Ross Parent Newsletter, September 20, 2024

Jog-a-Thon is one of our favorite fundraisers! Kids collect pledges for the number of laps they complete. All money earned goes towards student recess activities, like our Lunch Clubs.

Ross is pretty special! We are an AVID Nationwide Demonstration School, one of only a few in the nation.

What does it mean to be an AVID school? As an AVID school, we believe that all students can be prepared for their next level of learning. AVID stands for Advancement via Individual Determination, which means we support students in moving up through their own hard work. We believe that every student can learn at high levels (grade level or higher) and we use all kinds of strategies to help students become their best learning selves and be prepared for their future--middle school and beyond!

Students are continuing to work on their Leadership goals this week.

Students each chose one component of Leadership from the poster and work on it over the next 2-3 weeks.

Starting on Sept. 23, Mrs. Tripp will go back and interview students who have met their Leadership goal for a YouTube video. All students have the chance to meet their goals!

CAST (Connecting All Students Together) is our 5th grade student leadership team. CAST students start with a World's Famous Chocolate Fundraiser in October and November. Then CAST students plan activities and service projects for all students on campus. They help celebrate birthdays and do daily announcements. They honor teachers and fellow students. They are true leaders on campus and in the community.

5th graders will have the chance to apply for CAST starting on September 23 and applications will be due by October 3. 30 5th graders will be selected to be in CAST.

Each CAST member's first task is to participate in our World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser. They will each be responsible for selling 3 boxes of chocolates in October-early November ($60 per box). The money earned will be the budget students use to plan and hold activities at Ross!

Starting on September 23, 4th Graders can fill out an application to run a Lunch Club for their classmates.

Lunch Clubs are choice activities that students put together that any classmate can join freely during lunch recess. Some past Lunch Clubs have included Rubik's Cube Club, Art Club, Friendship Bracelet Club, Lego Club, and Magic Club. These are free activities, run by students and parent volunteers, that give students a chance to experience different things at recess.

Running a Lunch Club gives 4th graders valuable leadership experience and add to the fun and friendship on campus for all students. Watch for the application coming in September newsletters.

Friday, September 27 is Ross school pictures. ALL students will have their pictures taken. If you would like to purchase pictures please use the link below and search for Ross Elementary.

Thanks to those who have signed up to be involved in one of many ways:

Sign up in ParentSquare using the "Sign Up" links.

Thanks for the great turnout at our Ross/Indian Creek PTA meeting! We have some great plans for family and student events coming up. It'll be a great year together.

Ross is a learning zone. We want to have uninterrupted instruction time and we want kids to be able to play with each other.

For that reason, we have any students with cell phones leave them in their backpacks during the school day (except for medical uses). Smart watches can be used as watches or tools (example: the calculator function), but not as a cell phone (example: texting).

Please help us protect instruction and social interaction time for our Rossome kids!

Principal, Ross Elementary

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