Upcoming Dates

September

Friday, September 25th - Crosstown Classic & Kick-A-Thon @ STC North 6:00 pm

Monday, September 28th - PTO Fall Plant Sale Ends

Wednesday, September 30th -Early Release Day, students dismissed at 2:35 pm

October

Friday, October 2nd - Super Fox Trot Fun Run - During the school day

Friday, October 2nd - Conference Scheduling in ParentVUE ends

Thursday, October 8th - Friday, October 9th - Parent/Teacher Conferences

Sign up instructions are below

Thursday, October 8th - Hungry Foxes @ Panera, all day

Tuesday, October 13th - PTO Meeting @ 7:00 pm

Friday, October 23rd - Picture Re-Take Day

Friday, October 23rd - Fall Fest 6:00-8:00 pm

Fox Ridge Lunch Menu

2026-27 District Calendar

Reminder of Elementary Day Start & End Times

School Start Time - 9:05 am

Earliest Drop-Off Time - 8:50 am

School End Time - 3:25 pm

Early Release End Time - 2:35 pm

From Mrs. McKnight & Ms. Alva

As a school we participated in Safety Day on Wednesday. Our students practiced three different emergency drills; a lockdown drill, severe weather drill, and a fire drill. The students were excellent during these drills as they remained incredibly quiet and followed teacher directions quickly. We have one more fire drill to complete this year, which will take place in the Spring.

We had a wonderful Bear Down on Bullies assembly today! Thanks to our PTO, our school was treated to an engaging assembly, with a great message, and a special visit by Staley the Bear! Thank you to our PTO for providing us with such a great experience.

Tonight is the Cross-town Classic football game between East and North. In between the JV and Varsity games, at about 6:15pm, the dance teams host the Kick-A-Thon. This year, Kick-A-Thon is raising money for Cal's Angels and Fox Valley Food for Health. Fox Ridge Student Ambassadors will be carrying the Fox Ridge banner at the start of the Kick-A-Thon and Mrs. McKnight will be kicking with other community members in support of this great cause. Come on out to the East vs North football game at 6:15 at North High School to support the Kick-A-Thon! If you are interested in making a monetary donation to Kick-A-Thon, use this link.

Early Release on Wednesday

The Fox Ridge PTO Fun Run is Almost Here!

We are one week away from our Fun Run and we need your help! This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and every dollar raised goes directly to funding student favorites like field trips, teacher allotments, birthday books, class picnics, Fall Fest, and school assemblies. We are currently HALFWAY to our goal of $12,000! Can you help us meet our goal?

How You Can Help:

1. Set up your Student's Donation Page: https://ptofoxridge.membershiptoolkit.com/open_forms

2. Donate: Every $30 they raise gets them an additional raffle ticket for fun prizes!

3. Share: Send the fundraising link to family, friends, and neighbors.

4. Double your Impact: Check if your employer offers corporate donation matching.

We have earned an extra recess, and now we are looking forward to earning our special PE activity next!

$5,000 Reward: Extra Recess for entire school ✅

$8,000 Reward: Special Activity during P.E. (Glow Bowl!)

$10,000 Reward: Pie a Teacher

$12,000 Reward: Obstacle Course at Field Day

*$15,000 Reward: Bonus Assembly

Mark your calendars for October 2nd to come out to Fox Ridge and cheer on your runners! Class run times are below. Parents are welcome to come during their child's scheduled time to be a part of the fun!

9:20 am - 5th

10:00 am - 1st

10:40 am - Kinder

11:20 am - 4th

1:20 pm - 3rd

2:00 pm - 2nd

2:40 pm- EAccess

Let’s reach higher and make this the best year yet for our students. Start your campaign today at foxridgepto.com!

Parent Teacher Conference Sign Up Instructions

This year, parent-teacher conferences will be scheduled in ParentVUE. Scheduling is open now through Friday, October 2.

Conferences will take place on the following dates, with the option to meet in person or virtually:

Thursday, October 8: Early Childhood through High School
Friday, October 9: Early Childhood through Grade 8

Step-by-step directions for both the ParentVUE website and app are linked below.

Between September 21 and October 2, you can change a time in ParentVUE. After October 2, please contact the main office. If you have more than one student, switch between their profiles to schedule conferences.

If you need assistance with conferences or do not yet have a ParentVUE account, please call our main office at 331-228-2400.

If you are interested in conferencing with a specials teacher, please reach out to them directly to schedule a time to meet. Due to the number of students they support, they are unable to conference with every family.

Art: Mrs. Simkus joyce.simkus@d303.org OR Mrs. Jontz kelsa.jontz@d303.org
Music: Mrs. Hammonds erica.hammonds@d303.org OR Mrs. Gallaugher-Beetstra adrianne.gallaugher-beetstra@d303.org
PE: Mr. Lubas walter.lubas@d303.org, Mrs. Spelic laura.spelic@d3303.org, Mrs. Cesario brienne.cesario@d303.org, Mr. Michalisko john.michalisko@d303.org
STEM: Ms. Adolph emilee.adolph@d303.org,
Orchestra: Mrs. Rorbach kirsten.rohrbach@d303.org, Mrs. Rollins lori.rollins@d303.org
Band: Mrs. Lydigsen jennifer.lydigsen@d303.org

Thank you for your partnership. We look forward to connecting with you in October!

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Parking Lot

As you may know, we have four dedicated handicapped parking spots in the front of our lot. These spots are used daily by families who need them. Please do not park in the handicapped spots unless you have a handicapped placard. Thank you in advance for helping all of our students access the building as safely as possible!