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January 2025

Happy 2025 RMS families! We hope your year is off to a great start and we appreciate you taking the time to read about what is going on at Rogers Middle School!

2025-2026 Registration for Current 7th Grade Students

  • Registration runs January 7th-14th

A Campus Messenger was sent home to families on 1/7/25 (you can also visit the Class Registration webpage for more information).  Registration dates for current 5th & 6th grade students will be sent home soon!

2nd Quarter Page Buyback  Donations - Needed by this Friday, January 10 Please!

If a student uses 3 or less of their 18 quarterly passes, they will have the opportunity to turn the remaining ones in for a "pass page buyback" event that will be held on Friday, January 17. Students will spin a wheel to see what prize they've won. If you are interested in donating any items for this event, please sign up below.  Thank you to everyone who has signed up to bring in donations!  We appreciate your help with this event! 

No School Reminder - January 20 & 21

The end of the quarter is rapidly approaching on Friday, January 17.  There is no school on Monday, January 20 and Tuesday, January 21.  We will see students back in the building that week on Wednesday, January 22.

WIDA ACCESS Testing: Starts January 27

WIDA ACCESS 2.0 testing for EL students will take place January 27 - March 21. WIDA ACCESS measures EL student’s progress in listening, speaking, reading, and writing English language skills.

Skatetime PE Unit - Permission Slips & Payment due by February 28

Beginning on February 28 - March 13, 2025, our PE classes will be participating in an in-house skating program.  The skates will be delivered directly to the school.  Due to insurance purposes, we will be exclusively using Skatetime's skates. The fee for this unit will be $13 per student which can be paid online through Campus Parent Portal or by sending exact cash in an envelope labeled with "Skatetime," your student's first and last name and their PE teacher's name (checks are not accepted and we are not able to provide change).

Your student will be bringing home a permission slip which you need to sign off on and have your student return to their PE teacher.  Please also have your student watch for a questionnaire to complete in their PE Course in Schoology regarding information on shoe size. If your student misplaces their permission slip, you can access a copy here: Skatetime Permission Slip.

2024-2025 Yearbook: Order Yours Today!

Click here to place your yearbook order!

From the Health Office 

Please click here to read January notes from the health office.

RMS Band & Choir Concerts   

Thank you to all of our RMS band and choir students for doing such a great job at the December concerts!  We also want to extend a big thank you to Mr. Parr, Mr. Rauen, Mr. Saxton and Mr. Rosner for all of their efforts!  We know everyone involved spent countless hours practicing and rehearsing; everything sounded wonderful and everyone did a fantastic job representing RMS! We are looking forward to the spring concerts!

 
To view these concerts, go to:  https://www.isd728.org/livestream/rogers. Scroll down to Past Events and click on Click Here! (located on the right hand side of the event displayed) to see a listing of available livestreams. 

Winter Coat Drive Update

Congratulations to the Rogers Police Department for collecting 255 coats and placing third among all participating police departments in the winter coat drive collection!  In total over 3,000 coats were collected by area law enforcement agencies and given to the Salvation Army Harbor Light Center to help those in need.  Since this program began, over 22,000 coats have been donated!
 
Minnesota Twins legends Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau, and pitcher Louie Varland, attended the event, showing their strong support for the coat drive. They took a moment to express their gratitude to the city of Rogers and the community for their generosity.
 

 

Food Drive Update 

A big thank you to everyone at RMS who donated items for our food drive in November!  With your support and generosity, we donated 1,819 pounds of food to CROSS!

Cardboard Gingerbread House Winners

The Media Center hosted a Cardboard Gingerbread Contest in December. Students in grades 6-8 were able to sign up to work on their creations during Royal Time for several weeks and students in all grades could participate by building at home. Congratulations to the following students for winning the Media Center's Cardboard Gingerbread House Contest!

Does Your Student Need Help in Science?

Starting this month, your student can receive extra help in science.  Help will be offered every Friday morning from 7:40-8:10 in room 440 - Mr. Barbeln's room.  Any student in grades 6-8 is welcome.  If your student arrives before the doors open, have your student tell the attendance office they are there for science help.   

Parenting for Digital Wellness 

As parents, understanding the appropriate use of cell phones and social media is more crucial than ever.  Please click here to read the January edition which focuses on AI in Education. 

ISD 728 CTE (Career & Technical Education) Newsletter

Please click here to read the January CTE Newsletter.   

Partnership with Every Meal

We are partnering with Every Meal (formerly The Sheridan Story) to offer a free bag of food to our families every weekend. All students qualify for this food program. If you had previously been receiving these bags and would like to continue, you will need to fill out the form (families have to sign up each year). Please use this link to register: Every Meal Sign Up Form. To ensure your application is processed in a timely manner, please sign your student up with their assigned school. This program is completely free and your family's privacy is protected. 

Please contact Angie Grotte (angela.grotte@ isd728.org) with any questions.

Upcoming Events

  • January 17: End of 2nd Quarter
  • January 20: No School (MLK Jr. Day)
  • January 21: No School (Teacher Workshop Day)
  • February 17: No School (Presidents' Day)
  • February 18: No School (Staff Development Day)
  • March 11 & 13: Evening Conferences
  • March 14: No School (Staff Development Day)
  • March 17-21: No School (Spring Break)