Hello Rolling Hills community! Please join us at our last concert of the year as each of the Rolling Hills bands participates in the annual Notes & Floats concert. This is a wonderful, casual, outdoor concert held in the quad. Please see the attached Flyer for details, and return to the office by Wednesday, May 11th if you would like to order dinner food.
Questions? Pplease contact Kim English at 408-628-8735 / kim_english1 [at] yahoo.com
We’re looking forward to see all our parents at this Thursday evening’s Social Media presentation. Yes, this is a parent evening, not intended for students- they’ve had their presentation during the day. There will be time for questions and discussion at the end of the presentation. Parents that attend will receive a “5 minute early out” pass for their children to use at lunch any day next week.
SBAC starts next week. This year’s schedule is shorter than last year’s timeline. Accompanying this newsletter is the adjusted bell schedule along with the testing schedule that lists the specific days each subject will be tested. This schedule is also posted on our school website. We’ll be going to a block schedule four days of the week and keeping Wednesdays the same. Wednesdays will be used for make-ups.
The block schedule (112 minutes each class) will ensure ample time for your child to finish this new style of testing uninterrupted and without the distraction of school bells. The format will be:
As always please help your child be successful during testing by following these guidelines:
Thank you to Mr. Rawlinson for entertainment he’s provided here at RHMS. Highlight of the last rally was listening to the RHMS Jazz band! They wowed the crowd with both their poise and musical skill. Last week, was another amazing concert by all three RHMS bands- beginning, intermediate, and advanced. Congratulations to all our music students for a job well done!
Another big thank you to all of our school community for supporting our book faire, especially our parent volunteers. The profits will go directly back to purchase books for our library. The more we are able to purchase on a regular basis, the more current our books are for our students! Students at RHMS LOVE having the latest bestsellers at their fingertips! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Please join us at RHMS on Friday, April 22, for our Coffee with Superintendent, Dr. Eric Andrew. Hope to see you here. Check in at the front office at 8:30.
All 8th graders need to turn in their 8th Grade Promotion Packets to their Social Studies teacher ASAP! Please sign and complete all necessary forms with both student and parent signatures.
Also, please consider making a monetary contribution to the 8th Grade Promotion Fund. We are in need of funding so that we may provide t-shirts to all 8th graders, provide food and drinks, music, photo booths, and other goodies at the Yearbook Signing Party. Thank you to those who have already generously donated!
At a March 17 Study Session, the Campbell Union School District Governing Board began discussions about proposed changes at three of its schools: Rosemary Elementary School, Campbell Middle School, and Village School, the district’s a parent participation school.
Main components of the proposal include:
One of the proposed changes was approved on March 31st: Rosemary School will have a 5th grade starting in the new school year. Discussions about the rest of the proposed changes will continue throughout the year.
“This proposal is a starting point. We are at the very beginning of the conversation,” said District Superintendent Eric Andrew. “Having ample opportunity for discussion is an integral part of the process.”
Andrew said the proposal stems from the District’s Strategic Planning, input from stakeholders, and the goal of ensuring that every school in the Campbell Union School District is a School of Choice.
“We want each school to be as desirable as the next, so parents are confident that their children are receiving a top quality education in a top quality educational setting no matter which is their neighborhood school, ” he said.
The Superintendent and Board have had multiple meetings with staff, families and other community stakeholders since mid-March, and more are expected.
“We will discuss the District Reorganization proposal at each board meeting until we finalize the plan and identify methods to monitor the implementation of the plan,” Andrew said.
“Change can be uncomfortable, he added, “but it also can bring about wonderful outcomes for our students.”
If you have questions or want to be part of the discussions, please contact the school principal or ask_us [at] campbellusd.org
At a March 22, 2016 Strategic Planning meeting, Governing Board members and 25 other participants representing the district’s stakeholders met to discuss progress and next steps toward achieving the District’s Strategic Goals. The group brainstormed what it perceived as District strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats/challenges, and members outlined a set of 6-month objectives for attaining the long-term goals.
Copies of the Strategic Plan are available online, in the school office, and upon request from the Superintendent’s Office. See the plan online. (www.campbellusd.org/strategicplan)
The Campbell USD Governing Board appointed Pablo A. Beltran to fill a vacancy that occurred when Board Member Juliet Tiffany-Morales resigned on March 10, 2016. He was sworn in on March 31st, and will hold the provisional appointment until the November 2016 election when voters will elect a trustee to fill a four-year term.
“Public schools have a broad purpose which starts with teaching our children the cognitive, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills required for future success,” Beltran said. “I look forward to collaborating with the board and the community to support that long-term vision.”
Beltran is a sales management professional in the technology industry and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Phoenix. He and his family live in San Jose.
State-mandated reports, known as SARCs, provide information about each public school¹s demographic and academic data, class sizes, teacher and staff information, fiscal data and descriptions of curriculum and instruction.
Reports for schools in Campbell Union School District are available in school offices and online on our School Information page.
As you might have recently heard, there’s been discussion around designating Rolling Hills a Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) school. In reality, we started down the path of visual and performing arts last year, when we hired a drama teacher. We went that route after really taking a look at our student community and their interests. Our school plays are extremely popular, and many of our students participate in plays and musical performances outside of school hours. Bringing that aspect of their lives into school and encouraging other students that might not have considered those avenues of expression seemed to fit with our RHMS family.
Our band program has been highly regarded for many years in our community. As many parents know, we have sometimes had waiting lists for band. We will continue to look for ways to expand our performing arts for our students, so there is choice along with opportunity. Middle school is all about exploration, and we don’t want to limit our children to only one type of performance.
Yes, we might be designated a VAPA school. For us, it’s not so much a change, as an acknowledgement of what already exists at RHMS. And we thank all our families for their participation and support of all our programs.
