Happy Holidays from The ROCK!

Holiday Recess:

I want to wish the Split Rock Community a happy Holiday Recess! I hope everyone is able to take some time and enjoy with family and friends. Staff, students, and families certainly deserve this time and I hope you all take full advantage of time together. After everyone has been able to recharge we will look forward to hitting the ground running as we open up the new year and get back at it. We will see everyone on January 6, 2020!

1000+Holiday Cards: 

We reached our school-wide goal of 1000 holiday cards!  The KINDNESS COMMITTEE delivered those cards to St. Camillus this morning, threw kindness around like confetti to the recipients and brightened their day. We are so proud of our Split Rockers for spreading a little SPARKLE and holiday cheer. Because they reached their goal,  we rewarded them with a PIE a TEACHER in the FACE segment during this morning's Positivity Assembly. Please click here to view this morning's assembly.

Calls For Commentary:

It would be much appreciated if you can take a minute and respond to the district's call for commentary. This will give the Strategic Planning Committee the information necessary when looking at areas of celebration, as well as those areas in which need to be improved upon. Here is the link. We thank you ahead of time for your participation!

Kindergarten Registration:

Believe it or not, Kindergarten Registration has begun for the 2020-2021 school year. These students will be the graduating class of 2033! Wow! Registration began on December 3, 2019, and will run until March 31, 2020, at the Central Registrar Office located at the District Office 300 Sanderson Drive, Camillus, NY 13031. For information about registering your student, go to the Registration Section of the website. Before coming in to register, you will need to make an appointment by clicking the appropriate link on the Registration web page or by calling the Central Registrar Office at (315) 487-4683.

December Happenings at "The ROCK"!

The students and staff at "The Rock," came back from the Thanksgiving break ready to work and did a phenomenal job in doing so. We hope to build on this over the next two weeks as we work right up to our Holiday Break which begins on December 21!



Holiday Concert:

What a great night! These Grade 4 and 5 students sounded truly amazing and are absolute ROCK stars! Special thanks to Mrs. Mercer. Mr. Muldoon and Mrs. Speich for creating such a special performance that was enjoyed by all!

Calls For Commentary:

It would be much appreciated if you can take a minute and respond to the district's call for commentary. This will give the Strategic Planning Committee the information necessary when looking at areas of celebration, as well as those areas in which need to be improved upon. Here is the link. We thank you ahead of time!

Kindergarten Registration:

Believe it or not, kindergarten registration has begun for the 2020-2021 school year. These students will be the graduating class of 2033! Wow! Registration began on December 3, 2019, and will run until March 31, 2020, at the Central Registrar Office located at the District Office 300 Sanderson Drive, Camillus, NY 13031. For information about registering your student, go to the Registration Section of the website. Before coming in to register, you will need to make an appointment by clicking the appropriate link on the Registration web page or by calling the Central Registrar Office at (315) 487-4683.

Looking Ahead

Positivity Project:

We spent the last two weeks working with the character strength of kindness. We will not be introducing humility (12/9-12/13) and finish up with self-control (12/16-12/20) before the break. The students who have these top character strengths will be recognized throughout next week and/or at the Positivity Assembly on 12/20.

1,000 Handmade Holiday Cards:

The students at Split Rock were given a challenge at the beginning of December, and that was to generate 1,000 handmade Holiday cards as a building. These cards could be made at school or at home. At our upcoming Positivity Project Assembly on December 20, these cards will be turned over to Mrs. Eipp and our Kindness Committee. They will be taking a field trip to St. Camillus to spread their kindness around like confetti and deliver the cards to all the residents.

If the students do reach the 1,000 cards goal, eight staff members at "The Rock," will receive a pie in the face at the assembly as a celebration of their achievement and their actions to pay it forward! Stay tuned for an update!

Attendance Awareness: 

We have started an attendance awareness program in which we recognize classrooms that have perfect attendance. We will be keeping track of the number of homerooms with perfect attendance, and when we reach 200 instances of perfect attendance, we will hold a random dance party at some point in time throughout the day! Homerooms with perfect attendance will be recognized on the afternoon announcements! If you happen to stop in, please take a minute to view our attendance display board to see where we are at!

Cafeteria "ROCK" stars: 

The Goal: 

The focus is on recognizing students who are being; Present, Respectful, Responsible, and Safe in the cafeteria.

We will be implementing this in January 2020. Students who receive an award will be put into a monthly drawing for the "prize of the month," as well as, receive a certificate of recognition that will be posted on the cafeteria wall.

Upcoming Dates to Remember:

Friday, December 13:

• Report Cards Distributed

Friday, December 20:

• Positivity Project Assembly (9:30am)

Friday, December 20- January 3 -Holiday Recess - NO SCHOOL