Just a reminder to all 4th and 5th-grade parents!
There will be FAST Writing testing for our 4th and 5th graders tomorrow (Wednesday). We need everyone here and on time to start tomorrow. We will begin promptly at 9:00 am. It will be a 3-hour test for students. We are aiming for 100% attendance so that everyone can test on the same day. Encourage them to do their best work and speak positive affirmations over them as they arrive at school. We know they will do well, and we are excited to see those results!
We are also wearing our favorite sneakers tomorrow to support City Year Week! Can't wait to see those favorite shoes!
Good evening, families!
This is your weekly updates for the Week of March 30th-April 3rd.
On Monday, we will send home the 3rd quarter report cards. Students who are in danger of being retained will also receive a retention letter. You will also find our End of Year Field Trip Permission Slip. Please make sure you check your child's backpack or take-home folder on Monday when they get home from school.
This week, we are celebrating our City Year Success Coaches at school. You may have seen staff in Red Jackets around campus. They are our City Year staff, and they work with our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders. They are such a big part of our school campus that all grade levels recognize who they are. This week, we will have a spirit week just for them, and we love a good dress-up week. Here are the dress-up days for this week!
Monday- Show Your City Year Pride- wear red or white today!
Tuesday: City Year Always Supports Our Future (College T-shirt Day)
Wednesday: City Year is Always on the Move (Wear your favorite sneakers)
Thursday: Spread City Year Kindness- Kindness Color Day- every grade level will wear a different color
PreK- purple
Kinder- blue
1st- green
2nd- red
3rd-orange
4th-yellow
5th- white
We will have our SAC and PTA Meeting on Tuesday in the Media Center at 5pm. All are welcome to attend!
All 4th and 5th graders will take the state FAST Writing test on Wednesday. Testing will start promptly at 9:00am and students will have 150 minutes to finish the assessment. So having students at school and on time is important! Please make sure they are at school and ready to assess that day.
Friday, April 3rd and Monday, April 6th there is no school due to Good Friday and Easter Monday. Tuesday will be a District Inservice Day for Teachers and Staff so students will not return until Wednesday, April 8th.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday morning ready for another great week!
Just a reminder that tomorrow is Play Day for Kindergarten-5th grade. We will have Kindergarten-2nd grade at 9:30am and then 3rd-5th grade at 12:15pm. We want to make sure kids are dressed appropriately because it is supposed to be hot outside. The temperature will reach 90 degrees tomorrow. They can bring a water bottle and we will have water available as well. Thank you to those that donated. Sunscreen needs to be applied at home. Appropriate shorts and shirts need to be worn for play day.
We are looking forward to a fun filled day!
REGISTER FOR A BUS TODAY - Bus registration for the 2026–2027 school year is now open. All students who plan to ride a school bus next year must be registered in advance, including students enrolled in self-contained ESE programs. Families are encouraged to register as early as possible to help ensure a smooth start to the school year. Registration forms are available in Focus. For step-by-step instructions on how to complete the process, visit: www.duvalschools.org/busregistration
I hope you had a nice Spring break that was restful and enjoyable. We all needed that break to reset and get ready for the last nine weeks of the school year.
Here are a few updates as we ease back into the routine of things.
No school for students on Monday. It is a teacher Planning Day. Students will return on Tuesday, March 24th instead.
PreK Play Day is on Thursday, March 26th. from 9:00-12:00. They are looking for volunteers, but you must have the Level 1 status to participate. You can obtain this through the DCPS website. If you are not sure you have the Level 1, then please call Mr. Leon in the front office, and he can check for you.
Kindergarten-5th grade Play Day is on Friday, March 27th, which is also our Blast Off Friday! Kindergarten-2nd grade will have Play Day first thing from 9:30-11:30, and 3rd-5th grade will be from 12:15-2:15. Same as above, we are looking for volunteers, but they must have Level 1 status. Please check with Mr. Leon so he can verify prior to Friday. Also, I am looking for cases of bottled water donations that will help our PreK-5th-grade students stay cool while they are out at Play Day! Please drop off donations in the front office before Thursday! Thank you in advance.
Our Student of the Month ceremony for March will look a little different on Friday. Due to Play Day, we will have two different ceremonies to work around Play Day times. Our first ceremony will be at 10 am for our 3rd-5th-grade Student of the Month, and we will have our ceremony for PreK-2nd-grade Student of the Month at 1 pm. Both ceremonies will be in the Media Center!
This will be a great way to ease back into the swing of things! I am excited to welcome all of you back on Tuesday! We are entering the final nine weeks and the busiest, and sometimes stressful part of the year. However, I know that with our school and family partnership, our students will reach their highest potential. Let's finish the next two months strong! See you on Tuesday!
Happy Spring Break RHP Families!
A few reminders! We only have one hour and thirty minutes left of our popcorn fundraiser! Our top three sellers are really close and several people are right behind them that could jump to the lead. Help us make that goal and you too could be Principal for the Day!!
Studnets are off this week for Spring Break and will not return until Tuesday, March 24th. That Monday is a Teacher Planning Day.
Please be safe and enjoy this time off. Once we return we will only have 45 school days left! We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday, March 24th!
Welcome back RHP families! We are in our last week before Spring break. We have a few important events happening this week. Please make sure students are at school and on time each day as we wrap up the 3rd nine weeks and any make-up testing. Friday is the last day of the 3rd nine weeks, so any work or tests that need to be completed must be done by Friday.
5th grade will take the Science District Assessment on Tuesday. This is the last practice they will have before their final state assessment in May. Testing will start at 9:00 am. Students who are at school on Tuesday for testing will participate in a school dance later that afternoon. The event will be free, and students will receive a drink and a snack as well.
Our school is holding a school-wide fundraiser through Good Pop to raise money for school-wide rewards and end of year celebrations. The fundraiser is virtual, and our school-wide goal is $5000. One student in Pre-2nd grade and one student in 3rd-5th grade who sells the most popcorn will be the Principal for the Day. The fundraiser starts on Wednesday, March 11th, and runs through Friday, March 27th. I can’t wait to see who will lead the school once our fundraiser is complete.
Our Level Up Party for 2nd through 5th grade will be on Friday. We are celebrating our students for their DMA scores from last week. Students were given a goal, and those who made it will participate in the Level Up party. Students will rotate through STEM activities, relay races outside, our Minecraft lab, and bounce houses. It should be a great day!
Spring Break is from March 16th through March 20th. Monday, March 23rd, is a Planning Day and no school for students. Students return on Tuesday, March 24th.
Welcome back! Here are our updates as we begin the month of March at RHP.
Testing for 2nd through 5th grade for Reading and Math will happen this week. We will start testing promptly at 9 am. The school will be in a testing quiet zone with an adjusted resource schedule for Tuesday through Friday. We want our students to have the perfect testing environment so that they can do their very best! The testing time will run from 9am through noon each day. If your child has an appointmet please keep in mind the testing schedule. Once they start the test they cannot resue it the next day. All answers not completed will be marked wrong.
Thursday morning we will host our first All Pro Dads Meeting at 7:30 am in the cafeteria. Donuts and juice will be available. This is the first meeting at Rutledge and we are looking for fathers and father figures to attend. This is an opportunity for dads within our school community to help their child be successful in school and in life. Each meeting has a specific lesson. Please come out and join the new chapter at Rutledge Pearson Elementary.
On Thursday evening, we will have our Kindergarten and 1st-grade Parent Night. The event will start at 6pm. We will share ways to help your child at home, where they currently stand with state assessments, and the requirements for promotion. Please come out. Flyers will go home tomorrow.
We have entered the month of March. We have exactly 10 days until Spring Break. Let's make this a great week! See you on Monday morning!
We are in the last week of February before we start March! The year is flying by. Here are our weekly updates:
Our SAC and PTA meeting has been moved to Thursday at 5:00 pm in the Media Center due to another meeting happening on Tuesday. Please come out and learn what is happening within our school, especially as the 26-27 school budget starts to take shape.
Our 2nd through 5th grades will take the District Monitoring Assessment as a final practice before the state assessment in May. Some of our students will test this week in small groups, but the majority of our students will test the week of March 2nd. We will home goal sheets for students prior.
Friday is Blast Off Day! This is our monthly marathon to get all the fun things in! We will have our Reseource Rising Stars, BIZI store, February Student of the Month, and out February Attendance Award for students that missed no more than 2 days this month.
We will send out a March calendar this week. We have had to move a few events due to testing and Spring Break. Look for that to come home this week.
On Thursday, March 5th, we will hold our 1st meeting for our All Pro Dads Chapter at Rutledge Pearson Elementary at 7:30 am in the Cafeteria. This is an opportunity for our dads to learn various strategies to raise confident children. We want dads to know their impact and what they can do to help their child and the community at large. We are recruiting all dads, grandfathers, uncles, and more!
It will be a very busy week and the cold weather returns. Bundle up the next few days. We will see everyone on Monday morning!
This week is short due to the holiday on Monday. There will be no school on Monday in observance for President's Day. We will be back on campus Tuesday morning.
This week is a welcome quieter week. No major events are taking place but a few reminders.
Our students take monthly Unit Assessments on the content they are learning in class. We reward students who score in the "green". The green is considered Proficiency, and that is the goal every time. This week we are rewarding students in Kindergarten, 1st grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade for last week's unit assessments. This week we will have all 3rd-5th grade take unit assessments. make sure you ask your child every week what they are learning and if they have taken a unit assessment. These assessments will assess what has been taught, but they are practice for our state assessments at the end of the year.
Please look for flyers and information regarding FAST Parent Nights for Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades. We are working on finalizing dates for March, either before or after Spring Break. I am also finalizing our End of Year Field Trip for all grade levels and you should see a letter go home about this in March. I know we are still in February, but March is right around the corner.
Have a great rest of your weekend and we will see everyone on Tuesday morning.
