School News

Monday        cycle day   5A  - Student Council Sponsored “Red White and Blue Day”
                                              - Veteran’s Day Reception 9:00 am
Tuesday       cycle day   1B
Wednesday   cycle day   2C - School Picture Retakes
Thursday      cycle day   3D - Site Council 4 - 5 pm
                                              - PTO 6:30 - 8 pm
Friday           cycle day   4A - Barnes & Noble Book Fair in Eagan from 9 am - 10 pm

School Picture Retakes - Wednesday, November 13^th

Veterans Day 2019
In honor of Veterans Day, we will once again be honoring the contributions of all our American veterans and active duty military personnel.  We would especially like to honor the veterans and active duty military personnel who are part of our Red Pine families.  

A form will be coming home in your child’s Friday Folder.  Please help your child complete this form for any relative or friend who has served or is currently serving in the US Armed Forces. If available, please make a copy of a photograph and attach as well.  Return to Red Pine by Wednesday, November 6^th as they will be displayed in our main hallway. 

We would also like to invite all veterans and active duty personnel to Red Pine on Monday, November 11^th  from 9:00 -9:30 am to be greeted and recognized by our staff and students.  There will be coffee and refreshments before and after the greeting.  

Thank you for helping us honor those who have served and are currently serving our country! 

Update on Fifth Grade T-Shirt-to-Diaper Service Project:
Thank you so much to all of our Red Pine families who donated t-shirts to the fifth grade T-Shirt-to-Diaper service project.  The fifth graders cut out 368 diaper shapes and 448 baby hats.  All of these will be sewn and sent to people in need of them around the world and locally. With the scraps, 139 pet chew toys were made. These are being donated to Last Hope. 

It is so heartwarming to see our fifth graders excited about a project that will help so many people!

Red Pine B&N Bookfair – SAVE THE DATE!!!
Please mark your calendars for the Fall Bookfair on Friday, November 15^th at the Barnes and Noble in Eagan from 9 am- 10 pm.

After school highlights to include:

Visits from Big Red
Prizes and Gift Card drawings every half hour
Face Painting / Tattoos
Teacher / Classroom Wishlist Board
Vast selection of books*, other gift items* and cafe items* (*all purchases marked for Red Pine add to our percentage of net proceeds from Bookfair sales)

This is a wonderful school fundraiser each year and we depend on many volunteers to make it happen.  Our B&NBook Fair Chairperson is Karlye Hackenberg (karlyehackenberg@gmail.com).  Thanks to Karlye for volunteering to take over chairing this tremendous fundraiser J.   Over $3,500 worth of library books will be added to RP's Library due to this fundraiser alone --- ANDclassroom teachers will hopefully benefit from many wish-list donations for individual classroom libraries.

We'll be sure to send volunteer sign-up links for adult volunteers and 5th graders soon.
Looking forward to this event! Hope to see you there! 

Happy Reading!
Mrs. Robertson & Mrs. Jarvi
kelly.robertson@district196.org
suzanne.jarvi@district196.org

Greetings from the Music Room!
The second grade music program, “How Does Your Garden Grow?” is swiftly approaching. The students will be performing on Monday, November 25 and Tuesday, November 26. I have posted the link for the music on the Red Pine website. Here is the pathway to this link:

Rp.district196.org
Academics
Specialists
Music
2^ndGrade Music link

I am hoping that you will be able to access this music and have your child listen to it. Thanks so much!

Laurie Herman 
RP Music Specialist

News from the Bird Feeder:

Be sure to enjoy our locally sourced meal on Thursday, November 14^th
Ferndale Turkey farm in Cannon Falls.

We will be serving:

Locally-sourced oven roasted turkey/Gravy
Rosemary potatoes
Green beans
Dinner roll
Cranberry sauce
Fresh baked sugar cookie

Free/Reduced Applications are Online**
**Remember a new application is needed for each new school year.

We welcome all visitors to come in and join us at lunchtime.  
Students love having a special guest for lunch!

Cheryl Rosa
Food and Nutrition Manager
Red Pine Elementary

Nurse's Corner

Oh my how snow flies!

Hearing for K, 2 and 4^th grades.  I have made my first rounds and next Monday afternoon I will go through the students I missed or were absent.

Vision screening for 1,3 and 5 will begin after that.  

Please dress your students in layers for comfort.  Also….please keep an extra set of clothes in their bag whether you are K or 5.

Shared viruses and other things = Fun + Friends + Germs + Long weekends.  The best practice to keep your child healthy is hand washing, reminding them about covering their cough or sneeze and washing after, drinking plenty of fluids, eating right and absolutely getting a good night of sleep!  If your student is run down and having fun with their friends and their friends’ germs, there is an increased chance their body will not be able to fight the virus.  Sometimes you know when kids are sick and you don’t have playdates, sometimes they get sick the next day but were contagious the night before.  If your student is well rested, well fed, well hydrated you did your best to fight the virus.

Be vigilant on checking for lice after long weekends.  They are constant out in the community.

Enjoy the beautiful clean snow, drive careful.

Nurse Danna 
Danna Steffen, RN, BSN, LSN, PHNDirect Phone: 651-423-7871/ Fax: 651-423-7875

PTO News

Matching Contributions

As the end of 2019 approaches, please consider company matching to maximize contributions to the Red Pine PTO.

If your company has a charitable giving matching program, any contributions that you’ve made to the Red Pine PTO (i.e. Boosterthon) are eligible for matching, as it is a 501c3. If you need the tax id number, please either contact Kerry Lehr at kerrylehr@hotmail.com or Jami Willander at jamjacks@hotmail.com

Thanks much,
Kerry Lehr, PTO President

Coke Rewards
We’re excited to share that our school is part of the Coca-Cola Give program. This opens up Red Pine to new funding opportunities to help improve learning environments for students. 

The best part? Donations don’t come out of your own pocket. When you make Coca-Cola purchases, you simply enter the product codes here: https://us.coca-cola.com/give/schools/ and our school receives a donation.

Do you know of any company that would allow a box to be set up to collect Coca-Cola caps? We can get a box all set up and will drop off and pick up the caps! (there is a collection box in the entry area of the school as well)

Please contact Ashlie Brown at Ashliebrown427@gmail.com if interested.

Community News

Check out the Community Education Link on the School or District web page for fun opportunities!