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Events At-A-Glance:
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Registration Information and Forms
From the Nurse: Nuggets Newsletter
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Sommer News
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Bike Rodeo - Frequent Bike Rider Program
Upcoming ride your bike to school initiative called Freiker (Frequent Biker). After teaching a bicycle safety class to all students next Friday, January 29th, in PEWE, we will hold a bicycle rodeo Friday, Feb. 5 at 3:45 p.m. on the playground. The attachments below completely explain how the program works, provides a registration form that can be returned to school or brought to the rodeo and has a sample of a really neat poster promoting the event. A huge thanks to Danette Arrington, PTA; Anne Hoffa, parent support specialist; Robert Betts, Sommer Site Based Committee; and Lindsay Austin, PEWE; for leading the way in getting this effort up and running. Special thanks to Leslie Luciano from the Sports Cycle Shop for her organization and work to make Sommer the first Texas school to pilot the program!
Freiker letter and registration
Help fund an innovative classroom project...
The Round Rock ISD Partners in Education Foundation is currently seeking donations to fund an exciting classroom project at Sommer ES.
The Foundation is currently raising $1,200 to provide hands-on learning experiences while teaching problem-solving, critical thinking and teamwork skills through LEGO Robotics.
These important skills will prepare students to be more successful in math and science and potentially prepare them for a future in engineering.
Funds from this grant will be used to purchase 8 LEGO Mindstorm Robotics Kits.
This project will benefit 96 students in the following teacher's classrooms: Revathi Balakrishnan, Amy Stearns and Kelly Coggin.
The Education Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Please consider making a donation today by visiting this link
Volunteer Information...
Check-In Procedure at RRISD campuses. This procedure will renew in August for the 2009-2010 when school starts - please plan ahead to bring your license for first time sign in. You must also redo the volunteer application for the 2009-2010 school year. Thank you for your cooperation.
Recent legislation lead RRISD to begin conducting Name Based Criminal History Checks on all campus volunteers in January of 2009.
Thank you again for your dedication to students in RRISD! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Supervisor of Community Partnerships Michelle Jackson at 464-5049.
More Info...
Recent state legislation attempting to improve student safety requires any person wishing to volunteer agree to a Name Based Criminal History Check. This is in addition to the Raptor System, which compares all visitor names against sexual offender databases and is currently implemented at all RRISD campuses. If you regularly volunteer and your efforts meet any of the following criteria, please complete the online application.
- You are a parent or non-parent volunteer and may be unaccompanied at any time by a RRISD employee (.i.e., Mentors, WatchDog Dads, classroom, cafeteria, library and field-day volunteers, dance and field trip chaperones, etc.)
- You are not a parent, grandparent, or guardian of a student enrolled on the campus where you will be volunteering.
- A RRISD Administrator requests you complete a volunteer application.
Paper Application (This can take up to 2 weeks to process.)
For More Information, Visit RRISD's Website
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The Sommer Breeze is Green...
All issues of the Sommer Breeze are distributed electronically through the district E-News. If you haven’t signed up you may go to the Enews link at the top of Sommer's webpage or http://www.roundrockisd.org and look on the left hand side where it says "subscribe." If you do not have internet access and are unable to subscribe, please let your child’s teacher know. We will continue to make paper copies for those that need them. Thank you for your support in our effort to help the environment.
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Watch
D.O.G.S.
(Dads Of
Great Students)...
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Immunization Requirement Changes........................................................................................
FITNESSGRAM®...
The Texas Education Agency has mandated annual fitness testing for the state of Texas for all students 3rd-12th grades. The TEA has selected FITNESSGRAM® to serve as the state-wide fitness assessment in which all school districts will administer the required tests. For more information visited the following links.
English letter from Dr. Chavez:
FITNESSGRAM®
Spanish letter from Dr. Chavez:
FITNESSGRAM®
FITNESSGRAM® tests
Contact Information
Mark Pratz, Principal
16200 Avery Ranch Blvd.
Austin, TX 78717
Principal's website
School vision, mission, values
Campus CIP
Phone: 512.704.0600
Fax: 512.704.0690
Attendance Line: 512.704.0604
Counselor: 512.704.0642
Registrar: 512.704.0602
Secretary: 512.704.0610
Nurse: 512.704.0612
School Hours: 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00
p.m.
