The Lake Ridge Bridge
August 17, 2019
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Weekly Recap
Hopefully this message finds you in good spirits. Thank you for a fabulous first week and for your patience as everyone adjusts to our arrival/dismissal procedures (they are included on below for referencing). We received our official rating from the Texas Education Agency, and our campus made significant progress that resulted in an overall 87/100 (B) rating with four out of a possible six distinctions. Celebrate this success with us as we buckle down to continue to aim higher and improve on our race for excellence; we’re on the right track.
This week, teachers were intentional with teaching, modeling, and practicing expectations and procedures with our scholars in the classroom and campus wide. These will continue to be reinforced. Various Kagan cooperative learning structures and other activities helped facilitate classbuilding. Scholars were able to set goals for themselves. Unity was promoted and celebrated, and we look forward to this laying a strong foundation as we dive into instruction and learning.
The Lake Ridge Nation is committed to partnering with you to ensure that we meet the needs of each scholar and add value each day. One simple thing that you can do right now is check your information on Family Access to make sure that your phone number, address, and emergency contacts are accurate. We want to make sure that we can contact you with important information. Speaking of contact, each scholar who rides the bus should’ve received a colored sheet with information to join a Remind class. Joining will help us get information to you that we receive from the Transportation Department regarding the respective route possibly being late/delayed; if you didn’t get one, email Marquita.mccullum@chisd.net.
Remember that you will need your government issued identification to access any area on campus, so bring that when entering our main entrance. If eating lunch with your child, other scholars are not able to join unless we have a signed, dated note on file in the office from that child’s parent/guardian.
Below, you will find some links to important information:
- Dress Code Information: https://www.chisd.net/Page/13084
- Bus Routes: https://www.chisd.net/Page/6320
- Right at School: https://rightatschool-lake-ridge-elementary.jumbula.com/#/2019-20-before-after-school
2019-2020 will be a great one! Always remember that "The Race for Excellence has No Finish Line."
Question for You to Pose to Your Child: How did you help someone else today?
Principal McCullum
#LRENoFinishLine
#LakeRidgeNation
#LakeRidgeMontessori
Scenes from the Week
Upcoming Events
RSVP for our first PTA spirit night: August 21, 2019
Attendance
- Notes regarding an absence must be brought to the office within three days of the absence; parents can also enter via Family Access. Notes should include the scholar's full name, date of absence, and signature/date of parent/guardian.
- You can email Ms. Castillo, Attendance Clerk/Registrar, at bonnie.castillo@chisd.net for any attendance questions or concerns.
- If the method of your child getting home needs to change, notify the Main Office or your child’s teacher by 2:30 p.m. so that there is enough time to communicate the change to your child. If e-mailing the teacher, include an administrator in case the teacher is absent on that particular day.
- 2:45 p.m. is the latest that a scholar may be checked out due to preparation for dismissal.
GET INVOLVED
All Pro Dads
Email Address: lakeridgeAPD2018@gmail.com
- Join APD to see how you can be a part of involvement, connections, engagement, partnership and mentorship. Reach out so that you can be ready for 2019-2020.
PTA NEWS
PTA President: Mrs. Kristi Lacy
Email Address: lakeridgeelempta@gmail.com
JOIN PTA FOR THE 20119-2020 SCHOOL YEAR; WE HAVE ESTABLISHED SOME GREAT TRADITIONS. WE NEED YOU! MORE INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED SO THAT YOU CAN JOIN AT OUR "MEET THE TEACHER" EVENT IN AUGUST.
On-going Opportunities to Donate/Serve:
- Amazon Smile: Don't forget to increase PTA Texas Congress 10239 Lakeridge Elementary's AmazonSmile donation potential by shopping at smile.amazon.com. Go to smile.amazon.com/ch/72-1526809 and Amazon donates to PTA Texas Congress 10239 Lakeridge Elementary.
- Kroger Plus: If you shop at Kroger, you can help our PTA help our campus. The included document shows parents step-by-step how to link their Kroger Plus Card to the Lake Ridge PTA. This is a very easy way to earn money for our school because our students’ families and friends all shop at their local Kroger. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzoByVmF8VTnc0gyejQ0TVBEekJaNGRlVE45OWJtcE5qMzVB/view?usp=sharing
Volunteer via Voly
Become a Volunteer!
Keeping the safety and well-being of our students first, state law and district policy require that all Cedar Hill ISD volunteers (students between age 13-17 and District Employees are exempt) complete the district's volunteer application which includes a Criminal Background Check. Applications must be renewed each school year. The background screening report can take up to 72 hours to process.
Volunteer Process
- All volunteers must be approved through cedarhillisd.voly.org in order to volunteer in CHISD.
- Once a Voly account has been created, an email will be sent from JDP asking volunteer to complete a background check.
- Approval time is normally 5-7 business days pending there are no flags in the applicant's background.
- If the account is flagged for any reason the approval of your account could take up to 2 weeks. If you have any questions please email face@chisd.net.
- All volunteers must use their legal name. Any error when entering information will prolong the approval process.
- You are encouraged to become a FAN of the school you wish to volunteer with during the application process in order to receive specific volunteer opportunities and be shown as a regular volunteer.
Reminders
Arrival/Dismissal Procedures
Morning Arrival Procedures:
Doors open daily at 7:15 a.m.
Scholars in Crow/Stelter & their siblings will be instructed to enter through Door #12.
Scholars in Longoria/Lynn/Rangel & their siblings will enter through Door #11.
All other scholars, including Montessori, (car riders, bus riders, and walkers) will enter through Door #1/Main Entrance.
- Parents may enter the school driveway via the back driveway that runs behind the building and form one line.
- Only those going to the Main Office or dropping off with the classes indicated for Door #11 and Door #12 should enter the main driveway.
Parents should follow the arrows that indicate the flow of traffic, and drop off only in the lane next to the sidewalk. Children should not be dropped off in the center lane to ensure safety.
After the first day of school, parents will not be able to walk their children to their classrooms unless an observation has been scheduled with the teacher. All parents & visitors must report directly to the Main Office.
Dismissal Procedures:
Dismissal occurs daily at 3:00 p.m.
Scholars in Crow/Stelter & their siblings will exit through Door #12.
Scholars in Longoria/Lynn/Rangel & their siblings will exit through Door #11.
Scholars who ride the bus or walk home will exit through Door #14.
Scholars picked up via Private Daycare transportation will exit through Door #1.
Scholars who are picked up by car, including Montessori, will exit through Door #5 (remain in cafeteria until called).
Parents may enter the school driveway via the back driveway that runs behind the building and form one line.
As the cars approach the pick-up area, the scholars will be called outside and will wait for a faculty member to load them into the cars.
Anyone picking up a scholar must have the color-coded card prominently displayed. If the card is not present, then the scholars(s) will be sent to the front office, and the driver will need to show proper identification.
Parents, please stay in your car at all times. Children will not be released if a parent walks up to the cafeteria door.
Only those going to the Main Office for appointments or picking up with the classes indicated for Door #11 and Door #12 should enter the main driveway.
If there is a change in how a scholar regularly gets home, please send a note to the scholar's teacher or call the front office by 2:30 p.m. This will help avoid confusion.
The latest time to check a scholar out via the Main Office is 2:45 p.m. After that time, please wait until the regularly scheduled dismissal.
The picture below shows how to properly place your car tag(s) for dismissal:
Birthday Recognition
If you would like to recognize your child at school on his/her birthday that falls on a school day, please contact your child’s homeroom teacher so that he/she can notify the office. On your child's birthday, you may bring store bought cupcakes or packaged fruit and individual juice/water at the time indicated by the teacher if you have communicated with the teacher. Cupcakes should not be dropped off and left with the teacher or the office. If your child's birthday falls on a weekend or on a non-school day for students, no alternate arrangements will be made.
Arrangements should be made prior to the child's birthday so that the teacher can verify that it will not interrupt scheduled class activities.
Montessori
Birthdays in Montessori are celebrated with an activity called "Walk Around the Sun". We will celebrate birthdays each month on the last Friday of the month unless otherwise stated. On that Friday, each child that is going to Walk Around the Sun is asked to bring uncut, fresh fruit that we will wash and prepare in class. Our room parent will help organize this monthly event. For example, if we have 4 children celebrating birthdays in September, one child can bring 4 uncut oranges, one can bring a sealed container of uncut strawberries, one can bring 4 apples, and one can bring an uncut pineapple. Due to allergies, please do not send nuts. In class, the birthday scholars will help prepare a fruit salad for the class. Each birthday child will then have their opportunity to Walk Around the Sun and we will sing a collective Happy Birthday. If there are only one or two children celebrating a birthday in a particular month, a bag of apples or
Cuties would be appreciated. Please do not send cupcakes or other high sugar
items. August and summer birthdays will be celebrated in May.
In addition to sharing a fruit snack with their friends, the birthday children may also bring a poster that displays photos of them as a baby, at 1 year old, at 2 years old, etc. until the current year. The birthday children are encouraged to present this poster and the photos to their peers. This activity is optional.
Upcoming Activities/Events
- August 21: PTA Spirit Night at Jason's Deli in Cedar Hill; 5:00-10:00 p.m.
- August 30: No School for Scholars; Staff Development Day
- September 2: No School; Labor Day
- September 6: Grandparents' Day Breakfast
Lake Ridge Elementary
Email: marquita.mccullum@chisd.net
Website: http://www.chisd.net/Domain/16
Location: 1020 Lake Ridge Parkway, Cedar Hill, TX, United States
Phone: (972) 293-4501
Twitter: @LRELonghorns