Dear Parents and Community Members:

 Summer has flown by!   I would like to again thank you for the past year and the positive support and encouragement we have received from parents and community.  Lynette Carter our current PR person is taking on some added responsibilities to cover for an employee that is ill and will not be able to put out the current format of our district newsletter for a time.  I would like to publicly thank her for her sincere and wonderful effort she put into the publication of our district newsletter.

I would like to share with you our focus and goals for the coming year.  We will again focus on:

◙  Improving and strengthening relationships between teachers, students, and parents.  This is one of the most important areas needed in having a successful school district and community.

◙  The other component of stronger relationships is better communication between all parties involved.  These two areas of improvement will bring trust, higher morale and greater sense of hope that problems can be solved.

◙  The third area is improved instruction in the classroom to meet the needs of all children.  We call this differentiated instruction.  Our staff and principals are committed to improving our efforts so that we become better at what we do.  Our teachers are sharing new ideas with each other and collaborating more on their students.  This involved process will take a couple of years to fully implement.  We feel as a school district we have work to do to become a truly great district.  We have the staff and leadership to make a great impact on the lives of our children to inspire them to a high level of excellence.

 ◙ We will also need your help and involvement during this lifelong process for your children.  I have committed our administrators to finding ways to increase parental involvement in our schools.  If you have any ideas on how we can improve making it a more meaningful experience please email me at tudall@elks.net with any suggestion(s) or idea(s).

 

I feel very fortunate and grateful to be the Superintendent of the Round Valley Unified School District #10.  I would like to thank our Governing Board for their support and leadership in developing such a great school district.  Please continue to support them and share with them ideas on how we can improve our efforts on behalf of your children.  Thank you again and I look forward to another meaningful year in this beautiful valley.    As I reflect on my past two years as Superintendent, I am humbled by our staff, parents, and students.  I have had so much support from staff and parents concerning student education and how we can improve.  As for our students, what can I say except they are wonderful.  I visit with students at all our schools and am amazed by their knowledge, thirst for learning, and their school spirit.  I am very lucky to be the Superintendent of Round Valley Unified School District.  Your children are our number 1 priority!

Most of you received a letter from me at the end of June 2008 asking for your help and support of some changes we had to make in meal prices and cellular telephone usage.  At their July 8, 2008 meeting the Governing Board approved increases to student fees at Round Valley High School.  I have included the meal prices and RVHS student fees in this newsletter.

We are committed to updating the District Website so you will have the most current information readily available.  The district website is www.elks.net.

If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to visit with me, please feel free to email me at tudall@elks.net ,or my assistant at anorby@elks.net, or telephone me at 333-6592.