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Addendum to Ship Notes 02/03/2025

Scotts Ridge Families,

 

We missed some important and time sensitive PTA updates that are included immediately below. Spirit night at Dave and Buster's is tonight! We have also added the RSVP link for our special presentation on online safety for children with Assistant United States Attorney, Erin Blondel, on February 11th.  

 

Thank you for your patience,

 

Principal Evans


Messages from Our PTA. . . 

 

We NEED you! 

Our PTA is always looking for extra helpers! We have 2 board member positions that we would love to fill if you or someone you know is interested please reach out president@scottsridgepta.com for more information. We are working hard on all our amazing upcoming events for the rest of this year! These amazing events and fundraisers all could not happen without you, our wonderful school family. If you are good at fundraising we have a spot for you and if you are great with social media and communicating and website design with a desire to help us out we would love to have you! We also have smaller positions still available as well if you are interested. 
 

PTA In-Person Meeting

February 11, 2025 AFTER the speaker we will conduct an IN-person PTA meeting and would love anyone who can stay to be a part of it. Agenda TBD but lots of fun things are coming soon! 
 

SRE Needs Some Items!

Our health room is in need of NEW underwear of all sizes (mostly 5/6 and 7/8 for both boys and girls. We also need NEW socks of all elementary age sizes as well. If you are able to pick up an extra package when out this week or next please think about helping the school out! Also, if you have extra leggings and sweatpants, we would love to have those as well. Again all sizes needed and both boys and girls. Thanks so much for helping out our school!

 

2024-2025 Family Marathon Time!

Join us for the 2025 SRE Family Marathon!  
Families will run/walk 25 miles outside of school and then meet to celebrate and finish the last mile together at SRE on March 21, 2025.  To join in the fun, register at sre.givebacks.com/store . Registration is $10 per family and includes a necklace and beads for participants to track completed miles, as well as a vinyl water bottle sticker for completing the marathon.  T-shirts are also available to purchase and wear on the final mile day.  Registration closes Friday 2/7, and shirts must be ordered by then as well.
 

Spirit Night DAVE AND BUSTER'S!

Mark your calendars for our next Spirit Night at Dave and Buster's in Cary on February 3rd! From 5-8pm, Scotts Ridge will receive 20% of total sales, including food and non-alcoholic beverage sales. Flyers went home on Friday, January 31st and must be shown at Dave and Buster’s in order for Scotts Ridge to get credit for purchases. 
 

2024-2025 Yearbook Sales

 
Yearbooks will be sold through a pre-sale again this year. The final purchase deadline is April 15; however, purchasing sooner, rather than later is helpful. Purchased yearbooks will be distributed in May 2025.
 
Keep an eye out for Strawbridge flyers sent home in Friday folders! Please note that while school portraits are through Lifetouch, yearbooks will still be purchased through Strawbridge. Yearbooks can be purchased online only at www.strawbridge.net using the online code:  YB31508. 
 

Second Spirit Rock (NEW) Class gift of the 2024 5th grade class!!!

Thanks to our amazing 5th grade class from last year and the very hard work of an amazing parent, we have a second Spirit Rock as the class gift. We also want to give a shoutout and big thank you to the rock company who donated the rock, RDU Rock Quarry! We also want to thank Forever Clean for being willing to haul the rock for us. The class gift money went to all things with the rock that wasn't donated. This is in the carpool lane near the front of the school. We have a new sign up for that for the second half of the year! We are very excited. 
 
 

Silent Auction 2024- 2025 

We are busy collecting donations for our 2024-2025 silent auction, which will run from April 17-24th  If you own a local business (or know someone who does), own a vacation rental, or have a contact at a local university athletic department that can assist with a donation, we would love to hear from you! All donations are tax deductible. Please send an email to silentauction@scottsridgepta.com !

 

Follow along with all upcoming events on our website and social media accounts:

scottsridgepta.com

facebook.com/sreapextpta

twitter.com/sreapexpta

instagram.come/sreapexpta

 


Special Presentation for ALL Parents/Guardians On Online Safety with Assistant United States Attorney, Erin Blondel

February 11th at 6:00 PM

 

In addition to being an assistant United States attorney, Ms. Blondel is a Scotts Ridge parent. She has graciously agreed to speak with Scotts Ridge parents/guardians about how to keep our children safe online based on her experience prosecuting online sexual exploitation cases. One thing that we can all agree on as parents is the importance of keeping our children safe from online predators. However, not all of us feel that we have a good understanding of the dangers that exist online. Are we certain that we know who our child is communicating with on social media and/or in multi-player games? Are we able to hear what they hear and see what they see - or are they wearing headphones? Ms. Blondel has previously presented to law enforcement, medical professionals, social welfare professionals, NGOs, and college-aged students.

 

Parents/guardians are the ones making decisions about their children's access to technology at home, and this is a great opportunity for parents to stay informed. I would love to see a strong turnout for this presentation because children are spending an increasing amount of time online without the direct supervision of adult family members, and they are sometimes exposed to inappropriate conversation or material without adult family members knowing. I strongly suggest that you make arrangements for one or more parents/guardians to attend. If possible, you might want to arrange childcare so that both parents/guardians can attend and have a shared understanding. When our administration and representatives from the PTA met with Ms. Blondel, we all agreed that hearing what she has to say should not be missed. This evening is a joint invitation from the school and the Scotts Ridge PTA. Please RSVP here to give us a sense of how many people to expect. There will be an optional general PTA meeting immediately following the presentation, but you are welcome to leave after the presentation if you cannot stay.

 

Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Time: 6:00 PM (approximately two hours), followed by optional general PTA meeting open to all

Location: Scotts Ridge Elementary Library

Special Note: This presentation will reference the sexual exploitation of children. We understand that this topic could be disturbing or triggering for some members of our audience. No children, including teens, will be admitted under any circumstances.

 

 

Happy Groundhog Day! 

(If you haven't seen the movie, it's a classic!)

 

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School Counselor Week

This week, February 3-7, is National School Counselor Week! We are proud to say that we have two of the best school counselors around. Please join us in showing some extra appreciation this week to Mrs. Reilly and Mrs. Trueman!

 

 

Bus Driver Appreciation Week

Next week, February 10-14, is Bus Driver Appreciation Week! If you ride on a bus, please start thinking about some kind ways that you might recognize or thank your bus driver!

 

**Please note that, for all appreciation days, you do not have to buy something. Saying "thank you" or creating a handmade card both go a long way. Thank you for SAIL-ing in this way!

 

 

Spring Picture Day

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 is Spring Picture Day! Students will take both an individual and a class photo on that day. Please see the two links below for more information:

 

 


 

Upcoming Dates

02/03 - 02/07: National School Counselor Week

02/07: Sailor Fun Friday - Kind Is Cool Day

02/10 - 02/15: Bus Driver Appreciation Week

02/17: Teacher Workday - no school for students

02/17: National School Resource Officer Awareness Day

02/18: The 100th Day of School

02/19: Spring Pictures (full class)

 


 

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