Principal’s Message
Good evening Ridgecrest families,
We are so grateful to our community for your efforts to help us with our fundraiser. Every donation from 1 cent on up makes a difference.
We reached our participation goal as a school so each child received the card game Sabobatage and gift certificate to Stirs. These items were generously donated to our school. Please look for these in your child’s backpack. Way to go Tigers!
I also want to take a moment to recognize our fantastic attendance. Our school goal is to reach 95% attendance as a daily average. Showing up each day is the first step to a great education. We can’t teach your children if they aren’t at school. This past week, we averaged 94% attendance! Thank you for making attendance a priority.
Thrive Time
Our focus with Thrive Time lessons this week is being a supportive friend and learning about how to work together as a team. We will teach about the importance of supporting each other and communicating with respect. These skills help our children in every area of their lives.
Million Minute Reading Challenge
Our school will be hosting a Million Minute Reading Challenge again this year. However, we are partnering with Road to Success to try and make tracking student reading minutes more simple.
Ridgecrest and Road to Success will be hosting various challenges throughout the school year to help motivate students to read 20 minutes each day. Students will log their minutes using Beanstack through their Clever accounts and will then be eligible to win prizes throughout the school year. One lucky winner will win a bike at the end of the year.
Our first challenge started the beginning of September and was good practice for students learning our new system. To date we have:
- 40,585 minutes read!
- 237 active students on Beanstack
- 1st Place Class: Hubley Homeroom
- 2nd Place Class: Zhao Homeroom
- 3rd Place Class: Chen Homeroom
The official Road to Success Challenge starts tomorrow! We will update you regularly on the progress we make toward reading One Million Minutes as a school this year. Please see the attached flier for more information.
DLI Lottery For 2025-2026 Opens Tomorrow!
Are you, or someone you know, interested in enrolling your child in our Chinese Dual Language Program for the 2025-2026 school year, but would like more information? An informational meeting for parents will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Canyons Center at the Canyons District Office, 9361 S. 300 East in Sandy.
The window to apply to enroll your child in Dual-Immersion will be open Monday, Sept. 29th through Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2024. A lottery will be held to determine entrance into the programs if the number of applicants exceeds the seats available per entering class. Information about CSD’s immersion programs and the application process can be found at canyonsdistrict.org.
Drop Off and Pick Up
Just a reminder:
When using our drive through lane and our parking lot, left hand turns are not allowed during drop off and pick up time. Traffic creates a circle that is unable to move if cars turn left. Please be respectful of everyone trying to pick up their children in a timely manner and turn right as you leave our parking lot.
Community Ed at Ridgecrest
Canyons School District offers many after school programs at schools across the district. At Ridgecrest we are offering the Art Haven class and it starts Tuesday, October 1st. It is not too late to sign up. Please see the attached flier for more information.
From Our PTA
Hello Families,
Thanks again to all of you who contributed to our Fundraiser. We are so appreciative of any and all donations. We hope your students like the card game that was given to every student last Thursday as a prize.Only a few things this week..
PTA Programs Starting this week:
Book Blitz Jr. Book Blitz Jr. is launching soon and we’re thrilled for another fantastic year! This program is for 3rd-5th graders and promotes literacy beyond the classroom by offering incentives for reading from a curated list of books and participating in team-based competitions. Our kickoff meeting will be held on October 3rd, after school, and we invite all interested students and their guardians to join us to learn more. Please register using this link.
Chess ChampsWe are excited for your chess program this year. We will be meeting Wednesday Mornings throughout the school year. The first meeting will be on October 2. If your student is interested, Please Sign up below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsRH9hjVYXQNtHQ5ncDCqEcDEVgDmSP3cvgbh3NfPgb3wKSw/viewform
Memberships and Spiritwear
givebacks.com<memberhub.png>PTA Memberships and Spiritwear are still available to purchase at the above listed website. If you have not signed up for PTA yet…Sign Up!We are scheduled to get the first wave of spirit wear orders early this week, so please look for that to come home with your student.
Also, We have a fun and informative instagram page! Follow us! http://www.instagram.com/ridegcrest_pta
Go Tigers!
Warmly,
Brooke Schneider
Ridgecrest PTA President Ridgecrest1pta@gmail.com
Additional PTA Opportunities
PTA Reflections 2024/2025We’re excited to announce it’s REFLECTIONS time again!! 🎉
This year’s theme: “Accepting Imperfection”
Every student invited to participate and all entries due Oct. 25th, 2024
Ask your child, “What do you think accepting imperfection means?”, let them reflect, and watch them create!! They can enter as many of the following categories that they would like, but only one entry per category:
- Literature (i.e. a poem, short story, narrative)
- Music Composition (audio files only, all types of music welcome)
- Photography (child must take the photo)
- Film (child must hold the camera)
- Visual Art 2D (Something you could hang on a wall- use any medium that lays flat)
- Visual Art 3D (i.e. sculpture, carpentry, jewelry, ceramics, diorama, something you typically wouldn’t hang on a wall)
- Dance Choreography (child must create the choreography)
Every student who enters receives a certificate and a prize! ⭐️
Parents will submit entries online here: utahpta.org/ref and please make sure you check the rules for the specific category your student is entering by clicking here: https://www.utahpta.org/reflections-rules-category-faqs ✨
After you’ve submitted your child’s entry online, please send any art pieces to the front office for display at the school so we can all be inspired ✨
Deadline: Friday, October 25th
Questions? Contact Emily Featherstone @ emilyLfeatherstone@gmail.com 💛
Important Dates
September 30: STEAM Squad starts! 8:10 AM
September 30: DLI Lottery opens for 2025-2026 School Year
October 1: Road to Success reading challenge begins
October 2: Chess Champs Begins
October 3: Book Blitz Begins
October 4: Tiger Pride Begins
October 7: PTA Meeting at noon
October 9: Meet the Candidates Night at Union Middle School. See the attached flier.
October 13th: Digital Citizenship Week
October 17-18: Fall Break – No school
October 21: Teacher work day – No school for students
Contact Info
If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us at:
- (801) 826-9250
- sara.allen@canyonsdistrict.org
- www.ridgecrest.canyonsdistrict.org
Sincerely,
Sara AllenPrincipal,
Ridgecrest Elementary
