Fostering a Love of Learning

We're having a busy February here at Aspen Ridge! In addition to Valentine festivities and our focus on having an Attitude of Gratitude, we've had some extra special learning moments this month, including our 2nd annual Science Expo. The colorful collage above gives a glimpse of our middle school students learning from local scientists in a variety of fields, including engineering, astronomy, computer science, agriculture, ecology, robotics, meteorology, forensic science, life science, and more. Thank you to the volunteers from NCAR, Sphero, NOAA, Fiske Planetarium, Ocean First Education, Dryland Agroecology Research, Mountain View Fire Department, Children's Hospital, and Lockheed Martin Space Systems for opening our students' eyes to the many ways that they can engage with science in the real world.

Thank you for taking the time to read through this mid-month update to stay in the loop on all that's happening at ARPS!

Last Call for Spring Club Sign Ups!

Children's Hospital Blood Drive at ARPS!

It's time to sign up for the Children's Hospital Blood Drive, hosted right here in the parking lot of Aspen Ridge! We want to make it as convenient as possible for our ARPS community to make a difference in the lives of children who need our support. Our own amazing Owl, Davis Goeking, is pictured to the right having one of over 40 blood transfusions that he received during his brave battle with cancer. He's also pictured below looking strong, healthy, and all around awesome at our Go Gold day this year with his big sister and little brother! Kids like Davis depend on us to give a few minutes of our day to give them a better chance for a healthy life. Thank you for signing up today!

We're so excited to participate in this year's Hope & Gratitude event, taking place on Friday, March 10th, on Briggs Street. Click the flyer to the right for further details on this inspiring town event!

Our ARPS PTO is coordinating this project for our school, and we need quite a few volunteers to make it happen! (One of the tasks - filling bags to weigh down luminaries - can easily be done from home, whenever it's convenient.)

Sign up here to help make luminary weights.

Sign up here for day-of event set up / clean up.

Thank you for helping us light up the night with Hope & Gratitude on March 10th!

Hop online today to nominate an Aspen Ridge teacher who exemplifies excellence for a Teacher of the Year Award!

Click HERE to submit your nomination!

The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, February 22, 2023.