Dear Parent and Community Members,

On behalf of our entire staff, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you for the incredible support, kindness, and recognition you showed us during Teacher Appreciation Week. Your thoughtful gestures, generous treats, encouraging notes, and uplifting words reminded us how deeply valued our work is and how strong our school community truly is.

J Boyd

Didn't do as we were busy with Bike Rodeo!

Dear Students,

Our Elementary Spring Concert theme is “Go Outside and Play: Songs of Play, Imagination, and Nature.”

The K-5 Spring Concert is Wednesday, May 14th at 9 am and 1pm in the Red Lodge Civic Center. 

Please dress nicely for the concert. Festive Spring attire is welcome! We want to make ourselves and our audience feel good. 

We want students to come dressed up more than usual because this is a performance where we are giving a gift to our community! Dresses, skirts, collared shirts, sweaters, and nice pants are all acceptable. We want to try to avoid sweatpants, athletic apparel, clothing with holes, and t-shirts. 

We don’t want our attire to take the focus away from the music, so please ask if you have questions about what is or isn’t appropriate attire. 

Please take time to memorize and practice your songs. Have fun singing to yourself/dog/cat/parents/spider in the corner. 

Let’s put on an awesome show!

Best,

Mr. Burdick and Mr. Schneider

Kindergarten Round-Up!

Dear Parents,

Please help me welcome Cleryssa Darkenwald as our new Administrative Assistant.  If you need to email the office for attendance or any other correspondence, her email is, cleryssa_darkenwald@redlodge.k12.mt.us 

JBoyd

Dear Parents,

Please use this link to learn more about the Building Reserve Election,  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O45VbPXGYNrfzpoDHYONfQjoYGszoknih2Ij_bbNJLI/edit?tab=t.0

 Dear Parents,

During pick-up and drop-off please be sure to keep traffic moving.  This is becoming more of an issue on the west playground.  We are having cars just parked and idling for an extended period of time. In the cold weather this is of greater concern as pollutants hang in the air longer which our club-line students then have to breath in.  For more information on the benefits of reducing idling please visit https://www.epa.gov/schools/idle-free-schools-toolkit-healthy-school-environment.

Thank you!

Dear Families, 

You will be getting your child's report card in their Friday Folder.  This is our first report card utilizing Standard Based Grading.  Please remember- you will likely see many E's (emerging)  and D's (developing) as this is our first quarter and the students first introduction to the grade-level standard.  Students will be emerging and developing in their ability to understand and apply this standard. This is not a reflection of their work completed; their homework could consistently be getting stars, smiley face, and 100%.  This shows they are on track and doing great toward mastery of the standard (working toward that proficient or advanced).  You will see homework success reflected in the grade under Habits of Success. 

Also- please be sure to return envelope that report cards are sent home in. 

Thanks!

• Please don't send EasyMac or similar items for lunch. These items take such a long time in the microwave, especially if you aren't first in line, greatly reducing the amount of time the student has to eat. 

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I am excited to announce that our pilot Gifted and Talented After-School STEAM program has been approved by the school board. 

Students were selected based on their fall Iready Math Diagnostic results.  Any 2nd or 3rd grade student who scored in the highest grouping will be invited to participate.  Students will have the opportunity to join after each diagnostic if they score in the highest grouping.

Again, this is a pilot project where we are woking out the kinks. Upon its success, we will hopefully expand.  The project is possible thanks to parent volunteers. 

JBoyd

Dear Parents and Guardians,

There have been a few questions regarding lunchtime.  This year we went back to the same lunch routine we had 2 years ago.  Last year we tried to group three grades so that we had two lunches. Ultimately, this was not the best process as there were too many students in the lunchroom at one time and it took too long to get through the lunch line.  Last year classes had 30 minutes to eat.  This year students have 20- 25 minutes but there are 40 fewer students in the cafeteria at once. The first few weeks of lunch feels very rushed as we get back in the routine but now that everyone has the "system" down it is efficient.  We are working hard to remind our students to chat a little less and eat a little more and they are getting it down!  We will continue to assess and adjust as necessary. 

Thank you,

JB