Hello Roadrunner Families!

Happy New Year, I hope you all enjoyed your winter break.  It has been great to see all our students back in the building and jumping back into learning.  

Please see below about a few upcoming district events.  First off is our Kindergarten Information Fair, which is this Saturday at Fair Crystal.  If you have an incoming kindergarten student come to find out all you need to know about registration, screening, neighborhood schools and magnet lotteries.  There will be fun activities for the students to engage in and you will have the opportunity to interact with staff from all our elementary schools.  We hope to see you there!  We also have a free family candlelight yoga on January 23rd at Robbinsdale Middle School.  Finally, our Superintendent is hosting another town hall meeting to continue to discuss the budget.  Mark your calendars for all these events.  

Cold and flu season is upon us.  When your child is sick please refer to our district guidelines for if your student should come to school.  These can be found on the health services page under Illness and Communicable Disease.  If your child needs to be absent make sure to call the attendance line at 763-504-7410 to leave a message about your child's absence.  

In partnership, 

Principal Smith

Welcome back to school! I’m looking forward to seeing all the students in the music room again!

Here are a few things to look forward to:

Kinder: We will continue to learn about musical opposites through singing, movement, and games.

1st grade: Students will continue developing their singing voice, and work on reading melody and rhythms.

2nd grade: Second graders will learn a new melody pitch and new rhythm, half note.

3rd grade: We will be working on singing rounds, listening for musical elements and learning a new rhythm, sixteenth notes.

4th grade: We will begin a unit with recorders!

5th grade: As middle school registration comes up, please consider registering for choir as an elective. Students have the choice of band, orchestra, and choir at middle school. There are so many great singers in 5th grade, and they would be wonderful additions to our middle school choirs!

Robbinsdale Area Schools invites families, staff, and community members to a Town Hall on Thursday, Jan. 23, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Armstrong High School.

The Robbinsdale Area Schools Board of Education begins 2025 with new leadership and a fresh addition to its ranks.

Apply to join the Reimagine Rdale: Vision 2030 Team. Help lead the transformation of our district.

Robbinsdale Area Schools is excited to welcome families to our Kindergarten Information Fair on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, from 10 a.m. to noon at FAIR School Crystal. ​​​

Please send your student with necessary cold weather wear.  This includes snow pants, boots, winter gloves, hat, coat/jacket and scarf.  Students are expected to go outside for recess daily.  Physician's notes are required when requesting to have a student stay indoors.  When the air temperature is 0 and/or wind chill is -10 or lower, students will remain indoors.  Neill Elementary has limited winter wear items available to loan to students.

Read more for the district's winter weather closing guide.

The Art Is Primary show will run from Dec. 12-29 at the Robbin Gallery in Robbinsdale, which is open to the public Fridays and Saturdays from 1-5 p.m. and Sundays from 1-4 p.m.

Deadline for nominating is Tuesday, Dec. 31.

Many of us struggle at this time of year.

Rdale provides free breakfast and lunch to students daily through Minnesota’s Free School Meals Program. To access additional cost-saving opportunities, we encourage all families to apply for Educational Benefits.

For the 2025-2026 fiscal year, Rdale faces an anticipated budget shortfall of $19-21 million. In coming weeks and months, Rdale will engage the community through transparent conversations.

Robbinsdale Area Schools invites families, staff, community members, and partners to join us for the State of the Budget Town Hall, set for 6:30 – 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at Cooper High School.