May is blowing through too fast!

The May calendar turned over and is moving way too fast.  A week of STAAR and now ....we're looking at the last two weeks of school.  How can that be?  This post is LONG!!!!!

Fifth Graders are seeing the end of their days at RCE almost come to a close!

The SBISD Track Meet was this week.  We had some amazing students do a great job.

The all 5th grade SBISD track meet was held on Wednesday and our RCE kids were awesome!!!!

The first three events participated in... all 1st place for RCE!

Kate Lovoi jumped 11'3" and Jack Stewart jumped 11'5". Both first in their heats.

4  X 400 Beat everyone!

***(when reading out loud, sounds like "Four by four hundred)*** Carolyn Briggs Layla Walker Isabella Rincon Julia Howard

4 X 400 boys

1st place again... and they won by more than 200 meters ahead!

Leo Chiles

Daylan Rushing

Maddox Garnero

Wes Wohlfahrt on anchor took the major lead!

Another amazing race, with the biggest heart of all, was Reese Wohlfart, participating in the Future Olympians 50 meter dash. Our RCE track team cheered the loudest for this event by far!

Trey Gardner placed 2nd in shot put and threw an amazing 31' 8". And in the girls shot put, the gold place winner, beating half of the boys in the crowd, was Emma Samuelson- 27' 9".

Girls 4 X 100 - 3rd place

Piper Miller

Ashley Jones

Ally Evetts

Chloe Popkin

4 X 100 boys - 3rd place

Adam Gilbert

Jean Choi

Tyler Willard

Jake Hetman

Anna Lee Kulka got her fastest time at 1 minute, 23 seconds in the 400! Trey Davis also hit a career record in the 200 meter dash, at 32 seconds.

Kaitlyn McGuire was the last runner to represent RCE. She ran the 100 meter dash and placed 3rd!

By placing in all relays against the district, the total points pushed the RCE roadrunners to 1st place! We are so proud of Coach Moore and our amazing 5th grade speedsters!

We had a lot of Watch Dogs this week.  Thank you, Dads, for coming and spending time with us at RCE!  

No Spirit Stick this week - hopefully next week all will be at their best for the last FULL week of school.

KRCE has passed the baton to Fourth Grade.  Hard to believe it's already time for Fourth Graders to step up as the KRCE Crew!  We had a great last group of Fifth Graders.  They did an awesome job up until the very end.

Second Grade has had a busy week - from cooking with Figlia Kitchens and having Kevin Kline from 93Q read to them.  An exciting end of the school year for sure!

Fifth Grade had fun with Archery this year - enjoy the video.

Book Fair is over!

Book Swap is NEXT WEEK!  - Bring your Gently Used PaperBack Books and we'll exchange them for other Gently Used Paperbacks!

Summer Check out begins on Thursday, May 25th.....families may check out books for the summer.  We'll give you a list of what you take out!

A last HURRAH for Fifth Grade this week - Think Through Math Pizza Party!  Every class won 50.00 for pizza and the students had to figure out how to order!  That's math in action!  I think they enjoyed the Pizza as well!

Oh yeah - Fifth Grade - Graduation is coming up....you need to clear your library records!

Enjoy the weekend.  

It was a STAAR Week!

Rummel Creek Roadrunners did their B*E*S*T this week with STAAR! Third, Fourth and Fifth Grade students worked hard on the STAAR test, while Prek, Kinder, First and Second Grade worked hard to move through the halls quietly.  It was a grand success!  (But so glad it's over!)

A little excitement this week - Student Treasures showed up 3 weeks early - such excitement!  The books, written by RCE students, are beautiful.  As we unpacked them in the library - we oohed and aahed  - they are positively beautiful.  The First Graders have unbelievable handwriting. The stories and illustrations are precious.  The students can't wait for them to be sent home!

Mrs. Hiner's First Grade class received the Spirit Stick this week.  Congratulations to you all!

Tonight we will have the First Annual Watch Dog Movie Night.  Hope to see you there.  This year has been so much fun with the Dad's on campus.  No Watch Dogs this week because of STAAR....but I see that the list is full for next week.

Next week is Book Fair - Tues - Friday AM - (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 7:30 - 3:00, Friday 7:30 - 9:00)  This is a buy one book, get one book free fair- so look for your summer reading titles.

Book Swap is the following week - bring your gently used and read books and exchange them for other students' gently used and read books.  Bring your books to the Library on Monday 22 - Wednesday 24th.  Shopping with the tickets will happen May 25th through the end of the school year.
The Book Swap will only be open from 7:30 - 8:30 and 2:00 - 3:00 (Student Council is sponsoring the Book Swap!)

We're also in the middle of our used school supply drive - boxes are in the library to collect markers, scissors, rulers, paper, half bottles of glue, broken crayons and more....these are sent to schools in SBISD who desperately need materials, or apartments in the SBISD for summer projects.  Last year we provided paper and pencil to  Landrum Middle School - the teachers were thrilled with the box of used pencils and "left over" notebook paper.  (Student Council is sponsoring the Gently Used School Supply Drive!)

The May 24, 25 and the last week of school are also Summer Book Check Out.  Parents may come to the library to check out books for your children over the summer.  We will provide you with a list of what you take home - books need to be returned in August at Meet the Teacher or by the end of the first week of school.

It's hard to believe we are in the countdown for this year!

It's May!

This week was Teacher Appreciation week.  Oh my, PTA has done a fabulous job of spoiling all of the staff members at RCE - from frozen yogurt to snacks delivered and lunch on Friday - we have been treated royally!  We all truly appreciate all the PTA has done for RCE.  Thank you to Nancy, and the office staff for the lovely bag - we'll all be stylin' this summer!  We have loved the Baseball theme this year!

First grade had a field trip to George Ranch.  The weather couldn't have been better....if only the buses had cooperated.  Mrs. Hiner's class learned a BIG lesson in patience.  But all returned to RCE safe and sound!

PreK had some plays on Friday - Eric Carle's "Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "The Very Quiet Cricket."  Both classrooms did an amazing job.
Check out the videos by clicking on the hot links:  Ms. Hansen's class     Mrs. Smith's class

Friday was Law Read day.  Maria Lowry visited our campus to read to second-grade students.  She shared the book "Grandaddy's Turn, a Journey to the Ballot Box."  The students enjoyed the reading and learned about the job of a lawyer.  Thank you to the Houston Bar Association for providing the Law Read Days during the school year.

Thursday night was Young Author's night at Barnes and Noble.  Once again we were amazed at the writing the students shared.  This year we had the added treat of a concert by the Recorder Ensemble.  They sounded amazing!  The Young Author's night is one of my favorite evenings for RCE, I love hearing the students share their own work - we have some great writers at RCE!

Friday AM, Mrs. Smith's First Grade class won the Spirit Stick.  Our word for the month is EFFORT.

Our Watch Dogs continue to be so helpful and stepping up to almost any job we give them - even when it's helping out with Growth and Development classes.  Thank you, DADS!
Next week is STAAR Testing week at RCE.  Our students are ready!   I know they will do a GREAT JOB....especially if they put forth EFFORT on the STAAR Test!  (No visitors on campus next week! - we will miss our volunteers and Watch Dogs!)

Have a wonderful weekend.  Hope to see you at Run for the Arts!  Be sure you vote for SBISD School Board (at your local Middle School -MMS).  Enjoy the weather, enjoy your sporting events and most of all enjoy your family time!