November 2014
Spring Ridge Review
Spring Ridge Elementary
Elkhorn Schools
Omaha, NE
Calendar of Events
 Monday, November 3
PTO Meeting - 7:00 pm
A Message from Mrs. Petersen
Dear Spring Ridge Families!
Congratulations to the Spring Ridge parents! Attendance at our Parent/
Teacher Conferences was 99 percent! Your support is greatly appreciated.
There is a strong connection between parent involvement and your child’s
success in school. We look forward to continued communication with you
throughout the year.
We are already 56 days into the 2014-15 school year. We have had a terrific first quarter. The excitement of learning continues and relationships
continue to grow. As we near our Thanksgiving holiday, I would like to
share some things that I am thankful for at Spring Ridge Elementary:
I am thankful for students who eagerly come to school to learn as much
as is possible each day.
I am thankful for a beautiful school where students can come to learn
and grow.
I am thankful for teachers and staff who give many hours of their days
to provide students with the instruction and guidance needed to help
students succeed.
I am thankful for parents who support the efforts of our school.
I am thankful for our parent and community volunteers who provide
countless hours volunteering to help make our school a true community.
The Spring Ridge staff and I are truly grateful for the overwhelming support
that you have given us as we work together to educate the children of our
community. We wish you and your family a very Happy Thanksgiving.
 Thursday, November 6
4/5 Music Programs
4th Grade—6:00 pm
5th Grade—7:00 pm
 Friday, November 7
No School—Teacher In-service
 Wednesday, November 19
Mid-Quarters go home
 Thursday, November 12
Family Fun Night @ Defy Gravity
6:00 - 8:00pm
 Wednesday, November 26
Early Dismissal—2:06 PM
 November 27-28
Thanksgiving Break
Inside this issue:
Early Dismissal
1
BoxTops for Education
2
Laurinda Petersen
Make-Up Days for Snow
2
Spring Ridge Principal
Defy Gravity Family Night
3
Carnival Save the Date
3
Book Fair Report
4
PTO Presidents’ Message
5
Mama’s Pizza Thank You
5
Marcus Theater Packets
5
Landscape Committee
6
Thank You Volunteers
6
Breakfast Buddies
6
Hy-Vee Fundraisers
7-8
Music Program
9
School Sponsors
10
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Early Dismissal Wednesday, November 26!
School will be dismissed one hour early at all Elkhorn Schools on Wednesday,
Nov. 26. This is an update from the printed District calendars.
2013-2014 School Theme:
SOARING TO NEW HEIGHTS
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Box Tops Results are IN!!
THANK YOU to all the families that contributed during our
October Box Tops/Labels for Education campaign! Just
over $1,400 was raised in Box Tops, not to mention the
points earned for Labels for Education.
Congratulations to the following classes for having the
most points:
K – Mrs. Endelcato
1 – Mrs. Thompson
2 – Mrs. Bauer
3 - Mrs. Zimmerer
4- Mrs. Sutter
5 – Mr. Snyder
Also, a HUGE thank you to all the teachers for helping me
collect everything and to the volunteers for helping me
cut, count and organize over 14,000 box tops:
Jenny Haase, Amy Finney, Mandi Chaplin, Erika Ohlmeyer,
Allison Tiller, Summer Franco, Haley Franco, Tara Compton, Josh Venn, Zach Venn, Alex Venn and Ricci Nisley
As a reminder our next Box Tops/ Labels for Education
Campaign will take place in the February. Keep clipping
your Box Tops and Labels for Education!
Katrina Venn
[email protected]
Makeup Days for Missed School Days (Snow Days)
As we approach the winter months, it is important to note a change to the EPS calendar from
past years. The Elkhorn Board of Education has built in two makeup days to the calendar in the
event that school is canceled due to inclement weather (snow days). The first makeup day is
scheduled for April 17, 2015. This date will become a vacation day if there are no missed
school days prior to April 1.
If there are two or more missed school days prior to April 1, students will also have a makeup
day on May 22, 2015. This day will become a vacation day if there are one or fewer missed
days prior to April 1—moving the last day of school to May 21.
The first two missed days will be made up; in the event of three or more snow days the administration will reevaluate the calendar at that time.
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Come join Spring Ridge Elementary at Defy Gravity
For “FAMILY FUN NIGHT”
Day: Wednesday, November 12th
Time: Reserved Times are 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Cost: $7.00, plus tax
Online Reservation Code: SRNEB
Reserve time online for guaranteed jump time
Includes 60 Minutes of Jumping and 1 laser maze
Each person MUST have a waiver filled out before jumping. Fill out your waiver
online. www.DefyGravityUSA.com
You can fill out at Defy Gravity if you don’t have a computer at home.
Reminder: All jumpers must wear Defy Gravity’s safety jump socks-$1.50, or
rent their jump shoes for $2.50
Save the Date…For the Best Carnival in town!
Friday, May 8th 5-8 pm
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Report, Fall Book Fair 2014
I am pleased to report that the fall 2014 Spring Ridge book fair was a success! Estimated gross
sales were $12,346 (surpassing last year's school record of $12,200). As a result of the tremendous support of our school community, we will have the means to supports library programs
such as: author visits, Golden Sower program, online databases, subscription renewals; as well
as to purchase new books and materials.
Through the “King or Queen for a Day” contest, we have raised additional money used to purchase library books from the book fair for classrooms as well as the library. Scholastic matches it
by donating an equal amount of books to two charities that help children: Kids in Need Foundation and Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. The final “winning” teacher was Mrs. Haynes, who
was “crowned” on Halloween!
Over 29 volunteers provided over 61 hours of service to set up, run, and take down the book
fair. A special thank you to Mrs. Omo who went above and beyond to give of her time and talent!
Additional thank you’s go out to all the volunteers: Erika Ohlmeyer, Teresa Svoboda, Margie Cimino, Kristen Gideon, Kristin Piatowski, Melanie Nielsen, Nancy Schultz, Summer Franco, Jenny
Haase, Trish Kathol, Brenda Kougang, Richelle Donner, Lori Doyle, Linda Grier, Kathy Rygg,
Beena Burg, Staci Grier, Danielle Tyler, Ronna Fritz, Paula Grupe, Karamie Vala, Jenny Williams,
Julie Whalen, Camas Lubberstedt, Mindy Foral, and Christy Croom. We could not have done it
without you!
Submitted by Kelly Nelson, book fair chair
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A Wonderful Start to Autumn at Spring Ridge
Dear Parents,
October was a VERY BUSY month at Spring Ridge! I hope you were able to attend Breakfast Buddies,
the Book Fair, Mama’s Pizza Family Fun Night, Scooter’s Coffee Day and the AWESOME Halloween parade and parties! I also hope that you had a chance to slow down and enjoy the start of the fall season. The PTO appreciates all your help and support that you have given so far – thank you!
A very special thank you goes to Trish Kathol and Jodi Klein for organizing a successful Breakfast Buddies, Kelly Nelson for her hard work during the Book Fair, and Summer Franco & Amber Evans for taking care of meals for the staff during conferences. Thanks also to Melanie Nielsen and Christy Croom
for organizing our family fun nights! Our landscaping committee has been hard at work too! Things
are looking great outside - thank you to Raina Consdorf and Jodi McShannon.
With the holidays quickly approaching, the PTO has a great way to shop while helping our school. When
you shop Hy-Vee (180th and Pacific) on Monday, November 24th, 5% of your total bill will come back to
Spring Ridge PTO! This is a great time to stock up on ingredients for Thanksgiving dinner.
Instead of our annual Skate Daze Skating Party we are trying something new this year. Please join us
for a fun night at Defy Gravity on Wednesday, November 12th from 6-8 pm. More details to come out
in back packs soon! This is a great way to spend time with your family and friends in a safe environment.
Lastly, we will be kicking off our Celebration of Giving holiday gift collection. Please consider sharing
the holiday spirit by purchasing a gift for a needy Elkhorn family.
Look for more information in the upcoming weeks in your child’s backpack, in PTO emails, posted on
our PTO web- site (https://sites.google.com/a/springridgepto.com/front-page/) and on our Facebook
page (Spring Ridge Elementary PTO). Our next PTO meeting is Monday, November 3rd at 7 pm. As always, childcare will be provided, so please plan to attend!
Sincerely,
Jenny Haase
PTO President [email protected]
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Landscape Committee
The landscape committee has been
working hard Tuesday mornings. We
have had great weather this fall
thankfully! With the help of some
awesome volunteers we have fully re
-landscaped the east portable and
have begun work on the west portable hoping to be completed in a week
or so. Once we get fresh mulch (in
the spring hopefully) it will look even
better! A big thank you to our committed weekly Tuesday volunteers
this fall: Caroline Henry, Delynn Klein, and Kate Dickmeyer. Without your help is wouldn’t happen so quickly! Thank
you!!! We may be planning a fall clean-up event some evening or
weekend coming up soon. We will keep you posted!
November
PTO Meeting
Join us on
Monday, November 3
at 7:00 p.m
Meetings are held in the
school library.
Child care is provided.
Jodi Mcshannon
Raina Consdorf
Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who work so hard
to make our school a better place. Your efforts are truly
appreciated!!!
Breakfast Buddies
Thank you Spring Ridge families for making the Fall
Breakfast Buddies a success. There were lots of sugar
smiles that day as we served around 1200 donuts to
the students and their buddies.
A special thank you to all those that helped make it a
great success, Kelly Nelson, Margie Cimino, Marisa
Hudson, Melanie Nielsen,
Laurie Cradick, Angie Uttecht and Linda Grier.
We also appreciate our partners Hy-Vee and Krispy
Kreme for their support of the event.
Trish Kathol and Jodi Klein
Spring Ridge Elementary
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Keep the Receipts Rolling In
Remember to keep sending your Hy-Vee gas and grocery receipts to school with your child.
Through the end of October, Spring Ridge has collected over $80,000 in receipts—a 67% increase
over last year.
There are three EASY steps to help Spring Ridge earn cash:
Shop at any Hy-Vee or fill your gas tank there.
Save your receipts dated September 1 through December 31, 2013.
Send the receipts to school with your child.
You may also drop your receipts off in the cubby set up at the main exit of your Pacific Street HyVee.
For every $200 in grocery, gas or pharmacy purchases, Hy-Vee will donate $1 to our school. Funds
received from the Hy-Vee Cash for Students program will be used throughout the year to enrich
students’ experience at school.
Shopping Day—Nov. 24st
Coupon Valid November 24th, 2014 only.
At your 180th and Pacific Street location only.
TOTAL PURCHASE AMOUNT: _________________________________________
Cashier: Please fill in total purchase amount
When you use this coupon it gives 5% back to this organization.
You do not receive a discount on your purchase.
This coupon can be used at the store, pharmacy, and/or Caribou Coffee.
The cashier will keep this coupon after your purchase is made.
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The Spring Ridge Review is a monthly newsletter published by the staff and volunteers of
Spring Ridge Elementary School,- Elkhorn Public Schools in Omaha, Nebraska. Article submissions are due on the 20th of each month.
17830 Shadow Ridge Drive
Elkhorn, NE 68130
Spring Ridge Principal
LaurindaPetersen: [email protected]
Secretary
Muriel Manske:
[email protected]
Editor
Rebecca Barnes:
[email protected]
Contact: 637-0204 for
more information.
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