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Ross Round Up, Feb. 28, 2025

Posted Date: 2/28/25 (10:00 PM)

 
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Ross Round Up
School newsletter from Mrs. Tripp for parents
February 28, 2025
Family Event Calendar
Upcoming Events
  • Thursday, March 13--PTA meeting, 3:45-4:45 at IC; PAC meeting 4:45-5:15 at Ross
  • Friday, March 14--4th/5th grade Music Program, 10:00-10:30 at the KPAC (Kuna High)
  • March 17-21--Spring Break
  • Thursday, March 27--AVID in Action Family Breakfast, 7:45-8:45am at Ross
  • Friday, March 28--Wagons Ho at Ross all day
A March 2025 community calendar with events listed for each day of the month.
daddy daughter dance
AVID in Action Family Breakfast
 
I-Ready Updates
Top students in I-Ready this month
We've been seeing huge growth in our Math this year thanks in part to the hard work by students on I-Ready.

Last month, students completed 2,236 lessons.

Over 120 students earned an I-Ready Punch Reward card and got to shop in our school store with free vouchers!

Our top I-Ready students for the month were:
  • Ella S. 
  • Atticus S. 
  • Holland L. 
  • Logan A. 

Our classes that won the I-Ready Stuffy Trophy for highest percentage of lessons passed with a score of 70% or higher were:
  • Mrs. Gambill's class
  • Mrs. Hunter's class
  • Mrs. Johnson's class
 
AVID Mural in Progress
Current progress of AVID mural
New AVID Mural at Ross
We have a new AVID mural at CAST, painting by a local artist, Malynda Poulson. Select students were able to help with the painting. Here's a picture of it's current progress--it'll be finished by next week!

For more pictures, check out Facebook!
AVID Mural Painting
AVID Mural Painting
AVID Mural Painting
AVID Mural Painting
 
Middle School Open House Pictures
FMS Open House
FMS Open House
Middle School Open House
KMS Open House
KMS Open House
 
Ross Facebook Page
Ross YouTube Channel
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
Sign up in ParentSquare using the "Sign Up" links.
PTA/PAC meeting
 
Cell Phones and Smart Watches
ross is a learning zone
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
ross pick up map
 
Attendance Matters
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!
Attendance Matters poster
 
Michelle Tripp
Principal, Ross Elementary
Contact info:
michelle tripp