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IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
Spirit Wear Orders DUE, September 10
Lifetouch Picture Day - September 12
PTO Meeting - September 12, 10:00 am
Curriculum Night - September 21, 5:00 pm - 7:15 pm
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The First Day of School Was a Success!
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It is always fun to watch the students start their first day of school. The smiles as the students were being dropped off or exiting the bus were priceless! They were so excited to start the school year and the energy was "abound" throughout the day.
The celebrities of the school were the Preschool 4-Year Olds! The students could not wait to see the little ones in the hallway and in their classrooms. After walking by the preschool classroom, one 6th grade student remarked, "I wish I could go back to preschool and play with the kitchen set, trucks and dolls!" We forget how quickly childhood passes by!
Thanks for making it a great day. We had 679 students enter the school and make it home safely on the first day! Thanks for also helping with the transition into the school year!
Mr. Epping, Principal
Ms. Benz, Associate Principal
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Watch Our First Day of School Video!
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Thank You to Our Parent Helpers and PTO
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Cedar Ridge is so fortunate to have such wonderful parent volunteers. The beginning of the school year can require a lot of volunteers to get systems into place, help with transitions, and also promote our fantastic school district.
Thank you to our PTO for making the
Spirit Wear available.
Spirit Wear shows our pride in Eden Prairie Schools and this is a big undertaking for our PTO. We have 679 students at Cedar Ridge, so the spirit wear order can take hours to put together and distribute to the families.
The deadline is September 10th (Information for ordering online is below
Thank you
First Week of School Volunteers! This group of parents helped with bussing and the cafeteria. We could never survive without these parents, so thank you for showing up everyday and helping our scholars as they are learning the routines for the school year.
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Picture Day: Do you want to volunteer to help with Picture Day? This is such a fun day and we see our children looking "their best" with their "brightest smiles". Click on the link to sign up to help with Picture Day on September 12:
Picture Day Volunteers
PTO Calendars coming Home on Friday: The Cedar Ridge PTO is excited to be providing each family this year with a 2017-2018 full color calendar loaded with important dates for the school year, recipes, and advertisements from local businesses. The PTO has partnered with Fun2Raise, a local fundraising company to print these great calendars. Because of Fun2Raise's efforts to solicit advertisements for the calendars, not only are they printed for free, but the PTO makes additional money which will be put towards the PTO yearly budget! One calendar will be sent home per Cedar Ridge family. You can look for the calendar in your youngest student's backpack this Friday.
Join the Facebook Site: Cedar Ridge PTO - join our group on Facebook!
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PTO New Fundraiser: Boosterthon
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The Boosterthon is our newest Fall Fundraiser (Watch the video above). This fundraiser will be replacing the Read-A-Thon for the 2017 - 2018 school year. We have heard great reviews about the Boosterthon and the excitement it brings to the school. It has been a great success at Oak Point for the past couple of years.
At the conclusion of the Boosterthon there is an All-School "Fun Run" that will take place during school hours at the upper field. If it rains, there will be a "Glow Run" in the gym. This is not your average Fun Run, but a great energy boosting event (watch out teachers - the students are going to be pumped up on this day! Extra coffee may be needed!)
We are in need of volunteers for the Boosterthon. This is a fantastic way to get involved at Cedar Ridge Elementary School. Please sign up to help with the Boosterthon:
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Morning Breakfast is Available
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Morning Breakfast students may eat starting at 8:20 am. Please tell your child to enter through the front door of Cedar Ridge. Depending on the breakfast menu, we serve between 50 - 100 students daily for breakfast. If you are on Free and Reduced Lunch, breakfast is FREE. Otherwise, please see the Child Nutrition Center webpage for menus and cost:
Child Nutrition
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Are You Creative? We NEED Bulletin Board Help!
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Cedar Ridge has a large bulletin board by the main entrance of the school. We are looking for a group of parents that can make a "WOW" Bulletin Board welcoming students, friends and family to Cedar Ridge. This Bulletin Board would stay up all year. Are you creative? Do you have some "Wow" in you? Do you have a group of friends that would love to hang out and create a great bulletin board? We like glitz and glamor - is this you? Contact Ms. Griselda in the office at 952.975.7812 to coordinate the board or e-mail her at
Griselda Correa
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Beginning of the Day Procedures
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Student Arrival: Student arrival should be at 8:30 am. Please do not drop your child off earlier as we do not have adult supervision.
Student Drop Off: Please stay in your car (do not park) and follow the drop off line. We have a systematic line to help with the flow of student drop offs. After the buses leave, it is important for all cars to pull completely forward. Mrs. Marble will direct you as you are moving forward. This allows for efficient drop off.
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End of the Day Procedures
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Parent Pick Up: Please stay in your car and join the Parent Pick Up line. Mrs. Marble will walk the students to the car to make sure that the students are safe and connected to their parents.
Walkers: Mrs. Correa will walk the students to the Braxton Crossing and escort them across the road safely. The walkers meet by the basketball court and walk as a group with the patrols and Mrs. Correa. We have considerable traffic and walking as a group keeps the students safe as they walk alongside all of the cars.
Students that Bus: The classroom teachers on duty help get the students on the bus. If a student is bringing a friend home on the bus, a note must come to the office in the AM with your child and we will issue a bus pass for the riding student. Also, if your child is in the Y Program and your schedule changes, please make sure you also inform the Y Program so they know not to take the child off of the bus.
Please be patient
with us as we are trying to account for 679 students. Sometimes it may seem that we are too detailed and "slow" but please know that we are taking safety into account as we work on the end of the day process.
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Spring 2017 MCA and Access Results - Change of Date
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The 2017 MCA results will be sent home with Grade 4 - 6 in the near future. Also, any students that are English Language Learners will receive their Spring 2017 Access results. We will send a parent e-mail when these are ready to go home with the student.
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PAST IMPORTANT NEWS ITEMS:
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Cedar Ridge Curriculum Night - September 21st
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One of our most important nights is the Curriculum Night at Cedar Ridge. With the changing technology, the curriculum, and the classroom expectations and processes discussed, we encourage
all parents to attend this night. Please mark your calendar for this important night:
5:00 - 5:45 pm - Presentations by: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 6, Spanish, Music, Art, Physical Education, English Language Learners (ELL), Key. Also, help for parents for Schoology and Parent Log-in
5:45 - 6:30 pm - Presentations by: Grade 4, Grade 5, Spanish, Music, Art, Physical Education, English Language Learners (ELL), Key, Reading Intervention. Also, help for parents with Schoology and Parent Log-in.
6:30 - 7:15 pm - Presentations by: Grade 2, Grade 3, Spanish, Music, Art, Physical Education, English Language Learners (ELL), Key, Reading Intervention. Also, help with Schoology and Parent Log-In
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Eden Prairie Spirit Wear -
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DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 10th
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The Cedar Ridge PTO is selling Spirit Wear. The link for ordering spirit wear is
www.spirit-promotions.com. Please click on the "Online Store" tab and then click on Cedar Ridge Elementary. All orders must be submitted by September 10th.
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Lifetouch Pictures are SEPTEMBER 12th.
Visit: mylifetouch.com
Enter our Cedar Ridge School Code: MI297024Y0
Order your Perfect Picture Packet
Flyers were on the students desk for Open House. Otherwise, all of the information is available on the site listed above. A copy of the flyer that was on the student desk:
Full Color Flyer
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PTO - Coffee with the Principal - September 12th - 10:00 am - Cafeteria B
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Our next PTO meeting is September 12th. During this time, Mr. Joe Epping, our new principal, will be joining us for an informal "Coffee with the Principal". Mr. Epping will give us an update on the happenings at Cedar Ridge Elementary School. In addition, we will have a PTO meeting with planning for the school year. We encourage all of our parents to join us at the PTO meeting.
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Cedar Ridge Elementary
8905 Braxton Rd.
Eden Prairie, MN 55347
952-975-7800
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