Summer Update - 8/1/18

We hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!  The PTO is already making plans for the 2018 - 2019! We'd love to have you help! Email the PTO to find out how you can join us. There's an exciting year ahead and we need you to help to make it great! Keep Helping Help now and all year! Fred Meyer donates to Glenridge every time you use your Fred Meyer Rewards Card.  Shop Using AmazonSmile and Amazon will contribute .05% of all qualifying purchases. Register your Bartell Drug card with eScrips and earn money for Glenridge each visit. Keep saving Box Tops, each one earns 10¢ for Glenridge. Use Shoparoo and your smartphone to take pictures of your shopping receipts. Coca-Cola Gives donates money for every Coke you drink, just enter the number on your cap (5¢) or the box (15¢) at their website. Earnings from this program will go to help offset the cost of 6th-grade camp. You can write a check or send cash in any amount and even specify where you would like the money spent like Accelerated Reader, field trip transportation, drama or classroom supplies. It's tax deductible too! Be sure to check with your employer many great companies will make matching donations!

Volunteer Are you going to volunteer this school year? If you want to go on a field trip or help out in the classroom you need to register and be approved. Don't wait, sign up on VIPS now! Are you a returning volunteer? Emails will be sent with instructions on how to update your account soon. School Supplies With only a few weeks left of summer, it's time to start gathering school supplies! Find out what your student needs here.

Be an Art Docent In cooperation with The Interurban Center for the Arts (sponsored by the Green River Community College Foundation), Glenridge PTO volunteers provide monthly art lessons to all of our students. The Art Docent program at Glenridge gives our students an opportunity to learn about different artists and works of art from different cultures. We have a wonderful set of art to share this year; volunteer to help with this amazing program! No experience needed! Training classes are two hours long and start September 14th, contact us today! Back to School Ice Cream Social Date To Be Announced Find out who your teacher is when class lists are posted at 6:00 p.m.While you're there you can have an ice cream, get a new book, learn about how to get involved with the PTO, sixth-grade camp, and more! Stop by the office table to ask questions, drop off Master Dismissal Plans, or pick up your bus pass (students registered after June 30, all others will be sent by mail). At 6:30 p.m. the building is opened so you can tour the school, see your new classroom, and even drop off school supplies! Please do not call Glenridge for class information, class lists will remain posted until school starts. Click here for back to school information from Glenridge August 1     • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm ~ Summer at Glenridge August 8     • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm ~ Summer at Glenridge August 15     • Glenridge Office Reopens August 30     • 9:15 am ~ First Day of School - First Grade through Sixth Grade September 3      • No School - Labor Day September 5     • 9:15 am ~ First Day of School - Kindergarten September 11     • 4:15 pm ~ School Improvement Team (SIT) Meeting     • 7:00 pm ~ Glenridge PTO Meeting