RJH Newsletter November 2017 Volume 3 Happy Thanksgiving! I hope November has started off well for all of you. This month makes me reflect on all the things I am thankful for. I am thankful to spend my days with the students and staff at RJH. Also, I am thankful for my family as well. November is a busy month at RJH. Look at the exciting upcoming events scheduled at RJH: Student Council has their food drive going on this week and the food brought in will go to Grace. 7th & 8th Basketball practice is going well, and the students are preparing for their first game on November 28th. The 7th & 8th Grade Cheerleaders have been practicing in preparation to cheer our Bulldogs to victory. The parent committee is actively planning a Deck the Halls night on Wednesday, November 15th from 6-8 PM. Please come join us in some fun and we will have Pizza for dinner. The parents are also planning a Snowflake Dance for the students on December 16th from 6-8 PM. This is a parent sponsored event and your help would be great. All the information on the dance is located on the RJH Home & School Partnership Facebook Page. If you do not belong to our Facebook, page, please look it up and ask to join. Mrs. Sperry is our parent leader and heads up the page. I wish each of you a Happy Thanksgiving. Sincerely, Dr. Fulton Happy November from the RJH Library!! We are gearing up for our Digital Citizenship lessons in 7th and 8th grade. Our 8th grade classes have done a lesson on evaluating websites and learning why it is important to research the source of your information before you use it or repeat it. We talked about how reliable sources of information relate to real world settings such as knowing the right way to fix a unique model of an automobile properly or how to effectively market a new product. It is not always about just making sure you have correct information for a school project and then not bothering to worry about using a reliable source any more.
The 7th grade classes are getting ready to learning about being mindful when using the Internet. They will be discussing what boundaries they need to observe when they share things online. We will continue to learn about how to be a good Digital Citizen through lessons in the library throughout the rest of the school year. Here is a neat visual that we share with our students that can be applied to their digital lives as well as their in person lives: Did you know?information about the RJH Library can be found on our Google Site s page: https://sites.google.com/rolla.k12.mo.us/rjh-library -ingram/home. This includes information about AR, as well as looking up a book in our library and pictures from events in the library. Go check it Each month at RJH, students that demonstrate positivity and the bulldog code are nominated to become Student of the Month. Congratulations! Campbell Smith, Caden Martens, Emma Floyd, & Gage Klossner
Art Student Contest Winners
Tutoring Times Morning Tutoring 7:20am - 7:50am Monday - Friday with Mrs. Pitts room 112 Mrs. Heavin room 113 Tuesday Morning with Mrs. Dalton room 124 After School Tutoring 3:15pm - 4pm Monday - Thursday Wednesday - with Mr. Anderson room 202 Thursday - with Mrs. Dalton room 124 Math Tutoring with Monday - Mrs. Dent room 119 Tuesday - Mrs. Snitker room 120 Mrs. Bond room 123 Wednesday - Mr. Blakley room 117 Thursday - Mrs. Knopf room 118 Greetings from the Rolla Junior High Counseling office. Second quarter is in full swing and looking forward to the holidays. Mrs. Snodgrass will be in the 8th grade careers classes working with students to develop their Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP). This tool will help students select classes that align with their post-secondary goal. The ICAP is ever-changing as students mature and reevaluate their interests and post high school plans. Be asking your students who are in career classes about their ICAP as we would like your input and signature on it. During this Thanksgiving season, we are grateful for our partnership with Hope Alliance who provides Friday Backpacks for students. The food bag given each Friday provides just that extra nourishment on the weekends for kids who might otherwise go without. Hope Alliance is completely funded through community support. If you would like to donate or volunteer your time you can contact Faith Barnes at hopeallianceofmissouri@yahoo.com. We are also grateful to the Salvation Army who has graciously donated Thanksgiving dinners for families within our school. Because of the food donated, they will be able to prepare a nice meal for their families this Thanksgiving. As always, feel free to contact us anytime with questions or concerns. Becky Snodgrass 573-458-0101 ext 13031 or bsnodgrass@rolla.k12.mo.us Jeremy Jamison 573-458-0101 ext 13030 or jjamison@rolla k12.mo.us Robin Whitaker 573-458-0131
RJH STAFF HALLOWEEN FUN
Halloween Annual Door Decorating Contest In conjunction with Red Ribbon Week and Halloween, RJH hosted a door decorating contest. Door Winner
More of the Contest Doors
Students Dressed up for Halloween
Veterans Day Assembly The Junior High had a Veteran's Assembly on Nov. 9. The students did a fantastic job honoring the Veterans with respect. Missouri S&T ROTC cadets provided flag procession/recession and the Junior High Choir sang with Men of Song several song throughout the program. We were honored to have guest speaker CW3 Joshua Crowell, father of Isabelle Crowell (8th grade) talk with the students about his time in the military and what it is like to serve overseas as well as fly Black Hawks. The Veterans in the audience were then honored with thank you notes written by students of RJH as their name, branch, and rank were read. The students of RJH left the assembly with a clear idea of the meaning of Veteran's Day. Well done, RJH! Upcoming Events Thanksgiving Break Nov. 22nd 24th Band Christmas Concert Dec - 14th RHS @ 7pm Christmas Choir Concert Dec - 19th @ 7pm Dec 20th - End of 2nd quarter / Students dismissed @ 1pm Winter Break begins Dec - 21st - January 2