A part-time Instructional Assistant (IA) has been hired to support our three Kindergarten classrooms. The IA will help the teacher manage small group time, thus making it possible for the credentialed teacher to have targeted instruction with more small groups during this time. The aide will also help in the classroom with classroom management, organizing classroom materials, and “prep work”. The IA will work 3 hours/day, split between the three classrooms. The teachers are currently developing the schedule that works best for their students and classrooms. The IA is funded through the PTO and also through specific donations from Kindergarten families. A special thank you to kindergarten parents Andy Cooperhall and Julia Swensen for your tireless work getting this IA hired!

Please join us for an informative evening to learn about the great opportunities we have at Roy Cloud in 3rd through 8th grade, academically and as a community. This event will be Wednesday, January 23rd, 6:00-7:30 pm in the Library. ALL 2nd grade parents are welcome and encouraged to join. The event will include a short presentation and moderated panel discussion. See you there!

Principal Prystas and Assistant Principal Jackson have been visiting classrooms and engaging with students in restorative circles. Restorative circles build empathy and community, allow students to share thoughts and feelings, and provide strategies to students for dealing with challenges. The grade-specific discussion topics are developed based on current concerns from students, teachers and parents. Look for information from your teacher about restorative circles in your child's classroom.

Who: Middle School Students from Roy Cloud, North Star, and Clifford

When: Friday, January 25, 2019, 6-8pm

Where: MIT Gymnasium at 400 Duane Street

Tickets are $10 , and will be sold outside Room 6 during lunch recess from 1/22-1/24. Students must bring a signed permission slip to purchase a ticket.

Details and Permission Slip

It’s that time of the year again! Valentine Grams are being pre-sold from the 22nd-25th of January! Don’t worry if you don't get one on time because anything left will be sold from the 4th-8th of February. Turn in order forms to the school office, and make sure to include exact change or a check made out to Roy Cloud School when ordering!

-Your ASB Fundraising Committee

Click here for flyer and order form

We are selling:

Valentine sequin plushies ($5)

Valentine cactus plushie ($5)

Metallic Yoyo ($1)

Congratulations to the following students who were recognized at the Reclassification Ceremony on Monday evening January 14th. These students are now reclassified form English Language Learners to Fluent English Proficient. Through hard work, perseverance and effort, they have achieved this status and were honored by the Superintendent, the RCSD School Board, and School Administrators with a certificate of achievement and a gold star pin. We are #roycloudproud of you!

Isabela A, Ellie B, Amelie D, Nicholas E, Theodore G, Sidney H, Maxim K, Jayden N, Angel P, Emma R, Nicholas S, Phoenix S, Maya S

Tickets! Tickets! Get Your Auction Tickets!

Ticket sales go LIVE today, January 17th, at 9am! Click here to create an account and buy your tickets.

Don't waste a second, because these tickets are sure to go fast. The first 50 people to purchase tickets will get the Early Bird Special-only $90.00. Once those are gone the remaining tickets will sell for $100.00 until they sell out (and they always do). Ticket price includes dinner and wine.

Lastly, we are seeking out children volunteers that want to help The Greatest School! We will be filming a video highlighting the 2019 Fund-A-Need. If your student would like to participate in our crazy circus act (aka video), please fill this permission form out soon as the filming will be done on January 26th. 

This year, Roy Cloud Science Night is Thursday March 14, 2019 , just about two months away.  We're looking for volunteers to contribute an exhibit for Science Night. (Moms and Dads welcome. It's a Dads' Club sponsored event but we always have moms imparting science wisdom each year too!) Please make a commitment by January 22 so we can see what exhibits we will have and recruit more if needed. Sign up here to contribute.

What makes a good Science Night exhibit?  I think it should be something that stirs-up an interest in the kids, so they want to learn more about it when they go home. After one Science Night, my kids came home talking all about worms, and then went out the next weekend to save a bunch of worms that had been flooded out of the garden by heavy rain. Jay’s worm exhibit really stirred them up. I can’t wait to see what they come home talking about this year!

If you have been thinking about contributing an exhibit, but you are not sure about it,  come to the special Science Night meeting at the Canyon Inn Tuesday January 22  and we can talk it over then.

PTO Grants fund classroom support, supplies, and equipment as specifically requested by our teachers. Here are some of the items funded so far this year:

To receive funding, teachers submit an application. In addition to the grants, the PTO provides a stipend of $600 per classroom for materials and supplies and a field trip fund of $900 per grade.

The rain kept the garden well watered over break and is setting the beds up for an excellent planting season in the spring! Even though garden classes moved inside this week, the kiddos still engaged in some fun projects indoors. The kindergartners put on their artist hats and created beautiful self portraits out of garden materials.

The second graders are diving into a unit on DECOMPOSITION and began an experiment to discover whether certain objects will decompose after 6 weeks in a bag of soil. They drew and made predictions about banana peels, plastic spoons, paper, and sticks. What will happen to these objects after 6 weeks? Will they change? If so, how much? In the next few classes the students will take a closer look at soil and the mystery of its ingredients...

Supplies needed: I am still collecting TOILET PAPER ROLLS! They can be dropped off in the front office or with your student to bring to garden class. Thanks for all the help!

I want to give another BIG thank you to all the community members who helped put together the outdoor seating circle in the garden. It's amazing!!

-Ms. Becca