Old Town Pizza Fundraiser on 11/6
Skip a night of making dinner at home, and dine out to donate on Wednesday 11/6! Go to Old Town Pizza from 11am - 9 pm on 11/6 and mention Harvest Ridge. OTP will donate 15% to our PTO! Conference Week/Minimum Days 11/18-11/21 We will have our Conference Week starting on 11/18 and going through Thursday 11/21. These will be minimum days, which means all students will be released at Noon. There will not be a hot lunch option on these days. Conference times will start at 1pm, and teachers will send out links to their conference schedule in the next week or so. Yearbook Photos Have any great pictures from this school year? Our Yearbook team would love to see them! Please share any photos that you have of classroom events, field trips, after school clubs, sports, or anything else school related to help provide content for the 2024/25 yearbook. Click here to share photos for the yearbook. No School on Monday 11/11 Just a reminder that there will be no school and our campus will be closed on Monday 11/11 in observance of Veterans Day. We will reopen/resume school on Tuesday 11/12. Birthday Messages on the Marquee Is it time to celebrate your student's birthday? Would you like to have a special message displayed for your child? Student council will be using this as a fundraiser for the events that we put on for HRCCS students. The cost is $10 for a message. Please use this Google Form to place a request! Venmo Payments Reminder Just a reminder that all payments being made for PTO sponsored school events need to include the Student's Name, Student's Grade, and the Event. Ex: Suzy Q, 5th Grade, Overnight Field Trip This helps ensure that the money going to the PTO Venmo is being applied to the right student for the right purpose. Thank you! Mobile Library On Campus 10/28
The Placer County Library will be bringing their mobile service to our campus on Monday 10/28. Students will have the opportunity to visit the library during the school day to check out materials. Students will need a library card in order to check out books. Please complete an application to receive a card (link here). Once you receive your card, you can leave the "keychain tab" card with your teacher so that your student can check out materials whenever the library is on campus! Halloween/Trick or Treating on 10/31 For those of you who are new to our school or need a refresher, here's how Halloween at Harvest Ridge goes! Students may wear their costumes to school. Please leave all weapon-like parts of their costumes at home and save the blood and gore for the nighttime activities (We still have younger students that can get scared by those things!). They can wear masks for our activities, but not in the classroom. Students still have PE, so they may want to bring a change of clothes for them to participate in. After announcements, we do a little circle parade in the back where the kids walk the playground's outer edges, see their friends, and have fun showing off their costumes. Usually around 10 we head into the town of Newcastle. Parents are welcome to join us and help walk us up to all Newcastle businesses as we trick or treat each one. We gather near the Cheese Shop and take a large group picture, then head back to campus. Please have them bring their trick-or-treat container or bag. Yearbook Photos Have any great pictures from this school year? Our Yearbook team would love to see them! Please share any photos that you have of classroom events, field trips, after school clubs, sports, or anything else school related to help provide content for the 2024/25 yearbook. Click here to share photos for the yearbook. No School on Monday 11/11 Just a reminder that there will be no school and our campus will be closed on Monday 11/11 in observance of Veterans Day. We will reopen/resume school on Tuesday 11/12. Birthday Messages on the Marquee Is it time to celebrate your student's birthday? Would you like to have a special message displayed for your child? Student council will be using this as a fundraiser for the events that we put on for HRCCS students. The cost is $10 for a message. Please use this Google Form to place a request! Venmo Payments Reminder Just a reminder that all payments being made for PTO sponsored school events need to include the Student's Name, Student's Grade, and the Event. Ex: Suzy Q, 5th Grade, Overnight Field Trip This helps ensure that the money going to the PTO Venmo is being applied to the right student for the right purpose. Thank you! Harvest Festival on Thursday 10/24
This year's Harvest Festival will be on Thursday 10/24 from 5:30-7:30. We will have carnival games, Carols Market will be set up selling their delicious trip-tip sandwiches, hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks & cotton candy. We have 4 vendors that will set up with their awesome products including JackJack designs, Tallow Glow Co & Little Monkey Sweets. Miller Honey/Colwell Farms will have a tasting table of all their amazing products for our upcoming Mandarin Fundraiser in November. We still need volunteers! Click here to sign up to help out with games, crafts, set up, clean up, and more! Picture Day Make-Ups on 10/22 If you weren't able to make picture day earlier this month, make up day is scheduled for 10/22. See below for ordering info. Yearbook Photos Have any great pictures from this school year? Our Yearbook team would love to see them! Please share any photos that you have of classroom events, field trips, after school clubs, sports, or anything else school related to help provide content for the 2024/25 yearbook. Click here to share photos for the yearbook. Mobile Library On Campus 10/28 The Placer County Library will be bringing their mobile service to our campus on Monday 10/28. Students will have the opportunity to visit the library during the school day to check out materials. Students will need a library card in order to check out books. Please complete an application to receive a card (link here). Once you receive your card, you can leave the "keychain tab" card with your teacher so that your student can check out materials whenever the library is on campus! Halloween/Trick or Treating on 10/31 For those of you who are new to our school or need a refresher, here's how Halloween at Harvest Ridge goes! Students may wear their costumes to school. Please leave all weapon-like parts of their costumes at home and save the blood and gore for the nighttime activities (We still have younger students that can get scared by those things!). They can wear masks for our activities, but not in the classroom. Students still have PE, so they may want to bring a change of clothes for them to participate in. After announcements, we do a little circle parade in the back where the kids walk the playground's outer edges, see their friends, and have fun showing off their costumes. Usually around 10 we head into the town of Newcastle. Parents are welcome to join us and help walk us up to all Newcastle businesses as we trick or treat each one. We gather near the Cheese Shop and take a large group picture, then head back to campus. Please have them bring their trick-or-treat container or bag. Birthday Messages on the Marquee Is it time to celebrate your student's birthday? Would you like to have a special message displayed for your child? Student council will be using this as a fundraiser for the events that we put on for HRCCS students. The cost is $10 for a message. Please use this Google Form to place a request! Venmo Payments Reminder Just a reminder that all payments being made for PTO sponsored school events need to include the Student's Name, Student's Grade, and the Event. Ex: Suzy Q, 5th Grade, Overnight Field Trip This helps ensure that the money going to the PTO Venmo is being applied to the right student for the right purpose. Thank you! Thank You to our PTO!
A very special thank you to our PTO for providing our students with such a nourishing hot lunch menu this week! All of the coordinating, shopping, and volunteer hours is not easy work. Their time, energy, and funding all made sure that our students had a great hot lunch while NESD was on Fall Break. If you'd like to support our PTO, you can do so by attending the upcoming Fall Festival, attending the next PTO meeting on 11/6 at 2:45, or by donating via Venmo @harvestridge. Picture Day Make-Ups on 10/22 If you weren't able to make picture day earlier this month, make up day is scheduled for 10/22. See below for ordering info. 6th-8th Grade Dance on 10/17 Our first 6th-8th Grade Dance of the school year will be on Thursday 10/17 from 6:00-8:00 pm! Student Council will be selling tickets to the dance before school for $10 each. Yearbook Photos Have any great pictures from this school year? Our Yearbook team would love to see them! Please share any photos that you have of classroom events, field trips, after school clubs, sports, or anything else school related to help provide content for the 2024/25 yearbook. Click here to share photos for the yearbook. Save the Date: Harvest Festival on Thursday 10/24 This year's Harvest Festival will be on Thursday 10/24. The Harvest Festival includes Carnival Games, Face Painting, Costumes, Crafts, and so much more! This event takes a lot of parent volunteers to make happen. If you're interested in helping out with the Harvest Festival, please reach out to our PTO by emailing [email protected]. Birthday Messages on the Marquee Is it time to celebrate your student's birthday? Would you like to have a special message displayed for your child? Student council will be using this as a fundraiser for the events that we put on for HRCCS students. The cost is $10 for a message. Please use this Google Form to place a request! Venmo Payments Reminder Just a reminder that all payments being made for PTO sponsored school events need to include the Student's Name, Student's Grade, and the Event. Ex: Suzy Q, 5th Grade, Overnight Field Trip This helps ensure that the money going to the PTO Venmo is being applied to the right student for the right purpose. Thank you! Hot Lunch 10/7 - 10/10
Harvest Ridge contracts with Newcastle Elementary School District to provide hot lunch for our students. Next week, NESD is on Fall Break, which means they don't have anyone staffed to provide lunches. Our PTO generously steps up in order to make sure that students that need a hot lunch will receive one. Please note - this takes a lot of time and financial resources for the PTO to be able to pull this off! We would highly encourage your student to bring their lunch to school next week if at all possible. For students that need to order hot lunch for next week, you may do so by completing the order form here. Lunch is still being provided at no cost to students/families. Please have this completed by Saturday at 9am so that our parent volunteers can prepare accordingly. If you are able to donate to the PTO to help them support providing hot lunch to our students, you may do so via Venmo @harvestridge. Thank you! Yearbook Photos Have any great pictures from this school year? Our Yearbook team would love to see them! Please share any photos that you have of classroom events, field trips, after school clubs, sports, or anything else school related to help provide content for the 2024/25 yearbook. Click here to share photos for the yearbook. Board Meetings 101 on Tuesday 10/8 Ever wonder what happens at our board meetings? Interested in how you can get involved with the school? Come check out Board Meetings 101 to get a rundown of the role of the board and how our board meetings support our school! This meeting is intended to give explainers on the typical things that our board of directors discuss at meetings and show how anyone can participate. Our goal is to get more people interested in attending our meetings, as well as getting people interested when we have board member openings. Board Meetings 101 will be held on Tuesday 10/8 at 5:30 pm on our campus. See you there! Save the Date: Harvest Festival on Thursday 10/24 This year's Harvest Festival will be on Thursday 10/24. The Harvest Festival includes Carnival Games, Face Painting, Costumes, Crafts, and so much more! This event takes a lot of parent volunteers to make happen. If you're interested in helping out with the Harvest Festival, please reach out to our PTO by emailing [email protected]. Birthday Messages on the Marquee Is it time to celebrate your student's birthday? Would you like to have a special message displayed for your child? Student council will be using this as a fundraiser for the events that we put on for HRCCS students. The cost is $10 for a message. Please use this Google Form to place a request! Venmo Payments Reminder Just a reminder that all payments being made for PTO sponsored school events need to include the Student's Name, Student's Grade, and the Event. Ex: Suzy Q, 5th Grade, Overnight Field Trip This helps ensure that the money going to the PTO Venmo is being applied to the right student for the right purpose. Thank you! Picture Day on October 1st
Picture Day for our On Campus program is scheduled for Tuesday 10/1. Our photographer, Alexis Shaeffer has had 4 kids attend Harvest Ridge. She is a local, natural light, photographer who loves to capture genuine smiles! Order forms were sent home Thursday. Please print the order form above if you did not get one. Thanks! Yearbook Photos Have any great pictures from this school year? Our Yearbook team would love to see them! Please share any photos that you have of classroom events, field trips, after school clubs, sports, or anything else school related to help provide content for the 2024/25 yearbook. Click here to share photos for the yearbook. Board Meetings 101 on Tuesday 10/8 Ever wonder what happens at our board meetings? Interested in how you can get involved with the school? Come check out Board Meetings 101 to get a rundown of the role of the board and how our board meetings support out school! This meeting is intended to give explainers on the typical things that our board of directors discuss at meetings and show how anyone can participate. Our goal is to get more people interested in attending our meetings, as well as getting people interested when we have board member openings. Board Meetings 101 will be held on Tuesday 10/8 at 5:30 pm on our campus. See you there! Save the Date: Harvest Festival on Thursday 10/24 This year's Harvest Festival will be on Thursday 10/24. The Harvest Festival includes Carnival Games, Face Painting, Costumes, Crafts, and so much more! This event takes a lot of parent volunteers to make happen. If you're interested in helping out with the Harvest Festival, please reach out to our PTO by emailing [email protected]. Mobile Library On Campus on Monday 9/30 The Placer County Library will be bringing their mobile service to our campus on Monday 9/30. Students will have the opportunity to visit the library during the school day to check out materials. Students will need a library card in order to check out books. Please complete an application to receive a card (link here). Once you receive your card, you can leave the "keychain tab" card with your teacher so that your student can check out materials whenever the library is on campus! Venmo Payments Reminder Just a reminder that all payments being made for PTO sponsored school events need to include the Student's Name, Student's Grade, and the Event. Ex: Suzy Q, 5th Grade, Overnight Field Trip This helps ensure that the money going to the PTO Venmo is being applied to the right student for the right purpose. Thank you! Volunteer/Chaperone Paperwork Parent Volunteers must meet the following requirements before they can volunteer with students:
Picture Day on October 1st
Picture Day for our On Campus program is scheduled for Tuesday 10/1. Our photographer, Alexis Shaeffer has had 4 kids attend Harvest Ridge. She is a local, natural light, photographer who loves to capture genuine smiles! Order forms will be going home next week! Pick Up - Update Last week, we sent out reminders for our Drop Off and Pick Up procedures. I wanted to say Thank You for all of your efforts in making sure that students can be picked up and dropped off on our campus safely. There was a noticeable difference this week with how smoothly our parking lot was running. One thing that has been brought to our attention is the "tension" building on Old State Hwy for the cars that are trying to enter the parking lot. From what we understand, families coming from Taylor Rd onto Old State Hwy have been lining up, waiting to get in the lot. Families coming from I-80 onto Old State Hwy, have then been "cutting off the line" that is coming from Taylor Rd. This has led to cars not letting each other in, and has caused some backups on Old State Hwy. This is obviously an area that our staff can't monitor, so we are relying on our families to be able to work together to be able to enter the lot. We would recommend that if you are coming in from the I-80 side, and if you see a line of cars coming in from Taylor trying to enter campus, you go down to the end of Old State Hwy and make a U-turn to then enter the line of cars. We understand that everyone wants to be able to pick up their children from school as soon as possible but remember that on a bad day, we can get every kid off campus in less than 10 minutes. Taking the little extra time to make sure we are entering safely and not blocking traffic makes a huge difference. Thank you! Save the Date: Harvest Festival on Thursday 10/24 This year's Harvest Festival will be on Thursday 10/24. The Harvest Festival includes Carnival Games, Face Painting, Costumes, Crafts, and so much more! This event takes a lot of parent volunteers to make happen. If you're interested in helping out with the Harvest Festival, please reach out to our PTO by emailing [email protected]. Mobile Library On Campus on Monday 9/30 The Placer County Library will be bringing their mobile service to our campus on Monday 9/30. Students will have the opportunity to visit the library during the school day to check out materials. Students will need a library card in order to check out books. Please complete an application to receive a card (link here). Once you receive your card, you can leave the "keychain tab" card with your teacher so that your student can check out materials whenever the library is on campus! Venmo Payments Reminder Just a reminder that all payments being made for PTO sponsored school events need to include the Student's Name, Student's Grade, and the Event. Ex: Suzy Q, 5th Grade, Overnight Field Trip This helps ensure that the money going to the PTO Venmo is being applied to the right student for the right purpose. Thank you! Volunteer/Chaperone Paperwork Parent Volunteers must meet the following requirements before they can volunteer with students:
September Key To Success - Confidence
Our motto for this school year is "Unlock Your Potential with Keys to Success." Every month we will be emphasizing a character attribute that we want our students to focus on as a key to success. In September, we are focused on Confidence. We have discussed and provided examples of what it means to be confident during our morning announcements. Today was a fantastic example, as the entire school got to watch our students delivering their Student Council election speeches. It takes a lot of confidence to deliver a speech in front of the school! Thank you for your support at home in teaching your students about confidence! Pick Up - Update Earlier this week, we sent out reminders for our Drop Off and Pick Up procedures. I wanted to say Thank You for all of your efforts in making sure that students can be picked up and dropped off on our campus safely. There was a noticeable difference this week with how smoothly our parking lot was running. One thing that has been brought to our attention is the "tension" building on Old State Hwy for the cars that are trying to enter the parking lot. From what we understand, families coming from Taylor Rd onto Old State Hwy have been lining up, waiting to get in the lot. Families coming from I-80 onto Old State Hwy, have then been "cutting off the line" that is coming from Taylor Rd. This has led to cars not letting each other in, and has caused some backups on Old State Hwy. This is obviously an area that our staff can't monitor, so we are relying on our families to be able to work together to be able to enter the lot. We would recommend that if you are coming in from the I-80 side, and if you see a line of cars coming in from Taylor trying to enter campus, you go down to the end of Old State Hwy and make a U-turn to then enter the line of cars. We understand that everyone wants to be able to pick up their children from school as soon as possible but remember that on a bad day, we can get every kid off campus in less than 10 minutes. Taking the little extra time to make sure we are entering safely and not blocking traffic makes a huge difference. Thank you! Save the Date: Harvest Festival on Thursday 10/24 This year's Harvest Festival will be on Thursday 10/24. The Harvest Festival includes Carnival Games, Face Painting, Costumes, Crafts, and so much more! This event takes a lot of parent volunteers to make happen. If you're interested in helping out with the Harvest Festival, please reach out to our PTO by emailing [email protected]. Mobile Library On Campus on Monday 9/16 The Placer County Library will be bringing their mobile service to our campus on Monday 9/16. Students will have the opportunity to visit the library during the school day to check out materials. Students will need a library card in order to check out books. Please complete an application to receive a card (link here). Once you receive your card, you can leave the "keychain tab" card with your teacher so that your student can check out materials whenever the library is on campus! Venmo Payments Reminder Just a reminder that all payments being made for PTO sponsored school events need to include the Student's Name, Student's Grade, and the Event. Ex: Suzy Q, 5th Grade, Overnight Field Trip This helps ensure that the money going to the PTO Venmo is being applied to the right student for the right purpose. Thank you! Volunteer/Chaperone Paperwork Parent Volunteers must meet the following requirements before they can volunteer with students:
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Data Confirmation
If you have not already done so, please log into your Aeries Parent Portal to complete the data confirmation process for the 2024-25 school year. Take a moment to ensure that your contact information is up to date, INCLUDING YOUR CURRENT EMAIL, allowing us to make sure that we have the best information in Aeries & Parent Square to reach out with. Please have this completed no later than September 6th. Note: We've gotten a lot of feedback that the Aeries App has been hit or miss when trying to complete Data Confirmation. Please try to complete this on a computer instead of your smartphone. Also, ensure you're using the Parent Portal Link (above) or you can follow the link by going to our Website, clicking on the "Parents" tab, and then clicking on the Aeries link. Treetop Ropes Course Field Trip on 9/13 Come and join us at the Treetop Adventure Park for a fun day of climbing, soaring, and team building! Where: Treetop Adventure Park - 725 Granlibakken Rd., Tahoe City, CA When: Friday, September 13th Who: All students and parents too! What: Ropes course/zip line fun! Spend the morning climbing and soaring through the trees from 9:00 am-12:00 pm. The exact start and end times will be slightly staggered by grade level. Parents are welcome to join in the fun! Bring a lunch to picnic afterward. K-4 will be done by 12:00, but you are welcome to stay and play. Parents are responsible for transporting and supervising their children. The cost for the K-4 session is $35 for students, $45 for adults. Students in grades 5-8 will participate in team-building activities from 9:30-11:30 pm. They will return for a picnic lunch and then soar through the trees from 12:30-3:30. The exact start and end times will be slightly staggered by grade level. Parents are welcome to participate in the ropes course portion. The cost for the afternoon session is $45 for both students and adults. Please note that any student age 7 or younger will need to have a parent participating with them on the ropes course. How: Complete this waiver (one needed per family) and bring your payment (cash or check made out to HRCCS- No Venmo!) To your teachers when we return from IS on 9/3. We will accept the waivers and payment through Thursday 9/5. We will also send home waivers on 9/3 as well in case you don't want to print one up. Why: Because it's a super fun way to start off the school year! No School/Campus Closed on 9/2 There will be no school and our campus will be closed on Monday, 9/2, in observance of Labor Day. Orientation Video Thank you for such a fun Orientation Day! It was great seeing all of our students back on campus again. In case there were family members that weren't able to attend, here is a link to the Orientation Video that we shared with all of our classes. On-Campus Instruction Beginning 9/3 We will return from Independent Study to our On Campus Instruction starting Tuesday, September 3rd. Our gates open at 8:00 am and our school day will start at 8:15. If you are planning on walking your student to class on the first day, please plan on arriving early to try and find parking. Our parking lot is small, so you may need to find a space in Downtown Newcastle and then walk to our campus. Kindergarten students are released at 1:00 pm, and 1st-8th grade students are released at 2:30pm. Please have your last name placard visible on the dash of your car so that we can bring your students to you. Do not get out of your car, and use the two lanes to pull forward as much as you can. PTO Meet & Greet on September 4th Welcome back to school! Come and join the PTO for a morning meet and greet on Wednesday, September 4th at 8:15 am. If you are new to our campus, or have been with us and are looking to get involved, this is a great way to come meet other On Campus Families and see what the PTO has to offer! We'll have a regular PTO meeting after school on September 4th as well, so come join us as we go through the PTO meeting agenda and discuss ways to help fundraise for our On Campus Program this year! Back to School Night on 9/5 Our back-to-school night will start at 6:30 pm on September 5th. All parents are encouraged to attend to hear directly from the teachers about the latest, as well as what to expect, for this school year. Teachers will have two separate sessions in case you have multiple students with different teachers. The first session will go from 6:30 - 7:00 pm, and the second session will go from 7:05 - 7:35 pm. Back-to-school night is set up for parents only, so please do not bring your students. This allows the parents and teachers to focus on the information being presented without distractions. Volunteer/Chaperone Paperwork Parent Volunteers must meet the following requirements before they can volunteer with students:
Traffic Delays on Old State Hwy (Update!) PG&E has been doing roadwork on Old State Hwy near the Post Office and is expected to continue through the first week of September. In order to reduce the impact on traffic delays, the roadwork isn't supposed to begin until after 8:30 am each morning. The afternoons, however, will be a little trickier, as the crews won't be able to stop and both Harvest Ridge and Newcastle Elementary School release at 2:30. In order to avoid delays, we highly recommend using Taylor Road to access Old State Hwy. Supply Lists Check out the Supply Lists for our classes:
Cross Country We have coaches! Monica & Elliot Coupe are returning to coach for the Fall 2024 season. Cross Country is available for all 4th-8th grade students. Click here to sign up! Hello Harvest Ridge Families,
I don't know how it happened so quickly, but we have found ourselves looking ahead at the last week of the school year. I wanted to take a second to say Thank You for such an incredible year. From watching our Hybrid Program look forward and honor tradition, to our Home Study program truly come alive at their new campus, there were truly so many things to celebrate. I hope you all have Summers filled with whatever combination of "eventful" or "rest" that you need, and we look forward to seeing you in August! Sincerely, Rick Ornelas Monday May 27th - Campus Closed for Memorial Day There will be no school and our campuses will be closed on Monday, May 27th in observance of Memorial Day. Enjoy the day with your loved ones, and don’t forget to think about those who served and sacrificed. Happy Memorial Day! Fall Enrichment Sessions - Sign Up Now! Come check out & Sign Up for our Fall Enrichment sessions! Our returning families get first access to sign up for our Fall Enrichment sessions. We are starting off with Hansel & Gretel the Musical, Kinder Create Birds, Sewing, and Create Class Paper Art. Placer High School Volleyball Camp Come check out the Placer High School Volleyball camp June 24th-27th! Camp is open for all incoming 4th-9th grade students. The camp will emphasize individual fundamental skill development as well game strategies, teamwork and practice organization. Each camper will receive a camp t-shirt. For more information on how to register, click here. |
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