Open House for Pre-K through 2nd grade will be help this Thursday, Sept. 15th.

Parents, come visit your child’s classroom and learn what he/she will be doing this year!
Pre-K: 5:30 pm – 6 pm
Kinder: 6 pm – 6:30 pm
1st grade: 6:30 pm – 7 pm
2nd grade: 7 pm – 7:30 pm

All parents welcome! “Koffee and Kleenex”, August 22nd, from 7:50-8:30.

Todos los padres bienvenidos! “Kafe y Kleenex”, el 22 de Agosto, de 7:50-8:30.

Teacher Meet and Greet
Thursday, August 18, 2011
1:00-6:00 pm

Come get a peek at school and meet your teacher before the big day. Parents and students are invited to visit their classrooms anytime during the Meet the Teacher event. Teachers will be available to meet and greet and answer any questions you or your child may have. Families will also have the option of dropping off supplies if they have already been purchased.

Childcare will be provided for non school age students from 4:00-6:00 pm in the library to alleviate congestion in the classrooms and allow for new students to meet their teachers in a special small atmosphere. See you there!

Until then, new and former Ridgetop Rattlers are welcome to join the incoming Kindergarteners for Playdates on the Playground:

Sat., July 30th at 9:30 am
Wed. Aug. 10th at 6:30 pm

Join us for Ridgetop Kindergarten Round-Up!

Tuesday, May 3rd 8:30-10:00 am

Meet at the Ridgetop Playground

• Parents: Get information & register your incoming Kindergartner
• New Kindergartners: Get a glimpse of what it will be like next year
• And there will be Storytime for the little ones!

Venga a la ‘Rodeada de Kinder’

Martes, 3 de mayo 8:30-10:00 am En el parque de Ridgetop Elemental

• Padres: Obtenga información y matricule a su entrante hijo/a a Kindergarten
• Nuevos entrantes a Kinder: Pueden ver cómo va ser su clase nueva
• Hora del cuento para los chiquititos.

Las familias que han aplicado al programa de Lenguaje Dual, seran notificadas la semana del 4 de abril por coreo electronico o coreo postal. Familias que esten en la lista de espera tendran sus numeros de ‘loteria’ asignados por la Oficina de Evaluacion del Distrito Escolar de Austin.

Families who have applied for the Dual Language Kinder or First grade program will be getting formal notification of “acceptance” or “waiting list” this week (April 4-8) through email or US mail. Those on the waiting list will have a ‘lottery’ number generated by the AISD Office of Program Evaluation.

If you are interested in learning more about the Dual Language Program
at Ridgetop Elementary (available for incoming Kindergarten or 1st
graders), please join us at these upcoming events!

Dual Language Tours:

(January is full)
Feb. 25th, 9 am
March 4th, 9 am
March 25th, 9 am

Please call 414-4469 to reserve a place on the tour.

Other Dual Language Events you can attend:

1.13.11 Dual Language Parent Meeting: Movie Night: “Speaking in Tongues”, 5:30 pm, Cafeteria

1.14.11 Parent Coffee: Movie: “Speaking in Tongues”, 8:00 am, Library

1.28.11 Dual Language Learning Walk around campus, 8:00 am

2. 10. 11 Dual Language Program Application Parent Meeting Q & A

Volunteer on Gardening Days:

1.7.10 from 8-9 am.
1.28.10, from 8:30 – 11:00 and 12:25-2:30

Please stop by the office for a visitor pass.

This Thursday, February 4th, it will be the 100th day of school!

We will be celebrating and doing different counting activities to celebrate this day.

One of the activities requires your child to collect 100 objects from home; for example, 100 buttons, 100 macaroni elbows, 100 cards, etc.  Your child can bring in the collection or make it into something. Be creative!

You can help your child count the 100 objects by putting them into 10 groups of 10.