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From The Desk of

Your Principal

Dear Students, Parents, Guardians

and Community Members,

This has been a very busy start

to the 2018-19 school year. We

had a very successful solar

panel press release, our

enrollment stays strong, we

have an afterschool soccer

league, we hired three new

employees, cross country and

volleyball athletes and coaches

are representing ROCS in a

manner we can all be proud of!

Coming up are these events:

BINGO Night, RED SLED

BAZAAR, Fall Festival, Track

Dash For Cash Jog-A-Thon,

Scholastic Book Fair, Trunk and

Treat! All of which YOU are in-

vited to participate and we hope

you attend. Please sponsor your

student with our Jog-A-Thon.

Proceeds will go towards

building a new track to offer our

athletes, our Physical Education

program, and our families on

the weekends!! Please help

support our Track Dash for Cash

Jog-A-Thon and sponsor a child

to day. Call the office to make

flat pledges!

Have a great weekend!

Julie Barry, Principal

#ittakesacommunity

2nd Annual Ruch Outdoor Community School

Red Sled Holiday Bazaar Saturday, October 20 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Start your holiday shopping early! We have over 15 booths to choose from. There will be silverware jewelry, tie dyed clothing, handmade soars, burned wood creations, hand sewn table runners, aprons and much, much more. 7th graders will have raffle tickets for sale and 8th graders will be selling refreshments.

Know a family in need of a Thanksgiving Basket? Please call the office at 541-842-3850

UPCOMING EVENTS 10/5 Bingo Night 10/8 Volleyball VS Sacred Heart 10/10 Mrs. Brown & Mr, Straube Pumpkin Patch PTO Meeting 3:45 PM Cross Country Invite @ Jackson County Expo Volleyball @ Shady Cove

10/12 NO SCHOOL 10/15 Volleyball @ Cascade Christian 10/17 Volleyball VS White Mountain 10/18 Ms. Neiswanger & Mrs. Taylor Pumpkin Patch Cross Country Meet 10/20 Red Sled Holiday Bazaar

10/22 SCHOOL IN SESSION JOG A THON Volleyball @ New Hope 10/23 Cross County SOMSAC Championships @ Eagle Point Middle School 10/24 Volleyball @ Hanby 10/25 End of 1st Quarter

10/26 NO SCHOOL 10/30 Picture Retakes 10/31 Trunk or Treat 2:00 pm ROCS gravel parking lot

All are welcome to attend STEP: Short Term Educational Programming! Tuesdays at the Extension Center 569 Hanley Road

ALL PROGRAMS ARE FREE!

October 16 Let’s Create! Cornhusker Dolls and Brooms ages 5+ 23 Haunted Robot Maze ages 7 + 30 Spooky Kitchen Tricks and Treats ages 5+

OFFICE HOURS:

7:30 am - 4:30 pm

Phone Number: 541-842-3850

Fax Number: 541-842-3480

First Student 541-772-1114

Message from Thalia Truesdell, Ruch Public

Library Branch Manager

Second Annual

Celebration of Mind Gathering

Saturday, October 20 1-3 p.m. Activities throughout the Library will inspire fun and wonder for puzzles, games, math, magic, art, and more. Gardner (1914 –2010) was best known for encouraging popular interest in recreational mathematics through his “Mathematical Games” column in Scientific American, which ran for 25 years. He was dedicated to the pursuit of a playful and fun approach to math, science, art, magic, illusion, puzzles, and the workings of the mind. This family-friendly event promotes curiosity and critical thinking through play. All ages are welcome to enjoy games and prizes. Come excite your mind!

Celebration of Mind Gathering is part of a worldwide celebration of the legacy of Martin Gardner, held annually on or near his birthdate. For more information about the Gathering for Gardner Foundation (G4G) Celebration of Mind Gatherings, please visit the website: https://www.celebrationofmind.org/.

RUCH OUTDOOR COMMUNITY SCHOOL PTO WELCOMES ALL!

® The PTO’s Scholastic Book Fair and Fall Festival are right around the corner. We are looking

for one or two people to coordinate this annual event which promises to be full of fun

costumes and games for our students. Please contact Lynda Hickey at 541-301-0820. Mark your

calendars for Saturday, November 3 from 3:00 pm -6:00 pm!

® Do you shop on Amazon? Did you know your purchases can support the Ruch PTO?! All you have to do is go to

smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7128212 and start shopping!

® The art program needs Styrofoam meat/fish trays for the printmaking lesson. Please bring washed trays to the office.

® Will you be our next PTO raffle prize winner? Come to the October 10th meeting to put your name in the hat!

3:45pm in the Media Center. (computers available to your children during the meeting).

I ___________________________ have read the Cougar Chronicle

with my parent/guardian. The hidden phrase is:

_______________________

Parent/Guardian Signature:

__________________________

Return this signed coupon to the office and your

name will be entered into a drawing for a book

from Mrs. Barry!

SMART VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The Ruch Outdoor Community School SMART program needs your help. The minimum commitment is 2 hours 1 day a week. SMART. All necessary training provided by SMART. For more information please contact 541-734-5628.

TRACK DASH FOR CASH October 22, 2018

Proceeds for this years Jog A Thon fundraiser will be used to finance resurfacing our track. Pledge envelopes will be sent home, Thursday, October 11. Students can get per lap pledges or flat rate pledges. Poster contest was sent home today.