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Conferences and the Book Fair are coming!!! Clover Ridge is getting ready for conferences.

Here are the details:
*Thursday, November 3
–4pm-8pm Invitation Only Conferences — Teachers will send a direct invite.
–7 pm Volunteer Orientation in the Cafeteria

*Friday, November 4
–8am – 6pm Student Led Conferences – Curriculum Experiences – Stop In and see your student’s progress AND the curriculum they work with every day. Students and adults can Read, play math games and other hands on curricula activities.
–8:45 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. Volunteer Orientation in the Cafeteria

The book fair will be open the following times during conferences

11/2 – 2:30pm – 6pm

11/3 – 3:30pm – 8pm

11/4 – 8:30am – 6pm

11/5 – 10am – 1pm

Some of the great Timber Ridge Leadership Kids

Each year, Clover Ridge recruits volunteers to ride our afternoon buses for the first two weeks of school, to help ensure our new students navigate their new routes safely.  This year, we partnered with the Timber Ridge Leadership group to fill this role.  These kids are fantastic!  Carefully selected through a process that requires good grades and citizenship, Leadership students regularly look for volunteer opportunities to serve in their community.  When we asked for help, they stepped right in.  To thank them for their great attitudes and willing service, Principal Elisa Stephens and Office Manager Marcie Barnhart visited the students at school to treat them to a pizza party and let them know how much their service was appreciated.

We look forward to working with the Leadership kids again in the future, and are grateful for the good examples they set for Clover Ridge kids who might one day be Timber Ridge Leadership students as well!

Kelso’s Wheel

At Clover Ridge, we teach our students that they can solve small problems on their own, using Kelso’s Wheel.  Interim Principal Kilee Sowa helped create a great visual for our kids that reminds them of the many options they have to deal with small issues as they arise, such as:

• Wait and cool off
• Tell others to stop
• Go to another game
• Talk it out
• Walk away
• Apologize
• Share and take turns
• Ignore it
• Make a deal

If you are interested in implementing/reinforcing Kelso’s Wheel at home,we have flyers in the office that you can stop in and pick up anytime.

Students enjoying the 2015 Pumpkin Patch at Clover Ridge

We are looking forward to our annual Pumpkin Patch at Clover Ridge.  On October 31st, our students will engage in activities that center around the Pumpkin Life Cycle and fun fall stations.  This year we will be making “Pumpkin Pie” in cups, making apple cider, playing Boo Beans and much more!

This is hands on day, we do not dress up so no costumes please.

If you are interested in being part of the festivities, please make sure you have a cleared background check and have attended a volunteer orientation and then contact the office to sign up.  Thank you!

The School Board continues to review facility needs for a possible bond proposal for next spring. The District will host a series of community meetings in October to gather input about community priorities, which will help the Board develop a final bond proposal for next May

A proposal could include:

• Projects to upgrade existing schools for instructional programs
  Safety and security projects
• Maintenance projects to protect the community’s investments in school buildings
• New elementary schools to relieve overcrowding and manage growth
• Reconstruction of buildings that need large-scale repair and renovation

Please join us and share your input. All meetings are planned for 6-7:30 p.m.

• Oct. 5: Timber Ridge
• Oct. 12: Oak Grove Elementary
• Oct. 20: West Albany High School
• Oct. 26: South Albany High School