BRMS May Newsletter
May 20th, 2024
Hello Badger Ridge Families! Happy May and end of the 23-24 school year! This month, once again, has been a busy one! Students have taken end of year assessments amongst many other fun and exciting things such as concerts, contributing to Teacher Appreciation Week, the student v. staff basketball game, and more. Our students have earned a nice long summer break, and families, you should be proud of our scholars for an amazing school year! So with that, today's newsletter holds information about our family night celebration, some information useful to you for the summer, end of year celebrations for students, and more. We plan to have a couple of summer newsletters as well, so stay tuned!
Spring Star reports will be mailed home in June. You will also receive an email communication in early June about the Star reports and how to interpret them. If you have any questions please reach out to Julie Briggs, our Curriculum and Learning Specialist at briggsj@verona.k12.wi.us.
Allergy season is upon us! Here are a few reminders:
We do not stock allergy medications in the Health Office
You are able to store allergy medications in the Health Office with a signed Parent Medication Consent
A signed Parent Medication Consent Form is required to self-carry allergy medication
End of the School Year Medications & Supplies
All medications and supplies need to be picked up from the Health Office at the end of the school year. Any medications or supplies not picked up will be disposed of.
Watch for an email from a school nurse with additional information.
Spring Family Festival
On May 23, 2024 from 5-7pm, we will have our Spring Family Festival at Badger Ridge! Remember that we have transportation for students in select neighborhoods to bring students to and from the school. Please read this document for additional information about the transportation and the permission form that will need to be signed if your child chooses to ride the school bus. Other than that, let's plan on a lot of fun with games, crafts, open gym, food, music, sports, a raffle, and more!
8th Grade Events
8th Grade Families! This is just a final reminder about the upcoming 8th grade events that will be taking place between June 5th and June 6th. Please refer back to this family communication that was sent out on April 30th. If you have any questions about any of the 8th grade events, please contact Associate Principal Glass-Thompson at glassths@verona.k12.wi.us.
8th Grade Promotion Tickets
Four tickets have been allotted to each student for promotion this year. This is a reminder that if you have extra tickets that your family does not plan to use, please send these tickets back to school with your child to turn into the BRMS Main Office or drop them off to the attendance window yourself so that families who may need extra tickets are able to request and receive them. Thank you!
Back to School Night - AUGUST (Save the Date!)
Save the Date! Back to School Night for next school year will be August 28th from 5pm to 7pm at Badger Ridge. More detailed information will come out about Back to School Night in our June newsletter. Please note that our teams are working on student schedules, and they are slated to be ready some time in August. As always, schedules will be available for pick up as well at Back to School Night. Can't wait to see you all there!
Throughout the year, many of our house teachers engaged in AVID Professional Learning Modules to learn about, or deepen their understanding of, high-impact AVID strategies to support student learning. They learned about how WICOR can support and increase rigor, and AVID core strategies of Philosophical Chairs and Socratic Seminars and more. At Badger Ridge, we now have 70% of our house teachers officially AVID Trained. We are excited to see the impact of their learning on your students in the years ahead.
iPads and charging cords will be collected during the last weeks of school. 6th grade devices will be collected on May 31st, 7th grade on June 3rd, and 8th grade on June 4th. Please have students bring their devices and charging cords on their grade’s collection day. Students will be issued a Chromebook at the start of the 2024 - 2025 school year.
We need your help! We’re still looking for yard games, volunteers and snack donations for the 8th Grade Celebration at Harriet Park on June 5th! If you are interested in supporting, use this form. Thank you!
