| |
|
|
NEWS & EVENTS
Week of August 30
, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In Roxbury Township Public Schools, our students and schools are involved with more than just academics. They are active members of the community who give their time and efforts to important causes. Check out all the upcoming events happening throughout Roxbury in the coming weeks.
|
ROXBURY SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS
|
Roxbury we want to hear from you! We're always looking for great stories of things happening in the Roxbury Schools and around town that involve our students, staff, and families! And now we've made it even easier to submit your content! Stories, high quality pictures, and even videos can be submitted
here or by emailing
goodnews@roxbury.org.
Please remember to include first and last names of individuals pictured!
|
Just a reminder, the first day of school for STAFF is Tuesday, September 3rd and STUDENTS start Thursday, September 5th. Can't wait to see everyone back for another great year!
As the school year gets underway, we want to see photos of your child's first day at
#AtTheRox1stDay2019. Share them with us via
Twitter,
Facebook, or
email, and be sure to include their first and last names! Maybe you'll see your child on our website or in future newsletters!
Parents, in case you haven't checked it out yet, the Back-to-School packets for each school can be found online
here!
STRATEGIC PLAN: Invitation to help Roxbury Schools prepare for the future
 Roxbury Township Public Schools begins its new school year planning to "prepare the children of today for tomorrow" with the beginning of its strategic planning process.
The Roxbury Board of Education will spend the next few months with more than a dozen parents, students, educators, community leaders, entrepreneurs, township officials, local nonprofits, and other Roxbury representatives as part of the strategic planning process. The developed strategic plan should reflect the partnership between the community and the school district and community participation is imperative to make this process a success.
Community members and organizations are invited to attend the Strategic Planning meetings on the following dates:
- Monday, September 16th at the Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Lincoln/Roosevelt School (34 North Hillside Avenue, Succasunna, NJ)
- Wednesday, September 25th at Roxbury High School at 6:30 p.m. in the media center.
- Monday, October 14th at the Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Lincoln/Roosevelt School (34 North Hillside Avenue, Succasunna, NJ)
Please help us better prepare for this event by RSVPing via our online survey at
www.roxbury.org/StratPlanRSVP
. Click here to read more about the Strategic Plan and the Portrait of a Graduate on our website under "In the News".
Roxbury Schools Announce Back-to-School Nights and Ribbon Cutting
 The Roxbury Township Public Schools (Morris County) will welcome parents and guardians into the district's seven schools during scheduled back-to-school nights to open the 2019/2020 school year.
The evening sessions offer families the opportunity to make personal connections with teachers and administrators, learn about new initiatives and programming, discuss goals and learning strategies as well as hear about important dates.
Roxbury Township Schools will open to staff on Tuesday, September 3rd with two in-service days. Students' school year begins Thursday, September 5th.
This year's back-to-school nights are as follows:
- Tuesday, September 17 at 7:00 p.m.
- Jefferson Elementary School (35 Cornhollow Road, Succasunna, NJ)
- Kennedy Elementary School (20 Pleasant Hill Road, Succasunna, NJ)
- Wednesday, September 18 at 7:00 p.m.
- Franklin Elementary School (8 Meeker Street, Succasunna, NJ)
- Thursday, September 19 at 6:00 p.m.
- Roxbury High School (1 Bryant Drive, Succasunna, NJ)
- Tuesday, September 24 at 7:00 p.m.
- Eisenhower Middle School (47 Eyland Avenue, Succasunna, NJ)
- Thursday, September 25 at 7:00 p.m.
- Lincoln/Roosevelt School (34 North Hillside Avenue, Succasunna, NJ)
Ribbon Cutting at RHS Back-to-School Night
Roxbury High School's back-to-school night will kick off at 6:00 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate and acknowledge the culmination of the reimagining of the 2500 square feet of space at Roxbury High School for its Structural Fabrication and Design program and new Robotics classroom. In addition, the community will hear about other exciting programmatic advancements. Please check the district website for additional details as the date draws closer. Click here to read this information on our website under "In the News".
'Olde Suckasunny Day' Family-Fun celebration is Saturday, September 7th
 Hoping and praying for good weather, organizers are set to launch the 32nd annual "Olde Suckasunny Day" event, all along Main Street, Succasunna, on Saturday, September 7th.
The decades-long old fashioned street fair is again being co-sponsored by the Roxbury Township Public Library, the First Presbyterian Church of Succasunna and the Succasunna United Methodist Church. Activities and celebrations will be happening at all three adjacent locations.
Olde Suckasunny Day events this year will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Stop by the Roxbury Schools Booth #8 at the Roxbury Library and find out more information about Roxbury Schools, district initiatives, and upcoming programs and events!
Click here to read more about this event from the Roxbury Register.
|
RHS Athletic Events Calendar
Click here
for the most up-to-date calendar of Roxbury High School sporting events.
RHS Performing Arts Calendar
Click here for the major events in performing arts here in Roxbury!
Roxbury Collects
Box Tops for Education
Roxbury Township Public Schools are continuously collecting "Box Tops for Education" at our K-8 schools.
This is an easy, practically effortless way to raise funds for our schools by purchasing items you buy all the time.
Clipped box tops can be sent to any of our K-8 schools district-wide. School addresses can be found on our website at
www.roxbury.org
.
Check out the Virtual Backpack!
 Here we will feature events of organizations, clubs, and teams throughout our communities that serve to enrich the lives of our students.
Announcements, upcoming events, documents and forms that were previously sent home via backpacks will now be included in the Virtual Backpack. (On occasion, some paper forms, and flyers and other important information, will come home with your student or be sent to you directly via email.)
This page is updated as flyers are received.
Check the backpack!
Check Your Honeywell Settings!
 Don't wait until severe weather hits to check your settings! You may want to change your time settings from Midnight to Midnight and have more than one way of being contacted...i.e., phone call/text message and/or email! This way if the phone lines are down/circuits are busy, etc., you are covered! Log into your Honeywell account
here.
Click here for parent instructions on creating an account.
|
Roxbury Alumni In the News
| | | | | | |
