October 16, 2025 RCSD Leadership Digest

Educational Services

2025-2026 Spelling Bee
If you are interested in participating in the Spelling Bee this year, please complete the Google Form below by Friday, October 24th. This year, the top eight spellers at each grade level district-wide will be invited to the District Office for the County Written Spelling Test portion. For more information, please see the timeline below.
25-26 Spelling Bee Interest Google Form
25-26 Spelling Bee Timeline
Contact: Kelly Yusim

Site District Professional Development October 31st
Please see the information in the Educator Digest

Mitel - 911 Alerts
Multiple principals have reached out asking about their TICs receiving 911 alerts. There are two options for TICs if they would like to receive alerts.

• Alerts can be sent to their email when a 911 call is placed at your site.
• Alerts can be sent to their email and cell phone. This would require them to download the Mitel app on their phone.

These are not requirements however some have asked. Please have a conversation with your TIC to see what, if anything, they would like to do. It is important that this information is accurate as we need to purchase licenses for the App. No licenses are needed for email alerts.
After you have a conversation with your TIC(s), please email me with their name, email and cell (only required if they want the app) if they are interested. Please state if they want email only or email and app. Reach out with any questions.
Contact: Rachael Peck

October DELAC Meeting
All DELAC representatives, who were entered on the DELAC Site Representative Form, have been welcomed to the 25-26 DELAC team and invited to our first DELAC meeting. That being said, it is not too late to add a representative to the team! If you find a representative at any point throughout the year, please add their information to the link above and I will reach out. If you would like to join our October meeting, please click HERE on October 21st at 5:00. Many thanks.
Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba

EL & RFEP Progress Monitoring
It is time to complete our fall EL and RFEP Progress Monitoring process. If they have not done so already, EL Site Leaders will be connecting with principals to make a plan for supporting teachers in completing monitoring forms by 11/7.
Contact: Jennie Ruvalcaba

Admin Email Groups
The email groups of our administrators have been updated. Please use these groups moving forward.

• Leadership (includes everyone that attends Leadership)
• Elementary Principals
• Elementary Assistant Principals
• Middle School Admin
• Middle School Assistant Principals

There is not a group labeled “Principals” anymore.

Second Step Tier 2 Lessons
Second Step has launched Tier 2 lessons for 3 different focus areas: Emotions, Thoughts, and Feelings, Relationships and Prosocial Skills, and Executive Functioning in grade spans (K-2, 3-5, and 6-8). The lessons are designed to be used as another layer after Tier 1 instruction, particularly for small groups of students. Click here for an overview and here for an alignment chart between Tier 1 and 2. Feel free to share this with anyone who runs Tier 2 small groups to enhance continuity in the ways we support students across tiers.


Contact: Lauren Ellison