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Eagle Eye
A Biweekly Publication of Rock Creek Valley Elementary
February 12, 2016
From the Administration
We have so many talented students who show their
talents in many different arenas. We wanted to celebrate
some recent student successes with our RCV community.
What is happening?
February
15 – No school – Presidents Day
19 – RCV Auction *******
26 – Early Dismissal (1:15)
26th – Chuck E. Cheese
Fundraiser
March
1 – PTA Meeting 7-8:30 pm
18 – Parents vs. Staff Basketball
Game
23 – 3rd Marking Period Ends
24 – No School for students –
Professional Day for Teachers
23 – Silver Diner – Fundraiser
25-April 1 – SPRING BREAK
National PTA Reflections welcomed all grades and
abilities to explore and be involved in the arts.
Thousands of students reflected on a common theme and
created original works of art in the categories of dance
choreography, film production, literature, music
composition, photography and visual arts.
RCV had 5 county-level winners! All our county-level
entries will be displayed at the MCCPTA Gallery, but
the following winners will also be recognized at the
awards ceremony. Award of Excellence winning entries
will also go on to represent Montgomery County at the
Maryland State competition. Go Rock Creek Valley!!
County winners from RCV are:
Award of Excellence for Outstanding Interpretation of
the Theme

Ananya Sharma, Open your eyes, spread your
wings, take flight! (Dance Choreography)

Akina Hart, I Can Be Anything (Film Production)

Corina Servis, How to Fly (Film Production)
Award of Merit/Honorable Mention

Ayanna Hart, Imagine a World of Make Up
(Literature)

Eamon Flynn, Bird Takes Flight (Photography)
Have a great weekend!
Kevin Burns and Gregg Baron
Important Information
11th Annual Rock Creek Valley Auction
Only one week away! This is our big fundraising event for the year. We hope all our families
are able to come out to the event and celebrate our amazing RCV community. Please see the
event agenda, silent/live auction items, and staff raffles coming home in backpacks today.
Purpose of the event:
A key component to student success is to build their background knowledge and provide them
with experiences to build language.
 We want to use the funds raised from the auction to benefit all our students and
community. One area we would like to use the funds is to have summer “field trips” for
the RCV community. We would rent busses and offer all students and parents the
opportunity to take fun day trips throughout the Washington D.C area.
 In addition, we would like to expand on the growing use of technology by our students.
There are many great reading and math programs we would purchase to support the
diverse needs of all our students.
RCV is a Finalist in Click for Kids contest!
We entered RCV in WTOP’s Click for Kids contest to win $20,000 to develop a "lightbulb lab"
so students can develop critical and creative thinking skills using STEM processes for our school.
We have been selected to move into the online voting portion of the contest. Woohooo!
This is where we need everyone’s help. The school with the most votes wins the contest.
Please forward the following link to family, friends, and colleagues.
Voting begins Monday, February 15 and goes through 5 pm February 26.
Anyone over the age of 13 can vote (that’s a legal thing) – kids, parents, grandparents,
neighbors, you name it. You can vote one time per person/per email (so you CAN vote twice
if you have, for example, a work email and a Gmail account).
Please vote for Rock Creek Valley at: http://wtop.com/click-for-kids-voting/
Thanks so much for your support!
Box Tops
End of February is the deadline to turn in Top Box. Please bring them in if you have any.
Thanks!
Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Montgomery County Public Schools is taking an active role in the prevention of child abuse
and neglect through early prevention and intervention education.
During the month of March, our school counselor will be presenting lessons in Kindergarten,
3rd and 5th grades on the topic of child abuse and neglect. The lessons are known as Personal
Body Safety Lessons and their purpose is to help students to:
 Develop knowledge, decision making skills, and behaviors which promote safe living in the
home, school, and community;
 Learn skills for self-protection and identifying child abuse and neglect;
 Learn skills for asking for help for self and others and practice reporting to a trusted adult;
and
 Engage in positive and appropriate interactions with peers and adults.
If you have any questions or concerns about the topics that will be covered, please contact me,
or the school counselor Alexandra Kissell.
Our Vision
We are committed to providing a safe and caring learning community where staff work
together proactively to motivate and engage all students to put forth their best effort in order
to achieve success.
Our Instructional Focus
Teachers will provide daily small group opportunities for students to demonstrate their
understanding of content and academic language by incorporating instructional strategies
focused on background knowledge and interaction.