November 5, 2026 RCSD Educator Digest

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Communications

Tommy Apostolos Shopping Day
We’re gearing up for this year’s Tommy Apostolos Shopping Day, and we need your help to make it a success. With 500 kids expected to shop this year, we’ll need nearly 1,000 volunteers to make the morning run smoothly.
Start the holidays with a smile - and make a lasting impact in a child’s life. Volunteers will help children shop for warm clothing, shoes, and essentials. It only takes about an hour of your time to make a difference.
Event Details
  • Date: Saturday, December 5, 2026
  • Time: 5:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
  • Location: Kohl’s on Fairway Drive, Roseville
Click below to sign up, and join this incredible community tradition. Closer to the event, you’ll receive shopping instructions. Volunteers must be 18 or older to participate.
Volunteer for Shopping Day 2026.

Tell Us About a Remarkable Student
PCOE is looking for stories about remarkable students that highlight unexpected learning experiences and capture the moments that make public education meaningful. Ideas include:
  • Special Education - A student who has overcome major challenges or achieved an extraordinary milestone. Experiences that highlight inclusion and belonging.
  • Arts - A student whose passion or story shows how the arts transformed their life.
  • Technology and AI - A student leveraging tech, coding, robotics, or AI to solve real problems, innovate, impact lives, improve communities, or tackle personal challenges.
  • Athletics - A student who overcomes adversity or breaks barriers through sports, or a student-athlete juggling rare athletic pursuits with exceptional responsibilities.
Please send your submissions to Sydney Roll by November 20.
Contact: Sydney Roll

Educational Services

2027 GATE Identification Testing
Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) identification testing will take place in January 2027 for current RCSD students in grades 3–7 who are not already GATE identified. This GATE Parent Permission Form has already been shared with families through site communication (teachers do not need to send it out again). This information is just being shared in case parents have questions during conference week. Families interested in this optional testing must complete the form by November 20, 2026.
Contact: Andi Fultz

ELPAC Task Type of the Month: Support an Opinion
This month, we’re highlighting the ELPAC Speaking Task: Support an Opinion. In this task, students are presented with two familiar activities, events, materials, or objects and then asked to verbally form an opinion and support it with relevant reasons. Try it out this month: Have students verbally form and support opinions across subjects. Invite students to make a choice and explain why they made that choice. Encourage the structure of: Stating the opinion, providing one or two reasons , and then elaborating with an example. Check out these ELPAC Task Type slides for a sample ELPAC question and two quick instructional strategies that can be used to support this task.
Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba

Second Step - Elementary
Second Step makes it easy to keep families informed about what students are learning through each unit’s Home Link. As we work through Unit 2: Emotion Management, explore the Home Link pdfs below for each grade level.
Contact: Lauren Ellison

K-5 Math: enVision Curriculum Resources
There is an alternate assessment available for each topic. The formatting and question types look just like the topic assessment, but it uses a different version of each question. This would be great to use as a practice test, or as a retake when necessary. You can find the alternate assessment by going to the topic assessment tab under the topic, select topic assessment, and open the side bar.



Contact: Lisa Wegsteen

Technology Services

Raptor Sign-In Moving to Google - November 10
Beginning Tuesday, November 10, staff will sign in to Raptor using their district Google account instead of Microsoft. This change will simplify access, reduce sign-in confusion, and maintain multi-factor authentication (MFA).
What you need to know:
  • Monday, November 9, at 4:00 PM: Technology Services will transition Raptor authentication to Google.
  • Tuesday, November 10: Please sign in to Raptor using your district Google account and use your current Google multi-factor authentication method (e.g., SMS, Voice, Prompt, authenticator app, etc.).
  • Need Assistance? If you experience any sign-in issues, please contact the Technology Help Desk and we would be happy to assist.

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