Week of March 4 – 8, 2019

Ridgemount Families,

Throughout the months of January and February, students in 7/8 and 8A learned about advertising in Language class. Students asked questions about what makes a good advertisement, why advertisements are important, and how you can improve an ad. Through the Newspapers In Education program which is put on by The Hamilton Spectator, students were given a client who needed an advertisement. Ridgemount School was given The Salvation Army and each student completed an advertisement. The Salvation Army selected Derek Vu’s advertisement as the winning ad! Congratulations to Derek! Check out the Ridgemount faces who were in the newspaper on February 22, 2019!

A reminder that this week is Throw Back Week at Ridigemount – please click on the memo below for the exciting details about an initiative that our Stucent Council is putting on.

Popcorn will be on sale during the 2nd Nutrition Break on Tuesday, March 5th. Please be sure to bring $2.00 to purchase a bag. 

“Throw Back” Week

A remind that this Monday, March 4th is Free Milk Day. Students have chosen either a free chocolate or white milk and will receive this during first nutrition break on Thursday. This is to celebrarte and than teveryone for particpating in our Healthy Food Choices program. A special thanks to Ms. Gerster and all of our Educational Assistants at Ridgemount for the hard work organizing and distributing our healthy snacks every day.

We have had several  Ice/Snow days over the last couple of weeks and this has resulted in a great deal of icy patches around the schoolyard. Please remind students that they are to stay away from the icy areas to prevent falls and injuries and that the snow stays on the ground. We are doing our best to send this message to students but would appreciate your support with this reminder.

Due to the bus driver shortage we continue to expereince delays and we apologize for this inconvenience. We are working together with transportation to try to resolve these isseus.  Please be sure to sign up for email notifications of delays and cancellations on the HWSTS (Hamiilton Wentworth Student Transporation) website at : www.hamiltonschoolbus.ca  .

Please be sure to Our buses have been arriving at various times and not in the order that they usually arrive so please be sure to remind your children to make their way to their bus lines in the gymnasium as quickly as possible to avoid missing their buses. Announcements are made to gather all students and our staff and Bus Patrol Team do a great job ensuring that our students transition to and from buses. As there are a large number of students that take buses please let your child’s teacher or the office know if you have concerns about your child making their way to the bus on time and we will pair them up with an older bus buddy. Due to the bus driver shortage we continue to expereince delays and we apologize for this inconvenience. Please be sure to

As the weather becomes colder we will monitor our alerts and ensure that students remain indoors once we have beeAs the weather becomes colder we will monitor our alerts and ensure that students remain indoors once we have been notified.  Please ensure that students are dressed appropriately for this colder weather and feel free to let us know if your child requires any winter clothing as we do have some on hand thanks to our school support EA, school EA’s and staff for organizing this.Please remind students to check the lost and found for items that have gone missing as there are many articles of clothing looking for their owners.

Students have been following our Ridgemount Roadrunner Road to Success expectations. Please review these expectations with your children and have them share with you what they are. A reminder that cell phones are not to be used without permission from staff and are not to be used during Nutrition Breaks. Students are to place cell phones in bins in the classrooms provided or keep in lockers or backpacks. Please remind students that they are not to take photos or recordings of others without consulting with staff first.

Ridgemount Road To Success Expectations:
Always keep your hands and feet to yourself
Be where you’re supposed to be
Treat others how you want to be treated
Calm and quiet movement in the hall
Listen to and follow instruction from all adults in the school

Please also be reminded to follow the signs located around the school regarding parking and school bus loading zones located at the front and east side of the school as well as in the back parking lot. We would like to ensure that safety of all our students and staff and our Bylaw Officers will be monitoring and giving out tickets to those.

We will ask that parents/guardians not enter the parking lot during entry/dismissal as we have had a couple of close calls with accidents and we must allow safe access for our school buses that drop students off in the parking lot. Please drop students off in the desiganted areas on Ronaldshay Street and avoid blocking the entrance/exit to the school parking lot to allow for our

Please click on the link below to view the Week at a Glance for the week of Mar 4 –  Mar 8 , 2019:

Week at a Glance Mar 4-8,2019

A reminder that March Break is from Monday March 11 to Monday March 15, 2019.  We will see everyone back at Ridgemount on Monday, March 18, 2019. Have a great March Break Ridgemount Roadrunners!

The best way to keep updated is to register to our school website at: www.hwdsb.on.ca/ridgemount  to keep updated on upcoming school events and news!! Be sure to tell our new Ridgemount families to register to our website as well!

Please follow Ridgemount on Twitter to view our work and other Ridgemount highlights at: @Ridgmeount_HWDSB.

Thanks and have a great week everyone!

Mr. Carey – Principal

Mme. Kucic – Vice Principal