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ROCK CANYON ELEMENTARY September 2021
ROADRUNNER BEEPS
An important goal of Marathon-in-a-Month
message from the principal is to promote exercise, good health, and
time together for our students and families.
Dear Rock Canyon Families,
This is a great opportunity for our students
to get outdoors, have fun, and strengthen
I am so glad we’re back to full school days
themselves.
this year! I’m especially grateful to have so
many new friends at Rock Canyon this year.
In addition, Marathon-in-a-Month helps
We have about 100 more students to begin
provide funds for other student enrichment
this year than we ended with last year. You
activities, including literacy events, the Fun
and your children have been so delightful and
Run, maturation kits, Reflections, Safety
patient as we’ve transitioned back to a normal
Week, the Rock Canyon School birthday
routine.
party celebration, the talent show, the
Extravaganza, Teacher Appreciation Week,
Please know that we want to maintain your
Red Ribbon Week, Bike to School Week, and
student’s safety and health the best we can.
Screen Free Week. Fundraising also helps
As conditions allow, we’ll continue to bring
support our students’ specialty classes, such as
back many, if not all, of our old traditions
Library, Art, Music, and Physical Education.
and activities. This month, we will be holding
Our goal is to raise at least $3,000. All raised
Marathon-in-a-Month and the Fun Run
funds are due Friday, September 24th.
(September 30).
Here’s how it works. You pledge to walk, jog or
Here’s to another great year!
run the marathon over the course of a month
and you ask family members or friends to
—Principal Seth Hansen
sponsor you. You don’t need to get sponsors
or collect funds to participate—each student
will receive a prize for participating—however,
Marathon-in-a-month there will be prize drawings for those who
collect donations! Each student can enter
The PTA invites all Rock Canyon students, their name one time for every $5 they are
along with their families, to participate in able to raise. Some of the fun prize drawings
the Marathon-in-a-Month fundraiser. Each are a liftpass to Sundance Mountain Resort,
participating student will have 30 days to Sundance gear, Lowe’s Extreme Sports passes,
complete 26.2 miles, starting Monday, August Classic Fun Center passes, BYU gear, etc.
23rd and ending Thursday, September 23rd.
Run, jog or walk anywhere you can safely and We hope all of our students participate in this
with parents’ permission, including before and fun experience! It’s not too late to get going!
after school, or during recess time. There are more tracking sheets in the office.
Reflections 2021— Rock Canyon T-Shirts
Calling All Artists! We’re bringing back School Spirit Fridays! This
means having the kids wear either school shirts
Due: Friday, October 1 or school colors on Fridays! We have a brand
new design and two fabric options:
Theme: “I Will Change the World By...”
The first is standard t-shirt fabric and is
Each student is invited to enter one entry available in youth sizes. You can pre-order
per category (Dance Choreography, Film these shirts for $8. This fabric shrinks when
Production, Literature, Music Composition, washed, so order sizes appropriately. The
Photography, 2D Visual Art and 3D Visual Art). second option is a soft jersey-knit fabric. It is
pre-shrunk and comes in both youth and adult
Submissions: All online https://www.utahpta. sizes! All jersey knit shirts are the same price
org/ref; please also bring all Photography and and can be pre-ordered for $12. The jersey
2D Visual Art to the school office the morning knit fabric comes in two fit options for adults.
of October 1. The first is a standard unisex t-shirt which runs
fairly true to size. The other adult option is a
Rules and FAQs: https://www.utahpta.org/ slim women’s cut (emphasis on ‘slim’—this cut
reflections-rules-category-faqs runs smaller than the unsex option and we
recommend ordering two sizes up).
Consent forms: Only one artist can submit a
piece. If other recognizable people are in the There are examples of the shirts in the front
piece (dancing, photo, etc), you must submit a office if you’d like to see them before you order.
consent form for each additional person. We are pre-ordering the shirts right now and
will place the order in a few weeks. The shirts
Please contact Michelle Moreland with any should be here soon after that. If you are
questions: michellemoreland@gmail.com or planning to order a shirt, please place your
801-473-8450. order before Sept 15th! You can order a shirt at
https://rockcanyon.square.site/ Please excuse
any confusion over the ‘digital delivery’ in the
shopping cart online—it will be a physical item
delivered to the school.
Kindness Club Food, Clothing & Resources
Students in grades 1 through 6 are invited to We have many resources for parents and
join Rock Canyon’s Kindness Club! We will be families, including food, backpacks, clothing,
meeting in person this year one Wednesday a mental health care, coats for students, and
month after school. Transportation home will financial assistance.
not be provided, and students will need to be
picked up by 4:00 p.m. Students who join will Call 2-1-1, visit https://docs.google.com/
get a free Kindness Club t-shirt. document/d/1p0Al-aw_4dPcxqU9sT15ConR
l5dmXbdlimQF77_C5c4/edit, or contact the
We had about 100 students join the Kindness school for more information.
Club last year and can’t wait to see our
students in person! Kindness Club Applications In addition, please contact the school if your
(parent permission) will be emailed to all student could benefit from a donated weekend
parents soon, or you can visit the main office bag of food.
for help applying. Monthly Kindness Club
challenges and information will continue to
be posted on our Kindness Club website at Back to School Tips
https://bit.ly/provohope Look under the tab
“kindness club” at the top. 1. Focus on helping your student get enough
sleep every night. The recommended
We are also looking for adult volunteers are to amount of sleep for children ages 6-12
help run the monthly kindness activities after- is 8-10 hours every night. Make bedtime
school. Please contact Ms. Bishop if you are a priority! This also will help them get
available to help with this fantastic program. to school on time. First school bell is at
8:35am. School starts at 8:40am.
Bullying Prevention 2. Make sure your student has breakfast every
morning. Families, we are encouraging
Each student is learning about the “Stop Walk you to apply for Free and Reduced Lunch.
Talk” bullying prevention protocol. Please This will support our school funding and has
remind your students to be “upstanders for many other benefits. It is hard for students
kindness” and help them practice telling other to focus when they do not have breakfast
students to “stop” when concerns arise. (They fuel!
can hold their hand straight out to signal
“stop”.) You can find more information about 3. Take time to connect daily with your
“Stop Walk Talk” at https://sites.google.com/ student. Ask them about their day and
provo.edu/hope/parents-padres/student- check in to see how they are feeling. School
safety?authuser=0 can be stressful and connection helps
reduce anxious or depressive thoughts and
Students in grades 4th, 5th, & 6th will also be feelings.
reminded about the SafeUt app where they
can report anonymous tips directly to the 4. Please contact your student’s teacher, the
principal if they are aware of bullying or other administration, or the school social worker if
safety concerns at our school. These tips can you need any support.
be sent through the app or at https://safeut.
med.utah.edu/
at Flickinger, Sutterfield, and Boulton, so each
Library Corner month they will also offer a safety tip for
students and families.
We are so excited to have students back in the
library! This year students are once again able
The first safety tip is: know your name,
to take their books home, and we have the
number, and address. This is the golden rule of
loan length to two weeks. We discussed book
safety! Each child should learn their guardian’s
care this week. Ask your child about what
full name, contact number, and address. Even
they learned about caring for their books.
if your child is small, try and teach them these
basic details so that it can be shared in case
Rock Canyon is participating in Battle of the
of any emergency. As an added advantage,
Books again this year. America’s Battle of
teach them the nearest landmark to their
the Books is a reading incentive program for
home or the route. You can also keep a tag
students in 3rd thru 12th grades. Students read
with all the details in your child’s pocket or
books and come together, usually in teams of
bag. However, teach your children only to
five, to demonstrate their abilities and to test
share these details in case of an emergency.
their knowledge of the books they have read.
Teams are assigned 20 books to read and each
student will be responsible to read four books.
Battles will take place January through March,
and the winning teams will participate in the
district battle in April. Students can sign up for
BOB in their classrooms until September 13.
Last year we were thrilled to have 72 students
participate and hope to have a great turnout
again this year!
This year’s district Provo Reads program will
focus on Graphic Novels. Our reading kick
off will be September 20th. For the latest
information about events and programs follow
us on our Instagram account @rcmediacenter.
—Mrs. Meibos
Reading Roadrunners
We excited to announce that beginning
September 1, the law firm of Flickinger,
Sutterfield, and Boulton will be partnering
with Rock Canyon to support reading with a
program called Reading Roadrunners. The aim
is to encourage students to read throughout
the school year. Each month students can win
a book of their choice, and at the end of the
year there will be a drawing for a brand new
mountain bike and helmet. As personal injury
attorneys, safety is important to the attorneys
Rock Canyon Elementary School
september 2021
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3
Vision
Screening
6 7 8 9 10
LABOR DAY
NO SCHOOL
13 14 15 16 17
School t-shirt Community
orders due Council Meeting
2:00
20 21 22 23 24
PTA Meeting Marathon-
in-a-Month
forms due
27 28 29 30
Fun Run
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801-373-8200 ● Utah County Housing Authority - Subsidized rent
● Mountainland HEAT - For electricity/gas shutoff
Alojamiento y ● Victim Crime Reparation - Relocation assistance
Utilidades ● Homeless resources through Provo School District
Department of ● People Helping People- For single parent
Workforce Services ● Vocational Rehabilitation - Disability to qualify
1550 N 200 W Provo ● Centro Hispano - Job application help for Spanish
866-435-7414 ● Job Coaching - Through Deseret Industries
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● Respite Childcare - If necessary for job interview
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Food & Care Coalition ● Free / Reduced Lunch - Provo School District
299 E 900 S Provo ● Food & Care Coalition - Free meals @299 E 900S
801-373-1825 ● Community Action - Food pantry / free groceries
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● Provo School District Pantry / Weekend Food Bags
If you have any questions, please contact your school and ask for your School Social Worker.
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BOOSTER SEATS
Big kids use belt positioning booster seats (often just called boosters) to
stay safe in cars. Even though they might try to convince you otherwise,
kids who have outgrown their car seats are just not ready for a seat belt
alone. Here are a few tips to make sure your child is safe in a booster seat.
Hard Facts about Safety in Cars
Children seated in a booster seat in the back seat of the car are 45% less likely to be injured in a crash
than children using a seat belt alone.
Top Tips for Using Booster Seats
1. A booster seat provides a step between a car seat with a harness and a seat belt alone. It
boosts the child for a safer and more comfortable fit of the adult seat belt.
2. Make sure your child has outgrown the weight or height limits allowed in the forward-
facing car seat. He must also be mature enough to ride without a harness. What does
“mature enough” mean? He needs to stay in the booster seat the entire ride with the
seat belt properly fitted across the shoulder and below the hips.
3. When your child is seated in the booster seat, make sure the lap and shoulder belts fit.
The seat belt must lie flat across your child’s chest, on the bony part of the shoulder and
low on the hips or upper thighs.
4. Do not place the shoulder belt under the child’s arm or behind the child’s back.
5. Older kids get weighed and measured less often than babies, so check your child’s
growth a few times a year. For most kids, they will be between ages 8 to 12 years old
before they are ready for the seat belt alone.
6. Be sure you ask about booster use if your child is in a carpool.You can also read
