March is an exciting month at RES.  Did you know that March is Reading Month, Youth Art Month, Music in Our Schools Month, and National Nutrition Month?! What wonderful reasons to celebrate!  Below is a list of special activities and events during March.

MARCH
1—NEA’s Read Across America Day

March 4-8 is The Cat in the Hat week!
4—Young Scientists visit 3rd, 4th & 5th grade classes
4—Dr. Seuss Day - Mrs. Crowder will read Horton Hatches the Egg to all classes.
5—Preschool students visit Kindergarten classes
6—5th grade DARE meeting @ 1 PM
8—Hat Day (Wear hats to share your love of The Cat in the Hat

March 11-14 is The Lorax week!
11—250 Sports Grill night
12—Statewide tornado drill @ 9:45 AM
13—1st grade Healthy Snacks Day @ 2 PM
13—Spring Picture Day
13—5th grade DARE meeting @ 1 PM
14—Green Day (Wear green to share the message of The Lorax
14—Richmond Symphony visits RES @ 1:30 (grades K-2) & 2:00 (grades 3-5)
14—4th grade field trip: Hanover Tavern
15—SCHOOL CLOSED for students; Teacher workday

March 18-22 is Fox in Socks week!
18—250 Sports Grill night
18—K-3 Science Fair projects due
19—Preschool students visit kindergarten
20—End of MP3
20—5th grade DARE meeting @ 1 PM
20—4th grade field trip: Richmond Symphony
21—Garden clubs meet after school
21—Enrichment Day for grades K-2
22—3rd grade Diversity Day
22—Crazy Socks Day (Wear crazy socks to share how much you enjoy reading Fox in Socks!)

March 25-29 is The Sneetches week and Teacher Appreciation Week!
25—MP3 report cards go home
26—Preschool students visit kindergarten
26 & 27—5th grade writing SOL tests
27—5th grade DARE meeting @ 1 PM
28—Theatre IV presents “Ben Franklin and His Kite” @ 9:30 AM
29—1:00 dismissal for students
29—Star Day (Wear stars to represent The Sneetches book.)
29—3rd grade SOL egg hunt
29—Spring parties

Two exciting PTA sponsored activities are happening this week at RES!

First, the PTA after-school classes begin tomorrow, Tuesday, February 26th.  These classes are fun, active and interesting and are taught by Goochland County teachers, parents and outside vendors.

And don’t forget to mark your calendars now for our annual Spaghetti Dinner Night and Silent Auction - Friday, March 1 from 5-8pm. This event is a great way for the Randolph community to enjoy an evening of food and fun while raising funds to support enrichment activities for our students.

For more information about the RES PTA events and fundraisers, please visit the RES PTA blog.

1—MP2 Honor Roll assembly (grades 2-5) in cafeteria @ 8:30 AM

February 4-8 is National School Counseling Week.  Mrs. Zorger, thank you for all that you do to help our students at RES!

4—100th Day of School
5—GCPS division-wide lockdown drill @ 9 AM
6—Challenge 24 Club ~ room 120 @ 3:15 PM
6—Digital Learning Day
6—5th grade DARE meeting @ 1 PM
7—Enrichment Day (grades 3-5) ~ Team Building
7—Parent-Teacher conferences ~ 3-7 PM
8—5th grade mock-SOL Writing Day

Saturday, February 9th is GCPS Conundrum Day.

Jump Rope for Heart will take place in PE classes this week.

The SCA will be selling lollipops during lunchtime on February 11-13 and will distribute them on February 14th.

12—250 Sports Grill Night
12—Kindergarten and 1st grade Interims go home
13—1st grade Healthy Snacks Day
13—5th grade DARE meeting @ 1 PM
14—Valentine’s Day parties
14—Garden Club meeting ~ 3-4:30 PM
15—Spring Strings Clinic

18—SCHOOL CLOSED for President’s Day
18—250 Sports Grill Night
19—Middle School information meeting for 5th grade students @ 1 PM

The spring Scholastic Story Laboratory book fair will be held in the LMC from February 20-26.  The ONLINE book fair begins on February 15 & ends on March 7.

20—Book Fair Student Preview Day
20—5th grade DARE meeting @ 1 PM
20—Naglieri testing for kindergarten students
21—Garden Clubs meet ~ 3-4:30 PM
21—Book Fair Family Night ~ 3-7 PM

26—PTA After School Classes
28—Garden Clubs meet ~ 3-4:30 PM
28—Dr. Munchie (dentist) visits 3rd grade

The SCA will be selling red and white swirl lollipops for $1 each from Monday, February 11 - Wednesday, February 13 during lunchtime.

Students may stop by the SCA table during lunch and purchase one or two or three...for their friends.  There will be a tag with TO: and FROM: on it for them to write on.  Students may not take the lollipop with them when they purchase it.  SCA students and parent volunteers will be running the table only during the lunch hours. 

The lollipops will be distributed during lunch on Thursday, Feb. 14 via the homeroom teachers.

This student-run organization is also selling some new Book Store items.  The store is open each day from 8:10-8:30 AM just outside of Mrs. Ferguson’s room. 

Thank you so much for supporting RES SCA!

All Goochland schools will operate on a two-hour delay on Monday, January 28, 2013

If you have a Facebook account, please help Randolph Elementary School WIN a visit from author and illustrator, Jan Brett.

As of January 25th, RES was in 85th place out of the top 100 schools with votes!

How to Enter Jan Brett’s Contest
*Go to Jan Brett’s Facebook page (from a computer, not a phone or iPad).
*Click the “Like” button at the top of the page.
*Click on the the “Contest” button. This will open the official contest entry form.
*Fill in the information for your…
~first name
~last name
~school name (Randolph Elementary School)
~school city (Crozier)
~school state (Virginia)
~school zipcode (23039)
*Click “Submit.”

Be sure to tell all of your friends, family members, neighbors...everyone to enter!  Each Facebook account can only enter once, so please spread the word!

Due to possible hazardous weather conditions, Goochland County Public Schools will be dismissed from school two hours early today, Friday, January 25, 2013.

Due to hazardous conditions on secondary roads, Goochland County Public Schools will be closed on Thursday, January 24, 2013.

The faculty, staff, students, and parents at Randolph Elementary School have been excited to celebrate Mrs. Crowder’s first Principal Appreciation Week this week!

Some of the second grade classes created a banner showing their appreciation of Mrs. Crowder.

Other second grade classes wrote letters and made miniature versions of our great leader.

Kindergarten and first grade classes presented Mrs. Crowder with a basket of her favorite goodies and sang “Happy Principal’s Week” to her.

The second graders also sang “Ode to Mrs. Crowder,” sung to the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle.”

Mrs. Crowder, we hope you continue to enjoy the rest of your special week!  Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to the students at RES!