During our Triple I Day Inquiry project on Wednesday, January 26th interested students had the opportunity work on basic automotive repair and maintenance skills by providing service to our RAS School Van. Students were able to engage in demonstrating their knowledge of checking/cleaning filters and fluids, perform intereior cleaning and maintenance tasks, and make plans for future needed maintenance and repairs.
Reminder- No school on Monday, January 16th in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
Official first day for new RAS Art Instructor Matthew Thornton. Mr. Thornton had a tremendous first day learning with a great group of educators focused on providing resources, supports and opportunities for students, families and the greater community.
Friendly reminder: RAS staff will return to school for an in-service day on Wednesday, January 4th. RAS students will return to school on Thursday, January 5th. We hope you enjoy the last couple days of Winter Break!
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It’s always a combination of stress and celebration during this time. We are happy to assist 1️⃣7️⃣ students complete their requirements for graduation this semester! Achieving this milestone allows for opportunities to move on to bigger and better things! Congrats!
**Thank You** First Christian Church for providing cold weather items for our students. They are greatly needed and much appreciated. Thank you for your ongoing support!!
**THANK YOU** St. Mark Lutheran Church for providing Christmas gifts for our students with children for the 6th year in a row!!! Each child received diapers, clothes, and a toy! We continue to be humbled by your generosity!!
RAS Staff can be considered an embodiment of lifelong learning. We celebrated FIVE staff members who recently completed degree programs in education! Mr. Eddins and Mr. Krause completed their Master of Science in Special Education. Mrs. Stoneking and Mr. Keller completed their Master of Arts in Education-Secondary Teaching and Mr. Thornton completed his degree in Art Education! Education is a continuously evolving part of our society and being open and willing to learning and trying new methods is vital to staying relevant! Congratulations to OUR graduates! ❤️🤍🎓🎉🥳🤍❤️
2nd Annual Holiday Blessing FREE Give Away
When: Saturday December 17th 12:00-4:00 pm
Where: Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church 801 W. Market Street Bloomington
Free Gently used clothes, shoes, toys & household items. Men, Women and children’s items, all sizes! A hot “to go” dinner will be provided.
All items and dinner will be provided on a first come first served basis while supplies last.
The holidays came early for our Middle School student this year! Thanks Debbie Horvath for the generous donation of sweatshirts to our kiddos. The new attire will keep them warm through the winter, in dress code, and most importantly in class.
It is December now- the season for focused work and blissful learning
The 40th annual Children’s Christmas Party for low-income families will be held Saturday, December 10th from 9 a.m. – noon at the Midwest Food Bank, 2031 Warehouse Road in Normal. There will be a gift and food distribution along with a special guest appearance: Santa! This will be a drive-in, drive-out event and packages will be loaded in vehicles. Children are welcome but do not have to attend. Registration is required and can be accessed at shorturl.at/FGUY5. Please sign up no later than Monday, December 5th. This event is brought to our community by the McLean County Chamber of Commerce and the local Trades and Labor Unions
Congratulations to former RAS student/family services coordinator Kevin Jones on being honored as one of the IPCF Philanthropist of the Year. We are so proud of your intentional efforts to make our community, region, country and world a better place!
The Boys & Girls Club is hosting their annual Holiday Shopping Spree for our Boys & Girls Club families and a limited number of community families. Families walk through the shopping area and pick out toys, winter items, and other necessities for their children and family including a food box with all the fixings for your Holiday dinner.
Distribution of toys will be Saturday December 17th from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.
To sign up for a time slot and for more information contact Leslie Adams at 309-829-3034 ext. 112 or ladams@bgcbn.org.
We are grateful to all veterans, but have a special affinity to Mr. Folkens and Mr. Eddins for their service - Past and Present :)
💚 Today, RAS Staff participated in Project Oz’s #WearGreenDay for #NRPM2022 💚
👨🏻🍳🍗👩🏿🍳🍠👨🏼🍳🍎👩🏾🍳🥖🧑🏽🍳🥔👩🏻🍳🧈🧑🏼🍳🫓We had another great Inquiry Day today as part of our III Wednesdays! Students had to take a food handlers course and pass the ServSafe exam to earn a certificate in order to participate in our holiday cooking class. Students were taught how to be cost-effective with food (utilizing local food pantries, etc), in addition to how to use small kitchen appliances to prepare full meals. We prepared a one-pan Thanksgiving meal and apple crisp, all with food from our pantry using kitchen equipment we purchased through grants from PNC and the Illinois Retired Teachers Association Foundation. Kenji, one of our ISU TCH 212 students, was on-hand to help out and offer his sous chef skills, which came in handy!
Friendly Reminder- No School Tuesday November 8th
RAS students will have the opportunity throughout this school year to participate regularly in mindfulness and yoga activities. We are partnering with Kelly H. from Unit 5's Special Education Department, who also happens to be a certified yoga instructor. We hope to help students redirect scattered energy and regain peace and focus!
Another great III day- the inquiry lesson was focused on automotive technologies, EV's, review of automotive trends (past and present), and we made some future plans as well. The Sun was shining and a few students wanted to prep a 1965 Plymouth Barracuda for it's winter hibernation.
