Ryan's Weekly Family Update

Welcome to the 25-26 School Year. We are so excited for the school year to begin.

Below is some information to help with our schoolwide routines and procedures.

Weekly Update Every Monday

Please take time to read our weekly announcements which include important news, events and information. It is our primary source of communication. In support of our Green Star School, we communicate mainly through email and the Ryan Website. Individual teachers will also send out additional updates and communication.

There is a TRANSLATE and ACCESSIBILITY feature for every newsletter communication that is sent from the main office.

Stay Connected With Ryan’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

Visit the PTA Website for current information on activities, volunteer opportunities and events!

Breakfast

• At Ryan, students may eat breakfast in the cafeteria every morning from 7:35-7:55 a.m. (8:35-8:55 a.m. on Wednesdays).

• If students finish eating before the first bell rings, they will walk outside to line up with their class.

• If students finish after the first bell rings, students will walk to their classroom from the cafeteria through the inside hallways.

Arriving to School

• Buses arrive at 7:40 a.m. and this is when supervision begins every day.

• On Wednesdays, buses arrive at 8:40 a.m. and this is when supervision begins.

• Students that arrive before this time are not being supervised by Ryan Elementary Staff.

• When students arrive in the morning, they line up outside of their classrooms. We do not have supervision to monitor recess in the morning. The supervision we provide monitors students in their lines outside their classroom doors.

• We do not have enough staff in the morning to supervise before-school recess. We ask that students line up and wait outside their classroom door. If a parent/guardian is present with the student, this adult may supervise their child’s playtime before school.

• If the student is not already in line when the first bell rings at 7:48/8:48 a.m., they should line-up. Teachers will open the classroom doors and greet students at 7:50/8:50 a.m., when the second bell rings. Morning announcements begin at 7:53/8:53 a.m. daily.

Wednesdays Late Start

• Late start care is provided for students by Ryan Elementary Paraeducators beginning at 7:40 a.m. on Wednesdays. Parents are required to sign their student in each week for this childcare no later than 7:50 a.m.

• If you plan on utilizing the Early Care on Late Start Wednesdays you will need to REGISTER.

• This is a one time registration for the 2025-26 school year.

Inclement Weather at School Arrival

• In the event that we are unable to have students outside before the first bell rings in the morning, we will bring students inside and have them wait in different locations.

• There will be a 12 foot purple flag outside in two locations (in the front by marquee and on the field area by intermediate playground). The purple flag means that students need to come straight into the building as they arrive in the morning. When possible, an email will be sent out to families notifying that we are inside in the morning by 7:30 a.m.

Arriving Late to School (Tardy Policy)

Being on time to school allows your child to begin the day relaxed and ready to learn. Please make arriving on time a priority to help your child be part of community-building activities including announcements and classroom morning meetings that occur first thing in the morning.

• Outside classroom doors may be closed at 7:51/8:51 a.m. If your child arrives after this, the student must enter the school through the main office and check in there.

• Students will be marked tardy beginning at 7:55 a.m. (8:55 a.m. on Wednesdays). This is right after school wide announcements end. They are usually from 7:53 to 7:55 a.m. On Wednesdays, students watch a short video for announcements.

• If you know your child will be late to school, please call the office by 8:05 a.m. so they are not marked absent. Teachers are expected to complete attendance by 8:00 a.m. and after lunch/recess unless it’s a special circumstance and we extend the attendance period (i.e. inclement weather and buses are running late).

Staying After School/Alternative Plans After School

• There is no supervision for students before 7:40 a.m. and after 2:50 p.m.

• End of day plan changes should be limited to emergencies only and called in to the school by 2:40 p.m. We can not guarantee that we will be able to contact your child if you notify us of a change after this time.

• Students are encouraged to head home directly after school as we do not have supervision after school. Please encourage your child to come to the main office if they are not sure where they should go after school or they need assistance.

Daily Attendance

Please help your child develop good attendance habits. Research shows that missing just two days per month severely impacts reading and math growth. To make expected academic and social emotional gains, students should be at school at a rate of 95% or more. Habits developed in elementary school often carry over into middle school and high school.

​If your child will be absent:

• Please let us know online via Infinite Campus OR call Ryan’s attendance line at 720-561-7002 by 8:05 a.m. If your student is arriving late, please note that in the comments section online. Always notify the office of an absence or late arrival, not just the classroom teacher.

• Attendance - Ryan Elementary School. Please include the following information in your voice message: your name, student’s name, grade & teacher, and the reason for the absence.

• As a safety precaution, all primary contacts of students marked as unaccounted absences will receive notification by BVSD’s automated attendance system to verify a child’s absence. Promptly calling in absences and tardies will prevent your home or workplace from being disturbed.

• If at all possible, make every attempt to schedule doctor and dentist appointments before or after the school day, as this tends to take away from a student’s learning time. If your child does have a medical appointment, providing us with documentation helps us code these absences properly.

• Automated calls are made by 8:30 a.m. for students who are marked as “unexcused absence”.

• Procedures and information about student absences are explained in these policies: JH and Attendance & Engagement - Boulder Valley School District

Protocol for Early Pick Up

For the protection and safety of students, BVSD elementary schools have adopted a closed campus policy. This means that a student may not leave the school grounds during the day unless the parent/guardian comes to the main office to check out their child. The office will call the classroom and have the child meet the parent/guardian at the front entrance.

• If your child returns before the school day is over, you will need to check your child back in.

• Please let the teacher know ahead of time if your child will be leaving school early.

• We are unable to release your child(ren) early with anyone other than a parent/guardian unless the parent/guardian has contacted the school first.

This is information from Ryan’s Parent Handbook. To read the full handbook click here: Ryan Family Handbook 2025-26

In this newsletter you will find details on the following:

• Routines and Procedures at Ryan
• Drop off & Pick up Map
• Important Dates and Events
• News from the Health Room
• Teacher Notification Instructions
• School Supplies Information
• Kindergarten Updates
• Preschool Welcome Days
• Transportation Information
• Wednesday Care Registration
• Life Long Learning Clubs at Ryan
• Lost & Found Details
• BVSD Help Center
• Free & Reduced Lunch Application Details
• LLL Adventure Camp Information
• BVSD Messenger Notifications
• PTA Updates & Store
• Volunteer Details
• Attendance Procedures
• Calendar Links

If you have an immediate need, please call the main office at 720.561.7000

August 11th Meet the Teacher/Staff 4:00-5:00 PM, School Tour for new families 5:00-5:30 PM

If your child needs medication at school, Ryan's Healthroom Para, Chrystal Terhune, will be at Meet the Teacher to check in medications in with you.

Please see the Map of where to go to meet your child's teacher or find the office team for any questions you may have.

We will see you there!

Ryan Elementary School Hours: 25-26 School Hours for PreK-5th

Important Dates for K-5th grade at Ryan Elementary School:

August 11th Meet the Teacher/Staff 4:00-5:00 PM, School Tour for new families 5:00-5:30 PM

August 13 First day of school for 1st-5th grade students 7:50-2:50 (NOT a Late Start Day)

August 20 First Wednesday Late Start for all students

August 26 BVSD Assessment Day-students attend classes

August 27 Back to School Night 5:00-6:15 PM

August 27 5th Grade Outdoor Education Parent Meeting 6:20-6:50 PM

September 10th, 11th and 12th: 5th grade students have Outdoor Education at Calwood

September 19 Fall Festival 5:00-7:00PM

Fall, October Parent Teacher Conferences

Wednesday, October 7th

Thursday, October 9th

Tuesday, October 15th

Spring, February Parent Teacher Conferences

Wednesday, February 19th

Thursday, February 24th

Tuesday, February 26th

*If your child needs medication at school, Ryan's Healthroom Para, Chrystal Terhune, will be at Meet the Teacher on Monday, August 11th to check in medications in with you. Or a parent/guardian can bring them to the office. MEDICATIONS MAY NOT BE SENT TO SCHOOL WITH STUDENTS*

2025-2026 School House Letter, outlines Immunizations Policy, Medications and Health and Vision Screening, you can find that here (Spanish)

Questions? Email our healthroom para, Chrystal Terhune

Here is how you can find this information. If you have any issues, please call the main office on Monday, at 720-561-7000.

Ryan Elementary has a very talented, dedicated and experienced staff. Any teacher your child works with during their time at Ryan will make a positive impact.

The school supplies for K-5 include the following for the 2025-26 School Year:

• Full Sized Backpack

• Headphones/Earbuds

• Water Bottle with name on it

• $50 Donation You can donate by clicking here or with cash or check written to Ryan Elementary

If you are in need of support with school supplies, please reach out to our community liaisons, Miriam Wright miriam.wright@bvsd.org, or Ana Lilia Lujan Castillo ana.lujancastillo@bvsd.org or call the front office.

We are so excited to have three half-days to get to know your child at the beginning of the school year. Your child will either attend school in the morning (7:50-10:45) or the afternoon (11:50-2:45) on August 13th, 14th, and 15th. If you have not received communication about your child's assigned group, please reach out to Mrs. Peterson at molly.peterson@bvsd.org.

The half-days will allow us to ease into the full-day kindergarten schedule, assess each student, work with smaller groups of kids to develop routines and procedures, and ensure balanced class lists.

Your child will get to know all of the teachers during their half-days, and begin with their classroom teacher on the first full-day, Monday, August 18th! Class placements will be available in Infinite Campus on the afternoon of Friday, August 15th. Lunch is only available on welcome days to families who have requested it. Please make sure to drop off and pick up your student from the kindergarten doors (#2) in front of the preschool playground.

Welcome to Ryan Preschool! Preschool Welcome Days will be on Thursday August 14th and Friday August 15th.

Please sign up for one time slot on August 14th or 15th. Plan for one adult family member and your preschooler to attend the preschool welcome day. I look forward to meeting your whole family at the Meet the Teacher Night or Back to School Night. The welcome day sessions are a smaller group so I can get to know each preschooler before the first day of preschool on Monday August 18th. The welcome day session will be one hour. It will include: opening circle/story, small group activity, free choice, music activity, and outdoor play time. Please come to the front office to sign in for your preschool welcome day. Then the welcome day group will walk to the preschool classroom.

Meet the Teacher Night at Ryan Elementary School:

Monday August 11th 4:00 pm- 5:00 pm

AM Class Welcome Day Sign Up (sign up for one session):

Thursday August 14th 9:00am-10:00am: https://bvsd.helpatschools.com/schools/16/events/15739

Friday August 15th 9:00am-10:00am:

https://bvsd.helpatschools.com/schools/16/events/15740

PM Class Welcome Day Sign Up (sign up for one session):

Thursday August 14th 1:00pm-2:00pm:

https://bvsd.helpatschools.com/schools/16/events/15742

Friday August 15th 1:00pm-2:00pm:

https://bvsd.helpatschools.com/schools/16/events/15741

Back to School Night:

Wednesday August 27th 5:00-6:15 pm: It will be an open house for preschool families. If you have questions about Seesaw, Infinite Campus, Preschool Parent Handbook, etc.

Preschool Supplies to Bring to the Welcome Day Session:

(please make sure everything is labeled with your child's first and last name)

-Backpack that can hold a Friday folder, art projects, winter clothing, etc.

-Water bottle

-Gallon ziploc bag of extra clothing (tshirt, shorts, socks, underwear)

-Individual and family photos

-If needed, emergency medication with completed paperwork

-If needed, diapers that have straps on the sides (no pull ups) and wipes

-Preschool Donations: play dough, paper towels, kleenex, bubbles, chalk

I look forward to meeting you and your preschooler!

Ms. Rachel

• If your child is planning to take the bus to school, please be at your bus stop 5 minutes early and also at the end of the day to greet your child as they are dropped off at their stop.
• If you are driving to the school to walk them up to the building, please carefully park in the hug & go parking lot or park in the neighborhood and be mindful to not block any driveways.
• Always use the crosswalk to cross the street.
• If you are staying in your car to drop off/pick up your student(s), please use this map and only use the hug and go lane, NOT the bus lane.

For assistance with transportation inquiries, trans.helpdesk@bvsd.org or 720.561.5126

Wednesday mornings are a Late Start beginning on August 20th. School begins one hour later, buses arrive one hour later.

Ryan Elementary is able to provide late start care on Wednesdays for pre-registered Kindergarten-5th Grade students. The care is provided by two instructional paraeducators from 7:40-8:40 a.m. Students must arrive between 7:40-7:50, and must be signed in by a parent, to be part of the late start care group.

If you plan on utilizing the Early Care on Late Start Wednesdays you will need to REGISTER.

This is a one time registration for the 2025-26 school year.

If you have more than one child at Ryan Elementary School, we will need you to fill out the form for each child.

The schedule is as follows:

7:40-7:50 a.m. Sign In

7:50-8:30 a.m. Recess (usually outside)

8:30-8:40 a.m. Breakfast/Indoor Activity

8:40 a.m. Students may go outside or finish breakfast in the Rhino Cafe

Our Lost and Found bin is looking beautiful and empty, but it will be be overflowing soon enough!

PLEASE remember to label your child's items, it helps us to get the items back to the owner and limits the amount of items we will be donating each month.

Please come and check the Lost and Found bin often, it is located in the vestibule outside of the office next to the Longmont Dairy milk cap collection bin.

Click the link for your choices and register by August 20 for the first session.

Lifelong Learning at Ryan

Tuition assistance is available for families who qualify for waived fees.

Call 720 561 5968 or email lifelong.learning@bvsd.org for more information

The BVSD Help Center can assist families with enrollments, open enrollment applications, free and reduced lunch forms, Infinite campus parent portal accounts and more. Bilingual staff will be available. The Help Center will be held at the BVSD Education Center (6500 Arapahoe Rd.) August 7-8 and 11-12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The help center is free and open to all, no appointments necessary.

Breakfast and lunch at BVSD continue to be free at least through December 2025 (pending a state vote). Every BVSD student currently may enjoy breakfast and a hot lunch entree, which includes unlimited salad bar access each school day. Second entrees can be purchased when available with money from your student’s meal account.

Even though meals are free, we strongly encourage eligible families to apply for the Free and Reduced Price School Meal program. It may qualify families for additional services and reduced fees, and improve funding for schools. More information and directions to apply.

At 23 schools, find your fun with Lifelong Learning after school classes including cooking, chess, filmmaking, art, sports and more! See the available classes at each school. Register by August 20.

And make the most of non-school days this year with full-day Adventure Camps from School Age Care (SAC). Excursion days engage students in local field trip-type activities off site, and themed days bring planned activities to six different BVSD schools. Registration is now open. Visit the SAC Adventure Camp website for details.

Boulder Valley School District recently tested their emergency alert system.

The test alert included a phone call, text message and email to those opted in to receive BVSD Communications.

Users can adjust their communication preferences as desired via these instructions.

If you did not receive a text message, and would like to opt-in to receive text messages from the district and schools through SchoolMessenger, opting-in is a two-step process:

• The person's cell phone number must be in a cell phone field in Infinite Campus (students/parents) or Infor/Lawson (employees).
• They then send a text message from their cell phone to “67587” with the word “yes” in the message. They may opt-out at any time by texting “STOP” to 67587.

Learn more on BVSD's School Messenger support page

The PTA is committed to using community businesses whenever possible. In an effort to expand our reach, we've created a survey for you to share your business' information. Please fill out this interest form to let us know who you are, what you do, and if you are willing and able at this time to donate to our school. Thank you!

Local Business Survey

Email PTA Board

PTA Website

PTA Facebook

Ryan Parents Facebook

Ryan Spiritwear Store

Are you looking for some Ryan Rhino gear? Please click on the link below for tshirts, sweatshirts, mugs, etc! These items would make great gifts for your favorite Rhino.

PTA Family Store

Volunteering is a fun, simple way to get involved within the Ryan community. We have all sorts of opportunities to get involved. Whether you volunteer regularly in your teacher’s classroom, bring breakfast and coffee to teachers for late start or volunteer for the book fair, the impact can be huge. Not only does it benefit the school but it benefits your kids and families in our community as well!

bvsd.org/volunteer

Volunteers and field trip chaperones that volunteer once and are under line-of-sight supervision by BVSD staff at all times only need to go through the front office Raptor check-in process.

Individuals interested in volunteering and interacting with students on an ongoing basis under line of sight supervision of BVSD staff, complete the appropriate yearly application; ENGLISH or SPANISH. Please note, there is a $32.00 background fee due at the time of submission.

For volunteers, partners, or field trip chaperones who will not be under line-of-sight supervision of BVSD staff at all times – CBI fingerprint check is required through a third party vendor (these background checks are now valid for 5 years), paid by the volunteer or partner AND volunteer must sign a BVSD volunteer agreement (Spanish) each year.

Please see the Volunteers/Visitors Flowchart and the Volunteer/Visitor FAQ for additional details.

Daily Attendance

Please help your child develop good attendance habits. Research shows that missing just two days per month severely impacts reading and math growth. To make expected academic and social emotional gains, students should be at school at a rate of 95% or more. Habits developed in elementary school often carry over into middle school and high school.

​

If your child will be absent:

• Please let us know online via Infinite Campus OR call Ryan’s attendance line at 720-561-7002 by 8:05 a.m. If your student is arriving late, please note that in the comments section online. Always notify the office of an absence or late arrival, not just the classroom teacher.

• Attendance - Ryan Elementary School. Please include the following information in your voice message: your name, student’s name, grade & teacher, and the reason for the absence.

• As a safety precaution, all primary contacts of students marked as unaccounted absences will receive notification by BVSD’s automated attendance system to verify a child’s absence. Promptly calling in absences and tardies will prevent your home or workplace from being disturbed.

• If at all possible, make every attempt to schedule doctor and dentist appointments before or after the school day, as this tends to take away from a student’s learning time. If your child does have a medical appointment, providing us with documentation helps us code these absences properly.

• Automated calls are made by 9:00 a.m. for students who are marked as “unexcused absence”.

• Procedures and information about student absences are explain in the March 2024 Revised Board Policy, JH and Attendance & Engagement - Boulder Valley School District

We understand sometimes our students need to be out for an extended period of time. We ask, if you know your child will be out for more than 3 days, to please fill out this form in addition to reporting the absence through the portal or attendance line.

BVSD Calendar Link

• 2025-26 Parent -Teacher Printable (English)
• 2025-26 Parent-Teacher Printable Calendar (Spanish)

• 2025-26 Academic Calendar Printable (English)

• 2025-26 Academic Calendar Printable (Spanish)

• 2025-26 Preschool Calendar Printable (English)

• 2025-26 Preschool Calendar Printable(Spanish)

• Elementary ABC Specials Weekly Rotation Calendar (English)

• Calendario de clases especiales ABC (Español)

Website: https://rye.bvsd.org/
Location: 1405 Centaur Village Drive, Lafayette, CO, USA
Phone: 720-561-7000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RyanElemSTEAM