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Throughout this past week, Mrs. Hall and I have been visiting classrooms to provide a lesson on growth goals to all of our Wolf Ridge students. We want everyone, students and staff, to have goals for growth that they are working towards to strive to be better. We want to make our school the very best. Ask your child about his/her goal for growth. We are partners in helping to ensure our children reach these goals.

Thank you for your support,

Mrs. Ronen

We are excited to see our students back in our classrooms! We want all of our students to GROW! Attendance is a key component in helping our students learn and blossom academically and socially. If your student is not ill, it is important to attend regularly. Take time to review our attendance policy in our Student/Parent Handbook and reach out if you have any questions. Please note that any student missing 5 school days will receive a truancy letter mailed to their home, whether the absence is excused or unexcused. This does not mean any action is being taken, it is simply meant to inform you and to comply with truancy guidelines. If a student reaches 10 days absent, a second letter will be sent home and a staff member will reach out to offer resources if necessary. Truancy action with the Macoupin County Regional Office of Education will never be taken without your knowledge. We are here to work with our families and ensure our students are successful.

Preschool Students & Siblings:

= Please drop off at the front entry double doors by the cafeteria under the awning. We will have a greeter at this door each morning from 7:30-8:10. It helps if preschool students are dropped off closer to 8:00am to avoid interference with our buses. If you drop off at the same time as the buses, please remember that you are never allowed to pass a stopped school bus.

Kindergarten Students:

= Parents may walk kindergarten students into the building on the first day only. Please enter through our main entrance. It would help if you do not drop off until closer to 8:00am to avoid interference with our buses at 7:30. If you do drop off at the same time as the buses, please remember that you are never allowed to pass a stopped school bus. After the first day, please drop off in the carline just off of East Alton street. We will ensure there are door greeters and escorts for them to ensure they get to the correct location.

Walkers/Bikers:

= Please enter through the double doors by the cafeteria under the awning.

Bus Students:

= The bus will drop you off at the main entrance at Wolf Ridge. Please buzz for the door to be opened. If you are the first one to the door, please hold it for all other riders from your bus to enter. If you have any questions about bussing, please contact the unit office at 618-585-3116 or email tbrown@bhcusd.org.

K-8 Car Riders:

= Please use the carline entrance off of East Alton street. There will be greeters at the side double doors to our gymnasium starting at 7:30am until 8:10am. If you arrive after 8:10, please enter into the building through our main entrance and proceed to the office for a tardy pass.

PAC Students (Before School Childcare):

= Please drop off using the carline entrance off of East Alton street. Student can enter anytime after 6:00am if registered for PAC.

K-8 Car Riders:

= If you are picking your child up from school at Wolf Ridge, you will need a car tag. Car tags will be distributed by teachers at both Kindergarten Orientation and Stop&Drop Night. If you do not get your car tag at one of our back to school events, please contact the school office at 618-585-4831. We will let you know your special number. These tags will be sent home on the first day if not picked up prior. While we have made special car tags, please feel free to write the number on a blank sheet of paper and put it in your car window so that it is visible to our dismissal crew if you forget it or don't have it on your child's first day. The numbers have changed since last year. It is important to have this number written down and visible to ensure our dismissal process is smooth.

Preschool Car Riders:

= Students in preschool will not need a car tag as they will be picked up at the preschool double doors in front of the building by the cafeteria. However, if a preschool student has an older sibling, they can go together to the carline so they can be picked up in the same location.

Walkers/Bikers:

= Students will exit out the cafeteria double doors so they can proceed along the sidewalk in front of our school building and away from those students being picked up in the carline. This helps to minimize traffic around our walkers and bikers. Please stay on the sidewalk and be alert.

Bus Riders:

= Buses will line up along the front drive to Wolf Ridge. Walkers and bikers will not be dismissed until busses have left the premises. Bus students will be dismissed as soon as all buses have arrived.

PAC (After School Care) Students:

= PAC students can be picked up anytime from 3:30-6:00 just inside the cafeteria. Please enter the building through the double doors in front of the cafeteria where the awning is located. Students in this program need to be signed out each day by an approved pick up person.

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There will be no school on this day for Labor Day.

Fall individual and class pictures will be taken on this day. Be sure to wear a smile.

ALL STUDENTS CAN EAT BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR FREE AT BHCUSD8!