Congratulations Ridglea Hills Family! You came through in a big way for our community. At the end of the canned food drive, we had collected 5,269 items. The final count, by grade level was: 

Pre-K 704

Kinder 835 

1^st Grade 626

2^nd Grade 363 

3^rd Grade 1,046!

4^th Grade 681

5^th Grade 924

3^rd grade will receive an extra hour of recess. The entire school will get two free out of dress codes days.  That date will be announced soon. We also raised $1,000 for Live Thankfully through donations and out of dress code sales. Thanks to all parents, teachers, staff and students for your giving spirit.

Mrs. Blakley, 5th Grade Fundraising 

Ridglea Hills Elementary has our very own Mustang Angel Tree to support our school families that need a little extra love and support over the holidays! 

Angels will be available for adoption this Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 16 & 17, during drop-off and pick-up in the school lobby. Please stop by the tree to pick up a Mustang Angel or two! Take advantage of Black Friday & Cyber Monday deals over Thanksgiving Break. 

In addition to the angels we have available, we are also asking for twenty $25 Walmart gift cards to include for each family. If you don’t have time to shop but want to help spread love and holiday cheer, Walmart gift cards are a great option!

If you have any questions, please email Amy Wood at amywood81@gmail.com 

Thank you to our MVPs of the night Meredith Rowsey, Shelbie Shackelford and Amy Wood, along with VP Programs Jenn Nevitt and Principal Cotton for making this all possible! We had a great turnout, the kids had fun, and the school is still in one piece!!!! 

We appreciate Christine Hudson and her room parents and volunteers who set up and manned each booth as well as cleaned up! Shout out to Nurse Carrie Woodward and 3rd Grade Parents for creating a scary Haunted House! 

Also thank you to Mrs. Poe and 5th Grade Fundraising for having some awesome snacks as well as pizza. Thank you to our custodial staff for keeping the craziness contained! Shout out to Mr. Heick for keeping the jams going along with our staff and teachers for working the ticket booths! 

Finally… Thank you to all those that came last night! We appreciate your patience throughout the past three weeks! As you can see it takes a village to make things happen! 

We Are Ridglea!

-RHPTA President, Megan Powers

There will be NO Run Club tomorrow, November 14th due to high rain chances. Students will need to be picked up at regular dismissal time. 

We will hope for sunny skies on Monday, November 28th - the next time we meet after the Thanksgiving Break! Stay warm! 

RHE Run Club Coaches,

Carolyn Lewis - caremulls@yahoo.com

Jessica Molder - jessica.molder@fwisd.org

Brooke Mooty - brooke@safecarepartners.net  

Join our Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1593372264300061

Come check out the bulletin boards by the library and see how many record hits we have so far.

It has also been brought to our attention that AR  is back on for home testing, please remember this is not about how many points you can earn, AR is to track the comprehension of our students as they read. It is not a race!

Lastly, we have had questions about why AR points are at 0, this is depending on the teacher and grade, but some teachers track points for a 6 week period. If you look for the box that says marking period, click on it , scroll to the bottom that says 2022-2023 school year, you will be able to see how many total point you have earned for the year and how close you are to your next ribbon.

I hope this clarifies some questions, if you have anything else please feel free to reach out.

Happy reading!! AR Chair, Lesli Hammer: leslihammer44@yahoo.com

Parents, it is time for the Texas PTA Reflections Art Contest. Students will be bringing home information this week regarding entries. All entries must have a parent or guardian who has joined RHPTA this year. Entries should be entirely student done. More info and rules at https://www.txpta.org/reflections. Entries due 11/17.

• 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

The Pony Post has a new email this year! Sign up for the distribution list and submit Pony Post requests to Brooke Mooty: RHEPonyPost@gmail.com