition to all who signed up to help, we thank<br />
all the room parents and parent volunteers who came out<br />
that day to help in the classrooms, distribute water, or came<br />
by to cheer on the children. To all of you, we wish to express<br />
our sincere appreciation. This event could not have been as<br />
successful without all of your help.<br />
Thank you!<br />
Andrea Burrell and Brenda Picone<br />
<strong>December</strong> Restaurant Day<br />
Take a night off and order Pizza!<br />
Call Pizza 1 on Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 9 th . 684-1110<br />
253 Center Street in Seacliff.<br />
11am to 9pm.<br />
Please tell them you’re from <strong>Rio</strong> when Paying. <br />
<br />
Parent Alliance has a Blog!<br />
Our blog can be seen at <br />
http://rio<strong>del</strong>marpa.blogspot.com. <br />
Why check the blog? Because the blog is <br />
constantly updated with timely and important <br />
information you need to know! The Parent <br />
Alliance is you! <br />
<br />
Or, click the Parent Alliance tab on the <strong>Rio</strong> Del <br />
<strong>Mar</strong> website at <br />
http://www.rio<strong>del</strong>mar.pvusd.net. Current <br />
meeting minutes are now listed on the RDM <br />
website.
<br />
Important Dates to Remember<br />
**Wednesday, <strong>December</strong> 17 th dismissal at 2:05.<br />
**Winter Break: <strong>December</strong> 22nd-January 12 th .<br />
Honor Roll Students<br />
Mr. Kitch<br />
Isabel Andrew<br />
Brannon Berkley<br />
Sophia Bruce<br />
Ian Chiu<br />
Graham Feldbrugge<br />
Rachel Fisher<br />
Jack Harris<br />
Thomas Hayes<br />
Taylor Lee<br />
Emily Manabe<br />
Jacob Niles<br />
Allyson Picone<br />
Olivia Quinn<br />
Gabriella Russo<br />
Charles Sambrailo<br />
Rachel Scoppettone<br />
Daryn Smith<br />
Rachel Surgalski<br />
Noah Wolfe<br />
Sixth Grade<br />
Wylie Bird<br />
Anna Burke<br />
Azure Cohen<br />
<strong>Mar</strong>ia Delfino<br />
Ben Dorfman<br />
Austin Eaton<br />
Peyton Glynn<br />
Taili Harrill<br />
Ryan Herdt<br />
Christian Jeske<br />
Rachel Kline<br />
Christopher Kootstra<br />
Giselle Lopez-Echeverria<br />
Sarah Lovell<br />
Elena McConnell<br />
Kelly McMinn<br />
Sarah Nagamine<br />
Shayla Nichols-Heffner<br />
Zenia Nieto-Padilla<br />
Gwendolyn Nigh<br />
Brenton Peck<br />
Ella Pettigrew<br />
Tana Powell<br />
Kiannah Rocha-Ventura<br />
Jack Rose<br />
Sarah Ross<br />
Rachel Salazar<br />
Dylan Smith<br />
Scott Waddle<br />
Liza Wayne<br />
Jacob Whitwam<br />
Jasmine Yamasaki<br />
Jade Yvanovich<br />
<strong>Rio</strong> <strong>Minders</strong> <strong>December</strong> 8 th‐19th <br />
Principal’s List Students<br />
Fifth Grade<br />
Maddy Bol<br />
Alicia Burrell<br />
Jaime Chamberlain<br />
Adam Dorney<br />
Emily Forsberg<br />
Christopher Gaeckle<br />
Beth Guhin<br />
Jade Hurley<br />
Kate Jeffery<br />
Kellie Manchester<br />
Daniel Mitchener<br />
Jack O’Boy<br />
Zak Pepperdine<br />
Sydney Rastatter<br />
Alyna Tunink<br />
Maya Yokoyama<br />
Jason Zheng<br />
Sixth Grade<br />
Breanna Esche<br />
Chloe Jot<br />
Emily Quinn<br />
Sarah Ramirez<br />
Lauren Reade<br />
Jeremy Rudd<br />
Mitra Zahraie<br />
Congratulations to Everyone on<br />
all your hard work!<br />
<br />
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