Sunset Ridge Elementary Newsletter |
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A snowy day filled with warm tea and yummy cookies! Students, staff and families gathered around to enjoy SSR artwork and more! A huge Sunny Shoutout goes out to our AMAZING Sunset Ridge Elementary PTA, The MHS Orchestra, Mrs. Sutter and our awesome volunteers for making this a day one we will never forget!
Sunset Ridge would not be able to celebrate this special day without the hard work that our PTA and volunteers put in.
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IMPORTANT DATES FOR
DECEMBER & JANUARY
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Winter Break
12/22/2022- 01/01/2023
January 16th
No School MLK Day
January 20th
No School Staff Work Day
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A Message from Principal Wilfrid |
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Sunset Ridge Families,
Thank you so much to our PTA and the dozens of volunteers who helped with the Winter Tea and Book Fair on Friday! What a great turnout and beautiful event. It was lovely having families in the school.
Shifting gears, I figured I would let you know that MCPASD is in the thick of redesigning the report card. I heard about the "Celebrations of Learning" and the feedback that they received (mostly that it was too vague and didn't give a good sense of how a child was performing relative to grade-level standards). For those of you who shared those concerns, you'll be happy to hear that they're moving back to scoring student performance based on standards on a scale of 1-4.
Creating report cards is a tricky business, and there are a lot of robust conversations happening now. What is the right amount of information to give? Some parents want a lot of detail, some want a short-and-sweet summary. How do we honor the responsibility we have to report on academic achievement while recognizing the myriad ways kids show talents beyond academics?
This is an area in which we, as a nation, are behind. Research has been showing that there are better predictors of success than the "cognitive factors" like academic achievement (like grit or children's emotional health), and John Hattie, an educational researcher, likes to elevate how much students enjoy school because the best predictor of health, wealth, and happiness is not achievement but years of schooling.
Through that lens, the report card should be about us, not the kids!
Making a report card is tough, but we will welcome your feedback to make this newest iteration better!
Principal Wilfrid
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A Sun Run Reward - Concert by our very own Principal Mr. Wilfrid |
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All Sunset Ridge Students gathered in the Gymnasium for an all school glow stick concert that was performed by our very own principal Mr. Wilfrid
We also had a guest star our 4th Grade student Maddie Olson who performed the catchy tune "Sunroof"!
This was a special day and a great Sun Run Reward!
Thanks to The PTA and The Band for making this such a special day!
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Winter Break December 22nd - January 1st |
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Sending a HUGE Sunny Shoutout to Jenny Culver and the amazing volunteers who helped coordinate and run the Scholastic Book Fair! We had a great turn out. Parents popped in while visiting their children at The Winter Tea.
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This Weeks Lunch Menu brought to you by
the Sunset Ridge Kitchen Staff
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Links to The Lunch and Breakfast Menus
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Literacy Celebrations for 1st & 2nd Grade! |
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NOVEMBER Students of the Month |
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Each month our staff is on the lookout for students following the Sunny Way (be respectful, be responsible, be safe and be a learner). Our November focus was being responsible. The following students were recognized for Student of the Month for their outstanding responsible behaviors!
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Kindergarten: Cody Meinholz, Blakely Kile, Derek Du, Camden Gathing, Vince Maus, Finn Plucker, Coley Traska, Maddie Lowenberg, Wilder Ziegler and Maddie Kokott
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1st Grade: Livie Tennant, Teddy Downs, Jiayi Shi, Ivan Cammilleri, Nora Larson and Ava Guthrie
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2nd Grade: Skylar Menholz, Elena Nackers, Mason Swift, Graden Pletzer, Paxton Franklin, Harshal Kuda, Lucy Kurber, Ayush Gupta, Mateo Rivas Burgas and Milana Gyamsto
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3rd Grade: Alex Liu, Sami Mireles Albarran, Callen Bushek, Julia Kirsch, Elsa Jiang, Aisha Barry, Abigail Hidalgo, and Akshith Rachapalle
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4th Grade: Hudson Traska, Harshitha Manikandan, Finnley Schrum, Rowan LaMartina Kuersten, Taylor Antone, Connor Swift, Clara Shuck, Isla Stollberg, Ali Rachidi, Yovani Yanez, Teddy Culver and Ben Scherer
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School Lunch Volunteer Sign Up |
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Looking for a way to volunteer during the school day? SSR Staff would love your help during the students lunch times. Sign up for one slot or as many as you like!
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Volunteer for Before School Recess |
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Volunteer for Before School Recess from 7:25-7:40am (weather pending). Kinder and 1st will be on the Front Playground and 2nd, 3rd and 4th will be on the back playground. Sign up via the link with further instructions!
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A letter from
The SSR Health Office
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Learn more about the PTA:
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The Sunset Ridge Facebook Page
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