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9/7...Labor Day - No School

9/11...Patriot Day - Wear Red, White & Blue!

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

**We're looking for 3 parents/guardians to be part of our Local School Improvement Council. We will meet 4 times this school year. Our first meeting is scheduled for 9/17 and we will plan the remaining meetings together. Please click the button below to share your interest.

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 - Hide, and our students did great! Please remind them to always listen to the adult giving directions in any situation.

We are continuing our Attendance Awareness Month activities to promote building healthy attendance habits! Each day, we are continuing to color our “Get Up, Show Up, Build Up” block house to represent students building a strong foundation of attendance. Our first special recognition day is coming up soon where we will celebrate the students who are in attendance at school that day; we hope we can celebrate as many students as possible!

A few attendance reminders:

-Students who arrive after 8:40am are considered tardy and must be signed in at the front office.

-If your child is absent due to illness, please indicate that as the reason on the online absence note so the attendance can be coded correctly. If your child has a doctor’s note, please send that as well.

-If your child misses school, please send a note within 48 hours so the attendance can be coded correctly.

This week we worked on building a music community through our love of music! We turned our classrooms into a restaurant to experience a “Music Tasting”. We learned about five different genres of music and used tasting menus to leave a review based on our interests. We connected music and math by graphing our results, and we connected music and literacy by exploring new vocabulary words such as “genre” and “improvise”. Keep listening, keep exploring, and keep discovering the music that you love!

Parents, please check your child's backpack for any medication refill reminders that may have been sent home. If your child receives medication at school, please ensure refills are provided before the current supply runs out to avoid any interruption in service. As a reminder, all medications must be delivered directly to the school nurse by a parent or guardian. Please do not send medication to school in your child's backpack. Thank you for your cooperation in helping us keep students safe.

You will come to the small cottage - the Administration Building. Bring your phone and your ID.

Scan the QR code to sign them out (or in if it's after 8:40 am). Please provide your child's name and ID, and we will compare it to your child's emergency information on file. You must have your ID when signing your child out from school. Thank you for helping us keep your child safe.

Thank you for your patience with drop-off and pick-up! Please continue to help us make pick-up smooth and safe for everyone!

• If you're picking up and it's a change - contact the OFFICE with bus changes by NOON. If you send a message to the teacher, they may not see it because they are teaching.

• Use the Parent Drop-off/Pick-up lane as you come onto our campus.

• Families will remain in their cars.

• Staff members are REQUIRED to check IDs EVERYDAY.

All students need a completed online emergency card every year. Thanks to everyone who has already submitted one! 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!