21st CENTURY COMMUNITY

Rolette Public School

Marilyn Walsh – Site Manager

2010 - 2011

2010 -2011 is proving to be an interesting year for the 21^st Century program in the Rolette Public Schools. There has been a recent change in leadership in Bismarck, so I don’t know the exact amount of Rolette’s grant but I have been told to expect at least the same amount as we had last year ($46,000). So, that is good news.

Three of our programs will be starting Monday, August 23, 2010. The Elementary Homework Room will be open at 7:30 am in the Library (which is a change of location from last year). Parents, please walk your children to the library. The High School Homework Room will be open at 7:45 am and will stay open until 8:30 am. (This start time is a little later this year.) Open Gym will also be begin at 7:45 am on Monday, August 23.

All other programs will begin the week of September 7. I am including a daily schedule so you can see what is offered.

Again, there will be NO busing this year. Many of our activities take place before school, so minimal parental driving will be required to pick up students.

Art and Reader’s Theater will take place on Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30 pm. I am trying to schedule events so that any elementary student should be able to go to a Thursday afternoon activity almost every Thursday of the year.

Weight Lifting: There will be open weight lifting on the Old Gym Stage on TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS from 7:15 to 8:00 am. This is for students in grades 5-12. Jared Blikre is in charge of this activity.

High School Homework Room: The High School Computer Lab will be open every day ( M – F) from 7:45 am to 8:30 am so that students (grades 7 – 12) can have access to the computers for research, homework, etc. Students will be able to get help in Math and English. Joan Norby and Marilyn Walsh are in charge of this activity.

Elementary Homework Room: The Library will be open every day (M-F) from 7:30 am to 8:15 am when the teacher in charge will walk them to their classroom hallway. This is for students in grades K – 6. Parents can bring students to the library. Students can also get homework help during this time. Students will be in the library at all times until 8:00 am, when those eating breakfast will be excused to go to the lunchroom. Angela Kitzman is in charge of this activity.

Open Gym - The High School Gym will be open daily (M – F) from 7:45 am – 8:30 am. (grades 7 – 12). Those students who are on the weekly ineligibility list will NOT be allowed into Open Gym. Gym activities will be supervised. Dave Dunham and Jason Heinz are in charge of this activity.

Science Tutoring – Science tutoring/homework help will be available in the science room on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 am until 8:30 am. (grades 7 – 12) Miranda Norby is in charge of this activity.

Tutoring/homework Help in Library; Any student in grades K-12 can receive homework help in the Library four afternoons a week from 3:30 – 4:30 pm. (M – TH) Denise Lagasse is in charge.

Art After School: Art After School is being offered from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm for grades K-2 the first semester and grades 3-6 the second semester on Thursday afternoons. Janice Fossum is in charge of this activity. Parents, please pick up students in the art room.

This year Art after School is also available for grades 7-12 on Thursdays from 4:30 – 5:30 pm in the art room. Please sign your child up on the registration form if your child is interested.

Reader’s Theater: Reader’s Theater, will meet on Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 for grades 3-6 the first semester/ grades K-2 the second semester. Reader’s Theater is a program designed to increase self-confidence, to enable students to identify and express emotion, to improve speaking skills, to develop performance skills to perform short scenes in front of small groups, and to increase reading skills. Megan Mathiason is tentatively in charge of this activity. Parents, please pick up the students in the fifth grade room.

Reading Help: Megan Matthews will be spending three hours a week helping students of all ages with reading. These sessions will be scheduled by Ms. Matthews and the students.

Evening Family/Student Activities: Two other Activities will be taking place on Wednesday afternoon/evening in the school that are family-oriented.

Weekly Family Library: The school library will be open every Wednesday night from 5:30 – 7:00 pm for parents and children to check out and return books. Our librarian, Ms. Kitzman, is tentatively scheduled to present monthly sessions on assorted topics as: the State Library, etc. Denise Lagasse and Angela Kitzman are in charge of this activity.

Weekly Family Open Computer Lab: The High School Computer Lab will be open and supervised from 7:00 – 9:00 pm on Wednesdays for families and students to use. There will be short weekly presentations on a variety of topics: How to Use Edline

Students will also be able to use this time to finish papers, assignments, and projects that were started during the day or just to access the Internet. Bonnie Muehlberg is in charge of this activity.

Service Projects: This includes Quilts of love which involve sewing blue jean quilts – for residents of the Presentation Care Center in Rolette and Keep America Warm project which involves knitting rectangles which will be sewn together and donated to appropriate charitable organizations. We will work on blue jean quilts in September and October; we will work on Knitting in November and December. Watch for second semester information in upcoming newsletters. Marilyn Walsh is in charge of this activity.

The 21^st Century Extended Year Learning Program will also fund speakers/field trips which will explore community resources that lead to career choices and also that teach lifelong skills. If you have any ideas, please let me know…remember that the activities cannot take place during the regular school day.

1. To provide a safe, nurturing environment for children outside of the regular school day.

2. To provide an exciting learning environment for academic improvement for all children of the community.

4. To develop effective practices for the all NESC sites to assure continue improvement of programs.

I’ve included a copy of our weekly schedule so that you can see the activities that Rolette offers. Please fill out a registration form for each of your children who plan on attending any of these programs and return it to me at the school. Students can bring them to their teachers or to Mrs. Lucas in the office or to me in my classroom.

I am excited about this year’s 21^st Century Extended Year Learning Program. If you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns please contact me. Marilyn.Walsh@sendit.nodak.edu or give me a call at school (246-3595). The best time for me to take phone calls is between 8:00 and 8:30 am or between 3:15 and 4:00 pm.

Also, if you have elementary students please remember to sign your child/children up for Art after School and Reader’s Theater on the registration form so that I can get a schedule made and back to you so that you know when your child will be having art/reader’s theater.