March 2012 Volume 10 Issue 7 Contents Raven’s Roost: A Message from the Principal ... 1 Administrative Assistance .................................. 2 RBMS Administration ......................................... 2 RBMS Contact Information ................................ 2 School Hours ...................................................... 3 Visitor, Volunteer, and Late Student Sign in Procedure........................................................... 3 Student Drop off Procedure............................... 3 Early Dismissals .................................................. 3 Students Tardy to School ................................... 3 Attendance......................................................... 3 School Work Requests ....................................... 3 Address and Phone Changes .............................. 4 Counselor’s Corner............................................. 4 Clinic Tips -“Sick Day Guidelines: Making the Right Call When Your Child Has a Cold” ............. 5 Parent Link ......................................................... 8 Continental Math League .................................. 8 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Offers Incredible Scholarships to 7 th Graders ......... 9 School Menu .................................................... 10 9 th Grade Activity Expo ..................................... 10 PTA Meeting Schedule for 2011 – 2012 ....... 10 Guys and Dolls Spring Musical ......................... 10 RBMS Grading Scale ......................................... 11 GRADE REPORTING DATES School Year 2011 – 2012 .................................. 11 Extreme Journey Summer Camp ..................... 12 Parenting Class................................................. 13 LCPS Parent Resource Center Winter/Spring Event Schedule ................................................ 14 Parent Resource Center March Event Schedule ......................................................................... 15 Centro de Recursos para Padres de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Loudoun .................. 16 A Honor Roll - Principals List ............................ 17 AB Honor Roll – Dean’s List ............................. 19 March Calendar ............................................... 23 Raven’s Roost: A Message from the Principal The eighth grade SOL writing prompt will be administered on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Students will take the multiple choice portion the day before on Tuesday, March 6. We are in the midst of scheduling for next year. Student course selections will be used to build the master schedule and determine the number of sections offered for each subject. Carefully weigh the teacher recommendations along with the elective that your child has chosen before making your decision. Students currently in grades 6 and 7 should have already shared their course requests with you. Any final changes are due no later than June 19. Current 8 th graders will bring their high school course requests home with their 3 rd qtr. report card. If you have questions
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March 2012 Volume 10 Issue 7
Contents Raven’s Roost: A Message from the Principal ... 1
Públicas del Condado de Loudoun .................. 16
A Honor Roll - Principals List ............................ 17
AB Honor Roll – Dean’s List ............................. 19
March Calendar ............................................... 23
Raven’s Roost: A Message from
the Principal The eighth grade SOL writing prompt will be
administered on Wednesday, March 7,
2012. Students will take the multiple choice
portion the day before on Tuesday, March
6.
We are in the midst of scheduling for next
year. Student course selections will be used
to build the master schedule and determine
the number of sections offered for each
subject. Carefully weigh the teacher
recommendations along with the elective
that your child has chosen before making
your decision. Students currently in grades
6 and 7 should have already shared their
course requests with you. Any final
changes are due no later than June 19.
Current 8th graders will bring their high
school course requests home with their 3rd
qtr. report card. If you have questions
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about the Program of Studies and anything
related to this process, please call your
child’s guidance counselor. The Program of
Studies is not printed in paper form, but can
be found on the LCPS/RBMS/ and Guidance
web-pages.
LCPS’s College in Six initiative will offer a
Tips & Strategies workshop for parents
featuring Mr. Brock Jolly, a financial planner
specializing in college tuition funding. The
event is scheduled for Tuesday, March 13,
2012 at 7 p.m.in the River Bend Middle
School auditorium.
As part of our transition initiative, we will
once again transport our eighth grade class
to Potomac Falls High School for the annual
Activities Expo. This is an informational
presentation whereby students will be
familiarized with the myriad of clubs and
activities available. The Expo is set for
Friday, March 30.
We invite you to take an active role in your
child’s education. Please join us for lunch
or stop by to observe a class. When parents
are involved, their children achieve.
Administrative Assistance If, due to a disability, you need assistance to enable you to participate meaningfully in a meeting or conference, etc., please contact Mr. Robert Phillips at 571-434-3220 at least five working days prior to the meeting. Servicios Especiales - Si por alguna razón de salud usted necesitara asistencia (silla de ruedas, alguien que maneje hasta el colegio, etc.) para poder atender una de las actividades,
sea una conferencia, reunión, evento, etc. por favor contacte al Sr. Robert Phillips al 571-434-3220 con por lo menos 5 días anteriores al evento. Si fuera necesario los servicios de un intérprete para participar de actividades, conferencias, reuniones, eventos o algún programa, por favor contacte a la escuela con la misma anticipación.
RBMS Administration Principal ..........................................Bennett Lacy Asst. Principal ...........................LaShanté Knight Asst. Principal ...............................Robert Phillips Attendance Secretary.......................Truus Foard Secretary.....................................Dawn Mahoney Bookkeeper..............................Stephanie Napert Parent Liaison.............................Tricia Anderson .
House A (8th Grade) Dean ...........................................Kathryn Clark Lead Counselor…………………….....Sherri Robinson Counselor ……………………........Veronica Williams Secretary....................................Tamara Baldwin
House B (7th Grade) Dean ..........................................Melissa Dober Counselor..................................Janae Gwizdala Secretary.........................................Robin Byrd
House C (6th Grade) Dean......................................Deborah Agunsday Counselor………………………………….Andrew Tafaro Secretary.........................................Julie Bahun
RBMS Contact Information Main office: 571-434-3220
Absentee Line: 571-434-3222
Website: www.lcps.org/rbms
Address: River Bend Middle School 46240 Algonkian Parkway,
School Hours School hours are 8:30 a.m. to 3:18 p.m. The
building will be open for students at 8:00 a.m.
Any student arriving before 8:00 a.m. may wait
in the cafeteria. Breakfast is served from 8:00
a.m. until 8:20 a.m. Students that are not
eating breakfast and all other students arriving
after 8:00 a.m. are to go to their appropriate
grade level House. All students will report to
their first block classroom at the 8:15 a.m. bell.
Visitor, Volunteer, and Late
Student Sign in Procedure All visitors need to stop by the main office upon
arrival. Each visitor, volunteer, and all late
students will log into the computer located on
the table to your left as you enter the Main
Office. A pass or name tag will automatically
print out. While at RBMS you will be required
to wear a visitor’s name tag. Students will take
their late pass to their House office and sign in
there as well. Please be prepared to show a
valid ID.
Student Drop off Procedure We have signs to direct traffic through our
parking lot. The school’s front parking
lots should not to be used as a morning drop off
area. Please follow the “ravens” to the area
designated for student drop off located on the
side of River Bend. This area was created for
the safety of our students. In order to maintain
a continuous flow of traffic, pull up as far as
possible and allow your student to exit the
vehicle at any point on the sidewalk. Be
considerate of others and move on once your
child disembarks. If you would like to wait with
your child until the doors open at 8 o’clock,
please move to a parking space. Please do not
park in the designated student drop off area.
Early Dismissals If at all possible, please send a note in with your
child the morning of an appointment. The
student’s house secretary will write a pass to
excuse the student at the appropriate time.
This will alleviate the need to disrupt the
classroom and your child will be waiting in the
front office when you arrive.
Students Tardy to School All students must be in their classroom by the
8:30 a.m. bell. Any student arriving to class
after the 8:30 a.m. bell will be considered
“tardy” and must sign in at the main office to
receive a “tardy” pass. A parent/guardian
should accompany their student to the office or
send a note with the student when arriving late
to school.
Attendance River Bend parents: we need your help! When
your child is absent, please call the attendance
line at (571) 434-3222 to notify the school. For
your convenience, this is a 24-hour answering
machine. An absence will be unexcused if the
school does not receive a note or a phone
message from the parent or guardian.
School Work Requests When students are absent, the parent/guardian
should call the Absentee Line at 571-434-3222
and inform the school of the reason for absence
and when they will return to school. Please do
not request class work on the Absentee Line. If
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a student has missed three or more days, the
parent/guardian may request missed school
work from their child’s house secretary. The
class work will be available for pick up on the
following day. To make arrangements for an
extended absence, please contact your students
Counselor and the Attendance Secretary in the
Main Office at: 571-434-3220.
Address and Phone Changes Moving? New phone number? We need your address and telephone updates. If you are moving and your child will be
attending another school please notify your
child’s counselor as soon as possible.
If you have moved and are still within our
attendance zone, please remember to stop by
the school to fill out a change of address form.
We will need to see proof of your new
residence. This proof can be a lease, deed,
settlement papers or mortgage statement.
To change a work or home telephone number,
parents/guardians need to contact the
attendance secretary at 571-434-3220 or on
line at www.loudoun.k12.va.us.
Counselor’s Corner Sherri Robinson, Lead Counselor, Special Services, AOS, and TJ Andrew Tafaro, 6th Grade Counselor Janae Gwizdala, 7th Grade Counselor Veronica Williams, 8th Grade Counselor Month in Review: Course Selections – The course selections and recommendation process for school year 2012-13 is almost complete. Sixth and seventh grade students should have brought their recommendations home for parents to
approve. For any other concerns about course selections, please call your child’s counselor. Resource – Part of the course selection process for seventh graders was signing up for Resource for next year. All rising eighth grade students at River Bend Middle School, with the exception of Spectrum students will be required to take Resource for a full year. Students who will be in spectrum will take 45 minutes of Spectrum and will have 45 minutes of Resource. Rising 6th Grade Parent Orientation – Orientation for rising 6th grade parents will be held on April 26th at 7:00 p.m. in the RBMS auditorium. Important Notices for 8th Graders: Rising 9th graders made their course selections in early February. Students will receive a summary of their choices with their third quarter report card. Changes can be made at that time as well. The deadline for making any changes to the course requests for next school year is June 19th. The application process for Thomas Jefferson School of Science and Technology has been completed. Congratulations to all students who have completed this application process and have been accepted into the 2nd round. Decision letters will be postmarked on Friday, March 30th. Academy of Science applications have been submitted. On Friday, March 30th, decision letters will be postmarked to applicants who are accepted. Current 7th grade students who are interested in applying to AOS can attend an information session on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Dominion High School auditorium. CAMPUS: CAMPUS is a guidance service initiative of Loudoun County Public Schools college preparation program beginning its 9th year in 2012-2013. It is designed to meet the specific
needs of historically under-represented students and prospective first generation college students. CAMPUS provides systematic and coordinated experiences to enhance mandatory activities in grades 9-12, and also gain academic enrichment as well as college and scholarship preparation. Additional information and application packets are available in the guidance office of Mrs. Veronica Williams (House A) and are due by March 19, 2012. Questions can also be addressed to the CAMPUS Counselor/Director, Chris Clarke, at 571-252-1017 or [email protected]. Looking Ahead: Mrs. Williams will be visiting the area’s elementary schools to speak to 5th graders and share with them important information about their transition to middle school. Dates for visiting the feeder schools will be announced in the next newsletter.
Clinic Tips -“Sick Day Guidelines:
Making the Right Call When Your
Child Has a Cold” Should I keep my child home or send him or
her to school?
Consider keeping your child home if he or she:
• Has a fever of 100.4 degrees or higher
• Has been vomiting
• Has symptoms that prevent him or her from
participating in school, such as:
− Excessive tiredness or lack of appetite
− Productive coughing, sneezing
− Headache, body aches, earache
− Sore throat
A minor sore throat is usually not a problem, but
a severe sore throat could be strep throat even
if there is no fever. Other symptoms of strep
throat in children are headache and stomach
upset. Contact your pediatrician as your child
needs a special test to determine if it is strep
throat.
Keep your child home until his or her fever has
been gone for 24 hours without medication.
Colds can be contagious for at least 48 hours.
Returning to school too soon may slow the
recovery process and expose others
unnecessarily to illness.
Does my child have the flu?
• The flu is serious! Call your pediatrician at the
Parent Link Tricia Anderson, Parent Liaison In recent years there has been a good deal of
research conducted on parent involvement and
the difference it can make to a child’s school
success. As I talked about last month, there
are many different ways to be involved, both
at school and at home. Hopefully all of you
have found ways of being involved that work
for you and your family. The studies of
families whose children are doing well in
school show that these families have many of
the same characteristics. I have no doubt that
most of you already do many, if not all of
these things, but consider these food for
thought.
Establish a daily family routine.
Examples: Providing time and a quiet
place to study, assigning
responsibility for household chores,
being firm about bedtime and having dinner together.
Monitor out-of-school activities.
Examples: Setting limits on TV
watching, checking up on children
when parents are not home, arranging
for after-school activities and
supervised care.
Model the value of learning, self-
discipline, and hard work.
Examples: Communicating through
questioning and conversation,
demonstrating that achievement comes from working hard.
Express high but realistic expectations
for achievement. Examples: Setting
goals and standards that are
appropriate for children's age and
maturity, recognizing and
encouraging special talents,
informing friends and family about
successes.
Encourage children's development/
progress in school. Examples:
Maintaining a warm and supportive
home, showing interest in children's
progress at school, helping with
homework, discussing the value of a
good education and possible career
options, staying in touch with
teachers and school staff.
Encourage reading, writing, and
discussions among family
members. Examples: Reading
together, listening to children read
and talking about what is being read,
talking about events in the news,
creating a family blog.
Exerpted from: The Michigan Department
of Education website:
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-
140-5233---,00.html
Continental Math League Continental Math League is a national competition that lasts for five months. Each month, students compete by solving detailed, high level reading/math problems. The top six scores for each grade are submitted as River Bend's team scores for that grade level. Meet 3 of the Continental Math League,
coordinated by Dr. Talbot, took place in January. The following students achieved perfect scores on the January CML contest: William Bao (8th grade), Hamsa Mani (7th grade), and Natacha Normand (6th grade). The current standings are: 8th Grade 1st place - Alison Hau and William Bao 2nd place - Sara Derby 3rd place - Wyatt Pontius 7th Grade 1st place - Hamsa Mani 2nd place - Christian Tessman 3rd place - Antonio Pareja-Lecaros, Alexandra Soccio-Mallon, Saloni Mittal, and Sherlyn Chuang 6th Grade 1st place - Natacha Normand 2nd place - Kevin Chiang, Joe Shangraw, Kevin Cox, and Angela Bao 3rd place - Isha Liu, and Andrew Linza Congratulations to these Mathematician Problem Solvers for their current high standings in the CML contest.
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Offers Incredible Scholarships to
7th Graders This is one of the best scholarships around. It