Good evening PR Family!
There is NO SCHOOL tomorrow, Monday, January 20th, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Enjoy your extra day off!
The CHS Homecoming game is this Saturday, January 25th at CHS! Check out the theme days below if you would like to participate in the fun.
Tuesday 1/21- Color Day (Each Grade Level where certain color)
PreK- Green
K- Red
1st Grade- Black
2nd Grade- Blue
Wednesday 1/22- It’s the 100th Day of School- Dress like and elderly person
Thursday 1/23- Disney Movie Character day- Dress like your favorite Disney movie character
Friday 1/24- Pirate Pride- Wear your Pirate Gear
MLK PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Please make plans to come out and enjoy some music by Greater Clark’s hard working 2nd graders!
Our 2nd grade performance of “I Have a Dream” to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be happening this Wednesday, Jan. 22nd. The evening performance will take place at 7:00 in the gymnasium of Charlestown High School. All 2nd grade performers will need to be in the performance area by 6:50pm. We had a generous amount of donors that allowed us to provide t-shirts for each student! Please make sure that your student wears their shirt to the performance that evening, there is no other specific dress code.
During the school day on Jan. 22nd the 2nd graders will be taking a field trip over to the high school to rehearse. If you have any questions about the rehearsal or the performance, please reach out to Mrs. Flynn: jflynn@gccschools.com
DRAMA TEAM
Drama Team members have received a yellow information sheet that needs to be returned by January 23rd. If your student did not receive one please contact Mrs. Corder. Emails will be sent weekly to update families on rehearsals
KINDERGARTEN OPEN HOUSE
GCCS elementary schools will hold a Kindergarten Open House for 2025-2026 kindergarten students on Thursday, January 23rd. Incoming Kindergarten students must be 5 years old before August 1st, 2025.
Families are invited to come and meet our staff and tour our building during the Open House. To spread our visitors across the two hours more evenly, we ask that students with the last names of A-M come between 5:00-6:00 PM and students with the last names N-Z come between 6:00-7:00 PM. Visitors do not need to be there at the beginning of each time frame or for the entire hour. Please use your scheduled hour as a window of time to visit our Open House.
PTO INFORMATION
McPirate Night: Our next McPirate Night will be Tuesday, February 11th from 4pm – 7pm at the Charlestown McDonalds. Come out and support Pleasant Ridge Elementary and the PTO! We will also have a fun Valentine’s craft for the kids to do while you wait on your order.
PTO Meeting: Our next PTO meeting will be Wednesday, February 12th at 6pm in the PR cafeteria. Everyone is welcome! We will have Valentine’s treats and activities for the kids.
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Attendance, Birthday Recognition Guidelines, Immunizations, Transportation, and Dress Code Information are just a few examples of the topics in the handbook.GCCS Handbook
INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN-
Click on the link to review the 2024/25 Weather Plan GCCS Inclement Weather Plan
ATTENDANCE INFORMATION
Click on the attached link to read about important attendance law updates for the 2024-2025 school year and what the GCCS procedures will be. Indiana Attendance Laws Information
KROGER REWARDS
We have recently opened a Kroger Rewards Account for Pleasant Ridge and we need your help! Register your Kroger/Jay-C card by going to www.krogercommunityrewards.com and enter the code KM126.
This is a FREE service and Kroger/Jay-C contributes cash back to PR when you make a purchase. This can be shared with friends and family as well. Thank you very much for your support!
GCCS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PRICES
Breakfast $1.25 – Reduced $.30
Elementary Lunch $3.00 – Reduced $.40
We encourage all parents to fill out a free/reduced meal application to see if their child is eligible to participate in this program.
You may complete the application here https://www.nlappscloud.com/
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH MENUS
Please click HERE for the latest breakfast and lunch menu.
