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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Attendance Messenger
Parent Parking
Health Office Reminder
Great Book Swap
Menu/Schedule of Events
PTO News
Farm2School Lunch
Dear Parents and community members,
I am certain that Rippleside is one of the greatest elementary schools. On a daily basis, stu-dents greet me each morning as they enter the building. On a dai-ly basis, students say thank you to the cafeteria staff when they are handed their lunch trays. Each month, we are improving our data in reading and math. As I walk the halls, staff and stu-dents are smiling and enjoying life. I am grateful to be the prin-cipal of this building. Thank you, parents, for being understanding when situations are difficult or mistakes are made. I am certain about one more thing, we do make mistakes, but we learn to-gether through them. Continue to join with us to provide the best education possible for our stu-dents.
PBIS UPDATE:
Mission Statement: The mis-sion of Rippleside’s Catch the Wave program is to create an effective learning community in which all members are actively contributing through the con-sistent practice of respect, re-sponsibility, safety and positive attitudes.
Goal 1: To decrease the num-ber of minor and major referrals by 5% in the respect and defi-ance behavior area category.
Goal 2: To decrease the num-ber of minor and major referrals by 5% in the physical contact behavior area category.
February Focus: Build Capaci-ty in Problem Solving Skills
Discuss with your child how to resolve conflicts without using violence or putting others down.
PBIS DATA REPORT through the month of Decem-ber:
Major Referrals:
2019-2020—25
Minor Referrals:
2019-2020—45
We continue to teach and re-teach expectations each year and it is reflected in our behavior data. Very exciting! I would like
you to be aware that the most consistent misbehavior in our school is disrespect towards adults and students. Together, we will continue to teach the appropriate ways to interact with peers and all adults in the community to help sustain our safe school.
Sincerely,
Andrew Dokken
Rippleside Elementary Principal
Family Fun Night is March 2nd!
February is I Love to Read Month
Attendance Messengers sent daily
Heggie’s Pizza Fundraiser coming soon
2019-2020 February Issue
From Your Principal, Mr. Andrew Dokken
Daily Attendance Messenger-LIVE NOW
Communication is the key to
success and we want to make
sure we’re staying in constant
communication with parents.
Effective Monday, January 27th
a daily attendance messenger
will be sent to parents/
guardians if your student is
marked absent for the day. If
you had already communicated
with your student’s classroom
teacher that they will be absent
due to illness, vacation or exten-
uating circumstances you do not
need to take any further action
and should not receive a mes-
sage. If you have not notified any-
one of their absence you can ei-
ther call the Rippleside office,
connect with their classroom
teacher or send an email to the
Rippleside office at —
resattendance@isd1.org to excuse
their absence.
If you do not use one of the meth-
ods mentioned above, we do ask
that you still send a hand written
note to the teacher.
Messages will come in three dif-
ferent methods: phone call, email
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and text message every day
that your student is marked
absent.
Thank you for your contin-
ued involvement in your stu-
dent’s success at school.
Parent Parking
During the winter months, snow
piles can limit parking spots right
in front of the school and on the
side streets to Rippleside. We do
ask that you be cautious of where
you park during dismissal time.
Buses need to have enough room
to get up 3rd Street SW in a time-
ly order so they stay on time to
complete their route. If they have
to stop to wait for a car to move it
causes a delay in the route and we
need them to stay as close to time
as possible. The staff parking lot is
available for parents all through-
out the day. Thank you for your
assistance with this.
Children’s Dental Services will be at
Rippleside on March 26, 2020 dur-
ing Rippleside conferences from
9:00AM—5:00PM. They employ
Minnesota Dentists and Hygienists
to provide quality mobile dental care
clinics for children and adults up to
the age of 26, and to pregnant wom-
en of any age. Children’s Dental Ser-
vices accepts ALL forms of insur-
ance, and offers free and reduced
rates based upon income. To sched-
ule an appointment please call 612-
746-1530 or toll free at 866-543-
6009
Children’s Dental Services
Family Fun Night
Save the date for
family fun night!
Monday, March 2nd
from 4:50—6:30!
Come for dinner and
a night of fun! Watch
in the coming weeks
for more flyers to be
sent home.
Reminder from Nurse Kelli
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February is I Love to Read Month!
Every year at Rippleside we
take a week to celebrate Dr.
Seuss’s birthday. This year,
we’re changing things up just a
bit. Instead of having a week
long celebration, we will be cel-
ebrating the entire MONTH of
February! Classrooms will have
different school activities and
the entire school is invited to
participate in four special dress
up days! On top of those great
things, every Monday a riddle
will be sent home in your
child’s backpack from Mrs.
Mickelson where they can earn
a prize for having correct an-
swers. It’s no joke.
Wed. 2/5—World Read
Aloud Day (I Love to Read
Month kickoff)
The dress up days will be as
follows. *Please watch the dates
closely*
Fri. 2/7—Spy Day (dress up
as a spy on the look out for a
good book!
Thurs. 2/13—Red Day (show
your love of reading by dressing
in red!)
Fri. 2/21—Pajama Day (It is
our last week of activities, dress
comfy!)
Mon. 3/2—Dress as your Fa-
vorite Book Character AND it’s
Family Fun Night!
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Book Swap During Family Fun Night!
Feb. 6th—Opera
for 3rd—6th
Grade
Feb. 7th—Spy
Dress up Day
Feb. 7th—2nd
Grade to Reif
Center 8:30-1
Feb. 10th—PTO
Meeting 5:30
Feb. 11th—
Student Council
Meets
Feb. 12th—
Spelling Bee 1-3
Feb. 13th—Red
Dress up Day
Feb. 14th—NO
SCHOOL
Feb. 17th—NO
SCHOOL
Feb. 18th—
Student Council
Meets
Feb. 19th—Be
Nice Kid Lyce-
um
Feb. 19th—5th
Grade Ice Fish-
ing
Feb. 20th—
Farm2School
Lunch
Feb. 21st—
Pajama Dress
up Day
Feb. 25th— Stu-
dent Council
Meets
Feb. 28th—6th
Grade Math
Masters in
Grand Rapids
Feb. 28th—K
Book Buddies
Schedule of
Events
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Rippleside Elementary
PTO News
Monthly Meetings
Golden Gobbler Award!
The next PTO meeting will be
Monday, February 10th at
5:30 P.M. in the Media Cen-
ter at Rippleside. Meetings
are typically held the third
Monday of the month. There
will not be childcare this year,
but feel free to bring your chil-
dren to the meeting.
The Ripplside PTO has creat-ed the Golden Gobbler Award in an effort to recognize the many wonderful workers who make up Rippleside Elemen-tary. Each month parents and Rippleside employees will be able to nominate any employ-ee (Teacher, Paraprofessional,
Custodian, Bus Driver, Secre-tary, etc) of Rippleside that they think has done an exceptional job. This month the Golden Gobbler is Cassie Conn!Congratulations!
PTO Funded:
Band and Choir trip to see Annie in the spring
Heggies Pizza Fundraiser
The Heggies pizza fundraiser is coming soon! Packets will be sent
home with students in the coming weeks. The time frame for sell-
ing will be from February 24th—March 10th. Orders will be ready
for distribution on March 26th, the same day as our spring con-
ferences.
Please consider helping us raise money for continuous funding
for our children.
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PBIS MONTHLY THEMES FOR 2019-2020
March – Anger Management April – Personal Responsibility for Self and Others May – Staying Strong
Aitkin Public Schools Primary Business Address
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Phone: 555-555-5555
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Rippleside Elementary 225 2nd Avenue SW
Aitkin, MN 56431
www.isd1.org/rippleside Phone: 927-4838
Fax: 927-4608
“Empowering students to
be life-long learners.”
The Ripple Effect: Catch the Wave
We are respectful
Always responsible
Very safe
Excellent attitude
February focus: Problem Solving
Farm 2 School Lunch
Date: February 20, 2020
Menu: White chicken chili, corn bread, fresh veggies and watermelon
Provided by: Chicken provided by Wil-lowSedge Farm
Adult Guest Price $4.15
Child Guest Price $3.55
RSVP by February 13th on http://home.isd1.org/rippleside.html or call the Rippleside office at 218-927-4838.
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