Liberty Ridge Elementary Newsletter

3/11/22 No School Elementary Only - Grading Day

3/14-3/18/22 Book Fair

3/22 & 3/23/22 Conferences - Dismissal at 11:40

This month we are talking about Responsibility! The dictionary talks about Responsibility in a few ways: duty, accountability, and the independence to make decisions. We are using a slightly different definition at school:

Responsibility: to take action and understand how our choices affect others, ourselves, and the world.

Every day we make choices and take actions. Being responsible means we know how those choices impact all people and things involved! Sometimes we get to choose what we are responsible for, sometimes we earn new privileges through consistent and healthy choices, and sometimes we are responsible for things simply because we are a part of a community (and we all have to do our part!). We will spend time talking about what it means to be responsible for our classroom. We will practice self-control and develop helpful practices. We will think about people with a lot of Responsibility like Michael Jordan and Eleanor Roosevelt. Together, we can take Responsibility for a more kind, generous world!

Conversation Starters

• You really want a new game, but you need a new pair of shoes. How do you decide between wants and needs so that you can spend your money responsibly? Talk about wants and needs in your life and how you’ve learned to tell the difference!

• What are the responsibilities you have at home? How do people know what they are responsible for? Which responsibilities are you really good at?

• What’s something that you want for our home? Would getting this thing demonstrate Responsibility with our time, money, or energy? If so, how might we earn this special something by showing Responsibility?

Questions You Could Ask

• Why is it important to consider other people when you’re making your decisions

• Who is the most responsible person you know? What makes them responsible?

• What are some things that might get in the way of showing Responsibility? What are some things that might help us practice Responsibility?

• What does Responsibility feel like to each person in your family?

Spring Conferences are around the corner on March 22nd and March 23rd. We will dismiss early these days at 11:40 to allow time to conference. Due to the limited amount of time, we do not conference with all parents at this time. If you have questions about your child's progress or conference, please reach out to your child's teacher.

Recently letters have gone home with a list of any fines or fees that are on your student's account.

If the fine is due to a lost library book, please look at home for that book so we can return it to circulation for others to enjoy. When books are returned, the fine is removed. If you have paid the fine and the book gets returned, we are notified and process a refund.

If the fines are due to damaged books or technology, please pay those ASAP so we may purchase replacements for our library collection or technology inventory.

Please be aware, that fines and fees follow your student throughout their educational process and that fines on accounts may result in ineligibility for sports, dances, receiving transcripts, etc.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Hello from PTO!

We just want to thank all of our Thunder Eagle families that participated in our spring fundraiser from the bottom of our hearts! This was a HUGE success, and we could not have achieved any of this without you all. Thanks to your efforts we will be able to not only provide programs like Reflex, but we can also help provide enrichment to our kids' school experience and are looking to get more hands-on experiences into our school, such as the Pacific Science Center.

If you still have outstanding balances on your chocolate account, please contact us to make arrangements. We still have a few unpaid boxes.

Have a wonderful weekend!

We will have lost and found items out on conference days, we highly encourage you to take a peek to see if any of the items belong to your family. Any items left after that time will be donated to charity.

Please help us avoid sending items to donation by labeling your garments with your student's name. Thank you!

Do you know a child who will be five years old on or before August 31? Maybe it's your neighbor, friend or even your own child. Now’s the right time to enroll next year’s kindergarten students. The sooner you enroll, the better we can keep you informed and get prepared for your child to join us. Get information on what documents you need and how to enroll -- the process is all online at sumnersd.org/register.

To help welcome new kinders and their families, each of our elementary schools created virtual tours, which includes a school tour and staff introduction. Watch each schools' video here.

Ready to start the kindergarten registration process? Visit our Enrollment page for details on the three-step registration process.

• There has a close contact with anyone confirmed to have, or suspected to have COVID-19
• The Student has tested positive for, or is waiting on a test for COVID-19
• The student has been told to self isolate or quarantine by public health or a medical professional
• Any of these symptoms are present:

• Fever of 100.4 or higher

• Cough- frequent and persistent

• Loss of taste or smell

• Shortness of breath

• Fatigue

• Headache

• Muscle or body aches

• Sore throat

• Congestion or runny nose

• Nausea, diarrhea or vomiting

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Email: LRE@sumnersd.org
Website: sumnersd.org/lre
Location: 12202 209th Ave Ct E, Bonney Lake, WA, USA
Phone: (253) 891-4800