January 24, 2021

• Friday, January 29 is the end of the second quarter. All RMS students, with the exception of cohort 1 students, will remain virtual until further notice. The school board will be meeting on February 9 to discuss the in-person return of secondary students to schools.

  • If you missed the presentation at the last School Board meeting, click HERE. This is where you can find information pertaining to health metrics and the decision to allow students to return to school for in-person instruction.

• CCPS school board has requested that all student cameras remain on during instruction. If you would like your child's camera to not be on, please send me an email with your request (derek_wasnock@ccpsnet.net).

• This week, both Wednesday, January 27 and Friday, January 29 are asynchronous school days and students should check Canvas for tasks left by odd day teachers. We will have Roundtable at the beginning of each of these days.

• Each year at RMS we observe February for Heart Healthy Month. Normally we would put hearts up on the walls in the cafeteria that students decorate with names of those that they know that have experienced heart disease. We normally do this to show the significance of heart disease. This year we will continue the tradition here at RMS but will do it virtually. Each student's roundtable has information on their canvas page about how to participate in this event.

• Chesterfield County is offering a parent workshop on suicide awareness and prevention. Click HERE for more information.

• Parents of 6th and 7th graders, please review the school counseling department's Scheduling Portal for information regarding the 2021-22 scheduling process. School counselors will be virtually visiting your student's English/ASE class between January 25-February 2. Students will make their course selections during the lesson, so please review their options with them in advance. 8th graders will virtually meet with James River counselors on January 29.

• Scroll to the bottom of this page to see our latest Soar Award recipients! Congratulations to these young scholars!

• NJHS collected so much from the generous community in a warm clothing drive, that we needed 2 CLASSROOMS to store everything! What an amazing job collecting items! With the help of Ms. Casey Stapleton, Kristen Bardaro, Maryn Ray's mother, and the NJHS advisors, we were able to bring all these wonderful blankets, coats, hats, gloves, etc. to Home Again, Friends of the Homeless, Homeward, the Chapel (which has an outreach program), and Celebrations Church, also with an outreach program. Thanks to everyone for the help and support!

• Yearbook club is looking for your photos! Starting today we will be having a photo contest each week with new themes! This week’s theme is “Cutest Learning Partner”. Send in your photos of pets, siblings, or any other learning partners you’ve had this year. You can send your photos to Ms. Puccia at natalie_puccia@ccpsnet.net for your chance to be featured in this year’s yearbook!

• 8th graders: CodeRVA applications are now open and will close February 20th. CodeRVA is a regional high school that is rethinking the use of time, space, and technology to provide opportunities for acceleration and college and career readiness especially in the area of computer science. Please visit their website: https://coderva.org/ for more information! If you have any questions, please reach out to the 8th grade counselor, Mrs. Webster.

• Mark your calendars! February 1 - 5 is National School Counseling Week. Our counselors definitely deserve to be appreciated!

• For all 8th graders and their families: Check out the virtual James River Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Virtual Open House on Wednesday night at 6:00 pm. This provides a great opportunity to find out why our Distinguished Unit with Honors program is the best fit for many and beneficial for all. See flyer here with all the details including the Google Meet link. Although not required, pre-registration at our official website www.jrhsnjrotc.org helps us best prepare for our guests.

You put the US in RobioUS!

Derek Wasnock, Ed.D.

Principal

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