Royal Oaks Elementary

We’re ready on this glorious morning to start a brand new year! Thanks so much to our PTA, and to our families for supporting our PTA, who provided a morning treat for us! PTA volunteers also worked SO hard this summer beautifying the school, including making over our teacher lounge and our staff restrooms! We appreciate our school community SO much!

A new school year is here, and we’re thrilled to see you all!

Whether you’re joining us for the first time or returning, we can't wait to explore, create and achieve great things together.

Bus routes for the 2024-25 school year are now available on Campus Parent Portal. Please follow the instructions pictured below to find your student's route.

Campus Parent Portal: https://campus.district833.org/campus/portal/parents/southWashington.jsp

Note: The “Forgot Password” and "Forget Username" links on the Infinite Campus login page do not work. You can reset your password or retrieve your username at any time using this link: https://changepassword.sowashco.org/pwm/private/login.

Wow--looks like we've got a real pumpkin patch on our hands! Let's hope we get some actual pumpkins from those gorgeous blooms!

Brothers Jayce (5th grade) and Henri (2nd grade) cared for Pumpkin Jack this week. Thanks, boys! See you next week!

School will be in session soon! Here are 5 important links families will need to get ready for the upcoming school year!

Campus Parent Portal (Annual Update, Bus Stop Times, Attendance, etc.): https://campus.district833.org/.../southWashington.jsp

School Café (Lunch Menus, Educational Benefits, etc.): https://www.schoolcafe.com/sowashco

2024-25 Calendar: https://www.sowashco.org/about-us/calendar

School Supply Lists: https://www.sowashco.org/academics/school-supply-lists

Community Education: https://commed.sowashco.org/

We are so proud to share that our recent 5th grade graduate Vivienne went to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama this summer! Viv had an incredible experience.

In her own words:

"My favorite part was the simulated ISS mission where we read lines and flipped switches and did experiments to complete the mission."

"The best thing I learned was working as a team. My team earned the 'outstanding team' badge for our flight suits because we helped and supported each other and we love being funny in a smart way."

"It is a camp where you can just be you, and even if you make a mistake and your rocket explodes, it's ok because you are still learning about rockets."

"There were kids from all over the world in my group, like China and Mexico and California and Connecticut."

"I met a real rocket scientist who worked on the Saturn V rocket missions. He said the whole spacecraft back then didn't have much more computing memory than a musical greeting card".

"Some of the older groups get to do astronaut training in a scuba tank- I want to try that if I can go again someday."

Vivienne, your curiosity, your drive to learn, your spirit of adventure, and your ability to think critically and work collaboratively will take you far in life! Way to go!

Join Chess Club to play weekly, learn rules and strategies and meet other players. Chess Club is offered after school beginning the week of Sept. 16 through the week of Dec 16

Sign up at bit.ly/4fLzHc9

• Mondays at Middleton Elementary and Nuevas Fronteras Spanish Immersion
• Tuesdays at Cottage Grove, Pine Hille and Woodbury elementary schools
• Wednesdays at Armstrong and Liberty Ridge elementary schools
• Thursdays at Bailey and Royal Oaks elementary schools
• Fridays at Hillside Elementary

Today is the FINAL DAY for primary household families to complete the Back-to-School Annual Update in Campus Parent Portal for the upcoming school year!

The update contains important information such as:
Accurate emergency contact information
Field trip permission form
Student health information
And more

Learn more about the Back-to-School Annual Update at sowashco.org/update.

There is one day left to complete your Back-To-School Annual Update!

If you need help, watch how to complete the annual update here:

SoWashCo Schools Back to School Annual Update 2024-25

SoWashCo CARES is working with our community to provide school supplies for our students in need. The requests we receive often exceed what we receive in actual school supplies. Cash donations allow us to purchase the exact items needed. You can donate through our website, or mail a check.
Any amount helps set our students up for success! Thank you so much! ❤

https://sowashcocares.org/give-help/donate-now/

We would love to welcome all incoming kindergarteners & their families to our first annual Popsicles at the Playground! Come enjoy a freezie & meet your new kindergartner classmates & parents for an evening at the playground!

Reminder: The Back-to-School Annual Update is open in Campus Parent Portal!

If you haven't already, complete the Back-to-School Annual Update in Campus Parent Portal for the 2024-25 school year.
Completing this update will help make sure you get important school and district notifications during the school year like winter weather delays or closures.

All primary household families must complete it by Thursday, Aug. 15. Learn more at sowashco.org/update.

All families are encouraged to apply for Educational Benefits, formerly known as ‘Free and Reduced Lunch,’ through their School Café account:

https://www.schoolcafe.com/sowashco

Households that qualify will receive discounted or free services in and out of school.

Even if you don't think your family will qualify, your completed application could provide additional funding for our school!

Unscientific studies show that recess is most kids’ favorite part of the school day! You could be part of that!

Royal Oaks is looking for two recess monitors starting September 4th. This position is from 10:15 – 1:15 on student school days. If you enjoy being outside, this is a great opportunity for you! If anyone is interested in sharing a position that would work too.

Please contact Principal Jennifer Marty at Royal Oaks for more information: 651-425- 4701. Thank you for considering this important role at our school!

Fill your fall with learning and fun! Registration for adult and youth Community Education classes starts today, Aug. 5. Sign up early to ensure your space in class.

⭐️ Register at sowashco.ce.eleyo.com
🔍 View the catalog online at commed.sowashco.org/catalogs

All SoWashCo Schools primary household families must complete the Back-to-School Annual Update on Campus Parent Portal by Thursday Aug. 15.

✅Update your emergency contact information, home address and phone numbers.
✅Complete field trip permission forms and other school and district annual forms.

To learn more about the Back-to-School Annual Update on Campus Parent Portal, please visit sowashco.org/update.

Pumpkin Jack is thriving! Kylie (4th grade) and Ryland (1st grade) watered it for us this week.

Come work at SoWashCo Schools! We are hiring for a variety of both licensed and unlicensed positions! See where an exciting, new career at SoWashCo Schools could take you! Join us for a hiring event from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 25! Learn more at www.sowashco.org/careers

During the past school year, the fourth grade classes went on a very special field trip: a river boat adventure down the Mississippi River. Students were invited to enter the Big River Art Contest and draw what inspired them from their experience on the Great Mississippi.

We are so excited to have one of our own students, former fourth grader Audrey Vergara, take home the grand prize for her category!

Congratulations, Audrey!

Jewel (5th) and Carson (7th) are taking care of Pumpkin Jack for us this week!

We’ve got another Pumpkin Jack update! Savannah and Ethan, soon to be a fourth grader and a new kindergartner, visited our pumpkin patch to water and check on it a couple weeks ago. It’s looking good!

Pumpkin Jack update! Former K and grade 5 sisters Charlie and Alice, and mom Katie, said, “Pumpkin Jack looked great last week! Was loving all the rain!”

Save the Date!

Free vaccines will be available to children 18 and younger at the Skoolie event at Royal Oaks Elementary on Wednesday, July 31 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Learn more at: https://www.sowashco.org/about-us/news/article/~board/news/post/summer-vaccine-clinics

Empty bulletin boards, offices, chairs, hallways, lockers, library, gym, classrooms, lost & found, lunchroom…everything just waiting for a new school year to start!

The Royal Oaks Girls on the Run team finished the season with a community project and our final 5K at the State Fair grounds last Saturday, June 1. The girls decided to walk and pick up trash to keep our Woodbury community clean!
Then on Saturday they ran 3.2 miles with many other GOTR teams! Thank you for such a great season!

Mrs. Waldo’s class had their last day with their fourth grade buddies. The Birkel Bunch and the Waldo Family got it done! Some got wet! Some did not!