Principal's Update

April 26, 2024

Happy Friday Wolves!

Just a reminder that our Bingo Night previously scheduled for tonight has been canceled. If you are looking for something fun to do tonight, the Archer Glen Carnival will be happening from 4:30-7:30 pm.

Below is information about class placement feedback and our Panda Express Dine Out Day tomorrow! I've also included the pre-order form for our Ridges Fair tickets!

Hope you have a great weekend,

Miranda

Student Placement Feedback

The Ridges staff realizes that parents provide valuable information regarding their child’s placement. While we do not take requests for specific teachers, parent input will be carefully considered in the formation of classes for the 2024-2025 school year. Our class placement process is a collaborative one, and our Placement Team takes into account a number of factors when forming classes: personalities, academic levels, learning styles, learning needs, and student compatibility. We look at each student as an individual and as a member of a diverse class. This information will be given careful consideration. Every effort will be made to provide the most appropriate educational setting for your child and to establish well-balanced classrooms.

Please keep in mind that parent placement input is not a teacher request form. Any form turned in with a specific teacher’s name requested, will not be considered.

If you are interested in providing placement input, please complete the form linked here no later than 5 pm on Sunday, May 13th.

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Ridges Dine Out Day

Tomorrow (Saturday, April 27th) from 10am to 10pm will be Ridges Dine Out Day at Panda Express here in Sherwood. If you show the flyer linked here or use the code 371529 in the fundraiser code box on the app, 20% of all sales will be donated back to our school. Hope you can join us in supporting our school.

Bingo Night- Canceled

An email was sent to all families on Tuesday, but due to a low number of bingo pre-sales, the Ridges Bingo Night scheduled for today (April 26th) has been canceled. All pre-sales already received will be refunded soon.

If your family is still looking for a fun way to support our local schools, we encourage you to attend the Archer Glen carnival from 4:30-7:30 pm.

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PAC Elections

Linked here is the form to vote for our PAC board positions. Please complete the form by next Friday (May 3rd).

Ridges Fair Ticket Sales Now Available

Our Ridges Fair will be held on May 17th from 5-8 pm, and ticket pre-sales are available now! Please scan the QR code below to order your tickets today! Pre-orders will only be available through May 7th, and all pre-ordered tickets will be sent home in Friday Folders on May 10th so you won't have to wait in line at the fair!

We are also in need of volunteers to make this amazing night happen for our students. If you would be willing to help, please check out our volunteer sign-ups linked here! Thanks in advance for your help!

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STEM Needs for 3R’s Engineering Project (K-2)

Hello Parents

Thank you so much for all the cereal boxes and paper towel tubes! We have plenty now and won’t be needing any more this year.

From April 26 through May 2nd, our K-2 classes will be designing and constructing their own inventions using renewable/recyclable materials. As you can imagine, this will take quite a few materials to make this happen. As with other projects this year, we could use materials donations from home. The materials we are seeking are:

clean egg cartons
plastic lids and plastic caps
packing foam material (not styrofoam peanuts though)
two-liter bottles/juice bottles (rinsed very well))
milk cartons (rinsed very well)
plastic food containers (rinsed very well)

Please no metal containers of any kind.

Please no containers that have contained nuts.

Materials can be brought to school in plastic or paper bags through May 2nd by students and dropped off in their STEM lab. Left over materials will be used for other engineering projects throughout all grades.

Thank you very much!

Mr. Evers

Ms. Phillips

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New App for Student Transportation: My Ride K-12

This spring, the Ride 360 app that our district uses to provide families with student transportation information will be replaced by a new app called My Ride K-12. This new app can be downloaded now in the Apple and Android app stores at the links below.

The Ride360 app will be discontinued during the month of May. In order to continue receiving up-to-date information about your student's bus transportation, you will need to download the My Ride K-12 app as soon as possible.

Once you have downloaded the new My Ride K-12 app, you will use your existing Ride360 log-in credentials to access the new app. No further sign-up is needed - all of your student's information, including route, will automatically transfer over to the new app!

For questions or assistance with the new My Ride K-12 app, please contact our Transportation Department at 503-825-5900 or by email at transport@sherwood.k12.or.us

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April PAC Newsletter

Linked here is our PAC newsletter for April, that highlights all our fun upcoming PAC events! Please be sure to check it out for more information about how your Fun Run dollars are being used and how our PAC is supporting our school.

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Kindergarten Registration Now Open

Registration for our fall kindergarten students is now open! We have created a special edition newsletter for our Fall 2024 Kindergarten families! The newsletter can be found linked here and includes information about registration and other upcoming kindergarten events. If you know of a family that will have a kindergartener at Ridges in the fall (age 5 by or on September 1st), but is not yet a part of our school to receive this information, please share the newsletter link with them!

Ridges PAC

Our parent volunteer group is a very important part of our school. Get connected with the Ridges PAC today! Visit the link here to see upcoming events, volunteer opportunities, and other ways to get involved and be connected.

All volunteers will need to complete and have an approved background check on file prior to volunteering (this must be renewed each school year). The background check process can take 7-10 business days, so please allow sufficient processing time if you are planning to volunteer for a specific event.

The Ridges PAC meets on the first Tuesday of each month from 7-8:30 pm in the Ridges Community Room. They would love to have any and all parents attend!

SHS Spring Fest - May 10

Save the date for this year's Spring Fest event at SHS! Friday, May 10, 5-7:30pm at the SHS stadium field. Unlimited access wristbands are available for $25, or single tickets are $1 each. Wristbands are available for advanced purchase now at https://schoolpay.com/link/shsspringfest24.