This week was loads of fun here at the Ridge! We celebrated Spirit Week, enjoyed winter concerts, and welcomed a staff-created gingerbread village in the cafeteria that brought joy to our students.

Our ensembles performed both for the Active Living Center and for third graders and the chorus sang beautiful music for our third graders, spreading music and joy throughout the community. Students also took advantage of the snow with some outdoor sledding fun, and fourth graders enjoyed an engaging fossil presentation led by our building substitute, Mr. Berendsen.

Congratulations to Mrs. Rider's Prodigy Math Club for earning the first place honor in the state of Massachusetts for highest number of math questions answered in November!

Next week, we will welcome Sandwich Soul and the SMHS band to perform for our students.

We’re now gearing up for the Ultimate, Ultimate, Ultimate competition on 12/23! Students have seen a sneak preview of the competition in videos during home room this week. On Tuesday, students will take part in four secret challenges (one each half hour). Working with their homerooms, students will solve academic and creative puzzles earning points for their class. A winner will be determined from each grade level and announced at an end-of-day assembly. This experience brings our community together and highlights all the tremendous learning that has happened this school year!

For snowy weather at recess, please ensure that all students are prepared with the following items: snow pants, a warm hat, gloves, and boots. In order to play in the snow, students will need all of these items. Please no sleds from home (we have plenty of sleds here thanks to the PTA!)

The ParentSquare app is exciting and convenient! Please consider downloading it on your phone. You are also able to consent to receive text messages through the app. If you'd like to receive messages anytime they are posted, you can change your settings on ParentSquare from "Digest" to "Instant" on the ParentSquare settings.

We have offered 15 clubs so far this year, with more club announcements coming soon! Both of our new clubs filled up fast! If your child has a particular club idea they are interested in, please feel free to write to Kelli Curtis (kcurtis@sandwich.k12.ma.us). If we are able to find a staff member interested in running the club, we may be able to make that happen!

12/17-23 – Spirit Week

12/23 – Half-day (11:45 am dismissal)

Ultimate, Ultimate, Ultimate--All-School Competition!

1/5 – Back to school

1/9 – Spelling Bee (1:30 pm) Open to families of participants

1/19 – No school (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)