Principal for the Day

From Principal Lola,

a Today I am the principal.    So far it has been very fun. I went into almost all the   classrooms.   And the best part is I get to invite friends to lunch.  He even let me use his computer.  Well that has been my day so far good bye for now. 

I  got to eat a lot of pizza with my friends Salma, Bianca, Kayla,  and sophia.  it was fun!!!!!   we had tons of laughs. now that is all bye-bye.   

Working at the Principal's Desk

Listening to Victor with his Wax Museum Report

Friends for Lunch

 Eating pizza at is yummy

 Having a good time and silly faces with friends

Relaxing after a hard day of Principaling!!

Spirit Day Disney Day

Friday, January 31st was our Disney Spirit day.  Students dressed up as their favorite character or in other Disney related outfits.  Ms. Schwarzbach's class won the Spirit Stick with the highest number participating.  Here are some pictures from the day.

 Our Student Council leading the Spirit Assembly

 Students eagerly awaiting the winner of the Spirit Stick

 Leading the School Song

 Announcing the winner

 Presenting the Spirit Stick to the winning class

Student of the Month

We held our Student of the Month ceremony today.  We recognized students for their hard work in December for reading, improvement, and great character.  I would like to thank our teachers for all of their work with our students as well.

Rollingwood Spelling Bee 2014

The top 30 students spellers in 4th and 5th grades were  invited to participate in the Rollingwood Annual Spelling Bee today.  The bee is sponsored by The Scripps National Spelling Bee with schools participating from throughout the US.  The bee went 10 rounds with the winner and runner-up coming from Ms. Schwarzbach's class.   Joshua Lopez came in first and Yoochan Lee second.  Joshua will now participate in the written semi-finals at Lawrence Hall at UC Berkeley on February 22nd.   I would like to congratulate all of our students for their fine effort.

 The Bee Begins

 Nervous contestants between rounds

 The audience cheering for their champion

A serious moment

 Ms. Sherwin announcing the words, Ms Droege and Ms. Hall as our Judges.  

 Just a few left

The winner and runner-up

Mom congratulating the winner

Organics Recycling Begins at Rollingwood

We started our Organics Recycling Program today at Rollingwood.  Students and staff are making an effort to reduce waste and save money through decreasing the amount of our garbage collection bill.  I have a few pictures to show how it went today.

 The Green Team help our younger students with their recycling

 Unopened food items ready for recycling

 Recyclables are paper, glass, and some plastic items.

 By recycling our trash is reduced by 80%.  This is all of the trash we produced during lunch.

 Organics bins with food products, some paper, and our new compostable trays.

All of the trays we used today.  That's over 100.