1/7- 7th & 8th Grade SKI CLUB forms due to Mr. Kelly

1/13 - 7th & 8th Grade Orchestra Concert 7:30 pm

1/13 - RHS Program of Studies Presentation for Class of 2026 students and parents 6:30 pm (virtual) 

1/17 - NO SCHOOL: Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service (see more below)

1/19 - Fundraising Night at Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza

1/24-1/28 - International Week

1/26 - Fundraising Night at Nick Filet

1/31 - Yearbook orders due to Jostens (see more below)

**See the full year RTSD District Instructional Calendar HERE

The Radnor Township School District Parent-Teacher Organizations (RTSD PTOs) are excited to offer a variety of ways for the Radnor community to give back and learn during the sixth annual district-wide Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service on January 17, 2022.

This year's event will feature:

1. Kickoff Districtwide "Day of Giving" on January 17, 2022 from 10am-1pm at Radnor High School.  Please join us in donating the below items:

• Size 6 diapers, Size 4T/5T Pull Ups, and Advance Similac Formula for City Team
• Toiletries for the Wayne Food Pantry
• Gently used books for Centro de Apoyo Comunitario
• Toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss for Community of Volunteers in Medicine
• $25 gift cards to Acme/Target/Walmart* 
• Letters and drawings of welcome and encouragement* 
• Cradles to Crayons items - please see wish list here
• PB&J sandwiches to support Life Center of Eastern Delaware County   (can be made at home and individually packed in Ziploc; 2 sandwiches can be placed in a brown paper lunch bag)

* Letters/drawings and gift cards will be included in Welcome Packets given to newly arrived Afghan refugees. 

2. Weeklong donation collections at each school

· RES will collect toiletries for the Wayne Food Pantry

· WES will collect gently used books for Centro de Apoyo Comunitario; and toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss for Community of Volunteers in Medicine

· RMS will collect $25 gift cards to Acme/Target/Walmart and letters/drawings of welcome and encouragement to be included in welcome packets for Afghan refugees at Nationalities Services Center.

· RHS will collect items for Cradles to Crayons

3. Read-Aloud for elementary school students on MLK Day, 1/17 at 10am on zoom (elementary schools will share more details on specifics).

Specifically at Radnor Middle School, we are partnering with Nationalities Services Center, a Philly non-profit organization that provides comprehensive services to empower immigrants and refugees to thrive in our communities and pursue a just future. Students and families can give back and learn about NSC in 3 different ways:

1)      View a 5-min video (We Are Neighbors) that introduces the kinds of people served by NSC and the hope that immigrants and refugees have for a better life in Philadelphia.  [Content Warning: Mention of violence at 3:10. Parents/guardians are advised to watch with students.]   

2)      Donate! NSC is collecting physical gift card donations to grocery stores (Acme is preferable) and general retailers (Target and Walmart are preferable) in $25 amounts for newly arrived Afghan refugees.  

3)      Create letters and/and drawings of welcome and encouragement to newly arrived Afghan refugees. English is fine (Pashto and Dari are the major languages for Afghans). Please keep your messages positive and encouraging. Messages can be aimed at adults, teens, or children. Messages should not include your full name or any personal contact information.  

Any questions, please contact shuwen.wang@gmail.com

You may have received an email directly from Jostens soliciting orders for the 2021-2022 RMS Yearbook.  That email was not spam, it was the school's yearbook publisher, and the order deadline is fast approaching.

If you are interested in ordering a yearbook for your student, you may do so here.  The yearbook development and publication is a school-sponsored event and all questions can be directed to Mr. Achenbach.

A separate email will be sent shortly to 8th Grade families with some additional details and asks for the yearbook.

On December 22nd, all 8th graders received a special take-home Holiday Treat Bag from the PTO. The treat bags included hot cocoa, Hershey Kisses, candy canes, Rice Krispie treats, and Milano cookies. Thank you so much to all of the 8th grade families that generously contributed items for the treat bags.

Mr. Achenbach is looking for baby pictures of the Class of 2026 for the yearbook.  Pictures can be brought in to school to be scanned or parents can email them directly to him at andrew.achenbach@rtsd.org. The larger the file, the better.

If you have other pictures that feature your student/friends from their RMS days, please feel free to send those in to Mr. Achenbach as well.  Pictures should only feature RMS students.

Unfortunately due to the uptick in Covid cases, the administration has postponed the tentatively scheduled 7th Grade Social on February 11. This is a PTO sponsored event, and the PTO will continue to work with the administration to determine if/when it can be rescheduled.  Watch this space for more.

• Jannie Lau, Taral Vyas, Cindy Korenberg, and Dr. Wiedlich for hosting a successful STEM Night
• Cindy Korenberg for organizing and ensuring the PTO-sponsored take-home Holiday Treat Bags were delivered to the 8th Graders on December 22
• Kate Sanderson, Victoria Multicultural committee hosted a cookie exchange on 12/17 at Rogeria Kaisermann's house. 
• Evelyn Guo and Natasha Thomas for planning the December fundraisers (Main Point Book Sale & Holiday Gift Card Drive)
• YOU – for making our Winter donation projects a success.  The RMS PTO donated over $1500 in gift cards to RMS Students in Need, 57 Crew Neck Sweatshirts and filled all Winter Wonder Project requests.