Upcoming Dates
- Fri Oct 14th – Midterm Progress Reports Coming Out
- Mon Oct 17 – Parent Workshop w/ Heather Tang from Deschutes County
- Thurs Oct 20th – School IN SESSION at Realms Middle and High (different from the district)
- Fri Oct 21st – No School @ RHS/RMS (EL Education PD Work)
- Mon Oct 24th – Annual Realms Wreath Sale Kick Off
- Fri Nov 4th – Picture Re-take Day
- Wed Nov 9th & Thurs Nov 10th – Student Led Conferences
- Friday Nov 11th – Veteran’s Day. NO SCHOOL.
Connect Parent Workshop Offered October 17th
Parenting is not always easy and straightforward these days, and we ALL can use help, advice, and expert advice! The overall goal of the Connect Workshop is to positively influence parent-child dialogue in regards to the harms of marijuana and other potentially risky adolescent behaviors including but not limited to; adolescent gambling, gaming and digital screen use.
Realms is offering this amazing workshop free of charge, and we encourage any parents to attend. Please do RSVP ASAP – more info and sign up here.
Fieldwork at 7th & 8th Grade!
Our Fall fieldwork season for 7th and 8th graders is in FULL SWING! Students are venturing out to collect watershed (8th gr) and forest (7th gr) related data, meeting with local scientists and experts, and generally doing some very high level applied ecology work! All the while, they are building a strong “sense of place” and ethic of stewardship through writing and art.
This is how learning should be!
Upcoming 7th & 8th Grade Fieldwork Dates:
| Tuesday | 10/11 | 9:30-3:00 | 8A & 8B | Shevlin Park |
| Thursday | 10/13 | 9:30-3:00 | 8A & 8B | Tumalo Creek |
| Friday | 10/14 | 9:30-3:00 | 7A | Ryan Ranch |
| Monday | 10/24 | 9:30-3:00 | 7B | Ryan Ranch |
| Tuesday | 10/25 | 9:30-3:00 | 8A | Tumalo Creek |
| Thursday | 10/27 | 9:30-3:00 | 8B | Tumalo Creek |
| Tuesday | 11/1 | 9:30-3:00 | 7A | Ryan Ranch |
| Thursday | 11/3 | 9:30-3:00 | 7B | Ryan Ranch |
| Tuesday | 11/8 | 9:30-3:00 | 8A & 8B | Tumalo Creek |
| Wednesday | 11/9 | 9:30-1:20 | 8A & 8B | Tumalo Creek |
HOW TO SUPPORT FIELDWORK?
If you are able to, please consider making a fieldwork contribution through Friends of Realms. As you can imagine, fieldwork experiences require budget well in excess of what our school is given as part of our “regular funding”. Fieldwork is 100% funded by Friends of Realms, which in turn is supported solely by fundraising efforts each year. Your support makes a huge difference in our ability to offer these kinds of rich fieldwork experiences.
Midterm Progress Reports & Checking Grades!
Parents can check their student’s grades at ANY TIME using ParentVue.
At RMS, ParentVue is the GO TO place for students and their parents/guardians to see academic grading information. Canvas is the workflow tool for students but NOT the gradebook. This is different than other schools in our District who are using Canvas as the default gradebook!
For all middle school students, we strongly encourage students to visit ParentVue every week or two for a quick check! The transition to high school isn’t always easy, and it takes ALL OF US to stay on top of any “slips” as early as possible!
If you have not yet been on ParentVue, we strongly encourage you to go there ASAP! You can view your student’s attendance data, their grades and assignments and MUCH MORE!
If you need help accessing your ParentVue account, start here on this help page. If that does not provide the information you need, please call our office and we will help you get logged in. Email [email protected] for middle school ParentVue support.
This SHORT video can help you better understand the grading system at Realms MS and HS:
Office Info: ALL THINGS ATTENDANCE
Please read on to find out what to do if your child will be ABSENT, will arrive LATE, or will be PICKED UP EARLY.
If your child will be ABSENT, please:
- call our attendance line at 541-355-5515 to leave a voicemail, OR
- email our attendance address at [email protected]
- PLEASE leave us your name, number, child’s name and reason for absence.
If your child is LATE to school, please:
- walk them in the front doors to sign them in OR send them in with a note to hand into the main office. Without a note or a signature, they will be marked Late Unexcused.
If your child needs to be PICKED UP EARLY for any reason, please:
- call our attendance line at 541-355-5515 and leave a voicemail indicating when you will be arriving and the reason for leaving early;
- walk in the front doors when you get here to physically sign them out (If you called earlier, they will be most likely be waiting for you, or if not, we will go get them for you);
- If you arrive without calling ahead, come on in and sign them out and the office will send someone to get them for you.
If you received a robocall saying that your child was marked absent but you think they should be at school:
- call our main line at 541-355-4900 and we will check on them for you.
We really appreciate when you are able to solidify and clarify end-of-the day plans with your child BEFORE school starts, but we understand that it may not always be possible. If you need to get a message to your child during the school day, please call our main office line at 541-355-4900 and we will do our best to get the message to them.
Student Led Conferences – Coming Nov 9th – 10th
SAVE THE DATES! Wednesday Nov 9th in the afternoon and Thursday Nov 10th in the morning.
We will be sending out more information AND a sign up tool very soon, but for now, we want you to give you a heads up that we will have conference slots on Wednesday between 2:15PM and 7:45PM and then again throughout the morning on Thursday. Stay tuned for details.
At RHS, Student Led Conferences (SLC’s) are an IMPORTANT part of the journey to becoming a Leader Of Your Own Learning and as such, we ask ALL 9th and 10th grade students to complete an SLC with a parent, guardian, or relative twice per year.