From the desk of our School Counselor, Mrs. Harris! 

Red Ribbon Week is this week; this year's theme is "Be Happy. Be Brave. Be Drug Free."  We will have something every day including spirit days. 

Contact: tracie.harris@fwisd.org

Carnival is THIS FRIDAY! 6 pm-9 pm behind the school

The main entrance will be by the lower teacher parking lot. There will be tables set up at the entrance for ticket sales (cash and cards) and Will Call. All tickets purchased online will be picked up here. Tickets are $.50 each and everything will be 1-4 tickets.

https://rhtpa.membershiptoolkit.com

Tickets will also be sold During Lunch and After School on Wed.27^th and Thurs.28^th as well as Before School Fri.29^th

Please volunteer to help sell tickets during these times!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F48AAA72DABFEC52-ticket1

Booths:

We really need to fill booth times during carnival! We are so excited to be bringing our RHE family back together again for a fun-filled evening, but it all depends on you volunteering a little bit of your time.

3^rd Grade parents and Mustang Muscle has been contacted for Haunted House. Let’s make it the best one yet so come on 3^rd Grade!! Sign up and Show up! 90% of kids polled have said this is their favorite part!!

PreK booths: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0448AAAA2FA57-kinder

Kinder booths: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0448AAAA2FA57-kinder1

1st Grade: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0448AAAA2FA57-1stgrade

2nd Grade: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0448AAAA2FA57-2ndgrade

4th Grade: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0448AAAA2FA57-4thgrade

5th Grade: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0448AAAA2FA57-5thgrade

Set-up:

Anyone available Friday afternoon between 4-6 pm please come to the back area of the track to help set up

NEED: I am looking for two pop-up tents to borrow for the DJ area

Cake-Walk:

One of the most popular events and donations are needed starting this week! Store-bought items only please but we will need a variety. You may send them to school with your child anytime throughout the week as long as they can carry it in or bring it to Drop-off/ pick-up on Wed-Friday. If these don’t work just contact Meredith!

Volunteer:

I have sent out a sign-up to Monnig, Stripling, and Heights hoping we have plenty of RH Alumni wanting to come back and help make this event a success! If you have an older child wanting to help out, whether they need service hours or not, please let me know! I will send you the sign-up or you can just give me name, contact, and hours/location wanted.

Thank you all! So excited for Friday Night!!

Contact Carnival Chair: Meredith Rowsey (call or text) 304-416-1521 or email: regandoodle@gmail.com

RHE students are invited to decorate pumpkins for our annual Pumpkin Patch and bring them to school for display the week of tomorrow, Monday, Oct. 25 through Friday, Oct. 29. 

A few friendly reminders:

• Students are encouraged to let their creativity flow with paint, stickers, glitter, markers, or any other decorations to make their pumpkins awesome!
• Remember, this event is meant for student work, not the parent or professional work.
• No carved pumpkins will be accepted.
• Please only bring pumpkins that the students are able to carry by themselves.
• Students will be able to vote for their favorite pumpkin and each grade level will have prizes!

Please make sure your child brings their pumpkin to school by Thursday, October 28th since students will be voting on their favorite pumpkin that day. 

Last call for outgrown RH Winterwear!

Items already collected will be listed on the Ridglea Hills PTA Facebook page for a discounted price!  Delivery to your student included!

Join the page, follow the sale and grab your little a cute sweatshirt!

STAMPEDE TIME!

Spots are filling quickly!  Grab yours today!  Use this link and pick a day for your stampede!  All celebrations welcome:  birthdays, straight A’s, AR ribbon goals, just because!  Display your Mustang pride AND help our 5th graders!

https://calendly.com/ridgleahills/mustang-stampede?month=2021-10&fbclid=IwAR1eyyqIVDd2Ca4QqVLUhEw8MPV3C6ek_qxEjzd1yd56Y0NSr54W2GWkEpI

Contact 5th Grade Fundraising, Ivy Ellis: ivy.ellis@sbcglobal.net

AHHS Student Council will be hosting this yearly event for students, families, and the community. Put your costume on and join us for a night of family fun!

#GoMustangs#ayyyheights

Storybook Parade is on Friday, October 29th at 8:30 a.m. for ESCE, PreK, and Kindergarten classes. The event will be held outside on the RHE track. Check with your child's teacher for more information! 

In-person Book Fair is coming to Ridglea Hills!  The fair will be open before and after school and parents WILL be able to shop in person not just online… more details to follow!  For now, mark your calendars… Friday, October 29^th until Friday, November 5^th.  Check out the fair’s website for more information:  https://www.scholastic.com/bf/ridgleahills

We are excited to announce the first Arlington Heights Youth Baseball Clinic! Join the Jackets on Saturday, Nov. 13, at Westside Little League for a chance to learn from and play with current AHHS players. All proceeds will benefit the AHHS baseball program. #ayyyheights#gojackets#gomustangs

Register: https://bit.ly/AHHSBaseballClinic

Contact: Drew Harris at drew@firstpitchpr.com

We are still waiting on our latest Mustang Mall order from our supplier. We are hoping to receive the order sometime this week and will do our best to send them home with your kids later this week or early next week. Thank you all for your patience with all the delays our supplier has had! 

The form below will be coming home with students this week. Please return it to your child's teacher if you're able to volunteer your time! 

You may contact School Counselor, Mrs. Harris with any questions:

tracie.harris@fwisd.org 

Thank you to everyone who has joined so far! Joining PTA is such an easy way to help our school! 

Membership is $10 a member and a portion of your membership goes back into the school! Join through the link below. Our goal is to have one voice for every child! 

Contact VP of Membership, Melinda Blackerby: melindabeth04@gmail.com 

Yearbook Info

We are still waiting on our yearbooks from last year but we certainly haven’t forgotten about them. I know this is frustrating for many that your little ones don’t have those in hand yet. 

Last year’s school calendar presented us with a challenge: late yearbook or no yearbook at all. Obviously, we choose to do a yearbook without realizing just how “late” they would actually be. Since our school year didn’t end until late June and many of our events and pics happening in the last couple of months, that put us on a different production schedule with our vendor. Unfortunately, they didn’t begin work on our book until the end of their summer calendar in August. 

I assure you that I have been tracking the books through the process and staying on the vendor as more time has passed. Again, I apologize for this delay and for your frustrations. 

Contact Carissa Hill: carissaphill@gmail.com

October Breakfast & Lunch Menus:

https://schools.mealviewer.com/school/RidgleaHillsElementary

Reminder: School breakfast and lunches will be free to all RHE students again this year!

On fourteen Saturdays (9-11-21 through 5-7-22) teachers and campus leaders will provide 1st-3rd graders with rigorous and engaging instruction in literacy and math/science. Additionally, students will participate in enrichment activities in art, music, and physical education and learn about the District’s mobile STEM units.  Please copy the links below to register.  The first one is English and the 2nd link is in Spanish.

Aprendizaje del Sábado

Durante 14 sábados, desde el 11 de septiembre del 2021 hasta el 7 de mayo de 2022, maestros y líderes de escuela proveerán a los estudiantes de primero hasta tercer grado instrucción rigurosa y motivante en lectoescritura (alfabetización) y matemáticas/ciencias. Además, los estudiantes participarán en actividades de enriquecimiento en arte, música y educación física y aprenderán acerca de las unidades móviles de STEM del Distrito.

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• General information regarding Ridglea Hills Elementary School is available online at our PTA-sponsored website – www.rhpta.com. Please get familiar with this website and bookmark it on your browser.

• For specific questions regarding school-administered matters not addressed on www.rhpta.com, including but not limited to academic affairs, school registration, testing, campus security, school programs, Fort Worth ISD policies and procedures, etc., please contact the school office at 817-815-1700.

• For non-PTA-related posts (i.e., selling uniforms, looking for a carpool group to join, etc.), please head over to the Ridglea Hills Elementary Parents Facebook group.

• Other helpful Ridglea Hills Elementary School-related Facebook pages include the following:

  • Ridglea Hills Elementary

  • Ridglea Hills Elementary School’s Counselor

  • Ridglea Hills Mustang Muscle (for those RHE dads interested in getting involved with school service projects)

  • RHE Run Club

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