PTO Announcements

Tuesday October 11th at 6:30 will be the PTO General Meeting for October.  The 5th grade group will present their Young Ameritowne job responsibilities.  The 5th graders have been working hard and would love your support.  Mr. Carney will give a brief update on Cherry Creek School District accountability report.  You are all invited to attend this monthly meeting.

Monster Mash Friday October 14th

The Pine Ridge Monster Mash will be held on Friday October 14th at Fox Ridge Middle School from 6:00 - 9:00.  Please come in costume and enjoy a fun evening with your classmates and teachers.  Admission is $12.00 per family with hot dogs, chips, drinks being served for $1.00 each. 

We are still looking for Volunteers at 4:00 pm on the 14th at the middle school will be early decorating for the event.  Please contact Kendra (mkelmore@msn.com) or Renee (renee.colvin@yahoo.com) to sign up for volunteer jobs.  We are also asking for candy donations.  Please bring in your favorite candy treat and drop off at the front desk until Friday morning.  Thanks for all of the support. The kids will have a ball.

The Special Education team at Pine Ridge is going to be doing an on-going recycling campaign in conjunction with Terracycle.com.  Information will be shared with all of you at a later date, but in the meantime I want to ask you to please save your candy wrappers and send then in with your child or drop off at the front office ATTN: Nurse Diane.  We can accept the large bags that snack-size bars come in and also wrappers from regular-sized candy bars.  With Halloween inching closer, I wanted to share this info with you so you don't throw away these valuable bags. (We receive 2 cents per item!)  We are saving the environment and earning money for our school at the same time! Thanks for your support and watch for more information coming soon!

Diane Lathrop, RN, NCSN

Student Council will be selling Boo Grams Monday - Wednesday at the lunch hour.  The suckers are $1.00 each and will be delivered on Monday Oct. 31.

Box Tops

Thank you to everyone that sent in Box Tops.  The contest is now over and the results will be released this week.

Earning 4 Learning

This just in....  We can earn points if you visit the Earning 4 Learning Southlands page on Facebook and make a comment about Southlands.  Indicate that you are with Pine Ridge Elementary somewhere in your comment and we get 1,000 points - Easy as that!  One comment per person will be counted.

Fun Run

If you have not sent in your fun run donations, please continue to do so.  We are climbing in donations and look forward to the finally tally soon.  Thanks for all of your support!!!!!

Yearbook Club

Yearbook club meeting will be held on Thursday at 8:00 am in the library.  Remember to continue to take pictures and send to Kendra Elmore.

A Request From Cherry Creek School District During the 2011-2012 school year, Cherry Creek is capturing the future vision of educational technology through community surveys and focus groups. This data will be used to develop guiding principles for future system enhancements through the year 2025. Note that the focus for these (and future) discussions is less about technology "gadgets", rather more about the concepts and capabilities necessary to ensure the very best education for the children.

Please provide your most candid feedback. Only through consideration of your voice can we build a collective vision of excellence.  Here is the link:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CherryCreekSchools2025

Ben Startzer, Chief Information Officer, Cherry Creek School District No. 5

Please contact PTO with any questions or concerns.  Continue to check the Pine Ridge website for updates pre.ccds.k12.co.us.

Thank you all for your continued support. We have a great school and great teachers!   GO PANTHERS!!!!