RV,
I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well. We certainly didn’t expect our school year to come to an end like this. This time of year is normally filled with celebration and recognition—for your students’ achievements and the hard work they've put in all year. While things may look different, we are committed to making sure those important moments still happen.
Looking ahead to next week:
There is a chance that we will not return to in-person school. We will make a final decision by Saturday evening and share an update as soon as we can.
In the meantime, our principals and teachers are preparing for the possibility of ending the school year online, just in case that becomes necessary.
As for graduation and promotion ceremonies--our first choice is to hold these events as normal. We want nothing more than to see our seniors graduate in the Dome and our 8th graders walk in celebration. However, we are also reaching out to neighboring districts to explore alternative options if needed so that we don’t have to postpone these important milestones.
We will continue to keep you updated as new information becomes available.
Thank you,
Slade Morgan, Superintendent
Sack lunches for students today from 11:30-12:30 behind Round Valley High School.
8th grade trip will be leaving Phoenix at 3:00 today. We have been assured by RVPD, Commander Soderquist, Mayor Phelps, and Brannon Eagar that you will be able to pick up your children and return home. If there is immediate danger, we will update as needed.
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There will be no school on Thursday, May 15th. RVUSD will continue with a Digital Learning Day.
The RVUSD Governing Board meeting scheduled for tonight is canceled and has been rescheduled to Monday, May 19th.
We will once again be handing out sack lunches tomorrow, May 15th, behind Round Valley High School from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
Thank you,
Slade Morgan, Superintendent
RVMS 8th grade trip is in progress! These kids were here bright and early this morning ready to head to Phoenix to celebrate 8th grade promotion! Proud of all the hard work and dedication! Go Elks!
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We will be handing out sack lunches for students behind Round Valley High School on Eagar Street today from 11:30 to 12:30. Staff will be handing out lunches near the loading dock.
Parents,
We will be doing an early release for the Greer fire. Buses are arriving ASAP, we will run ahead of schedule for today. If your child is a walker, please contact the school to release them early. Thank you
RVMS would like to thank 8th grader, Craig Choate, for going above and beyond for his school. He vowed to cut his hair an inch for every $1,000 raised for the Color Run. He collected over $1,500 of donations himself, cut all his hair off today during class, and donated his hair! Thank you Craig for helping our school and especially for helping someone in need! ❤️
RVMS Skate Club went on their annual trip to Apache Junction and Manzell Skate Parks last week in the big city. Thank you to Mr. Ryan Bottachiari for being their advisor and providing this awesome opportunity for our students! Go Elks!
The Lodge is allowing middle school students, incoming grades 6-8, to go to the Lodge this summer from 12-5 Monday-Thursday! Such a great opportunity for our students! They are having an open house for parents to tour the Lodge, hear about their amazing programs and the people who work there, and be able to complete the necessary paperwork for them to be able to attend. Open House will be tomorrow, Wednesday, May 7th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Come check it out!
RVMS Choir concert Tuesday, May 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the HS Auditorium! We hope you can join us!
RVMS would like to express our sincere appreciation to the BEST teacher team EVER! We ❤️ our teachers and hope you have a great week! Teacher Appreciation week is May 5-9. Please drop a note of appreciation to our teachers here:
https://forms.gle/uL85LQPDiLt7LbqY7
RVMS would like to give a huge shout out and appreciation to Wes McBride, Alex McBride, William McBride and Let's Go Elks. They ran the cameras and the live stream of our BMX event today and we want to share our appreciation for the support and dedication that Wes brings to all the community events, often giving up his spare time to do it. It was an amazing event! Go check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/live/7f5BBjV5Zl8
Great day for RVMS Track at the White Mountain League finals! Girls won 1st place and boys won 2nd place! We are so PROUD of you! Go Elks! ❤️
Parents, we're doing a final reminder about our reunification drill for tomorrow, Thursday. All students will ride buses over to the dome. We encouraged all parents, that are able to, to participate in picking your child up from 12:30-3:00pm. For any students not picked up during the drill: Bus riders will load buses to go home at the regular time. They are just leaving from the Dome instead of the elementary school. Parent pick up students may be picked up from the dome, after 3 o'clock. If you are picking up after 3 o'clock, you don't have to show ID. The normal proceedures will take place in front of the dome. Walkers will be bussed to the elementary to walk home from there.
The most important thing is that the person picking up the student between 12:30-3:00pm needs to be on the school records or they will not be released to that person. Otherwise, your student may be picked up after 3 o'clock without any ID necessary, if that is their normal means of going home. Otherwise it will be by bus. If you have any questions, please call the office. Thank you for all your cooperation!
RVMS is excited to host the Superhero BMX Stunt team on Thursday, May 1st at 2:30 p.m. They are bringing a powerful message to our students about motivation and achieving goals, making responsible choices, and anti-bullying. Thank you to the hard work of our students and teacher, Jenniffer Leonhardt, for earning funds from our Color Run fundraiser from last year, to bring this amazing opportunity to our students! If you would like to donate to our Color Run fundraiser for this year, this program benefits many programs in our school. You can donate here: http://give.mybooster.com/RVMS-Color-Run
We are thankful to Wes McBride and Let's Go Elks for streaming and recording this program! Go Elks! ❤️
RVMS Band and Steel Drums gave amazing performances in their "Trip Around the World" through music tonight! Very proud of these kids! Thank you to teacher, Rynda Shumway, for helping our students practice to be their very best! Go Elks! ❤️
RVMS Band concert tonight! Hope to see you there! ❤️
RVMS choir participated in All State Choir in Prescott last weekend. We had 36 students participate and we are so proud of all their hard work! ❤️ Thank you to our choir teacher, Tara Cluff, for making these opportunities possible for our students!
RVMS 7th grade ELA classes are learning about writing in 1st and 3rd person omnicient and how to create vivid details in writing. Teacher, Tawna Brown, had the students create a group story based on a passage in a book they are reading from the perspective of different characters. Lots of creativity in these classes. Great job!
