Week 8: October 16

These boys have created their own amusement ride on the swings!

Rose Park Families, 

An area of focus for this school year is reflecting on and perhaps improving our process for communicating behavior expectations to students throughout our school community. Our desire is to always come alongside parents, teachers, and students to help our children grow into people of God. One of the central components of this initiative focuses on working to recognize and acknowledge positive student behavior. We have a team of teachers from across grade levels creating a school-wide system for teaching and addressing behavior in our students.

At this point, we would love to have your input about the overall "climate" of our school community. The survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete. Please share freely as responses are confidential. 

Survey in English

Encuesta en Espanol

Thank you for your input as we work to build and reinforce positive social skills and behaviors in students.

It’s a joy to partner with you,

Miska Rynsburger

NO HOMEWORK for the week of Oct. 19-23

PICTURE RETAKES...is Wednesday, October 28, 8:30AM.

REPORT CARDS: Just a reminder: Many of the standards are measured with the number scale of...
3 - Mastered (above) - They have mastered the skill and can perform if asked.
2 - Proficient (on track) - They are growing in the skill and their learning is on track for 4th grade. 
1 - Progressing (growth needed) - They are consistently struggling to preform the skill on their own and this skill is an area of growth.

Quarter 1 Envelope: Today a manilla envelope came home. In the folder, you will find a report card, my PT conference notes, math test, Bible test, science packet, and their finished writing piece. Please keep the "4th Grade Conferences" notes page for your child PT Conference. 

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES: SIGN UP INFORMATION:  
Just an update that P/T Conferences will be on Monday, October 19 and Tuesday, October 20 from 4-8.
To make Parent/Teacher Conference reservations follow these steps:
- Go to HC Virtual Paragon - our conference reservation system.“Holland Christian’s Master Password” is gohc (all lowercase).
- Login with an account you created previously or create an account by clicking the “Create New User Name” button.
- Once logged in select "Making reservations."
- Select all of the teachers with whom you want conferences, by clicking the box next to each teacher's name. Be sure you have the correct teacher in the correct building since many of our teachers work in more than one building.
- Scroll to the bottom to click “Continue.”
- Reserve the times you want by clicking the box in the available time slots. The number of time slots you sign up for vary by grade level:
- Elementary; K-5th grade  – 15 minute reservations with teacher.  Conferences in art, PE, and music have 5 minute reservations.
- Press “SAVE/DONE” button when you are finished making all of your reservations.
- In the next window associate each reservation with a specific student by clicking “Edit.”
- You have now reserved your conferences!  If you have difficulty, you can
email vp_support@hollandchristian.org or you can call your school's office for assistance.

COATS FOR COLDER DAYS: When the temp is below 50 degrees, every student needs to wear a coat! Thank you for providing these necessary items.

Important Dates:                   
Monday, Oct. 19: Parent-Teacher Conference (4-8pm) via Zoom

Tuesday, Oct. 20: Parent-Teacher Conference (4-8pm) via Zoom

Oct. 22 & 23 (Thurs & Fri): NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, Oct. 28:  Picture Retakes

On Wednesday, Ms. Joy from the Outdoor Discovery Center came and visited our school. She brought along a small toad and asked the students to create a small habitat for this creature. The students ran over to the woods and searched for bugs, leaves, and sticks to place in its habitat.

On Wednesday, the students were asked to write letters to our School board members. The Board of Trustees members were meeting at RP this week. Each student crafted beautiful cards and wrote encouraging notes. Through the whole experience, these students were SHINNING God's love.