Rancho Santa Fe School District

20th Anniversary Ocean Celebration: May 21-June 1, 2012

Ocean Weeks are alive and well in Rancho Santa Fe School District and celebrating their 20th anniversary this month! If you need to purchase your commemorative t-shirts or have questions, please contact Roberta Dean at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Special activities and projects are gearing up in classes all over the campus. Check the website for times and locations. Some of the upcoming highlights include:

• Grade level MARE curriculum rotations, classroom ocean activities, field study, guest speakers, ocean projects
• Monday, May 21, Opening Assembly and A Coral Line by Maureen Cassarino, in the PAC with background sets by Bruce Stewart and 8th grade students
• Special presentations include: Researcher Ben Grupe and “The Deep Sea," 7th-8th grades, “Forests Under the Sea” with 4th grade, Scripps researcher Simon Freeman presenting 3rd grade with “Wetlands in Peril!"
  
• Thursday, May 24, The Earth Dome, presented to all K-6, funded by the Rancho Santa Fe Library, in the Community Center
• Wednesday, May 30, Ocean Open House, in the PAC, with ocean music and outside exhibits including Sea World, Birch Aquarium, San Diego Divers, grade level ocean habitats, ROV tank and 8th grade underwater robotics, Go Green and Green to Go table, and more!
  
• Thursday, May 31, Ocean Share Day, with a school-wide ocean activity rotation, 8:15-10:15
• Friday, June 1, Closing Ceremony in the PAC with a 20th anniversary retrospective, certificates of participation, and 1st grade students performing the Tide Pool Boogie!

Summer Camp Schedule

Please click the link below to download the schedule. If a flyer is not noted below, please contact the Camp Director for more information. Thank you.

"Think Pink Week" - May 14 - 18

The 5th and 6th grade student council along with Mrs. Faciane’s class are hosting "Think Pink Week”, a week of fun supported by KI's and Rancho Sandwich.  Help us in supporting Rancho Rallies for the Cure by purchasing "pink" products on Monday and Tuesday and pink sweets on Wednesday and Thursday the week of May 14th. In addition, Thursday, May 17th will be a show your spirit and wear "pink" or "white" day and if all students wear pink or white, Mrs. Pinkerton will wear her pajamas on Friday, May 18^th! We hope you will show your support for this important cause.

If people can fight breast cancer, then we can do something to help!!!! Ki’s and Rancho Sandwich are willing to donate $1 from every school lunch they sell the week of May 14th – 18th. Please sign up below to support Rancho Rallies for the Cure. LET’S HELP FIND THE CURE! SUBSCRIBE TO KI’S SCHOOL LUNCHES AT www.kis.naturallunches.com OR RANCHO SANDWICH AT www.rsflunch.com/schoollunche/

Green To Go!

The Go Green Lunch Club has partnered with Green To Go to introduce innovative, waste-free lunch products this school year.  These products make packing trash-less lunches a snap!  They will help to reduce our lunch-time waste and save you money on unnecessary disposable products.  Best of all, a portion of each purchase will be donated to the RSF GO GREEN CLUB!  

Let's encourage our children to reduce and reuse, starting at home in the kitchen.  By packing reusable sandwich bags and containers and using zero trash lunch kits, less money will be spent on expensive prepackaged foods and disposable lunch products.  And most importantly, by eliminating juice pouches, plastic baggies and individually wrapped foods, we'll keep our school, streets and oceans clean, and lessen the burden on our landfills by eliminating mountains of extra waste. 

To order please go to the Green To GO website http://www.greentogolunchware.com/RSF-GO-GREEN-CLUB-FUNDRAISER-ITEMS_c_21.html and click on the RSF GO GREEN CLUB link on the left side of the page.

If you have any concerns you can contact the Green to Go rep, Lara Osborne, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or Roberta Dean at RSF This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

Thanks for supporting Trash-free Tuesdays and the Go Green Club!!

Month by Month Curriculum Plans for 2011-2012

Many of you have seen the monthly curriulum plans posted in your child's classroom window.  These are now available for you as parents to view or download.  The next time you ask your child what they are working on in school and get the reply "nothing," you will know better!  Hopefully this information allows you to initiate a conversation with your child and better understand the concepts and topics covered at each grade level.