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The RMS Newsletter

February 2016

From the Principal ….

February 2016

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As we culminate this first semester, we commemorate Diversity for the month of February. We will focus on celebrating the inner strengths that each of us brings and that produces a Uniqueness that makes our world interesting and balanced.

Radnor Middle School never sleeps. Its halls are filled every day with some activity or event that makes us the School with the Heart in Wayne. We have been busy with our seventh grade winter concert and look forward to the upcoming sixth grade winter concert. We’re well into our winter sports’ season and the PTO International Week will be successful. The Geography Bee was a close competition, but one of our seventh graders won to the finish for the second year in a row. Our After School Clubs provide a nice variety of activity, fun and learning for our students and the PTO and REF committees continue to offer grant opportunities to our teachers that serve and benefit the needs and interests of our students.

Academically, we continue the practice of providing assessments across the disciplines, challenging students to look at their own learning, and enabling teachers to examine the data as a result of their own teaching. Many meetings and discussions are occurring to ensure that Radnor Middle School remains number one with its emphasis on academic achievement and growth. Our staff ensures that this level of rigor and relevance takes place within our heralded walls. We are proud to have received yet another distinguished award, Schools To Watch designation.

We welcome Mr. Ryan Buterbaugh, our new assistant principal, to our professional family. We are looking forward to tightening our administrative team. Things have been busy and it has even been challenging. Most of all, it has been satisfying in ways that fill our hearts through the smiles of a child. It is sometimes difficult for educators to express just how grateful we feel when we realize the opportunity to watch and share in the growth of our children. We are excited to see what Mr. Buterbaugh will bring to our community and feel fortunate to have this new addition to our community. Every member of our staff from custodial, support, cafeteria, tech staff, paras and teachers alike - we share a common purpose and that is the care of your children - a role we take great pride in participating in.

The second semester is one that promises to be equally gratifying, I wish to extend to all of you love that abounds and solidifies a grounded and common purpose. This month may you and your families create those quiet moments together as we learn to appreciate the diversity in each of us and use it for a conduit for helping others as they too find the value in themselves.

Please accept my deepest appreciation for all you do to support and enrich Radnor Middle School.

Sincerely,

Esther M. Purnell

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Student Council News

Radnor Middle School's Martin Luther King Day of Service took place on Monday, January 18th. Student and adult volunteers came together to participate in meaningful activities which focused on giving back to our community. Students also participated at off-site locations, including Wayne Nursing Home where they shared their many talents.

Here at RMS students assembled bags and boxes of shoes and clothing for Cradles to Crayons. They made over 100 bags of toiletries collected and organized for Hugs for Heroes, over 100 bedside activity kits to cheer up young patients at CHOP, valentines to encourage our US troops, and many cards for the home bound and delivered to Aid for Friends with cheery messages to brighten their day.

With the help of our FaCS teachers, students were able to bake 16 dozen cookies for the Life Center in Upper Darby, and sew pillowcases for Ryan's Case for Smiles. Students also enjoyed making over 250 sandwiches which were delivered to the Life Center in Upper Darby. Students were engaged this year in a new activity, creating goat collars and leads for the goat herd at our sister school in Uganda! RMS raised $102 for Doctors Without Borders through our annual Foul Shot Competition. None of this could have been accomplished without the effort and guidance of


our faculty, staff, students and PTO - thank you so much for your continued support!

Nurses Notes… Carolyn Seaton, RN MSN CSN

Medical Trivial Question:

Q: What is the leading cause of death in the United States?

A: Heart Disease

February is America Heart Month. American Heart Month is a time to battle cardiovascular disease and educate Americans on what we can do to live heart-healthy lives. Heart disease, including stroke, is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States.

American Heart Month is a time to battle cardiovascular disease and educate Americans on what we can do to live heart-healthy lives.

Heart disease, including stroke, is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States.

Heart disease can be prevented. To keep your heart healthy:

• Watch your weight.

• Quit smoking and stay away from secondhand smoke.

• Control your cholesterol and blood pressure.

• If you drink alcohol, drink only in moderation.


• Get active and eat healthy.

• Talk to your doctor about taking aspirin every day if you are a man over the age of 45 or a woman over 55.

• Manage stress

Missing Medical Information:

Some families have received a letter from the Nurse’s Office notifying you of missing medical information. Please note that Pennsylvania School Law requires a medical examination by a physician for all students entering kindergarten, grade 6 and 11, plus all new students to Pennsylvania schools regardless of grade level. Also, Pennsylvania Department of Health guidelines require all children to have a dental exam upon entry into school; kindergarten or grade 1, 3rd and 7th grade.

Happy Valentine’s Day!


Pen Pal & Popcorn Club

I am thrilled to report that since installing the garden in 2014, Buppala Primary School is entirely self-sufficient in their lunch delivery. While RMS was once providing daily lunches to the students, the garden is now feeding the 600+ students and staff each school day. Additionally, we will be delivering 50 milk goats to students in the village to help bolster their nutrition and assist with school fees. This pay-it-forward project requires each goat


recipient to give the first nanny goat that is born to another child in the village. Children who will be receiving a goat were trained by an expert on how to care for their goats. These goats will be sporting handmade collars and leashes, crafted by every child at RMS. Follow the project at www.globalvillageconnect.org, or read the blog about this on-going exchange at www.penpaluganda.blogspot.com. Thank you for making a difference in the world, RMS!

Perfect Attendance In the first marking period, 115 RMS students received perfect attendance. These students (listed below) were at school on time every day and never dismissed early (except for school-‐related activities). Students are entitled to a snack ($1) of their choice from the cafeteria. Congratulations!

Name Grade Antonini, Gavin Andrew 06 Armstrong, Deborah Lauren 06 Barber, Avery Sinclair 06 Bare, Daniel Alexander 06 Barker, Olivia Grace 06 Beisty, Lila Linda 06 Botticelli, Nicholas Guido JR 06 Breck, Payton Elizabeth 06 Breck, Preston Michael 06 Bryant, Juliana 06 Budziak, Elize Monica 06 Burton, Sydney Lanette 06 Castro, Vera Kyung Sun 06 Castro Farfan, Julio 06 Cellucci, Avery Elizabeth 06 Clarke, Erica Graham 06


Cloonan, Mason Matthew 06 Collins, Audrey Elizabeth 06 Conen, Noah Lewis 06 Constable, Caroline Lee 06 Corona, Marilyn Leah 06 Daiutolo, Emily Faith 06 Dilella, Kate Addison 06 Doyle, Caroline Magargee 06 Drew, Parker Davis 06 Economides, George Lambros 06 Engstrom, Anjali Jyoti 06 Feinberg, Lindsay Taylor 06 Gallagher, William Andrew III 06 Green, Alexa Jordan 06 Guillen-Valle, Angela Maritza 06 Ha, Jae Ho 06 Haas, Molly Catherine 06 Hart, Benjamin Pennock 06 Heerkens, Nicholas Jan 06 Hendon, Grace Nicole 06 Henkel, Lucy Rose 06 Hernandez, Thomas 06 Hill, Mason James 06 Hoffman, Cooper Dale 06 Horwitz, Jonah Katsusuke 06 Izzetoglu, Duru Biriz 06 Jain, Ridhima 06 Kaplan, Norah Isabel 06 Kaplan, William Engelhardt 06 Karamanides, Petros Gannon 06 Kim, Hyeonjin 06 Lamontagne, Jessica Jane 06 Lenthall-Cleary, Lia Abigail 06 Lo, Isabella 06 Long, Daniel Owen 06 Lucchesi, Nicholas Roman 06 Mallory, Luke Douglas 06 Mannix, Patrick James 06 Marino, Michael Louie 06 Mathis, Ryan Merrick 06 Matsumoto, Rina 06 Matsuoka, Manato 06 Maz, Cynthia Lynn 06 Mehra, Frederick Jasper 06 Milligan, Matthew Michael 06


Miltenberger, Alison Adams 06 Minning, Eleanor Ruth Lucia 06 Movsowitz, Ryan Benjamin 06 Niedland, Audrey Bradford 06 Odorisio, Joseph Robert 06 Park, Samantha Luke 06 Parrish, Olivia Rose 06 Pepper, Chloe Elise 06 Pergolis, Nicholas Paul 06 Priyadarshi, Trisha 06 Quinn, Tyler Joseph 06 Rioboli, Nathan Richard 06 Rocheleau, Michael 06 Romani, Nicholas Anthony 06 Sanchez, Yllona Gilbertine Aviles 06 Schwarz, Tellian Helena 06 Shea, Michael Joseph 06 Spiller, Robert Michael 06 Todorow, Eric Thomas 06 Vaka, Sreekethav 06 Vollmer, Eric Simon 06 Wakiyama, Kelsey Ann 06 Wallin, Jude Alexander 06 Wang, Kiichiro 06 Williams, Brooklyn 06 Williams, Gaven Cole 06 Wills, Sarah Jane 06 Wilson, Carly Elizabeth 06 Wilson, Sydney Marie 06 Yasue, Kensei 06 Aljian, Dean Richard 07 Behar, Adam Jarred 07 Bryant, Erik 07 Chen, Shaohang 07 Curley, Walter 07 De Vlieghere, Matthew Remy Quan 07 Dickson, Joshua Maclean 07 Donato, Christina Lee 07 Dooley, Maxwell James 07 Dougherty, Heather Marie 07 Emery, Stellarose Burke 07 Fang, Muru 07 Fraser, Alexander Sebastian 07 Frost, Abigail Janice 07 Gold, Peter Davis 07


Guillaume, Samantha Barbara 07 Haussman, Charles Bailey 07 Henderson, Georgia Elizabeth 07 Hollero, Rafael Emilio Castillon 07 Hopson, Cierra Rae 07 Hug, Shanti Sharma 07 Irvin, Samiyah 07 Kang, Emma Meng-Mei 07 Khanna, Rishi 07 LaCroix, Anne Therese Daniele 07 Lee, Kyra Taylor 07 Lian, Schuyler Faith 07 Llorente, Ignacio 07 Lovenguth, Patrick Graham 07 Magen, William Deke 07 McMullin, Avery Noelle 07 McNamara, John Francis 07 Meandro, Nicolas 07 Metzger, Samuel Louis 07 Miller, Matthew Thomas 07 Morrissey, Elinor Rae 07 Mulligan, Kendall Younghae 07 Parente, Andrew Joseph 07 Park, Jaimin 07 Polaha, Angelina Avery 07 Rebane, Shane Anderson 07 Reid, Jackson Christopher 07 Ryder, Adam James 07 Saeed, Noor 07 Sears, Michael Joseph 07 Seidl, Joseph John 07 Serlenga, John Joseph 07 Siadatan, Tala 07 South, Florence Peggy 07 South, Grace Dorothy 07 Tavipatana, Purividh 07 Trevisani, Alex Giovani 07 Vaughan, Arden Noone 07 Vazquez, Brando Emmanuel 07 Walker, Kenji Christopher 07 Wang, Victor 07 Ward, John Brendan 07 Wilton, Lola Belle 07 Worontzoff, Samantha Nicole 07 Wu, Jeffrey 07


Young, Carter Joseph 07 Yurchak, Andrew Paul 07 Barone, James Philip 08 Baumann, Aidan Soule 08 Bay, Claudia Juliette 08 Blumer, Ava Katherine 08 Bohnenberger, Ava Charlotte 08 Buono, Michael Phillip IV 08 Carmody, Sean Patrick 08 Constable, George Houston II 08 Cooper, Abigail Anne 08 Cooper, Emma Jasmijn 08 Cuff, David Robert 08 DeAngelis, Tyler Moore 08 DiLella, Sam 08 Dougherty, Bridget Grace 08 Engstrom, Benjamin Paul 08 Escobar, Gabriel Martin 08 Faralli, Kristin Roberts 08 Freeman, Robert Boyd 08 Frei, Megan Audra 08 Frishman, Sarah Britt 08 Fukuchi, Claire Elise 08 Fulton, Ella Louise 08 Gallagher, Courtney Qinglu 08 Gallagher, Margaret Ries 08 Gutta, Gnanesh Chowdary 08 Hart, Nicholas Wilder 08 Hastings, Elizabeth Starr 08 Herbert, Rhys William 08 Hondros, Luke Andrew 08 Janson, John Noah 08 Jones, Azhir Wayne 08 Kallick, Temmi Morgan 08 King, Michael Anthony 08 Kwon, Sungjun 08 Larsen, Wells Carr 08 Lasky, Isabella Corinne 08 Le, Tobey Chou 08 Lee, Ethan Tianyuan 08 Lenthall-Cleary, Chapin Alexander 08 Lihota, Charles Robert 08 Luan, Leo Chang 08 Matsuoka, Yuma 08 Minning, Louis Reynolds 08


Nguyen, Anh Ngoc Phong 08 O'Sullivan, Christopher Logan 08 O'Sullivan, Leighton Rose 08 Philardeau-Planche, Louise Marie 08 Rios, Emily Francesca 08 Sacristan-Lagunas, Laura 08 Samaha, Alexander Quan 08 Schreiber, Nicole Hoffman 08 Schwartz, Cole Stanley 08 Seasholtz, Keara Higgins 08 Speranza, Grace Catherine 08 Townsend, Alexandre Daniel 08 Twedt, Lincoln Russell 08 Vloedman, Christian Burke 08 Williams, Cameron Harrison 08

Etymology Made Fun! Magistra Brown's 8th grade Latin students are studying Latin roots and English Derivatives by creating Etymology Trees showing the Latin roots at the bottom of the tree and the English Derivatives in the branches.


From the Schools to Watch Committee:

On February 19th, RMS will have another Vision Day. Students will work collaboratively to build card towers. This activity will address the “mind” as students strengthen their problem solving abilities. Please remind your student to wear their RMS Vision t-‐shirt on the 19th.

In March, as part of our efforts to build the hearts of our students, RMS will be making craft kits for patients at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)


who have limited mobility. The kits will provide fun activities that patients can do without leaving their bed.

Below is a list of specific items that may be accepted in new condition. 6th grade will collect for preschool-‐age children (2-‐5 years). 7th grade will collect for school-‐age children (6-‐11 years), and 8th grade will collect for adolescents (11 years and older). During our March 11th Vision Building Activity, students will assemble kits into bags, and the bags will be delivered to CHOP.

Please adhere to the list below, as items that are not on the list or are not in new condition cannot be accepted for safety reasons. Items will be collected from December to February. All items are due to your child’s advisory teacher by February 26. Thank you for your support.

For Preschool-‐age Children (2 to 5 years)

Stickers (large and easy to peel) Play-‐Doh Crayola crayons (four-‐ or eight-‐pack) Coloring book Watercolor paints with brush 12-‐ to 50-‐piece puzzle Small bottle of bubbles Matchbox cars (two) My Little Pony sets High Five magazine National Geographic Little Kids magazine For School-‐age Children (6 to 11 years)

Play-‐Doh or Model Magic with shape cutters Stickers Individual paint sets with brush Markers or colored pencils 10 sheets of colored construction paper (variety of colors) Coloring book or drawing pad Prepackaged latex-‐free craft kits (make your own bracelets/ race cars/beaded jewelry) Travel games (Trouble/deck of cards/Battleship/Yahtzee/Uno) Highlights magazine 100-‐ to 250-‐piece puzzle Lego kits Foam craft kits (visors, door hangers, foam stickers) Dress-‐up dolls National Geographic magazine


For Adolescents (11 years and older)

Uno cards or deck of regular playing cards Drawing pads, challenging coloring books or a journal with a pen Oil pastels, markers, colored pencils or acrylic paint Air-‐dry clay Nail polish Squeeze/stress balls (latex-‐free) Travel games (Trouble/Battleship/Yahtzee) 500-‐ to 1,000-‐piece puzzles Word searches/crossword puzzles/brain teasers/Sudoku/Mad Libs Teen magazines Build-‐your-‐own model kits Embroidery thread (four colors) for friendship bracelets Sheets of duct tape with instructions on how to make different projects Hand-‐held games (20 Questions/Catch Phrase) All items must be new.

Please note that we are not able to accept fabric items.

RMS Parent Lunch Volunteers Radnor Middle School Parent Lunch Volunteer

Procedures

• Our Parent Lunch Volunteers (PLV) are to report to the main office and sign in with the office visitor system.

• Receive their Parent Lunch Volunteer badges. • Report to the Attendance Office and drop off any personal belongings. • RMS Staff will show the PLV’s the Guidance and Nurse’s Office

locations.


• RMS Staff/Administration will:

Review and walk-through the Cafeteria area including the sinks, snacks, trays, main food court areas, paper towels for spills, condiment areas, general food/floor clean up, lost and found items, courtyard/recess areas and supplies’ bin, lunch/Café Book (reviewing general contents). Library passes per lunch, general pink passes are to be signed by staff/administration only and are generally for Main Office, Lost and Found, Counselor or to quickly check in with a teacher. The Nurse’s Office has separate Blue Passes.

At the bathroom exit location (passes are on the top of the blue recycling container) the PLV will allow three girls and three boys use the restroom at a time only. One pass per student is emphasized.

At the main door (feeding into the school hallway): the PLV will always ask each student if they have a pass, if the student says yes and produces one – the student will be permitted to leave. If the student says no – the PLV will contact the nearest Staff/Administrator or direct the student to the nearest staff person for clarification or receipt of a pass to exit the cafeteria.

• Confidentiality of student situations/discussions will be emphasized.

Any student redirection (reprimands) is to occur and directly come from Administration and/or staff to avoid any parent/student conflicts.

• Please check with the www.rtsd.org website to confirm that you have the necessary ‘volunteer clearances’ before scheduling a shift.


• Call or email if you are scheduled and unable to make it. You may email [email protected] or call 610.386.6306.

• AND MOST IMPORTANT – we want this to be a fun and rewarding experience for both our volunteers and our students. We look forward to seeing you for lunch soon.

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