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
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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
April-May 2015
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