Parent Teacher Conferences

The upcoming Parent Teacher Conferences will be held 10/26 and 10/27. Our daily schedule will run from 9:00-12:30. The buses will run at 12:30. Students must be picked up, take the bus, go to Camp Fire or walk home at 12:30. Students will have lunch both days.

Conferences offer parents the opportunity to find out how their child is getting along with classmates, how they're progressing in school and what can be done at home to build upon strengths and overcome challenges.

Parents now have the ability to schedule conference times online. The Conference Scheduler will be available for your convenience, starting 10/7. Scheduling early offers you the opportunity to secure conference times that work best for your family. Please visit the online scheduler on or after 10/7.

**If you are unable to use the online Conference Scheduler, please contact your student’s teacher via phone or email. Teacher's emails are available on the school's website.

We are excited about this upcoming opportunity for teachers and parents/guardians to discuss important information that will help students throughout their education.

From the Art Room

We're Having an Art Show!
Great Harvest Bakery has been gracious enough to once again offer their space as a venue for student art. There will be artwork on display from October 2-30. Be sure to stop by, check out the students' hard work, and treat yourself to something yummy!
 
Fall Art Club
Art Club for K-3 students will most likely be starting in November. In the meantime, any students ages 11-13 who would like to stay after school on Tuesdays to create a Lions Peace Poster Contest entry can do so Oct. 11, Oct. 18, and Nov. 8 from 3:30-4:30. Students who want to participate can either register online at Ms. Henry's website or fill out a paper permission slip, which can be found in the Art Room. Students will also need to turn in a one-time $10 PTA Activity Fee, which will cover all subsequent Art Clubs they attend throughout the year. 
 
Any questions, please contact Ms. Henry at or take a look at the Art Room website.

From the Librarian

It’s been a great start to the new year. Our kindergarten students are learning their way around the library and have had their first check out! First and second grade students are reviewing library procedures and checking out some of our exciting, new selections this year. Third through sixth grade students have all reviewed the Public Access Catalog, Overdrive (the online library) and have learned how to navigate our newly organized fiction collection. In the coming month, intermediate classes will begin work on grade level projects.
 
Thank you to Denise Flake for her help volunteering in the library each week. She helps to keep us well organized. A big thank you also goes to the Dumas family and Karen Mouton for their generous gift of books to the library and our students.

Book Fair!
October 26 and 27

 Ahoy Mates! The annual Rogers Park Book Fair will be held in conjunction with parent conferences. Please join us in the library to pick up Battle of the Book titles, holiday gifts and great reads for any age. The book fair will open right after school and stay upon until 6:00. 
 
The proceeds go directly to the library to ensure we can continue to add exciting new titles and amazing new series to our library. 
 

“Rogers Park Library, where awesome meets education.”

Notes from the Health Teacher

I am enjoying being back at Rogers Park for my fifth year!  We started off the year with team building games and information about Internet Safety. During October we will continue working on the Safety theme. We will be discussing a variety of safety areas including the ASD mandated safe touch/abuse prevention lessons. We will talk about how to keep our bodies safe and what to do in unsafe situations.
 
Just a reminder to make sure your child knows your home address and phone number in case of an emergency. If you have younger children, making or incorporating your address and phone number into a rhyme or song helps them remember it more easily.
 
Please contact me, either at school or via my email, if you have any questions. I look forward to another great year and helping guide your child on their path to good health and wellness.

Susie Howard

PTA Reflections