News From the Ridge

Office Main Line: (913) 239-7400

Attendance: (913) 239-7405

Nurse: (913) 239-7413

Sunset Ridge Elementary Website

SRE Year at a Glance (Dates Subject to Change)

District Calendar

Nut-Safer Guidelines

SRE Family Handbook

Free and Reduced Meal Program

Durham Bus Transportation

Before and After School Care (YMCA)

SRE Yearbook Photos 24-25

SRE PTO Spirit Wear Order Form

Peace Week:

Monday, October 7 (Green Day)

• Chiefs v Saints 7:15p
• PJ Day- "Put Mean Words to Rest"
  

Tuesday, October 8 (Red Day)

• Crazy Sock Day - "Sock It To Bullying"
• 8:00. Strings

Wednesday, October 9 (Orange Day)

• Color Our World Day (EC- pink, K- orange, 1- yellow, 2- green, 3- blue, 4- purple, 5- red) "Each grade is unique and when we come together, the school is complete"
  
• Starting Strong 6:00p-7:30p @ Hilltop
• Choir 8:00am

Thursday, October 10 (Yellow Day)

• Wear Bold, Unique Outfits "It's Ok To Be Different"
• Strings 8am
• EC Stay and Play 10:30 am
• EC Stay and Play 2:30 pm

Friday, October 11 (NO SCHOOL)

• No School, end of quarter
• Teacher PL am/Grade Prep pm
• Mammogram Bus 2p-5p

Monday, 10/7- PJ Day- "Put Mean Words to Rest"

Tuesday, 10/8- Crazy Sock Day - "Sock It to Bullying"

Wednesday, 10/9- Color Our World Day (EC- pink, K- orange, 1- yellow, 2- green, 3- blue, 4- purple, 5- red)

"Each grade is unique and when we come together, the school is complete"

Thursday, 10/10- Wear Bold, Unique Outfits: "It's Ok To Be Different"

Friday, 10/11- No school

We have noticed an increase in damage on our playground lately. Kids are riding electric bikes and scooters on the playground in the evenings and on the weekends and it is burning holes in the turf. We will talk to kids about this at school. However, we need your help. Please take a moment to reinforce the importance of keeping bikes/scooters off of this area of our school grounds.

At the end of each quarter, courses in Canvas will conclude and will no longer be visible on the Canvas app. However, a concluded course remains visible through the Canvas website by selecting ALL COURSES and then PAST ENROLLMENTS.

Important dates for families:

Enroll in this course: https://bvusd.instructure.com/enroll/73CN87

The Family Resources Canvas Course is now available for Blue Valley families. This course is designed to help families navigate Canvas, whether beginning or looking for a reminder. Additionally, the course includes Canvas guides for Observers (the role assigned to parents).

Halloween will be run as it was last year. We would love for you to help the students on party days. However, if you aren't acting as a volunteer, feel free to stay home/at work and pick up from school as you usually do. If you want a free pass to stay away, here it is!! If you choose to volunteer, thank you, and we can't wait to see you!!!!! Please be on the lookout for a sign up coming soon. I will let you know in advance. Please be aware that the sign up will go through membership toolkit, if you have yet to sign up for a username and password, you will have to create one before you are able to view the sign-up. Never fear, we will have a bunch of spots available to sign up for each class.

You do NOT need to be a volunteer to just watch the parade. The parade will take place in the circle drive in front of the school. If you are just watching the parade, you don't have to sign in. You can just watch from outside.

As a reminder: All visitors, even on class party days, must enter school property using our secure entry by showing a government-issued photo ID. Only people who have signed up to volunteer will be able to gain access to the inside of the school for this event. Please remind anyone who is volunteering about our safety protocols.

Students may wear costumes to school as long as they can easily sit in chairs at tables. Students will be asked to wait until the parade for all non-clothing accessories. Bulky costumes may be put on later in the day for the parade.

No full coverage face make-up should be worn to school , please save this for trick-or-treating. Although students can wear masks for the parade, please know that the full coverage masks can often be scary for kids. Please be sensitive to that as you make your choices.

Costumes should be culturally and socially sensitive. Respect for all individuals and groups needs to be demonstrated.

Costumes should not be violent in any manner. No weapons can be implied (such as swords, knives, guns, light saber, etc.)

Please also avoid blood, fake body parts and masks that could scare our younger learners.

A good rule of thumb would be to keep from wearing anything that would scare a kindergarten student.

Thank you for your help in maintaining a safe, comfortable and happy environment vs. one with scary costumes. As you prepare for the day please keep the listed items at home for trick-or-treating in the neighborhood and do not bring them to school. I appreciate your support to assure our students feel comfortable with all of the costumes.

October is now here and we are gearing up to have a great Hulaween family night!!

We have everything ready to go for the event, but could use some help that night with all the fun games and activities. Click here to sign up as a volunteer! We love having your older middle school and high school students volunteer for community service hours, so please share the link.

Caroling for Cans is happening Thursday, October 17th! The SRE Choir will be collecting cans and singing for families who live in the neighborhood. All canned goods will be donated to Harvester's. If you live close by, be sure to hang around and listen to some fun short songs! We appreciate your support.

First Grade Families,

On Tuesday, November 5th, we will be having a First Grade Folk Dance night in the SRE gym from 6:00-6:30 p.m. Please check your email for more information about this event.

On November 6th, all 5th graders will have the annual special all 5th grade class picture taken on the playground. To make this moment memorable, we would love for every student to wear an SRE Class of 2025 t-shirt, as is tradition.

These shirts will also be worn for the 5th grade celebratory field trip in the spring of 2025.

Here is the link for the shirt order:

SRE Farewell 5th Graders! Deadline 10/16

If the cost of the t-shirt poses a challenge for your family, please don't hesitate to reach out to the front office. We want every student to have the opportunity to participate!

With the picture date quickly approaching, all orders need to be placed no later than Wednesday, October 16th! So please don't delay in filling out this order form! The sooner, the better! Also, as a reminder, there are both youth and adult sizes available, so please order carefully as all orders are final!

Shirts will be distributed no later than November 5 to the children's classrooms.

Please contact Kelly Becker or Jenny Laffey if you have questions.

kellyprochaska@gmail.com

jenny.m.laffey@gmail.com

We are always looking for volunteers for different activities or events throughout the year. If you are interested in being contacted to help, please go in and complete the form below. Whenever help is needed, we reach out to those that have signed up first for availability. It takes everyone to make this happen and we appreciate the continued support from the community!

https://forms.gle/vPzimcuUW1Qif9FB8

The Staff Appreciation Committee needs your help. We are looking for donations for items to stock the lounge throughout this semester and for different events being put on to show our teachers how much they mean to us. Below is a sign-up genius of needed items. We appreciate all of the help from you to make our staff fee appreciated! All donations are needed by 10/4.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090544ACAB23A3F94-50846331-welcome

We will be putting together a presentation for the Veteran’s Day assembly on November 8th. If you have a family member that has served in any branch of the military, please send a picture and the following information to sreptoboardpresident@gmail.com

1. · Picture of your family member (preferably in uniform)
2. · Branch of Military
3. · Name of student(s)

If you have a veteran that would be interested in speaking at the assembly, please contact Tori Reed at vjreed@bluevalleyk12.org for more information!

Papa John’s will be hosting restaurant night for SRE on Wednesday October 16th with code KSS019. Flyers coming soon!

If you haven't had a chance to order spirit wear, you should. The new shirt options are great. Falcon Spirit Wear Store is officially OPEN! Orders can be placed throughout the school year with a 2-4 week delivery turnaround. Click this link to order yours today! > > > Welcome to the Sunset Ridge Elementary Spiritwear Order Form! Thank you for supporting the SRE PTO (jotform.com).

ALL communication from the PTO will go out through membership toolkit. If you have not registered and put your email information in, you will NOT receive communication and updates about activities, classroom parties, etc. There is also an app that comes with registration in Membership toolkit (picture of app below). This is a great way to get ahold of other parents to set up play dates, send birthday invites, etc.! THERE IS NO COST TO SIGN UP!!

Make sure you choose your child’s teacher so that you get classroom specific information.

Sunset Ridge Elementary PTO - Sunset Ridge PTO (membershiptoolkit.com)

Don’t forget to log in to ParentVue and go to Optional Fees to CONFIRM you have purchased your yearbook for the 2024-2025 school year. If you do not complete this in ParentVue, your child will NOT get a yearbook at the end of the year.

PYRBK - PTO Yearbook/FieldTrip/Planner SRE for $60

This is the fee to cover ONLY your child’s 2024-2025 yearbook ($15), their 2024-2025 planner ($4) and their 3 field trips and transportation costs ($41).

• Oct 11th – Mammogram Bus
• Oct 16th – Papa John’s Restaurant Night
• Oct 18th – Chat & Chew for 3-5 grade
• Oct 18th – Hulaween 6-8pm
• Oct 31st – Halloween Parade and Parties

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a1HzFt8Lx8wPfrL_BnzW2PKLHOmuB0VO/view?usp=sharing

Monday, October 14 (Green Day)

Tuesday, October 15 (Red Day)

• 8:00a - 5th Grade Strings
  
• Kindergarten and 1st Grade Field Trips

Wednesday, October 16 (Orange Day)

• 8:00a - 4th/5th Grade Choir
• October Restaurant Night - Papa John's

Thursday, October 17 (Yellow Day)

• 8:00a - 5th Grade Strings

• 5th Grade Field Trip

• Caroling for cans 4th and 5th grade choir 3:45p-5:00p

Friday, October 18 (Green Day)

• 7:45a-8:30a Math & Logic
• Chat n Chew 3-5 grade
• PTO Family Fun Night - Hulaween 6p-8p

Did you know that Sunset Ridge has a state-of-the-art broadcast booth and presents a LIVE news show to students every morning? The KSRE broadcast crew would love to feature YOUR student on the morning broadcast.

If your student has a sports accomplishment, stars in a performing arts event, or does something else amazing that they would like to share with the school; please email a short blurb and picture to Mrs. Reed at vjreed@bluevalleyk12.org so it can be broadcast to the school!

If you want to stay informed on Blue Valley and community events and activities, click the link to our Peach Jar page below.

Sunset Ridge Peach Jar Events

Let me know how I can best support you.

Email: mcriley@bluevalleyk12.org
Website: https://www.bluevalleyk12.org/SRE
Location: 14901 England Street, Overland Park, KS, USA
Phone: 913-239-7400
Twitter: @principalRiley