Friday, May 28th

Calendar of Events

6/9      PTO Meeting – 5:45 pm

6/10    Bullying Info Meeting 6:30 pm

6/11    Last Day for Pre-School

6/14   Beginners’ Band Concert-9:15 am Cafe

6/17   Last Day of School (1/2 day)

Olympics for Grades 5 – 8

Tuesday, June 1^st beginning at 9:00 am lasting throughout the day.  Please dress in your Olympic gear including sun screen.  Water will be provided, personal water bottles are acceptable.

Next PTO Meeting

The next PTO meeting will be June 9^th at 5:45pm.  All room parents as well as the old and new board members should attend.  Recently, a form was e-mailed to all K-7 parents to invite people to apply to be next year’s room parent.  Please consider volunteering your time for this worthy cause.  If you can’t open the e-mail, please let the office know so we can send home a hard copy.

Bullying Information Meeting

The bullying meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, June 10^th at 6:30 pm.

Beginner’s Band Concert

The Beginners’ Band concert will be Monday, June 14^th at 9:15 am in the cafeteria.  The dress attire will be skirts or dresses for the girls; and dress pants, dress shirts with ties for the boys.

Theatre CAP Instructor

Amy Brentano, Theatre CAP instructor and Play Director, has taken a full time position as Theatre Director at Berkshire Country Day School in Lenox for the fall of 2010. She is grateful for her years with the RCS community and the wonderful opportunity to have worked with our talented students, devoted staff, and generous parent volunteers. Amy will aid in our transition to find a new instructor and director, as she is committed to RCS continuing to offer excellence in our theatre program. She thanks all of us for our support and participation in her many projects at RCS.  We wish her well!

Garden Celebration

Thanks to the many people who attended our garden celebration on Saturday.  The weather was perfect and the children had a terrific time planting their seedlings and participating with all the arts and crafts activities.  I’m sure you have noticed all the great scarecrows they made that are now guarding the garden.  A big thank you to all the parents and staff that worked on the set up or take down crews, arts and crafts, potluck supper and garden preparing and planting.  But we would be remiss if we didn’t single Amy Brentano out and thank her!  It was due to her dream that this project became a reality.   Thanks Amy!!

Berkshire Theatre Festival

Bennie Lopez and Theo Burns have been awarded a scholarship to attend the 2010 BTF Plays Summer Writing Residency at BTF.  Congratulations to both students!

Hop-a-thon

The kindergarten and preschool classes raised $367 for MDA this year.

Art Winners

Congratulations to the following people for winning the edible art contest:

Grade 1 – 1st place – Liam O’Gara   2^nd Place – Talia Caine

Grade 2 – 1^st place – Sarah Jane Rawson

Grade 3 – 1^st place – Frankie Shack

Grades 4-8 – 1^st place – Sinaia Smith

Families – Nigel Baldwin and Addie McLaughlin

Individual – Geoff Bell-Devaney

Stop & Shop Bucks

Thank you to all the families that registered the school for their Stop & Shop Bucks.  We received a check for $200.00.

Soccer Equipment Drive

Sophie Randolph, Alandra Lopez and McKenna Powell are collecting used soccer equipment.  This equipment will be brought to Haiti June 23^rd by John Evans.  John Evans is a local coach who, for the past several summers, has gone to Haiti to work building soccer programs for the children in the Jacquet, Solino and Laplenn communities.  He runs camps, trains coaches, and brings down equipment.  Any shoes, shorts, socks, shin guards, or soccer balls would be welcome contributions to this effort.  If you have any questions, please e-mail Sophie at srsoccer20@yahoo.com.  Thank you.

4^th Grade News

4th grade is looking for Magnetix Building Sets to use for Enrichment Week in June.  If your child has any of the sets he or she would be willing to lend to Mrs. Manzolini, please contact her directly.  Thanks for your support.

4^th Annual Richmond Reach the Beach

Richmond Rec. Committee’s 5k Run/Walk with Dad! June 20^th.  Flyers have been sent home with children in grades K-3.  Older students should contact Chris Begley.  Volunteers needed:  please contact Rebecca Marzotto at the Richmond Rec. Committee.