Principal’s Message
Good evening Ridgecrest families,We had a wonderful time at our Career Day assembly on Friday. We learned about a wide range of careers involving the arts, engineering, science, construction, and more.
We are so grateful to the volunteers who came to share their passion and talents with us. Thank you!
Reading Challenge – Update
Our Ridgecrest tigers continue to do an amazing job reading and logging their minutes on Beanstack. Here are our current stats in the state wide reading competition.
So far this year, we our students have read 480,223 total minutes and we have had 94% of our students participating! We are currently #10 in Utah and #2 in CSD!
Top 3 Classes This Past Week:
#1: 4th Grade Sposeto: 3,424 minutes
#2: 4th Grade Garrard: 2,048 minutes
#3 4th Grade Zhao: 1,902 minutes
Keep up the great work!
Art Haven – After School Program
Art Haven is an after school art program that is available at Ridgecrest periodically throughout the school year. The next session starts on 4/15/25 and continues for 6 weeks.
This program is available for all children who are in kindergarten through 5th grade. If you would like more information, please see the attached flier. Sign up soon to save your spot.
From Our PTA
Hello Ridgecrest Families,
We have a few exciting PTA events the week to look forward to, they are as follows:
Community Night March 18th
Our March Community Night is coming up in a couple weeks at Raising Canes. It will be on Tuesday, March 18th from 5-9pm. See you there! Look for the fliers in your students backpack.
PTA General Meeting March 21st
Calling out to all PTA members, we need you to elect our next years 25/26 PTA Board Members. We will be meeting at Ridgecrest on Friday, March 21 at 8:40am. Please please come if you can. We will also use this time to vote for our renewed Bylaws.
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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
Ridgecrest PTA President 24/25
Important Dates
March 18: Community Night – Raising Cane’s
March 24: Teacher work day – No school for students
March 31- April 4: Multicultural Week
April 1: Drama performance 6 PM
April 4: Day of Play
April 7-11: Spring Break – No School
April 14: PTA meeting @ noon
April 17: Great Utah Shakeout – Earth Quake Drill
April 18: Kinder Orientation @ 2:00 PM, Ridgecrest GymTalent Show @ 6:00 PM, Butler Middle School
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
