Be sure to check out the link below to read all

about the exciting things happening in and

around Redtail Ridge!

https://www.smore.com/xc5fr

As always, contact me with any questions or con-cerns you may have! Thank you, Mrs. Yetzer

May 1 School Principal’s Day

May 1-5 Teacher Appreciation Week

Child Nutrition Employee Appreciation Week

May 2 PTC Meeting 6:30 PM

May 3 Volunteer Celebration 8:10 AM

May 5 Pennies for Patients Pep Rally 10:30 AM

May 8 Chipotle (Shakopee) Fundraiser Night 4—8 PM

Elementary Art Show @ Five Hawks 6—7:30 PM

May 10 National School Nurse Day

May 11 Choir Concert 10:45 AM & 7:00 PM

May 16 Redtail Ridge Twins Night @ Target Field 7:10 PM

May 17 Incoming Kindergarten Open House

Maud Hart Lovelace Awards Celebration 8:30 AM

May 22 Culver’s (Savage) Fundraiser Night 5—7 PM

May 25 5th Grade Graduation 2:00 PM

May 26 5th Grade Middle School Tours

May 29 Memorial Day, No School

June 2 Kindergarten Graduation 2:00 PM

June 6 PTC Meeting 6:30 PM

June 8 Last Day of School, Early Release of 12:50

May 2017 Barb Yetzer, Principal byetzer@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us

This year, Teacher Appreciation Week will be May 1-5. We thank our teachers for their dedication to the education and success of District 719 students! Please take this opportunity to let your student’s teachers know how appreciat-ed and invaluable they are!

PTC MEETING

May 2nd @ 6:30 p.m.

May 1st is School Principal’s Day. Be sure to let Mrs. Yetzer know how much she is appreciated and

how blessed we are to have her as our principal here at Redtail Ridge Elementary!

June 8th, the last student day of school, is a 3 hour early release day. Students will be dismissed @ 12:50 p.m. A bag lunch will be served to students on that day.

Many times parents like to make the last day of school special for their children. Celebrat-

ing the completing of the school year is a terrific idea. We have a few requests as you plan your events. We find it difficult to make sure each child finds his/her way to the

buses in all the excitement. If you are planning an event with a group of students, please arrange to pick up the students at their homes. We request that all students fol-low their normal routine home as usual on this busy day. We want to make sure that children get home safely. Keeping the number of students being picked up by par-ents to a minimum on this day helps us. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Yetzer at 226-8000.

Thank you for your assistance.

The last day for students to check out library books this school year is May 24th. All library books will be due by May 30th. Thank you for your help!

Please join us for the Choir Concert on Thursday, May 11th, 2016 @

7:00 P.M. in the Gym

On Friday, May 26th, fifth graders will be going by bus over to the middle schools for a short tour of the buildings they will be attending in 6th grade. This gives them a chance to walk through, talk to a counselor, and get a tour from current students. Our students will have an op-portunity to ask questions of student tour guides and an adult at the middle school.

Parents of kindergartners are invited to a Kin-dergarten Graduation Ceremony. It will take place in the gym on June 2nd at 2:00 PM.

5th graders and their families are invited to celebrate their graduation on May 26th from 2—3 PM in the Redtail Ridge gymnasium. Flyers with more information will be coming home with your child soon!

Child Nutrition Employee Appreci-ation Week is May 1-5. Please make sure to let them know how much their dedication and hard work mean to us as they prepare and serve the many breakfasts

and lunches here at Redtail Ridge!

The Prior Lake High School National Honors Soci-ety will be hosting a Parent’s Night Out at Prior Lake High School on Friday, May 5th from 6pm to 10pm. Parent’s Night Out is open to children in Kindergarten through 5th Grade. Pre-registered, your first child’s care will cost $20 and each addi-tional child’s care will cost $15. Pre-registration is due to your child’s school by Monday, May 1st. If you miss the pre-registration date, you can sign up at the door. The price will be increased to $25 for the first child and $20 for each additional child. Activities include crafts and games and healthy snacks will be provided. Please return the registra-tion form and fee to your classroom teacher no later than May 1st. Checks payable to “Prior Lake National Honor Society”.

We will be offering the prepackaged school supplies for the 2017-18 school year through School Tool Box. Online ordering will begin in mid-May and your packages will be delivered right to your home. Look for informational fly-ers coming home with your students soon!

The following students were identified by their classroom teacher as the C.A.R.E.S. student of the month during the month of April:

Caitlin Oxborough Simone Olson Alia Priebe Mason Miller Danika Klimova

James Jerstad Alivia Heinicke Maggie Lund Lilly Ocel Mia Johnson

Teagan Slattery Lexi Garant Emma Heinemann Juliana Arias Cole Krueger

Jake Carson Marcos Jacques Ashton Bastyr Sadie Stimmler Mailyn Green

Audrey Hovde Berkley Hill Greta Severeid Sam Foss Meredith Marshall Owen Specht

Rania Dahir Raelynn Buchholtz Brady Leesley Carter Haack Tea Hollander

We are already in the beginning process of making plans for the 2017-18 school year. It is possible that you may foresee a change in family status or day care provider for the next school year. If this is the case, and you wish to request that your child attend school in another building instead of Redtail Ridge, you may request an in-district transfer. Forms for in-district transfers can be found on the dis-trict website. Requests received from families during the summer months will not be acted on until August.

If you have a child who will be 5 on or before September 1, 2017, and have not registered for Kindergarten, please contact the Edgewood office at 952-226-0900.

If your student has not had a preschool screening, please contact ECFE at 952-226-0975.

End of Year Medication Pick-up

Medications/Inhalers/Epi-Pens cannot be sent home with elementary and middle

school students. We recommend leaving rescue medication (Epi-Pens etc) at

school until dismissal of the last day. Please pick up all medications no

later than June 8th (by dismissal time at 12:50). Please call your schools

Health Office if you wish to make other arrangements.

May 10th is National School Nurse Day!.

Thank you for all you do Becca and Tricia !!

Teachers recommend students based on learning needs in the area of reading, math and writing. Students entering grades 1-6 will be invited to attend summer school at Redtail Ridge Ele-mentary. Summer school will be Monday-Thursday, 8:30-11:30 AM. If you have questions about this program, please contact your child's teacher.

Support Redtail Ridge this summer via MVEC's "Beat the Peak" Challenge! MVEC electric customers are invited to "Beat the Peak" this summer, voluntarily reducing their electricity usage between 5 and 9 PM on a few of the hottest days of the summer when notified by text, phone, or email. Sign up online at http://www.mvec.net/community/challenge/ and be sure to select Redtail Ridge Elementary as the team you wish to support. Your energy-saving efforts will not only benefit the environment but could also help our school win up to $7,500 in prize money. Every family that signs up by May 21st will be entered into MVEC's drawing for one of two $500 VISA gift cards. Plus, individual cash prizes of $100 are award-ed each month to the families who reduce their power consumption the most on "Beat the Peak" days.

LOST & FOUND

Missing a jacket, scarf, shoe, glove, jewelry, sweatshirt . . . ? The list

goes on. Come and check out our Lost & Found! Small items are kept

in the Main Office. Leftover items will be donated to a charity at the

end of the year.

A Student Placement Information Form is availa-ble for parents who wish to identify characteristics of their child to help in the making of classroom assignments for next year. The form does not al-low for the request of a specific teacher. Forms are available in the Retail Ridge office.

Attendance (24 Hrs) ................ 226-8001 Main Number .......................... 226-8000 Health Office ........................... 226-8006 Community Ed ........................ 226-0080 Kids Company ......................... 226-0090 P.L.A.Y. ................................... 220-6055 or www.playinfo.org District Office ........................... 226-0000 Transportation…………………..226-0050 Bus Dispatch ........................... 440-1166 You may access the Redtail Ridge web-site at: www.priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us Go to: Our Schools, then choose Redtail Ridge Elementary. You can access the Staff Directory, Lunch Menus, Calendar, Newsletter and much more!

HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE 2017-18 CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS:

Elementary Assessment Dates…. September 5-6 First student day (Gr. K-5)………..September 7 Education MN Convention………..October 19-20 Thanksgiving Break………………. November 23-24 Winter Break ……………………..December 21-Jan.1 Spring Break ......................... …….March 12-16 Student Last Day (K-12) ........ …….June 7

Redtail Ridge is collecting ink and toner cartridges. Please send any used ink cartridges you may have with your child to school. We will bring them in and use the money to help fund our Junior Naturalists and environmental programs at school. Please send smaller inkjet cartridges in baggies, and toner cartridges in bags or their packing box.

Thank you for your support !

Collection is Easy! Please continue to save your Campbell’s Labels for Education! Check out their website at: www.labelsforeducation.com Thank you for your support.

BOXTOPS FOR EDUCATION

The Boxtops are found on General Mills products. Please collect and send these boxtops to Redtail Ridge. MILK MOOLA & Land O’Lakes

These milk caps bring in 5 cents each for schools. Please send them along with your students to Redtail Ridge. TYSON PROJECT A+ LABELS

Raise funds for your school quickly and easily. Simply collect labels from participating Tyson® products from your grocer freezer's section and give them to your school. The labels can be redeemed for cash to be spent however and wherev-er your school needs it.

www.priorlakesavagece.com952-226-0080

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Summer Fun

Mountain Biking (Ages 8-11)Fire it Up Pottery (Ages 10+)

Something’s Fishy (Ages 6-11)Engineer LEGO Boats (Ages 6-11)Photoshop Phenom (Ages 1014)

LEGO WeDo Robotics (Ages 6-11)Moana Musical Theater Camp (Ages 3-8)

Training Academy (Ages 6-9)Adventures in Cooking (Ages 10-14)

My BOHO Summer (Ages 10+)Basketball (Ages 5-10)

Beauty & the Beast Musical (Ages 4-12)Summer Tutoring (Ages 6-11)

Summer Math-by-Mail (Ages 5-11)Horse Camp (Ages 6-12)MinecraftEDU (Ages 5-7)Forts & Mud (Ages 3.5-11)

Soccer (Ages 3.5-12)Art Explosion (Ages 5-11)

Engineering Aeronautics & Drones (Ages 7-12)Tennis (Ages 4-11)

Archeology Workshop (Ages 6-12)Ninja Warrior (Ages 4-11)

Project Runway (Ages 9-13)T-Ball (Ages 5-7)

Baseball (Ages 7-9)

June Summer Camps!

MAY/JUNE 2017

Classes for Adults!

Healing Power of Herbs, Spices and Other FoodsNatural Options for ADHDBeginning Cake Decorating

Creating Twig FurnitureEasy Watercolor Techniques

Bent Willow ChairBlue Jean Purses

Keeping the Cabin or Farm in the FamilyCPR/AED and First Aid

Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy PeopleBasic Sailing Made Easy

Release FearThe Exciting Untold History of African-Americans

Wood Pallet SignsPrepare Your Home to Sell

Registration Now Open

Strong Swimmers Confident Kids

Pound Rocket WorkoutGarden Insects

Transform the Way you Cook with a Fresh Herb PotSTRESS-less Living

Weathering Your Life StormsPosture - Get it Straight

Yoga in the ParkCanvas Creations

Zumba in the ParkDIY-All Occasion Hand-Stamped Cards

Overcoming Your Fear of Public SpeakingFlower Arranging

Wills, Trusts or ChaosPower Up Your Public Speaking

Canning Dilly Beans

Find all of our classes and events online at www.priorlakesavagece.com

2 week sessions for only $62 at Twin Oaks Middle School!

Session 1: June 12 to 22Session 2: June 26 to 29 and

July 3 to 7 (No July 4)Session 3: July 10 to 20

Session 4: July 24 to August 3