Happy Bossincipal’s Day to our fearless leader! We fused Boss’s Day (10/16) and Principal’s Day (10/21) and celebrated Mr. Kendall today. He guides us with patience, humor, and conscious leadership and we are appreciative and grateful he’s ours. We hope you enjoyed the “Tailgate”!
GIVE THANKS - Midwest Food Bank/Home Sweet Home Ministries
McLean County residents in need can pick up a Thanksgiving Meal Box and Frozen Turkey. This is a Drive-Through Only Service available to the first 2,500 families.
Drive through hours: Sat, November 19th, 2022: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm.
Location: 2031 Warehouse Road, Normal.
Changing displays in a school is a PROCESS. Teamwork went into transforming this bulletin board to showcase Hispanic Heritage. Mrs. Quick brought in a couple
of recruits over the weekend to take down the old board. A few Digital Wing students shared ideas to inspire the design of the board, while some students have completed research to contribute to expanding our knowledge of Hispanic Heritage. Iris completed our nod to Frida Kahlo and added colorful texture to enhance the visual rhetoric in our building.
We had a great III Day yesterday! The purpose of III Day is to engage students in Inquiry, Intervention, and Internship. Mr. O’Kraski led students in a training on basic workshop equipment to help prepare them for skills and knowledge they may need in the future. Safety was the top priority and students had fun with this hands-on experience!
Birthright of Bloomington has a monthly Distribution Day for the general public on the first Saturday of each month. Diapers, wipes and baby clothes (0-24 months) are distributed from 10 a.m. to noon.
2022 Distribution Dates are: Sept. 3rd, Oct. 1st, Nov. 5th & Dec. 3rd.
Location: 505 N. Center Street, Ste. 1, Bloomington.
ROE # 17 has partnered with PCs for People to offer a device distribution event. Our McLean County event is on Tuesday, August 30th from 3:00 - 6:00 at the Grossinger Motor Arena at the Front Street Concourse entrance.
https://pcsrefurbished.com/event/registration
The WBRP Bed Blitz gives local youth (ages 4-18) a twin-size bed frame, a brand new mattress, sheets, pillows, a blanket or quilt, laundry detergent, books, a hygiene kit, and a teddy bear COMPLETELY FREE!! Applications are open Aug 22 - Sept 14. Due to limited funds, beds are not given to everyone who applies. The Bed Blitz Selection Committee will reach out to families the week of Sept 29th.
https://form.jotform.com/222245247406148
Our teams are ready for Monday!
⭐️Middle School: Mr Krause, Mrs Stoneking, Mr Folkens, & Mr Rudicil
⭐️PBL High School: Mr Eddins, Mrs LaCroix, Mr Allen, & Mr Keller
⭐️DI High School: Mrs Quick & Mrs Jenkins
⭐️Support Staff: Mr O’Kraski, Mrs Lindsay, Dash, Mrs Walters, Mrs Jenkins, & Mr Kendall
We are excited to see all of our students! It’s going to be a great year!
Our teams are ready for Monday!
⭐️Middle School: Mr Krause, Mrs Stoneking, Mr Folkens, & Mr Rudicil
⭐️PBL High School: Mr Eddins, Mrs LaCroix, Mr Allen, & Mr Keller
⭐️DI High School: Mrs Quick & Mrs Jenkins
⭐️Support Staff: Mr O’Kraski, Mrs Lindsay, Dash, Mrs Walters, Mrs Jenkins, & Mr Kendall
We are excited to see all of our students! It’s going to be a great year!
First Day of School pics for RAS Staff!
What are your ABCs this school year?
As a school, our focus is:
(A)ttendance
(B)e regulated
(C)redits
We’re back at it!
RAS Staff is engaging in thoughtful and honest conversations to kick off the 2022-23 school year! We are focusing on the ⚛️☮️ENERGY☮️⚛️ we bring into our spaces and how we can best set the standard for 🔤 (Attendance, Be regulated, Credits). We also threw in a bit of community service at Underwood Park!
🌺🌼🌸 AB Hatchery & Garden Center generously donated flowers for our planters in the spring and L👀K at those blooms! We appreciate their support to help our learning environment be aesthetically pleasing. 🌸🌼🌺
Student and Family Orientations are underway at our Bloomington Campus! If you are a new or returning RAS student, please register at your home school and then call us (309-828-5807) for an orientation date and time. We’re going back to the basics and focusing on A(ttendance), B(e Regulated), & C(redits)!
RAS staff members are taking part in the U.S. Secret Service Research, Analysis, and Key Findings of Averted and Targeted School Violence event today. Our goal is to continue to provide a safe learning environment for our students by building and sustaining positive relationships which encourage a strong school community. Thank you to all of the participating agencies that made this event possible!
Our very own Mark Rudicil was honored last night at the Great Plains Life Foundation’s ⭐️20 Stars for Life⭐️ fundraising event. Each year, this event raises thousands of dollars to provide scholarship opportunities for at-risk students to pursue training or college after graduating high school. ROE 17 and RAS were well-represented through Mark’s fundraising efforts. Great job, Mark! You are certainly a shining star at RAS!
RAS Staff had the opportunity to reconnect with Kevin Jones at ROE 17 today! The local #RestorativePractices expert is leading a three-day training to refresh and re-energize local educators and youth advocates in the art of RP. #BuildingCommunity #RepairingRelationships
Summer School is well under way at our Bloomington campus, serving 60 students (both in-person and remotely) from six local high schools. Mr. Eddins and Mr. Krause forgot to tell Mrs. Quick about matching outfits today, but her intuition allowed her to still represent her alma mater. A rose between two thorns? A Brave between two ‘Birds? Beauty AND brains between brawn? Any way you look at it, the Dream Team is working together to help kids earn their high school credits!
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We love seeing our former students find their passion and success after high school. Justin is currently enrolled at the Bloomington-Normal Barber College and recently came to RAS with his instructor and classmates to speak with our students about finding their calling once they graduate. Their words left lasting imprints on our students based on conversations we had in the classrooms after their visit. Last weekend, Mrs. Quick took her sons to the barber college so Justin could cut their hair. When they walked in, Mrs. Quick’s heart instantly melted when she saw our current student, Jayse, sitting in Justin’s chair! We are SO PROUD of you, Justin, for all that you have accomplished, all that you will accomplish, and the influence you have had on our students!
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Congratulations are in order for Mrs. Taihla Stoneking for winning the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation grant for $1,000! This grant will help to buy diverse and relevant books for our students to unlock an excitement for reading. We believe that books should be doors and mirrors. Doors to worlds and places they’ve yet to experience and mirrors to show them that they can also be the main character of their lives. We are excited to partner with the IPCF to continue to pursue excellence for our students in literacy.
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It’s our favorite time of the year! We enjoy watching our seniors celebrate and close one chapter in order to move on to the next one! Congratulations to the Class of 2022 and good luck in your future endeavors!
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