Happy Friday Ridgeview families! Here are your weekly updates.

Quarter 2 final grades will be able to be viewed soon in Infinite Campus for families. If your student was issued an I for an incomplete, that grade will be updated once all required work has been completed and turned in. Deadline for that work has been communicated to your student, but if you have questions, please contact your child’s teacher(s).

This Sat Jan 11th, our boys and girls basketball teams will be competing against Lakeview at Pickerington High School North. The girls will play first, starting with the 7th grade at 11:00 am. All students who wish to attend these games will need to show their school ID or pull up their information in Infinite Campus. As always, all K-8 students also need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Students who fail to show their ID or who aren’t accompanied by a parent/guardian will not be allowed to enter the basketball games. We want our student body to be able to support their peers. This is a rivalry game and we’d love to see as many Ridgeview students in attendance as possible, but we must follow the district’s expectations in order to make that happen. If parents have questions, please contact our athletic director Evan Doughty.

The district is continuing its attendance incentive with the “Stay In The Game” initiative. All Ridgeview students who had perfect attendance for quarter 2 are now eligible to attend a high school winter sporting event for free! A talking point message was sent to those families on Wed Jan 8th, as well as earlier today. If you received that message, please make sure you complete this google form in order to receive your free game entry. The google form is due tonight! Families who miss the deadline will not be honored with the incentive. If families have questions, please contact the district office for more information.

Lastly, as we continue to push our students past their limits with the goal of having them extra prepared for the upcoming Ohio State Test, please help us by having your students do the following at home:

• Taking time to read 10-15 minutes each evening. It can be anything as long as they are taking that time.

• Following up to ensure students are completing their math and ELA iReady or Membene lessons with accuracy (scoring a passing percentage the first time) - not just completing the work. How well they do on these lessons is aligned to how well they’ll do on the state test.

This quarter is so important to their overall growth the rest of the year! Let’s make it happen.

Take care and we’ll see everyone next week! GO TIGERS!

Important Dates:

Wed Jan 15 - ELA iReady Diagnostic

Mon Jan 20 - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Day - NO SCHOOL!

Wed Jan 22 - Math iReady Diagnostic

Sheila A. Evans, Principal

Ridgeview Junior High School

District Policy states that only guardians listed on Infinite Campus are permitted to pick up their student. If your student needs to be picked up early by someone who is NOT their guardian, a guardian must call the office to let us know who will be picking up their child. The other adult must present a valid ID to office staff for the student to be released to them.

Personal Communication Devices:

• Pick-up times for Personal Communication Devices will be Mon - Fri in the main office from 8:00 am - 1:45 pm and again from 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm as long as school is in session. The main office closes at 3:00 pm daily.

• We’re collecting more devices daily. If your student has a device confiscated and it doesn’t belong to them, the person that it belongs to AS WELL AS the student who had it taken from will be added to our spreadsheet for a confiscated device. Please make a note of this.

To find our school, type in job number:

13607 OR Pickerington Ridgeview Jr HS

Thank you to those who have donated already, your contributions help our students daily and we appreciate you! We still have a need for boys socks .

If you are able to help, please drop off your donations to the main office.

THANK YOU!

Click on the pictures below to apply!

**If you're paying with Venmo, there will be a fee - $1 for $20 and $1.75 for $40 or more. Please add the extra in your payment.**

Payments of cash and/or check will be accepted in the office with Ms Tiffany.

Email: tiffany_dalton@plsd.us with any questions!

IMMUNIZATION REMINDER: In order to start school, all immunizations must be up to date.

Click HERE for complete guidelines.

School-Based Health Clinic

Pediatric Associates has an office located at Tussing Elementary that is available to all PLSD students and the community of Pickerington. The clinic offers the following services: helping with sore throat, headaches, earache, bad cough, strep test, immunizations, blood work, physicals, well check-ups, sports physicals, medication, asthma, etc.

The clinic is open on Monday and Wednesday from 9:00 - 3:00 and closed from 1:00 - 2:00 for lunch. Walk-ins are welcome or to schedule an appointment call 614-864-3222.

Emergency Resources

Crisis Text Line: text "HOME" to 741741

Nationwide Children's Youth Hotline: 1-614-722-1800

Teen Hotline: 1-614-294-3300

Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673

Safe Schools Tip Line: Call or text 1-844-723-3764

Suicide Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or 1-614-221-5445

Sheriff Department: 1-740-652-7900

Nationwide Children's (Virtual Options) and Fairfield County (In person in Lancaster) offer free Triple P parenting courses that cover a variety of topics and are delivered in multiple formats (e.g., workshops, seminars, one-on-one consults, etc.)

https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/specialties/behavioral-health/for-families/triple-p

https://www.facfc.org/parent-education-fcfc.html

Tiger Athletics Website

Athletic Handbook

Winter Sports are in session!

Please be sure that your student is registered on Final Forms.

YOUR STUDENT MUST HAVE AN UPDATED PHYSICAL ON FILE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE OR TRY OUT IN ANY SPORT

Students: $5 Adults: $7

Cash/Card is accepted at the gate. If you pay online, there will be additional fees.

Click here to purchase tickets: https://www.pickerington.k12.oh.us/Page/126

You may purchase a Tiger Club Pass ($50/student) or a Central Club Pass ($100/adult) that is good for all regular home games for every sport.

To purchase Club Passes, use the same link as above and select Central. Once there, you will select Purchase Yearly Passes.

**Students are now required to show their student ID card to attend athletic events. If your student does not have an ID card yet, you can show the attendant your Infinite Campus information from your phone until your ID arrives**

A friendly reminder!

$77.50 due November 22

$77.50 due January 17

Be sure to register your student in Final Forms so that you get all of the up to date information regarding games and practices.

https://pickerington-oh.finalforms.com/

Happy 2025!!

We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and the additional snow days!!

As we start the second half of the school year, we want to share some exciting events we have planned for the rest of the year. Parents be on the lookout for more fundraisers that will offer pre-sales for the kiddos, since our students can no longer use cashless payment options during school. The following listed below are some events that Qiana and I will begin planning for with our members and get dates out ASAP:

Teen Night (January or February - cost will be $10)

MOD Pizza, Raising Canes, Chipotle Fundraisers

Valentine's Day Candy (Cookie/Cupcakes) Fundraiser

Walk-a-thon (Spring 2025 - cost to participate)

Talent Show (Pending discussion with Administration - more to come)

Assist with the Spring Dance (School Store open March 2025)

Parent Teacher Conference Lunch/Dinner (Spring session)

Teacher Appreciation & 8th Grade Cookout (May 9th if it rains May 12th or 13th will be make up days)

We will provide Sign Up Genius links for all events listed that will involve donations and or if you wish to sign up and help volunteer. As for the candy fundraisers and restaurant fundraisers we will send communication out via the Friday Newsletter, Facebook, and Talking Points with official dates.

If you have any questions at all we are always here to support you - Kelly Martin - kelly.martin_rvjhpto@hotmail.com and Qiana Ellis - qsmith6@hotmail.com.

Have a fantastic weekend (STAY WARM) we got more snow coming!!!

• PLSD 2024-2025 District Calendar - click here

• Districtwide Activities Calendar

  Upcoming events and important dates are listed in the Districtwide Google Events Calendar, which is synced with individual building, program and athletic team calendars. Once inside the district wide calendar, to display the events of a particular building, team, program or activity, you will need to check the specific corresponding color-coded box(es) from the list on the left-hand side.

  Pickerington Schools partners with the City of Pickerington and Yodel to bring you the Pickerington Community Calendar!
  

  Visit this link to view all Pickerington Schools activities included on the calendar and don’t forget to “favorite” our Pickerington Schools schedule! Once favorited, Pickerington Schools' events will be front and center on your calendar, enabling you to see what’s coming up.

The Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Public Safety have launched the SaferOH tip line that will accept both calls and texts 24 hours a day.

This tip line allows students and adults to anonymously share information with school officials and law enforcement about threats to student safety—whether that involves a threatened mass incident or harm to a single student.

Every tip can remain anonymous. School safety analysts may ask for additional information, but the caller can remain secret or leave his or her contact information for later follow-up.

Calls or texts to 844-SaferOH (844-723-3764) are answered by analysts in the Ohio Homeland Security’s Threat Assessment and Prevention (TAP) Unit. When action is needed, the TAP Unit immediately forwards information to Pickerington Schools, local law enforcement agencies, and others, if necessary.

Here at Ridgeview Junior High we value being Timely, Innovative, showing GRIT, being Engaged in our learning, and Respect! Notice the letters spell out TIGER! Click on our behavior expectations, and please take a moment to look over and review with your student(s).

Principal: Sheila Evans

Assistant Principal 7th Grade: Henry Lee

Assistant Principal 8th Grade: Kevin Smith

Dean of Students: Sydney Dillard

Building Secretary/Athletics: Tiffany Dalton

Building Secretary/Registrar: Lisa Holley

Attendance: Pat Petrini

Office Assistant: Madelyn Gomez

Counselors: Kris Owen: A-Ga, Erica Reynolds: Ge-N, Meghan Wade: O-Z

Nurse: Rachel Ross/Mindy Stillwell

Safety/Security: Jon (JT) Haynes

School Resource Officer (SRO): Mathew Swaney, Jeremy Collier

Email: Sheila_Evans@plsd.us
Website: pickerington.k12.oh.us
Location: 130 Hill Road South, Pickerington, OH, USA
Phone: 614-548-1700
Twitter: @RidgeviewPLSD