🐝📚🍯 What a sweet adventure for our amazing 1st-grade classes! 🍯📚🐝
Our amazing little researchers have been diving deep into the world of community helpers, and today, they got the sweetest experience ever! 🍯🐝
Our class had the incredible opportunity to meet a local beekeeper, who shared their how bees and beekeepers play a vital role in our community. The kids were all ears as they learned about the importance of these tiny pollinators in our ecosystem.
And guess what? They even got to taste the fruits of their newfound knowledge - pure, golden honey straight from the hive! 🍯🐝🌼 The excitement was off the charts, as they savored the delicious honey, a true gift from our hardworking bees.
Big thanks to our beekeeper for this unforgettable experience!
#CommunityHelpers #FirstGradeAdventures #BeekeepingFun #LearningIsSweet 📖🍯
This week 5th grade classes had the opportunity to conduct exciting experiments that caused big chemical reactions. Students were able to witness firsthand how matter can undergo change. Science is all about curiosity, exploration, and discovery, and the kids are loving every minute of it.
👩🏫📚 October is National Principals Month! 🏫👨🏫
Let's take a moment to celebrate and appreciate our incredible principals who dedicate their lives to shaping the future of our students. 🙌👏
🌟 Happy National Custodian's Day! 🧹🪣
Today, we want to take a moment to celebrate the unsung heroes who keep our schools clean and safe. 💪🧽
Behind the scenes, custodians work tirelessly to ensure we have a clean and pleasant environment to learn, work, and thrive in. They are the ones who make sure our spaces sparkle and shine, even when we're not looking. ✨
To all of our custodians, we are incredibly grateful for all that you do. 🙌❤️ #NationalCustodiansDay #ThankACustodian
5th graders started hosting our morning "Live" announcements today! They did great.
4th graders in Mrs. Loutzenhiser's room have been building their thinking stamina while collaborating with peers in math class and they love it! Their problem today was "If you write out the numbers 1-1,000 how many times would you write out the number 7?" What would your answer be?
We kicked off the 2023-24 school year with a bang this morning! 💥 All Ray-Pec staff filled the high school gym for convocation and to celebrate the beginning of another wonderful school year.
"This morning, our celebration is all about the dreams of our students. Students are coming to us wanting to have a successful and meaningful life. That’s our mission. And that’s their dream. It is our job to make that dream possible. All of us, and I mean anyone in this room employed or in an elected leadership role of the Ray-Pec School District, has the duty to deliver on or support the mission of our school district. Everyone. Our theme for this year is that we are all 'Dreammakers.'"
At the end of the ceremony Superintendent, Dr. Mike Slagle, asked all staff who were committed to being "Dreammakers" for students to stand. What a scene. 🖤💛
Make sure your student's immunizations are up to date for the new school year. This particularly impacts students entering kindergarten, 8th grade, and high school.
The Cass County Health Department is offering walk-in clinics July 31 through Aug. 18 for back to school immunizations. You may also obtain the vaccinations at your health care provider.
District website for immunization requirements: https://www.raypec.org/page/health-services
Missouri’s annual back-to-school sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, August 4th, and runs through midnight on Sunday, August 6th. During this time, certain back-to-school purchases such as school supplies, computers, clothing, diapers, and other qualifying items as defined by statute are exempt from all state and local sales tax. 💻✏️🎒👕
New this year, in addition to the state sales tax, local sales tax will also be waived in all cities, counties, and special tax districts.
Learn more about qualifying purchases in the Missouri Department of Revenue’s news release.
Big news!
Retired teachers can return to the classroom without interrupting their monthly pension income! Educators can continue to draw full retirement while earning a full teaching salary and benefits - without retirement contributions! We are looking for retired teachers to join the Ray-Pec School District for 2023-24, as well as special education teachers and more!
Visit our website to view current openings: www.raypec.org/o/rpsd/page/work-for-ray-pec
Ever considered driving a bus for the Raymore-Peculiar School District? Come give one a test drive on Aug. 3! If you like it, training is provided, pay starts at $19/hour (paid a minimum of 5 hours per day), and you get a $3,500 signing bonus! You can also sign up to just drive activity trips.
Online registration is now open for the 2023-2024 school year!
Check your email for a message from the school district with instructions to complete the registration forms and submit proof of residency online.
Most families can complete the required registration forms online. This means that you will not need to attend an in-person registration event.
Read more about online registration here: https://www.raypec.org/o/rpsd/page/online-registration
Access the back to school supplies list here: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2642/RPSD/3050705/Ray-Pec_Elementary_School_Supply_List_2023-2024.pdf
Kids had a blast watching some staff members get "PIED" in the face. PIE a staff member was a fundraiser set up by our wonderful Stonegate PTA.
Congratulations to our 5th-grade class. Today we celebrated your accomplishments and we can't wait to see what the future has in store for you! Once a stingray always a stingray!
STEAM night was amazing. Thank you to all who helped make it possible.
Join us Thursday night for our annual S.T.E.A.M. night from 5:30-7:00. The halls will be lined with artwork and students will be able to participate in science, technology, and math activities all around the building.
Don't forget Monday the book fair opens and we will celebrate by wearing PJ's, "Rise and Shine it's caring time" Bring all canned food donations to the front office.
Next week during the book fair we will be celebrating how we all come together as a community, no matter what our differences are, to take care of each other, our families, our school, and our city.
Donations: We will be collecting items for the RayPec School Foundation. Each item collected, not only will go to helping students and families in our school district but will also get SG students into a raffle to possibly win a prize themselves.
Another way to be entered into the raffle is to participate in the dress-up days. It is a way to have fun and participate in something the whole school gets involved in.
Also, parents, grandparents & other relatives, and friends of our school, will be welcomed to come in to volunteer and help with our book fair (sign-ups will come out soon).
