December 15, 2011

Hello Parents and Friends of Roosevelt International Baccalaureate Middle School (RIBMS)!  A personal and professional goal of mine for the 2011-12 school year has been to use various modes of communication to inform members of the RIBMS Community of upcoming events, milestones reached, and dates to remember.  This electronic newsletter is the first of what will be a bi-weekly (e-news) alert you will receive. Feel free to contact me or to Daniza Oviedo, our Parent Academic Liaison (PAL) if you would like additional information related to our e-newsletter.

Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) Graduates 95 Parents of RIBMS

Tonight nearly 100 parents will come together with their families and members of the RIBMS faculty and staff to celebrate the completion of an 8 week course. The course was geared toward informing parents about effective ways to support their children’s educational experience.

Aquaponics is coming to Roosevelt

Aquaponics is a sustainable agriculture system that is specifically designed for families and small communities to grow their own fish and produce.  Aquaponics supports the need for local food production that is accessible and free of pesticides and fertilizers.  RIBMS is collaborating with EcoLife a non-profit organization who support building Aquaponics in countries in Africa.

 

Students Meet A Reading Challenge

 

As part of Scholastic Book Fair, RIBMS students were challenged to read 100,000 words in four days.  Students voted on a wacky stunt for me to perform if they met the challenge.    As a result, students I had to shave my hair into a Mohawk and dye it maroon!

Prime Time Survey

 

In the next few days all parents of RIBMS will be asked to complete a survey either on-line or a hard copy will be provided. The survey is intended to gather information that will allow us to continue with the Prime Time Program as it currently exists or to offer optional programing to serve the vaired needs of our families. Please keep an eye out for information that will allow you to participate in this survey.

The Key to Success

A private donor commissioned a sculpture to be created for RIBMS. After several meetings with a local artist, parents, students, teachers, and members of the community asked if three aspects of RIBMS could be incorporated into the design of the sculpture. 

The artist was given our school’s namesake, Theodore Roosevelt, International Baccalaureate, and High Educational Expectations.  The resulting sculpture is a large Teddy Bear made in the form of a globe holding a key, diploma, and mortarboard.  The name of the piece  is “The Key to Success for All is Education”.  The piece is solar generated so at night capital cities from around the world light up.