3/23/2024

Hi Rippowam families,

Ask your child about Community Day yesterday! Students participated in a lesson about not using hurtful language, had structured gym activities and had an art activity where they painted positive affirmation ceiling tiles to beautify our school. We ended our day together in the gymnasium with a soccer show by the NY Red Bulls freestyle performers.  This coming Tuesday night, March 26th, we are having a family paint night where you and your child can paint a ceiling tile together and leave a beautiful legacy at Rippowam. Hope to see you there!

Reminder for school schedule this week:
Wednesday, March 27th is an early release day for students and Friday, March 29th schools are closed in observance of Good Friday.

PTO Sponsored Silent Auction Fundraiser AND Family Paint Night coming!
Is your child interested in teaching the Red team for the day?  Having brunch with the yellow team?  Throwing water balloons at Ms. Guidotti?  How about VIP parking or seating for 8th grade graduation?  Check out our Rippowam Silent Auction site and place your bids.  The auction ends on Tuesday, March 26th with our Family Paint Night.  See below for details:

Parent Workshop: Wednesday, March 27th @ Rippowam  Middle School Auditorium
Dolan, Turn of River and Rippowam have collaborated with The Center for Great Expectations to bring you parent training on Growing Resilience in Your Children. We hope you can join us for Session 3 on 3/27 from 6-7:30.

Session 3: Growing Resilience skills in our children. This training will focus on some of the Key concepts from Ned Johnson & William Stixrud best-selling book “The Self Driven Child.” The authors, a clinical neuropsychologist, and a test prep guru, combine innovative brain science with insight from their work with families to make a radical case for giving our children more agency to unleash their full potential.

We want your feedback - please complete the School Climate Survey!
Your feedback is so important for us to continue to increase our partnership with parents and strengthen a positive school climate. The survey is in 4 languages for our families. The survey is 100% anonymous. The links for each survey language are below. Once you click the link you must choose Rippowam as the school. You may also use these links to complete surveys for your children in other schools by choosing the school they attend. If you have two children at Rippowam, please fill it out twice as your responses may change based on each child's experience. Thank you in advance for your input.

• English: rmd.me/Y2T8FPmsY6X

• Spanish: rmd.me/9RRkxD7RTM5

• Haitian Creole: rmd.me/gfPQFTMRRKc

• Ukrainian: rmd.me/TbxoMQGK0Mn
   

8th grade families:  HS Course Selection Process is HERE!
On Thursday, March 21st, school counselors will be pushing into classes to review this information with students in advance of starting this process with your child.  Please start to take a look at this information to get an overview of what is ahead for your 2024-25 school year:    2024-25 High School Course Selection Process

Best,

Kristina Colmenares
Principal, Rippowam Middle School

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