The “Day 0” Student Walk totals = 800,000 steps = 2,045 laps =303 miles!!!

Way to go students and Expressive Arts Teachers in kicking off our “Move More!” campaign.  Families:  watch for the Move More recording sheet to come home next week.  Students and families are asked to keep track of their movement (walking, biking, playing outdoor games, etc.) for 7 days and return the form to school.

 

Randolph Students Participate in LPS StudentServe Week

This week, while learning to think about and help other people, Randolph Students in grades K-5 have pulled weeds and cleaned up the butterfly garden, swept gravel off of the walking path, made “happy day” cards for Madonna patients, made Code of Conduct posters for our school,  made “Welcome to our School” notes for visitors, made “Happy Birthday” cards to give to students and packed activity bags for pediatrics wards. Thank you to our students for their thoughtful work for others.

 

This month’s fire drill time: 2 mins. 30 seconds.  Students were quiet, listened to directions, and evacuated the school safely.

 

 

FROM MRS. MAHONEY

Parents and Families:

Red Ribbon Week is coming in late October. During Red Ribbon Week, our students and staff spend time learning about staying away from

drugs and alcohol and the importance of staying healthy. The National Family Partnership is offering a contest for families that could win your family an iPad, and $1000.00 for Randolph!

Here’s how the contest works:

• Students (K–12) work with their family to decorate their home front door, mailbox or fence with a red ribbon and this year’s theme: “A Healthy Me Is Drug Free.”
• Participants upload a picture of the decorations to the Red Ribbon website (http://informedfamilies.org/r/E/MjEzNjc/Njc4Nzk/0/0/d2JvbmFpdUBscHMub3Jn/aHR0cDovL3JlZHJpYmJvbi5vcmcvY29udGVzdC8jISMh/268/1)between October 1st and November 4th and encourage friends, family, and colleagues to vote (November 5-19th) at www.redribbon.org/vote.

To learn more about the 2013 Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest visit this website: http://redribbon.org/contest/?utm_content=Link+21360&utm_campaign=Red+Ribbon+Photo+Contest+2013&utm_source=Request+For+Families+At+Your+School&utm_medium=Email

 

Student Council Elections:

Oct. 1-3:  Students campaign for election.

Friday Oct. 4th – classroom elections for two representatives from each 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th class; and 3rd-5th 2:00-2:40 assembly in the gym for the Kindness Program by Illusion Theater.

 

Important Update:

Streets Alive! This Sunday, Sept. 29th from 1:00-5:00 pm. The path has recently been changed. Check before you go at: www.healthylincoln.org/streetsalive  The concept: have fun being out and active with family and friends, walking, biking and learning more about health resources in our community. Fitness, dance, music, entertainment, activities, health exhibits and yummy tastes along the way. I hope to see you there!

 

 

RANDOLPH SCHOOL CHOSEN FOR AUTHOR VISIT!

Eric Rohmann, who won the Caldecott Award for his picture book My Friend Rabbit, was at Randolph for a one-hour presentation for K-3 on Thursday, September 26 at 1:30.  Students in Kdg., 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd and staff were enchanted with Mr. Rohmann’s stories and examples of how he writes and draws.  To learn more about Eric Rohmann, go to these sites:

http://www.ericrohmann.com/Other info online:

http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/aifolder/aipages/ai_r/rohmann.html

http://voices.yahoo.com/author-illustrator-eric-rohmann-biography-5359083.html

 

Student dress code:  As outlined in our Student and Parent Handbook (see page 5, August calendar page) students are not to wear flip flops, spaghetti straps, bare midriffs, too short shorts, or show an “inappropriate amount of skin”.  T-shirts must have appropriate messages, with no slogans or photos that are disrespectful or endorse use of tobacco or weapons.

 

BAND NEWS!

Full band rehearsals will begin Tuesday, October 8, 2013.

Students should enter door #3 on the west side of the school no earlier than 8:00 a.m.

Ring the doorbell for admittance.

Do NOT drop students off in the parking lot, as all other doors are locked before school.

Rehearsals will begin promptly at 8:15 on the stage in the Randolph gymnasium.

Group lessons will remain as scheduled.

Mr. Scofield

Randolph Band Director

 

CALENDAR

Sept. 30 NO SCHOOL for elementary students

Oct. 1-3:  Students in grades 3, 4, and 5 campaign for Student Council election.

 

Oct. 1                  PTA 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 2                  Thomas Pargett with staff 4:00 in media (He’ll bring treats and present information on investments.  This is an OPTIONAL meeting.  We’re providing this time for a staff member, not as an endorsement of specific products.)

Oct. 3                  Skate Night 6-8:00   PTA will provide popcorn prizes for the grade that has the most teachers and most students attending!  The theme is “1980’s” so come skate with BIG hair and neon colors!

 

Friday Oct. 4th – classroom elections for two representatives from each 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th class

Oct. 4                  3rd-5th 2:00-2:40 assembly in the gym for the Kindness Program by Illusion Theater.

 

Oct. 7                  SIP meets 8:10

Oct. 8                  Professional Development (math) @ Randolph

K-3, and 4-5

Walk to School Day activities in Expressive Arts

Oct. 9                  International Safe Walk to School Day! (Randolph is the focus school for this event in Lincoln this year! Let’s show how we “Move More!”)

ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE

All school assembly in gym 2:45

PTA Health and Safety Night

Elementary Principals Meeting 7 am-12

Oct. 11                  End of 1^st Quarter

2^nd BIST practice log due

Randolph’s Security Review

Oct. 14-15                  No School for students!  Fall Break!

Oct. 16-18                  Red Ribbon Week

Oct. 17                  Club Choice delivery in the gym  3:30-5:00 pm

Oct. 19                  Pumpkin Run at Pioneers Park!  How many Randolph students will participate?  If we double our %, Dr. B will wear a pumpkin costume to school!

Oct. 21                  GET meets

Oct. 22                  Staff meeting at 3:45-5:15

                           Report Cards due to Dr. B. by 4 p.m.

Oct. 23                  BIST Consult Day “First 15” for grades

Oct. 25                  Report Cards home

PTA’s Trunk or Treat Celebration!  Come visit the Haunted Hallway, bounce house, and pumpkin decorating contest, as well as trick or treat at the decorated vehicles in the parking lot!

Oct. 28                  SIP meets at 8:10; final before external visitation

Oct. 29                  PLC Early Out 2:18

SCIP meets 8:10

PTA Board meets 5:00

Oct. 31                  Instructional Conferences:  Teachers with Dr. B. for grades 4, K, 1

Nov. 1                  Instructional Conferences:  Teachers with Dr. B. for grades 5, 2, and 3

 

LOVE and LOGIC MOMENT

To Pay or Not To Pay?

Brittney is fuming mad. Her friends get paid $20 for every A grade they get on their report card. Their B grades are worth $10.

 

As she tells me this she says, “My friend’s parents say that grades are a kid’s job, so they should be paid just like parents get paid to do their jobs. My parents keep telling me that nobody should get paid to do things that make their own lives better, and that’s what getting an education is.”

 

She goes on to complain, “And my parents are so clueless. They say that I have to do my share of the housework, and I don’t get paid for that either. They’re all worried that if I grow up like an honored guest in the home instead of a contributing member of the family that I’ll be selfish and self-centered just like my friends! Can you believe this?  They say that they don’t want to addict me to anything I won’t be able to earn for myself when I leave the home. I suppose they learned that out of that stupid book From Innocence to Entitlement!”

 

All I could think upon hearing this was, “Wow! How lucky she is to have great and wise parents.”

 

Thanks for reading! Our goal is to help as many families as possible. If this is a benefit, forward it to a friend.

 

Jim Fay