Principal’s Message
Good evening Ridgecrest families,
What a wonderful time we had at Ridgecrest last week. We had great fun and excitement as students voted for their favorite university, BYU or U of U, while supporting our families with food donations. We also celebrated our veterans with a community effort. We heard from service members, families of service members, learned about our military and service opportunities, and highlighted the musical talents of our own students. Thank you to our fantastic PTA, our Ridgecrest staff and students, and everyone who pitched in to make all this happen. It was a great week to be a Ridgecrest Tiger.
Million Minute Reading Challenge
We are making great progress toward our school reading goal and I want to share the exciting news with you.
- 165,588 total reading minutes have been read this school year toward our 1 Million Minute goal!
- We have reached 90% student participation using Beanstack and the Road to Success program.
- 21,743 minutes were read this past week.
- Our top 3 classes with reading minutes during this past week were:
-1st Place: 1st grade Lee with 2,270 minutes.-2nd Place: 5th grade Forsey with 2,114 minutes.-3rd Place: 2nd grade Lecker with 2,060 minutes
- And, we are currently in 1st place among schools in Canyons School District, and 13th place in the state!
We are so proud of our reading Ridgecrest tigers! Keep up the great reading.
Ridgecrest Food Drive
Requesting a Care PackageIf your family would like to receive one of our care packages, please complete this Food Drive Form.
We will have care packages ready to be picked up on November 11th, between 7:30 – 8:30 AM OR from 4:00 – 5:00 PM. Any care packages, not picked up by the end of this day will then be donated to the Brighton High School food pantry.
If you need help or clarification about receiving a care package, please reach out to our front office at (801) 826-9250.
STEM Night
We are excited to announce the return of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Night happening on November 19th, 2023 at Ridgecrest!Our STEM teacher, Alicia Freeman, and a team of volunteers will be facilitating a large variety of STEM activities that are different from last year. We know this will be a fun evening full of STEM exploration for our students and their families.
To do our best to have enough activities for everyone, we are holding 2 sessions on this night. Food will not be provided during this event.
- 5:30-6:30pm, Session 1 – for students whose last name starts with A-M
- 6:45-7:45pm, Session 2 – for studentswhose last name starts with N-Z
We also need volunteers to help facilitate these activities.These activities are all premade and provided ready to go for us. All we need is for people to be willing to read instructions prior to the event, help set up, answer questions, give helpful hints when needed, and clean up their station when it’s over. If you are willing to help us with this event, please sign up at this link:https://forms.gle/dTbKEML5Dj98Fxz58 STEAM Squad members will be able, and encouraged, to help with the event as well.Thank you for your help and support!
DLI Lottery Applications Due 11/26
Ridgecrest has a fantastic Chinese Dual Language program, as many of you know. We take applications during October and November for entrance into this program for students who will be in first grade next school year. Please help us to spread the word. The application deadline is quickly approaching. To apply for the lottery, click this link.
School Choice Request
Our school continues to be the school of choice for a growing number of families. Don’t live in our boundary? That’s OK. You can apply to enroll in our school by submitting a School Choice Request starting Nov. 15, 2024. Here how: https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/general-news/school-choice-apply-to-transfer-to-top-ranked-canyons-school-district-starting-nov-15/
From Our PTA
Hello Ridgecrest Families,
What busy week we have had with the Food Drive and the Veterans Day assembly. We would like to thank all of you who donated food to our yearly food drive. We have an abundant amount of food to give to local families in need. We truly appreciate all of you who volunteered during the food drive. We could not do it without you. Our Veteran’s Day assembly tradition is always so heart warming and informative. We would like to thank all of you who made this event successful. We enjoyed the Ridgecrest Choir performance as well as the speakers, and our lovely 4th grader who sang the Star Spangled Banner. We really have an amazing community and vibrant traditions.
Here are a few things coming up from PTA.
Stem Night November 19thTuesday, November, 19th is STEM Night at Ridgecrest and we could use some volunteer help. Please use the link below to sign up to volunteer that night.https://forms.gle/dTbKEML5Dj98Fxz58
Papa Murphys Community Nights November 20-23Look for a flier in your students’ backpack soon with specific information.
Reflections UpdateAwesome work to all of our reflections participants! Thank you for sharing your amazing ideas and entries with us!! If your student has an entry that we can display at the school and you haven’t sent it in yet, will you please have them bring it to the front office ASAP? All of the entries are currently going through the judging process. We will be in touch on which entries go through to the council and then region, soon. Everyone who turned in an entry will receive a prize and a ribbon. Thank you again!! Great work tigers!!
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PTA Mission“To make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.”
Warmly,
Brooke Schneider
Ridgcrest PTA President 24/25
Important Dates
November 19: STEM Night
November 20: SCC Meeting 4 PM
November 20-23: Papa Murphy Community Nights
November 26: Day of Play
November 27-29: Thanksgiving Break
December 2: PTA Meeting at noon
December 5: Book Blitz Jr. 3:30 PM
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
