“The mission of the RRMS community is to continually provide a vibrant and safe learning environment that promotes acceptance, compassion, and respect. We will inspire all students to love learning and to grow emotionally, socially, and intellectually. We strive to educate each student to his or her highest level of academic excellence, social responsibility, and cultural awareness.”

Dear Ron Russell Families,

A warm personal welcome from a teacher, learner, writer, reader, and principal. Welcome to our website! It is designed so you may familiarize yourself with Ron Russell Middle School and is one way of communicating a variety of topics of interest related to our school and programs. Hopefully, this information will help ensure that your child has a safe and successful school experience at Ron Russell filled with fun and, most importantly, learning!

Dear Families,

This is a letter about our district dress code and your child. It is our goal to continue to create a culture of learning within Ron Russell Middle School. As you know, the clothes your child wears to school has an important influence on the attitude toward learning within our school. Students and parents have the choice of how their student looks at school. However, David Douglas School District and Ron Russell Middle School do provide guidelines for parents and students to use in determining what is and is not appropriate.

Lately, we have experienced an increased number of our students having difficulties adhering to our district dress code. These issues can take away critical time that your child should be spent learning at school. Here are some general dress guidelines for our students that will help maintain school as a place for learning:

•Hats and hoods are not allowed once in the building. Stocking hats are allowed during recess.

The David Douglas School District has made changes to its Wednesday schedule, as well as changes to the school calendar for the remainder of this school year. Please not the following changes:

LATE START WEDNESDAY - Beginning February 1:
Middle Schools - New start time is 9:30 am

SCHOOL CALENDAR CHANGES
Middle School
February 24th is now an early release day. School gets out at 11:00 a.m.
May 11th is now an early release day. School gets out at 11:00 a.m.

December 14th, 2011

Dear Families,

This is a letter about Facebook and your child. Despite a legal requirement that children must be 13 years or older to sign up for Facebook, many of our younger students are using the service.

Facebook is a fun and easy way for our children to communicate with their friends. It may seem like an innocent avenue for our kids to show empathy toward others and “talk” to friends outside of our hallways and classrooms. However, this outlet for communication for kids can be problematic.

Unfortunately, some negative issues that occur on Facebook, like posting messages that are hurtful to other students, spill over into our classrooms, hallways, and during recess. These issues can take away critical time that your child should be spent learning at school.