REESE ROAD ELEMENTARY NEWS

Dear Reese Road Elementary Parents and Junior Knights:

It is indeed a pleasure to welcome all our returning students and our new students to school for the start of the 2010-2011 school year! The faculty and staff at Reese Road Elementary school hope that you have enjoyed your summer; they are excited and look forward to sharing many academic experiences with our students. A new school year brings excitement and sometimes a little nervousness as we anticipate new teachers, new friends, and new grade level work. We have been very busy preparing for the Tuesday, September 7, 2010 opening day. The teachers have worked many hours to prepare for the start of school, the maintenance staff has scrubbed and polished the school, Mrs. Salvaggio, her summer workers and I have been busy organizing and preparing for the up-coming year.

Open House will be held on Monday, September 13^th. We look forward to seeing all our families at Open House and providing you with an opportunity to meet your child’s teacher and see their classroom. PTO will have refreshments available and they will be looking for parent volunteers for the upcoming school events. Sign up sheets will be posted in each classroom.

If you have walked or driven by Reese Road this summer you may have observed many buses and students on the playground. This summer the Herkimer BOCES Summer School program was held here and every room was occupied. The students from BOCES and the staff had a very busy summer and would like to thank everyone for sharing their school.

  Reese Road Elementary school has a tradition of providing a safe and caring learning environment with high expectations for all students. With your help and partnership, we will ensure that every child will have the opportunity to excel academically, socially, and emotionally. We want to invite families to become involved through participation in a variety of activities such as joining PTO, attending parent-teacher conferences, volunteering at school, or participating in special events. As parents, there is one thing we all have in common; we have only the highest hopes and dreams for our children. We ask you to be the central role model in your child’s educational success by focusing on:

• Attendance- ensuring your child is on time and prepared to learn every day
• Read as a family every day
• Set goals for your children to achieve
• Celebrate academic success
• Schedule Quiet Time – for homework and organizing for the next day
• Contact Information – maintain accurate and up to date phone number and address. Provide the secretary with your e-mail address.
• Grade 3, 4 & 5 will use student agendas to encourage the development of independence and organizational skills. Review your child’s assignments and activities each day and it will send a strong message that school and learning are important.
• K-2 daily folder - students will place their daily work or important papers in the folder for you to review, sign and return to school. Encourage your student to keep their folder and their agenda in their backpack at all times as it will be used all year.
• Communicate regularly with your child’s teacher.

We encourage all parents to keep in touch on a regular basis. Please periodically look at the teacher’s web page.

If you have any concerns or suggestions, please contact your child’s teacher or the office at:  Phone: 895-7491 (school office) e-mail: jdayton@frankfort-schuyler.org

We look forward to the 2010-2011 School Year.

Respectfully,

Mrs. Joyce Dayton

RRES Principal