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 -  until Friday, November 5^th.  Check out the fair’s website for more information:  https://www.scholastic.com/bf/ridgleahills

Our Live Thankfully food drive is in full swing. 

All canned food, non-perishable items like mac and cheese,

PB & J, beans, rice, etc. are welcome.  No glass packaging, please.

We have a 3-day out of dress code to support Live thankfully this week Tues-Thurs.  

Wristbands will be on sale starting Monday morning.  $5 for all three days!

We had such a fantastic turnout for Carnival on Friday night! It was wonderful to have our RHE Family together again. Thanks to everyone who showed up. Special thanks to Kelly Decker and Olyn Poole for taking control of the Haunted House. She arranged our fabulous team of 3rd-grade parents who put much time and effort into a successful HH. BIG thanks to all of the parents who volunteered their time at the booths. So many of them worked beyond the shifts they signed up for so the booths could stay open. Thank you to the teachers who spent hours at the ticket booth. Thank you Dads that lent your Mustang Muscle that allowed the Carnival to actually happen. SO many people stepped up without being asked to make this event happen, and I can not thank you all enough! Thanks much Megan, Ashley, and Sara. 

Jenn Nevitt, Michelle Henderson, William Henderson, Rance Monk, and Kelly Decker- you are superstars and I owe you all!

- Carnival Chair, Meredith Rowsey

Thank you to all of the students who brought their decorated pumpkins to our RHE Pumpkin Patch. Our students definitely brought out their creative sides! 

Each grade got to vote for their favorites and here is a list of the winners. 

Pre-K

1. Emersyn Moeller 
2. Thea Elders 
3. Maddox Holt 

Kindergarten 

1. Ellie Sticksel
2. Dawson Trejo 
3. Marcus Bocanegra 

First Grade 

1. Kora Fitzgerald 
2. Luke Hanson 
3. Mary Alice Kennedy 

Second Grade

1. Savannah Jones 
2. Isabella Maldonado 
3. Eliza Loeb

Third Grade

1. Noah Moen
2. Sam Rowsey 
3. Davis Shackelford 

Fourth Grade

1. Tre Carr
2. Josie Vitanzia 
3. Elijah Spencer 

Fifth Grade 

1. Amari Page 
2. Beaux Packard 
3. Olivia Aguilar 

- RHE Nurse, Carrie Woodward 

Last week we were able to connect several RH families to holiday assistance and clothing.  A huge thank you to Amy Wood and the PTA, as well as the awesome RH staff who stayed and helped!  An amazing community here.

If your family needs holiday assistance and/or uniform assistance and you were unable to attend tonight, please contact Tracie Harris, School Counselor, at 817-815-1715 or tracie.harris@fwisd.org.

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

Storybook Parade was so much fun! Check out some of our RHE Staff with their amazing costumes! 

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

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

November 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.

https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSeFrpq8m6y.../viewform... 

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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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