Week of October 24-28, 2022

 Happy Friday Trailblazer families,

 

What a great week we had here in Trailblazer country!  All throughout Monday, I heard students sharing so many fun stories and memories that were made at our Fall Festival.  Once again a huge SHOUT OUT for our PTC, Fall Festival planning committee, and volunteers! The turnout was incredible and I had such a great time meeting many new families!  

 

SPIRIT WEEK-NEXT WEEK

 

THIS WEEK’S DC NEWS 

Click HERE to see another fabulous edition of our DC News. Many thanks again to our student leaders and their advisors, Ms. Triplett and Mrs. Lopez for putting together such a wonderful broadcast!

 

NO SCHOOL-October 31st and November 1st

Just a quick reminder, our students do not have school on Monday, Oct. 31st or Tuesday, Nov. 1st. Our staff will be participating in two days of Staff Development on those days.  We look forward to the students returning on Wednesday, November 2nd. 

 

GATE TESTING INFORMATION-Permission Forms Due by 10/28/22

Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) identification testing for the 2022-2023 school year will be taking place in January 2023.  

The GATE identification test will be administered at your student’s school site and is available for students currently in 3rd – 7th grade. Students who sign up to take the GATE identification test will take the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT), which tests abstract thinking and reasoning ability.  


If you are interested in having your student take the OLSAT for GATE identification, please complete this GATE Parent Permission Form no later than October 28, 2022. 


Permission forms will not be accepted after October 29th, as materials and scheduling are based on the number of students who participate in testing. Please check the RCSD website for more information regarding GATE services and testing.  This information can be found by visiting rcsdk8.org → Main Menu → Programs → Gifted and Talented Education.


If you complete the form that is linked above, then you will be notified of your student’s scheduled testing date and time on or before December 21, 2022. 


Please contact Kristen Desimone at kdesimone@rcsdk8.org with any questions regarding GATE testing. 


Note: Students who are already GATE identified do not need to test again.

 

PTC NEWS

DINE and DONATE:  Monday, October 24, is the next dine and donate at Chipotle.  Flyer will be coming home on Monday – just in time to buy dinner on those busy school nights.

 

FALL FESTIVAL:  Fall Festival was a huge success!  A big thank you to all of the planning committee volunteers, you worked so hard to ensure everyone has a fun and safe evening. Thank you to all of the parent volunteers that helped with set up, assisted with the games and helped clean up – we couldn’t have done it without you. We’d love it if you would share pictures from the evening – please upload to https://photos.app.goo.gl/WLoeMk9Rs52wWe5z6 .  Please note: if you upload a picture to the photo site, you are giving your permission to post the picture in future PTC communications.

 

TRUNK OR TREAT WINNER:  Congratulations to Mr. Barfield’s Class for an amazing Harry Potter theme.  Look forward to your pizza party coming your way.  Thank you to those volunteers that donated your ‘trunks’ and decorations – it was so fun! 

The evening’s Trunk or Treat donors include:

Shannon Rouse

Kaylene Vest

Desert Olbrei

Rosy Tichauer

Ashlee Blom

Sonia Hildebrandt

Elisa Hutchings

Haylie Stacy

Sara Bye

Melissa McMahan

Roopie Sohi

Brea Broderdorf

Jaymi Week

Shea Louie

Alisha Bron

Randi Revell

Amy Kimura

James Schreiber

Desiree Jackson

Naomi Karakas

Paul Larnauti

Eilis Young

Norma Cates

 

 

SAFE ROUTES: If your student would like to participate in Safe Routes, meet us

Thursday mornings at either the front main gate or side gate to get a shoe tag.

Then go to Active4.me to register their tag so you can get notifications with

your student on campus.  Each week, students that participate get entered

to win a prize.

 

Here’s to a wonderful week ahead, Trailblazers! 

 

Mrs. Phillips

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