Save the Date: Veteran's Day Assembly

Please join us in honoring Veterans at RTE's 

Annual Veteran's Day Assembly 

Wednesday, November 11, 2015 

1:30 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room

Students En"Joy" Juice Pop/Dance Celebration for 

Richland Library Card Campaign Activated Cards

  

Does your student have an activated public library card?  All students at Round Top received a free library card from RPL.  Each card needs to be activitated with a parent or guardian either online or in person at any RL branch.  This card will replace any library card your student currently has.  RL offers a variety of services through their library card and website including: homework help, FreeGal music downloads, ebooks, foreign language lessons, etc.  As a bonus, RL is offering library fine forgiveness to any student who brings their library card into a branch and requests it.  Once you have activated your card, please fill out a brief survey letting us know so we can celebrate your student at our next Library Card Celebration. http://goo.gl/forms/tmmZaJuDsw  We had over 250 students at our first celebration today!

Photos Needed for Veteran's Day Wall

Please join RTE in honoring all military veterans by contributing a picture to our Wall of Honor. Send in a COPY of a photo of any family member who is a veteran, preferably in uniform. These pictures will be displayed on our Wall of Honor outside the Multipurpose Room for our Veterans' Day Assembly on Wednesday, November 11th at 1:30 pm. All are invited to attend this joyous, moving celebration of our brave men and women in uniform. 

Aviator Art at the Fair

Awesome Aviator Artists have art work in The South Carolina State Fair!!! 

The following students have art work that was selected to be on display in 

The Cantey Building at The State Fair.

The fair runs October 14 - October 25, 2015. 

Katie Jones

Aubrey Zolecki

Kaylee Shearer

Zachary McRee

Zeke Spivey

Kaysun Lewis

Ellis Murray

Davis Hasty

Isabelle Baker

Lauren Epps

Abby Starks

Jules Lynch

Grace Coley

Paul Greene

Thank You.  Mrs. Dixon  - Art Teacher

If you plan on attending the State Fair, please view these great Artists work, snap a selfie with the art work, and Tweet about it ! Don't forget to include us at  @RTEFlightStatus

A Message from the Principal

Dear RTE Family,

All of us have experienced a level of trauma due to the historic flooding in our great state.  Although it appears that no RTE families suffered any major loss, we all seem to know someone who has.  Through viewing the devastation from our TVs or by being part of the relief efforts, the experience has certainly impacted each of us.

In times such as these, the human response is to want to help.  We are aware of many of our employees, students, and parents who served on the front lines of relief efforts throughout last week.  Although we cannot call them by name, we want to give them a very special Aviator Salute!

Now, we are ready to work together as a school to assist in the rebuilding of our community.  All of our students will be encouraged to write letters of thanks to various "helpers".  Each grade level will write to a different group, so please check with your student.  Our district has invited each school to participate in collecting food for our Student Backpack Program and the RTE Student Council will be making the announcement for the items RTE has been assigned this Friday.  Some classes will also take on mini-projects of assistance.  Finally, our annual Boosterthon has been postponed until November 9 - 18 and a significant portion of the funds raised will be donated to the flood relief.

As we move closer to a normal school schedule, we must not lose sight of how many areas of our state must rebuild slowly.  The rebuilding process will allow us to discuss many of our 19 LIFESKILLS and 7 Habits with your child as it continues.  I am confident you will be reinforcing these discussions at home, as well.

As difficult as a natural disaster is for all of us, it can also remind us of the abundance of caring people in our midst.  I am truly, truly proud and humbled to be a resident of South Carolina.

PTO Update

• Boosterthon activities have been cancelled for this week.  The Round Top PTO and Administration is working to reschedule and will announce the new date soon.

• The fall Bookfair has been postponed and will now take place sometime in November/December.

Earn Cash for RTE!

The PTO thanks you for your support!

Talking with Children.

Dear Parents, 

The natural events that have happened in the last few days can be difficult to explain. I want to provide you with some tips of how we can best explain this to our children. Please go to my blog to find out more information: http://thecounselorcornerrte.blogspot.com/

If you ave any questions please don't hesitate to email me:
anbutler@richland2.org

Anna Claire Butler
School Counselor

1 more day until our Boosterthon Pep Rally & Kickoff...

Just 1 day left until we kick off our Boosterthon! Parents, family and friends, get ready for the best fundraiser yet at Round Top! Students will complete 30-35 laps (35 laps max) around the Fun Run track, while helping raise funds for our school. Please support us by asking friends and family to pledge your child. Look for your pledgebook coming home very soon!

Aviator Salute: Steel Drum Artist in Residency

We enjoyed hosting our Steel Drum Artist-in-Residency, Pantasia with Kimberly Roberts! This week was made possible by the ABC (Arts in the Basic Curriculum) grant by The SC Arts Commission, The ABC Project of Winthrop and The SC Arts Alliance. We also now own a class set of steel drums for all RTE students to enjoy in Music classes! Thank you to all those quality Arts Agencies that keep RTE at the forefront of the ARTS!

2 Days Until Boosterthon...

With only 2 days until our BOOSTERTHON kick off, we have a QUESTION for you:

Has your child ever starred in their OWN video? Well, through this year’s Fun Run, they can! Once you register your student on funrun.com, simply upload a picture to get started. It’s the EASIEST and BEST way to ask for a pledge, plus you’ll WOW friends and family. Pretend your child is the reoccurring girl in this preview video, then create your own and share. Watch this video, https://goo.gl/lU48Gr

3 Days until the Boosterthon Kickoff...

3 days until our Boosterthon Pep Rally! By raising funds through this year’s BOOSTERTHON, each class will have the opportunity to work together and send shoes to people across the world in need. How many pairs will your class send? Click here to learn about the giveback program... http://goo.gl/uIHWLp

RTE School Counseling Blog

Hello Round Top Family! I invite you to follow the new RTE School Counseling Blog!  This blog will keep you updated on current events such as lessons we are doing in the classrooms, data about our school counseling program, upcoming events, and parent resources!! Click the link below and insert your email address on the right sidebar to follow!

http://thecounselorcornerrte.blogspot.com/