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Ross Round Up, Sept. 5, 2025

Posted Date: 9/05/25 (2:48 PM)
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Ross Round Up

School newsletter from Mrs. Tripp for parents

September 5, 2025
A colorful graphic promoting leadership qualities, featuring illustrations of children and text.

Leadership Opportunities

This week, we focused on Leadership at Ross.

Thursday and Friday, Mrs. Finney and I went around to all the 4th and 5th grade classes and talked about Leadership opportunities for students.

4th Grade Opportunities:
  • Run a Lunch Club--students can submit an application to run a Lunch Club during Lunch recess. This means that students can be in charge of planning and running activities during Lunch recess for other Ross students.
  • Past clubs have included Reptile Club, Arm Wrestling Club, Space Club, Friendship Bracelet Club, Art Club, Chess Club, and many more.

5th Grade Opportunities:
  • Apply to be in CAST (Connecting All Students Together), which is our student leadership group.
  • 30 students will be chosen based on their applications, which includes staff recommendations, to be CAST team members. We have three CAST teams of 10 students each--Service Team, Staff and Student Support Team, and Activities Team. Each team focuses on serving Ross in different ways.

Applications for Lunch Clubs and CAST are due by September 26.

In order to make these Leadership opportunities possible, we need parent volunteers. Please reach out to mrtripp@kunaschools.org or ssfinney@kunaschools.org to volunteer.

Love,
Mrs. Tripp
AVID definition: moving up through your own hard work

I keep hearing about AVID. What is AVID?

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!
 

Family Event Calendar

Upcoming Events

  • September 11-19--IBOB Registration Window (Mrs. Rasmussen will send out details)
  • September 11--Fire Drill
  • September 11--PTA Meeting, 3:45pm at Indian Creek Room 18
  • September 11--Marco's Pizza Fundraiser (see flier below)
  • September 12--Jog-a-Thon Pledge Sheets sent home
  • September 26--Dorian Picture Day
  • September 26--CAST (5th grade) and Recess Lunch Clubs (4th grade) applications due
A September 2025 calendar with school events and deadlines.
A Marco's Pizza advertisement promoting a fundraiser for Indian Creek & Ross Elementary.
Contact information for the Indian Creek-Ross Elementary PTA, including email and phone number.
 
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Ross YouTube Channel
Ross Elementary School Website
 
 
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Drop Off/ Pick Up Reminders

  • Safety of your child(ren) is our priority. Please pick up and drop off your child in the designated areas.
  • Be patient, especially as we start the school year and the pick/up drop off routines are new to many families. We will have staff to support you and others outside.
  • No drop off/pick up in the bus lane.
  • Drop off may begin no earlier than 8:30am.
  • Pick up line will be along School Avenue from the south of the school to the entry into the parking lot. Do not park and leave your car along School Avenue from 3:00-3:45pm when school pick up is done.
  • If you need to park for pick up, please park on School Avenue to the north of the parking lot entrance so you don't block the pick up line.
  • Pull forward as far as you can. At the end of the day, students will be waiting for your car to arrive near the front of the line to load in your car.
  • Use designated cross walks to access the parking lot or playgrounds.
  • Call the office by 2:00pm if there will be a change in the way your child will normally go home so the teacher can be made aware.
Diagram of a school's drop-off and pick-up traffic flow, with labeled lanes and areas.
 

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!
 

Michelle Tripp

Principal, Ross Elementary
Contact info:
michelle tripp