Principal’s Message
Good evening Ridgecrest families,
What a wonderful evening we had with so many of you at our Chinese New Year celebration. Thank you for joining us in this annual community event that we love to share with you all!
I also want to thank our PTA committee who put in a lot of hours and effort to make this a wonderful event each year. It would not happen without them.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Scheduling for Parent Teacher Conferences is open. They will be held on February 24th and 26th in the evening. Our DLI classes will also hold conferences during the daytime Monday – Thursday of that week. Please note that school will release at 1:40 PM on Thursday, February 27th and no school will be held on February 28th.
Please sign up for your opportunity to speak to your child’s teachers using Parent Square. Watch for information from your child’s teacher telling you how and when to sign up for your time.
Kindergarten Enrollment
If you have a child that will be five years of age on or before September 1, 2025, your child qualifies for kindergarten this fall. State law requires that all school districts in Utah abide by the same September 1st entrance cut-off date.If you have an incoming kindergarten student, please begin the enrollment process by following the steps outlined on our website. Families interested in enrolling in a school that is different from their neighborhood school will need to submit a school choice permit application before enrollment can begin. Interested in learning more? Visit Canyons District website by clicking here.
Intent to Return
Please help us to better plan for the next school year by completing the Intent to Return form, found here, if you are not planning to return to Ridgecrest next year. A paper form is also being sent home on Monday for those who prefer a paper copy. Thank you for your help with this.
Digital Citizenship Tips
Family Tech Planners
Use these tech planners to help your kids manage their screen time and think through important questions with tech use: What will I do? How much time will I spend? How will we be kind and inclusive with technology? Am I making thoughtful choices? https://tinyurl.com/csdtechplanLinks to an external site.
Lost and Found
With a bit of warmer weather has come a lot of jackets and coats in our lost and found. Please remind your child to check this, or come in and take a look!
We will be donating what is left in our lost and found after school next Friday, 2/14/25
Reading Challenge Update
Our Ridgecrest tigers continue to excel in the Road to Success reading challenge. The competition for the bike that will be given away will conclude the end of March. However, our school reading challenge continues through the end of the year. We are trying to reach 1 million minutes read! Here are our most recent stats:
We have read 389,199 total minutes so far this year with 94% of our students participating!
We are currently #1 in Canyons School District of those schools participating in this challenge and we are #15 in the whole state of Utah!
From Our PTA
Hello Ridgecrest Families,
What an amazing week it has been with our Chinese New Year Celebration. It was heart warming to see the result of our community coming together to celebrate. Our students performances were lovely and the activities fun. Thank you so much to everyone that helped put this event together we couldn’t do it without our volunteers. We have some things to share with you below.
Multicultural WeekIf you have a cultural tradition that you would be willing to share with the Ridgecrest students during our upcoming Multicultural week event please reach out to us at Ridgecrest1pta@gmail.com. An example would be; a dance, packaged food, stories, games, music, attire…etc. We would love to share as much culture to enrich and enhance our students experience as we can. The event will take place March 31st-April 4th.
Community NightOur next community night will be on February 19th at Cafe Rio at Fort Union. The event goes all day! We look forward to seeing you there.
Valentines Day Class Parties
This Friday our school grades will be celebrating Valentines Day. If you have signed up to volunteer in your students class and have not been approved with the district please do so today. Here is the link.
https://volunteer.canyonsdistrict.org/volunteersystem/#!/login/volunteer
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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
February 10: School Spelling Bee1-3rd grade @ 9 AM4-5th grade @ 1:30 PM
February 14: Valentine’s Day Class Parties
February 17: President’s Day – No School
February 19: SCC Meeting, and Community Night at Cafe Rio
February 24 & 26th: Parent Teacher Conference
February 23-27: Book Fair
February 25 & 26: Books and Breakfast – 8:15 AM
February 27: Early Out – School dismissed at 1:40 PM
February 28: No School – Teacher Compensatory Day
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
