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Ross Round Up--May 23, 2025

Posted Date: 05/23/25 (05:02 PM)
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Ross Round Up

School newsletter from Mrs. Tripp for parents

May 23, 2025

Student and Staff Leadership

CAST students after touring our incoming 3rd graders around campus
An announcement for the Ross Awards Ceremony, with a schedule and date.

Stepping Up in Late May

This week, we saw so many students and staff step up and help make Ross a better place.

  • Our CAST students toured the incoming 3rd graders from Hubbard and Indian Creek to help them get to know and love Ross. They shared their favorite things about Ross and gave each 3rd grader a gift to take home.
  • Mr. Paul, our custodian, officially retired today. He's off to another state on his next adventure! We held a staff potluck this morning to wish him well. He has worked tirelessly in the last month to get our new classrooms ready for the students we're adding next year, hauling countless loads of materials to new storage spaces and homes. His impact will be felt long after this year. Best of luck, Mr. Paul!
  • Three boys from Mrs. Gambill's class--Axel, Weston, and Logan--helped put some chairs together in my office. They made sense of the terrible directions and just made it work.
  • Jaden from Mrs. Sweet's class chose to help me organize some paper and other materials during his recess to clean up a messy space. He was so wonderful!
  • Mrs. Wardell and Mrs. Godfrey filled in for Mrs. Hassel's class today when she left to have her baby. Congrats to Mrs. Hassel on your baby girl! We'll see you back next year.

Countless other students and staff have stepped up this week to help each other out. It's been an inspiring week at Ross.

Next week, we get to celebrate all the good that's happened this year with events in our classrooms and school-wide events. During Field Day, we get to celebrate some of our students who are receiving special awards. If your student has earned an end-of-year award, you received an invite through ParentSquare for our Ross Awards station. We look forward to seeing you at the time on the invite for your child's award.

Thank you!
Principal Tripp

Family Event Calendar

Upcoming Events

  • Monday, May 26--No School--Memorial Day
  • Tuesday, May 27--2:05-2:38pm--Summer Sock Hop Dance (volunteers needed)
  • Wednesday, May 28--9:00-10:30--5th grade Field Day and Awards Ceremony (volunteers needed)--students should wear their Field Day t-shirts, provided by our PTA
  • Wednesday, May 28--10:30-12:00--4th grade Field Day and Awards Ceremony (volunteers needed)
  • Thursday, May 29--CAST Woot Woot Wagon for all students who've earned I-Ready punch cards (completing 12 lessons with 70% of higher)
  • Thursday, May 29--10:15-10:45--Yearbook and memory page signing (students who ordered yearbooks will receive them this day)
  • Thursday, May 29--Last day of school--early release
A May 2025 calendar for a school, highlighting events like Teacher Appreciation Week, Field Day, and summer break.

Field Day Awards Ceremony

During Field Day, we have an Awards Station for our students who have earned special honors, including Top Math, Top Reading, Top Writing, Top Growth, and Top Citizenship awards. There are also Top PE, Music, and Typing awards.

You have received an invite with the time for your ceremony if your student is getting an award.
A gold medal with a design featuring mathematical symbols and tools.
A colorful poster advertises a drama and theatre summer camp for kids in grades K-8, held at Kuna High School from June 9-13, 2025.
 

Updates for our school community

As you may have seen from district messaging the last couple of weeks, boundary changes were approved by the school board to help with overcrowding at Reed and Silver Trails since the levy didn't pass. We will welcome some new families to Ross.

We are excited to grow and welcome new friends to our building. We will be all filled up! We are confident that they will have a great learning experience and enjoy the leadership opportunities they will have through AVID, Lunch Clubs, and CAST.

Here's a link to the district message that was sent out with the new boundary map.
A map showing proposed elementary school boundary changes in a community, with different colored areas representing different schools.
A colorful poster with the title 'Welcome to Ross Elementary!' describes the school's curriculum and programs for 4th and 5th grade students.
 
Ross Facebook Page
Ross YouTube Channel
Ross Elementary School Website
 
AVID definition: moving up through your own hard work

At Ross, we believe that all students can learn at high levels!

Ross is pretty special! We are an AVID Nationwide Demonstration School, one of only a few in the nation.

What does it mean to be an AVID school? As an AVID school, we believe that all students can be prepared for their next level of learning. AVID stands for Advancement via Individual Determination, which means we support students in moving up through their own hard work. We believe that every student can learn at high levels (grade level or higher) and we use all kinds of strategies to help students become their best learning selves and be prepared for their future--middle school and beyond!
 

Cell Phones and Smart Watches

ross is a learning zone

Ross is a Learning Zone!

Ross is a learning zone. We want to have uninterrupted instruction time and we want kids to be able to play with each other.

For that reason, we have any students with cell phones leave them in their backpacks during the school day (except for medical uses). Smart watches can be used as watches or tools (example: the calculator function), but not as a cell phone (example: texting).

Please help us protect instruction and social interaction time for our Rossome kids!
 

Michelle Tripp

Principal, Ross Elementary
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michelle tripp