Starting Time: 7:50 a.m.  l Dismissal Time: 2:40 p.m.  l Students will dismiss one hour early every Wednesday during the school year

Attendance Line (24 hours): (847) 472-3889

No students should be in the building before 7:45 a.m. except by special permission.

Students who are not in their homeroom/first period class when the bell rings will be considered tardy. Tardies are tracked in Skyward with the time students arrive.

Parents/guardians must call in all absences to the school office by 8:15 A.M. each day a student is absent. You may call the 24-hour attendance line at (847) 472-3889 to report absences outside of office hours.

If a call is not received, a parent/guardian will be contacted at home or at work. If you cannot be reached and we suspect the possibility of truancy, local police may be contacted.

Excessive absences may prevent students from being included in activities. On the day a student is absent, participation/attendance at after-school or evening activities is not allowed without an administratorʼs permission.

If a student is going to be absent for an extended period of time, parents/guardians may call to request assignments be collected.

All students who take the bus to Ridge enter through the front door (Door 1) and proceed to the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR).

Students who walk or get dropped off have the option to have breakfast starting at 7:30 a.m. These students should enter through the North Door (Door 23).

At 2:40 p.m. walkers and students being picked up will be dismissed through the North Door (Door 23).

When driving your child(ren) to/from school, please be aware of other children/adults, drive slowly and carefully in the parking lot, and only park in legal parking spots both in our lot and on the streets. In order to have the drop-off line run smoothly, please drop off your child and pull through to the exit. If you need to help your child get things ready and/or get them out of their car seat, please park in a designated parking space to do this and then walk your child to the North Door. We will continue to greet the children as they arrive as we want them to have a great start to their day.

With the heavy volume of traffic located around Ridge, we strongly suggest that students who walk or ride bikes should travel in groups of two and three if at all possible. Families must notify the office with written permission if your student will be walking or biking home.

If it should be necessary for a student to be dismissed from school early, a request must be written by the parent stating the time and reason for the early dismissal. All requests must be presented to the office when students enter the building in the morning. The office will issue an early dismissal pass for the student to present to teachers. Parents/guardians must come to the office to sign their children out of school before picking them up for departure.

Studentsʼ dress and grooming must not disrupt the educational process, interfere with the maintenance of a positive teaching and learning climate, or compromise reasonable standards of health, safety, and decency.

• Students should be covered from shoulder to mid-thigh with solid material at all times
• Undergarments should never be showing
• Pants must be at waist level and tank tops must cover area above and below shoulder- no spaghetti straps
• Skirts and shorts must be worn at a reasonable length (no shorter than an arms length when arms and fingers are fully extended at sides of the body)

Cell phone use is not permitted in the school or on the school bus and students are discourages from bringing them to school. Phones are allowed in school under the condition that the phone will be kept in the locker and turned off. Loss or theft of cell phones is not the responsibility of the school.

Phone use can occur before or after school hours outside the school building. If a phone is found with the student during the school day, or the student operates the phone during the school day, the phone will be confiscated and a parent must come to school to retrieve their student’s phone.

Parents/guardians are asked to help us enforce this policy and are also asked to refrain from calling or texting their children during the school day while classes are in session. If a student needs to make a call during the school day, a teacher can give permission to use the classroom phone. Students can also use the office phone in some instances.

Families can drop items off in the office, and your student’s teacher will be notified so the student can come to the office to pick them up when available.

The district Student Health and Safety Information page contains all information regarding medical care at school.

Please refer to the school calendar for the most up to date information on end of grading periods and report card distribution.

Parents/guardians and students can access student grades any time through Skyward Family Access. by signing in using the username and password given to them at the beginning of the school year.

Research in the area of parent/guardian involvement shows that parent participation is one of the greatest indicators of student success.

Please consider volunteering for at least one activity at our school! We have many opportunities from joining committees to supervising events to organizing at home projects, as well as serving on our FTO Board. Please see our FTO page or contract an FTO Board member for volunteer opportunities.