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Timberwolves Programs

Book Fair

Choir Concert

Early Dismissal Plan

K-3 Christmas Concert

Menu/Schedule of Events

PTO News

Gobbler Store

Farm2School

Dear Parents,

The 2019 Christmas Concert will

take place on December 5, 2019 in

the Aitkin High School Auditori-

um. The first performance will be

at 6:15PM for kindergarten and 1st

grade students, and the second per-

formance will be at 7:15PM for the

2nd and 3rd grade students. These

performances require free tickets.

If you have not received your tick-

ets yet, please stop by the Ripple-

side office. We have added a per-

formance for those adults that can-

not make the evening performance.

This will take place on December

5th in the Rippleside cafeteria at

9:30AM for K-1 and 10:05 for 2nd

and 3rd grade. We look forward to

seeing you then!

PBIS UPDATE—CATCH THE

WAVE

The December theme in the school

is Random Acts of Kindness. This

area will be discussed and targeted

in the classrooms.

With our weather changing, I

would like to remind parents of the

importance of dressing your child

properly before they leave their

residence each day.

*The following includes our ex-

pected school-wide dress for each

grade level.

Students in grades K-4 must wear

the following items to play on

ALL areas of the playground:

*COAT

*HAT

*BOOTS

*MITTENS/GLOVES

*SNOW PANTS

If students in grades K-4 wear

only the following they are ex-

pected to play on the BLACK-

TOP ONLY:

*HAT

*COAT

*MITTENS/GLOVES

Our 5th and 6th graders are only

required to wear the following

items to play on ALL areas of

the playground:

*HAT

*COAT

*MITTENS/GLOVES

*Note: Below freezing temper-

atures and no snow expectation

is: ALL students must wear a

COAT, HAT & MITTENS/

GLOVES.

The link between families and

positive behavioral interventions

and supports in an important one.

When families are meaningfully

involved in educational activities

their children do better in school.

Families play an important part

in their child’s education and

social development.

I would like to give parents a

few ideas on how to involve

your children with PBIS in the

home.

*Encourage your children to

show Catch the Wave behavior

at home.

*Ask your child to give exam-

ples of each expectation in

school and at home.

*Do you hold your student ac-

countable for their actions

while rewarding them for cor-

rect behavior? Remember to

give a minimum of 5 positives

for every 1 negative.

Sincerely,

Andrew Dokken

Rippleside Elementary Principal

K-3 Christmas Concert is December 5th

Choir ONLY Concert is December 19th

Early Dismissal Plan Due December 6th

Book Fair is December 2nd—6th

2019-2020 December Issue

From Your Principal, Mr. Andrew Dokken

Timberwolves Read to Achieve

Students who read 500 minutes

by December 15th will be

awarded a Timberwolves prize

pack including a Timberwolves

lunch box, bookmark, poster

and ticket to a game with the

purchase of an adult ticket! Did

you know if you sat and read for

1 hour, it would only take you just

over 8 times to read 500 minutes!

Forms are due to Mrs. Mickelson

in the Media Center by December

17th. If you need a new form,

please stop in the Media Center.

Children’s Dental Services will be

at First Lutheran Church of Aitkin

on Thursday, December 5, 2019

from 9:00AM—5:00PM. Chil-

dren’s Dental Services (CDS) em-

ploys Minnesota Dentists and Hy-

gienists to provide quality mobile

dental care clinics for children and

ANYONE up to the age of 26, and

to pregnant women of any age.

CDS accepts all forms of insur-

ance, and offers FREE and RE-

DUCED rates based upon in-

come.

To make an appointment call

612-746-1530 or toll free at

866-543-6009

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Children’s Dental Services

Timberwolves Get Fit

Ripple-

side is

once

again

partici-

pating in the Timberwolves Get

Fit program. Tracking posters

will be sent home with students

in the coming weeks. During

the month of January, students

will log all movement and activ-

ity outside of the classroom. For

every 15 minutes of activity, you

can track one point on your

tracking poster. For every 25 or

more points, students will re-

ceive a complimentary ticket for

a 2020 Timberwolves game

and an opportunity to shoot a

free throw on the court after-

wards. All tracking posters are

due to the school no later than

January 31, 2020. When the

program is complete a certifi-

cate will be mailed directly to

the school for students that

met the 25 point goal. Please

contact Mrs. Carlson with any

questions.

Scholastic Book Fair!

Our annual Rippleside Scholastic Book Fair is

being held Monday, December 2nd—Friday,

December 6th in the Rippleside Media Center.

The fair is open from 8:00AM—3:00PM. Please

be sure to sign into our visitor book at the main

office if you will be going to view and/or pur-

chase books during school hours. Students are

given the opportunity to shop at the book fair

before and after school, as well as with their

class throughout the week. You do not need to

have an elementary student at Rippleside to

shop at the book fair, so spread the word to

grandparents or friends who may want to come

shop too! Book title selections range from pre-

school through adult ages. Online purchasing

will also be available 21 days before the book

fair opens at http://www.scholastic.com/bf/

rippleside and we accept cash, checks and cred-

it card payments at the book fair. The proceeds

from the book fair go directly into pur-

chasing new books for our elementary

school library. If you are interested in vol-

unteering to work a shift during the book

fair, please email our Volunteer Coordina-

tor Brittney Galbraith at bgal-

braith@isd1.org

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Fall Conferences

Thank you to all of the

families that attended fall

conferences. We had a 91%

turn out! Our next confer-

ence date is on Thursday,

March 26th.

Early Dismissal/Cancellation Plan

As winter approaches there is an increased

possibility of severe weather. If the situation

should arise that the weather deteriorates

during the school day, we may decide to dis-

miss school early. Decisions to close early are

made in the late morning, but transportation

occurs at 1:00PM or after.

Please take time to fill out the attached form

with instructions telling us where your child

should go if there is an early dismissal. If you

usually pick up your child after school, it is

especially important for you to be aware of

deteriorating weather conditions and listen to

the local radio stations. The stations are

KKIN-94.3 (FM), WCCO-830 (AM), WJJY-

106.5 and KEZZ 930 (AM). We will also be

sending out messages on phones signed up

through Parent Portal.

Discuss with your child what he/she should

do if schools gets out early. Remind them

that all after school activities such as bas-

ketball, gymnastics or volleyball will be au-

tomatically cancelled.

In case of a late start, please be aware that

breakfast will not be available due to lunch

preparations. The “Early Dismissal/

Cancellation Plan” will be kept by your

child’s classroom teacher to be referred to

in case of severe weather. Please have your

child return this no later than Friday, De-

cember 6, 2019.

Choir ONLY Concert

Our Christmas choir concert will be on

Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 9:30AM in

the cafeteria, with black, white, green or red

dress attire. This will be a choir only concert

for our 4th, 5th and 6th graders. We will be

having a second performance for the student

body at 1:30PM. If you are unable to attend

the morning concert you are welcome to

come in the afternoon, but please note that

we have a limited amount of seating as we

have to accommodate our entire student

body. Please do not plan to arrive for the

morning concert before 9:10AM as we will

need time to clean up from breakfast and

set up seating. The first band concert will

be on January 14th.

Return to your classroom teacher by December 6, 2019

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Grades K-3 will present their annual

Christmas Program in the Aitkin High

School Auditorium on Thursday, De-

cember 5, 2019 with two performanc-

es. The first performance will be at

6:15PM for Kindergarten and 1st

grade students and the second perfor-

mance will be at 7:15PM for 2nd and

3rd grade students. We are very excit-

ed to share our music with you! Your

tickets will be available to pick up dur-

ing fall conferences on Thursday, No-

vember 7th from 8:00AM—7:30PM

from our music department. More

details will be provided by a letter

from the music department in the

days to come. Please plan to have your

child wear red, green, black or white

clothes. We understand this is diffi-

cult for many families, so we have

provided several options. We are

thrilled that your students are partici-

pating in the concert, so please use

your discretion and dress your child

appropriately—we fully support

whichever clothing you are able to

provide. We understand that extra

tickets are in high demand, but we

can only allot four tickets per child

until the night of the concert to ensure

we have sufficient seating in our audi-

torium. Extra tickets, if available, are

given out on a first come first serve

basis, so please check in at the ticket

table as soon as you arrive if you

need any extras or if you have

tickets that you will not be using

and would like to leave them for a

family that may need additional.

Concert DVD (12/19/2019)

(12/5/2019)

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Dec. 2nd— Dec.

6th—Book Fair

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Dec. 3rd—

Student Council

Dec. 5th—K-3

Christmas Con-

certs 9:30 &

10:05 at Ripple-

side 6:15 and

7:15 at Aitkin

High School

Dec. 17th—ASK

Ends Session 2

Dec. 19th—

Farm2School

Lunch

Dec. 19th—4-6

Choir ONLY

Concert

Dec. 20th—

Madrigals

8:45AM

Dec. 23—Jan.

5th– Winter

Break

Jan. 6th—School

Resumes

Schedule of

Events

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Rippleside Elementary

PTO News

Monthly Meetings

Golden Gobbler Award!

Enjoy the holiday season! The

next PTO meeting will be

Monday, January 6, 2020 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 Mrs. Courtemanche! Congratulations!

Thank you! THANK YOU to the mem-bers of New Life Church who volunteered their tal-ents and time to serve the Rippleside staff a delicious white chicken chili lunch during conferences.

Charleston Wrap Fundraiser

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Charleston Wrap

Fundraiser or who have donated money to the PTO. With your

help we were able to raise over $5,000.00 for Rippleside! Con-

gratulations to Carter Davis who was our top seller! A special

thanks to those who sold over 25 items and earned an ice cream

party with Mr. Dokken. These sellers are: Kaydence Zubke, Ga-

briella Owen, Evy Olson, Jackson Bartelme and Eric Paulson! We

will be doing another fundraiser in the spring.

A HUGE thank you to the custodial staff and school for their help

with the fundraiser delivery!

PTO Funded

4th Grade Sea Life

Aquarium

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The students are very

grateful to be able to

continue to take these

types of educational

trips. We would not be

able to do it without

your help!

AITKIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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PBIS MONTHLY THEMES FOR 2019-2020

January – Healthy Relationships February – Problem Solving March – Anger Management April – Personal Responsibility for Self and Others May – Staying Strong

Aitkin Public Schools Primary Business Address

Your Address Line 2 Your Address Line 3 Your Address Line 4

Phone: 555-555-5555

Fax: 555-555-5555 E-mail: someone@example.com

YOUR LOGO HERE

Aitkin Public Schools

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

December focus: Random Acts of Kindness

Farm 2 School Lunch

Menu: Homemade lasa-gna, garlic bread, Hon-eycrisp apples, mixed green salad and a home-made dessert

Provided by: Beef pro-vided by Chenqwatana Farm and Honeycrisp apples provided by Gil-by’s Apple Orchard

Adult Guest Price $4.15

Child Guest Price $3.55

RSVP by December 12th on http://home.isd1.org/rippleside.html or call the Rippleside office at 218-927-4838.

Shirts Plus of Aitkin has just opened their online Gobbler/Rippleside Store. For each item that is ordered, money will be donated to the Rippleside Field Trip Fund. The store will be open until December 4th. https://www.shirtsplusofaitkin.com Orders must be placed by December 4th and they will be ready for pickup at Shirts Plus on December 20th. Thank you for your help in supporting Rippleside Field Trips!

Gobbler Gear / Rippleside Store

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