Important Dates
Events on RRMS Website
12/5-9: Inclusive Schools Week - Celebrate Unity!
12/11: NJHS Winterfest Wonderland Gift Drive, 11 am - 1 pm
12/12 - 16: SCA Spirit Week, 8th Grade FLE (through PE classes)
12/13: Chorus Concert at Chantilly HS, 7 PM
12/15: SCA Winter Party, 2:30 PM (more information below)
12/16: Last Day of School before Winter Break, No After-School Programs
12/19-30: Winter Break, Office open by appointment only
1/3: School Resumes, Gold Day (2,3,4,6,8)
A Note from Dr. Goodloe
Rocky Run Families and Students,
We have had an outstanding full week at Rocky Run this week! This week we recognized Inclusive Schools Week with a focus on Unity. At Rocky Run, we are all rams. It has been fun to engage with students and see them shine as they share their gifts with our school community.
- We have had a fantastic visit with our friends from The Warriner school this week. Our time together has been full of classroom lessons, field trips and community events. We are so grateful for our partnership and the wonderful cultural exchange with our partners from England.
- We recognized our Rams on a Roll for the month of November earlier this week. We are so proud of the ways they Raise the Ram each and every day at RRMS (pictured above).
7th Grade:
Team Platinum: Grace Park, Simone Feil, Joel Viera Hernandez, and Dariya Imambekova
Team Meteors: Kutay Baygin, Alexis Ayala, Maxwell Carlson. and Leidy Sandoval Ramirez
Team Emerald: Alyssa Staton, Muhammad Nawaz, Eliana Mueller, and Adam Ghoniem
8th Grade:
Team Kryptonite: Sienna Nguyen, Sai Samved Nalubolu, Sally Le, and Yilan Fu
Team Sapphire: Adham Maamoun, Thienrey Del Aguila Caceres, Pariya Naderi Abadi, and Papa Kwame Nimako
Team Tigers Eye: Fiona Murphy, Guiliana Mejia-Salgado, Ivy Stump, and Gabriel Rivera
Team Obsidian: Xuan Le, Jennifer Powers,Carly Soares, and Kevin Dolenc
- This week we recognized our FCPS Honors nominees and award winner for Rocky Run MS. Congratulations to:
Outstanding Teacher - Jason Linck, History 7
Outstanding New Teacher - Rachel Singer, Spanish
Outstanding Professional - Shannon Campbell, After School Spec.
Outstanding Operational - Carol Cutler, Office Assistant
We are so grateful for your ongoing support and partnership to support all of our students. I welcome your feedback. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me to share your feedback, questions and concerns. I look forward to engaging with you.
Together WE are RAM STRONG!
Thank you,
Amy Goodloe, Ed.D.
atgoodloe@fcps.edu
December Celebrations in our Community:
5-9 - Inclusive Schools Week
Inclusive Schools Week has celebrated the progress that schools have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population, including students who are marginalized due to disability, gender, socio-economic status, cultural heritage, language preference, and other factors. The week also provides an important opportunity for educators, students and parents to discuss what else needs to be done in order to ensure that their schools continue to improve their ability to successfully educate all children. This year, the Inclusive Schools Week’s theme is “Unity Within Our Community.”
8th Grade FLE Reminder
This is a reminder that the Health and Physical Education Department at Rocky Run Middle School will be teaching 8th grade Human Growth and Development (HGD) the week of December 12-15 2022. Families can review the materials online. If you want to opt out your child of any FLE instruction, please download the opt-out form, fill in the appropriate information, and return it to your child’s health education teacher (Mrs. Alderman, Mrs. Lady, Mrs. Larsen, Mrs. Moore, Mr. Quinn.). Please email Martha Alderman if you have any questions. Mwalderman@fcps.edu
 Rocky Run Students Excel in First Lego League
Congratulations to the First Lego League team, The Levengers, who were invited to the VA-DC FIRST LEGO LEAGUE Regional Championship to be held at James Madison University on December 11th 2022. This team is made up of current Rocky Run Middle School students, Meghana Nannapaneni, Hiral Jain, and Siddharth Surapaneni.
This team received first place in Robot design award and tied for first place with the Robot Performance award at the regional qualifying tournament on November 19th. The team is excited and ready to go for the next level of competition. Best wishes to the team!
Interested in Playing Rugby this Spring?
Interesting in playing rugby? Check out the flyer below for more information!
Also, a big thanks to the Western Suburbs Rugby Football Club for lending us the equipment to use in PE this week with our Warriner exchange students!
What is TalkingPoints?
TalkingPoints is an easy and safe way families can communicate in their home languages with their child’s teachers for free. We will be using this platform to communicate with you about your child’s education and progress.
How can families use TalkingPoints?
There are two ways families can use TalkingPoints.
- School and teacher messages will come directly to the phone number that is registered in our system as a SMS text or through the TalkingPoints Parent App.
- You can reply by text or through the app.
Families will receive messages in the language they have listed as their correspondence language. Families can reply in any language and the message will be translated into English for the school. If families prefer to not receive text messages from TalkingPoints, they can reply with "GOODBYE" at any time.
Download the TalkingPoints for Parents Mobile App!
Library Updates
This week, students received an email to their fcpsschools account if they have any overdue library books from first quarter. Please check with your student to see if they received an email and set up a plan for returning or renewing their books. If you have questions or a book cannot be found, please contact Mrs. Grover – ragrover@fcps.edu. Thank you!
RRMS 2023 Yearbooks on sale NOW!
Looking for that perfect holiday gift??
How about a RRMS yearbook?
Yearbooks are on sale online at www.yearbookordercenter.com
Code 5333.
They are selling at a special LOW price of just $25
This price will increase in January, so be sure to take advantage of this special price.
All books are 80 pages, all color, and hard bound. Our yearbook staff is busy collecting memories and creating the book.
Get yours today!!
Questions?
lkkaplan@fcps.edu
School Pictures on sale NOW!
Student Portraits on Sale from Victor O’Neill
It’s not too late to order your student portraits from Victor O’Neill Studios.
Please visit www.vosphoto.com/uc and use your student's ID number as the online code.
For students who had RETAKE photos on Nov. 17, those images may not be online yet, but should appear soon.
Contact Bonnie Wiley at bonnie@vosphoto.com for ordering issues or questions.
After-School Program
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Schedule for the week of 12/12
- For your planning purposes, please note that there will be no after-school activities on these upcoming dates: 12/16, 1/13, 1/17, 2/17, 3/31.
- Most of our clubs will remain open enrollment throughout the whole year; however, it is really important to pay attention to the schedule and attend interest meetings because if a club does have a selection process, then the club will be closed once the participants have been selected.
- New clubs are added throughout the year - updates are posted on Schoology.
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SCA Winter Chill
- Thursday, 12/15, from 2:30 - 4:30 pm
- DJ/Dancing, Snacks, Games
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Advanced registration required and ticket fee ($5) must be paid on MySchoolBucks by 12/9. The sign-up form must completed by students via their fcpsschools email account.
- Cost is $5 per student which covers their ticket and a snack (payment can be made via MySchoolBucks from 12/5 - 12/9 or students can bring cash to lunch on 12/9 - exact change only!). Payments will not be accepted on the day of the event.
- We are almost at capacity for this party! If your student didn't sign up yet and wants to attend, they should register ASAP and then Mrs. Campbell will be notify them via their fcpsschools email if they got a spot. Registration form will close once all spots are filled.
- This is a casual event - students should not get dressed up!
- This event is only open to current RRMS students.
- Students can take the late bus home (departing around 4:45 pm) or get picked up/walk/bike by 4:30 pm.
- All other after-school activities on this afternoon will be cancelled!
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Spelling Bee
Interested in participating in this year's Spelling Bee? Practices will start after Winter Break! Students must attend AT LEAST ONE practice to be eligible to compete in the spelling bee. Practices will be held at the following times in Room 132 –
- Monday, January 9th during 1st session (2:30 – 3:15 pm)
- Wednesday, January 11th during 2nd session (3:20 – 4:05 pm)
- Thursday, January 19th during 1st session (2:30 – 3:15 pm)
- Tentative snow date to be used if any other practice session are cancelled – Tuesday, January 24th, during 1st session (2:30 – 3:15 pm)
All students who attend at least one practice will receive an invitation to participate in the Rocky Run Spelling Bee, which will take place in the Lecture Hall on Wednesday, February 1st, from 2:25 until bee completion. The snow date is Wednesday, February 8th.
Practice materials will be available in the main office as of Tuesday, December 13th, if you want to get a head start on practicing. Questions? See Mrs. Campbell in 132 or by email at SLCampbell@fcps.edu.
- If you have not completed the Program Registration Form, please do so ASAP. It is is required for ALL RRMS students. Students cannot stay after until this form is completed. Please note that your student will not be able to participate in upcoming after-school events (math competitions, SCA Winter Party, new clubs, etc.) if the form has not been submitted.
- Program Details
- Our primary communication tool will be the After-School Group on Schoology
- Late bus routes, schedules, announcements, club sign-up forms will all be posted on this group.
- Questions? Contact Shannon Campbell, After-School Program Specialist, at SLCampbell@fcps.edu.
Rocky Run is now on Facebook and Instagram!
Rocky Run now has official pages on Facebook and Instagram. We are excited to share all of the amazing things going on at Rocky Run, and plan to update frequently! Stay in the know by following us on Facebook (facebook.com/RockyRunMS) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/rockyrunrams/)!
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