Principal’s Message
Good evening Ridgecrest families,
Ridgecrest is working hard to make attendance a priority this year. We cannot teach your children if they are not at school. To help incentivize this for our students we select class winners who have shown great attendance each week. These students receive a small prize and the chance to win a scooter multiple times throughout the school year. So far our attendance has remained close to 94% of students at school each day. This is pretty good! Our school goal is 95%. Please help us to reach this by making attendance at school an everyday habit that your family celebrates as well!
Thrive Time
This week we will have our first digital citizenship lesson. We will teach our children about how to be respectful of each other not just in person but online as well. Technology is a big part of our lives and it is important they learn how to use it responsibly!
Million Minute Reading Challenge
Wow, our students are really reading! Students have logged 12,069 minutes on Beanstack this week. This brings our total minutes read for the year up to 57,349 minutes!
Our great participation lead to our school earning the Pathfinder Badge from Road to Success. This badge notes that we have at least 50% of our students participating in our reading challenge so far. Our goal this week is to get every student reading.
Here are our current school stats:
1st Place: Zhao Homeroom2nd Place: Bryner Homeroom3rd Place: Lecker Homeroom
The official Road to Success Challenge started this week and we are off to a great start. Keep it up tigers!
DLI Lottery for 2025-2026 Open!
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 continue to be open 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.
Morning Drop Off
Adult supervision is not available before school until 8:25 AM. We are experiencing an increasing number of students who are being dropped off too early which is not safe.
As a reminder:
Children cannot be left at the school before 8:25 AM because they will not be supervised. The only exceptions are for students who are part of a designated activity with an adult in the building or if they eat breakfast starting at 8:15 AM.
Digital Citizenship Week
October 14-16, 2024, Canyons School District will be participating in our annual Digital CitizenshipWeek. As part of the Thrive Time curriculum adopted by the board in June of 2024, students get a lesson approximately every month around digital citizenship issues. Some of the topics include:
● Media balance & well-being
● Privacy & security
● Digital footprints & identity
● Online relationships & communication
● Cyberbullying, digital drama, & hate speech
● News & media literacy
For the week of Digital Citizenship in October, we want to make this a time of celebration, awareness of the importance of digital citizenship, and a reinforcement of the skills they are learning throughout the year. Please take time toask your student about what they are learning and the fun activities they are participating in.
We are also sharing resources for families in the attached fliers if you would like more information on this topic.
Ridgecrest is Hiring!
We have an open position in our school. We are hiring an individual to assist our students during lunch time and supporting small groups in various classes through the day. The position is 24 hours per week. If you are interested in being a part of the Ridgecrest Team, please click here for more information.
Lost and Found
We have a lot of items in our lost and found at Ridgecrest. All items have been laid it out in the flag hallway in the center of our building. We will be encouraging our students to check the lost and found before it is donated on Friday 10/11. You are also welcome to come before or after school to check the lost and found with your child.
Halloween
Halloween is quickly approaching. We will be holding our annual Halloween Parade as well as our classroom parties on Tuesday, Oct. 31st. The parade will start at 9:00 inside and we will proceed outside to the parade route by 9:15. Parents are encouraged to line the parade route and cheer us on. The parade route is attached below.
Dress code still applies on Halloween, so please help your child to pick an appropriate costume. Here are the guidelines from our district policy:
- No face masks or full face paint. We need to be able to visually identify students in costumes.
- Costumes that are provocative, revealing, sexual in nature or employ questionable props are not permitted.
- Costumes that depict violence, alcohol, or drugs are not permitted. Fake (or real) weapons are not permitted.
- Costumes that can be offensive or perpetuate a stereotype of someone’s culture, gender, heritage or religion are not permitted.
- Costumes should not hinder your ability to participate in classes
- Costumes should include shoes
- Costumes and dressing up is optional
From Our PTA
Hello Ridgecrest Families,
This past week was the first week of our before and after school activities. We truly hope that your students are enriched through what they have chosen to participate in, whether it be Chess, Runners or Book Blitz Jr., we enjoy enhancing their experience at Ridgecrest.
A couple things about the programs:
First, we Love our Volunteers, if you would like to volunteer at the school in any capacity you need to have signed up to volunteer through Canyons District. Here is the link if you have not done that yet. volunteer.canyonsdistrict.org<favicon.ico>
If you plan to volunteer at the Halloween partiers this is necessary. Second, please don’t drop off and leave your student early for these programs. For example, Ridgecrest Runners begins at 7:45 please stay with you student until 7:45. If you drop them off and go there is not an adult there to supervise. Thanks.
The prize winners for our fundraiser were announced and distributed this week. Please check your students’ backpacks, we would don’t want to see those go to waste.
Memberships and Spiritwear
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!
The Deadline to order Spiritwear is November 1st. Please get your orders in before that Friday…they could be great holiday gifts.
Zupas Community Night Our Next Community Night is this Tuesday 10/8 at Zupas. You should see a flier in your students’ backpacks, although here is the information. We appreciate your support and will see you there!
Also, We have a fun and informative instagram page! Follow us!
http://www.instagram.com/ridegcrest_pta
Mission of PTA “To make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.”
Go Tigers!
Warmly,
Brooke SchneiderRidgecrest PTA PresidentRidgecrest1pta@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
October 7: PTA Meeting at noon
October 8: Community Night at Zupa’s 4-9 PM
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
October 22-25: Red Ribbon Week
October 25: End of the 1st quarter
October 31: Halloween Parade
November 1: Wired Well – Assembly & Make-up School Pictures
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 Allen
Principal, Ridgecrest Elementary
