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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

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Rippleside Elementary 225 2nd Avenue SW

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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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