Parents and Community,
Please take a moment to participate in the Community Health Needs Assessment survey from White Mountain Regional Medical Center. Please see letter for instructions for completing the survey.
Follow the link to start the survey: www.wmrmc.com/chna
The next RVUSD board meeting will be tonight starting at 5pm in the district office board room. The meeting will begin with a work session. The community is encouraged to participate with ideas and thoughts regarding the prioritization of bond fund spending.
The next RVUSD board meeting will be on February 20th starting at 5pm in the district office board room. The meeting will begin with a work session. The community is encouraged to participate with ideas and thoughts regarding the prioritization of bond fund spending.
RVMS 5th and 6th graders are invited to our AZ Statehood Party in the MS gym on Tuesday, February 13. Admission is only $2 and concessions will be available. All proceeds benefit 5th and 6th grade Student Council!
The elementary school was able to have a Skydome Planetarium come for a fun and exciting learning enrichment program. The students were able to learn more about our planets and their moons as well as the stars and a few stories about some constellations. The students loved learning in a different way to help them further understand the solar system! We hope that with enrichment programs like this, the students will have fun learning memories to help them enjoy learning about the solar system in their classrooms! Every child left the planetarium yesterday extremely excited about what they had learned! Thank you to Slade Morgan, Sadie Slade, BillyJo Walker, and Cass Pond for organizing this for our students!
RVHS took 28 high school kids up to Sunrise on Tuesday, and through heavy wind and snow had a totally awesome day. It was sick 😎 dude !🤙
RVMS would like to congratulate our Students and Staff of the Month!
5th grade- McKenzi Slade
6th grade- Ciara Cyr
7th grade- Brody Miller
8th grade- Ysidro Castro
For our staff awards, Colette Myers received our "Kinda a Big Deal" award and Jane Finch received our "Staff Elk Tag" award. Congratulations!
The RVMS newsletter for the month has been sent through Parent Square. Hope everyone has a great month! ❤️
RVUSD is on a regular schedule for today (2/7/24). No transportation to Nutrioso or Vernon.
Evening with the Arts
RV is excited to announce that beginning February 1st, breakfast and lunch will be offered to all students at no cost. An email has been sent to parents with additional information.
RVMS would like to thank The Lodge for providing this opportunity for our students!
RVMS is proud of our Future Business Leaders! They had a regional competition yesterday at Grand Canyon University and brought home lots of medals:
1st Place:
Career Exploration: Callie Elmer
Career Research: Gage Quetel
Chapter Sign: Callie Elmer and Ashlyn Haws
Exploring Computer Science: Kara Hooper
Exploring Technology: Wyatt Tucker
FBLA Concepts: Olivia Jarvis
Video Game Challenge- Zeke Davis, Riggin Hamblin, and Aadon Jarvis
2nd Place:
Career Exploration: Raelyn Holliday
Career Research: Callie Elmer
Exploring Computer Science: Gage Quetel
Multimedia and Website Development: Laynee Merrill
Video Game Challenge: Wyatt Tucker
3rd Place:
Business Graphics: Gareth Holliday, Raelyn Holliday
Career Exploration: Zeke Davis
Elevator Speech: Aadon Jarvis
Exploring Technology: Jonathan Flores
Leadership: Laynee Merrill
Leadership Circus: Claire Biggs, Gareth Holliday, Raelyn Holliday, Alex McBride
Mixed Marketing: Ashlyn Haws
Thank you to advisors Wendy Krueger and Celina Goodman for taking them. Next up, State competition Match 25-26 in Tucson. Great job FBLA!
RVMS is proud of the Rockin' Robin Hood cast! Practice and hard work paid off in their amazing performances! Bravo!
RVMS would like to invite you to our Rockin' Robin Hood Musical on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday this weekend at 6:00 p.m. in the RVHS Auditorium. These kids have been practicing their hearts out and would appreciate your support!
RV Ski and Snowboard Club trip to Sunrise.
Huge shoutout to our RVMS staff and grounds crew for keeping our campus safe for kids in this snow! First, Lauren Morris braving the cold and snow to clear off pathways. Also, Assistant Principal, Tod Workman, who was outside with a shovel and de-icer. Yesterday, we asked Tom Pifer to create a play area for kids since it would be the warmest day of the week for kids to get to play outside, and he did just that! We appreciate their hard work and commitment to our students! ❤️
Round Valley School District is looking for a Dome Crew Worker, please Login, check it out and apply!
RVMS would like to give a huge shout out to Molly Butler Lodge and Irene Tilford for hosting our 6th grade reward day today. Look at those smiling faces, definitely worth working hard to better their grades this semester! Colette Myers organized the trip and the 6th grade team of Christy McGaughey, Will Rose, Will Littell, and Ms. Sunshine helped chaperone. Go Elks! ❤️
Round Valley Middle School students decided to make 1,000 cranes after learning about the inspirational meaning of the paper crane from the book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. All students enrolled in Mrs. Morgan’s art classes during the fall semester of 2023 made a minimum of one crane to contribute to the project and were asked to aim for 10 cranes. Some students had the extra inspiration to reach our goal because they had read the biography about Sadako. Many 6th grade students recalled reading the book as an assignment in 4th grade with Mrs. Prochnow. While all the art students did participate, we had some rockstars who made many more cranes than were requested. Twenty-two students folded more than ten cranes. Alizah Ray, a sixth grade student, folded 139 cranes! Jack Slade, a fifth grade student, folded 122 cranes! Jett Finch, also in fifth grade, folded 116 cranes! Another spontaneous contest that arose during the 1,000 crane challenge is that several students took very seriously the challenge of folding the tiniest crane! Olivia Jarvis (6th grade), Coleman Pettit (5th grade), and Jett Finch (5th grade) all created a crane so tiny it looked like a speck of dust! They were so tiny that only one of these tiny cranes made it to the canvas- see if you can find it! Coleman and Aliza also made the largest crane! We hope you enjoy viewing our collaborative collage project!
More about the book: In Japanese culture, the mythical crane symbolizes eternal happiness and longevity. Overtime, people around the world have learned to recognize paper cranes as symbols of hope, long life, and community support during times of crisis. One reason people worldwide are familiar with paper cranes and what they symbolize is because of the story of a brave young girl named Sadako. If you have read the biography Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, then you are familiar with her courageous story. She was born in Japan and became seriously ill following the bombing of Hiroshima during World War II. While she was in the hospital she began folding paper cranes when her grandfather told her a wish might come true when you fold 1,000 (which legend has it is the lifespan of the crane). She made cranes from wrapping paper, medicine bottle labels, and any paper she could find. She managed to meet her goal of 1,000 cranes, however her wish to be cured did not come true. Before her death on October 25, 1955, she said, "Please treasure the life that is given to you. It is my belief that my small paper crane will enable you to understand other people's feelings, as if they are your own." Her family and friends have treasured her cranes and today they are used to commemorate world peace and hope. Because her story of hope and faith have inspired so many people, her family has seen to it that one of her original cranes have been placed on every continent in the world. Her brother even delivered one of the cranes himself to the site of the September 11 Memorial and Museum. Her hope and faith continue to inspire people.
