Blue Ridge Family Newsletter

Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year! Please read below for updates and information to make this school year the best it can be!

To our returning families and students, welcome back! I can't wait to see our students continue growing this year and becoming the best students they can be.

To all of our new families and students, we are so excited to have you join us at BRE and hope to meet your family at our Meet the Teacher night! If we have not met, I am Mrs. Babcock, the Principal at Blue Ridge. This is my third year as Principal, but I have been at Blue Ridge for 11 years as a 5th grade teacher and Assistant Principal as well so it is truly my home away from home. I also want to introduce Mr. Pittman, our Assistant Principal, and this will be his third year in this role as well. We are happy to have you join us here at BRE!

Thursday, August 14th 4:30-6:00 pm – Meet the Teacher Night @ 4:30-6:00

Tuesday, August 19th – First Day of School for ALL students- Doors open at 8:00

Monday, September 1st – No School - Labor Day

Thursday, September 11th- Get the Scoop Night @ 4:30-6:00

Monday, September 22nd – No School – Teacher Work Day

Join us at Meet the Teacher Night!

Meet your student's teacher
Update contact information so we can stay connected for your student
Get dismissal information for busses, parent pick-up and walkers
Talk with Nurse Amber, drop off medication and complete paperwork
Fill out Free & Reduced Lunch forms
Drop off school supplies with your student's teacher
Get to know our Blue Ridge staff and building!

Elementary School Supply List

Look for your student's "Fast Pass to Class" card in the mail to skip the line!

If you have completed your annual online registration (update to your student's information) or a new enrollment by Wednesday, August 6, your student will receive a FAST PASS TO CLASS in the mail (sent to the primary address listed in the online enrollment on Friday, August 8). This card will tell your student which amazing Blue Ridge teacher they get to have this year! Bring this card with you on Meet the Teacher night to go straight to your classrooms. Without this card you will need to go through the line to verify registration and teacher information, so remember your card to save time for you and your family!

Link to Stay Connected Links (same as QR code above)

BRE Apparel Online Order

As we return for the 2025-2026 school year, please know that Blue Ridge Elementary is now qualified for FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. We still ask our families who may qualify to complete the Free & Reduced Lunch form to support this qualification in future years. Forms will be available at Meet the Teacher Night. Any funds that are in lunch accounts from past years can be used by students to purchase extras. If you would like to make changes to your account, you can reach out to our cafeteria manager, Ashley Guerrero. As always, please reach out with any questions!

Nutrition Services Website

Welcome back to Blue Ridge! We’re looking forward to another wonderful school year. In our continued effort to keep our students safe and our pick-up/drop-off procedures as effective as possible, I wanted to send a few reminders to our families (and for the first time to our new families) about dropping your students off each morning and picking them up in the afternoons.

Our school day begins at 8:00am. We have many students that are dropped off well before this time. Our staff members are not required to report to their arrival locations for duty until 8:00. When you are dropping your students off prior to 8:00, there is no supervision.

Our school day ends at 3:20pm. Students will not be released until that time. If you are signing your student out before 3:20, please be aware that this time is counted towards their attendance percentage. We do not make dismissal changes for students unless notified by 3:00pm.

Drop Off Reminders:

Please stay in your vehicle!
Be sure to put your cell phone down and watch carefully.
Pull as far forward as possible to allow as many cars to enter the circle drive as possible. This will speed up the pick up/drop off process.
If your child is unable to buckle into their booster seat, please pull forward to the front of the circle drive, stop, and take care of it there. This will help the line continue to move.
The center lane is for exiting the circle drive only. Please do not drop your student off using the center lane of the circle drive.
We strongly encourage all families to have students load and unload their vehicles from the passenger’s side of the car. We do not want students walking into the road from your vehicle.
Stay in your vehicle. If you are not in your vehicle, please make sure you are parked along the street and not in the circle drive.

Pickup Reminders:

Students are dismissed beginning at 3:20pm.
You must display your BLUE PPU card. If you do not have a parent pickup card, you must show your state-issued ID in the office before your student can be called.
Guardians that are waiting under the canopy must wait on the blue/white horseshoes to be called.
Cars will proceed single file as they approach the canopy. Please stay in your vehicle! We will load your student into your car when you have reached one of the 6 loading areas marked by cones and signs. Please pull as far forward as possible!
Once your student is in your car, you may continue moving forward. Please try to make a right on Woodland Drive when you can for easy traffic flow.

Thank you for helping us make our dismissal as safe and efficient as possible!