Rising Star Elementary

05/01/2026

Happy Friday & First of May! There are officially 11.5 schools days left in the year - and we are on a roll. This past week we celebrated music with our 5th and 6th Grade Band & Orchestra Performances at SMW - they were incredible! Next week is Staff Appreciation WEEK! We are so excited to celebrate this amazing Star Staff over this next week - please see a link to our staff favorites and the SPIRIT WEEK theme!

Over the next couple of weeks we are gearing up for Field Days and end of year celebrations and final assessments - these kids have worked so hard this quarter, and we are looking forward to celebrating all their efforts. Have a wonderful weekend, Stars! https://app.smore.com/n/uf5q8

Jess Risinger & Shaunita Galloway

Star Community Update

05/01/2026

Happy School Lunch Hero’s Day to our amazing Star Cafè Kitchen Staff! We are the luckiest ✨

05/01/2026

See you tonight!🕺🌟

04/29/2026

We need your help with our School Lunch Kindness Drive. Rising Star currently has a large school lunch debt. Let's come together as a community to pay it forward by helping students with unpaid lunch balances.

Checks can be made to Rising Star Elementary and dropped off to the front office! Every dollar goes toward clearing negative balances!

04/28/2026

This weekend is our last restaurant night of the school year. This one will be especially sweet! Saturday, May 2 at Fifth & Emery! Be sure to mention Rising Star at check out and 20% of sales will be donated! 🌟🍨

04/27/2026

04/27/2026

We can't wait to see your child's special talent! Students must come prepared with any music, instruments, props, etc. to the auditions. We will provide mats, music stands, piano, and microphones, as needed. Please send any music they are using for auditions on a CD or thumb drive on May 1st. Or you can send it digitally to Ms. Schulteis at kerischulteis188@smsd.org.

Acts may be no longer than 2.5 minutes, and all content must be school appropriate (judges will stop acts that are not and they will not be allowed to audition or perform). Students will perform for a panel of judges on Friday, May 1st during the school day. Judges will select students based on preparation, stage presence, and creativity. The rubric can be found here that the judges will be using. Ms. Schulteis will let everyone who tries out if they are in the show the day after auditions on May 2nd through the email provided on the sign up (I will also have a paper giving that information to your student on Monday, May 4th). The Talent Show will be on May 14th.

If your child is performing in a group, make sure to fill out the permission form for your own child! If you have more than one child trying out from your family you only need to fill out one response. Auditions are closed to families, but you will be invited to the Talent Show if your child is in it! Please fill this out no later than April 29th. The sign up will close at 10:00pm on April 29th.

04/27/2026

Come dressed in your best with neon accessories with your Father, Relative, or Other Guy! 🎉

04/25/2026

Happy Friday Star Community! WOW The turnout at last night's Cultural Night was truly REMARKABLE! Every year this event grows, and we truly love being able to welcome our community in to share the things that are important to them and their families with others. Connection builds our culture. A huge shout out to 1st Graders and 5th/6th Grade Choir for incredible performances this week as well - Mrs. Peterson puts on quite show and we are so very lucky to have her leading our music program.

We wanted to put our last spirit week of the year in the newsletter a week EARLY so that everyone can have plenty of time to plan out their outfits! Spirit Week will be the week of May 4th-May 8th - this is our Staff Appreciation Week! We will be celebrating our incredible Star Staff all week, we invite you to participate in celebrating by encouraging students to write kinds notes or cards to our staff and hardworking teachers. We truly have the best! https://app.smore.com/n/tvy1a

Have a wonderful weekend!

Jess Risinger & Shaunita Galloway

Star Community Update

04/24/2026

Rising Star Cultural Night is truly always the event of the year. & every year just gets better and better - we love our Star Community - thank you for making tonight so special ✨🫶

04/23/2026

We will see you tonight at the Rising Star Cultural Night!