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Our Capturing Kids' Hearts concept for the month of April is PERSEVERANCE. Read over the attached newsletter to read about some ways to encourage this skill at home!
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Be on the look out for report cards today! Please celebrate success and help your STORM make goals to finish out the last quarter strong!
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Mark your calenders so you don't miss an AMAZING RIS musical April 1! A/B hallway is at 6 PM and C/D is at 7:30 PM at the Performing Arts Center (PAC). Please have your student there 15 minutes early.
All Storms will be practicing at the PAC from 9:30-11:30 AM April 1.
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Don't miss Eclipse Dress Up Days!
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Quintin Collins with QC Training, came to Wellness Wednesday this week and put the kids through a circuit training session which even included a hand and eye coordination rotation.
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Thank you to River Valley Realty for sponsoring our March Happy Wagon!
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Storms have been learning about the water cycle in science. They worked together in teams to construct a water filter system.
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Thank you Steve Mallett and Holli Hall for speaking to our students about the water cycle and our local water system provided by City Corporation. It was a great session on how we get our water in the River Valley!
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Best luck to the RIS Stormbots as they compete at state today at Tucker Coliseum!
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Mrs. Freeman and RHS students who run Cyclone Co came to Wellness Wednesday to talk about their store, marketing and design tips & techniques. They created some shirt designs together with our Storms!
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Congratulations Olivia for earning 1st place in d3-70lbs wrestling for state! Your Storm family is proud of you!
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Lots of activity and team work going on in PE at RIS!
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Three RIS Storms (Ben, Caroline, and Shaleigh) took part in the US Youth Soccer program. This is a program where players are invited to train together and play games against other teams from across the country in the same program. Some of the goals behind the program include:
Players are identified based on Key Qualities of a U.S. Soccer Player
Game Understanding & Decision Making
Responsibility & Initiative
Growth Mindset & Winning Mentality
Technical Execution
Physical Execution
Learning Ability
We are excited for our storms to be part of this program!
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One of our storms, Lacey, is a member of RVC Academy. She and her team did an amazing job this weekend at Victory competition in Nashville TN. They brought home banners, jackets, and some bling. Congratulations, Lacey!
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RIS Storms, March 7 is our ATLAS Writing Test. Please be at school on time that day to show what you know!
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Mark your calendars for the RIS Spring Musical!!!
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Our CKH character trait for March is: Courage. Read over the newsletter below for some ideas to do with your family to encourage this trait!
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RIS Storms, Read Across America Week is March 4-March 8. Be sure to join us in our daily dress-up!
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Mrs. Stahl, Mrs. Lorenz and Ms. Terry worked with the Wellness Wednesday group on the Set design for Jukebox Time Machine, the RIS 5th Grade Musical that will be performed on April 1.
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Friday, March 1st: Flourishing Friday is Hat and Sunglasses!
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