UPCOMING DATES:
- Tue Feb 20th – Some Crews To Trampoline Zone (Beck/Lynda and McAllister/Luke)
- Wed Feb 21st – Butler Day!!
- Wed Feb 21st – Parent Action Crew and Site Council (6:30pm) – All Welcome & Info Below!
- Fri Feb 23rd – RMS After School Ping Pong Tournament
- Mon Feb 26th – Fly Up Day for 8th Graders
- Wed Feb 28th – Senior Ski Day
- Wed-Thurs Feb. 28th & 29th – Student Led Conferences
- Thurs Feb 29th & Fri Mar 1st – No School @ Realms – Conferences & PD
- Mon Mar 4th – Neighborhood High Schools hold 8th Grade Info Nights
- Tue Mar 5th – Life & Career Readiness Night. 6:00PM at Caldera HS (District Event)
- Fri Mar 8th – 8th Gr STEM Elective “Rube A Thon” Fieldwork
- Thurs Mar 14th – KID FAIR – A Celebration of Learning at RMS
- Fri March 15 – No School: End of Trimester 2
THANK YOU FOR TAKING YOUTH TRUTH SURVEY!
We will share results from the Student Survey soon, but here are a few of the “summary scores” on the Parent Survey.
First off – THANK YOU… we had great family participation in the survey… the highest of all the middle and high schools. Thank you for being engaged!
And secondly… while there is ALWAYS room for us to improve (and this is just one set of data) we feel pretty great about how you as parents perceive we are doing!
The orange bar shows our percentile score can see our overall percentile score compared to all other Youth Truth schools nationally AND the smaller beige bar below that shows the range of Bend LaPine middle schools and high schools for comparison. The “bottom line” is that RMS and RHS score very high nationally, and at the top of all Bend LaPine schools!
Realms High School Parent Survey Summary
Realms Middle School Parent Survey Summary
RHS ENJOYS HIGH GRADUATION RATES!
The average 4 year graduation rate in BLSD is 83.6%… at Realms High it is 92.6%!!
Realms HS out-performed the District in all subgroups including students who are economically disadvantaged, students with disabilities,
UPTICK IN UNCHARGED iPADS – YIKES, HELP!
We are seeing an serious uptick in students bringing uncharged iPads to school and finding themselves unable to access critically important schoolwork during the day because their iPads are not charged. This is especially true and impactful for our middle school students.
One “interesting” thing we often notice is that these students usually DO have a fully charged phone! In other words, they are able to and are remembering to charge their phone but not their iPad. YIKES!
Parents – you can help by checking in each evening and each morning to help your student build a HABIT of plugging in their iPad EVERY EVENING in the same way that they plug in their phone every evening!! This includes a regular habitual time and place for iPad charging!
THANK YOU FOR HELPING YOUR STUDENT BUILD THIS CRITICAL HABIT!
JUST 4 WEEKS LEFT IN TRIMESTER 2!
For high school students in particular, this is important to keep in mind! Just 4 weeks left in this trimester. There is ONE week of trimester 3 before Spring Break.
RMS TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT!
FRIDAY FEB 23RD 4:00 – 6:30!
Mr. White, our amazing Mind & Body teacher, is hosting a pong pong tournament for anyone who wants to improve their skills and compete in a fun event!
Cost is $10 and sign ups are here on TouchBase. You must sign up and pay by end of day Wednesday (2/21) so Mr White can build brackets!
Pizza and drinks provided. Get ready to play this fast and fun sport!!
PARENT ACTION CREW AT REALMS – GET INVOLVED!!
Hello Realms Parents,
My name is Angela Villalobos and I am your Coordinator for the Parent Action Crew (PAC)The PAC is a group of parents/guardians who get together once per month to help support the ongoing needs of Realms teachers, staff and students.
PAC and Site Council Meeting: Please Join us for PAC updates, ways to be involved and hear what’s going on at Realms. Please join us Realms at 6:30pm, this coming Wednesday February 21st at 6:30pm
We Need Your Help! There are several ways you can help in the coming months:
Student led conferences: Let’s show the teachers our appreciation by feeding them a meal on Wednesday February 28th Please see the link below for ways to contribute to the meal. Any questions please email [email protected] Link to contribute to the meal: Realms Conference Meal
Graduation Night . Each year the PAC is responsible for planning the graduation party for our Realms Graduates. Let’s plan a memorable night for our Graduating class! Please join us at Realms at 5:30pm this Tuesday, February 20th at 5:30pm
Support our Teachers by stocking their staff kitchen: An amazing PAC member has created an Amazon Wish list to supply our teachers with ongoing snacks in the staff kitchen. Check out ways to contribute: Realms Breakroom wish list Items purchased on the Amazon wish list will be sent directly to the school. Thank you for helping.
Classified Staff Week: Realms has 14 classified staff members. The PAC Appreciation Committee has been working to plan the week. Details coming soon on how you can help Classified Staff week will be March 4th-8th
MORE TO COME:
- Wednesday March 20th 6:30pm PAC meeting at Realms
- Wednesday April 17th 6;30pm PAC meeting at Realms
- Friday April 26th AND Saturday April 27th BANFF Film Festival at the Tower Theatre. PAC needs your help to build our raffle baskets. Email for more information.
- May 13th-17th Teacher Appreciation Week. Email if you would like to be involved with the planning of this week!
- Saturday May 11th Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show. Details on how you can help coming soon.
- Wednesday May 22nd PAC and Spring Site Council meeting 6:30pm at Realms.
- Tuesday June 11th Graduation and Grad Night party.
- We need your help, please reach out with questions, ideas or want to help email [email protected]
FLY UP DAY FOR 8TH GRADE – FEB 26TH
On Monday February 26th, our 8th grade students will have the opportunity to visit their forecasted high school to participate in a fly-up day. The goal of this day is to get students into their high school to learn about the many options they will have the following year. We will be busing students to over to their forecasted high school from 10:00AM to 12:00PM this day and are looking forward to them experiencing a little bit of the high school. Keep an eye out for the permission forms!!
If your student is attending another high school on an Area Change Request (ACR), please touch base with our main office to discuss options for transportation on this day. Students on ACRs are not provided transportation to their school. We may however, have some options available this day depending on which school your student chooses to attend on an ACR.
Students attending Realms HS will have the opportunity to meet new classmates and participate in RHS orientation activities.
STUDENT LED CONFERENCES @ RMS & RHS
WHO: Conferences at the RMS and RHS will be student led, and we are aiming for 100% participation! All grades except 12th.
WHAT: Students will be preparing to lead the conference by gathering evidence of learning and reflecting on their growth and next steps in each of their classes (with help from their crew teacher).
WHEN: Wednesday Feb 28th (PM) & Thursday Feb 29th (AM)
HOW: Parents, you should have received an email directly from your student’s crew teacher with a link to the sign up tool. Families should get signed up for ONE SLOT with their student’s CREW TEACHER. During the conference, students will discuss and answer questions about any/all of their classes. Sign up EARLY for more slot selection/availability!
If you have any other questions at all about this process, please email [email protected].
If your family requires TWO student led conference slots in order to accomodate family dynamics, please contact your student’s crew teacher to arrange.
| Middle School Conference Form Links | ||||
| 6TH GR CREWS | 7TH GR CREWS | 8TH GR CREWS | OTHER (see your invitation email) | |
| Kat Tomsic | Laurie Rice | Rob Wooldridge | Delaney Morse | |
| Lynda Beauchamp | Ian White | Phoebe Schaab | Dante Biancucci | |
| Jake Zywicke | Bethany Skau | Eric Beck | ||
| High School Conference Form Links | ||||
| 9TH GR CREWS | 10TH GR CREWS | 11TH GR CREWS | OTHER | SENIOR SKI DAY |
| Karen Rose | Anita Thompson | Tyler Running | Renee Herman | no |
| Brandon Russell | Heidi Dixon | Lauren McAllister | Brian Matylewicz | conferences |
| Elinor Wilson | Yen-Ling Wang | Luke Martin | for seniors | |
If you need to cancel, re-arrange or re-schedule your conference, please call Jill at 355-5506 or any of our office team can help you re-schedule.
INTENT TO RETURN FOR 2024-25
Each year students in 6th-11th grade at RMS and RHS are guaranteed a spot for next year and do NOT need to reapply! HOWEVER, we do ask you to let us know your intent so we can be sure to communicate with families on our waitlist about any possible openings.
There is no urgent deadline yet, so if you are still weighing your options, please reach out to us ASAP so we can advise, problem solve and support! Ideally we’d like to hear back from everyone by no later that April 1st.
RHS FORECASTING FOR 9th-11th GRADERS
If you are a current RHS 9th – 11th grade family you should have received a forecasting email recently from Jill Deckman Cooper, our Curriculum Secretary. In case you missed it, here is all the info! Please complete the grade specific form/link in the PDF below by Friday February 23rd.
KID FAIR – A CELEBRATION OF LEARNING AT RMS
Parents, friends and relatives, be sure to mark your calendar and plan to join us for this awesome annual tradition at Realms Middle School. See student work, enjoy performances and more!
8TH GRADE INFORMATION NIGHTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOLS
Monday March 4th:
Our comprehensive neighborhood high schools each hold an Info Night for rising 8th graders. Realms HS and Bend Tech have already held ours. Here is some info for those of you attending neighborhood high schools… each schooll has its own flyer:
LIFE & CAREER READINESS NIGHT
Join us at Bend La Pine Schools’ Life and Career Readiness Night on March 5th from 6:00-7:30 pm at Caldera High School. This event, welcoming all Bend La Pine Middle and High School students and families, marks the launch of our new college and career-oriented platform, SchoolLinks.
Discover your path after high school – whether it’s college, a career, the trades, or a gap year. Explore 14 different programs from COCC and OSU right in your backyard. Engage with over 30 local career opportunities, including representatives from the Armed Forces, Saint Charles Medical Center, the City of Bend, Deschutes County, Bend Parks and Rec, and more.
Indulge in local food truck offerings and consider a culinary career while entering a raffle for a chance to win one of two laptops! The Life and Career Readiness Night at Caldera High School on March 5th, sponsored by East Cascades Works and the United States Coast Guard, is your gateway to a brighter future. Don’t miss out!
