April-May 2015

Students of the Month: Kensington students are nominated and selected for this outstanding

award each month! Students are nominated and selected based on outstanding student

contributions related to character, effort, and success in the classroom. Students receive a special

award certificate, KIS sticker, and custom Kensington lunch bag/book bag provided through the

support of the Rocky River Education Foundation.

April-May 2015

Kensington fifth grader, Hogan Kern, created a plan for a dodgeball tournament to

raise money to fight childhood brain cancer. Hogan shared his creative idea with

our Kensington K-Kids club and the plan was put into action. “Prayers from

Maria” is the non-profit organization who will receive donations from this exciting

event. http://prayersfrommaria.org/

The fundraising tournament will take place on Saturday, May 9, 2015 from 10:00-1:00 at the

Rocky River Middle School Gymnasium. All funds will be donated to Prayers from Maria.

Donations can be made on line or at the tournament. Teams will consist of 6 players and

students who do not have a team will be assigned to a team. Admission will be $2.00 and the

player fee will be $5.00.

Student placement for 2014-2015: As we begin planning for next school year,

we look at many aspects when matching students with teachers and classmates.

We look at the make-up of the classroom, including behaviors, academic strengths,

and social/emotional needs for the entire class. Our teachers work carefully to

evaluate all possible considerations to ensure classroom assignments are balanced and fair.

Please trust our process in ensuring that your child will be considered for his or her best possible

April-May 2015

placement. If you feel that you have a unique perspective that needs to be considered, we

encourage parents to share with us your child’s needs with a focus on qualities rather than

specific personnel.

Report Cards and Envelopes: Students will be bringing report cards home on Friday, March

27th

. We encourage families to review and discuss report card progress to celebrate and to set

learning goals for the third quarter. Please return the report card envelope to your child’s

homeroom teacher.

Success Maker: Rocky River K-5 students have home access to SuccessMaker.

This outstanding comouter program provides leveled lessons for students in

reading and math (with necessary system requirements). Your child's username

and passwords are the same as he or she uses while in school. Correct versions of

Adobe Flash, Java and Internet Explorer must be installed on your computer. Directions can be

found here: http://www.rrcs.org/SuccessMakeratHome.aspx

Student Login: http://successmaker.rrcs.org/lms/sm.view

Username: GraduationYearLastName.FirstName, ex: 23murphy.todd

Password: rrStudentID, ex: rr1234 or rr12345

Each session of reading or math lasts about 15 minutes, depending on grade and subject.

New State Assessments: Ohio’s state wide assessment dates for end of the year

exams (EOY) are listed below. These assessment dates are important and all

students are encouraged to attend on these days to prevent makeup testing. Ohio’s

Next Generation Assessments (NGA) take the place of the former Ohio

Achievement Assessment and will measure if children have mastered key concepts learned

during this year. Please note that our grade 3 students participate in the Reading OAA on April

22nd

and only the Ohio Next Generation Assessments for math. Students in grades 4 and 5 will

only participate in the new Next Generation Assessments.

SPRING 2015

Assessment Subject and Grades Dates

OAA Reading Grade 3 April 22

End-of-Year Assessments

(EOY)

ELA (4-5)

Math (3-5)

April 21 (Language Arts),

April 28 and 29 (Math)

Science (5)

Social Studies (4)

May 5 (Science)

May 6 (Social Studies)

Destination Imagination: Thank you for your continued support for our

Destination Imagination Teams. Mrs. Muccio shared that our teams had a very

successful season. Congratulations to our students. Students and parents have

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done a great job! Of the nine teams participating this year, four teams are headed to the state

tournament at Mount Vernon High School on Saturday, April 11th. Our winning teams include:

Team BiNeSiTiHN- Adam Beach, Will Beach, Darren Gerrity, Hugo Stickney and Rein

McKelway.

The Fluffy Rainbow Penguins- Dasara Beta, Grant Cottell, Pearson Keller, Livia Kola,

Sofia Mural and Anna Rouphail. Also placing in the Elementary Division were

The Crazy Candy Canes- Hudson Wissman, Kieran Boettger, Kasey Flowers, Ethan

Hazra and Sammi Manoloff.

The Purple Spotted Manatees- Riley Goodill, Ruby Goodill, Anna Kunde, Jacob

Hammarlund, Ella Ruebsteck, and Nico Sidari.

Fear Factory Team- Seth Purohit, Aidan Spies, Fionn Harte, and Max Stahl and

Team Giraffananas- Charlie Morris, Coco Morris, Mel Harmath, Stephen Tirpak, and

Sai Vellala.

April-May 2015

Cyclops Sale at Kensington: Fourth grade students, Mallerie Havemann,

Annabelle Nikonchik, and Anna Kunde created a creative way for a fundraiser to

support our Kensington library. The girls worked to create, market, and sell Cyclops

crafts for students to purchase each morning last week. The sale has been popular

with students and staff!

Kensington PTA Resident Artist Project: Fourth grade students will have an

exciting art experience. This year, students are excited to work with Angela Oster, a

Rocky River resident and graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art for our annual

fourth grade mural project. Angela is a renowned artist and was also a 2009 Creative

Workforce Fellow. Students will be creating a large whimsical water color painting of a boat on

a lake, with each child creating his or her own creature to float in the depths of the water.

Angela will be arranging the piece and creating the boat and water background. It will be framed

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to hang in the school, with hopes to have it completed before the District Art Show scheduled for

April 21st.

Upcoming Events: Please see our Kensington School events below:

Friday 3/27/15 6th

Grade Choir Assembly- 10:00

Report Card #3 Distributed

Monday 3/30/14 Market Day-5:30-6:30

Tuesday 3/31/15 Choir Concert 7:00 P.M. RRHS

Thursday 4/2/15 Last Day before Spring Break

PTA Spirit Lunch-Students Bring Lunch

Monday 4/13/15 School Resumes

Volunteer Appreciation Week

Tuesday 4/14/15 Pizza Day

Tuesday 4/21/15 Language Arts Statewide Testing Session #1 Grade 4-5

Art Show Opening-RRMS 6:00P.M.

Wednesday 4/22/15 OAA Reading Test-Grade 3

Secretary Appreciation Day

Monday 4/27/15 Market Day-5:30-6:30

Tuesday 4/28/15 Math Statewide Testing Session #1 Grade 3-5

Pizza Day

Wednesday 4/29/15 Math Statewide Testing Session #2 Grade 3-5

After School Tutoring Ends

Interims Mailed (4th)

Monday 5/4/15 3rd Grade Writing Sample Week

Why Not Wear a Helmet Safety Week

Staff Appreciation Week Begins

Tuesday 5/5/15 Science Statewide Testing- Grade 5

Wednesday 5/6/15 Social Studies Statewide Testing- Grade 4

Grade 5 Beechbrook Parent Meeting 7:00 P.M.

Thursday 5/7/15 Fifth Grade Playhouse Square Trip

Saturday 5/9/15 All Schools Band Festival RRHS

K-Kids Dodgeball Fundraiser at RRMS

10:00-1:00 Prayers from Maria Cancer Prevention and

Treatment (Hogan Kern Sponsor)

Monday 5/11/15 Spring Benchmarking through 15th

Volunteer Appreciation Week

Grade 4 Writing Sample Week

Tuesday 5/12/15 Pizza Day

Thursday 5/14/15 Fifth Grade Class Picture-8:40

Friday 5/15/15 Grade 2 Students Visit KIS-Pen Pal Day

Monday 5/18/15 Grade 5 Writing Sample Week

Market Day-5:30-6:30

Middle School Jazz Band Assembly-10:00

Wednesday 5/20/15 Lolly the Trolley- Grade 3 Trip

Thursday 5/21/15 KIS Band/Choir Awards Assembly-1:15

Friday 5/22/15 4th Grade Fishing Trip

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Monday 5/25/15 Memorial Day

Tuesday 5/26/15 Pizza Day

5th Grade Beechbrook-through 29th

Tuesday 6/2/15 Academic Awards Assembly- 8:45 A.M.

Thursday 6/4/15 Last Student Day

5th Grade DARE Event at RRRC

Grade 3 Pirate Daze Picnic- Elmwood Park

Grade 4 Pirate Daze Picnic- Rocky River Park

Friday 6/5/15 Teacher Record Day

Tuesday 6/9/15 Report Cards Mailed

Monday 6/22/15 Market Day-5:30-6:30

7/6 to 7/10 Grade 3 Summer School (Students At-Risk for Retention)

Students with Disabilities

The Rocky River City School District is required to identify, locate and evaluate all children, birth through age twenty-one, within the district,

with disabilities. The term “disability” includes such conditions as hearing impairments, visual impairments, specific learning disabilities,

behavior disabilities, developmental disabilities, speech and language disabilities, orthopedic and other health disabilities caused by such conditions as epilepsy or cardiac illness and other severe or multiple disabilities.

Although many school age disabled children are identified and currently being served by the Rocky River City School District, pre-school

children, ages 3-5, with disabilities may be unidentified because parents may not be aware that programs and services are now available through

the public schools. Community members can help us with this important effort. If you know of a child in the Rocky River City School District with a disability who is not presently attending school or receiving services from another agency, please contact Jennifer Norman, Director of

Pupil Services, at the Rocky River City School District Board Office, (440) 356-6006.

All Annual Notices are available on the district website-www.rrcs.org