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Announcements / October 31, 2016
Hello Indian Ridge Families,
Welcome Back,
Matthew McDonald – Principal
Interesting Facts about Gravity………….
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Gravity keeps Earth and the other planets in our solar system in orbit around the Sun. It
also keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth.
While Newton’s older law of universal gravitation is accurate in most scenarios, modern
physics uses Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity to describe gravity.
Because Mars has a lower gravity than Earth, a person weighing 200 pounds on Earth
would only weigh 76 pounds on Mars.
Upcoming Activities……………….
October
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Monday, October 31st / Halloween Parade and Fall Party / 9:00am to 10:00am
(Students can wear costumes for the parade and change into school clothes after the
party ends. If students don’t celebrate Halloween, they do not have to participate and
don’t have to arrive at school until 10am, they will not be tardy.)
November
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Wednesday, November 2nd / PTO Meeting in the Library / 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Friday, November 4th / Report Cards Go Home
Saturday, November 5th / Smoky Hill High School Craft Fair / 9:00am to 4:00pm
Monday, November 7th / Picture Retake Day
Monday, November 7th thru Friday, November 11th / Conference Week
Monday, November 7th thru Friday, November 11th / Book Fair Week
Monday, November 7th thru Friday, November 11th / Veterans’ Week
Wednesday, November 9th / Jim & Nick’s BBQ / PTO Fund Raiser (See below)
Thursday, November 10th / Veterans Celebrations Assembly
Thursday, November 10th / Red, White, and Blue Spirit Day
Friday, November 11th / No school for students
Thursday, November 10th and Friday, November 11th / No school for Kindergarten
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Wednesday, November 23rd thru Friday November 25th / No School / Thanksgiving
Before and After School Activities…………
The flyers for these programs are at the Main Office.
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There will be no cardio club on Monday, October 31st due to the Halloween Parade and Fall
Breakfast Party.
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Holiday Hockey. All 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students are invited to participate in the
annual Indian Ridge Holiday Hockey League. This will take place on Tuesday, Thursday,
and Friday from 8:00am to 8:45am in the gym. The first meeting to go over rules and
pick teams will take place on Tuesday, November 1st from 8:00am until 8:45am in the
gym. Permission slips will be going home with the students. If you have any questions,
please contact Mr. Alfonso.
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Spanish Club. September thru May 2017. Kindergarten am/pm/enrichment and 1 st
grade, Tuesdays 3:30 to 4:25pm. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th, Tuesdays before school 7:55am
until 8:40am. Flyers are at the front office.
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Mad Science is held Wednesdays from 3:40p to 4:40pm for grades 1st thru 5th. The price
is $89.00. The after school dates are November 2nd thru December 7th. This engaging
and hands on enrichment program offers many demonstrations and inquiry based
experiments. Register online at www.colorado.madscience.org.
Eagle Council Update…………………….
 The Indian Ridge is coordinating Veteran’s Week.
We are collecting photographs of all of our
Indian Ridge Community Veterans. If you have a Veteran in your family, please send a digital
photo to [email protected]. These pictures will be included in the Veteran’s Day
Celebration Assembly on November 10th. Photos need to be submitted by November 4th.
Please join us on November 10th as we celebrate Veteran’s Day with breakfast at 7:45am to
8:45am, Parade thru the hallways at 9:00am, and The Veteran’s Assembly from 9:15am to
10:00am.
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Monday, November 7th, Students are encouraged to wear RED
Tuesday, November 8th, Students are encouraged to wear WHITE
Wednesday, November 9th, Students are encouraged to wear BLUE
Thursday, November 10th, Students are encouraged to wear RED, WHITE, and BLUE
PTO Update……………………….......................
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Join us at our second PTO meeting of the year on Wednesday, November 2 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
in the library. Ms. Candy Enix will be there to discuss and answer questions about the school
spelling program. We will also be giving a synopsis of our successful Run4Funds campaign for
2016. Childcare will be provided.
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For $40, you can pre-order a Jim 'N Nick's Family Meal to be picked up on Wednesday, Nov. 9th
at Indian Ridge. Each meal consists of one pound smoked pork or chicken, two pints scratchmade trimmings, a dozen fresh baked cheese biscuits or 6 buns, and barbecue sauce (feeds 34). Order forms will be sent home on the week of Oct. 31st and need to be returned to your
child’s teacher with the envelope marked PTO by Nov. 4th. Your meal will be waiting for you
from 3:30-5:30 at the Main Entrance on Nov 9th. A portion of every meal sold benefits the
Indian Ridge PTO. Take your meal home for dinner that night or eat with friends at school while
you shop at the book fair!!
PTO Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndianRidgePTO