Message From the Admin Team

It's a great day to be an Eagle!

Every school day is a new opportunity to learn, connect with friends, and grow. When students arrive on time and ready to go, they start the day with confidence and don’t miss those important first moments of learning. October 1st is Student Count Day, an especially important day when schools count the students who are present.

Your child’s attendance on Count Day matters!

We encourage every student to be at school, on time, and ready to shine. Thank you, families, for helping your children build the great habit of being present, punctual, and prepared each day. Together, we can make every minute—and every school day—count!

Respectfully,

Jill Jenings and Lisa Most

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PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

Our Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held the week of October 5th.

Please make sure to sign up.

These conferences are a great way to connect with your child's teacher.

Depth and Complexity ICONS?

Have you noticed these icons and wondered what they mean? You’re not alone!

The Depth and Complexity framework helps students go beyond simply learning facts. These prompts encourage them to think more deeply, make connections, and look at ideas from different perspectives.

You may see icons for details, patterns, trends, big ideas, rules, multiple perspectives, and more. For example, instead of simply asking students to identify an animal’s habitat, we might encourage them to notice patterns in habitats, explain how a habitat helps an animal survive, or think about how changes to a habitat could affect the animal.

The great news? Your child is already an expert at using these ICONS We use them throughout the school day to help students become thoughtful, curious, and deeper thinkers.

From the Health Office

Happy September Eagle Ridge Families!

This year, the counseling department's annual goal is focused on increasing student resilience for the sake of improved academic outcomes, specifically in math and writing. Throughout the building this week, students have learned that to be resilient means to ‘Bounce Back’ when you make a mistake.

School can often be a student’s first experience of a healthy challenge. Whether it occurs in the form of a friendship conflict, a hard math concept they just don’t understand, or increasing their reading comprehension, experiencing challenges can be hard! And we also know– when students are supported in overcoming challenges, they are better prepared for life outside of school. We want students to feel confident and capable that no challenge is greater than their ability to overcome them.

Parent support is crucial in achieving this endeavor. We’d love to have your help at home in increasing student’s academic resiliency. This doesn’t have to be a chore or take away from fun family time– it can be in addition to it!

Consider the following ideas:

Family Game Night: Play a card or board game where addition or score keeping is involved. Have your student add each person’s scores up to identify the winner.

Uno: Players match colors or numbers and add up points from remaining cards in opponents' hands at the end of each round.

Sleeping Queens: Players wake up royal cards using knights and potions, then add up the queen point values to win.

Skip-Bo: Players build sequential number stacks from 1 to 12 and keep a running tally of points across multiple hands.

2) Evening Reading: Integrating reading as a part of your child’s evening routine not only has relational benefits but academic as well! Students who read with their caregiver or guardian: develop stronger language skills, have a stronger attention span, memory, and concentration skills, and have a greater ability to relationally connect and regulate their emotions.

3) Identify the positives of the day: Remaining positive or optimistic in hard moments shapes learners brain to believe that challenges don’t always end in negative outcomes. Take a moment at the end of the day to identify all the good things that happened throughout the day.

We look forward to partnering with you and your student(s) to overcome healthy challenges throughout this school year. We believe in your child and can’t wait to see them resiliently thrive this school year.

Sincerely,

Linda Lieber & Laura Miller

School Counselors

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SCHEDULE AND EVENTS

CLASS PREVIEWS - Monday & Tuesday from 9:15am to 3:20pm

FAMILY SHOPPING- Daily 8:15am to 8:40am, Monday - Thursday 3:30pm to 7pm, and Friday 3:30pm to 4pm.

STUDENT SHOPPING - Wednesday to Friday from 9:15am to 3:30pm during recess or with Teacher permission.

GRAND EVENT! - Wednesday 7:30am to 8:30am

BOOK FAIR HOMEPAGE

Visit the ERE Book Fair Homepage to learn more about the Book Fair and shop the online fair.

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/eagleridgeelementaryschool2

VOLUNTEERS AND FOOD DONATIONS NEEDED

Volunteering at the Scholastic Book Fair is an amazing way to support the Eagle Ridge Library, ERE Teachers and students. This is a HUGE event for our Library. There are so many opportunities to help, but without volunteers like you, we couldn't make it happen.

Volunteer Sign Up:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094DAFAF2BA2FE3-65646570-2026

Please consider donating food & beverage to the Book Fair for two exciting events.

The Book Fair Staff Preview will be held on Monday, October 5th and Tuesday, October 6th. This gives staff a chance to shop the fair and create their wish baskets.

We will be hosting a Grand Person event on Wednesday, October 7th.

Food & Beverage Donations:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094DAFAF2BA2FE3-65658807-2026

E-WALLETS

A Book Fair eWallet lets your child shop the fair independently and choose books they want to read. After your school’s Fair, any unspent funds remain in your Scholastic account for future Fairs.

Set Up an Account here:

https://account.scholastic.com/my-scholastic/profile/ewallet.html?fairID=6203748&sUCN=600122737

GRAND EVENT – “Stories & Art” - OCTOBER 7TH 7:30AM to 8:30AM

On Wednesday, October 7th ERE will be hosting a Grand Event from 7:30AM-8:30AM before school for the "Grand" people in our students’ lives. Come to shop at the Book Fair and experience the CherryArts Mobile Gallery with your student!

Coffee, OJ, and light breakfast Fare will be served during the event.

SHARE THE FAIR

Share the Fair is a program for families to donate money to the Book Fair. It will allow every child at our school to pick a book from the fair. The Book Fair is about giving kids a choice in what they read. It is important to make sure every child has an opportunity to get a book. So, be a little EXTRA! Tell us at checkout that you want to round up or make a donation for Share the Fair. Donations taken via the fair website too.

If you run a business and would like to sponsor the Share the Fair program, we would love to advertise your business at the fair! Please email me if your business is interested in being a sponsor at ssweitzer@dcsdk12.org.

Please Donate to Share the Fair here:

https://shop.scholastic.com/stf/fund?orgUCN=600122737

WISH BASKETS

ERE teachers and staff will have baskets at the Book Fair with books for their classroom libraries. Please help your student’s teacher or staff member fill their classroom library with new exciting books by purchasing a book or two from the Book Fair for their classroom.

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September 24, 2026

Message From the Admin Team

😎 Great Moments from the Week!

HRHS Homecoming Parade

Our Staff Loves to Learn!

We love library!

NOMINATE A GREAT STAFF MEMBER

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

Depth and Complexity ICONS?

From the Health Office

ERE Opportunities

PTA NEWS

Free Donut Day for Student Count Day! Yummy!

FALL FUNDRAISER

Upcoming Events

Student Count Day-October 1st

5th Grade Outdoor Ed-September 30th-October 2nd

Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences-October 5th-9th

Scholastic Book Fair-October 5th-9th

Fall Break-October12th-16th

Message From the Admin Team

😎 Great Moments from the Week! 😎 Great Moments from the Week!

HRHS Homecoming Parade

Our Staff Loves to Learn!

We love library!

NOMINATE A GREAT STAFF MEMBER NOMINATE A GREAT STAFF MEMBER

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

Depth and Complexity ICONS? Depth and Complexity ICONS?

From the Health Office From the Health Office

ERE Opportunities ERE Opportunities

PTA NEWS PTA NEWS

Free Donut Day for Student Count Day! Yummy! Free Donut Day for Student Count Day! Yummy!

FALL FUNDRAISER FALL FUNDRAISER

Upcoming Events Upcoming Events

Student Count Day-October 1st

5th Grade Outdoor Ed-September 30th-October 2nd

Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences-October 5th-9th

Scholastic Book Fair-October 5th-9th

Fall Break-October12th-16th

😎 Great Moments from the Week!

NOMINATE A GREAT STAFF MEMBER

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

Depth and Complexity ICONS?

From the Health Office

ERE Opportunities

PTA NEWS

Free Donut Day for Student Count Day! Yummy!

FALL FUNDRAISER

Upcoming Events