Lessons

National Suicide Prevention Week 2018

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Image result for suicide prevention text talk 741741The 2018 National Suicide Prevention Week is September 10-14.  Counselors will teach in Social Studies classrooms direct instruction on managing feelings, using social skills to resolve conflict, and on strengthening coping skills.  Students will be provided with a information on many healthy ways to cope with feelings, situations, and conflicts.

Schedule of Lessons

Monday 9/10: Mr. Meyers’ classes, Mr. Loth’s classes
Tuesday 9/11: Mr. Alexander’s classes, Mr. Vipperman’s classes
Wednesday 9/12: Ms. Singleton’s classes, Ms. Williams’ classes
Thursday 9/13: Mr. Bailey’s classes, Ms. Erdmann’s classes
And…
Friday 9/14: Progress Reports for Q1 go home

 

Registration

Welcome Back students!!

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Please join us in celebrating Mrs. Banks’ return to RBSMS!  She will support 7th grade students, families, and staff.

Mrs. Lessem moves up with her students to support 8th grade students and facilitate the articulation process to high school… more information will be provided in Quarter 2.

Mrs. Pinsky is excited to welcome 6th grade (Class of 2025) to RBSMS and will support students and families in the transition to secondary school.  Please don’t hesitate to reach out!

Registration

Registration 2018

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Make your appointment in July with the school counselor to select courses for the school year — don’t wait until the August rush!!

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS:  MUST PRESENT THESE ITEMS:

  1. PARENT/GUARDIAN’S DRIVER’S LICENSE
  2. PROOFS OF RESIDENCY IN THE STEWART MIDDLE SCHOOL ZONE (if Driver’s License address isn’t current) — current utility bill, lease agreement, house contract etc. showing parent/guardian’s name and physical address (PO Boxes are not acceptable)
  3. 504 Plan/IEP (if applicable) – current IEP & Psychological report.
  4. REPORT CARD/TRANSCRIPT FROM LAST SCHOOL

IN-STATE (but not Pasco County) Florida TRANSFERS: Students transferring from another Florida school must present these additional items upon registration:

  1. IMMUNIZATION RECORDS:
4 DPT + 1 booster 3 POLIO + 1 booster
2 MMR Hepatitis B Series
TDAP Booster (7th Grade) Variciella (chicken pox) – 2 vaccines for 6th gr.

OUT-OF-STATE TRANSFERS: Students entering a Pasco County School for the first time must have ALL of the above items PLUS  the following items:

  1. CURRENT PHYSICAL – dated and signed by a physician within the last 12 months and specifies heart, lungs and blood pressure.  Needs to be more than a statement that reads “child is in good health or normal”.
  2. VERIFICATION OF BIRTH – Birth Certificate
School-wide

Spread The Word To End The Word Week

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The month of April is just around the corner and April is a month dedicated to several worthy causes including National Autism Aw
areness Month as w
ell as National Youth Violence Prevention Month.
 RBSMS will participate in the “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign to educate why the R-word (retard/retarded) is hurtful to those with intellectual disabilities and their families. We will have activities during the week of April 2nd (which happens to be World Autism Awareness Day) through April 6th.   

And the winners of the End the R-Word at RBSMS are:

A lunch:

Nijia Orlandi    Breanne Rood   Qixalia Howard    Destiny Williams Ryan Glover                           Adam Stringer                      Josh Pellegrino        Kamil Mehrab        Emily Kirk     Alyssa Baker      Jacob Smith

B lunch:

Amelia Palmer   Tyler Davis   Alyzisha Rodriguez   Kelianexis Rodriguez        Victoria Smith   Hezekiah Patterson    Javonte Robinson                 Lillian Rap     Angel Rodriguez                  Ta’mya Floyd

C lunch:          Tiffany Reynolds                   Lara Velazquez         Melodylyn Yazell                  Alyssa Schroeder            LeAnn Sears     Marcos Gonzalez                  Travin Lee                              Layla Laezza   Logan Williams                     Timberly Steward                 Caleb Garcia

Because these winners could:

  • answer trivia about this week’s videos,

  • cite the purpose of the campaign,

  • explain the importance of inclusion, and

  • list ways to intervene if another person did use the r-word slur

These students signed the pledge banner, wore the Spread The Word bracelet, and won the I Pledge to Respect Everyone t-shirt.

Middle School

Spring Break 2018

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The Counseling Department wishes all students, staff, and families a fun, healthy, safe, and rejuvenating Spring Break!

The Counseling Department wishes all students, staff, and families a fun healthy, safe, and rejuvenating Spring Break!

When classes resume on March 26th, we begin our important, last quarter of the 2017-2018 school year.