Bridges Community School

To Our Wonderful Bridges Families,

As summer continues, I wanted to send a warm greeting from all of us at Bridges. We hope these past weeks have been filled with moments of rest, laughter, and connection for your family. It's hard to believe we're already at the middle of the summer break!

We understand that summer can bring its own unique rhythm, and we hope you're finding ways to recharge. We're certainly looking forward to welcoming our students back, feeling re-energized and ready for another exciting year of learning.

Families will have access to class list information in infinite campus starting Monday, August 11. Our entrance conferences will be Monday, August 25th and Tuesday, August 26th from 8:00am-3:00pm. Just a reminder that families will only need to provide a backpack, gym shoes and headphones for school supplies. Our BAC will be collecting suggested donations for all of the school supplies ($35.00) and snack cart ($70.00).

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Together in Learning! Mrs. Rittmiller

We hope this letter finds you well as you begin to enjoy the summer break. As we continue to enhance our communication and streamline access to important information, we are pleased to inform you of a significant update regarding your child's academic progress.

As our data is updated throughout the year, we work to inform you when recent data has been updated in the Infinite Campus parent portal. Your child's Spring Progress Reports are now available for you to view under the “Documents” tab.

To access your child's Spring Progress Reports in Infinite Campus, simply log in to your parent portal account using your credentials. If you encounter any difficulties or have questions about accessing or interpreting the data, please don't hesitate to reach out to your child's school administrator or secretary via email.

We believe that by making Progress Reports readily available on Infinite Campus, we can strengthen the partnership between home and school, working together to ensure the academic success and well-being of every student. Thank you for your continued support and involvement in your child's education.

Wishing you a continued restful and enjoyable summer, and we look forward to a successful academic year ahead!

Our time together as teams in June provided time to create our first of our Global units of study for the fall of 2025-26. Teams have worked hard to incorporate our social studies and ELA standards into the units while also using our Core Knowledge topics.

We can't wait for our students to learn more about:

Kindergarten - Continents

Grade 1 - Mesopotamia, Importance of Rivers in a Civilization

Grade 2 - Ancient India

Grade 3 - World Rivers "Rivers and Us: The Flow of Life"

Grade 4 - Europe and the Middle Ages

Grade 5 - US Regions

Specialists - Central America

All of our units of study will make Connections to:

Places

Our Community

People

The Global World

The Past

Our Environment

***A huge thank you to the families that have helped to create our slideshows for our 14 home languages here at Bridges! This will be a wonderful way to connect, learn, and grow together!

Please go to this website to register for ACES: https://mankato.ce.eleyo.com/child-care/1/aces-school-age-child-care

Bridges Morning ACES is from 6:30-8:00 am

Bridges Afternoon ACES is from 2:50-6:00 pm

Dear Families,

We want to remind you that our ACES School Age Child Care Program uses the school playground as part of its daily programming. To ensure a safe and structured environment for ACES students, the playground is reserved for their use until the program ends at 6:00 p.m.

After 6:00 p.m., the playground is open to the public. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain a safe and supportive space for all students.

If you’re looking for alternative play spaces before 6:00 p.m., the City of Mankato provides a list of parks here, and a map of North Mankato parks can be found here.

Thank you for your understanding and support!

Find more information HERE.

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