All students newly qualified for Spectrum MUST APPLY for a seat even if currently enrolled at View Ridge School. View Ridge students do NOT have priority for Spectrum seats. Enrollment dates to apply for a seat are February 27 - March 9. Please see www.seattleschools.org for forms and information on how and where to apply.  

$40 Otter Bucks Drawing at the PTA General Meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 7^th, 6:15 – 8:45pm

Come to the Tuesday, Feb. 7^th PTA General Meeting and get a chance to win $40 in Otter Bucks (formerly known as Scrip). Everyone who comes to the General Meeting will have a chance to enter their name in a drawing for an $40 Otter Bucks card, just in time for Valentine’s Day!

What is an Otter Buck? It’s a full value Scrip card. When you buy a Scrip card for full face value and redeem it at full face value, the vendor will pay View Ridge a rebate.

After some brief PTA announcements, we will have our guest speaker, Jody McVittie MD, from Sound Discipline speak on positive parenting techniques. Please come join us for a fun and informative evening.  

The View Ridge Community has an opportunity to give! This week, February 6-10, please bring new men’s thick white athletic socks to school. We will be donating them to Urban Rest Stop, a downtown center that provides individuals and families the use of restrooms, showers and laundry facilities at no cost. Drop-off containers will be outside the office. In addition, all View Ridge students will be making Valentine cards with their classroom buddies. These cards will be delivered to the patrons at Urban Rest Stop along with the donated socks.

For more information about Urban Rest Stop go to their website at www.urbanreststop.org

Please join Ms. Pasos in Room 1 from 3:00-4:00 on Feb. 6, 9, or 13 for Valentine crafts.  See attached flyer for more info.

Celebrate the creativity of our students while helping to support the art program at View Ridge. 24 pieces of student art from the past 2 years have been selected to become part of this year’s art card series. Congratulations to all participants! Choose from 4 packages, each with 6 different images of bright, colorful art. Please see samples outside the art room. Cards measure 5.5” x 4.25” and are blank inside. A great gift for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, or thank you cards! Click here for order form. 

The View Ridge Community has an opportunity to give!

The week of February 6-10 please bring new men’s thick white athletic socks. We will be donating them to Urban Rest Stop, a downtown center that provides restrooms, showers and laundry facilities for the homeless. Drop-off containers will be outside the office.

All View Ridge Students will be making Valentine cards with their classroom buddies. These cards will be delivered to the patrons at Urban Rest Stop along with the donated socks. For more information about Urban Rest Stop go to their website at www.urbanreststop.org

Thank you for your generosity.
 

For 5th grade and other interested familes, the following local schools' schedules follow. Additional schools' information can be found on the individual schools' websites. Link here.

Eckstein Middle School: Information Night,  Thursday, February 16th, 6:30 pm. No tours are scheduled.

Hamilton Middle School:  Events for incoming and prospective 5th grade families only. More helpful information! 

Open House:  Thursday, March 1st, 6-7:30pm.

Tours (pre-registration required): Thursday, February 2nd & 9th, 8:15-9:50 am. 

Jane Addams K-8:  Tours:

Tuesday, January 31st  & Thursday, March 8th: 9:30-10:30 am;

Thursday, February 9th & Wednesday, February 29th  6:30-8:30 pm;

Monday, February 13th & Thursday, March 1st 8:30-9:30 am;

This information is subject to change, please check directly with school website to confirm times/dates.

Open enrollment for the 2012-13 school year will take place Feb. 27 through March 9.

All students will receive an assignment letter right before open enrollment begins. This will tell you your student’s initial assignment for next year, and will also provide information on open enrollment if you want to apply for a different attendance area or option school for next year.

Information on assignments for the 2012-12 school year is scheduled to be available on the SPS website and automated phone line (206-252-0212) on April 16. Mailed confirmation letters will be sent out the week of April 23.

Since Seattle Public Schools has shifted to a geographic-based model with the New Student Assignment Plan, most schools will not conduct a daytime school tour. However, most schools will host an evening open house, which is a great opportunity for prospective families and students to visit the school, meet with teachers and the principal and ask questions.

For information on school open houses, please visit the individual school websites at http://bit.ly/SPSschooldirectory

 Bring your Grown-up Lunch week - brown bag style! Your child can invite one parent/guardian, grandparent, caregiver, etc. to join him/her for lunch!  Please note the date and time below of your child’s lunch period.  (This is a special day for the students, so please, no siblings.)

      Kindergarten                            Monday                      February 27^th                11:25 – 11:50

      First Grade                               Tuesday                     February 28^th                12:00 – 12:30

      Third Grade                          Wednesday                   February 29^th                 12:00 – 12:30

      Second Grade                        Thursday                     March 1^st                      12:00 – 12:30

      Fourth and Fifth Grade            Friday                        March 2^nd                      11:30 – 11:55

 We have decided to try something different this year – we ask everyone to bring their own lunch.

Maybe your child would make one for you? Or stop by a sandwich shop on the way to school? Or order a pizza? Whatever you can think of to make it an extra special day.

As a bonus, no RSVP is required.

We are hoping this new ‘brown bag’ format will allow the Grown-ups to give 100% of their focus to the kids. This event is a lot of fun for the kids and the grown-ups - we hope to see you there! 

Questions?  Call/email Jessica Bradley