May's Meals at Rogers from Chartwells: Lunch and Breakfast Menus
Dates to Watch
May
5/6 - 5/10 Spring Book Fair (8:00 AM - 4:00 PM)
5/7 Ice Cream Social (and Book Fair!)
5/6 - 5/10 Teacher Appreciation Week
5/16 Health and Wellness Fair (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM)
5/16 Pasta Dinner (pre-Turtle Trot)
5/17 Turtle Trot at Cove Park
5/24: Early Release at 1:20
5/30 Spring Concert
5/30 Field Day
* 9:30 - 10:30 ~ Kindergarten
* 11:30 - 1:00 ~ Grade 2
* 1:30 - 3:00 ~ Grade 1
5/31 Field Day
* 9:30 - 11:00 ~ Grade 3
* 1:00 - 3:00 ~ Grade 4
Students are permitted wear jeans to school -- but ONLY on Fridays
RIS Fundraising Events
Check back to see what's next from the fundraising committee!
Ongoing Fundraising
Send in Your Box Tops
Please continue to send in the Bop Tops for Education coupons to your child's classroom. These coupons can be found on Cheerios Cereals, Betty Crocker, Ziploc, Green Giant Frozen Vegetables, Huggies, Cottonelle and Hefty products, just to name a few. Each coupon is worth $0.10 and they add up! Just clip them and send in with your child. For extra credit: Our school can earn up to 500,000 tops (that's $50,000) if you go to www.thebigclip.com enter the sweepstakes and register to win!
PTO General Meetings
Please join us each month to discuss key topics and issues that affect the Rogers community and to learn details on upcoming events and programs. Generally, meetings will be held the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Executive Board Members: 2012/13 School Year
The Parent Teacher Organization at Rogers Magnet School is pleased to welcome new and returning Board Members for this year. The PTO operates as part of the PT Council of Stamford. For information on the PTO, or to become involved, please contact PTO President, Yvetter Wynne, at ywynne@yahoo.com.
For the complete list of all of the Executive Board members, and contact information, please click on the link: PTO_2012-2013.pdf.
School Programs and Activities
The Rogers Community Pantry
Help your fellow Rogers families! The Rogers Community Pantry is in need of the following: tuna, rice, pasta, sauce, macaroni and cheese, cooking oil, cereal bars, peanut butter, jelly, juice (bottles or boxes), crackers and gift cards in small denominations. Donations should be placed in the bins outside the main office.
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School Uniforms
Let's show our school spirit, RIS! Uniforms create Unity and encourage Equality. So -- wear your uniforms! Visit our online store, where you can easily order uniforms. Check them out: www.itownstore.com/ris. 
The Rogers International School Store
The Rogers School Store is open on Tuesdays, from 8:00 - 9:15 a.m.. One stop shopping for your school-pride needs! Uniforms, logo patches, water bottles, and much more! We are located in the main lobby. If you would like to volunteer in the school store, please contact Mary Ammon at maryammon@att.net or Rebecca Kelesidis at rebecca@kelesidis.com.
Recycling Centers
There are three recycling centers in the school building. They are located near the main office, at the bottom of the main stairway, and near the elevators on the 3rd floor. Each center has three boxes: one for gently used uniforms, one for broken crayons, and one for small electronics (inkjet cartridges, digital cameras, cell phones, i-pods and laptop computers).
PTO Newsletters
The Rogers Current
The Rogers Current, is emailed every Wednesday during the school year. The deadline for submission is Friday at noon (see submission guidelines after the Archive).
For submitting information to The Rogers Current, please send your submission in the text of your e-mail, single spaced and left adjusted (no formatting), with "Rogers Current Submission" in the subject line to therogerscurrent@gmail.com. Please include a contact name and e-mail address in the text of your submission for questions we may have. We may accept attachments in the form of a PDF at the discretion of the editors. Submission does not guarantee publication. Text may be edited. Submissions must be age appropriate and Rogers International School and/or community relevant. (If you would like your news to run more than one week in a row, you must resend your submission each week.)