Cedar Ridge Elementary (Bloomington, IL) is in need of Spanish interpreters Friday October 22, 2010 for parent/teacher conferences. Two will be needed in the morning 8am-9:15am and two in the afternoon 2pm-3:30pm. Contact Colleen O’Dea at odeac@unit5.org for more information or to volunteer.
Cedar Ridge Elementary is having their annual Green Day at Cedar Ridge on Friday, October 1st from 1:00p.m. until 3:00p.m. This day will be a kick off to the eight week reading program for the Kindergarten classes.
The students rotate through about twelve stations and complete various activities. Each child is required to have an adult to help them through the rotations and that is where we need your help. Unfortunately a lot of the kid’s parents cannot attend so they need volunteers to step in. These volunteers don’t need any special qualities except a willingness to spend a couple of hours helping a Kindergarten student.
They need volunteers for the three hour block and they are looking for about 75 volunteers. For more information contact Jean Silva at 309-846-0502 or Jaqueline M Morales.
The next HFWG meeting will be held next Friday (09/10/10) from 12-1 p.m. at Cedar Ridge Elementary School (2808 Breezewood Blvd, Blm). For a copy of the agenda click here: Agenda-091010.
Student resource group helps kick off new school
BLOOMINGTON — Opening a new school, said Bloomington Mayor Steve Stockton, is “like opening a birthday gift.”
“Somebody put a lot of thought into the gift they gave you,” Stockton told the 500 students at Cedar Ridge Elementary, one of two new Unit 5 elementary schools to open this fall.
They also were applauded — for 12 minutes! — by more than 100 community members invited by the Cedar Ridge Promise Council, which helps with academic supplies, mentors and volunteers…The Promise Council helps schools get resources to children, said chairman George Galindo, a member of Unit 5’s diversity committee and a State Farm Insurance Cos. Hispanic resource group. The council works with the school parent-teacher group, the Rocket Boosters, on barriers caused by language, poverty and other obstacles.
About 70 percent of Cedar Ridge students come from low-income families and about 30 percent are Hispanic. Most previously attended Brigham Elementary School, which now houses the district’s early childhood education program…
Hundreds attend Back to School Party at ISU
By Michele Steinbacher (msteinbacher@pantagraph.com)
NORMAL — Hundreds of children and their parents braved the heat Thursday, standing in line and waiting for the doors to open at the annual Back to School Party at Illinois State University.
Once inside, it still was warm, but nearly 150 Back To School Alliance volunteers helped give the school-supply giveaway event a party atmosphere. Children who qualify for free or reduced lunch programs received new backpacks filled with supplies.
Cedar Ridge Elementary (2808 Breezewood Blvd, Blm) needs your help. The school is looking for 100 Caring Adults to line the hallways of the school and cheer and applaud the students on Tuesday August 24 from 8am – 9am.
The goal is to surround these students in their new school with positive energy for a successful beginning to their year. For more information: 100 Caring Adults Flier and 100 Caring Adults Letter.