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9/14-9/18...Bullying Prevention Week

9/16...Go GOLD for Childhood Cancer - Wear GOLD to celebrate & remember!

9/16...Teacher Prep - 2.5 Early Release **This is a 12:45pm Dismissal

9/17...LSIC Meeting - cafe @ 7:45am

9/21...PTO meeting - MRP Cafe @ 4pm

Monday: Cozy Up With a Friend 🩵 PJ Day "Good friends make us feel comfortable and safe!" Wear your favorite pajamas and celebrate the friends who make school feel like home.

Tuesday: Hats Off to Friendship 🧢 Hat Day "Hats off to the friends who make our days brighter!" Wear your favorite hat and give a compliment to a friend today.

Wednesday: Friendship is Golden 💛 Gold Day "Good friends are worth their weight in gold!" Wear gold or yellow, and look for ways to help a friend shine.

Thursday: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work 🏈 Jersey Day "Friends are teammates on and off the field!" Wear a favorite sports jersey, and work together to encourage others.

Friday: We're Better Together 🦅 Mountain Ridge Pride Day "At Mountain Ridge Primary, we're one big family!" Wear school colors, and celebrate the friendships that make our school special.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and schools and businesses across West Virginia are being encouraged to GO GOLD in support of children and families affected by childhood cancer. West Virginia Kids Cancer Crusaders encourages schools across our state to participate, and this year's Go Gold Day will be Wednesday, September 16.

Our school completed a Lockdown - Run this week. Students practiced hiding in their classroom and then the classes followed the route for our primary escape location. Students did a really nice job listening to directions. This is so important in any situation, especially when we have the option to hide or run in a safety event. Please remind them to always listen to the adult giving directions in any situation.

Mountain Ridge Primary School is joining Berkeley County Schools in celebrating Bullying Prevention Kick-Off week during the week of September 14th through September 18th. Mountain Ridge Primary School is celebrating friendship and kindness throughout the week by holding a spirit week! The Bullying Prevention Week flier lists the dress-up days for this spirit week.

In addition to celebrating at school, we encourage families to come to Berkeley County’s Annual Bullying Prevention Kick-Off event on Thursday, September 7th, from 5:00-7:00pm at War Memorial Park. This free event will be filled with fun, food, dancing, school performances, giveaways, face painting and more!

Here at Mountain Ridge Primary School, we follow the BCS Bullying Prevention Program which prevents and addresses bullying through weekly class meetings, creating a school family, community partnerships and providing interventions in situations where bullying occurs. For more information about the Berkeley County Bullying Prevention Program, please see the Bullying Prevention Program tab of the BCS website:

Thanks to Mrs. Noll for displaying our torn paper collages from Art! We have been working on developing symbols using a variety of materials. Our work makes our hallways look great!

All students need a completed online emergency card every year. Thanks to everyone who has already submitted one! We're still missing several. If you haven't filled one out for your child(ren), do it today!

If your child misses school, please send a note within 48 hours so it can be coded correctly!