Ridgeview STEM Junior High

Happy Friday Ridgeview Families!

HERE ARE YOUR UPDATES FOR THE NEXT WEEK

Our state testing is finally completed, but we do have one last round of assessments to take before we’re all said and done for the year. Tuesday May 7th and Thursday May 9th students will be taking their End of Year (EOY) iReady Reading and Math assessments. These tests will be conducted just like our state tests, as we’ll be on a 2-hour delay bell schedule both days. As a reminder, school still begins at 7:15 am. Students are to charge their chromebooks at night in preparation and all students' electronics will be collected until the testing window is complete.

Next week is Staff Appreciation Week! Families, if you have a favorite Ridgeview teacher or staff member, we encourage you to show them some love to brighten their day. Our staff works hard daily to provide the best educational experience possible for our scholars. It’s important that we show them appreciation for their hard work! We are also looking for food donations for our 8th grade/staff cookout being held on Wed May 8th. The food sign-up can be found here. It is also down in our PTO section of the newsletter. Thank you in advance for your support.

Ridgeview was awarded a grant to begin a boys mentoring program called Young Men of Excellence. This program will be run next school year beginning with select 8th grade boys, with the hope we can expand the program to 7th grade boys as well. We’re very excited for the opportunity and grateful to the Pickerington Education Foundation (PEF) for choosing us this year.

Lastly, as the weather continues to get better and the days get longer, there’s a tendency for behaviors to also increase. We have 3 full weeks left in the school year and we’d love to have everyone here with us until the end on May 29th. However, as much as we love your kiddos, we will have peace during the last 3 full weeks with or without them. Please press upon your student about continuing to adhere to our TIGER expectations every single day or summer break could come early for them. If you ever have any questions about our TIGER expectations and/or the district behavior matrix, please contact an administrator.

We hope everyone enjoys the weekend. Take care and we’ll chat again next week! GO TIGERS!

Important Dates:

M May 6-10: Staff Appreciation Week

T May 7: End of Year iReady Reading Test

TH May 9: End of Year iReady Math Test

W May 22: 7th Grade Academic Awards

TH May 23: 8th Grade Academic Awards

Sheila A. Evans, Principal

Ridgeview STEM Junior High School

Registration for 2024/2025 Athletics:

Final Forms will open after June 18 for registration for the 24/25 athletic seasons.

Tiger Athletics Website

In the event your child needs to take prescription medication while at school, please be sure to have the Request for administration of prescription medication by school personnel (pdf) form or completed by the child’s physician and parents. Forms are available in the school office and on the website.

Nonprescription medication such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and cough drops may be administered to students if the parent/guardian sends in the medication (in original container) along with written permission for the medication to be given. Dosages cannot exceed the manufacturer’s recommendations for age and weight. (i.e., We cannot administer medication to children under 12 if the label says: “Do not administer to children under 12, except under the direction of a physician.” We need to have a note from the doctor in order to give a dose of medication that is different than the dose stated on the bottle.) All medications, prescription and non-prescription, must be sent in the original container. The policy for medicines can be found here and we encourage you to have conversations with your students about the policy.

💜Ridgeview Family & Friends💜

We hope you all had a fantastic week with all this great weather we've had!

It's that time of year - we are close to the end of the school year it's literally around the corner and we have some pretty cool events coming up. Teacher Appreciation and our 2nd Annual 8th Grade Cookout is officially on the calendar! The week of May 6 to May 10 we will be celebrating our amazing teachers (all staff) as well as our 8th graders as we celebrate them before they head off to High School.

May 6th - Sundae Funday provided by PTO

May 8th - Teacher Appreciation & 8th Grade Cookout (if it rains make up days will be the 9th or 10th)

Please see the link below to sign up to donate or volunteer for this wonderful event! Last year was the first time we did this and it was FANTASTIC! We appreciate your donations and help in advance.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4CA5A62EA2FA7-49206363-teacher

Feel free to email us, we are always here to help and address all questions! Have an amazing weekend!

Have a great weekend!

Kelly & Qiana

kelly.martin_rvjhpto@hotmail.com or qsmith6@hotmail.com

• PLSD 2023-2024 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 Community Calendar

  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.

Spring Clinics

Wednesday's in April & May

Time: 6:00-8:00pm

Cost: $30 (both hours or $15 for 1 hour)

6:00-7:00 Passing & Serving

7:00-8:00 Hitting, Blocking & Setting

Sign up for BOTH is at the DOOR, no pre sign up needed.

Click this link for details and links.

We have a new Family liaison that speaks Amharic, Oromo, Afan Oromo. We would like to get him connected with families that could use his help. If you would like to, please consider putting this in your newsletter to families and staff. The new liaison's name is Wagari Beti. He can be reached at wagari_beti@plsd.us or 614-638-7292.

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 - 3:30 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

Summer Fun & Enrichment

Use the link to access summer camps, activities, and enrichment. We will post new slides at the top of the list, as we learn of new activities, So, be sure to check back now through the end of the year. Students also have access to enrichment activities through Naviance.

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 STEM 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 8th Grade: Henry Lee

Assistant Principal 7th Grade: Kevin Smith

Dean of Students: Sydney Dillard

Building Secretary: Tracy Redmond

Athletics/Fees/Records Secretary: 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

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