October 23, 2025 RCSD Educator Digest
Communications
Peachjar Launching in RCSD on October 27th
We’re excited to announce RCSD will launch a new digital flyer communication tool on October 27th called “Peachjar.”
No action is required on your part. We just wanted to let you know that we are shifting the way we approve and deliver flyers for school and community organizations. Starting next week, we will use Peachjar to send digital flyers home to families via email. Peachjar will offer our parents, guardians, and community organizations a more consistent, efficient, and fully accessible way to connect with the invaluable resources, programs, and services available in our community - and all available in their home language.
To learn more about Peachjar and how it will be an asset to our community check out this 1-minute video.
Upon launch, all parents and guardians will automatically begin receiving these flyers via email. In addition to flyers being sent home via email, a peachjar button will be placed on each school home page. Parents and guardians will be able to click on this button any time they want to see what flyers are available at that school. Peachjar does not replace our current home to school communication system (ParentSquare) and will be used exclusively for the distribution of school/district-approved flyers.
Contact: Jessica Hull
Educational Services
Elementary Report Card Information
Report Card Prep is October 29, 2025.
Report cards must be sent home by Friday, November 21 or with parents at Parent Teacher Conferences. Please work with your principal on if report cards will be emailed or printed and by when. Teachers will have the ability to print their own report card in PTP.
We will have optional Zoom training on October 27th from 2:45pm-3:45pm. Here is the Zoom link.
Resources:
- Elementary PTP- Entering Report Card Grades and Comments
- Running PowerSchool Report Cards- Teachers: This page includes steps on how to run a report card, as well as an instructional video.
- Clerical - Running Spanish Report Cards
Middle School Report Card Information
Final grades are due by Thursday, November 6th at 11:59pm. Report cards will be emailed home on November 7th. A reminder to please make sure you are running your own preview to check final grades. Beginning on November 3rd, we will be importing grades from OTUS into Powerschool nightly. Please begin running your report card previews in PowerSchool at that time to identify any updates that may be needed in your gradebooks. You will need to update grades in OTUS first, and then they will be reflected in PowerSchool the next day.
If you notice grades missing on your report card previews, please double check the standards you are using in OTUS, especially Learning Behavior standards, to ensure they are for the appropriate class. Any changes you make in OTUS will reflect in the report card the following day. We will be reaching out to you if the incorrect standards are being used in your gradebook to ensure report card grades are printed correctly.
Running PowerSchool Report Cards- Teachers
If you need any assistance please submit a Zendesk ticket.
Contact: Angela Garcia
K-5 Benchmark Express ELD
This is a quick reminder about the Benchmark Express ELD materials that are available in Clever. Be sure to check out the Unit and Interim e-Assessments that can provide valuable data to guide instruction and help students build the skills needed for ELPAC success.
Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba
TK/K/1 Foundational Skills Assessments
Just a reminder: Trimester 1 Foundational Skills data for Math and Reading for TK, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade is due in ESGI by October 30th. All assessments can be found in the resources linked below. Thank you for your attention to this!
Contact: Kelly Yusim and Lisa Wegsteen
Personnel Services
Grant for Classified Employees Interested in Teaching
If you are currently a classified employee and are interested in moving into a teaching position, you may be eligible for a grant from PCOE and the CTC to assist with your undergraduate degree or teacher preparation program. Please see this attached flyer for more information.
Calm Health
Calm Health provides meditations, sleep supports, and clinical programs to support your wellbeing in many different ways. You can even use it in the classroom, by searching “kids” in the Discover tab. There you can find 2-7 minute meditations by Cinderella, Belle, Paw Patrol, Thomas & Friends, Trolls, by age (3-4, 5-6, 7-10 and 11-13), and more.
Calm Health is available to all RCSD employees. Please note that Calm Health is separate from the Calm app, and includes everything in the basic Calm. Click the following link for instructions on how to access Calm Health.
Contact: Katherine Goldman
If you are currently a classified employee and are interested in moving into a teaching position, you may be eligible for a grant from PCOE and the CTC to assist with your undergraduate degree or teacher preparation program. Please see this attached flyer for more information.
Calm Health
Calm Health provides meditations, sleep supports, and clinical programs to support your wellbeing in many different ways. You can even use it in the classroom, by searching “kids” in the Discover tab. There you can find 2-7 minute meditations by Cinderella, Belle, Paw Patrol, Thomas & Friends, Trolls, by age (3-4, 5-6, 7-10 and 11-13), and more.
Calm Health is available to all RCSD employees. Please note that Calm Health is separate from the Calm app, and includes everything in the basic Calm. Click the following link for instructions on how to access Calm Health.
Contact: Katherine Goldman
Technology Services
PowerSchool Scheduled Maintenance: Saturday, November 1st 9:00 PM through Sunday, November 2nd, 4:00AM.
The application will be unavailable for most of the maintenance window
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