Liberty Ridge Elementary Newsletter

5/29/23 No School Memorial Day

5/30/23 Regular school day (weather make up day)

5/30/23 Track Jamboree 5:00-7:00

6/1/23 READY! For Kindergarten at Donald Eismann Elementary

6/5/23 ALL Library Books Due

6/12/23 Special Schedule to accommodate high school graduations. 8:25-1:10, read message below

6/15/23 Celebration Night 5:30-7:00

6/19/23 No School Juneteenth

6/20/20 Field Day - see below

6/21/23 Talent & Art Show 2:15

6/22/23 LAST DAY OF SCHOOl! Dismissal at 11:40

Dear LRE Families,

Did you notice anything funny going on at Liberty Ridge this week? The students sure did! Our staff decided to do an “Underground Spirit Week” to surprise our students. Monday was wacky hair day, Tuesday superhero day, Wednesday holiday attire, Thursday wear black, and Friday vacation day. We didn’t tell our students anything about the spirit week, but it was amazing how quickly they caught on! Check out the picture of some of our staff in vacation gear!

This is the time of year when teachers begin giving end of school year assessments to gauge student progress. I am so happy to say that we are seeing great growth! Please take time this weekend to talk to your child about what they have learned over the school year and celebrate their progress with them-we are sure proud of our Thunder Eagles!

Happy Memorial Day!

-Julana Hardtke

Principal, Liberty Ridge Elementary

Please join us for our annual Celebration Night and Food Drive to support the Bonney Lake Food Bank - The Market. The Principal with the biggest pile of food will get to pie the face of the Principal with the smallest pile of food! Please read below for what items are needed to support The Market.

We will have several community groups on hand to share information about summer programs. We will have the Sumner Family Center, The Prairie Ridge Coalition, The Market, East Pierce County Fire Department, and the Sheriff's Department here. We love that our community partners with us to bring resources to our families.

The East Pierce Fire Department will also be here to fit bike helmets and life jackets. They take cash or card for payment. And, we might have a fire truck there for kids to check out as long as there are no emergencies that call them out.

PTO will also be hosting a raffle for some amazing items! We have seen some of the donations coming in and we expect a lot of tickets to be sold because the items are fantastic! And, if you purchase $100 in tickets, they will give you a case of World's Finest Chocolate (while supplies last). Please visit their Facebook page for more information and the QR code to pre-purchase tickets for the raffle.

If you are interested in volunteering for field day, our specialists have been busy prepping all the fun for the day! Volunteers must have been cleared with our HR department with the background checks. The requires a few weeks to process, so please start the steps now to allow time if you are interested. Please direct any questions to Jenna Slowey, our SEL specialist.

Schedule for field day:

8:30-8:45 Parade

8:50-10:40 2nd-5th Field Day - volunteers needed

12:40-1:25 K/1 Field day - student council will assist the younger grades

2:15 Tug of War

Silent Dismissal Car Tags-

• We are keeping the same numbering system for families for next year. New enrollments will get the same tags until we run out. Your number that you have will remain the same so please keep your car tags. If you need another tag, we can print them out with the silent dismissal program, but they will be a little bit different since we are unable to get the same kind we currently have.
• Families/Students leaving LRE- if you can please return tags. But, if you don't that is okay. We will be de-activating those numbers that are not returned for security purposes.

School Supplies -

• Our PTO has generously donated all the school supplies for next year so that all students come ready to learn on the first day. They recognize the role that identical supplies play in equity among our students.
• Should you want to contribute to the PTO to help recoup the cost of school supplies for your student, a suggested donation of $25 would go to LRE PTO.
• Optional supplies to bring the first day of school would be: facial tissue, fragrance-free (not unscented) baby wipes, personal earphones/earbuds, and computer mice (grades 1-5 only)

In November, we announced the much-anticipated graduation dates. But, we just want to make sure this is still on everyone's radar that graduation is June 12 — Bonney Lake, 4 p.m.; Sumner, 7 p.m. — at the Tacoma Dome. To help support graduation attendance for staff and families for the earlier BLHS ceremony, the entire district will have a two-hour early dismissal instead of the normal Monday two-hour late start on June 12. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Two-hour early dismissal schedule for June 12:

• Secondary, 12:20 p.m.: Bonney Lake and Sumner high schools; Lakeridge, Mountain View and Sumner middle schools
• Elementary (early start schools), 1:10 p.m.: Crestwood, Daffodil Valley, Liberty Ridge, Maple Lawn, Victor Falls
• Elementary (late start schools), 1:45 p.m.: Bonney Lake, Donald Eismann, Emerald Hills, Tehaleh Heights
• Sumner Early Learning Center, 1:20 p.m.

Do you know a child who will be five years old on or before Aug. 31? Maybe it's your neighbor, friend or even your own child. Now’s the time to enroll kindergarten students for the 2023-24 school year. The sooner you enroll, the better we can keep you informed.

Kindergarten kickoff video

To learn more about kindergarten in the Sumner-Bonney Lake School District, watch this video for an overview of kindergarten, the registration process and forms, resources, transition events and kindergarten readiness.

New immunization requirements

New requirements are in effect for students in preschool and kindergarten who are four years old or older on Sept. 1. Learn about the requirements, documentation, exceptions and more.

Registration

Enrollment into the District is online. Visit our enrollment page for details on the three-step registration process. Hard copy registration packets are available at our schools.

For more information, go to www.sumnersd.org/kindergarten.

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Website: sumnersd.org/lre
Location: 12202 209th Ave Ct E, Bonney Lake, WA, USA
Phone: (253) 891-4800