Hickory Ridge Elementary School

Hello Cowboy Families,

It is hard to believe that the second quarter has ended already! It has been a very busy couple of months here at The Ridge. Our students have been working to continuously make progress towards grade level standards and exceeding well beyond that. In the past few months, we have hosted a musical program for our Kindergarten families, held our first ever VEX Robotics competition here at Hickory Ridge, held our annual Spelling Bee for our fifth graders, and engaged in many field trips.

Please join us as we celebrate the academic success of our students and staff last school year (2021-2022). Our school met expected growth in Reading, Math, and Science! Our students and staff worked hard last year and it shows! We are so proud of our Cowboy family!

As we enter the second semester of this school year, we are looking forward to our upcoming events, including our annual "Home on The Ridge" family night coming up on February 16. We are excited to watch our students continue to grow and become successful in all areas. Thank you for your support as we continue the important work of providing a positive educational experience for our students! Together we SHINE!

~HRES Administrative Team

Adrian Parry, Principal

Karen von Klahr, Assistant Principal

Kaylee Kramer, Assistant Principal

Our students are continuing to participate in our school wide iReady Snowman Challenge to compete across the grade levels to build their snowman. The grade levels build their snowmen each week by having students pass at least 2 iReady math lessons each week. Keep up the great work, Cowboys!

It is that time of the year to purchase yearbooks. As an early bird special, yearbooks are on sale now for $22 each until February 28. Starting March 1st yearbooks will cost $25 each. Click here to purchase your yearbook today!

Over 60 fourth and fifth grade students are trying out for our 2022-2023 EBOB team. Students will be testing on Monday, November 14th and the 12 students who score the best will be on our team. EBOB members will compete against other Cabarrus County Schools in late February on their knowledge of setting, plot, and characters from 15 preselected books. Last year our EBOB team came in 3rd place in the county!

Fifth graders have the opportunity to join a book club that meets once a month after school. The first book the club will be reading is Bound for Home by Meika Hashimoto. Students will discuss the book and complete an activity based on their reading. Each month a new book will be selected and students will have the opportunity to join.

HRES Cowboys are

• Safe
• Use Teamwork
• Act Responsibly
• and...Show Respect!

By following our STAR values, students earn Class Stars and individual Cowboy Points.

• Class Stars-once classes earn 25 stars, they celebrate by doing a preferred activity voted on by the class.
• Cowboy Points-Students work to earn at least 100 Cowboy Points each quarter to earn their way to the PBIS Celebration.

We love to celebrate our students and the great work they are doing! We celebrate the following ways:

• Principal's Awards-These are monthly awards that recognize one student from each classroom for exhibiting exemplary character in a specific area. We have had two lunches so far this year and have enjoyed celebrating our fabulous students!
• Bus Riders of the Month- These awards are given to a rider on each bus, each month, that shows STAR values on the bus.
• Block Parties- These celebrations happen mid quarter. This is a way to celebrate students with STAR behaviors the first part of the quarter and encourage all students to continue working toward STAR behaviors the second half of the quarter.
• PBIS Quarterly Celebrations-These are our big celebrations that happen at the end of each quarter. Students that earned 100 Cowboy Points and show positive STAR behavior attend this exciting event. Our first quarter celebration was a Carnival themed event and we had a great time! We look forward to the second quarter celebration that will be a Decades Dance!

We are excited to welcome parents back into the building to visit during lunch. We began welcoming visitors back in the building in October to have lunch with your children. This year we will be utilizing a weekly visitor rotation to allow for enough room for students and visitors. The rotation also helps us maintain our safety procedures. If you plan to visit your child, you will need to sign in at the office. Due to limited seating you may only visit during your child’s assigned lunch time. At the assigned lunch time, we ask that you meet your child in the cafeteria. Parents are asked to take only their child to the designated area for lunch (high top tables In the back of the cafeteria or high top counter on the side of the cafeteria. When lunch is over, we ask that you say goodbye in the cafeteria and head directly to the office to sign out. We ask that you do not head to your child's classroom. The students have a very busy day and instruction will begin as soon as they return. Again, this helps us maintain our safety procedures. If you plan to bring lunch for your child, we ask that you refrain from bringing fast food. Please see the schedule below for your lunch visit day.

Lunch Rotation Based On The First Letter of Your Child's Last Name
Week One: Last Names A-G
Week Two: Last Names H-N
Week Three: Last Names O-S
Week Four: Last Names T-Z

Need to apply for free or reduced price meals? Click the link below to find out more.

Please see the costs for school breakfast and lunch for the 2022-2023 school year. As a reminder, the federal grant that allowed all students to eat breakfast and lunch for free at school last year has ended. You can log into the K12 Payment Center to add money on to your student's account for meals or stop by the cafeteria during open house to do so.

Be sure to mention HRES at each participating restaurant.A percentage of sales will go directly to our school.

February:

14 - Domino's

21 - Backyard Burgers

28 - Cici's

March:

7 - Jersey Mikes

14 - Domino's

21 - Backyard Burgers

28 - Cici's

April:

4 - Jersey Mikes

11 - Domino's

18 - Backyard Burgers

25 - Cici's

May:

2 - Jersey Mikes

9 - Domino's

16 - Backyard Burgers

23 - Cici's

June:

6 - Jersey Mikes

Adrian Parry, Principal

Karen von Klahr, Assistant Principal

Kaylee Kramer, Assistant Principal

Email: adrian.parry@cabarrus.k12.nc.us
Website: https://www.cabarrus.k12.nc.us/Domain/7327
Location: 9464 Hickory Ridge Road, Harrisburg, NC, USA
Phone: (704) 260 - 5950
Facebook: facebook.com/HickoryRidgeElementarySchool
Twitter: @HickoryRigdeES