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Parent-Teacher Conferences Next Week

Ralston Elementary — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:36:12 +0000

Parent-Teacher Conferences are being held through the week next week. Our 6th grade students will be offering babysitting during those times: Monday-Thursday, March 22-25, from 8:00-8:45 a.m. and 3:30-5:30 p.m. A $2 donation is requested.

Visit from Dinger

Ralston Elementary — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:05:02 +0000

Ralston will host the Colorado Rockies mascot Dinger for a character education assembly on Tuesday, February 16 at 2:00 p.m . The message will include making good choices, respect, and getting involved in your community. Students are encouraged to wear Rockies colors on Tuesday!

Get Your Pictures in For Yearbook

Ralston Elementary — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:04:12 +0000

The deadline is rapidly approaching for submitting photos to be considered for the yearbook. Please email photos to Michelle Dos Santos, michelle_3733@comcast.net, along with a brief description, e.g., event and grade. The deadline for submitting photos is next Thursday, February 18.

Ralston Library Needs Help This Spring

Ralston Elementary — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:52:06 +0000

Autumn Montgomery, the Ralston media specialist, is putting together the spring volunteer schedule for the library.

Thanks so much to all the parents and grandparents who already volunteer in the library. We are looking for a few more volunteers to fill in the scheduled shifts. If you could commit to two shifts a month it would be a tremendous help! Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons would be especially helpful. Volunteering in the library is a fun way to make a contribution to Ralston whether your child’s class is scheduled during your shift or not. On the job training is provided!

Please consider helping out in the library. It is a great way to be involved and present at the school. Give Autumn a call at 303-982-4386, or shoot her an e-mail at amontgom@jeffco.k12.co.us to let her know when you might be available to help in the library this spring!

2010 Jared Polis Foundation Teacher Recognition Awards

Ralston Elementary — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:55:21 +0000

The Jared Polis Foundation is proud to honor fifteen outstanding K-12 classroom teachers who work in the Colorado public school system. Honorees will each receive a $1,000 award and their schools will also receive a $1,000 teacher-directed grant during the Teacher Recognition Awards Ceremony on Friday, May 7 from 4:30-6:30 p.m., which coincides with the 2010 National Teacher Appreciation Week, at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield.

In order to nominate a teacher for this award, go to http://www.jaredpolisfoundation.org/TR and submit a brief one-page essay on how the teacher nominee demonstrates the following three qualities:

Innovative and effective teaching that demonstrates clear academic results for students; please describe these results by providing a detailed example/s
Commitment to their students; please explain how the teacher goes above and beyond official job requirements
The ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to create a positive school environment; please illustrate the teacher’s collaboration with peers through one or more examples.

All nominations must be submitted online, including contact information for the nominee and the person nominating. Submit your nomination to http://www.jaredpolisfoundation.org/TR. All nominations must be submitted by Friday, April 2, 2010, and will be reviewed by an external review committee of educational non-profit organizations. Teacher honorees and their schools, as well as all those who nominated a teacher, will be notified by Friday, April 23.

For more information, contact Kristin Bugbee at kristinbugbee@gmail.com or call the foundation at 303.865.3980.

Keep Kids Home if Sick

Ralston Elementary — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:50:10 +0000

We are seeing a new round of viruses including strep, stomach illnesses and coughs. Please don’t send your child to school if he/she is displaying signs of being sick. There a few kids coming to school “to see if they can make it through their day,” which exposes others to illness and doesn’t allow us to stay healthy as a school community. If your child has a fever, is vomiting or has an extremely severe cough, please keep your child home. Thank you!

Ralston Spelling Bee a Success

Ralston Elementary — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:12:41 +0000

Ralston held its annual Spelling Bee on the evening of January 21, and Noelle Van Lerberghe emerged as the winner with Logan Westgard as the runner-up (pictured below with Principal Quanbeck). They will progress to the area spelling bee on February 4.

The other finalists competing in the Bee were Carson Green, Daniela Torres, Dylan Dempsey, Elise Gaskell, Rachael Staebell, Mariah Cross, Emma Moyers, Ashley Smith, Jack Schutz, Steve Poindexter, Dayn Pyykkonen, Josh Schlicht, Jordan Laughlin, A.J. Dolan, Aspen Williams, Daniel Bjorklund, Brooke Love, Mac Tuten, Gunnar Bertas, Abby Moser, Adam Boylston, Grace Machovina and Max Abariotes.

Thanks to all of the volunteer teachers and parents that helped prepare the kids and put on a successful Spelling Bee. We’ll do it again next year!

Science Fair 2010 Is Almost Here!!

Ralston Elementary — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:50:20 +0000

Science Fair 2010 will be held on Thursday and Friday February 4 & 5. This is a great opportunity for you to get more involved and learn about science! Our school will also be hosting the Mountain Area Science Fair this year on Saturday, February 6. Our school hosts this fair once every ten to twelve years! All first place winners of standard scientific method projects will be invited to participate in this Mountain Area fair.

Registration packets are now available in the school office or can be downloaded from the Ralston Web site at http://sc.jeffco.k12.co.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=235 Registration forms were due Tuesday, January 19; however, late registrations will be accepted. Please turn them in ASAP.

Display boards are available in the school office for $7 each.

Back this year: Prize drawings for all who participate! You can win your own Slime Science Kit, Fingerprint Science, Erupting Sparkling Fizzing Fun, Mentos Geyser Tube (4 to win), Cyclone Tube to make your own tornado in a bottle, Soda Can Robug, Solar Science, Magic School Bus Soaring into Flight or Usborne Big Book of Science.

Parents: We are in need of volunteers to help judge the science projects on Thursday evening, February 4 from 5:30 to 8:30. Dinner & dessert will be provided to all judges! If interested, please fill out the bottom portion of the science fair registration form or contact Amy Flynn 303-526-9263 or Lanie Westgard 303-526-2574.

Ralston After Dark

Ralston Elementary — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:33:16 +0000

Principal Quanbeck is hosting a school sleep in — come catch some ZZZ’s in the place you spend your days and see what it’s like to sleep in your school. We will be making and playing games, learning how to draw, watching a movie, eating food and seeing the goings on in the school at night.

Not wanting to sleep in the school? Come play with us until 9:30 p.m. and have your chariot come pick you up. All participants will have to have a permission slip signed and turned in.

To volunteer or for questions contact Paula Smith at paperaino@yahoo.com, 303-594-2189 or 303-526-0649 (home).

When: Friday, January 29 – Saturday, January 30

Where: Ralston Elementary School

Time: 6:30 p.m. -8:15 a.m.

Cost: $30 for the full night, $25 if you are leaving at 9:30 p.m. Friday night. (All proceeds will benefit Ralston PTA).

RSVP: by Wednesday January 27 with the permission slips [coming soon] to the school office.

What to bring: Sleeping bag, pillow, sleeping mat, favorite stuffed animal, PJ’s (appropriate for the school setting), slippers, toothbrush, toothpaste, brush, etc. and water bottle. Please label all items.

District Continues Budget Cuts

Ralston Elementary — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:28:11 +0000

The Facilities Usage Committee presented a new list of options to the Board of Education last night, Thursday, January 14. If you have not seen the latest report, see the latest press release.