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March 25-29th: Spring Break, No School
April 4th: Vision and Hearing Screening
April 5th: No School
May 19th: Rieke Art Fair
May 23rd: Incoming Rieke Kinders School Visit
Another resource for Rieke events and activities is our PTA. Visit the Rieke PTA website!
Reminder:
The office is seeing an influx of forgotten items (backpack, coats, water bottles, homework, library books etc.). We are asking that unless it's an emergency*, please leave forgotten items at home.
It's a great way to help children learn (in a safe, low risk way) and we notice that they rise to the responsibility of being in charge of their school items.
*Emergency scenarios would be forgotten medications, allergen friendly lunches, etc.
Dear Rieke Rocket community,
We had so much fun today celebrating the Rieke Way and the students earning 1000 rocket fuel with our Funky Friday event. The kids have so much, well deserved, fun! I will try to put a few more pictures up on our Instagram feed, https://www.instagram.com/riekeschool/ We also have a really entertaining Rieke Video News up on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RiekeStudentNews Feel free to binge watch old episodes over spring break and share with family. We love new subscribers!
When we return from spring break we have some calendar events. On Monday, April 1st, we will celebrate the Rieke Way with an all school assembly to honor students who lead in demonstrating cooperation. All families are invited to the end of school day assembly (2:35-3:00) but some of you will receive special invitations from your children. There is no school on Friday April 5th for a teacher grading day. Report cards will be sent home with students the week of April 15th.
As you have heard, Markham 4th and 5th grade classes and staff will remain at Rieke through the end of the 2023-24 school year. The Markham building also will not be ready for students next fall. That does not mean the Rieke/Markham colocation will continue into 2024-25. PPS is working to develop a plan for the Markham community and will unveil that plan when it comes to fruition. But for now, we remain confident that we are providing these wonderful fellow SW families and students a welcoming place to learn!
Our annual Rieke Auction is coming soon. It has been fantastic to have so many creative parents volunteering and working with students on classroom art projects. The auction is a major fundraiser that we use at Rieke to help staff needed supports such as enrichments, technology, and academic intervention.
From the Rieke Foundation:
Do you have your Rieke Auction tickets yet? Get them now!
Individual auction tickets are on sale, and we only have 4 tables left. Gather your friends and ensure you’ll all sit together by purchasing an auction table today! Get tickets and tables for April 20 auction here: https://ourschool.auction/Rieke2024
Why is the Auction important?
The Rieke Auction is our biggest fundraiser of the year. It helps raise the critical money that goes directly to staffing at our school and ensures our beloved Rieke specials like library, tech and full-time art remain full-time for our kids. Coming together with our school community and attending the auction is an important way that you can keep Rieke strong during a time of district budget cuts and financial uncertainty. We hope you’ll join us for a fun night out with our Rieke community!
Art installation display: You may have already heard, but I want to make sure you know that the fifth graders will have their Exquisite Corpse art on display downtown at The Portland Building. This is the first student exhibit at The Portland Building, and we were asked to show this work to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the Arts Education Access Fund (aka Portland arts tax). Fifth graders created collaborative drawings, then we passed them along to Cleveland High School ceramics and sculpture students who turned the drawings into sculptures. There will be a First Thursday opening reception on April 4 from 5 to 6:30 pm. Please see the attached flyer. The exhibit is on the second floor. If you can't make the opening reception, the art will be on display until the end of May.
Summer school invitations are being sent out next week by Portland Public Schools. PPS has continued to invest in summer programming through federal grants and other sources. Summer school programs will run during the month of July and there is a SW Portland elementary site. If you get an invitation for your student and have any questions, please email me (and your child’s teacher) with any questions. I would be the best contact for programming and enrollment questions.
The 2024 Rieke Elementary Science Fair is coming soon!
When: Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
Where: Rieke Elementary
Who: All students are invited! Share your project! Explore all the fun science activities!
Hey parents, Spring Break is coming up fast, and that week is a great time to work on a science fair project!
Visit our webpage to register your project and for all of the details about this year's Science Fair @ www.riekepta.org/2024-science-fair
Our next PTA general meeting is on the evening of April 9th. See the attached flyer about a special community guest speaker on executive functioning for students. All are invited to attend. For more information about the PTA including how to become a member, check out www.riekepta.org
Also see the attached flyers for after school LEGO class and softball clinic for spring, and summer soccer camp..
Cheers!
Jon Jeans-Principal
When students from Cleveland High School’s Advanced Commercial Foods and Baking class visited Hosford Middle School last month to try out a new recipe they called Baked Pears Goat Cheese Sunflower Seed Delight, the results of an informal sticker poll were very much on the positive side: 26 kids liked it and 30 loved it. Twenty-two were on the fence.
Sixth grader Isaac Huynh was in the latter category. “I’ve had goat cheese before, but this goat cheese tastes different,” he said. “I think the whole thing might have been better with whipped cream.”
Ever wondered if dogs might be able to sniff out cancer? Or how Magic the Gathering is connected to the Satanic Panic of the 1980s? Or if your running watch might be gaslighting you?
Seniors in the Cleveland High School International Baccalaureate (IB) program answered these questions – and many more – at the 15th annual Extended Essay Senior Showcase on February 21. The showcase gives IB students the opportunity to present the results of two years’ worth of research into academic topics of their choosing. The topics begin as inquiry questions, which students then investigate and eventually answer in the form of a 4000-word essay.
At first glance, the annual Portland Public Schools district calendar might seem to fulfill one crucial function: to alert students, staff, and families to the days when school is in session and when it is not.
If that were the case, crafting the calendar would be the work of days, if not hours. In fact, the calendar is a multipurpose living document that involves meticulous planning and careful forethought to ensure the best possible outcomes for students and staff. It also reflects the needs and observances of the many diverse communities the district serves.
Ethan Kramer, Beaumont Middle School’s assistant principal, sees middle school math as so much more than 2x + 3y = 5.
“It’s helping to build the logic center – the prefrontal cortex – in analysis and processing,” he said. Given this, Kramer and others believe that middle grades instruction must lay a strong foundation to support more challenging math concepts in the future – first high school, then beyond.
But what are the components of that foundation? And how is it best established?
The district’s middle grades core academics team and its grades 6-8 math committee have spent the last year weighing these questions in tandem with educators and community stakeholders. Their goal: a comprehensive math curriculum that challenges students without rushing or skipping over key concepts.
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board- Regular Meeting
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Rieke Hearing and Vision Screening Day
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Student Success Committee
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PTA Meeting and Guest Speaker
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM School Board - Special Meeting
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Facilities and Operations Committee meeting
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board- Budget Meeting-New Date
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM School Board Budget Hearing and Work Session
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Science Fair
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Student Success Committee
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM School Board - Tax Supervising & Conservation Commission (TSCC) Hearing