Ross Round Up, Dec. 13, 2024

Posted Date: 12/13/24 (3:00 PM)

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Ross Round Up

School newsletter from Mrs. Tripp for parents

December 13, 2024

Mrs. Gambill Got a $600 Grant!

Thanks to Alpha Delta Kappa Zeta Professional Chapter for choosing Mrs. Gambill as their grant recipient

Mrs. Gambill will be able to work with her class to choose how to spend this $600 on anything for her classroom.

Way to go, Mrs. Gambill!

Family Event Calendar

Ross Christmas Fun Activities (all are on the calendar as well)

Upcoming Events

All Week--CAST Christmas Food Drive--send in canned or boxed food each day
Monday-Wednesday--CAST Christmas tree decorating
Monday--IBOB Lunch Club
Tuesday, 9:00-9:30--Christmas Sing-a-Long
Tuesday--How to Play D&D Lunch Club and CAST Team Meeting
Wednesday--Ugly Christmas Sweater Dress Up Day
Thursday--Grinch or Santa (dress all in green or all in red)
Thursday--Craft and How to Draw Lunch Club
Friday--PJ Day and Christmas class parties
Friday--School Store Lunch Club

Ross YouTube Channel

Ross Facebook Page

Ross Elementary School Website

AVID definition: moving up through your own hard work

At Ross, we believe that all students can learn at high levels!

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!

Get Involved!

Thank you to parent volunteers!

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

$5 Teacher Appreciation Gift Card donations
Lunch Club volunteers
Popcorn Friday volunteers

Cell Phones and Smart Watches

Ross is a Learning Zone!

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!

Arrival and Dismissal

Attendance Matters

In order to learn best, students need to be here for instruction. Thanks so much for helping us get to 94% attendance this week.

See the graphic below for details about how absences add up to so much missed instruction over time.

We want each student to be massively successful and ready for their futures. We love them!

Michelle Tripp

Principal, Ross Elementary

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