Tuesday, February 25, 2025

 

Hello Roth Families and Friends,

Welcome back, after another week off for February Break. It was cold and snowy in the region. If you stayed local, I hope you were able to keep safe and warm from the sub-zero windchill. If you traveled, I hope that you enjoyed time away with your family. 

And, welcome to the start of this next stretch. These next seven weeks are going to provide regular opportunities to check the progress we believe we have made at Roth against the reality of full days and full weeks. This is crunch time for all of our learners, no matter the grade level. Teachers will be progressing through unit after unit, engaging and assessing students along the way. Please continue to support your student’s academic motivation and perseverance. Our counseling and mental health staff will be finalizing course requests for next year, and continuing to support student social emotional needs on an ongoing basis. Please continue to support your student’s use of healthy social-emotional wellness strategies such as goal setting, self-reflection, and communication with a trusted adult. 

I am happy that we have established a foundation of expectations, procedures, and ask-fors during our 23 weeks at Roth. But a foundation is not the end of the building. It is the beginning. It is my hope that you continue to support our students and staff as we expand on what we have thus far built. One brick at a time. In the next few weeks, we will be expanding on our supports and expectations around: attendance, hallway behavior, and effort in the classroom. But, before we add on, here are some gentle reminders and upcoming events.

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Unplug to Connect & Behavioral Leadership Reminders: Especially as we return from another break, it is important to restate our student personal device expectations. Student personal devices should be stored in lockers throughout the school day. Following this expectation will help us continue to work with students on their student-to-student and student-to-adult communication and interaction. Your continued support will help students focus on what they need in order to reach their academic and social-emotional wellness capacity, without being distracted by (or disengaged through) their devices. I’ll say it again: much of the student conflict we work to manage at Roth Junior High is based on posts, messages, and shares via student social media. When we unplug to connect, we have the ability to proactively talk through minor conflict so that students can develop strategies to manage discomfort, stress, and fear. And, we have the ability to celebrate each time students employ conflict resolution strategies. 

Additionally, I’d like to remind Roth families and friends of our Behavioral Leadership model to develop and shape student behaviors. Our hope is for students to recognize that prosocial behaviors will be valued, celebrated, and rewarded in school and in the outside world. We also hope students recognize that the adults who work to shape and support certain behaviors do so because we are passionate about developing engaged, responsible, and safe citizens. Please review the attached Behavioral Leadership outline with your student. If you have questions, please feel free to call or send me an email. I am committed to improving the atmosphere and climate and Roth; and, I know that I need your support. 

Student Drop-off and Pick-up Reminders: Those of you who drop off your student before school have likely noticed the presence of an extra vehicle each morning. One of our Transportation leaders has been working hard to keep our buses (and our students) safe upon arrival. Please continue to use the designated drop-off area each morning so that our buses can enter and exit the loop safely. We appreciate your cooperation. 

Similarly, I would like to remind all families who pick their students up after school to help keep our campus and bus loop accessible for our buses. When you enter campus for after-school pick-up, please drive all the way to the designated pick-up area. Buses have reported being backed up all the way down to East Henrietta Road due to parent/guardian vehicles remaining stationary in our main drive. Again, we want our students to enter and exit school safely. And our buses need your cooperation to help do their part. 

Spring Sports Registration and Info: Please click here for a message from Mr. Onze, R-H Athletic Director, regarding spring sports registration and important information. As a reminder, we are excited to add Girls Flag Football at the Modified level. We have significant interest, and tremendous talent. I believe it will be an exciting inaugural season for Flag Football. 

Student Council Fun Night: Here’s an exciting event sponsored by our Student Council. The Student Council is hosting a Winter Fun Night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 7. Tickets are $5 each, and will be sold during lunches this week. Come hang out with your friends and enjoy food, drinks, games and much more! There will be a movie in the auditorium, and Open Gym. We can't wait to see you there!

Washington DC Update: (Please read below for a message from advisors Ms. Flood and Mr. Mallaber).

Attention 8th Grade DC Students, Parents, and Guardians:

Your final payment is due Friday, February 28. Each student received a balance sheet to remind you what is owed. 

Also due Friday, February 28, is the white medical paperwork. Any medication, including over-the-counter medications, needs to have approval from a doctor's office using the form from the last page of the medical form packet. 

Students, after your final payment and medical forms have been collected (by February 28), we will begin the partner/roommate process. This process will not begin for a student if you have not completed your medical paperwork or final payment. 

Roommate Process:

1.) You (students) will pick ONE buddy.

2.) Staff including administration, mental health, and trip advisors will put groups of TWO together to make groups of FOUR. 

3.) If there is a request for a group of four, an email must be sent to Mr. Mallaber and Ms. Flood that includes all members of the group. This is not a guarantee for the group, but it will be strongly considered. 

4.) There will be no changes in rooming groups once they have been created, as changes create a domino effect on others. Please choose wisely. Remember, for most of the trip, you will be with a larger group of people. 

Soon on the Google Classroom, you will see forms to complete about shirt sizes and meal choices. Please only complete each form once and accurately.

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Student Honors (Repost): Congratulations to all of our students who earned their place on High Honor Roll, Honor Roll, and Honorable Mention. Effort, a commitment to excellence, asking for help (as needed), and self-discipline are key ingredients to success in and out of the classroom. I am republishing this list because there were some name spelling/printing errors on our initial list. 

High Honor Roll

Grade 7:

Reham Aldehlawi, Sebastian Amaro, Seerat Ayesha, Ken Bui, Ethan Chan, Albert Devlin, Hessa Gillani, Thipika Gnanatheepan, Caelyn Godlewski, Madelyn Haynes, Jaya-Charese Heslop, Madison Hibbard, Andrew Horan, Alice Huang, Sanuthi Jayathilaka, Stephenia Kalimu, Madeleine Keefer, Elijah Kroening, Janice Lin, Cassandra Ochs, Emma Perry, Adelina Phoommilay, Owen Rockell, Aagash Satheesparan, Aatheesh Satheesparan, Beck Schwartz, Taylen Simmons, Samuel Song, Sarah Su, Nicholas Timpani, Kiera Truong, Mway Tun, Clarah Weaver, Vivian Wu, Keslee Yantachka

Grade 8:

Mrehan Al Karawi, Zoey Albin, Lyan Al-Hafidh, Sijood Al-Rubayie, Hasan Alshareef, Jordan Babers, Elliott Biro, Macie Burleson, Aiden Carlson, Nolan Dickerman, Kamryn Dukes, Ahmed Elhilali, Parker Fay, Sydney Ganskop, Milana Gartland, Someia Hashemi, Mathani Ibrahim, Aviana Jones, Ava Luc, Orlando Marrero III, Joshua McFarland, Zane Minguez, Sloan Olin, Emma Ong, Catrielle Poccia, Nimesh Poudyel, Lillian Rhault, Natalie Richardson, Lilah Rumisek, Ivan Serbyn, Isabelle Sherman, Alexander Simons, Subhrajyoti Singh, Ryan Su, Adam Szabo, Ryder Weinman

Grade 9:

Taylor Aforismo, Mia Artessa, Leah Buzard, Nicole Chen, Fiona Finlayson, Polina Firsanova, Graydon Gervasi, Benson Guan, Calven Guan, Caroline Hendy, Lexi Hopkins, Abdul-Rahman Khan, Lorelei Miller, Akash Narayanan, Jack O'Connor, Aleecia Outlaw, Thaarun Paskaran, Tharuni Paskaran, Lam Pham, Gisele Rodriguez, Noor Samaira, Artur Samborskyi, Julia Santiago, Aliya Saunders, Naima Sharif, Emma Sheldon, Mahnoor Siddiquie, Chase Siebert, Ashley Sugrue, Daphne Thone, My-Tien Tran, Alexander Velez, Maia Verstraete, Bingkun Wang, Cason Weaver, Myles Weaver, Martin Zhang

Honor Roll

Grade 7:

Itamar Afrima, Parwana Afzali, Ann Ahmed, Aisha Balapuwaduge, Julian Corzo Bechard, Isabella Clark, Sawyer Cornaire, Violet Fulton, Adele Grunert, Mohammed Hassan, Harveen Kaur, Jaismith Kaur, Parker Kehoe, Kristin Khadka, Gabriel Kohlmeier, Ava Kozakiewicz, Wing Chi Lai, Gage Mitchell, Stephen Morgan, MacKenzie Mothersell, Drake Nedelkovski-Nelson, Sophia Nguyen, Tinh Nguyen, Ryan O'Connor, Miranda Phan, Natalie Pschierer, Ahmed Rarhibou, Ethan Roach, Lyla Rodriguez, Sergio Rodriguez, Alice Rossi, Kaiden Santana, Lucian Savella, Parker Sharp, Raena Tesfalidet, Journey Thomas, Elliott Wescott

Grade 8:

Fatimah Al Ibrahimi, Duaa Alwan, Anahan Arulalan, Ethan Austin, Liam Brady, Cash Conner, Charles Cresov-O'Connell, Muhammad Daud, Cameron DeCamilla, Shaelyn Donk, Sarah Doud, Graison Dunlop, Sitora Dusmurodova, Harper Edelman, Harper Gleason, Chase Gray, Gabrielle Haynes, Ahmed Hdabee, Yael Hirschman, Chloe Horn, Noah Long, Ella McDermott, Zander Minguez, Ronish Poudyel, Muzammil Qaderi, Shalia Roelle, Alyssa Rosario, Luke Rowson, Kassidy Senf, Jack Siebert, Benjamin Stasko, Naomi Teshome, Saatvikaa Thevasundaran, Charles Timpani, Audryana Valentine, Easton Whitbeck, Yousuf Yousifzai

Grade 9:

Laura Abreu, Kaleb Assefa, Umihana Beslagic, Kaiden Betron, Julian Booth, Carter Camp, Tyler Cole, Allison DiNardo, Samuel Gaytan, Andres Greenman, Eimaan Humayun, Carter Kehoe, Lily Kowalski, Declan Krieger, Cheukyin Lai, Marco Li, Gabriel Loftus, Jaden Luckey, Bella Lugo, Ellanor Lusk, Jamie Mai, Claire McDermott, Hunter McMullin, Rudra Patel, Stephen Pelton III, Aiden Peterson, Aniq Sohail, Emily Sugrue, Lydia Taylor, Paige Wescott, Travis Williams

Honorable Mention:

Grade 7:

Lucas Abele, Ali S. Alaefari, Anajini Arulalan, Dania Attiya, Ella Benjamin, Lucas Bierma, Zetta Bukowski, Ava Christensen, Austin Colon, Freddy Colon, Amanda Crosby, Jose Mota Fernandez Mota, Chloe Galante, Agron Gonzalez, Sophia Jordan, Robinson Kalinowski, Emily Karns, Taye Kongmany-Brown, Nadia LeBlanc, Alec Luce, Samantha Miller, Gracy Mongar, Brody Morris, Ramos Nieves, Ariya Ortiz-Barrett, Allyson Passolt, Maximilian Phan, Wendy Phillips, Kreepa Pudasaini, Raihana Raihan, Zoey Roberts, Bryce Samuels, Ortiz Sanchez, Prisha Sapkota, Jack Saxon, Isaiah Selby, Hadia Shirzad, Nihaal Shoble, Adrianna Ward, Adriana Williams, Carter Wood

Grade 8:

Lulya Abel, Evelyn Andreano, Isiah Ashford, Sanuli Fernando, Eden Janicke, Jack Langner, Fiona Locke, Sean MacDonald, Demond Mack, Jedidiah Mackintosh, Kaila Marshall, Kailyn Moses, Victor Mugara, Wayne Pryce, Hunter Schultz, Nathan Siebert, Elliana Stone, Jackson Wolfer

Grade 9:

Ridha Oday Dhahir Al Abbasi, Karam Al-Sultani, Zinab Attiya, Binta Barry, Nahom Bekele, Cora Benjamin, Johnathan Breese, Kylan Burke, Julian Cooper-Morale, Miles Cooper-Morale, Gabrielle Creary, Emma Crego, Carter D'Ambrosia, Aaliyah Dillard, Logan Johnson, Blessing Logins, Yathzirie Perez, William Phillips, Raydyn Phommaxaysy-Barker, Vitalii Pushnin, Amelia Scott, Alayna Simpson, Mycah Snowden, Zeva Snyder, Cayden Sun, Frena Tesfalidet, Kayden Thomas, Trevor White, Sanya Younis

Please remember: every one of our students is capable of putting in the effort, time, and willingness to rise to excellence. 

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Sincerely,