Celebrating SDIRC’s ⭐️ Stars of the Year tonight! So proud to cheer on our Employee of the Year, Jasmine Jackson, and our Top 5 Teacher of the Year Finalist, Lindsay Zehr. Excellence, dedication, and heart—this is what it looks like. 👏✨

A celebration so big it needed two days—because this much excellence doesn’t fit into one day! We’ve rolled out the red carpet for our Honor Roll scholars and our Attitude & Effort Roll standouts. Brains, grit, character—this crowd brought the whole package. 📚✨ Two days. Two rolls. One very proud school.

Students in Mrs. Hatcher’s class put pencil to paper as they practiced strong annotating skills during an Amplify Geology lesson.

More SNOTS in action in Ms. Zwemer’s class! 👀📘 Students were actively applying this school-wide strategy—stopping, noticing, organizing, thinking, and sharing their learning with purpose.

Ms. Reed’s class also practiced the SNOTS strategy today as part of our school-wide focus on strong note-taking and close reading. This shared approach helps build consistency across classrooms and sets students up for success at every grade level. Ask your kids to show you what SNOTS is all about—they’ll be proud to teach you! 😊📘

🎉 Celebrating Perfect Attendance – Second Quarter 🎉 We are proud to recognize students who demonstrated commitment and responsibility by achieving perfect attendance during the second quarter. Showing up every day makes a difference—well done!

Mr. Daulby’s class put teamwork to work during today’s lesson on subtracting mixed numbers—students collaborated thoughtfully and explained their thinking to one another!

Fifth graders are putting SNOTS (Small Notes on the Side) to good use following professional learning with our literacy coach. Students are actively annotating texts to track thinking, clarify meaning, and cite evidence—time-tested literacy practices with a modern twist. Teachers are intentionally modeling how to jot purposeful notes that support comprehension, analysis, and discussion, reinforcing that close reading is not a spectator sport. The result? More engaged readers, stronger text-based conversations, and thinking that’s no longer hidden between the lines. Old-school strategy, new-school execution—and it’s working. 📚✏️

Remembering the past. Embracing the future. RMS was proud to represent our school community at the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade.

RTI in action: Our first graders dove into two texts, comparing and contrasting like seasoned scholars!

Ms. Ellis’ first graders reached for the stars as they used the model telescopes they built to explore the constellation The Big Dipper. Learning looks brighter when curiosity leads the way!

Thanks to Coach Ferrari, our 4th and 5th graders participated in the Bike Rodeo this week, where they learned the laws of the road, practiced safe maneuvering, and sharpened skills they’ll use for years to come. Best part? Every student went home with a bike helmet—because learning sticks best when it’s paired with protection.

Mrs. Zwemer’s students wrapped up their learning by writing exit tickets about what they learned from the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Ms. Cade’s students put on their scientist hats and got to work—testing a variety of objects to see whether light was reflected, refracted, or absorbed.

Mrs. Carroll, our rock-star literacy coach, facilitated professional learning for teachers focused on teaching students to annotate using Small Notes on the Side (SNOTS)—a memorable strategy that’s already sticking, name and all.

Ms. Britner’s class proved that Oreos are far more than cookies—they’re an edible, tactile way to model the phases of the moon. 🌙🍪

In Ms. Davidson’s class, as students studied the Renaissance, they learned about the many challenges Michelangelo faced while painting the Sistine Chapel—cramped spaces, awkward angles, and all. To make that experience feel a little more real, students put themselves in Michelangelo’s shoes by taking on a challenge of their own: drawing what they envision as the future RMS mascot. A perfect blend of history, creativity, and the time-honored tradition of learning by doing. 🎨

Ms. Gilmore's 6th grade students engaged in collaborative research on major events and themes from the period 1789–1800.

Our 3rd grade teachers are spreading positivity one step at a time! 💛 Students walking past their hallway are greeted with encouraging messages reminding them they are capable, valued, and supported—because sometimes a few kind words can change the whole day. Proof that learning doesn’t just happen in classrooms… it happens in the little moments, too. 😊

Students in Mrs. Zwemer’s class explored plane, concave, and convex mirrors—plus everyone’s favorite, kaleidoscopes—as part of their light and sound unit, investigating how reflections and images change with each surface.