Please remember school starts at 8:00 am (9:00 on Wednesdays). That is when the educational part of the day begins. The first bell rings at 7:55 (8:55 on Wednesdays) for students to line up on the back playground before heading inside. We are seeing increasingly longer lines of cars dropping students off after 8:00. This makes it hard for classroom teachers to start their day on time.
The tardy bell rings at 8:05 (9:05 on Wednesdays). Any arrivals after the tardy bell rings MUST be signed in by an adult. We are seeing an increase of students being dropped off after the tardy bell and left at the front door without anyone signing them in. That goes into the system as an unexcused tardy.
The Ponderosa PTA now has a landing page to communicate with families. This page will be updated periodically with event info and sign ups. You can subscribe to the monthly PTA newsletter here as well.
Click on the link and be sure to check out the Panda Prowl Drawing Contest and the Yard Sale sign up. We have flyers for the drawing contest, but they are going to be distributed later than we wanted due to printer issues, so we're hoping to spread the word about it here and now!
https://mailchi.mp/fcf647ee49f4/ponderosa-elementary-pta
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REQUIRED FOR ALL STUDENTS
Attention Families! Thompson School District's 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤-𝐈𝐧 link for the 2025-2026 school year is now available on your Parent Portal. This yearly update is required for every student enrolled in Thompson School District for the 2025-2026 school year. Parents/guardians in the student’s primary household need to complete the application by reviewing and updating household, emergency contact, student health information and permissions via the link. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲-𝐭𝐨-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲.
Accessing the Annual Family Check-In Link: https://www.tsd.org/enrollment/afc 1) Follow the instructions on the web page, to log into your Parent Portal account. 2) If you are not able to access your Portal account, please contact your student's school secretary/front office staff to request your username and/or password or contact the helpdesk@tsd.org or 970-613-7777 If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact your student's school secretary/front office staff. We greatly appreciate your support in ensuring that your students and family's information is accurate and complete.
Colorado Safe Routes to School invites students grades K-12 to submit their artistic creations by 4pm Friday, May 2, 2025.
The winning submission may be incorporated into next fall’s Walk and Roll to School 2025 Poster and Sticker designs; the top three entries will receive a free Safe Routes to celebratory T-shirt. Further, the artist will receive a Trek Solstice MIPS bike helmet, available in a high-visibility yellow color from Denver’s Campus Cycles. In addition to donating this prize, valued at $70, Campus Cycles has also graciously offered to ship the helmet to the winner.
All interested entrants, please follow these guidelines:
-Submissions must positively showcase active travel modes (Walk, Bike, Roll).
-Submissions should highlight diversity and safety best practices.
-Submissions must be portrait-orientation.
-Artwork will ideally be created on 11 X17 paper, scanned at 100% at a minimum 600 DPI; however Letter Size submissions are also acceptable.
-If scanning is not an option, cellphone pictures may be submitted at the highest resolution available, at least 1200 DPI.
-Our preference is for emailed submissions. Send to wendy.mcmillan@state.co.us. Please include the student’s name and a contact email.
-If email is not an option, submissions may be mailed attn: Scott Cowart, Safe Routes to School Poster Contest, 2829 W. Howard Place, Denver, CO 80204.
-Please ensure your submissions are received by 4 pm Friday, May 2nd.
Looking for a little inspiration? Below are two examples of special event artwork created by the CDOT Design
Yearbooks are now available for purchase! They are currently available $30 each. Go to https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/ and use code 14930925 to purchase a yearbook for the 2024/2025 school year. We will have a very limited number available for purchase in the office at the end of the year but those numbers are limited and the price will increase. Yearbooks will be delivered the last week of the school year.
Final day for ordering is April 14th!
As many of you have noticed, our new nutritional services program has menus that have a lot more detail, but are not user friendly. You can view the online menu here. Just be sure to change the school to "Ponderosa" and that you are on the "lunch" option, NOT the "ECD lunch"
What I need to know:
- 8:00 am - 3:10 pm - M, T, Th, F
- 9:00 am - 3:10 - Wednesdays
Breakfast:
- 7:40 am - 7:55 am - M, T, Th, F
- 8:40 am - 8:55 am - Wednesdays
Please note - students may not be on school grounds before 7:40 am (8:40 am on Wednesdays) unless they are participating in a school sponsored activity. There is no adult supervision before that time.
Before and After School Care
Ponderosa PTA
Next PTA meeting:
Wednesday May 14, 2025
To Contact PTA:
Email us at info.pespta@gmail.com
Find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/PonderosaPTA/
See more PTA information at https://www.thompsonschools.org/domain/256
American Furniture Warehouse is Giving Back
American Furniture Warehouse is giving back up to 4% of your purchase to Ponderosa. Just mention PESTSD or Ponderosa Elementary at check out!
King Soopers Community Rewards Program
Enroll your King Soopers loyalty card at http://kingsoopers.com, log in and search for Ponderosa Elementary either by name or ED507, and click "Enroll".
Ponderosa Elementary
Attendance Line: (970) 679-9590
Additional information can be found at the Thompson Schools
Email: nicole.jackson@tsd.org
Website: https://pes.tsd.org/
Location: 4550 Florence Dr., Loveland, CO 80538
Phone: (970) 679-9500
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ponderosapandas