Updates 9/20/24

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:

• All volunteers must be fingerprinted and receive background clearance;
• All volunteers must have a Tuberculosis (“TB”) Risk Assessment signed off by a health care professional or a negative TB test on file with the school; and
• Parent drivers for field trips must have a Parent Driver Packet on file with the school EACH YEAR. Parent Driver forms are destroyed at the end of each school year, and must be resubmitted the following year.

Parents who wish to volunteer must complete all items listed below:

• Chaperone Agreement (note: This must be completed each year)
• Live Scan Fingerprinting (note: This only needs to be completed once)
• Parent Driver Application (note: This must be completed each year)
• TB Risk Assessment