First Day of School

It's 9:30.  The halls are quiet. Parents have dropped off their children and left the building.  Students are in their classrooms working.  Mrs. Harn has started her grade level talks in the Kiva.  It's the first day of a great school year!

We are so excited to begin the year in our new building.   It's nice to know that we do not have to pack and move in just a few months.  We are settling in to our space.

This year we begin school with 704 students - lots of new faces in the midst of returning students.  We are ready to begin the school year.

"Rummel Creek Roadrunners do the RIGHT THING because it's the right thing to do."

It's good to be a Roadrunner!

Meet the Teacher

We had a great Meet the Teacher this morning at Rummel Creek.  The weather held the storms until well after the event to allow parents and students to walk to school.
The halls were filled with laughter as students walked to their new classrooms to meet their teachers.  New faces, returning faces - all with smiles from ear to ear looking forward to a new school year.

We are looking forward to the first day of school on Monday.  Remember school starts at 7:55 this year!  Enjoy your weekend - see you bright and early on Monday morning!

Back to School!

It's that time of year again - BACK TO SCHOOL!  The Rummel Creek Staff is ready to go for another GREAT school year.  This year is so exciting!  We are starting the year off in our brand new school.  This year - no moves, no transition campus...we are home.

Meet the teacher is FRIDAY at 10:00.  Come to school at 10:00 - meet your teacher, find your classroom and desk, pick up papers that need filling out and see who is in your classroom with you.

Tuesday, AUGUST 16th is Newcomers Night at RCE.  If you are new to the Rummel Creek community come and learn about Rummel Creek.  It's a 6:00 in the school cafeteria. It's a great way to see how you can plug into the Rummel Creek community.

The teachers at Rummel Creek are working hard in so many ways to be ready for the students on August 22nd.  They are excited about the new school year and meeting the students in their classrooms.

Even though the teachers are working so hard, they still have time for a little fun!
Can't wait to see you at Meet the Teacher on Friday.

Making A Difference

Rummel Creek Elementary is fortunate to have an awesome group of students that form the Student Council.  Each year, students in fourth and fifth grade are elected to serve on Student Council.   This year - the students have been amazing.  They have come up with all kinds of service ideas to make Rummel Creek an outstanding school.  Along with assisting during the move, Student Council members were the ambassadors at the Open House when our new building opened. 

Once we were in the new school, Student Council came up with the idea to make Backpack Blessings for students in other schools.  During the brainstorm session, they came up with the foods to be put in the bags, an idea to add books, as well as an execution plan.  Then they came up with their number to make - (I was expecting 50 and was only halfway listening at that point)... Then I heard the number - 500!  I may have gasped!  Immediately they began making a plan and we decided to collect items for 500 BackPack Blessings. 

Remember - the students made the plan - so...the food included in the BackPack Blessings were the following items:  granola bars, cheese its, filled crackers, applesauce, slim jims, goldfish, and water.  The last item added was a book!  Yes...a book for every child who would receive the 500 BackPack Blessings.  

At first, the students wanted to have them completed by Spring Break.  Quickly they realized that three weeks was not enough time to plan, collect and bag.  (Thank goodness - I was still exhausted from the move.)  We stepped back and made plans to collect and deliver at the end of school.

The Student Council made posters, talked to classrooms, sent home notes, made advertisements for KRCE and generally talked up the plan.  We asked our Heroes and GAP groups, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to join in the effort.  After weeks of planning and working hard, the group collected all of the necessary donations - even more than we needed.

Yesterday, from 3:15 - 4:00 a group of students including the Student Council, Fourth Grade GAP, and Fourth Grade Heroes (Bible Study groups at RCE), stayed after school to pack up the BackPack Blessings.

Not only did they finish the 500 bags with all of the items, they counted and sorted the books by age and gender.  We had a few extra items so they counted them and bagged them for the after school programs at the schools the BackPack Blessings are going to be distributed.

This morning, Urban Outreach came and loaded up their truck with the materials with the help of Student Council Members.  The Backpack Blessings will go to three SBISD schools - Shadow Oaks Elementary, Treasure Forest Elementary, and Ridgecrest.  A few more of the bags will go out to a Cy Fair school off of 290.

Thank you Rummel Creek Family for making a difference.  Thank you Student Council for taking the risk and meeting your goals.  

Enjoy the photos below:

Opening boxes and getting ready to pack.

Organizing the lines to create the BackPack Blessings.

Student Council, Fourth Grade Heroes, Fourth Grade GAP

Making the bags...

Students going down the lines...

Sorting and Counting

Working hard!

A finished box with the finished product!

It took teamwork to get it all completed.

The boxes at 4:15!

Student Council with Sid Smith and Gordon Whitworth from Urban Outreach

Urban Outreach is excited to receive the BackPack Blessings

Ready to load the truck!

Student Council

Moving it out

Everyone has a job

Teamwork!

How the students kept up with donations.

Rummel Creek Dedication and Ribbon Cutting

Oh my, what a glorious day we had for our building dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony.  We had lots of visitors - many teachers, students, and PTA members from the past as well as families enjoying the school today spent time walking around the new RCE.  it was like a reunion!
The district created a great promo video about Rummel Creek.
The Student Council took a leadership role in the day.  As greeters, they had fun meeting each visitor as they walked in and handed out programs for the event.  They were also armed with cameras and ipads to record the events of the afternoon. (RCE had it's own Paparazzi!)
The RCE Singers performed during the ceremony and  Boy Scout troop #598 posted the flags.  It was beautiful.  To top it off - the RCE Fiddlers played in the front hall as visitors entered the building.

The district featured Rummel Creek in the School Zone this week as well!    Read the article posted on the SBISD School Zone.

Here is an animoto using the photos and videos taken by Student Council members.

Congratulations Rummel Creek on your new facility.  It is BEAUTIFUL!

Friday of the First Week in the New School

It's hard to believe that we have only been in the new building for a week.  It feels like home already!  The students have quickly learned the layout of the building and our first fire drill was a huge success.  We're still learning a few things, but school is definitely back in session!

Our Open House and Meet the School was a huge success, we had lots of students and former students show up.  The first day was over too quickly.  Enjoy this short video about the first day and meet the school event.

Today, Friday was also the first PTA meeting at the new school.  Dr. Muri came out to visit with our PTA!  What a great way to start our time at the new building.  The PTA meeting was filled with parents learning about our new school, the PTA, and of course hearing from Dr. Muri.

Friday was also the first day to fly our flags at the new campus.  This is very exciting.  We have not had a working flag pole for a long time.  It was so nice to see the colors flying at Rummel Creek this morning.  Abby Gannon, Ashley Cooper, Veena Patel, William Marks, Hayden Houser, Paxton Terveen, & Regan Olson, helped to raise the flag this very foggy morning.

Today was also "Ride Your Bike to School Day."  Rummel Creek Roadrunners were so excited to be back at the neighborhood school where they could easily ride their bikes to school.  Even on a very foggy morning, the students and their parents cycled their way to 625 Brittmoore.

It's been an amazing first week at the new Rummel Creek!

Meet the School

The first of the year has come and gone, January 4th, the teachers will return to the NEW Rummel Creek Building to put on the final touches.  Meet the School is in the afternoon on January 4th from 4:00 - 5:30.  This time is to give everyone a peek into the new school before students arrive on January 5th.

The teachers (and volunteers) worked very hard in December to unpack boxes, organize classrooms, and prepare for January.  We are all so excited about the new building.  It is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

We look forward to seeing you at Meet the School on Monday, January 4th @ 4:00.  Come and enjoy our new building.

To give you a little sneak peak - check out this website with photos and comments about the new school:  Rummel Creek 2015

Check out this article as well: Spring Branch Snapshots

Happy New Year!  Happy New School!