Our 2024-2025 school year is off to a great start! Students seem excited to be at Fox Ridge, and relationships are being built and strengthened with staff, new classmates, and old friends. Everyone has transitioned smoothly back into the swing of things, following our Fox Ridge Expectations of “Be Respectful, Be Responsible, and Be Safe!” They are practicing the routines of their learning in their new classrooms, in the lunchroom, and throughout the school. We’ve had some curriculum changes over the past two years, and we are seeing a positive impact on student learning. Our teachers look forward to partnering with our families on this journey. Weekly newsletters are one way teachers share the work students are engaged in throughout the year.
Our Curriculum Night on September 10th is another opportunity to learn about grade-level standards and expectations, as well as get to know your child’s teacher. Please plan on joining us that evening. Teachers will provide two sessions, and parents can choose the session that works best for them. We will also offer childcare for K-5 students (unfortunately, no younger siblings) in the LRC and/or Multi-Purpose room, with some fun activities for them while parents are in the classrooms.
Today, staff engaged in learning throughout the day. The morning was dedicated to training for safety drills, and the afternoon focused on using iReady data to plan and ensure we provide the best instruction aligned with our learners. I have included a staff gathering during our lunch break today, building a strong collaborative staff is important.
The iReady diagnostic, taken these past weeks along with other data points, helps us determine intervention groups. Our reading and math specialists will begin meeting with students in a few weeks. Once this data is reviewed and groups are created, students will receive interventions and/or extensions in core content during our Targeted Learning Time (TLT), ensuring they do not miss new instruction. Kindergarten students will take iReady this week, starting Tuesday.
