staff who worked hard to

show the community our

students have GRIT!!!

Congratulations to our

RBES Broncos who rode in

the Bulverde Jubilee Parade

on Saturday, September

14th. Our RBES students

won the Best School Spirit

Award! A big thanks to all

the students, parents, and

RBES will be hosting a Pizza

Night on October 8th at 6:00

PM in the cafeteria. Superin-

tendent Andrew Kim will be

here to speak about the up-

coming November 5th Bond

Election.

Parents will also have the chance

to learn about the new GRIT

character education program

that Comal ISD is implementing

this year.

Our October 8th event will also

kickoff our WatchD.O.G.S. Pro-

gram for the 3rd year! All dads

or dad figures are welcome to

attend to learn about the pro-

gram, sign up for volunteer dates,

and buy their WatchD.O.G.S. t-

shirts.

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RBES Shows Their School Pride

Three Events In One - October 8th

C O M A L I S D H E B U L V E R D E

E L E M E N T A R Y S C H O O L

O C T O B E R 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2

S A V E T H E D A T E S !

10/4 Donuts and Dyslexia;

7:15 to 8:00 in RBES Li-

brary

10/4 PTA Open Board

Meeting; 1:30 in RBES

Cafeteria

10/7 to 10/11 Campus-

Based Common Assess-

ments

10/7 Report Cards Sent

Home

10/7 Last day to register to

vote

10/8 Mr. Kim to discuss

Bond Election and

WatchD.O.G.S. Kickoff,

6:00 in RBES Cafeteria

10/9 Early Release at 1:15

10/14 Taste Test Kickoff

with Chef Mario at lunch;

Broccoli

10/14 National School

Lunch Week. Parents

invited to eat lunch with

their students

10/17 Bike Rodeo; 8:00 to

11:30

10/18 Rahe Rahe Rally; 1:45

10/22 Early Voting at RBES;

7AM to 8PM

10/22 Any Baby Can—

Parents of Special Needs

Students Presentation

10/22 Taste Test Tuesday;

Jicama

10/22 3rd Grade Musical;

6:30

10/22 Fall individual pic-

tures

10/23 Early Release at 1:15

10/28 Early Voting at RBES;

7AM to 8PM

Bronco News

P A G E 2

Early Voting at RBES

RBES Bike Rodeo - October 17

Got G.R.I.T.? G.R.I.T. = Growing Responsible Individuals

Together

Character trait education is about instilling a

work ethic, learning from failures, developing

leaders, problem solving, having compassion

and giving to others. The students will be

awarded spirit sticks for practicing these

moral traits: Honesty, Integrity, Sportsman-

ship, Respect, Confidence, Responsibility,

Perseverance, Courtesy, & Judgement

Enrich your student’s vocabulary by using

these traits at home so we can make charac-

ter education part of their daily life!!!

Mark your calendars—Andrew Kim, Superin-

tendent of CISD will be talking about the im-

portance of character education on October

8th at 6:00 in the RBES cafeteria.

day of the event. Parents

are welcome to come

watch and cheer on their

children. Bicycles should

be dropped off at RBES

between 7-8 a.m.

on October 17th. Early

drop-off (Wednesday from

5-6 p.m.) may be available if

RBES's Bike Rodeo will be

held in the morning on

Thursday, October 17th

from 8;15 to 11:15

a.m. More details will be

coming home with your

children. There is no need

to register in advance. Vol-

unteers are needed on the

there is enough inter-

est. Please contact Jolene

Knighton

(joleneknighton@gmail.com

/ 830-980-3573) if you are

interested in early drop-off,

would like to volunteer, or

need more information.

11:30 Jana Grohman of Any

Baby Can will be here to speak

to Parents of Special Needs

Students (see last page of this

newsletter for more informa-

tion). 3rd grade will be per-

forming a musical at 6:30.

October 28th from 5:30 to

6:30 Parents are invited to

participate in RBES Get Fit!

There will be a healthy choices

food demonstration by Comal

ISD Chef Mario as well as an

opportunity for parents to

learn about and participate in

the Fitness-gram that students

do in

their

P.E.

classes.

Rahe Bulverde ES will be hold-

ing early voting on October

22nd and October 28th.

Please come by and vote in the

upcoming elections.

During these times Rahe Bul-

verde will be hosting activities

for parents and students to

participate in.

October 22nd from 10:30 to

B R O N C O N E W S

This month our highlighted

character traits are:

Honesty—Being truthful when I

break a rule

Integrity—Doing the right thing,

even when no one is watching.

Judgement—Making good choices

after thinking about all the

options.

Shopping

Extravaganza

The annual RBES Shop-

ping Extravaganza to be

held November 21st 3:30-

6:30 in the school cafete-

ria. Vendors needed. Con-

tact Leigh-Ann Shrum

mamaroxhi5@yahoo.com

for more info.

Save the

Dates...continued:

10/28 and 10/29 Early Re-

lease for Parent Confer-

ences

10/28 RBES Fit & Healthy

Living Family Night 5:30 to

6:30 in RBES Gym and Cafe-

teria

10/28 Cookie Dough Kick off

10/29 Taste Test Tuesday;

Mango

11/1 Earth Dome Visit

School Health Advisory Meetings

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 2

The SAHC meetings are open to all

interested parties of students (PTA

members and non-members). We

offer these meetings at various sites

of the school district and host top-

ics that are related to maintaining

healthy lifestyles.

Meeting Dates

October 1st, 8:00 AM; Indian

Springs Elementary

Speaker on Physical Activity at

home, Tracie Hammond

November 19th, 8:00 AM; Garden

Ridge Elementary

Speaker on Nutrition and keeping it

healthy over the holidays.

February 4th, 8:00 AM; Mountain

Valley Elementary School.

Speaker on Heart topics and CPR.

Amy Newman will bring speaker

for Heart messages. Meeting to be

followed by a CPR Training lead by

Amie Stewart and

possibly others.

April 15th, 8:00 AM; Smithson

Valley Middle School

Speaker on development, Red

Flags to watch out for in your

middle school student

Please call for any questions or

more information.

Healthy Lifestyles chair: Rhonda

Jahns, Comal Council of PTAs

210-274-7112

Crockpot Chicken

Enchilada Stew

www.paleomg.com

2 lbs chicken breasts

1 yellow onion, chopped

1 green bell pepper, chopped

1 -4oz can of chopped jalepe-

nos

1 –4oz can of chopped green

chiles

2 T coconut oil

1 –14oz can of diced tomatoes

1 –7oz can tomato sauce

3 garlic cloves, minced

1 T cumin

1 T chili powder

2 t dried oregano

Salt and pepper to taste

Optional: Items to garnish—

cilantro, avocado, etc

Optional: Whole wheat tortil-

las

Add the chicken to your crockpot.

Throw in the rest of your ingredi-

ents (except optional items) on top

of the chicken.

Cook on low 8-10 hours or high 6-

8 hours

When it’s done cooking, use two

forks to shred the chicken. Top

with optional garnish. This recipe

can be eaten as stew or made into

delicious shredded chicken tacos!

Try these healthy recipes for your

family this month!

Breakfast Cookies

(glutten, soy and sugar free)

1 cup of almond butter

1 egg

1/4 cup of honey or pure ma-

ple syrup

2 1/2 to 3 cups of mix-ins of

your choice (raisins, coconut,

flax seeds, etc.)

1/2 t vanilla

1/2 t cinnamon

1/2 t baking soda

1/4 t salt

Mix all ingredients well, and drop

by spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet.

Flatten each cookie slightly and

bake for 13 minutes at 350°.

(Because of the stickiness of the

almond butter, it is recommended

to use parchment paper on top of

your cookie sheet)

Nutritional Recipe Ideas

TASTE TESTS

TUESDAYS ARE

COMING!!!!

The Healthy Lifestyle Commit-

tee will be double daring stu-

dents to try unique fruits and

vegetables. The kickoff with

Chef Mario will be October

14th. The first taste test will be

Tuesday October 15th.

on your own. To ensure you

receive your Spirit Stick for

turning in 50+ Box Tops,

please include the student’s

name, teacher’s name, and

grade level on each page you

turn in. Each page has space

for 25 Box Tops.

When clipping & pasting your

Box Tops, please make sure

to include only valid Box Tops

that are not expired. If you

have any “Bonus” Box Tops,

please turn those in separately

– do not paste to the collec-

Earn a special Box Tops Spirit

Stick for collecting 50+ Box

Tops! The fall due date for

turning in your Box Tops is

October 15th. It’s OK to turn

them in early, too – you can

give them to your teacher or

drop them off in the school

office for the PTA mailbox.

Please use the special collec-

tion sheet (included in the

newsletter) for your Box

Tops – additional copies are

available in the school office,

or feel free to copy the form

tion sheets – you can put the

Bonus Box Tops in an enve-

lope or baggie with your stu-

dent’s name and teacher’s

name and clip them to your

collection sheets.

For more information about

Box Tops for Education, in-cluding how you can earn Box

Tops by shopping online, you

can go to www.BTFE.com.

You can also contact Laurie

Rodriguez at 830-438-4335

with any questions. Thanks,

and happy collecting!

Box Tops for Education

Square 1 Art Fundraiser

We have been working on our Square

1 Art fundraiser projects in Art and

they look amazing! Look for more

information on this fundraiser in the

next few months.

ARTIST’S

CORNER

See the end of the

newsletter for the

Box Top Collection

Sheet

P A G E 4

B R O N C O N E W S

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

This year’s theme is

BELIEVE, DREAM,

INSPIRE

Watch for entry forms to come

home in backpacks soon.

Any questions? Email Shari

SanRoman at jssr@satx.rr.com

Never to early to start

those creative minds

churning…

2013—2014 Reflections Pro-

gram will begin the 1st week of

October and deadlines for en-

try will be the last week of Oc-

tober.

ings and

descrip-

tions. After

completion of

the project, we

discussed how,

even though eve-

ryone looked dif-

ferent, it didn’t

change who each

child was inside. Many

students realized that

“we shouldn’t judge a

book by it’s cover.”

Marshmallow Chal-

lenge: This activity

allowed teams to en-

gage in creative think-

ing skills and team-

building experi-

ences. Working in

groups of 2 or 3, stu-

dents were given 20

sticks of spaghetti, a

yard of masking tape,

a yard of string and

a marshmallow.

What was the the

challenge you may

be wandering? To

build the tallest,

freestanding, struc-

ture possible that

held the marshmal-

low on the top -- in

about 20 minutes.

OldBooth

Morph/Writing

Activ-

ity: Students

used an app

called

“OldBooth”

to create

an image of

themselves that

used their own face,

however also included

that of another person’s

features. The students

then wrote a descriptive

summary about them-

selves and the key was to

not tell who they

were. People

were to fig-

ure out

who the

students

were

through

their

writ-

Reflections Program

Starting the Year

with SAGE

P A G E 6

Thanksgiving Food Drive and White Christmas

Any Baby Can Where: RBES Room 220

When: October 22nd, 10:30

to 11:30

Who: All Parents of Special

Needs Students in the com-

munity

Please RSVP and direct

questions to Erin Alexander

at

erin.alexander@comalisd.org

or 830.885.1641

annual Thanksgiving Food

Drive. Please watch for

flyers to be coming home

next week with list of

items, along with a bag to

fill with foods, toiletries,

etc..and/or envelope for

monetary donations. The

food drive will be held from

November 4-14, 2013.

White Christmas/Angel

Tree will then start after

the Thanksgiving Break and

run December 2nd through

December 12th. Once the

tree is setup in the main

foyer of the school, please

stop by and pick up your

angel! The angels will be

White Christmas will be

kicking off November

2013!!

PLEASE MAKE SURE

THAT YOU WATCH FOR

THIS VERY IMPORTANT

INFORMATION IN YOUR

CHILDREN’S BACKPACKS

& SATCHELS! IT IS ALL

OF YOU, OUR RAHE

BULVERDE FAMILIES

THAT MAKE THIS ALL

POSSIBLE AND MAKES A

DIFFERENCE HELPING

THOSE OUT IN OUR LO-

CAL COMMUNITY AT

THIS SPECIAL TIME OF

YEAR!!

We will start off with our

on a first come first serve

basis.

Any monetary donations

will be used for Thanksgiv-

ing as well as Christmas.

Volunteers that signed up

to help in the beginning of

the school year please

watch for emails, and any-

one that signs up through

paperwork that will be

coming home will be added

to this distribution list!!

B R O N C O N E W S

Autism Parent Training,

Support, and Education

Health and Wellness

Program

Any Baby Can provides ser-

vices to families of children

from birth to age 12 who

have a chronic illness, disabil-

ity, developmental delay or

health risk.

We are inviting all Parents of

Special Needs Students in

the Bulverde/Spring Branch

area, not just those from

Rahe Bulverde ES. Please

come learn about this won-

derful program!

The RBES Parent Resouce

Center will be hosting a

community-wide presenta-

tion for the Parents of Spe-

cial Needs Students.

Jana Grohman of Any Baby

Can will be present an infor-

mational meeting highlighting

the services that Any Baby

Can provides free of charge

to qualifying families.

These services include:

Case Management

Sibling Support Groups

Center for Infant and

Child Loss

APEX Fun Run

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

APEX FUN RUN was SEP-

TEMBER 19th! It was

AWESOME! Thank you

to all parents/guardians

that came out to cheer

kids on and/or volunteer.

WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT

WITHOUT YOU!!!

Pledges are being collected thru

Wednesday, September 25th. We

look forward to announcing the

total pledged!

THANK YOU PTA SPONSORS!

BUSINESS SPONSORSHIPS STILL AVAILABLE—Contact Jennifer Wyatt @ jwyatt21@hotmail.com for more info.

Parish and Company

www.parrishandcompany.com

TSM Digital Printing

www.tsmdp.com

K. Charles & Co.

www.kcharlesco.com

Brian Smith Orthodontics Bulverde North Dental Hatch 5

830. 438. 1110

West Ridge Construction Bulverde Hills Dental Smithson Valley Physical Therapy

Nustar Frost Bank

Were on the Web!

http://www.rbes.my-pta.org/

Baptist Emergency Hospital

www.baptistemergencyhospital.com