Campus News

                                        Aug. 19                         PTA Board Meeting & Packet Prep. – 10:00 – 1:00

                                        Aug. 22                        Teacher’s Welcome Breakfast – 8:00 – 8:45

                                        Aug. 22                         Meet the Teacher – 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

                                        Aug. 25                         FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

                                        Aug. 25                         Parents’ Reception  - 7:45-8:30 – Rice Cafe

                        Sept. 9                  General PTA Mtg. & Open House – K – 2^nd  5:30 - 6:30     
3^rd - 5^th 6:45 – 7:45

                                        Sept. 3                         Cookie Dough Fundraiser Kick off

                                        Sept. 15                        PTA Board Meeting – Papacita’s – 11:30

                                        Sept. 15-Oct. 10           Reflections Contest – “WOW!”

VOLUNTEER INFORMATION (per Brenda at the volunteer office)

 Volunteers can fill out their application online.  They are no longer taking pictures, so there is no need to go to the Admin. building.  Applications submitted by Aug. 10th will be ready at the beginning of school. 

Please go to the following link  https://teams.tylerisd.org/volunteer to complete the volunteer application process.

Voter Registration
Parents, you may register to vote 
when you bring your children to school.

    Sept. 9   General PTA Mtg. & Open House
         K – 2^nd  5:30 - 6:30      3^rd - 5^th 6:45 – 7:45

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Parents Safety Reminders:

1.              Please do not park in the bus drive.

2.              Please do not drop off lunches at the back of school.

3.              Please do not ask a student to open a locked door for you.

All parents should:

1.              Enter through the front doors.

2.              Show identification in the office.

3.              Sign in.

4.              Put on a nametag.

Thank you for helping keep our Rice Rangers safe.

Please wake up early and be on time!

Allow for traffic – leave your house earlier!

Registering your child for Kindergarten.

    Please bring the following items when you come to register your child.

    1. Child's birth certificate

    2. Child's immunization records

    3. Child's Social Security Number

    4. Proof of residence in Rice's District (utility bill)

Lunchroom Link

Tyler ISD has a program that will allow parents to access their students’ cafeteria account via the Internet. This access will provide parents the ability to do several things including checking student balances, viewing student meal purchases, and depositing funds into lunch money accounts using a debit/credit card. This exciting new service is called Lunch Money Now. Parents and guardians can link to Lunch Money Now via the Tyler ISD web site at http://www.tylerisd.org Parents will need to have their students ID # to be able to log in and access the account.
 

Lunch Money Now

School Cafeterias at Tyler ISD Serve Parents Online 
Click here to access program!

Please be aware of the cafeteria "outside eating area" rules:
1. ONLY one friend may go out with a student and his/her parents
2. MUST SIT at the picnic tables during the entire lunch period.
3. This is NOT recess – NO running, chasing, playing, or yelling! 
4. The “picnic area” is only that area covered by the blue awning – please stay away from the bicycle area.
Thanks for your help.

Good Morning!

Want a sure-fire way for your children to get a great start to their morning? Have them here by 7:45!  The time from 7:45 – 8:00 is important time in the classroom.  During this time students are unpacking backpacks, sharpening pencils, organizing supplies, and getting settled for the day.  Instruction starts at 8:00 – give your children a head start!

  Dress Code

With our warm weather, please remember the dress code!  The dress code can be found in the Rice Ranger Handbook located in the front of your child’s agenda.  In “short”, shorts must be modest in length, spaghetti straps and tank tops are not allowed, and tummies are to be covered. 

Morning Drop Off:  To drop students off in the morning, please pull into the circle drive on Carriage, using both lanes. Do not change lanes.   Students must remain in their cars until  parents drive past the flagpole, and must exit onto the sidewalks  where school personnel are ready to assist.  Please pull all the way down.  Do not drop off  on Carriage, in the teacher parking lot or bus lane.

Afternoon Pick Up:  Car riders will be picked up from the supervised sidewalk area past the flagpole.  Please pull all the way down.  Parents should have a sign with their child’s name and grade in their front window.  Do not remove the sign until your child is in the car.  Walkers, bus and daycare van riders will be escorted to their designated areas.  Please do not pick up in the teacher parking lot or bus lane.

Fridays Are Spirit Days!!

Fridays are now designated as SPIRIT DAYS. Join in the fun and wear SPIRIT SHIRTS or RED SHIRTS to show school spirit!

Look for the logo on General Mills products, carefully cut them out, and send them to school with your child.  Your child can place them in the box top collection box located in the foyer by the office.  It is that easy to earn money for Rice.  Last year we received $424.02 through the “Box tops for Education” program sponsored by General Mills.  For each box top sent in we receive approximately 10¢.  It adds up!  Please don’t throw money away.  Start cutting out those box tops!