• October 5th and October 8th- No school, Fall Break
• 10/11, Thursday, 4-5:30 PM, SBDM Meeting
• 5:00-6:30 PM - Grandparent's Night
• 6:30 PM, PTO Meeting, 3rd Grade Class Choral Performance
• 10/17, Wednesday, Bus Evacuations, Students may be running a little late getting  home.
• 10/20, Saturday, 12-4, Treat and Eat Festival
• 10-22 -10-26 Red Ribbon Week
• 10/26, Friday, Fall Class Parties
• 11/14, 7:30 A.M. All Pro Dad's Breakfast

Dear Ryland Families,

October is full of nationally recognized events that promote healthy lifestyles by being drug free. In addition, October is also Bullying Prevention Month. To recognize and promote awareness, we are celebrating Red Ribbon Week October 22-26, 2018 with the theme "Drug + Bully Free = A Healthy Me!" The week will be full of educational and fun activities to promote healthy habits and kindness. Students and staff are encouraged to participate by dressing up. Parents/guardians, we encourage you to have conversations with your child related to each day's theme. Below is an outline of the week:

 

 

 

 

 

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Christina Durso at christina.durso@kenton.kyschools.us or 859-356-9270.

Princess Breakfast Flyer Link

for questions email Julie Russo at julliecollinsrusso@yahoo.com

  

PBIS...What in the world? Our school is participating in an important district initiative. It is called Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS).   What is Positive Behavior Intervention and Support?   PBIS is a process for creating safer and more effective schools. It is a systems approach to enhancing the capacity of schools to educate all children by developing research-based, school-wide, and classroom behavior support systems. The process focuses on improving a school's ability to teach and support positive behavior for all students. Rather than a prescribed program, PBIS provides systems for schools to design, implement, and evaluate effective school-wide, classroom, non-classroom, and student specific plans. PBIS includes school-wide procedures and processes intended for all students and all staff in all settings.  It is an approach to creating a safe and productive learning environment where teachers can teach and all students can learn.   What is PBIS at our school?  We have adopted a unified set of school expectations - R.O.A.R. Similar to the KCSD Code of Student Conduct, these rules define our expectations for behavior in our school. You will see these rules posted throughout the school and your child will be learning them during his or her first days at school. Our unified school expectations, found in every classroom and non-classroom setting in the school, are as follows:   R - Respect ourselves and Others O - Own it...be responsible A - Act Safely R - Remember to lead    As part of our PBIS process, teachers and other staff members use evidence-based practices to increase student learning and decrease classroom disruptions. If you have questions about Positive Behavior Intervention and Support, please feel free to contact your child's teacher. We look forward to a wonderful year of teaching your child.

Ryland is a School-wide Title 1 School... What does that mean? This program provides financial assistance through state educational agencies (SEAs) to local educational agencies (LEAs) and public schools with high numbers or percentages of low-income children to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic content and student academic achievement standards. LEAs target the Title I funds they receive to public schools with the highest percentages of children from low-income families. Unless a participating school is operating a schoolwide program, the school must focus Title I services on children who are failing, or most at risk of failing, to meet state academic standards. Schools enrolling at least 40 percent of children from low-income families are eligible to use Title I funds for schoolwide programs designed to upgrade their entire educational programs to improve achievement for all students, particularly the lowest-achieving students.   In school year 2009-10, more than 56,000 public schools across the country used Title I funds to provide additional academic support and learning opportunities to help low-achieving children master challenging curricula and meet state standards in core academic subjects. For example, funds support extra instruction in reading and mathematics, as well as special preschool, after-school, and summer programs to extend and reinforce the regular school curriculum.  That same year, Title I served more than 21 million children. Of these students, approximately 59 percent were in kindergarten through fifth grade, 21 percent in grades 6-8, 17 percent in grades 9-12, 3 percent in preschool, and less than 1 percent ungraded.   Title I is designed to help students served by the program to achieve proficiency on challenging state academic achievement standards. Title I schools with percentages of low-income students of at least 40 percent may use Title I funds, along with other federal, state, and local funds, to operate a "schoolwide program" to upgrade the instructional program for the whole school.  Schoolwide programs must use instructional strategies based on scientifically based research and implement parental involvement activities. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education. Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of State Support. (2015). Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies (Title I, Part A).

Title 1 Parent Compact Letter

Title 1 Parent Notification of Teacher Qualifications Letter