Dear Rocky Run Families,
Thank you for attending our Back To School Night events over
the last two weeks and for your ongoing support of our teachers. I know
that our staff was energized by your attendance and engagement during their
presentations. We look forward to partnering with you to facilitate an excellent
school year for all of our students.
This year Rocky Run MS is
partnering with The Positivity Project for character education school wide. The
Positivity Project (P2) is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering
students to build strong relationships and to understand, appreciate, and
exemplify the character strengths in us all. The P2 has been successful at
elementary and middle schools around the nation, and we are excited to join the
movement. We will be infusing the P2 message through lessons, videos, and
vignettes during Rock time periods and other classes throughout the school
year. Additionally, we will seek to promote this movement through online media
and visuals around the school. We will be kicking off our work with P2
the first week in October. For more information, please visit www.posproject.org and follow The
Positivity Project on Facebook and @PosProject on Twitter.
I look forward to continuing to share the many good
things that are happening at Rocky Run each and every day. Please
feel free to reach out to me at any time with your feedback, suggestions and
questions. I hope to see you at Rocky Run very soon!
Amy Goodloe
Principal
Rocky Run Middle School
atgoodloe@fcps.edu
@DrGoodloe
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September 22nd: Student Holiday
September 26th: Korean Parent Night
October 16th - 20th: MWEE Field Trips (7th Grade)
October 20th: School Picture Day
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Traffic Safety Reminders
Please be sure to follow all traffic signs around Rocky Run
MS as well as the directions of our crossing guard and safety officers. Students
should use the crosswalks at the intersection of Poplar Tree and Stringfellow
Roads as directed by the crossing guard.
Many vehicles have been observed making a left turn into the
Rocky Run parking lot from Poplar Tree Road. Please note that signs are
posted indicating this is prohibited. Police officers may issue tickets
if an illegal turn is observed.
Thank you for ensuring our students are safe by following
all traffic rules.
PTA News
Please take a look at the PTA website! www.rockyrunmspta.org
New information has been posted about:
- Spirit Wear Design Contest – Entries due by 9/20 (see more below)
- Reflections – Entries due by 11/1
- The Clinic needs volunteers!!
- PTA Membership/Donations – Halfway to our goal!
- Send in your Box Tops! (Please put them in
a zip lock bag or envelope and give them to the Front Office)
World Languages Credit
Exam
The 2017 Credit Exam for World
Languages will be administered on November 1, 2, and 8, 2017. Twenty-six
languages will be included: American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali/Bangla,
Chinese/Mandarin, Farsi/Persian, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit/Samskritam, Somali, Spanish,
Tagalog/Pilipino, Tamil, Telugu, Tigrinia, Twi, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
Registration
opens on Monday, September 11, 2017, at 8 a.m. and closes on Wednesday,
October 11, 2017 at 4 p.m. Late registrations will not be accepted.
School
counselors will register students at their individual schools. See the
Reference Guide for Credit exam information.
TJHSST
Application
TJHSST is a FCPS regional governor’s high school (grades 9-12) for
students interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
The registration process will begin on September 4, 2017 at 4PM
and will run until September 29, 2017 at 4PM. In order for us to process properly by 4PM on that day, please make sure to complete the application by 2PM on Friday, the 29th. Any questions can be addressed by
contacting the TJ Admissions office by E-Mail at tjadmissions@fcps.edu;
Phone: 571-423-3770 or the Website: www.TJAdmissions.org.
Please check out the PowerPoint that was presented last week during
the TJ Information Session.
Rocky Run PTA Spirit Wear Design Contest!
The PTA is looking for great design ideas to show your school and team spirit! Designs will be posted and voted on by all students. Winning designs will be made into Spirit Wear shirts.
TWO CATEGORIES!
Rocky Run Shirt
Create a design to show your school spirit. The winning design will be made into a shirt.
Team Shirt
Create a design specifically for your team. The winning design for each team will be made into shirts. Shirts will be the assigned team color.
Deadline for entries is Wednesday September 20. Submit designs to the from office.
View this flyer or the announcement on our website for more information!
 PTA Officers and Dr. Goodloe
 Image via @MrsAlesCivics
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