Thursday, April 16, 2009

Principal's Newsletter -- April 16, 2009

This is the "Warmer Weather" themed newsletter.

As the weather improves, which it looks set to do, we encounter two issues. Both involve the shedding of clothing.

The lost and found containers are full now, and with the nicer days even more jackets will be shed every recess. Please claim missing clothing items this week as we will be donating items after the week is behind us. On Friday we will verify that anything with a name attached is distributed and will encourage classes to swing by a more organized array of items as we did in the Winter.

Other clothes are shed -- or rather never donned -- before school on warm weather days. This is one of the quirky parts of being a K-8 school: we have the same dress code expectations across the board. I'll paste in the text below and ask teachers to remind their class as a whole.

According to School Board Policy, "Responsibility for dress and grooming rests primarily with students and their parents. However, the District expects student dress and grooming to meet standards which meet the following conditions:

Midriff covered in all positions, i.e., bending, reaching, etc.
  • Tops need to have shoulder straps at least 2” wide
  • No cleavage or undergarments showing in all positions
  • No clothing that depicts sex, drugs, alcohol, graphic violence or innuendos of such
  • Skirts, skorts, shorts, or dress length must be longer than mid-thigh (average could be 4-6 inches above knee)
  • Footwear must be worn at all times appropriate to activity
  • No hats or hoods can be worn indoors and/or in classrooms
  • No pajamas (exception would be Pajama Day)


I'll see everybody at the Children's Author Lecture on Monday night! Tickets are available at the door.

The Coming Week's Calendar

Monday
Budget Committee Meeting 6:00
Children's Author Lecture 7:00

Tuesday
6th Grade Choir Field Trip -- Eugene

Wednesday
Early Release 2:30

Thursday
RGS track meet @ Jackson MS

Friday
RGS track meet @ Catlin Gabel
Author in Residence Franny Billingsly

District homepage: http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/District/
Grade School homepage: http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/GradeSchool/
High School homepage: http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/HighSchool/
Athletics schedules & information: http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/Athletics/
Foundation information: http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/Foundation/
Grade School PTC webpage: http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/rgs_ptc/
High School PTC webpage: http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/rhs_ptc/