Silver Team Update - November 17, 2017

Greetings!  We hope everyone had an eventful and/or restful Thanksgiving.  Please see below for upcoming events and team news.

Culture of Caring

This Thursday Renfroe students will be celebrating the third annual Culture of Caring day.  During this special day, students will focus on three areas related to caring: Caring for Oneself, Caring for One’s Surroundings, and Caring in the World.  To address these areas, students will engage in unique activities that are designed to bring awareness and encourage growth.

Caring for Oneself:

Students will inquire into the notion that we must care for ourselves before being able to care for others.  We will explore exercises related to Mindfulness and attending to one’s physical, emotional and social needs.

Caring for One’s Surroundings:

Students will learn about osoji, the Japanese tradition of “big cleaning” projects within school.  In order to develop respect and appreciation for our surroundings, students will work with peers to spruce up specific sections of the school.  Click here to learn more. All osoji tasks will be conducted using safe, kid-friendly materials.

Caring in the World:

Visiting speakers will be teaching students about service opportunities in a variety of contexts.  Visitors include Ahimsa House, The Atlanta Food Bank, Compassion in World Farming, El Refugio, L’Arche, the NAACP, Habitat for Humanity, Re: Loom, Refugee Women’s Network and many, many others.  

If you are interested in supporting this special initiative, please consider giving in the following ways:

• Do you represent a service organization that supports a cause?  Would you be interested in teaching a group of kids about your organization?  If so, please contact IB Coordinator, Kristen Karably by emailing kkarably@csdecatur.net
• Do you have extra osoji supplies to donate?  We are collecting:
• cleaning gloves, non-toxic cleaning wipes, “green” cleaning materials, electronic device cleaning wipes, washrags, dusting supplies etc.  
• If you prefer to donate money for purchasing supplies and materials for service projects (such as meals-to-go for the homeless shelter), please make your check to Renfroe PTA.  Any amount will help to support our efforts and our community!

  Tutoring Times

Almost all of our students could benefit from tutoring.  Please see below for specific times that students can get help with their core subject areas.

All Classes -- EVERYDAY during homeroom

Math -- Tuesdays & Wednesdays after school

Science -- Wednesdays after school 

ELA -- Thursdays after school


Dine Out and Renfroe Day

Renfroe PTA is looking to host "Dine Out" and "Renfroe Day Out" events around Decatur and we are in need of your help! We've made great progress in talking to restaurants and some local attractions (bowling etc.) in the area, but we're looking to keep it in the family. 

If you have any connections to restaurants or fun locations in the area that would like to contribute to sponsoring RMS for a Dine Out night or a Renfroe Day Out, in which PTA would receive anywhere from 5%-15% of sales, we would greatly appreciate it! 

We are looking to stick to Tuesday nights or even times during the weekend when RMS staff can attend as well! 

Please reach out to Megan Buck at mbuck@csdecatur.net with any information that you might have regarding participating locations in the area. 

Thanks for all of your support! The staff and PTA greatly appreciate your efforts!