Summer is just around the corner and GENaustin has a cool opportunity for
girls! GENaustin’s We Are Girls Summer Series is a two-day workshop series
that provides girls with a friendly space to learn tools and strategies to
thrive in the upcoming school year. We Are Girls Summer Series is open to
girls entering 5th and 6th grades. We would greatly appreciate it if you
would help us spread the word. I have attached a flyer for the event and
below is basic information.
We Are Girls Summer Series:
Session One- July 16 & 17, 2013 from 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM
OR
Session Two- July 31 & August 1, 2013 from 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: Mitte Carriage House, 1008 West Ave, Austin, TX 78701
Cost: $80 per two-day session (includes lunch)
What girls can expect:
Day 1-Girl Talk
Girls will dive into activities and discussions surrounding the complex
issues that they face everyday. This session will focus on creating and
maintaining better friendships, building confidence through effective
communication and adopting a healthy body image.
Day 2-Looking Ahead
We will focus on thinking about the future and the transition to middle
school. Girls will have an opportunity to ask questions and get real answers
and advice from older girls about classes, friendships and all of the changes
ahead! They will also learn about stress management and the importance of
setting goals. All in an engaging and fun environment!
To register for either session, click here.
If you have any questions about our Summer Series, please feel free to
contact me. Thank you for your time and we hope to see your girls this
summer!
Thank you so much!
Blair Stirek
Conference Coordinator
GENaustin | Girls Empowerment Network
P.O. Box 3122 Austin, TX 78764
Work: 512.808.4044, ext 111
Fax: 512.916.9885
www.genaustin.org
Elective course verification forms will be going home with students this
week. If any corrections/changes to electives need to be made, please
indicate this on the form. Forms with changes will need to be returned to
your child's Advisory teacher as soon as possible. If there are no changes to
be made, please keep the form for your records.
Final exams will be May 29-31.
RRISD has a TAG Parent Meeting and Family Game Night on Wednesday, May 15
from 6:00 - 7:30 pm at Cedar Valley Middle School in the cafeteria.
May 13 - 6th grade trip to Reunion Ranch in Georgetown. Please contact your
child's Advisory teacher for any questions about the trip.
STAAR testing is during the week of April 22-26.
During the month of April, Mr. Damron will be visiting Advisory classes to
show and discuss a video about internet safety and cyberbullying.
National School Counselors Week - Feb. 4th-8th
Information to current 7th grade students regarding elective choice sheets
will be presented through students' Language Arts classes on the following
dates:
Mrs. Porters classes: Tuesday, Feb. 5
Mrs. Pickle's classes: Thursay, Feb. 7
Mrs. Burgdorf's classes: Wednesday, Feb. 13
Ms. Duncan's classes: Friday, Feb. 15
On the applicable day, students will receive a blank elective choice sheet to
bring home, discuss and be signed by their parents/guardians. The choice
sheet should be returned to the student's Language Arts teacher by Monday,
March 4.
Information to current 6th grade students regarding elective choice sheets
will be presented through students' World Cultures classes on the following
dates:
Mrs. Appl's classes: Friday, Feb. 22
Mrs. Conner's classes: Monday, Feb. 25
Mrs. Perez's classes: Tuesday, Feb. 26
Mr. Remus' classes: Wednesday, Feb. 27
On the applicable day, students will receive a blank elective choice sheet to
bring home, discuss and be signed by their parents/guardians. The choice
sheet should be returned to the student's World Cultures teacher by Monday,
March 4.
Two parent information sessions will be offered for parents of current 6th
and 7th graders regarding the choosing of electives for next school year. The
dates/times are:
Monday, Feb. 4 at 11:30am in the Lecture Hall
Thursday, Feb. 14 at 8:15am in the Lecture Hall
Attention 8th grade and incoming 5th grade parents. I am moving my website
from teacher web to Google sites. The new address is
Leverette.RMS.Counseling
Please check out my new website. I am adding to it as I get information.
Please email me if you have suggestions of things you would like added to the
site. My email is still melissa_leverette@roundrockisd.org
Gifted Students Institute
10th Annual Gifted Boys’ Conference
For 7th grade boys and their sponsors
Thursday, January 10, 2013
The conference registration fee per person is $45. The registration fee for
boys who are eligible for the free or reduced-price lunch program is only
$10. Each teacher who registers five boys will receive a free
Dr. Nathan Huntoon
Keynote—Why I Love Engineering
Dr. Huntoon graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a B.S.
in Electrical Engineering. He immediately went to work for the U.S. Navy as a
Civil Servant working at China Lake Naval Weapons Center in California. He
received both his MSEE and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from SMU. Dr.
Huntoon founded the SMU Robotics Club in late 2006. The purpose of the club
is to give undergraduate students real design problems, and have them work on
interdisciplinary teams. Dr. Huntoon’s work on the Robotics Club brought him
to the attention of the development team for the Innovation Gymnasium. As
Director of the Innovation Gymnasium, Dr. Huntoon is responsible for
developing and leading student design projects. In addition to running the
Innovation Gymnasium, Dr. Huntoon also teaches Senior Design in the EE
Department at SMU.
This conference is being held on the SMU campus
For more information,
Call 214-768-0123
Or email gifted@smu.edu
Registration Form
Breakout Session Choices
www.smu.edu/gsi
Attention 8th grade and incoming 5th grade parents. I am moving my website
from teacher web to Google sites. The new address is
Leverette.RMS.Counseling
Please check out my new website. I am adding to it as I get information.
Please email me if you have suggestions of things you would like added to the
site. My email is still melissa_leverette@roundrockisd.org
The TAG Open Referral window will be open November 19 - December
7.
The TAG referral packets will be available for parents to download from the
Gifted and Advanced Academic Services webpage beginning the morning of
November 19th.
Link to the Advanced academis page Link to:
http://www.roundrockisd.org/index.aspx?page=1189
7th graders will be utilizing Career Cruising in November to explore college
options based upon their areas of interest (from last years inventory). They
will be bringing home Parent Portal letters with your parent access code.
Please be sure to hang on to these codes as we will use the Parent Portal
extensively in 8th grade when we do High School 4 year plans>
In November, 6th graders will be introduced to the Career Cruising website.
This is the website that students in RRISD will use extensively for high
school, college and career planning. They will receive their login
information to access the website at school and at home. Please contact Mr.
Damron for more information.
October 15th-18th-8th graders will begin using Career Cruising Course Planner
to fill in their 4-year plan core classes. This process will be done in two
lessons-one next week and one in January. Please see the counseling calendar
to find out when your child's history class will be going to the lab to start
selecting classes. High School classes will not be final until after the 2nd
week of March so I encourage all parents to review their child's courses at
home before that date. To see your child's course planner you will need to
access the Parent Portal using the activation code that your child will be
bringing home next week. If you already have a portal active from last year
then you do not have to re-activate this year. Once you have your code you
can go to www.careercruising.com/parent to register and log into your
account. There is a video tutorial on the Parent Portal login page and an
About The Parent
Portal PDF inside the Portal to help parents learn more about the features
and benefits of the Parent Portal. To view these parent resources, click the
links below:
About the Parent Portal:
http://www.careercruising.com/newmedia/docs/parent/About_ParentPortal_US.pdf
Parent Portal Video Tutorial:
http://www.careercruising.com/streamingvideos/careercruising/training/ParentPo
rtal-NavigatingTheParentPortal.htm
November 5th at 6:00pm RMS will be hosting an Academy night in the Ridgeview
Lecture Hall for all 8th grade parents who would like information about Cedar
Ridge High School academy programs. All 8th graders will need to have their
academy selections done by the 2nd week in March so their 4-year plans can be
complete.
Parent Portal Activiation Codes:
We are hosting a parent training September 28th at 8:15am in Lab 310 for
parents that would like more information about parent portal. The Parent
Portal allows parents and guardians to monitor and comment
on their child’s career development activities. From the central dashboard,
parents can track their child’s portfolio completion status; view their
child’s portfolio, including the interests, achievements, goals, and career
and education plans he or she has recorded there; provide feedback on
portfolio content; receive messages from their grade level counselor; and
explore ccSpringboard.
Parents can access the Parent Portal using the activation code that their
child brought home in May or by having their child log in to Career Cruising
and invite them to join their portfolio. Once they have a code, they can go
to
www.careercruising.com/parent to register and log into their account. There
is a video tutorial on the Parent Portal login page and an About The Parent
Portal PDF inside the Portal to help parents learn more about the features
and benefits of the Parent Portal. To view these parent resources, click the
links below:
About the Parent Portal:
http://www.careercruising.com/newmedia/docs/parent/About_ParentPortal_US.pdf
Parent Portal Video Tutorial:
http://www.careercruising.com/streamingvideos/careercruising/training/ParentPo
rtal-NavigatingTheParentPortal.htm
RRISD is hosting a College Fair on Monday, Sept. 24. The event will be held
at Round Rock High School starting at 6pm. Middle school students and their
parents are welcome to attend.
We Are Girls Registration is Now Open!
As a past conference participant, I wanted you to be the first to know that
registration is now live. You can sign up to attend by visiting
www.wearegirls.org.
Tickets are available right now for our lowest pricing of the year, $20 per
person. This early bird discount is 33% off the normal ticket price and will
expire on September 15th.
This unique one day event will take place on November 3rd at Austin High
School. The We Are Girls Conference helps girls explore the issues of
bullying, body image and being a girl. Over 40 available skill-building
workshops and dynamic presentations are offered on topics including creating
healthy relationships, building financial and media literacy, enhancing
parent-daughter communication, and increasing positive body image, health,
and wellness. Designed especially for girls in grades 5-12 and the adults
who care about them, the We Are Girls Conference connects individuals with
questions to the experts who have the answers.
To check out our featured speakers, click here. For more information and to
register, click here. If you would like to register a group of over 6 girls,
please email ami@genaustin.org. Scholarships requests can be made here.
See you November 3rd!
"Parent Kick-Off" will be Thursday, August 23 at 7pm in the Gymnasium.
Free and reduced lunch applications can now be found online as well as in the
counseling office. The link for online applications is:
roundrockisd.schoollunchapp.com
Schedule and Textbook Pick-up:
Please look at the following dates and times to determine when it is best for
you to come. Please expect to wait in lines if you come at 8:30 a.m. the
first day. Any student who is unable to attend these days will have
opportunities during the first week of school to receive textbooks and to
purchase an organizer.
Date
Time
August 21
Schedules and Textbooks Distribution
8:30-11:30
Schedules and Textbooks Distribution
1:00-4:00
August 22
Schedules and Textbooks Distribution
8:30-11:30
Schedules and Textbooks Distribution
1:00-4:00
August 23
Schedules and Textbooks Distribution
4:00 - 6:45
Panther Camp is orientation for incoming 6th grade student. It is on August
8, 2012 from 8:00 - 12:00. For more informartion contact
Jenny_Porter@roundrockisd.org or James_McClintock@roundrockisd.org.
Back-to-School Nights:
Back-to-School Nights is an opportunity for Parents to meet their students'
teachers. Their are two nights on September 10 at 6:30 p.m. parents of 7th
and 8th grade students can come meet teachers and September 11 at 6:30 is for
6th grade parents.
Parent Portal Activiation Codes:
Students were also given their Parent Portal activation
codes. The Parent Portal allows parents and guardians to monitor and comment
on their child’s career development activities. From the central dashboard,
parents can track their child’s portfolio completion status; view their
child’s portfolio, including the interests, achievements, goals, and career
and education plans he or she has recorded there; provide feedback on
portfolio content; receive messages from their grade level counselor; and
explore ccSpringboard.
Parents can access the Parent Portal using the activation code that their
child brought home or by having their child log in to Career Cruising and
invite them to join their portfolio. Once they have a code, they can go to
www.careercruising.com/parent to register and log into their account. There
is a video tutorial on the Parent Portal login page and an About The Parent
Portal PDF inside the Portal to help parents learn more about the features
and benefits of the Parent Portal. To view these parent resources, click the
links below:
About the Parent Portal:
http://www.careercruising.com/newmedia/docs/parent/About_ParentPortal_US.pdf
Parent Portal Video Tutorial:
http://www.careercruising.com/streamingvideos/careercruising/training/ParentPo
rtal-NavigatingTheParentPortal.htm
Summer TAG testing
The district is in the process of revising our TAG Referral Packet which
includes the registration forms and as soon as this process has been
completed, parents that have filled out the Parent/Student information form
will be contacted.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Lisa Ramirez
Administrative Associate
Gifted and Advanced Academic Services
(512) 464-5104
Tools for Cyberbullying:
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has put together a brochure to help parents,
students and schools address the issue of cyberbullying. This brochure is
located under Informational Flyers. Check it out!!
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Who do I contact regarding different situations with my student?
Attendance Issues 424-8403 Dora Guerrero, Attendance
Health Concerns 424-8421 Leanna Bridges, Nurse
Student Records/HAC 424-8416 Tonne Williamson, Registrar
General Information 424-8400 Ana Arroyo, Receptionist
Textbook/Lockers 424-8402 Nancy Kelly
Classroom/Grade Concerns Classroom Teachers
Safety/School-wide Issues 424-8400
Grade Level Administrators-
6th Grade Kit B'Smith 424-8405
7th Grade Lesley Roberts 424-8461
8th Grade Brett Coleman 424-8407
Counseling and Schedules-
Grade Level Counselors:
6th Grade Ken Damron 424-8420
7th Carrie Proctor 424-8419
8th Melissa Leverette 424-8417