Red Ribbon Week is a yearly event in October where students are encouraged to be Drug free. The 2024 theme was: Life is a Movie- Film Drug Free! We encouraged our Pine Ridge family to dress in popular movie themes such as Superheroes, Pirates, and Inside Out. It was wonderful seeing students and staff on campus participate and look their best in some amazing outfits! Thanks for helping make the Ridge a safe and fun place to learn!
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We are beary excited about the picnic tomorrow, our annual fall book fair, and the opportunity for students to be principal for a day!
Students can purchase tickets to be entered into a drawing to spend the day with the featured staff member of their choice. The winning students will shadow the staff member on Wednesday, November 20th!
Art students are working hard on our first big art project of the year! We mastered the Elements of Art and are now demonstrating how to use them in our artwork. We can’t wait to complete them and show off our art skills to everyone!
There are planned parent training sessions with FLDRS and FND for the 2024-25 school year. Please see the images for the in-person trainings that FLDRS will be providing, which include embedded QR codes for parent registration. All training sessions for FND this school year will be conducted virtually, and the links for each training are provided below. Registration is not necessary for the virtual FND trainings.
The FLDRS trainings are designed to equip parents and families with strategies and resources to promote positive behaviors. Additionally, they will offer an overview of the components of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and the discussions that typically occur during an IEP meeting. Parents will gain important terminology and insights necessary for creating a well-crafted, meaningful, and effective educational plan.
For FLDRS, we have arranged two evening training sessions from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
Parent evening Trainings with Anjanette McGee-Cason from FLDRS
1. October 30, 2024- Developing an IEP
Developing an IEP
2. December 11, 2024- The Road Trip to Behavior Strategies
The Road to Behavior Strategies - Parent Training
Florida Heiken Children's Vision Program will be coming to your school! Click below to reserve your child's no-cost exam and eyeglasses! Apply at https://mobile.floridaheiken.org/ . The deadline to apply is Friday, Jan. 10, 2025
Pine Ridge Elementary is model school for PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) in our district! All of the proceeds of our fundraisers go toward supporting the PBIS Program! We are able to use these funds to purchase student incentives for our bear paw earners, battle of the busses, golden spork winners, and so much more! We can continue to be a model school and provide our students with the supports they need with your help! Please see the fundraiser information below!
It’s time for a PBIS fundraiser! Students, look for your BEAR PALS in the green swamp October 21st-25th to purchase fruit scented pens: $1.00 each OR 3 for $2.00!
Our Annual Teddy Bear Picnic is right around the corner. Mark your calendars for Nov.6th.
To register for the picnic, please visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ay52zGJ2HZGxkPlwVq0DdbaPP-vUeuoA70Lz6mR6n7g/edit?ts=671104dc
Good News Pine Ridge Families!
Our fall book fair is right around the corner! Our book fair will be held from 11/01/24-11/08/24 in the media center. You can start gearing up for all of the fun by setting up your child’s e-wallet! Just visit our book fair site to get started! We will see you at the fair!
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/pineridgeelementaryschool3
Leading up to the grand opening of Florida's first Swig Drinks location in Clermont, management is hosting a Free Drink Day this afternoon for Pine Ridge until 7:00 PM tonight. To get free drinks for the family, head to the drive through today and mention Pine Ridge Elementary. Their grand opening is set for October 17th. Enjoy!
Red Ribbon Week is 10/23 - 10/31 . Please join the mission to keep kids drug-free! This year's theme is "Life is a movie, film drug-free!"
UPDATE #1: Tuesday (10/8) will be an early release day. Schools will follow a Wednesday schedule for dismissals, and ELC will close at 4 p.m.
Lake County schools will be open on Tuesday (10/8) and closed on Wednesday (10/9) and Thursday (10/10) in anticipation of Hurricane Milton. All after-school activities for Tuesday (10/8) are canceled with the exception of ELC, which will remain open until normal closing hours. Select schools will open as shelters on Tuesday. Timing and locations will be determined by Lake County Florida Emergency Management. We will share those details once they are released. Friday (10/11) is a pre-scheduled student day off and a teacher planning day. Teachers will have the option to work from home or at their school site on Friday, if it’s safe for them to do so.
Dear Parents,
School pictures are ready!
To order, log in to your account on mylifetouch.com or create an account using your student's student ID number. All families can also log on and order a FREE Digital SmileSafe
card. Check the email registered in Focus for links!
Students can purchase tickets for the Beary Not Scary Dance, sponsored by PTO, on Monday, October 7th, on the stage from 8:00-8:25. Ticket sales will end on Thursday, October 10th or once 300 tickets have been sold. Please send cash in an envelope or bag marked with the student's first and last name, along with their grade level and teacher. We're looking forward to a beary good time!
On October 31st, we will have our annual character Pawrade in which students can dress up like a book character and parade through the school with their book in hand. Parents are welcome to attend and pre-registration link will be emailed to the email address in Focus and will be open from October 10th through the 24th. Parent arrival may begin at 8:15 and the pawrade will start at about 8:50. Please watch for the flyer to go home.
See this update.
Everyone please stay safe, we will see all on Friday.
Pine Ridge Elementary is model school for PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) in our district! All of the proceeds of our fundraisers go toward supporting the PBIS Program! We are able to use these funds to purchase student incentives for our bear paw earners, battle of the busses, golden spork winners, and so much more! We can continue to be a model school and provide our students with the supports they need with your help! Please see the fundraiser information below!
It’s time for a PBIS fundraiser! Students, look for your BEAR PALS in the green swamp October 21st-25th to purchase fruit scented pens: $1.00 each OR 3 for $2.00!
Attendance Awareness Week was 9/16/24 to 9/20/24 and students were encouraged to participate in theme days. The theme for 2024 was Be Present, Be Powerful. Our students had fun dressing in Superhero attire, favorite sports teams, sunglasses, and mismatched outfits.
