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Rustic Oak Elementary 1302 Rustic Lane
Pearland, TX 77581 281-482-5400
Upcoming Events
Jan. 5th Students Return
Jan. 6th Report Cards
Jan. 11th-13th 2nd Grade CogAT Testing
Jan. 13th Picture Retakes
Jan. 14th PTA General Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 18th No School for students or staff
Jan. 19th 4th Grade Reading Benchmark Testing
Jan. 20th 3rd Grade Reading Benchmark Testing
Jan. 22nd 2nd Gr. Remote COGAT Testing
Jan. 26th Gringo’s Spirit Night
A Word From Mrs. West and Mrs. Cook
Happy New Year 2021! We hope everyone
had a wonderful holiday and relaxing break.
We are excited to welcome our students
back and start the Spring semester strong. As
we start a new semester, we want to encour-
age parents and guardians to continue to
partner with your child’s classroom teacher
to help support your child’s academic growth.
We are looking forward to seeing all students
make academic progress this semester!
Beth West-Principal
Kara Cook-Asst. Principal
January
2020-21 Newsletter
Beth West Principal
Kara Cook Assistant Principal
Attendance Reminders The Texas Education Agency requires that letters be sent to parents/guardians notifying them that their child has accumulated three, seven or more unexcused ab-sences. Please keep in mind that these letters are not meant to be offensive; howev-er, they are used as part of an attendance monitoring plan to provide par-ents/guardians who are legally responsible for their children's attendance with a warn-ing, these absences have occurred and remind them of the state law.
Remember: anytime your child is absent, send a note explaining the rea-son for the absence (within three school days), or you may complete the online at-tendance note located on the Pearland ISD webpage under the Parents tab and Ab-sence reporting. We cannot accept email excuse notes from the parents/guardians, phone calls, or faxes.
Contact Edna Darby if you have any questions or concerns: [email protected]
Notes from Nurse Scott
Please have your child wear a mask upon arrival to school and
pack extra in your child’s backpack. Students must wear a mask
to help prevent the spread of COVID. We have given out 600 masks as
of December. If you are able, we are also asking for donations of new
disposable kid’s masks to the clinic.
Thank you,
Shelia Scott, R.N., B.S.N.
Counselor’s Corner
Rustic Oak Elementary School’s
Virtual Career Day Videos I am seeking volunteers who would be willing to make a short video about their career. The information needs to be age-appropriate, interesting, with fun facts about your career. It would be great if you show tools/visuals to help the children understand your career or if you record your video in your work space (not to exceed 15 minutes in length). I would need your video by Monday, January 25, 2021. We need videos of all different careers for different age groups (4-10 years), so your help with this would be greatly appreciat-ed. Look for a sign up genius link in a Skyward email coming soon. Contact me with any questions. Thank you!
Yara Golden
Rustic Oak School counselor
281-482-5400
Musical Memos
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a chance to rest and spend time with loved ones over the break. If you
missed the email with our special holiday videos, please feel free to watch them here: Jingly Videos
While we miss the chance to perform on stage, we are still making some great music together during class. Stu-
dents will continue to use found sound instruments, as well as classroom instruments that can be easily sani-
tized. As always, singing does require a mask (not a face shield) so thank you so much for making sure your child is
ready for music class each week.
We will also continue our music time travel this semester. We will explore Classical, Romantic, and Modern mu-
sic. Feel free to quiz your students on some of their favorite new composers.
As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns.
Mrs. Johnson
News from the Art Room!
Happy 2021! I hope everyone had a wonderful winter break and was able to
relax and enjoy the holidays. We will be starting our year off focusing on the
element of art: color. Therefore we will be creating some very colorful projects!
4th grade will be finishing their stuffed animals and PK through 3rd grade will
be working on self portraits.
I can’t wait to start creating art in the new year!
Mrs. Lam, Art Teacher
Coaches Corner
Happy New Year!
Thank you for sending in Lysol wipes and spray. We really appreciate your generosity and
helping keep our gym safe and germ free.
We will begin our ball handling and basketball units. Students will learn basic dribbling skills,
passing skills, and how to shoot a basket. We will also play basketball leadup games using
these skills. We will continue to visit the track for students to earn prizes for the laps they
run/walk. We have students that have earned 20, 40 and 60 lap prizes.
P.E. Reminders: Please make sure your child wears their tennis shoes on P.E. days and wears
a mask that fits when they run and jump up and down. We also recommend not wearing
gator mask on P.E. days if possibly. These have a tendency to fall down during exercise and
play. Thank you so much for your cooperation.
Coach Barley & Coach Randall
Library News
Please remind your child to keep their library book in their backpack when not read-
ing. We are on a 6 day rotation which means that your child will not visit the library on
the same day each week. By keeping their book in their backpack your child will always
know where to find it on library days. We always say… “Read your book then put it back
in your backpack.”
Please make sure that water bottles are kept on the outside of backpacks. I have
seen several sad faces when water bottles leak and get library books wet. The library
is such a fun place to read, imagine and create. A goal that
we have at Rustic Oak is to create lifetime readers. I hope
that you will encourage your child to read each night.
Amber Kelly
Librarian
Rustic Oak Elementary
Public Preview of PK Instructional Materials Adoption
Parents are invited to preview materials being considered by Pearland ISD for Pre-K for implementation beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. These materials have been determined by a committee that in-cludes district Pre-K teachers. Parents may review the materials online by clicking this link. Or visiting https://www.pearlandisd.org/Page/26722
There is a feedback survey at the bottom of the webpage link that you may complete to provide input to the district committee as they makes the final selection for the materials to be adopted. Pre-K classes will use these materials for 8 years and the materials are being considered as a part of the Texas Education Agency’s adoption process, Proclamation 2021. The public preview is available January 1-February 28, 2020.
If you have any questions, you may contact Donna Tate, Federal Pro-grams/Grants Administrator at [email protected] or 281.485.3203 X74949.
