Good evening RA families,
These are the announcements for the week of November 17th.
*Our current mindset is WE ARE CONNECTED. Please ask your child what they are learning about the current mindset.
*RA spirit wear T-shirts are available for $15.00. Students can pick up an order form in the office.
*Good attendance is important at Rolling Acres. We are again this year implementing our attendance practice. Students who are considered chronically absent at any point during the year will be unable to participate in any extracurricular activities until they are no longer chronically absent. Currently, If your child has 7 or more absences, excused or unexcused, they are currently chronically absent. Please help RA by sending your child to school on time, every day..
Our attendance rate for the year is 94.20% with a chronic absence rate of 14.79% down from 15.98% last week!
*Richwoods High School is accepting applications to the IB program for 8th grade students. Anyone who is interested can visit the IB website at richwoodsib.org for more detailed information regarding the application process and the IB program itself. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the IB Coordinator anytime at thomas.hayes@psd150.org. A couple of important dates to remember:
November 3, 2025: Deadline for completed applications, 4pm
November 19 & 20, 2025: IB interviews, 4-8pm, RHS Library
December 1, 2025: Acceptance letters emailed to parents
The events this week include
Monday
*8.1 and 8.2 HULT field trip 9:15 - 11:30
*Chess club 2:45 - 3:30
*Boys' basketball tryouts for all 5th-8th boys 5:00 - 7:00
Tuesday
*8.3 and Mrs. Hughes' class HULT field trip 9:15 - 11:30
*Robotics team practice 2:45 – 4:30
*Girls home basketball game vs Mark Bills. JV starts at 3:45 followed by the varsity.
Wednesday
*Progress reports go home
*Cooking club 2:45 - 4:00
Thursday
Math Counts 2:45 - 3:30
*Boys' basketball tryouts 2:45 - 4:00 for 7th and 8th graders. 5th and 6th graders tryout from 5:00 - 7:00
Girls basketball game at Reservoir. The JV game starts at 3:45 followed by varsity.
Friday
*AVID applications due for 8th graders wanting to apply for AVID
Saturday
Robotics practice at Lakeview Library 10:00 12:15
*Looking ahead – Grandparents’ Day will be held on Tuesday, November 25th from 9:00. - 10:30. A flyer was sent home last week. Please fill it out and send it back if your child's grandparent(s) are planning on attending.
Those are all the announcements. I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow morning at Rolling Acres – where it’s always a great day to be a cougar.
Mr. Barber