This Friday, October 27th from 6-8pm, is our Fall Carnival! Join us on the track for a night filled with games, inflatables, haunted house, cake walk and more!

All of the carnival fun wouldn't be possible without your help! Volunteers can sign up for a quick thirty-minute shift and then enjoy the rest of the evening with their families. Please visit the links below to sign up for a time that works well for you! 

Booth Volunteers (All Grades)

Haunted House Volunteers (3rd Grade)

Concession Stand Volunteers (5th Grade)

We are also in need of STORE BOUGHT baked goods for our cake walk.  All items may be dropped off before or after school this week.  If you do carline, our students working safety patrol can take your items for you.  

Thank you for your help to make the carnival a fun-filled evening! 

The holidays will be here before we know it! Once again, our school will have our very own Angel Tree again to help out our fellow Mustangs in need! 

If you are a family in need of assistance this holiday season, please reach out to RHE School Counselor, Tracie Harris by November 3.

Additionally, with cooler temperatures FINALLY here, we are in need of donations of sweatshirts, coats, jackets, hats and mittens for our clothing closet. 

We also have an ongoing need of snacks for the weekly snack packs. Items needed include ramen/mac and cheese, granola bars, chips/cookies, fruit snacks, fruit bar/pop tarts/oatmeal. Basically anything ‘snacky’ and shelf stable! Clothing and food donations can be placed in the large bin outside the front door.  

For more information, please contact school counselor, Tracie Harris at tracie.harris@fwisd.org or 817-815-1715.  

We are excited to announce that Run Club will start Monday, October 30, 2023 and run through Monday, February 26, 2024.

Details: 

• Run Club is open to RHE students 2nd - 5th grade ONLY

• We will meet every Monday there is school from dismissal until 4:15 p.m. (barring any bad weather cancellations)

• We will be training for the Cowtown Kids 5K on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 9:00 am. We are asking that all Run Club participants commit to this race! Sign up here!  

• We will be capping the number of participants in Run Club again this year. We want to ensure everyone’s safety by keeping our group at a lower volunteer to runner ratio.

• Permission slips are all online again this year, and you only need to complete one per family.   

• Join our Run Club Facebook group! RHE Run Club to stay in the loop on all announcements!

Save 10% on your child's yearbook by ordering by October 31! 

To place your order, simply create a free account with our yearbook vendor, Treering. Your yearbook includes two FREE pages for you to personalize with your own photos and memories. Yearbooks will be delivered to the school before the end of the school year.

Prices*:

Soft Cover $21.46 + tax

Hard Cover $27.58 + tax 

*Includes two FREE custom pages printed ONLY in your yearbook. Want more pages? Each additional 2 pages is just $0.99

Deadlines:

Save 10% by ordering by Oct. 31 

Custom pages completed by April 14

Order yearbook by April 20

Purchase yours today! 

Chess Club started last week, Oct. 18 for 2nd-5^th Graders. 

All students are welcome to attend.  

If your student doesn't know how to play chess and would like to learn, this is a great opportunity.  Pink forms have been sent home.  If you have not turned in your permission slip and your child is still interested in joining, please have your child return the permission slip to either Mrs. Maxon's or Mrs. Hixon's mailbox.  Students must submit forms by Tuesday in order to stay on Wednesday.  Meetings are in the cafeteria from 3:20-4:10.   Please be sure to let your child's teacher know if he/she is staying for chess.

Students of all ability groups are welcome as well as any parents or grandparents who would like to help.  Any adult who would like to help with Chess Club will need to have a FWISD background check completed.

Chess Club members may wear chess club t-shirts on Wednesdays.  Online orders will be accepted through Oct. 24 at 11:59.  To order, click on the link  https://rhechessclub2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Questions may be directed to katie.maxon@fwisd.org or laura.hixon@fwisd.org

Be on the lookout this week for a note to come home regarding the PTA Reflections Art Contest. This creative arts contest recognizes the talents of Prek-12th grade students every year, at the council, state and national level. This year’s theme is:  “I am hopeful because…”

Students who submit entries must have a family member who is a paid PTA mender by 10/31. Entries are welcome in six categories, and are due by 11/10. More information, and rules can be found at www.txpta.org/reflections

Reservations must be made at least a week in advance.

Reserve your special day now! What a fun way to support your 5th grade families and show the neighborhood your RH spirit!

We are now taking reservations for the month of October and November.

Please email rhstampede@gmail.com to make your reservation. Include the date and address. You will receive an email reply to confirm your reservation (we have 2 sets of signs, so we can make 2 reservations per day). After your reservation is confirmed, you can pay via Venmo, via Membership Toolkit or cash or check. Information will be sent to you regarding payment.

Want to know when events are happening and get live updates to calendar changes? Want to stay informed on class activities? Need to connect with another parent? Membership Toolkit is the program the PTA uses to keep you informed and connected! Download the Membership Toolkit app or go to the website and sign up today! 

It's free and you will have access to the calendar of events, family directory (you choose what information you share and you must be a parent or staff member to have access to this feature) and more! Additional features like volunteer sign-ups are coming soon! 

Already on Membership Toolkit? Log in and update your family's information! NEW this year - from the mobile app, you can sync the calendar to your phone! 

Fort Worth ISD requires an online background check process for all school volunteers. Background checks must be completed every year for volunteers; they do not carry over to the next school year. For those with students in multiple schools, one background check is sufficient, as it covers all of Fort Worth ISD. To complete your mandatory application and background check to volunteer through Fort Worth ISD, please visit:  https://www.fwisd.org/volunteer.

Mark these upcoming dates on your calendar! 

Oct. 23-31: Pumpkin Patch Week & Red Ribbon Week

Oct. 24: Picture Day & 4th Grade Music Program

Oct. 25: PTA Meeting (6pm in Mustang Multipurpose Room)

Oct. 27: Fall Carnival (6-8pm)

Oct. 31: Storybook Parade (8:15am)

Nov. 4: Arlington Heights High School Literacy Rally (open for all ages!)

Nov. 20 - 24: Thanksgiving Break 

• If you're not signed up to receive our weekly Pony Post, email rheponypost@gmail.com with your child's name, grade and teacher and we'll get you signed up!  

• Also, stay connected with us on Facebook by joining our Ridglea Hills Elementary School PTA group. 

• Get involved by joining the PTA! We have many jobs, large and small, and all make a huge difference in helping to show our Mustang Pride! 

• 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 to receive the weekly e-newsletter by emailing Kelly Wooley at  RHEPonyPost@gmail.com

Pony Post News!! We have a new online submission form. Visit 

https://bit.ly/RHEPonyPost and fill out the online form with the information you want included in the post by Friday at noon. There's even an option to upload images, word documents and PDFs!