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May Family Newsletter

Posted Date: 5/14/25 (3:43 PM)

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Arts and literacy night
 
Yearbooks

Yearbooks for sale!!

Yearbooks are on sale now! Scan the QR code to purchase through June 6th. We will have a limited amount on hand to purchase at the end of the year.
 
View Ridge Flier

Bond Info

Our new school will be built adjacent to our current school, allowing students to continue learning in the existing school while the new school is built.
Construction begins in fall 2025! Estimated completion date: December 2026!
 
The schematic designs below were presented at the April 17 school board meeting.  View the update here


Click here to visit our bond website.
 

Kinder Registration Open

Kinder registration for the 25-26 school year is now open! Register online at BremertonSchools.org.Kindergarten or in person at our school. To register you will need a copy of birth certificate, immunizations and proof of address.
 

Attendance and Truancy Legally Required Steps

We want to make sure every student has the best chance to succeed, and that starts with regular attendance.

It's essential for all school staff to be aware of these requirements to ensure we are in compliance with state laws and to support our students and their families in a proactive and supportive manner.


 

Testing Information

Click here to read information on our upcoming SBA testing for grades 3-5.

 
Creativity

Character Strong

For the month of April our character trait of the month was courage. The following students were awarded a certificate for showing courage throughout the month Kassie, Jeff, Dreyuah, Sage, Riley, Ramon, Brentley, Audrey, Donavin, Alex, Jonathan, Oliver, Carolyn, Yatziri, Brooke, Ruby, Elijah, Lorelei, Shia, Shailiene, Izabella, Evalynn, Ariana, Elijah, Freya, Edy, Zoelly, Braelynn, Lee, Kaizen, Heidi, Francheska, Treyvonte, Arthur, Janson, Josias, Alyssa, Railyn, Abby, Haven, Lyka and Mya.

Congratulations!
This month's trait is creativity .
 

Reminders

Office Reminders

Student drop off is 8:55 at the earliest. We do not have supervision prior to that.
Please pick up students promptly at the end of the day. We have had a lot of students picked up late.
Lastly, please remember attendance is very important. Click here for our attendance awareness letter. If your student is going to be absent please let the office know. 360-473-4507.
Attendance
Snow make up days

Non School Days

Reminder! Schools will be open for regular instruction on:
  • Friday, May 23
  • Friday, June 20*

Last day of school release times:
  • BHS - 10:50 a.m.
  • MVMS - 11:35 a.m.
  • Elementaries - 12:35 a.m.

View/download the updated academic calender here

*The District is closed on Thursday, June 19 in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. 
 
 

View Ridge PTA

Meet Your PTA

President- Katie Ketterer
Vice President- Lori Koshork
Treasurer- Thresia Busch
Secretary- Karysa Warren
Field Day

News

Next up for the PTA is field day!
Volunteers are needed. Please reach out to the PTA if you're interested in volunteering.

Need to get in touch with the PTA? Feel free to email us at ViewRidgeArtsPTA@gmail.com.

Meeting Dates

Our next meeting is this Thursday May 16th.
PTA meetings are the third Thursday of the month.
PTA meeting
PTA meeting
 

View Ridge News

Save the Date

Save the Dates!

Every Wednesday- release at 1:40
Kinder Musical-May 22nd
3rd grade musical- May 29th @ BHS PAC 6pm
K/5th Dance Showcase- May 31st @ BHS gym 5pm
Field Day- June 12th
Last day of school- June 20th
Lion King Performance

Disney

Our Disney after school drama program has come to an end!
Thank you to all our performers and families for a successful year!!!
 

Grade Level Instructional Focus

Kindergarten

Jennifer Crane- jennifer.crane@bremertonschools.org
Dottie Armistead- dorothy.armistead@bremertonschools.org
Faith McIntosh- faith.mcintosh@bremertonschools.org


SEL (Social Emotional Learning)
  • Creativity


ELA
  • Blending sounds to read little words (CVC) like cat, mud, cup, fit, etc.
  • Isolating the beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words
  • Writing letters (letter formation)
  • Labeling pictures with sounds heard in spoken words and completing a 
sentence frame, I like…, I see the…


Math
  • Addition and subtraction within 10.
  • Identifying Numbers to 20
  • Writing numbers to 20
  • Orally count to 100
  • Counting groups and telling/writing “how many” to 20

First Grade

Anita Cryder- anita.cryder@bremertonschools.org
Melissa McCourt- melissa.mccourt@bremertonschools.org
Ruth Perez- ruth.perez@bremertonschools.org
Dottie Schnyder- dorothy.schnyder@bremertonschools.org

Comprehension- Main Idea and supporting details. 
Phonics -Vowel pairs 
Math- adding and subtracting double digits.
Character Strong Trait-Creativity

Second Grade

Tina Bowers- tina.bowers@bremertonschools.org
Lynda Shipley- lynda.shipley@bremertonschools.org
Melinda Villines- melinda.villines@bremertonschools.org
Dottie Schnyder- dorothy.schnyder@bremertonschools.org

Math- 3-digit and 3 digit Addition and Subtraction, Time, Money, Fractions, and Geometry. Problem Solving focus is on multi-steps to solve. 
ELA- Comprehension: Fables and Folktales to identify the moral or lesson within the story, 5 elements that make up a Fable- fictional, short story, animals are the main characters, setting is outside, a moral or lesson to learn. Main idea and at least three details, asking the Who, When, Where, Why and How in a story. Paragraph with a solid topic and closing and at least three details. 
SEL- Creativity- this can have a variety of meanings- arts and crafts, how we think or extend our thinking, inventiveness
Field Trips- In June we will have one last trip to the Kitsap Regional LIbrary. Make sure to return books
          BIMA- a fun trip to the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art toward the end of May- send those permission slips in. We need to know the school lunch count in advance. 

Third Grade

Heidi Estano- heidi.estano@bremertonschools.org
Alberto Flores-alberto.flores@bremertonschools.org
Shannon Gooding- shannon.gooding@bremertonschools.org

Math-Area and Perimeter
ELA-Key details to support the main idea. 
Writing-Narrative, Informational and Opinion writing
Practicing SBA for Math, ELA and Writing
Drama practice. Students with lines practice at home.
For our musical, "Summer Camp" on May 29th. Please have students at the Bremerton High School by 5:30pm for our 6:00pm Performance.

Fourth Grade

Benny Dixon- benjamin.dixon@bremertonschools.org
Philip Thompson- philip.thompson@bremertonschools.org
Katie Sprague- kathryn.sprague@bremertonschools.org

In ELA, We finished our Natural Disaster papers! They turned out amazing. Our experiments will happen after SBAC testing. Reading has been focused on building background knowledge to understand a wide range of topics through making thoughtful connections. Lastly, we have been doing SBAC prep prior to developing test-taking skills. As we wrap up the school year, all 4th graders will pick a topic of their choice to create an end of the year presentation. 

ELA Essential Standards: W9, RF3, RI1,RI2, RL1, and RL2.

Fifth Grade

Michelle Baumgarten- michelle.baumgarten@bremertonschools.org
Meredith Vincent- toni.vincent@bremertonschools.org
Katie Sprague- kathryn.sprague@bremertonschools.org

We have spent the last few weeks finishing our state and district testing. Our kids are working hard and showing great progress in their skills in both Math and ELA. This week we also take our science test. As we wrap up these assessments, we will be working on using all our skills in different projects and activities to continue our learning throughout the next month.

Our Dance Showcase is coming up quickly! May 31st we will be at Bremerton High School in the gym at 5:00. Students need to report by 4:45. Our classes have gone all out and you don't want to miss it!

End of the year activities are starting to get scheduled. Be sure your student has returned their permission slips for the June 3rd field trip to the middle school. More information will be coming home soon about all the other end of the year fun!

Arts

Join us for our kinder musical on May 22nd at 2:45 in the View Ridge Gym, our 3rd grade musical on May 29 at 6pm at BHS PAC and our K/5th dance showcase on May 31st at the BHS gym at 5pm.

Music w/ Mrs. Hutchison

Kindergarten -  We are putting the finishing touches on our Kindergarten Musical Three Piggy Opera and are excited to share it with you.  Our performance will be on May 22, 2025 at 2:45 in the View Ridge Gym.  Hope to see you there.

First Grade - Our May focus will be on singing Sol Mi and La and playing rhythms with accuracy.  We will practice these skills by singing and playing musical arrangements that use ostinatos to perform 3 part songs.  

Second Grade - This month we will learn about measures and time signatures and sing and play rhythms in 3 different meters.

Third Grade - In May we continuing preparing for our musical Summer Camp.  Our performance will be on May 29, 2025 at 6:00 pm at the Bremerton High School Performing Arts Center.  

Fourth Grade -  This month we will continue to work on West African Marimba songs on the xlophones.  Marimba music allows us to practice our steady beat, rhythm and mallet technique by playing ostinatos.
 
Fifth Grade - In May we will continue learning the Soprano Recorder with a focus on reading and playing the notes B A G.