RM Bacon Weekly

Mrs. Gandy's student voted

Bacon Bears,

After a long and busy Halloween week filled with excitement and activities, it was nice to have a three-day week! Those three days certainly flew by, especially as we all adjusted to the time change.

We hope everyone enjoys the four-day weekend and has an opportunity to relax, recharge, and spend some quality time with family and friends. It is a well-deserved break!

Looking ahead, next week is our only full week of school in November! With the holidays quickly approaching, the rest of the month will be here and gone before we know it. Let's make the most of our time together, keep our students engaged, and continue building on the great things happening throughout Bacon School.

Thank you for your continued hard work, flexibility, and dedication to our students and school community. Enjoy the long weekend, and we look forward to seeing everyone back next week!

RTI Update – First 6-Week Cycle Complete

Our RTI team has completed its first six-week intervention cycle! On Monday, RTI staff will not be pulling student groups as they take time to review student progress, analyze data, make adjustments to groups as needed, and establish new goals for the next intervention cycle.

As part of this process, the team will identify students who have made sufficient progress to be released from intervention services, as well as students who may need additional support or consideration at this month's I&RS meeting for a possible CST evaluation.

The RTI team will be available in their room throughout the day on Monday and welcomes teachers to stop by during their prep or lunch to discuss individual students, progress, or concerns.

Thank you to our RTI team and classroom teachers for their continued collaboration and commitment to helping our students succeed!

Character Strong Comes to Life in the Classroom!

Mrs. Somers shared a creative activity that combined literacy, creativity, and social-emotional learning! After reading It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse!, students designed their own jack-o'-lantern faces to represent emotions within the four emotional quadrants of Character Strong.

What a fun and meaningful way to help students recognize, understand, and express different emotions while connecting classroom learning to our Character Strong initiative!

Thank you, Mrs. Somers, for sharing this great example of SEL in action!

Attendance Champions – First Week of November!

Congratulations to our classrooms that achieved outstanding attendance during the first week of November!

98% Attendance

Mrs. Gandy
Ms. Martinez
Miss Anton
Ms. Spencer

97% Attendance

Ms. MacAvoy

96% Attendance

Mrs. Lore

Great job to these teachers and their students for making attendance a priority!

As we continue our schoolwide focus on reducing chronic absenteeism, every day matters! Thank you to our staff for encouraging students to be in school, building positive relationships with families, and reinforcing the importance of showing up ready to learn.

Weekly Overview

Monday - 11/9 - A Day - Monday Motivation, 8:40 AM;

Tuesday - 11/10 - B Day - Beyond the Bell Food Distribution

Wednesday - 11/11 - C Day - MP 1 Ends

Thursday - 11/12 - D Day - PBIS Team Meeting, 9:30 AM

Friday - 11/13 - E Day - Wear Bacon Gear

On the Horizon....

Pictures from around the school

Donations for the Feast

Ms. Candy won the GOOSE

Mrs. Somer's Character Strong

Chilling out on the slide

Birthday Selfie

Great minds dress alike

Great Minds Dress Alike

Ms. Berry won the GOOSE

Keep on Movin

Great Minds Dress Alike

Mrs. Gandy's students voted

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Dr. Spike Cook, Principal
R.M. Bacon Elementary School | Millville Public Schools

Pumpkin Carving in Kinder

Bacon Bears,

One School, One Mission, Infinite Possibilities!

What an incredible week at Bacon School! Between Red Ribbon Week, our Halloween Frolic, and our Halloween Parade, our school was filled with excitement, school spirit, and wonderful memories!

Throughout Red Ribbon Week, our students participated in activities celebrating healthy choices and positive decisions. Our Halloween Frolic was another tremendous success! It was wonderful seeing so many families come together for an evening of fun, costumes, trunk-or-treating, and our haunted hallway. A huge thank you to our staff, volunteers, and families who helped make the evening possible!

We wrapped up the festivities with our Halloween Parade, and it was great seeing our Bacon Bears showing off their costumes and enjoying the celebration!

October Attendance Winners!

Congratulations to our classrooms with the highest attendance rates for October!

1st Place – 98%

Mrs. McLaughlin

2nd Place – 97%

Ms. Martinez
Miss Anton

3rd Place – 96%

Mrs. Gandy
Mrs. Rodriguez
Ms. Ruberton

Great job to these classrooms! Remember, every school day matters, and consistent attendance makes a difference!

PBIS Coin War Begins November 2!

Get ready for some friendly competition! From November 2–24, our classrooms will collect spare change to support our PBIS program.

The top-collecting classes in grades K–2 and 3–5 will earn the opportunity to silly string a teacher, and our top-earning students will get to silly string the principal!

A Shortened Week Ahead!

Just a reminder that we have a three-day school week. There will be no school on Thursday, November 5, or Friday, November 6, due to the NJEA Convention.

Thank you for another amazing week and for everything you do to support our Bacon Bears!