RACHEL CARSON HERON HERALD 100 Tschiffely Square Road Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (240) 740-1840 FAX (240) 740-1846 Web Page: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/rachelcarsones/ Lawrence D. Chep Principal Randy Aleshevich Assistant Principal Jean Kiernan-Jackson Asst. School Admin. Rachel Carson Elementary School s Mission Statement The staff, students, and families of RCES will share responsibility for ensuring that each child demonstrates consistent, measurable progress on the way to reaching his or her potential as a learner and responsible citizen. A CHARACTER COUNTS! SCHOOL! NEXT WEEK AT RACHEL CARSON MONDAY 1/23 (Gym) TUESDAY 1/24 Incoming 6th Grade Parent Night (6:00 p.m.) @ LPMS WEDNESDAY 1/25 3:40-4:30 p.m. Homework Club 3:45-4:45 p.m. Tae Kwon Do (Gym) 7:00 p.m. Science and Invention Night THURSDAY SECOND MARKING PERIOD ENDS 1/26 Grade Level Newsletters Distributed FRIDAY 1/27 No School - Professional Day for Teachers LAKELANDS PARK MS Fifth Grade Parents Save the Date Tuesday, January 24 Incoming 6th Grade Parent Night (6:00 p.m.) @ LPMS NO SCHOOL 1/27 Reminder There is no school for students on Friday, January 27, a Professional Day for teachers to complete report cards for students.
LOOKING AHEAD 1/30 Hopping Heron Session III Clubs Registration Begins 3:45-4:45 p.m. Last Day of Session II Tennis (Gym) 1/31 9:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. - Grade 3 Field Trip Lisner Auditorium 2/1 3:40-4:30 p.m. Homework Club 3:45-4:45 p.m. Last Day of Session II Tae Kwon Do (Gym) 2/2 6:30 p.m. Spelling Bee Finals AP Room 2/3 3:45-4:45 p.m. Soccer Club 2/6 Session III Hopping Heron Club Registration Ends at 4:00 p.m. 2/7 7:00 p.m. PTA Meeting (Media Center) 2/8 Report Cards Distributed Lakelands Park MS Staff Visits Fifth Graders 2/10 3:45-4:45 p.m. Last Day of Session II Soccer Club 2/13 Hopping Heron Session III After-school Clubs Begin (Gym) Club Begins 2/14 2:15 p.m. Valentine s Classroom Parties 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative Crafts 3-5 (RM 131), Jazz Dance & HoopEd Begin 2/15 3:45-4:45 p.m. Tae Kwon Do (Gym) Begins 3:40-4:30 p.m. Homework Club 2/16 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative Crafts 1-2 (RM 131), & (Gym) Begin 2/17 9:15 a.m. Kindergarten Open House for parents who will be sending (or are considering sending) their children to Kindergarten at RCES next fall 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Grade 1 Field Trip to Baltimore Aquarium 3:45-4:45 p.m. Soccer Club Begins 2/20 No School Presidents Day 2/21 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative Crafts 3-5 (RM 131), Jazz Dance & HoopEd 2/22 3:45-4:45 p.m. Tae Kwon Do (Gym) 3:40-4:30 p.m. Homework Club 2/23 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative Crafts 1-2 (RM 131), & (Gym) 2/24 3:45-4:45 p.m. Soccer Club 2/27 Jump Rope for Heart Week (Gym) Club 2/28 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative Crafts 3-5 (RM 131), Jazz Dance & HoopEd Non-Hopping Heron Club Dates for January Club Dates Times Title Room Panda Programmer Jan. 23, 25, 27, 30 3:45-5:45 Panda Programmer PORTABLE 2 Komodo USA Jan. 23, 30 3:45-4:45 138 FLES Ended - No Jan. 13 Class 3:45-4:45 French 146 FLES Jan. 23 3:45-4:45 Spanish 144 FLES Jan. 23 3:45-4:45 Chinese 121 Chinese Immersion Daily (5 Days a week) 4:00-6:00 130 Music Jan. 23, 30 3:35-4:45 120 Science and Engineering Jan. 26 3:40-4:40 Incredible Forces 149 Science and Engineering Jan. 26 3:40-4:40 Invention Convention 151
KINDERGARTEN OPEN HOUSES During the next two months, RCES will hold monthly Kindergarten Open Houses for parents who will be sending (or are considering sending) their children to Kindergarten at RCES next fall. Below are dates for each month, in addition to our Kindergarten Orientation dates in May. Mr. Chep will meet with prospective kindergarten parents to discuss our programs and answer questions, and parents will have an opportunity to visit our kindergarten classes. Please inform your neighbors whose children will attend kindergarten during the 2017-18 school year (turning five years old by September 1, 2017). It is essential we know early how many children will attend kindergarten to ensure appropriate staffing, and to keep our class sizes down. These meetings are not for children. Parents and children will attend our May Kindergarten Orientation. SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR NEIGHBORS!!! Kindergarten Open House Schedule February 17 9:15 a.m. March 10 9:15 a.m. May Kindergarten Orientation - May 15, 16, & 17 (appointments are scheduled) HOPPING HERON AFTER-SCHOOL CLUB REGISTRATION SESSION III Our Hopping Heron Session III Club brochure will be available on our school web site on January 30, 2017. Browse through the brochure to see the after-school offerings. Registration is electronic, so click the Online Registration link to register for a club. Read the brochure carefully to make sure you register before the cut-off date, February 6 at 4:00 p.m. SECOND MARKING PERIOD ENDS The second marking period ends on Thursday, January 26. Students do not attend school on Friday, January 27. This day is designated as a Professional Day for teachers to complete student report cards. Report card distribution is scheduled for Wednesday, February 8. LAKELANDS PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL (LPMS) September 2017 may be months away, but planning for our fifth grade students transition to Lakelands Park Middle School begins now. On January 24, a parent information meeting will be held at LPMS. This is an opportunity for parents of fifth grade students to ask questions and meet members of the LPMS staff. Representatives from the LPMS staff will also visit our school to speak to our fifth graders on February 8. SCIENCE AND INVENTION NIGHT Join us on Wednesday, January 25, from 7:00 8:30 p.m., in our APR/Gym, for our annual Science and Invention Night. Who knows, maybe we ll have an invention so creative or useful or ingenious, the Shark Tank will come looking for the creator! We cannot wait to see what the kids come up with this year! Come and check out all of the students inventions and projects.
KID'S COLLEGE: ENRICHMENT COURSES FOR STUDENTS GRADES K-9 Courses are offered after school and on Saturdays on the Rockville and Germantown Campuses. Course offerings include Cartooning, Cartooning Comics & Manga, Keyboarding, Web Design, and Germantown Baseball Clinics for teams or individual players. See Kid's College Brochure for more details. CLASSROOM SPELLING BEES Congratulations to the following students who won their classroom spelling bees. Mrs. Armenta Mrs. Fernandez Mrs. Blanc Mrs. Dagins Dana Atassi Wesley Lim Olivia Borkat Gabe Chacon Elizabeth Dintis Sean Malieckal Adi Strope Paige Sweeney Mrs. King Ms. Lostritto Ms. Erickson Ms. Afable Andrew Keene Lauren Miller Ryan Chacon Sophie Dinderman-Kao Edna-Joy Mwemena Shreyas Estoll Alfred Dolfin Wesley Lee Ms. Anderson Mrs. Dembrow Mrs. Dembnicki Mrs. Gent Sofia Hersh Ivie Tran Abi Kizza Nikhita Dass Lily Kaplan Summer Allen John Godman Alina Xu Mr. Grassi Mrs. Lang Mrs. Bannon Ms. Troilo Laura Takada-Jacobson Benjamin Becker Joey Dacy Tayyiba Bari Elisa Chen Delaney Parker Mya Dubey Anne Faraone Mrs. Roberts Mrs. Hall Mrs. Childs Ms. Froom Elaina Fuster Aditya Gulati Anna Lim Kobe Juman-Yassin Gabriella Dourgarian Aidan Paul Jake Shaheen Sasha Soukhoveev These students will compete in a school-wide spelling bee on Thursday, February 2, beginning at 6:30 p.m. New words and information were distributed on to prepare for the Spelling Bee Championship! All parents, family members, friends and community members are welcome to attend!!!
February 2017 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Session III Hopping Heron Club Registration Ends at 4:00 p.m. 1 2 3 3:40-4:30 p.m. Homework Club 3:45-4:45 p.m. Last Day of Session II Tae Kwon Do (Gym) 6:30 p.m. Spelling Bee Finals AP Room 3:45-4:45 p.m. Soccer Club 6 7 8 9 10 7:00 p.m. PTA Meeting (Media Center) Report Cards Distributed Lakelands Park MS Staff Visits Fifth Graders 3:45-4:45 p.m. Last Day of Session II Soccer Club Hopping Heron Session III After-school Clubs Begin (Gym) Club Begins 13 14 15 16 17 2:15 p.m. Valentine s 3:45-4:45 p.m. Tae 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative Classroom Parties Kwon Do (Gym) Begins Crafts 1-2 (RM 131), & 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative 3:40-4:30 p.m. Crafts 3-5 (RM 131), Jazz Homework Club (Gym) Begin Dance & HoopEd Begin 9:15 a.m. Kindergarten Open House for parents who will be sending (or are considering sending) their children to Kindergarten at RCES next fall 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Grade 1 Field Trip to Baltimore Aquarium 3:45-4:45 p.m. Soccer Club Begins No School Presidents Day 20 21 22 23 24 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative 3:45-4:45 p.m. Tae 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative 3:45-4:45 p.m. Soccer Crafts 3-5 (RM 131), Jazz Kwon Do (Gym) Crafts 1-2 (RM 131), & Club Dance & HoopEd 3:40-4:30 p.m. Homework Club (Gym) Jump Rope for Heart Week (Gym) Club 27 28 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative Crafts 3-5 (RM 131), Jazz Dance & HoopEd
Febrero 2017 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 3:40-4:30 p.m. Homework Club 3:45-4:45 p.m. último día de Tae Kwon Do (Gym) 1 2 3 6:30 p.m. Finales de 3:45-4:45 p.m. Soccer ortografía de abeja AP Club Room Sesión III Hopping Heron Club Se termina el registro at 4:00 p.m. 6 7 8 9 10 7:00 p.m. Reunión del 3:45-4:45 p.m. último PTA (Media Center) día de Soccer Club Las Tarjetas de Reporte distribuidas El personal del MS de Lakelands Park visita el quinto grado Hopping Heron Session III After-school Clubs comenzar (Gym) Club comienza 13 14 15 16 17 2:15 p.m. Fiestas de la 3:45-4:45 p.m. Tae 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative clase de San Valentín Kwon Do (Gym) Crafts 1-2 (RM 131), & 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative comienza Crafts 3-5 (RM 131), Jazz 3:40-4:30 p.m. (Gym) comenzar Dance & HoopEd Homework Club comenzar 9:15 a.m. Kinder "Open House" para los padres que va a enviar (o están considerando el envío) a sus hijos a jardín de infancia en RCEs el próximo otoño 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Grado 1 Field Trip to Baltimore Aquarium 3:45-4:45 p.m. Soccer Club comienza No hay clases Presidents Day 20 21 22 23 24 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative 3:45-4:45 p.m. Tae 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative 3:45-4:45 p.m. Soccer Crafts 3-5 (RM 131), Jazz Kwon Do (Gym) Crafts 1-2 (RM 131), & Club Dance & HoopEd 3:40-4:30 p.m. Homework Club (Gym) Jump Rope for Heart Semana (Gym) Club 27 28 3:45-4:45 p.m. Creative Crafts 3-5 (RM 131), Jazz Dance & HoopEd