Somos Rocky River!

Celebremos nuestro éxito!

• Nos complace anunciar los éxitos académicos de nuestros estudiantes aquí en la ROCA! Hemos aumentado significativamente nuestras competencias académicas generales en la prueba de fin de grado (POR MÁS DE 18 PUNTOS DE PORCENTAJE) durante el año escolar 2018-2019.
• Hemos sido designados como una Escuela de Servicio Global por segundo año consecutivo!
• Nuestro Consejo Estudiantil de RRES (Student Council) fue reconocido como el Consejo Estudiantil de Honor de Carolina del Norte por tercer año consecutivo!
• Servimos como escuela modelo para prácticas innovadoras en todo el estado con integración sensorial y con nuestro aprendizaje social y emocioanl.
• Hemos excedido o alcanzado el crecimiento académico en los últimos 2 años!

Rocky River Equipo Administrativo

Conozca a su Equipo Administrativo de RRES. Rocky River está emocionado de tener un equipo administrativo de 4 personas este año escolar. Nuestra Directora es la Sra. Adrian Parry, nuestras subdirectoras son la Sra. Beth Foster y la Sra. Tori Brasher y subdirectora (practicante) la Sra. Karen von Klahr. Nuestro equipo está entusiasmado de poder servir a nuestros estudiantes, familias y personal y apoyar el crecimiento y el éxito de los estudiantes. Comuníquese con cualquiera de nosotros si podemos ayudarlo de algo

Noche de Currículo y Reunion de Título 1

Nos complace invitarlos a la reunión anual de Noche de Currículo y reunión de Título 1 de Rocky River. Acompañenos el Please join us on 18 de septiembre de 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm aqui en la Rocky River! Tendrá la oportunidad de aprender sobre el plan de estudios y las actividades educativa que sus estudiantes experimentarán este año escolar, así como también de tener un tiempo para colaborar y socializar con su comunidad durante una cena de pizza GRATIS. Venga y únase a nosotros para pasar un buen momento de aprendizaje y compañerismo.

Aparte la Fecha

• El 12 de septiembre, 8:30 am- Los de 3er grado tomaran la evaluación de comienzo de año en Léctura (BOG)
• El 18 de septimebre, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm- Noche de Currículo y Reunion de Titulo 1
• El 27 de septiembre- Dia de Trabajo de Maestros/No Hay Clases
• El 2 de octubre- Mandaremos a casa del reporte de progreso
• El 3 de octubre, de 9:15 am - 10:00 am- Únase a su equipo administrativo en el Centro de Innovación (la Biblioteca) para nuestra primera reunión disfrutando de unos pasteles con nuestros administradores. Esta será una conversación informal sobre el tema de las conferencias de padres y las tarjetas de calificaciones. Se proporcionarán refrigerios ligeros. Esperamos verlos ahí!
• October 14th - November 5th- First quarter parent conferences will be held during this time. Please look for communication coming home from your student's teacher(s).
• October 18th- Fall Pictures
• November 6th- First Quarter Report Cards

Mystery Readers

To increase school-wide literacy this school year, community volunteers are invited to come and be mystery readers to our students. We will have school-wide mystery reader day on Friday, November 8th  and  Friday, March 6th. We would love for you to come in and read to our students. If you are interested in being a featured mystery reader, please sign up by clicking the link. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Erin Kinney and Mrs. Gwen Politis.

School Safety

• One of our primary missions at Rocky River Elementary School and Cabarrus County Schools is to ensure the safety of our students and staff so everyone can engage in learning. Here at Rocky River all staff participate in safety training to ensure the appropriate actions to take in the event of an emergency. Students participate in drills regularly throughout the school year. After each drill, our teachers debrief with our students to ensure the understand the purpose of the drills and answer any questions.
• As a part of our safety measures, the only families that are allowed to walk students to class are pre-k parents because they are required by policy. Knowing who is in our building keeps our students and staff safe at all times and protects valuable morning instructional time.
• We are asking all families to share with their students the importance of participating in our school safety drills, sharing with their teachers or their families if they see something unsafe and be respectful, responsible and safe Roadrunners.

Arrival, Dismissal and Check-out Procedures

• We are excited to greet each Roadrunner daily. To ensure their safety when arriving please check out the procedures below.
• Car riders: Students should not be dropped off before 7:45 am or let out of their vehicles until a Rocky River staff member is outside to greet them. This ensures student safety as they enter the school for a wonderful day of learning. Students should only be dropped off in the designated car rider circle. where staff are opening doors. In the afternoon K-1 students should be picked up in the car rider circle and 2-5 students should be picked up in the staff parking lot. All car riders should have a tag to designate student vehicles. If you do not have a car rider tag when picking up a student, you will be asked to go to main office to verify you have permission to pick-up the student.
• Bus riders: Bus riders need to be at their bus stop 10 minutes before their designated pick up time. It is important students are safe while at the bus stop by standing in an orderly fashion an not running around or playing. Students should board the bus in an orderly fashion once the bus driver has come to a complete stop and turned on their flashing lights. While on the bus students should remain seated in the assigned seats at all times. Elementary students are not allowed to have their electronic devices out on the bus at any time. Lastly, to maintain student safety and bus cleanliness, students are not allowed to eat or drink on the bus.
• Check-in/Check-out: If a student arrives to school after 8:15 am a parent or guardian must come into school and sign the student in for the day. If a parent or guardian needs to check a student out of school early, they must have a valid identification or driver's license and it must be before 2:30 pm.
• Changes in Transportation: All changes in student afternoon transportation must be in writing either in a note to the homeroom teacher or via email. Student transportation changes are not allowed over the telephone or via text message.

RRES Family Resource Center

We are excited to continue to build relationships with our families and communities. Last year we created a family resource center where families can come in and have access to a computer to complete school-based applications/forms and access to learning materials to enhance learning experiences at home. We would like to invite our families to come in and use our resource center as needed to support the educational success of their students. In order to access our family resource center, you must sign-in at the front office.

Question of the Week

As an admin team, we want to know every one of our students, and share their lives with them. In an effort to connect with our students, we will share a question of the week with the whole Rocky River family. It will be used as a topic of conversation when we sit with students in the cafeteria or have time to chat at any appropriate time in the day. This question will be shared in the Sunday night ConnectEd, Monday on the morning broadcast, and we will post it in the cafeteria. We hope that sharing the question of the week ahead of time will encourage more students to share their thoughts and interests with us. We look forward to hearing what our Roadrunners have to say!!

Student Support

• Student Services: We are very fortunate at Rocky River Elementary to have 3 school counselors, 1 school social worker and 1 school psychologist as a part of our student services team. Our student services department works closely with all Rocky River stakeholders to meet the needs of our students, families and teachers.
• Ms. Wright is the K-2 school counselor, Mrs. Herring the 3-5 school counselor and Mrs. Powell school counselor. Our counselors provide students with classroom guidance lessons monthly to support them in their character development.
• Mrs. Deborah Grill is our school psychologist who works closely with our student services department to problem solve to best meet the needs of our students. Mrs. Grill also works closely with our Exceptional Children's Department and student problem solving team to determine strategies to best meet the social emotional needs and academic needs of our students.
• Ms. Samantha Portnoy is our school social worker who works with all student stakeholders to ensure the health, safety, wellness and overall success of our students through a partnership with all stakeholders who support our students.

Engaging our Students

Important Information

• Volunteering: We always encourage family and community involvement. All volunteers must have a completed back ground check. Procedures for completing a background check are located on the Rocky River Webpage.
• Recess: As summer has changed to fall and winter it is imperative our students have weather appropriate clothing for their 30 minutes of outdoor recess. If your student needs support with weather appropriate clothing please contact our School Counselors, Mrs. Wright (K-2) and Mrs. Herring (3rd-5th).
• Lost and Found: Each day we collect numerous coats, hats and student items in our lost and found. Please encourage your student to check our lost and found daily.
• Eating Lunch with your Student: We always encourage family involvement here at Rocky River. A great time to spend with your student is during their lunch period. Parents/guardians and designated family members by parents/guardians may eat lunch with their student at the family tables in the cafeteria. We ask that if you bring in outside food, please bring it in a shopping bag or brown paper bag. Also, note that on days when students each lunch in their classrooms, parents will be unable to eat lunch with their students. If you have questions regarding your student's lunch time, please contact their homeroom teacher.
• Weekly Roadrunner Message: Every Sunday evening at 6:30 pm you will receive a weekly message informing you of upcoming events happening that week. If you are not receiving these calls please contact our data manager, Mrs. Keziah, to ensure your phone number is updated in our system.

PTO Movie Night

Please join us this year for the following PTO sponsored Movie Nights. More information will be forthcoming closer to the dates. Use this as a great time for your students to watch movie, have dinner and socialize with their friends.

• October 18th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
• November 15th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
• December 13th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
• January 24th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
• February 14th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
• March 13th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
• April 24th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
• May 22nd, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm