West Ridge Elementary Newsletter

Hello West Ridge Families!!!

Happy November!!!! Thank you to all of the parents that came out for the Halloween Parade!!! We always enjoy all of the students' costumes and seeing all of the parents.

Reminders:

• As the wet weather is upon us, please consider sending extra socks or clothing for your students in their backpacks. We do not always have extras here at school.
• This is the time of year our lost and found fills up quickly. Please label your students coats, lunch boxes, backpacks, water bottles, sweatshirts, gloves and hats. When items are labeled, we are able to get them returned to their owner.
• Please check the lost and found when you come for conferences. All unclaimed items will be donated to a local donation center.
• Once a month we will have a fire drill. This gives students and staff a chance to practice evacuating the building in case of an emergency.
• Four times a year we will have a practice lockdown. Again, this gives us a chance to practice in case of an emergency.
• Students are informed when we will be having a drill.

Thank you,

Ms. Hoffeld

It is that time of year for Parent Teacher Conferences. Your child(ren)'s teacher will be sending out a sign up sheet for conferences. Please take some time to sign-up to meet your child's teacher.

Conference Dates:

November 21st 4:10-8:10

November 22nd 7:30-11:30

Teachers have 30 minutes after to school starts to the time that conferences start. If you would like to donate snacks for teachers that day, please CLICK HERE to sign up. All snacks would need to be delivered to the office by November 21st at 12:00pm.

Thank you to the parents that attended our Parent Advisory and Annual Title 1 Meeting on October 23rd.

Topics Annual Title 1 Meeting:

• Parent Engagement Funds $1758.00
• Please click here to take a brief survey on how our parent engagement funds should be spent
• Please take some to click on the buttons below for more Title 1 information

Parent Advisory Topics:

• Fundraising different options
• Ideas for money raised from our fundraiser (murals painted in hallways, family nights, incentive programs for students)

Our annual Veteran's Day Assembly will be held on November 11th at 9:15 am. Our 5th grade students perform during this program. We would like to invite all 5th grade families and any veterans to attend this performance.

The City of Post Falls has invited local elementary school to Paint the Plow!!! Our school will be designing a piece of artwork that will be placed on a city plow. Our art teacher Mrs. Allen is working with our students to design this artwork and we will then submit the artwork to the city.

We also have an opportunity to name a snowplow. Each student has the opportunity to submit a name for a snowplow. You can CLICK HERE to submit your child's name suggestion. All entries must be received by November 7th. The submissions will be narrowed down to the top 3 and all the students will vote on the winner.

Artwork and name of the plow will be submitted to the City of Post Falls before Thanksgiving Break.

Monday, November 11th: Veteran's Day Assembly

Thursday, November 21st: Conferences 4:10-8:10

Friday, November 22nd: Conferences 7:30-11:30

November 27th, 28th, and 29th No school Thanksgiving Break

Thursday, December 5th: Fifth grade Eagle Field Trip

Thursday, December 12th: A Storybook Christmas Family Night/Book Fair 5-6:30 pm

December 9th-December 12th: Book Fair