PreSchool & PreK parents should refer to letters sent home

by the teacher via their child(ren) for timing of events.

They may be different than noted for Gr. K—4 in this news-

letter. Thank you.

THIS MONTH:

COMING UP:

Wed., Jun. 5, K-4 Art Celebration 4:30p—6:30p Wed., Jun. 5, Spring Concert 7p, Orchestra Mon., Jun. 10, K Water Day Fri., Jun. 14, Last day of School Fri., June 14, Gr. 4 Stepping Up Ceremony Redding Community Center—11a

TUESDAY’S NEWSDAY At RES

June 4, 2019

Vol. 18-19, Issue 38

In this issue of TN:

TN Deadline

Always have a Photo ID with you

Message from the Principal

Office contacts

Art Show Celebration

Conversation with the Principals

Field Day Update

Library Books Due June 7

Summer Academy Registration

PTA News

Followed by: Community Events

DEADLINE for material for the LAST ISSUE of TN for the 2018—2019

school year is due:

Thurs., June 6, 2019

Please email them as a PDF, IF NO active links.

Otherwise, word or publisher format to bgranskog@er9.org

(203) 938-2519 Ext. 304

Thank you!!

Please have a valid

photo ID with you

EACH AND EVERY

TIME you wish to

enter the school. We cannot let

you in without it. EVEN IF WE

RECOGNIZE YOU—please have your ID

handy. We thank you for keeping our

students and school safe!!

Dear RES Families, I look forward to seeing you all at our upcoming end of year events. Your children are proud to show off all they have learned this year. Whether it an end of year class performance, writing celebration, Stepping Up ceremony, concert, or art show, we hope you enjoy celebrating your children’s many successes with us. In partnership, Natalie Hammond

Contact our office staff:

By Phone: 203 938-2519 By Fax: 203 938-3251

Ms. Natalie Hammond, Principal nhammond@er9.org

Mr. Christopher Basta, Assistant Princiipal cbasta@er9.org Mrs. Cindy Twiss, Director, Special Services ctwiss@er9.org

Mrs. Andrea Kirby, Supervisor, Spec. Svcs akirby@er9.org

SUPPORT STAFF:

Mrs. Mary Burritt, School Secretary mburritt@er9.org Ext. 302 Registrar & Room Use

Mrs. Marilyn Caruso, Secretary, Spec Svcs. mcaruso@er9.org Ext. 312

Miss Bobbie Granskog, School Secretary bgranskog@er9.org Ext. 304 Budgets, Payroll & Tuesday’s Newsday

Mrs. Rachel Saluzzi, School Secretary rsaluzzi@er9.org Ext. 301 School Dismissal Manager & Subs

Message from our Principal,

Ms. Natalie Hammond

Please be reminded to follow all traffic rules while driving in our parking lots and areas around RES. People have been observed not stopping at posted stop signs and exceeding speed limits when driving through our parking areas. Thank you for working together to keep RES safe.

Conversation with the Principals

Wed., June 5, 2019 at 8:30a RES Café

TOPIC: Avoiding the Summer Slide

With Toni D’Agostino, Early Intervention Specialist

Cathy Grimes, ILA Specialist

Melissa Null, Math Specialist

Followed by the PTA Meeting

You are Cordially Invited to the Redding

Elementary School Kindergarten-4th

Grade Art Show Celebration!

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 from 4:30PM - 6:30PM

Redding Elementary School Cafeteria, Redding, Connecticut ~ All

Are Welcome!

Refreshments: We are looking for Volunteers! Please email Mrs.

Holden, bholden@er9.org , if you would like to volunteer to bring

bottled water, a healthy snack, or cookies for this fun event, or if you

have any questions.

Thank you so much!

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PTA Email: respta4kids@gmail.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/RESPTA/ Website: www.resctpta.org/

Current & Upcoming

June 5 PTA Meeting + Talk on

Preventing Summer Slide

June 6

Future of Education

Series at Mark Twain

Library (Part 3)

June 10 Kindergarten Water Day

June 12 PTA Family Social at

Prospector Theater

June 14 Fourth Grade Stepping

Up Ceremony

June 14 Last Day of School

Use Amazon Smile for Your

Father’s Day Gift Purchases!

If you’re planning on using Am-

azon for Your Father’s Day gift

purchases, make your pur-

chase via the RES PTA’s Ama-

zon Smile program! Select RES

as the organization you’re sup-

porting, and a portion of all

sales made from smile. ama-

zon.com will benefit the PTA.

It’s a win for dad, and the Red-

ding kids he loves!

Check Me Out!

Kindergarten Water Slide sponsored by RES PTA

When RES’s Kindergarteners slide down this fabulous water slide on Water Day,

know that YOUR efforts made it possible! Because of your ongoing donations and

support for our fundraisers, the RES PTA was once again able to sponsor the enor-mous water slide that makes Water Day

one of RES’ most memorable events. Thank you for your support for our stu-dents. Give yourselves a pat on the back!

Shout Outs & Celebrations

RES PTA NEWS YOU CAN USE!

June 4, 2019

Photo credit: Erika Vibbert

RES PTA News You Can Use!

Wonders Abound on the RES Grounds

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They’re Here! $5,000 of New Library Books Purchased with PTA Grant!

The RES Library was the recipient of a major grant from the PTA early this year

to update their book collections with a focus on diversity, world cultures, history,

and the sciences. Check them out now in the RES Learning Commons! A small frac-

tion of these titles are pictured below.

PTA President Sarah O’Dell provided a full tour of these new books on our Face-

book Page, which you can view here: http://bit.ly/RESPTALibraryGrant

Each new book from this purchase will be outfitted with a special

bookplate to mark it as a PTA gift. THANK YOU to everyone who

has donated to and participated in PTA fundraising efforts. Your

contributions are what make school enrichment and enhancements

like this possible!

Dollars and $ense

We’re All Ears

Your feedback matters! Let us hear your views about the year we’ve had at

our RES PTA survey, at http://bit.ly/RESPTA2019Survey

RES PTA News You Can Use!

Wonders Abound on the RES Grounds

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RES 3rd Grade Odyssey of the Mind Team Took on the World!

From May 22-25, RES’ 3rd Grade Odyssey of the Mind team traveled to Michigan State University to

compete at Odyssey World Finals! The team was made up of William Miller, Max Anstett, Emily

Screwvala, Bodhi Mond, and Allie Humphrey, and was coached by William’s mom, Jen Miller. They competed in Division 1, for students in 3rd-5th

grade.

This was the first time in several years that an RES team has made the trip to the Finals. While many

teams are coached by professionals and qualify for Worlds year after year, this was the first year of

involvement in Odyssey for most of this young RES team, and their parent coach!

The four-day event kicked off with an Opening Cere-

mony at a 10,000-seat arena on MSU’s campus. In the days that followed, competitors visited a Crea-tivity Festival and International Festival on site. Com-

petitors stayed in on campus at MSU, and swam in its Olympic-size swimming pool during their down-

time. On the final day, RES students celebrated the end of their competition year alongside thousands of other participants at a massive dance party.

The team partnered with a Swiss team that attends the International School of Geneva, eating meals with their Swiss counterparts and cheering each other on

during competition. The teams traded pins and ex-changed gifts - chocolates from the Swiss team and

maple candies from Warrups Farm from the Redding team. One of the highlights of the kids’ experience was being surprised by a welcome of silly-string

from their parents as they completed a portion of their competition.

See more from their amazing adventure at:

http://bit.ly/RESatWorlds2019

RES Pride

The team emerges in a hail of silly string.

The RES Team with their Swiss counterparts

Opening Ceremonies

The team independently created their own costumes, props, and set.