Hello Roadrunner Families!

Our staff had a bit of fun this week with a secret spirit week.  Monday we wore flannel shirts and only a few students noticed.  On Tuesday we did ABC (Anything but a cup).  Many students were aware we all were drinking out of things that are not our typical water bottles - some fun containers were a pineapple, a soup can, pots, pitchers, and baby bottles!  Many students were making comments about how we all were being weird.  By Wednesday even more students were on to us and realized we were dressed in all black.  Check out our Neill Facebook page for some fun pictures from this week.  Make sure to give us a like and follow our page.  We put many updates and photos each week!

With the colder weather we are also starting to see more students getting sick.  As a reminder, if your child is too sick to come to school please call the health office at 763-504-7410.  Leave a message with your child's name, grade, classroom teacher, and reason so we can mark them absent for the day.  If you are unsure if your child is too sick for school please check out the attendance tab on our families page for more information.  

There is no school for the next two days.  I was able to join 4th grade's morning meeting campfire today and heard about all the fun things families are doing.  Some highlights included celebrating the Hmong New Year, going to the movies, getting nails done and most importantly, spending time with family and friends and eating food!  Whatever your family is doing I hope you enjoy some time off and we look forward to seeing you all in December!  

In partnership,

Principal Smith

Congratulations to our third grade students who performed an awesome concert on Family Night! It was wonderful to see so many families. We are having a busy fall in the music room!

Kinder: We are singing silly songs like “Down By the Bay” and “A Dinosaur Just Ate My Lunch”!

1st: We are working on using our high singing voices and discovering loud and soft by playing a game called “Lucy Locket.”

2nd: Second graders are playing rhythm instruments with the rhyme “Loose Tooth” and reading rhythm and melody notation.

3rd: After the concert, we learned about three styles of music: Disco, Sea Shanty, and Opera.

4th: Fourth grade students worked in small groups to compose a phrase to add to a classroom composition about school subjects.

5th: We started learning the song “Lean On Me” and are discovering more about Dakota and Ojibwe Pow-wow music. Special thanks to the Rdale American Indian Education Department for the resources we are using in this lesson.

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Many of us struggle at this time of year.

As the winter weather is approaching we wanted to take this opportunity to remind you of the e- learning plan for Robbinsdale and specifically the Neill plan. 

If the weather is unsafe for school (typically extreme windchill or large snowfall) the district will communicate via phone, email, text, social media, and with local news media letting you know it will be an e-learning day.  The district ran a test last week, if you did not receive the test notification please call the main office at 763-504-7400 to update your contact information.  

An e-learning day is considered a school day and the students will be assigned work to complete at home.  This is asynchronous, meaning there will not be any required google meets for the student to join.  

The following is an outline of the day: 

• 7:15 - 8:30 - Teachers plan time for the e-learning day
• No later than 8:30 - Teachers will post the plan to SeeSaw/Schoology and will also email it to families
• 10:15 - Attendance is taken for the day - students are present if they 'like' their teacher's post, or by families replying to the email from the teacher.  
• 8:30 - 2:05 - Students complete assignments, teachers are available via voicemail or email.  
• If your family does not have the ability to connect to the internet for any e- learning, your child can be given a printed copy of the activities upon returning to school. 

All work should be completed by the end of the day, and no longer than one week after the e-learning day.  

If an e-learning day should occur, additional communication will be provided as soon as we are able.  

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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.

The results are in, and voters in Robbinsdale Area Schools (Rdale) have approved the renewal of the district’s Capital Projects Technology Levy, which supports essential technology investments across the district.

Voters have re-elected incumbents Helen Bassett and Greta Evans-Becker and elected Aviva Hillenbrand to the Robbinsdale Area Schools Board.

Robbinsdale Area Schools earns Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Association of School Business Officials International.

Election Day is fast approaching, and it brings decisions that will affect our lives on many levels.