Students have begun setting up their online fundraising accounts. If you or your family members receive an email or text link, it is NOT spam. Our annual building fundraiser has begun! Your students should have packets that they will be bringing home today with more info.
RHMS kicked off its spring fundraiser today with an assembly! Students will be bringing home a packet with an info letter and instructions on how to set up their fundraising accounts. They will also be working on setting up accounts tomorrow during Rocket Time. Please contact Rocket Time teachers if you have questions.
RHMS Scholars bowl and girls wrestling will be as scheduled for today.
Scholars bowl will depart from the middle school at 2:30, please have your students there by 2:20.
Wrestling will depart at 3:15, please have students at the school by 3.
RHMS basketball vs Mulvane will be as scheduled today. Departing from the middle school at 3 pm, please have athletes at the school at 2:45.
We are still waiting to hear on scholars bowl and wrestling that is scheduled for today.
Parents - the office is reviewing unpaid fees and will be sending out statements toward the end of January. Please check PowerSchool and make sure balances are paid. This is especially important for 8th grade students, as they will not be able to participate in promotion activities if fees are owed. Please call the office at 776-3320 if you have questions about your account. Thank you! Tim Robertson
Orders for the boys basketball store close tomorrow. Get you some new basketball gear!
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rosehillboysmsbb2024.itemorder.com/shop/sale/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1736544227000000&usg=AOvVaw0PegL9HMVRnqkYeEpMWYWt
Due to no school tomorrow, Friday, January 10, there will be no middle school practices.
Tonight's athletic parent meeting has been postponed to Tuesday, January 14th at 5:30.
As of now, we are still having practice, if this changes we will update you.
8th grade honor choir members have begun their annual World's Finest Chocolate fundraiser to help with costs for the Oklahoma City music festival they participate in each year. Candy bars are $1 apiece, and sales are from now until January 21st. Get yours from an 8th grade honor choir member before they sell out!
RHMS scholars bowl at Ark City tomorrow has been postponed. We do not have a makeup date yet.
The link below contains information for the RHMS girls basketball league tournament on Saturday in Wellington.
https://sites.google.com/usd353.com/2024girlsbasketballtournament/home
For the next two weeks, RHMS is having spirit weeks! Next week, the cheerleaders are hosting a SCHOOL spirit week, and the week before Christmas, Stuco is hosting a HOLIDAY spirit week. Please see the attached image for more information. Note for our pep assembly on 12/13: each grade is asked to wear a specific color!
We're having a dance this Friday! It is the annual Social Responsibility dance put on by the 8th grade class to benefit Adopt-a-Family. It is $4 to attend (concessions and photo booth are extra). Hope to see you there!
As part of our service learning, each Rocket Time family is trying to spread JOY through adopting an organization. Students are researching and finding creative ways to help and support these businesses and groups. Attached is a link to each Rocket Time’s JOY BOX
information and links on how you can donate! Items can be brought to school to fill our boxes or monetary donations can be made using the links to the specific organizations. If you have any questions, you can contact the Rocket Time teacher or Mrs. Tucker at rtucker@usd394.com. We appreciate your support and helping us SPREAD JOY!!!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CUpwRF3kiwZBn2V4D9swmaa4-FKoo74mYECpgJ2s-NM/edit?usp=sharing
Don't forget: MS Stuco food drive is this week! All food items and money collected will benefit the food bank here in Rose Hill. We are having a contest with our Rocket Time classes. If we reach our goal of 2,000 items/dollars, Mr. Robertson will have a special surprise for everyone! The food drive runs through Friday!
If students were absent on picture day or would like a new fall photo, middle school picture retakes will be next Wednesday, Nov. 13. Order packets will not be sent home, but students can pick up a copy in the office if they would like one.
Attention MS parents:
On Monday evening at 6:30 in the HS Auditorium there will be a community meeting that will outline the "Secure and Soar" Bond initiative. Mr. Lambert will go over the details and answer any questions that you might have concerning the upcoming Bond election. This will be an awesome opportunity to learn all about the project as the November 5 election is only a few days away. It would also be an opportunity to invite other patrons of USD 394 to learn about this awesome opportunity for our students. Hope to see you there!
RHMS: There will be a parent meeting for girls basketball and boys wrestling on Tuesday, October 29 at 5:30 in the main gym. We look forward to seeing you there.
8th grade girls basketball:
There will be a brief meeting for 8th grade girls who want to play basketball on Wednesday, October 16th @ 8:45 am in the MS Library.
Future Players / Parents: Practice will begin on Monday, October 21st. Location will be the middle school gym / after school to 5:30. Please have all paperwork turned into the office by the 1st practice.
Paperwork Needed: physical form, concussion form, waiver and pay to play.
NOTE: if your daughter participated during a fall activity these forms should have already been turned into the office.
Quarter 1 attendance reports have been pulled. Letters will be going home to students with attendance/tardy issues. Kansas law requires these letters to be sent; however, truant reports are only filed for multiple unexcused absences.
One of our primary goals is to engage students in learning, and regular attendance is vital to students' success. Thank you for your help in ensuring your students are attending school and getting to class on time on a regular basis.
-Principal Robertson