Loma Ridge Report

Quick Links

Bell Schedule

School Calendar

Drop-off/Pick-up Procedures

Supply Lists

August Lunch Menu

Class Placement (How to look up your child's teacher on the Parent Portal)

Parent Handbook

Welcome back, roadrunner families! We are so excited about the year ahead and can't wait to see you all on Thursday, August 24th!

Our staff and PTA have been busy this summer planning what we know will be a fantastic year ahead for our roadrunners. I have included some quick links above so that you can access some key materials that will ensure a smooth start of the school year. Please pay extra attention to the "Drop-off/Pick-up Procedures" so we are able to achieve a safe arrival and dismissal for students on the first day of school.

Pre-K and Kindergarten parents will be receiving emails on Friday, August 18th with details on their morning (AM) or afternoon (PM) placement. Parents of students in grades 1-6 will be able to view their child's teacher name via the parent portal on Wednesday, August 23rd. IUSD will release access to that information around noon.

As you scroll down, you'll find more information on some changes and reminders, Back to School Night, construction progress, data confirmation, and more. Please make sure you read through this content and access the quick links as you prepare for the new school year. We look forward to welcoming our returning and new roadrunners in a week! Have a wonderful remainder of your summer break!

Late Materials

Our Loma Ridge staff makes a concerted effort to establish a learning environment that is conducive to the development of good study habits and uninterrupted academic learning time. We seek your cooperation and assistance in this effort. You can help us by:

1. Sending the teacher a note or email should you need to pick up your child early. This will allow the teacher time to have your child prepared for pick up.

2. Avoiding calling school and leaving messages for your child, unless it is an emergency. The telephone is made available to students only for emergencies.

3. Establishing a system that helps eliminate forgotten lunches, homework, money, musical instruments, etc.

In the case that items are forgotten, please adhere to the following guidelines. The office staff will not disrupt instruction to alert your child that their item has been delivered nor will office staff deliver items to the classroom. Parents bringing forgotten items to school should deliver them to the table outside the office doors. Students are encouraged to check the table for forgotten items throughout the day. Forgotten lunches should be placed in the bins in the covered area outside of the double doors to the front office prior to the student's lunch period.

Lunch- Play First, Eat Last

In an effort to ensure that our students take the time to eat a healthy lunch, we are implementing a new lunch schedule so students are able to play first and then eat prior to going back to the classroom. We're excited to see this make a positive impact on student wellness. Please be sure to check the bell schedule for your child's lunch period and know that the second half of that time frame will be when students eat lunch.

Tardies & Absences

Please report your child's absence by calling our absence line at (949) 404-1401. Students arriving to school late should report to the front office to sign in and receive a pass to class.

Back to School Night (BTSN) is coming up on Thursday, August 31st from 6:00-7:00 pm. At Loma Ridge, we have what is known as a "flipped" BTSN. This means that we provide all of the content and relevant information to parents in advance of Thursday so that it can be reviewed at each parent's leisure. Loma teachers will be providing their presentations via email to you by the end of the day on Monday, August 28th. Please take the opportunity to review all of the information prior to August 31st and visit your child's classroom that evening if you have questions for your child's teacher. It is not required that you attend if you feel the flipped content addressed all of your questions. As a reminder, BTSN is a parents only evening. Please do not bring your children.

Student Data Confirmation is now open for the 2023-2024 school year. Data Confirmation must be completed for each student. Please see the following instructions:

Step 1: Login to http://myiusd.org/

Step 2: Select Student

Step 3: In the Student Info Tab, please click on “Data Confirmation”. Please complete each of the tabs listed.

Please confirm that all information has been read and that you have completed the online data confirmation process. Parents will upload their Residency Affidavit and Health Conditions form directly into Aeries. Once complete, please click the Finish and Submit button. Follow any further instructions listed.

Please note: the system will not allow you to perform Final Data Confirmation until all the previous tabs have been complete.

As you know from my correspondence last year, we are anticipating a beautiful new villa building to accommodate our growth in enrollment by the end of December. In the interim, we've had to be flexible and temporarily utilize our innovation and design lab classrooms to accommodate additional classes. Once construction commences, we will have the classes housed in the innovation lab, design lab, and relocatable classrooms move into the brand new villa classrooms. We can't wait!

In the meantime, upper grade science instruction with our new science specialist, Mrs. Ung, will occur in our upper grade classrooms. Mrs. Skeete and Mrs. Duerr will temporarily conduct both library and innovation lab in our media center. We appreciate your understanding and support as we go through the growing pains of facilities enhancement. I look forward to sharing construction progress with you in my weekly Loma Ridge Reports in the coming weeks.

As a reminder, students in grades 1-6 may not arrive on campus prior to 8:05 am. We do not have supervision until 15 minutes before the start of school. Once students arrive on campus, they should walk directly to their line and remain in line until their teachers pick them up and escort them to class. Please make sure your child knows that the play structures and sport courts are not to be used in the morning before school starts. Thank you for your support!

We are so fortunate to have an amazing PTA to support clicking here. I encourage you to become a member by clicking here. We are hopeful that 100% of our Loma Ridge staff and families become members of our PTA!

Additionally, please visit our PTA's website next week for access to the latest information about school spirit wear and our annual pledge drive! They'll also be sending a newsletter soon.

The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is excited to announce the continuation of their “Youth Ride Free” promotional bus pass program. This free youth pass allows youth ages 6 to 18 to ride all OC fixed-route buses every day for free. Last year’s orange/red Youth Ride Free passes expire September 30, 2023; the new purple/orange Youth Ride Free passes are valid now through September 30, 2023 and require a new Parent Request Form for each recipient. For more information regarding the program visit: OCbus.com/YouthRideFree. To participate in the program complete a new Parent Request Form, available using the below links, printed forms are also available in the front office. Return the completed and signed form to the front office to be issued a purple/orange youth bus pass for the 2023-24 school year.

Parent Request Form:

• English – OCTA.net/YouthRequest

OC Bus Ride Guide – How to Ride:

• English – OCTA.net/RideGuide
• Spanish – [OCTA.net/RideGuide_SPN]OCTA.net/RideGuide_SPN
• Vietnamese – OCTA.net/RideGuide_VIET

Website: lomaridge.iusd.org
Location: 500 Tomato Springs, Irvine, CA, USA
Phone: 949-404-1400