Principal’s Message
Dear Friends and Families of Los Ranchos,
Before I move to next week’s events I want to send out a big thank you to all of you for making the Walk-a-thon such a fun, memorable and successful event! Los Ranchos students, staff and some parents ran and walked for a full hour. Parents, grandparents and friends cheered from the sidelines. More parents kept score, quenched our thirst with endless gallons of water and re-energized us with orange slices. The Solwicks, who own Cheetah and Cheetah, kept our spirits high with great music. It was a fabulous day!
This did not happen magically and I want to thank our amazing Walk-a-thon Team. Laurie DeSchryver and Stacey White were our fearless leaders. They could not have done it without their army of volunteers: Erika Schuetze, Kristin Escalle, Kiley Wellner, Barb Beckett, Heidi Gill, Tiffany Emry, Jen Ross, Amy Moore, Joanna Whitcher and Karna Stitt.
And, I am hearing that the early count of pledges shows again what a generous community we have. We were off to a great start thanks to our sponsors. Together, they donated $28K! These sponsors are Los Ranchos families, family owned businesses and employers of Los Ranchos parents as well as non-family related businesses in our community who were willing to support our students. We are fortunate to live in a community that supports public education - please encourage our parent community to support these sponsors and say thank you. Parents can find the sponsors on the banners in the multi-purpose room as well as on the list below.
With the Walk-a-thon behind us if feels like fall is passing by even faster. But, we have one important week before Thanksgiving break. Next week is Parent Conferences! Parent conferences are great opportunity to sit down with your child’s teacher and celebrate successes from the trimester, learn ways to support learning at home and find out what is coming. We look forward to seeing you then.
I hope you have a restful Veterans Day and weekend.
Sincerely,
Marlie Schmidt
Upcoming Dates
- No School - Friday, November 11th
- Kyle's Cartoon Platoon Family Night, November 14th at 6:30pm
- Minimum Days, 1pm Dismissal K-6th Grades, November 14-18th
- Scholastic Book Faire, November 14-18th
- Thanksgiving Break, Monday, November 21- Friday, November 25th
- PTA Holiday Boutique, Tuesday, December 13th
- Winter Break, No School Starting, Friday December 23rd. Students return January 9th, 2017
Minimum Days All Next Week - Parent/ Teacher Conferences
TK students will be dismissed at their usual time, 12:20p.m.
All other students, K-6 will be dismissed at 1:00 p.m.. We are requesting that you do not pick up your student until the 1:00p.m. dismissal time. Thank you.
Free Family Drawing Night
PTA will be selling Pizza by the slice from 5:15pm-6:15pm for $1.00 per slice so your family can have dinner before drawing night!
PTA will be selling Pizza by the slice from 5:15pm-6:15pm for $1.00 per slice so your family can have dinner before drawing night!
Los Ranchos Homework Club 
Please note, there is no homework club next week, November 14-18th due to minimum days and no homework the following week, November 21-25 for Thanksgiving Break.
We have school directories for sale in the office for $6.00. Please stop by if you would like a hard copy directory.
Lost and Found
Please stop by and take a look at Lost and Found for jackets, sweaters, and lunch boxes. We will be clearing the lost and found over Thanksgiving Break so please stop by and look for lost items!
Walk-A-Thon
Together, our sponsors donated $28K! These sponsors are Los Ranchos families, family owned businesses and employers of Los Ranchos parents as well as non-family related businesses in our community who were willing to support our students. We are fortunate to live in a community that supports public education - please encourage our parent community to support these sponsors and say thank you. Parents can find the sponsors on the banners in the multi-purpose room as well as on the list.
We would like to thank our Walk-A-Thon Team!
2016 WAT Leads: Laurie DeSchryver and Stacey White
2016 WAT Committee:
Erika Schuetze
Kristin Escalle
Kiley Wellner
Barb Beckett
Heidi Gill
Tiffany Emry
Jen Ross
Amy Moore
Joanna Whitcher
Karna Stitt
In addition, a great big "THANK YOU" to the army of volunteers that come out to help the day of the event to make it a success!
