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Save the Date for next year's school events!
Kindergarten Orientation: Tuesday, August 26, 2025 @ 5:00 - 6:00PM
RL New Family Open House: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 @ 3:30 - 4:00PM
RL Family Open House: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 @ 4:00 - 5:45PM
RL Special Education Open House: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 @ 5:45 - 6:15PM
Spirit Wear Sales: Open houses through Welcome Back Bingo (Closes Friday, September 12, 2025)
Welcome Back Bingo: Friday, September 12, 2025 @ 7:00 - 9:00PM
Fall Fundraiser: Begins Friday, September 12 - September 26, 2025
Bubble Run: Friday, October 3, 2025
Dine to Donate at Chipotle: TBD
Fall Conferences: Thursday, October 9 & Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Fall Book Fair: Thursday, October 9 - Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Veterans Day Display: Submissions due: Thursday, Oct 30 // Display: November 3 - November 14, 2025
Veterans Day Parade: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 @ 9:00AM
Dine to Donate at Jersey Mikes: TBD
Family Fun Game Night @ RLE: Friday, November 21, 2025 @ 7:00 - 9:00PM
Dine to Donate at Pizza T (Fall): TBD
Zero Gravity Adventure Park: January 2026 (TBD)
Teacher's Pet Raffle Ticket Sales: Tuesday, February 17 - Thursday, February 19
Teacher's Pet Raffle + Ice Cream Social: Thursday, February 19, 2026 @ 4:00 - 7:00PM (Drawing at 6:00PM)
Spring Conferences: Thursday, February 26 & Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Dine to Donate at Pizza T (Spring): TBD
Spring Book Fair: April 2026 TBD
Author's Night: April 2026 TBD (with Book Fair)
Kindergarten Round Up: Wednesday, April 22, 2025 @ 5:00 - 6:00PM
Staff Appreciation: Monday, May 4 - Friday, May 8, 2025
Carnival: Sunday, May 17, 2026 @ 12:00 - 4:00PM
5th Grade Party: Thursday, May 28, 2026 @ 4:00 - 7:00PM
P A S T E V E N T S
P A S T E V E N T S
5th Grade Party!
5th Grade Party!
Thursday, May 29 @ 4:00 - 7:00PM
💙💚 Class of 2032 💚💙
Our Rice Lake 5th grade class had a blast celebrating the end of their elementary school journey! From splashes in the pool, to hoops in the gym, getting creative and of course, pizza and a dance party with @djskoolz83! Many thanks to our fifth grade teachers, staff, parent volunteers, and our 5th Grade Party planning crew! Another special thank you to the @rookeryactivitycenter for hosting us - you made our night so special!
🎉 Cheers and hats off to the class of 2032! You will be missed!
Carnival: Sunday, May 19, 2025 @ 12:00 - 4:00PM
Rice Lake’s 2025 Annual Carnival was an absolute hit! From bounce houses to the Hawk Slot, to face painting and carnival games - students and families enjoyed a rain-free day of fun at the school! We have many people, organizations and clubs to thank!!
Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers who signed up to help at the Carnival!
Carnival Planning committee: Jenn Stein, Erin Yankowiak, Marla Urban, Kris Quale, Megan Ramey, Megan Schornstein, and Chelsea Sager!
Local establishments who helped to feed our volunteers: Wiseguys Pizza & Pub (located in Centerville), Starbucks (located in Lino Lakes off Apollo and Lake), and Bruegger's Bagels located in Blaine)
Midwest Roofing Siding & Windows, Inc for their paid sponsorship of the Hawk Slot! This helps the PTO save money to help invest in other things for the school - THANK YOU!
Twins Cities Rush Soccer for their paid sponsorship of DJ Skoolz and Linda Johns, our face painter! This helps the PTO save money to help invest in other things for the school - THANK YOU!
Tom Schoolmeesters / DJ Skoolz for awesome music out on the field!
Amazing face painting by Linda John, who you will find at the White Bear Lake MarketFest on Thursday nights throughout the summer!
North Star Swim Team for sponsoring the Duck Pond carnival game!
Rehbein Transit, Inc for sponsoring the Pop Toss carnival games!
Centennial Basketball Association for sponsoring the Pop-A-Shot carnival game!
Centennial Soccer Club for sponsoring the Soccer Kick carnival game!
Centennial Youth Cheerleading for hosting cheer demos out on the field!
Centennial Girl Scouts for sponsoring the Cookie Toss carnival game!
The Rookery Activity Center for sponsoring the Plinko carnival game!
Centennial Early Childhood for sponsoring the Prize Wheel carnival game!
Centennial High School Boys Golf for sponsoring the Putt Putt carnival game!
Centennial High School Girls Golf Team for sponsoring the Chip Shot carnival games!
Kids Abilities for sponsoring the Fish Pond carnival game!
Centennial Library for providing information about the free summer reading program!
Centennial Wrestling for providing the Push-Up contest fun!!
Cub Scouts for providing Axe Throwing out on the field!
Centennial Youth Hockey Association for providing hockey shoot-outs!
The Centurions - CHS Robotics team for providing robot demos!
Centennial Theatre Dept. for co-hosting the Punch-A-Prize carnival game with the RLPTO!
Our Food Truck vendors who are donating a percentage of their sales back to the school: Hoot Owl Concessions, Mansetti’s, Mi Gente - Tacos Y Mas, Malekü Coffee, and Floyd’s Donuts & Shaved Ice
Centennial Pep Band for playing upbeat music for carnival goers!
Lino Lakes Ambassadors: Amelia, Emily, and Tabitha!
Jump City Party & Tent Rentals for providing the inflatable fun, tables, chairs and tents!
Many, many, many organizations, companies and RLE families for donating items for the silent auction!
Author Night
Author Night
Tuesday, April 8 @ 6:00PM
Join us for this year’s Family Author Night NEXT WEEK on Tuesday, April 8! Arrive by 5:45PM, Visit Starts at 6PM!
Enjoy an interactive school visit featuring reading, drawing, singing, and a book signing—and don’t forget to bring your creativity! Come ready for fun, and leave with your very own comic!
Book sales will be available the night of the event! Be sure to grab your copy and Stephen will sign!
Spring Book Fair
Spring Book Fair
Tuesday, April 8 - Thursday, April 10
After School until 7:00PM all three nights!
Save the date for the Spring Book Fair! Stock up for summer reading with our popular Buy-One-Get-One-Free sale. All items at the fair are included!
Please note that classrooms will not visit the Spring Book Fair during the school day, so we do not recommend creating an eWallet. The Book Fair will be open after school for families to visit. Each purchase helps support RLE Media Center!
Cheap Skate
Cheap Skate
Tuesday, March 25 @ 5:00 - 7:30PM
Another great night at Cheap Skate!
Teacher's Pet Raffle + Ice Cream Social
Teacher's Pet Raffle + Ice Cream Social
Thursday, February 20 from 4-7PM
We had a great turnout for our third annual Teacher’s Pet Raffle and Ice Cream Social, last Friday!! Kids waited with anticipation to see if they won the stuffed animal they were trying to take home. Thank you to everyone who came out and to the volunteers that helped the event run smoothly! We gave away 500 Dilly Bars and were able to raise $4,739 for our school!
Zero Gravity
Zero Gravity
Thursday, January 16 from 5-8PM
The Rice Lake Elementary community SHOWED UP at Zero Gravity! What a fun night, and a great way to spend together and beat the cold weather! Many thanks to our great partners at Zero Gravity Adventure Park in Mounds View - the students had a blast! The school raised over $1,300 during this event!
Pizza T Dine-to-Donate
Pizza T Dine-to-Donate
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 & Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Thanks to all who could make it out to our Pizza T, Dine-to-Donate event! We raised $1,500+ for the school between the two event nights. Thanks to Pizza T for being a great community partner!
Family Movie Night
Family Movie Night
Friday, November 22 @ 7-9PM
What a fun night! Thanks to all who could join us for Family Movie Night!
Fall Book Fair
Fall Book Fair
Family Shop Days were:
Thursday, October 10 & Tuesday, October 15
Thank you so much to all the students, families, and volunteers who came out to the Book Fair. Each of you helped make our Book Fair a success. Every purchase and donation helped provide our school library with great new books for everyone to enjoy!
With just your round up change donations the library purchased 41 new books directly from the book fair. And students can see those on the shelves this week! With more new titles to come, thanks to your generosity.
Thank you to the MANY volunteers who helped our Book Fair run smoothly, and special call-out to Kristin Winksy who continues to coordinate, plan, and spend countless hours leading our Scholastic Book Fairs for the school - THANK YOU!
Jersey Mike's Dine-to-Donate
Jersey Mike's Dine-to-Donate
Friday, November 15 - Sunday, November 17
Thanks to Jersey Mike's location in Blaine off Lexington + 108th for donating 50% of sales back to our school! With the help of our student's families and friends, Rice Lake was able to raise $1,026 back to the school!
Chipotle School Spirit Night
Chipotle School Spirit Night
Monday, September 23 @ 4-8PM
Chipotle donated 25% of sales back to the school for a total for $407.94. Thank you so much for supporting our Dine-to-Donate fundraiser, and giving back to our school community!
Fall Fundraiser
Fall Fundraiser
September 13 - September 27, 2024
We raised $27,063
on a fundraising goal of $24,000
CONGRATULATIONS!!! AND WAY TO GO!
RLE will use funds to support an outdoor learning space, art residency, and to refresh our beloved fish tank this year!
Welcome Back Bingo
Welcome Back Bingo
Friday, September 13, 2024 @ 7-9PM
Rice Lake Elementary - cafeteria
It was great to see so many students and families at school Friday night and welcome everyone back to the school year! A great time was had by all!
Special thank you to Mr. Hellman for stepping in to call Bingo numbers. Thanks also to our many volunteers, everyone who stayed after to clean up the gym, and to those who donated food for the Centennial Food Shelf, Power Pack Program.
Playground Picnic Party
Playground Picnic Party
Saturday, September 7, 2024 @ 11AM - 2PM
Rice Lake Elementary - west side
What an incredible day as a school community, gathering to celebrate each other and our beautiful new playground!
Thanks to all of your dedication in fundraising, we are excited our students have a new space to play.
Rice Lake’s 2024 Annual Carnival was an absolute hit! From bounce houses to the dunk tank, to face painting and carnival games - students and families enjoyed a rain-free day of fun at the school! We have many people, organizations and clubs to thank!!
Thank you to the hundreds of volunteers who signed up to help at the Carnival!
Carnival Planning committee: Jenn Stein, Erin Yankowiak, Marla Urban, Kelly Vulcan, Kris Quale, Megan Ramey, Megan Schornstein, and Sheena Sayre
Local establishments who helped to feed our volunteers: Wiseguys Pizza & Pub (located in Centerville), Kwik Trip (located in Circle Pines at Hodgson & Lake), and Bruegger's Bagels located in Blaine)
Karissa & Reed for donning the Hawk costume for a second year in a row! What troopers!
Midwest Roofing Siding & Windows, Inc for their paid sponsorship of the Dunk Tank! This helps the PTO save money to help invest in other things for the school - THANK YOU!
Mr. Lundberg, Ms. Philgreen, Mr. Hanlon, Ms. Barlett, Mrs. Gerst, and Mr. Carlson for their willingness to participate in the Dunk Tank!
Centennial Swim Team and North Star Swim Team for sponsoring the Duck Pond carnival game!
Rehbein Transit, Inc for sponsoring Cake Walk and Pop Toss carnival games!
Centennial Volleyball for sponsoring the Set-In-Net carnival game!
Centennial Baseball for sponsoring the Baseball Toss carnival game!
Centennial Soccer Club for sponsoring the Soccer Kick carnival game!
Centennial Youth Cheerleading for sponsoring the Pom-Pom Toss carnival game!
Centennial Girl Scouts for sponsoring the Cookie Toss carnival game!
The Rookery Activity Center for sponsoring the Plinko carnival game!
Kids Abilities - Hugo for sponsoring the Fish Pond carnival game!
Centennial Library for providing information about the free summer reading program!
Centennial Wrestling for providing the Push-Up contest fun!!
Cub Scouts for providing Archery!
Professional Karate Studios for providing demos!
Centennial Youth Hockey Association for providing hockey shoot-outs!
The Centurions - CHS Robotics team for providing robot demos!
Tom Schoolmeesters / DJ Skoolz for awesome music out on the field!
Centennial Theatre Dept. for providing musical karaoke!
Our Food Truck vendors who are donating 10%+ of their sales back to the school: Hoot Owl Concessions, Rollin’ Nolens BBQ, Burro Loco, D&D Goodies, and Mansetti’s!
Centennial Pep Band for playing upbeat music for carnival goers!
Amazing face painting by Linda John, who you will find at the White Bear Lake MarketFest on Thursday nights throughout the summer!
Lino Lakes Ambassadors: Carley, Katie, and Libbie!
Jump City Party & Tent Rentals for providing the inflatable fun, tables, chairs and tents!
Many, many, many organizations, companies and RLE families for donating items for the silent auction!
Welcome Back Bingo
Welcome Back Bingo
Friday, September 15, 2023
This annual event is a FREE event to welcome back our Rice Lake Elementary students and families for a fun night of gathering, games and winning prizes!
We collected several bags of food for the Centennial Food Shelf, Power Pack Program
Direct Drive Bubble Run
Direct Drive Bubble Run
Friday, October 6, 2023
Thank you to students, teachers, staff and volunteers who helped make the first annual Bubble Run a great success! It was a great event and the kids all had a blast!
Final numbers and winners from our Amazing PTO Fundraiser!
We are so proud of our school and can’t wait to celebrate with all the school wide prizes.
Take a look at our winners!
Grand Total: $27,850
Grade Level Winning Class Pizza Parties:
Pre-k: Ms Ann Kelling
Kindergarten: Stone
1st Grade: Philgreen
2nd Grade: Nelson
3rd Grade: Gemuenden
4th Grade: Caldeen
5th Grade: Cashman
In addition to these prizes, students earned an All-School Pajama Day, Extra Recess, a Whole School Movie Day.
Zero Gravity
Zero Gravity
Thursday, January 11, 2024
We had a blast at Zero Gravity with 172 classmates, jumping all night! Thanks to Zero Gravity for the donation of $1,718.28!
Way to go Hawks!!
Cheap Skate
Cheap Skate
Thursday, February 8, 2024
What an awesome night at Cheap Skate! Thanks for all who could attend! We hope you had the best time! Special thanks to Karissa for being our Hawk last night!!
This was a great fundraiser for the school - we purchased 222 skate passes and raised $1,551.78 for the school!!
Way to go Hawks!!
Author Night
Author Night
Monday, Aprill 8, 2024
Author Erin Soderberg Downing joined the RLE community for an engaging presentation on the process of writing and sharing her books with us!
Thank you so much for joining us, Erin!
Scholastic Book Fair!
Scholastic Book Fair!
Tuesday, April 16 - Thursday, April 18, 2024
After school from 4:00 - 7:00PM in the Media Center
Thank you so much to all the students, families, and volunteers who came out to the Book Fair last week. Each of you helped make our Book Fair a success. Every purchase and donation helped provide our school library with great new books for everyone to enjoy!
If you missed the book fair, you can still shop online through April 28th.
Our library still earns rewards on every purchase and there is free shipping on book orders $25+. Visit our Book Fair website and click “SHOP NOW”
Teacher's Pet Raffle + Ice Cream Social!
Teacher's Pet Raffle + Ice Cream Social!
Thursday, April 18, 2024, from 4:00 - 6:00PM
RAFFLE DRAWING: Thursday, April 18 @ 6PM sharp
What an incredible night at Rice Lake! This trifecta event with our Spring Scholastic BOGO book fair, Teacher’s Pet Raffle and Ice Cream Social was a lot of fun for all!
We raised over $2,500 during our Teacher’s Pet raffle ticket sales and passed out 500 dilly bars to students and family members! Book Fair totals will be shared soon!
Thanks to all who donated, volunteered and showed up for the fun! Special thank you to our friends at Dairy Queen off Lake & Lexington for supplying our sweet treat tonight!
Those who won “pets” and weren’t able to make the event - Mr. Carlson
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