No Uniform Day Friday 3/13/15 $1.00
Just a reminder that tomorrow is a no uniform day.
Yearly Archives: 2015
Testing Testing 123 – Urgent Petition
Please sign the petition: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/testing-testing-123-1?source=c.fwd&r_by=6456996
Relay For Life Saturday, March 14th from 3-9pm
Corrected signup links:
Click here to visit my PERSONAL page. (corrected link)
Click here to view the TEAM page for PTA For The Relay (corrected link)
RELAY FOR LIFE – PTA Team
The PTA is currently forming a team (families and students needed) to participate in the Relay for Life on March 14th from 3-9pm on the Beach in Surfside and Bal Harbour.
Please contact juliam25@bellsouth.net to help out the day of the event.
We are looking for walkers, booth coverage and friends to hang out with and help fundraise!
The PTA booth will be selling glow sticks and sweet treats.
***Bring a picnic, and a blanket and have dinner under the stars while being a part of a very important event to remember and honor cancer victims and survivors***
| TIME | WALKERS | BOOTH COVERAGE |
| 3:00-4:00 | ||
| 4:00-5:00 | ||
| 5:00-6:00 | ||
| 6:00-7:00 | ||
| 7:00-8:00 | ||
| 8:00-9:00 |
The PTA at Ruth K Broad Bay Harbor is looking for Relay Team Members!
This is a great event for the whole family.
We need people to walk, sell, and cheer our team on!
Pack an evening picnic and walk the beautiful LUMINARY PATH in remembrance and support of all those that have faced and fought cancer.
Dear Bobcats!
Relay For Life is my opportunity to celebrate loved ones who have won their battle against cancer, remember those no longer with us, and fight back against this disease that robs so many of so much.
I know too many people whose lives have been touched by cancer. That’s why I’m participating in the American Cancer Society Relay For Life® movement. More than just walking the track, I’m fundraising!
Please join me in fighting cancer and consider supporting my fundraising efforts by making a donation, joining my team, and participating in the walk.
The links at the bottom of this email makes it so simple! Dollars raised bring us one step closer to a world with less cancer.
Thank you so much for your support. Together, we will finish the fight!
Julia
Click here to visit my PERSONAL page. (corrected link)
Click here to view the TEAM page for PTA For The Relay (corrected link)
* 5K Run/Walk Sunday March 15th
Tech Campaign $9282 raised and iPad winner announcement
We are excited to announce that all of your contributions combined, have helped us raise $9282 to put towards the purchase of the new computer lab. The additional funds to complete the purchase have come from the PTA general fund and all of the 50 computers should be installed by next week.
We are also thrilled to announce that Conner Barreras has won the iPad drawing! CONGRATULATIONS!
And thanks again to everyone for helping in the efforts to give our kids more opportunity for success!
| Agai | Oren |
| Aguero | Mariana |
| Akesson | Carl |
| Albergel | Arielle |
| Ale | Ivette |
| Arevalo | Dana |
| Ariztoy | Irune |
| Arkin | Gregory |
| Arraras | Juliana |
| Bakaric | Veronica |
| Baron | Lee |
| Barreira | Marcos |
| Barreira | Edith |
| Barreras | Conner |
| Bellinson | Jennifer |
| Bender | Rosanna |
| Benitez | Samar |
| Blumstein | Dalia |
| Borges | Eduardo |
| Borje | Dulce |
| Brafman | Linda |
| Brainard | Shannon |
| Brenner | Alena |
| Butori | Sophia |
| Caceres | Augusto |
| Campagna | David |
| Carmona | Liz |
| Castellanos | Elsa |
| Casula | Sabina and Marco |
| Chavez | Adrian |
| Chestler | Tiffany |
| Cobo | Andrea |
| Collomba | Zoe |
| Colom | Sol |
| Cooper | Roderick |
| Cortes | Ileana |
| Cotik | So-Min |
| Coyula | Milan |
| D’Antuono | Michelle |
| Datiev | Murat |
| Datorre | Carla |
| DaValle | Catherine |
| De La Cadena | Liz |
| Delgado | Margarita |
| Demier | Natasha |
| Diaz | Victoria |
| Elias | Madeline |
| Este | Gabriela |
| Exelbert | Nikki |
| Fang | Staci |
| Feldman | Ravit |
| Feldman | Lisa |
| Fernandez | Cynthia |
| Fernandez | Carlos and Cynthia |
| Fernandez | Carolina |
| Foster | Natalie |
| Fuller | Lisa |
| Furr | Lorena |
| Ganem | Sal |
| Garcia | Chela |
| Gasc | Kathrine |
| Gechtman | Allison |
| Giacomino | Silvina |
| Gibb | Therese |
| Goldemberg | Silvina |
| Gonzalez | Yolanda |
| Gonzalez | Viviana |
| Green | Jerry |
| Green | Nada |
| Guerrero | Juan |
| Gutierrez | Diego |
| Hernandez | Rosalba |
| Jackson | Erika |
| Jeffers | Bethany |
| Jimenez | Ruth |
| Jones | Carolina |
| Kassin | Jessica |
| Konecci | Cara |
| Kramer | Frederike |
| Kramer | Alison |
| Landsman | Courtney |
| Lane | Arthur |
| Laniado | Yael |
| Lau | Kit |
| Le Troadec | Maya |
| Lecour | Lucia |
| Lee | Susan |
| Leibowitz | Catalina |
| Lithgow | Karen |
| Livingston | Cristina |
| Loeb | Morgan |
| Logan | Trey and Logan |
| Longobardi | Anastasiya |
| Lopez | Nury |
| Luczkow | Caro |
| Lujan-Rivera | Christian |
| Lupinacci | Veronica |
| Maharbiz | Jessica |
| Mallo | Osa |
| Maloy | Leonardo |
| Mandel | Peggy |
| Manrique | Pilar |
| Margues | Ana Paula |
| Martinez | Judy |
| Mathews | Cynthia |
| Matorcevic | Anastasia |
| Mendelson | Laura |
| Mendoza | Wendy |
| Millan | Janet |
| Molano-Zarif | Liliana |
| Molbert | Graciela |
| Montero | Sandra |
| Moretti De Alvarez | Stella |
| Morettia | Stella |
| Muller | Nadine |
| Munday | Kit |
| Murcia | Dennis |
| Murray | Andrew |
| Nader | Michel |
| Newman | Arin |
| Nogueroles | Nelly |
| Obregon | Doris |
| O’malley | Paul |
| Omeish | Shadi |
| Oppenheimer | Tamar |
| Oseguera | Carolina |
| Oswald | Ryan |
| Papaianni | Angioletta |
| Paparella | Dante |
| Pashenko | Zoya |
| Paszyc | Beata |
| Pedrazzoli | Cecilia |
| Pelayo | Dislamy |
| Perez | Lauren |
| Perez | Ingrid |
| Perez | Carlos |
| Poulos | Christina |
| Prada | Elizabeth |
| Prada | Kerlyn |
| Prado | Corinne |
| Prattas | Heatjer |
| Pullo | April |
| Raixa | Alpana |
| Ravinet | Alexandra |
| Reinas | Savia |
| Rerecich | Marilyn |
| Restler | Marie |
| Roca | Rita |
| Rodriguez | Lynda |
| Rodriguez | Dr. Maria |
| Rodriguez | Onil |
| Romani | Stephanie |
| Rosenberg | Hollen |
| Rotbart | Debra |
| Salamanca | Amy |
| Salzhauer | Eliana |
| Sanchez | Reggie |
| Santiago | Gisela |
| Sayin | Sanem |
| Schatz | Jason |
| Schuchts | Tara |
| Sher | Lilla |
| Simon | Lisa |
| Slatko | Gail |
| Slezynger | Lydia |
| Smith | Sarah |
| Smith | Benjamin |
| Souss | Sandra |
| Stone | Sara |
| Storozhuk | Iryna |
| Surev | Igor |
| Tauban | Alexandra |
| Taubman | Fred |
| Teppa | Juliette |
| Tessler | Joanna |
| Tobol | Rebecca |
| Vargas | Maria |
| Vigo | Eva |
| Villarreal | Pantila |
| Vissepo | Karen |
| Weyrowski | Sofia |
| Yanes | Xiomara |
| Yero | Lisa |
| Zambrano | Yackselys |
| Zapata | Naomi |
| Zider | Karen |
School Testing Petition – Urgent!
Help us help you!
WE NEED EVERY PARENT TO SIGN THIS!
Download link to print petition 
* School Testing Petition Email – Email your representatives
| Miami-Dade PTA/PTSA Takes Action! |
| For months parents, teachers, and school administration have urged the Department of Education to pause the implementation of Florida’s new assessments. Instead of listening to our concerns, they moved ahead with an exam that was not fully field-tested. Today’s computer glitches throughout the state were avoidable and unnecessary.
It’s time to TAKE ACTION! Our elected officials need to hear from us, as a collective voice, regarding the “testing madness.”
Below is a sample email, along with email addresses of our elected officials. Please copy and paste this sample e-mail, or draft one of your own, and forward to those we have elected to serve.
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| Dear (name of Elected Official),
In September 2014, Florida PTA asked the Commissioner of Education and state leaders to delay school grading on the new Florida Standard Assessments to give students and school time to adjust to the new on-line tests.
The requests were simple:
1. Allow for proper field-testing and test development in areas with similar demographics to Florida’s diverse demographics. We have recently learned of Utah’s dissatisfaction with the test and possible cancellation with the America Institutes for Research (AIR), the test vendor. Florida had chosen Utah as the state to field-test the new test. 2. Suspend the issuance of school grades until performance data has beendeemed reliable. Although the Board of Education stated the grades will carry no consequences, using the new exam as a baseline for generating school grades and teacher evaluations from this year’s test remains a concern. 3. Allow additional testing and calculation flexibility to students with disabilities and students who speak limited English. For their attention to the concerns regarding ESOL accountability, I thank Representatives Victor Manuel Torres and Jose Javier Rodriquez, and Senator David Simmons for filing bills to bring about reform of the accountability policy for English Language Learners.
The state moved forward and pushed the debut of Florida’s new assessment tests, prematurely. Computer glitches plagued the first day of administering the test. It is apparent that our state was not ready and subjected our children to continued angst over an assessment test of this magnitude.
Suspend the test. Take the time to get it right.
Sincerely, (your name here)
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Electives and Clubs Groups Photo day this Friday
This Friday, March 13th
The Electives and Clubs Groups pictures will be taken!
Arrange with your teams and come prepare to strike a pose!
Drop off and pick up procedures
The following is due to serious safety concerns:
* Students must enter and exit cars from the car doors on the curb side (right).
* Students must not be dropped off or picked up from the outside lane, only from the lane that is adjacent to the curb.
* Cars must not be left unattended at any time.
* 95th Street (back of school) is not a designated car drop off and pick up area, only walk in.
* Drop off and pick up lanes should maintain a steady flow. Please do not stop to send phone messages, walk your child to the gate, wait for a person, have social conversations, or to watch your child while he/she is in line under the shelter. Parents whom wish to engage in any of the above mentioned activities can park, for free, in the parking garage and walk to the school entrance.
* Drivers must respect posted traffic signage, including speed restrictions.
* Parents should take into consideration the traffic around the school in order to have time to drop off, pick up and arrive at their next scheduled stop. Driver in a hurry pose a potential risk to the safety of students.
* Bicycles and skateboards must not be ridden on the sidewalks leading to a school entrance (School Safety Zone).
* Dogs (pets in general) are not permitted in the School Safety Zone.
* Traffic infractions and erratic driving should be reported to Bay Harbor Islands Police. School staff does not have the authority to issue a summons or direct traffic. Our responsibility and concern is the safety of the students.
Please understand that these rules are not capricious impositions. The administration and staff are genuinely concerned for the safety of the students who attend Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center, your children.
Israel R. Sosa, Assistant Principal
Ruth K. Broad/Bay Harbor K-8 Center
PTA & Pasta Meeting This Thursday night 3/12 – Please join us 6-8pm
To pay online click this link to visit the online store or go to www.rkbpta.com/ptapastanight
This form was given to each child this week, so ask them for it or check their book bag.
