Week of Oct 7 – Oct 11, 2019

Ridgemount Families,

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome the following staff to Ridgemount:

John DaSilve will be our afternoon head caretaker starting this week. We welcom Mr. DaSilva and look forward to having him on our team! We say goodbye to Mr. Clarke as he begins his new position on Monday. We would like to thank Mr. Clarke for all that he has done to make Ridgeoung a safe, healthy and great place to be. All the best from all of us!  We also welcome Mr. McLellan who will be teaching Gr 7/8B (Math, Science, History/Geography and covering some of our primary classes). We look forward to working with him and welcome him to our amazing Ridgemount team! We also welcome Ms. Sguario as she will be taking on the role of Educational Assistant in Ms. Adamson’s Gr 1 class. We are happy to have Ms. Sguario join our team! Welcome to all of you and best of luck to those moving on to other postiions.

Please be sure to register to our website  at:  https://www.hwdsb.on.ca/ridgemount/   to revieve updates regarding the current Job Action and Labour Updates that could impact our schools.

Please click on the link below to view the Ridgemount Week at a Glance for the week of Oct 7 – Oct 11, 2019 :  Week at a Glance Oct 7-Oct 11 2019

Please continue to  inform and update teachers regarding your children (i.e., medical, allergies, special education needs, parent/guardian changes, address / phone) and to complete the Student Package of forms that will be sent home during the first few days of school.  If your child will need to have medication administered at school, there are mandatory forms to be completed and signed by the treating physicians so please request these forms from the office and have them completed as soon as possible. (NOTE: WE CANNOT ADMINISTER ANY FORM OF MEDICATION INCLUDING OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK COMPLETED).

If you require assistance or have any questions about completing these forms please contact your child’s teacher or the school office ( 905 575 1535).  Accurate and updated completion of these forms helps us to communicate better with you and to stay updated.

A reminder that playground supervision begins at 8:30 am and goes until the bell at 8:45am. Do not leave students unattended before this time please.  Supervision is also provided from 3:05-3:20pm so be sure that all students are picked up by 3:20pm. Kindergarten families will pick up their children just outside of the Kindergarten Area at the end of each day. 

We ask that parents and guardians avoid entering the classrooms unless you have made an appointment or need to speak to a staff member. Please come by the office and we will do our best to accommodate you.  This ensures the safety of all students and allows our staff to successfully carry on their responsibilities with as little disruption as possible.

In order to ensure the safety of everyone at Ridgemount please adhere to the traffic / parking signs posted around the school premises. There are designated parking spots and areas that must be kept clear for our buses. Our buses stop on Hester Street and on Ronaldshay Avenue so please keep these areas clear at all times. There is parking/stopping on the East side of Ronaldshay and further up Ronaldshay adjacent the staff parking lot. We ask that parents/guardians not enter the school parking lot during entry and dismissal as we also have our students with special needs loading and unloading buses in the parking lot.  The City By Law officers do monitor our school and will ticket so please be diligent in abiding by these rules.

Be sure to subscribe to our school website at:  www.hwdsb.on.ca/ridgemount  (under the school photo is the link to “Subscribe”) to keep updated on upcoming school events and news!! Follow us on Twitter at @Ridgemount_hwdsb

We will have Pizza available weekly on Wednesdays starting Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019.  Pizza will be available for $1.25 per slice. Order forms will go home soon and must be returned by the deadline dates. We will have some slices available for sale each Pizza Day for $1.25 / slice however it is first come first serve so unfortunately we cannot always guarantee that there will be slices available to all students.

Our first Sub Day will be Tuesday, Oct 22nd. Subs will seel for $3.00 each and orders will be due on Thur, Oct 17 in order to give time to process all orders.  Pizza and Sub Order forms will be sent home with students and made available on our webiste. More information will be posted once it is available.  Ridgemount will also be introducing cash online this year as well so families will have the option of paying for not only field trips but pizza and sub days online as well. Details about this will be shared next week,

Our snack program will be up and running this week along with white and chocolate milk sales (75 cents per carton).  Grab and Go bins will be provided on 3 days of the week (Tues, Wed and Fri) and bins filled with healthy snacks will be distributed to classrooms for students to eat at the beginning of these 3 days.

A reminder that if you need to stop by the school you will need to enter at the front entrance on Hester St. As we are a secure facility you will need to push the doorbell button and wait for an office staff to identify you and then open the door.  If you are dropping off lunches for your child you can place it on the lunch cart outside the office labelled “Student Lunches”. Be sure to prearrange this with your child so that they know to come to the office at the Nutrition Break to pick up their lunch as we are unable to keep lunches in the office area.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child,  please make and appointment to meet with your child’s teacher.

Thank you,

Mr. G. Carey – Principal

Mme. N.  Kucic – Vice Principal