Falcon Ridge Elementary Newsletter

Office/Main Line: 952-758-1600

24/7 Attendance Line: 952-758-1605

FR Nurse: 952-758-1606

Fax: 952-758-1699

Location: 1200 Columbus Avenue North, New Prague, MN, USA

• Drop-Off/Pickup/Visitor Info: D/O, P/U and Visitor Info
• Nutrition Services: 952-758-1774 and Lunch Menus/Times
• Transportation: 952-758-1480 and FR Drop Off/Pick Up
• Campus Portal: Campus Portal and Instructions
• Calendar/Dates to Note: Falcon Ridge Calendar
• School Supply Lists: Falcon Ridge School Supply Lists
• MN Dept. of Revenue K-12 Tax Benefits: K-12 Tax Benefits
• NPAS COVID-19 Information: https://www.npaschools.org/COVID-19
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• Website: https://www.npaschools.org/falcon-ridge

Falcon Ridge Families,

• Winter is here! We will plan to go outside for recess, unless our windchill is expected to go below zero degrees Fahrenheit. All students should be wearing a jacket, snow pants, boots, hat and mittens/gloves.
• Fundraising Update: Thank you to all of our families who helped support our Falcon Ridge fall fundraiser. Our total profit was over $24,000. We are planning to use these dollars to pay for the costs of our student's field trips/transportation costs and support staff and students in many ways.
• Veterans Day: On November 10, we held our building Veterans Day celebration. Mr. Chris Davis, who is a Falcon Ridge parent, veteran and New Prague resident, was our featured speaker. We were also fortunate to have the NPHS Band perform for us and the New Prague Veterans Honor Guard present the colors.
• Conferences: Thank you to all parents who attended our November parent/teacher conferences. We had over 96% of our students represented by a parent in attendance. I continue to be impressed by the support from our Falcon Ridge parents.
• Food Drive: The week before Thanksgiving, our 5th Grade Student Council partnered with our NPHS National Honor Society to deliver non-perishable food items that our Falcon Ridge families donated to the New Prague Peace Center. Over 423 pounds of food were collected! Thank you for your generousity!

Have a great month of December!

Sincerely,

Mr. Dave Giesen

Falcon Ridge Elementary Principal

(952) 758-1601

dgiesen@isd721.org

In working with our Falcon Ridge PAC, I want to make all of our families aware of some easy ways to support our students at Falcon Ridge by using a few simple steps with businesses that you may already be spending money with:

• Shutterfly - Simply click on this Shutterfly link and start shopping. A percentage will go directly to our Falcon Ridge PAC.
• Amazon Smile - when you shop online at Amazon. This will help raise money for the Falcon Ridge PAC, which supports all students and all staff! Again, it's easy to do so: 1. Sign in to smile.amazon.com in your desktop or mobile phone browser, 2. from your desktop, go to "Your Account" from the navigation at the top of the page, 3. select the option to "Change your Charity" from the options at the bottom of the page, 4. choose Falcon Ridge Elementary PAC. For every eligible purchase you make on smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate 0.5% directly to our Falcon Ridge PAC.
• Coborn's School Rewards - Coborn's, Inc. is committed to donating $150,000 to local entities. The points your school earns will help grow their share of the $150,000 total. It's like a pie; the size of your school's slice will depend on how many points they have received. Schools should encourage their supporters to register for their location at moreRewards.com: 1. Go to moreRewards.com, 2. create a login, 3. proceed to login, 4. go to "manage my membership," 5. choose school rewards, 6. select Falcon Ridge, and you are done! It is just that easy! You can also easily add it through the More Rewards phone app: 1. go to rewards, 2. slide the school rewards button to green, 3. below the button there should be an option for you to change to your school, 4. search for Falcon Ridge, and 5. select Falcon Ridge.

R-espect (September)

E-ffort (October)

A-ttitude (November)

P-ride (December)

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C-ooperation (January)

A-ssertion (February)

R-esponsibility (March)

E-mpathy (April)

S-elf Control (May)