Another Busy Week at the Creek.

Actually, we need to go back to last week!  Just after the blog was posted, fifth grade received their shirts.  The fifth graders are so excited to get their class shirts, this is the beginning of the countdown to Graduation and Boogie down Brittmoore!



Moms and Dads of Fifth graders ....the clock is moving faster and faster to the end of elementary school!

Students are loving Urban Garden and their lessons.  Thank you PTA for providing another great activity for the students at RCE!


So much fun learning about what we eat.

Mrs. Hiner's father visited first grade and shared about rocks.  Mr. VanderLinden is a geologist.  He knows all about rocks.  He was even able to identify the rocks that were donated by a past parent.  We were very thankful that he could tell us what we have.




We are so lucky to have parents of students and teachers who come and share all of their knowledge and interests.  Thank you Mr. VanderLinden.

The Library is full of activity again - Makerspaces and lessons on using databases.  The Think Through Math group comes in every morning to work on Math.  (Thank you PTA for giving those ipads so many years ago - they are still in use daily!)  Students in Grades 3-5 also voted for their favorite Bluebonnet title.  We'll have a report of votes from Rummel Creek and the state of Texas votes soon!  New Bluebonnet titles will be on the shelves soon as well.


Watch Dogs were back on campus again this week.  Thank you dads for giving your time to Rummel Creek.

Science Fair was a hit!  Students did an awesome job on their experiments and then.....Mr. Howard!
Thank you parents for coming up for Science Fair.

Spirit Stick this week goes to Mrs. Davis' First Grade Class.  Way to go!


Next week we will have author Jerry Pallotta at RCE on Wednesday, February 1st.  Should be a very fun day.  Coming soon is the Healthy Challenge sponsored by KCHAC.  Take a look.  We'll get all of the Roadrunners healthy and in GREAT SHAPE!

Have a great weekend - do something fun!

Short Week - Maybe!!!

We had Monday off, but the week was still filled with lots of learning and lots of visitors.

Monday was the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.  So glad the weather was good so the students could get out to play.  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were so wet we had to have inside recess.  Thank goodness the weather turned out beautiful on Friday and the students were able to get out to play.

We had Dr. Muri in our building on Tuesday morning.  He spent time in classrooms watching activities in the classroom and visited with students and teachers.  In the afternoon, we had people looking at our new building and asking questions about how we liked it. (We love it!).  Wednesday we had visitors sharing nutrition information with students.  They came back on Friday to finish.  On Thursday our morning started out busy with PreK Preview for parents who will have PreK students here next year.  It was followed by visiting administrators from other SBISD schools visiting in classrooms and seeing all of the wonderful things that are going on at RCE.  Students were "A-OK" with all of the visitors to our campus.

We had wonderful WATCH DOGS all week long.  Thank you to the Dads that come to volunteer at our school.  We love having you each day.

Finally, the Books for the Primary Reading Club, Ice Cream for Books arrived and students received the book placed in the RCE Library in honor of all of the reading they have completed.  Such fun to give out new books to students.

Technology is moving and shaking at RCE.  We're experimenting with our green screen and completed the lessons with our new Chromebooks for grades 4 & 5.

Fourth Grade Mrs. Rixie and Mrs. Sammons' classes won the Spirit Stick this week.  I think they were surprised.

Book Buddies came to the library on Friday.  Such a treat to watch children share stories!

Tomorrow is the Book Festival at Spring Oaks, hope to see some Roadrunners there!

Have a great weekend....see you back at school on Monday!

January 2017

First full week of 2017 is now in the rear view mirror.  It's amazing how fast this year is already going.

This week has been a busy week in the garden.  Both students and parents spent time cleaning up after last week's big freeze.  Today the garden looks very nice - weeded and pruned.

Students were busy learning in their classrooms.  So much to learn, so little time to get it done!


Fourth and Fifth Graders have had a fun time learning about the Chromebooks.  We have explored some on-line resources and learned about the care and feeding of Chromebooks.  Thank you PTA for providing the Chromebooks for the fourth and fifth graders.  You can imagine the smiles as they created their accounts.


This week the Spirit Stick was awarded to Ms. McCormick's and Ms. Olson's classrooms.  The students were so excited to have their photo taken with the Spirit Stick today.


Enjoy the Martin Luther King Holiday on Monday!

Happy New Year! Welcome 2017

We may have started school on Wednesday, but it was a full week of learning at RCE!  Students came back ready to learn.  A slow start to our after school activities - but those will be in full swing next week!

Tuesday, the teachers had an in-service day.  They were able to spend part of the day planning for the Spring semester.  So many activities planned for the Spring!

Thank you PTA for the new ChromeBook carts for grades 4 and 5.  The students are so excited.  Lessons began this week for the students so that they can take care and use the ChromeBooks for many years in the future.

It was a short week, but we gave out the Spirit Stick to Ms. Hansen's PreK classroom.  They have been working so hard to walk in the hallways quietly!  Congratulations, Ms. Hansen's Class.

PTA had a general meeting this morning.  At the conclusion of the meeting, they visited the classroom of Mrs. Hiner - First Grade.  Mrs. Hiner is the Rummel Creek School Bell Award Nominee for the SBISD PTA.  Congratulations to Mrs. Hiner!

Fifth grade students started working on Book Trailers before the Christmas. Here is a sample made by a group of fifth graders.  It turned out really good!

  I think they all had fun creating!  

We said goodbye to our December KRCE Crew ...next week the January Crew is in command!

Third Grade has taken the persuasive writing activity to the highest level....their movie creations will be shared at the auction....so be sure to attend the auction to see these fabulous creations by third grade.

The MakerSpaces (especially the robotics) is taking off ...I love watching the students share with each other....today it was second graders teaching fourth graders!  Way to go!

Student Council members Jack and Kate Lovoi were able to go to Martha's Kitchen and give out the gift bags RCE students provided.  Below is an essay written by Jack.

The Blessing at Martha's Kitchen

That phone called changed lives and my life.

I had called my Grandma and asked her, "Don't you work a a soup kitchen?"  She said yes.  I proposed my idea to our student council at a meeting the next day.  We assigned goods to grades and organized a competition.  We broadcasted it over the announcements the next morning.  We whipped up some posters and got it going.  The supplies were pouring in by the hundreds.  After about a month, it was packing day.  We got of the supplies organized and took a count.  Last minute, a girl brought in four boxes of deodorant. Now it was packing time!  We packed bags and put them on shelves.  We tied ribbons and all was going well.  Right when we tied the last ribbon, we quickly ran into a problem.  We had a shortage on boxes.  Another student council member and I ran around the school desperately looking for any source of packaging.  We got enough.  We packed about two thirds of the boxes into cars, but were short one vehicle.  My mother called another mom and we got the boxes loaded.  

That next Tuesday we were supposed to go to Martha's Kitchen in downtown Houston.  We unloaded the boxes of bags into the storage room then transported them into the dining room and sorted them by gender and need. When we started handing them out, most of the people were crying and were really happy.  I was about crying too.  This was a blessing for me and for them.  You could imagine about a kid entering a ride at Disney World, excited out of their mind.  THAT WAS THE INTENSITY FOR THE BAGS!  

I would like to thank the student council, Heroes and GAP programs.

Looking to the Future for activities for the RCE Families:

January 21st - Bookworm Festival at Spring Oaks Middle School - come and listen to authors share about their writing.  Check out this website for more information: http://www.bookwormfestival.org/ 

February 1st.  Author Jerry Pallotta is coming to Rummel Creek.  Information about the visit can be found at:  https://sites.google.com/site/roadrunnersarereaders/author-visit---jerry-pallotta 

Wow!  Only 3 days....but ....what a week!