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CALENDAR ITEMS

Apr 7	5^th grade Math TAKS
10=	No school
15=	PTO General Meeting, 7:00 p.m., cafeteria Science Fair
17=	3^rd grade field trip – Museum of Fine Arts
18=	Spring Carnival

= FROM THE DESK OF … MS. MCBRIDE

Dear Parents,

We are busy today administering 5th Grade math= TAKS tests. A big thanks to all of the parents who volunteer their time to assist with hall and restroom duty, etc. We do appreciate you! April is generally thought of as “test month” = and we will be busy with many different types of testing. Remember = that Friday is a staff development day for teachers and no school for students. Our teachers came back early in August, so they will have a comp day and be able to enjoy a long weekend.

Our wonderful and kind cafeteria staff have tr= ied to work with students to make sure they have a meal of their choice each day. However, they work for a separate company and are responsible for collecting the monies for the food service for those meals. I w= as surprised to hear that Ms. Woodard currently has over $400 owed to her from “loans” that she has given to students. Please help her b= y checking on your child’s lunch balance! You can view the account balance and account history by going to www.= parentonline.net.

PTO General Meeting

Our next PTO General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 15th at 7pm= in the cafeteria. All parents are invited and encouraged to come. We will start with an update on al= l the PTO news then you don't want to miss our guest speaker. Special Agent, Rand= all Clark of the FBI's Innocent Images program will speak to our parent communi= ty about Safe Guarding your Children on the Internet. Childcare will be provid= ed for school age children.

See the flyer coming home today for more detai= ls.

–Debra Kenna, PTO President

ROE 5th Grade Memory Book

Ple= ase check to see if your Memory B= ook page has been submitted at www.riveroakspto.org/theroestore/ and click on "5th Grade Memory Book Information". There is a "click here" to peruse a spreadsheet of students who have/have not submitted Memory Book Pages. Individual photos of students/teachers/events for entry into the Me= mory Book are due this Friday. Direct technical questions to: storemanager@riveroakspto.org. Non-technical quest= ions:JudithEnglandNance@yahoo.com= .

Science Lab

Dear 4/5th Grade Students, in only two more da= ys your awesome Science Fair projects are due! April 9th is the due date. Remember to turn in your trifold display, Science Journal, and your CD to t= he Science Lab by 3:15pm. Your projects will be returned on April 13^th, and on April 15th it’s our ROE Science Fair Day! I, and our judges, Mrs. Andrea Lazear, Mrs, Barbara Mosbacher, Mrs. Allison Bell, Mr. Richard Debney, Mrs. Erica Frantz, and Dr. Maria Chee Yang are looking forward to viewing and admiring all your hard work and amazing results! J

–Paul Rainn, Science Specialist

Nature Center

A special thank you to Mrs. Hester and Mrs. Furita! They were nice enough to bring a troop of very eager and very capable Girl Scouts to our Nature Center and they completely redid our Butterfly/Hummingbird habitat! It is now all tri= mmed, cleaned, labeled, and attracting migrating butterflies coming in from Mexico, as well as drawing in Hummingbirds and lots of their larger cousins! = We appreciate the renovation of an important part of our Nature Center. All of our kids can now benefit! Hurrah for Girl Power! (Yes, I said it! J)

–Paul Rainn, Science Specialist

TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO PRE ORDER YOUR CARNIVAL TICKETS!

Buy your 2009 Carnival tickets early and you c= an avoid the long lines AND GET EXTRA TICKETS! All orders must be turned in by TOMORROW, Wednesday, April 8th. You will retrieve your tickets at = the carnival at the “Will Call” Booth on Saturday, April 18th starting at 11:00. Please make sure you bring your ID to the Will Call Booth!!! Loo= k for the form coming home today. If you have any questions, please email W= endy Sides at sides.w2@gmail.com.

Face Painters Needed for Carnival

If you or someone you know would like to face = paint at this year’s carnival on Saturday, April 1= 8th. Please contact Wendy Sides at sides.w2@gmail.com if you are interested. There are lots of one-hour shifts available.

The Carnival Needs Cokes and Cakes!!

We are now taking donations for name brand sod= as like Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, 7-Up, Dr. Pepper, Minute Maid Lemonades and Fruit Punch,= and 12oz waters. You can bring these to the stage (at the back by the curtain= ). =

We also need (store bought or homemade) goodie= s like = cakes, cookies, cupcakes, brownies, etc. for the infamous ROE Carnival Cake Walk. The cake walk is always a big hit because of YOU! You can bring your yummy donations in on Friday, April 17th OR on Saturday, April 18th (t= he day of the carnival). Thank y= ou so much, we couldn’t do it without you!= –Wendy Sides

HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The carnival is in need of help from high school students and/or grandparents to help with the carnival booths. We have so many fun booths planned that we don't have enough helpers! If you know of a high school student or a group of high scho= ol students who needs service hours for school, church, or scouts or if they w= ould just like to help out at the carnival please contact Wendy Sides at sides.w2@gmail.com.= –Wendy Sides, Carnival Chairperson

THIS YEAR... WE WILL HAVE A RAFFLE AT THE CARNIVAL!!!

Why Not Toys has donated a girl basket and a boy basket for the ROE Carnival. The baskets have a retail value of $100 each! The only way to win is to come to= the carnival and buy a raffle ticket(s). Each raffle ticket will cost 2 carnival tickets.

Don't forget the carnival is Saturday, April 1= 8th, from 11-4! –Wendy Sides= , sides.w2@gmail.com

$1000 MADE AT THE LEMONADE STAND!

The lemonade stand was a HUGE success at Whole= Foods this weekend. Thanks to Whole Foods, the community and ROE families we raised $1000 for ROE. It was a fun event! –Ann Guerra and Sandra Ahlho= rn

ROE Student Artwork at Zoe’s Kitchen<= /p>

Stop by Zoe’s Kitchen at 3701 S. Shepherd Drive for a healthy lunch or dinner and enjoy the artwork displayed that was painted by ROE students. The paintings can be purchased for a minimum donation and all proceeds go directly to serve our school. Thanks to Zoes Kitchen for being = such a great business partner and supporting so many of the activities at our school.

April birthdays

= 6 Rachel VanHaselen

= 6 Tyler Copeland

15 Juanita Garcia

18 Robin Turner

24 Helen Fuentes

26 Ron Mansur

2009 – 2010 Enrollment

It’s that time of year again! Please complete the form below to let us know whether your child(ren) will be returning for the 2009-2010 school year, and return it to the front office = by Friday, April 24.

Name of Student(s):

___________________________________________= _

___ My child(ren) will be returning for the 2009–2010 school year.

Grade they will be in: __________

___ My child(ren) will not be return= ing for the 2009–2010 school year.

___ My child(ren) will need bus transportat= ion.