In honor of National School Lunch Week our nutrition service staff served up some groovy fun meals and looks! Dr. Bub joined in on the fun, serving our CJE students their breakfast on Thursday morning. If you're interested in applying for free or reduced meals, please apply here: https://family.titank12.com/?identifier=BFR56W
Tonight is CJE Night at Lowe Family Farmstead! Here's what you need to know:
-Admission to the event runs from 4pm to 8pm, with the farm closing at 9pm.
-If you mention that you're with Chief Jo, you will get a discounted admission of $10/person, AND $1 comes back to the school!
-Your ticket gets you into most attractions, but there are a few that cost extra.
-Farm-fresh food and drinks are available to purchase, but you are welcome to bring in outside food and drink (except alcohol).
See you there!
The Book Fair is coming! Be sure to check out the Book Fair in the school library from October 24th - October 28th and pick up some new books to read! Here are the hours, closed daily for lunch from 12-12:30: Monday - 8:30-4:30 Tuesday - 8:30 - 4:30 Wednesday, Family Night! - 8:30 AM-8:00 PM Thursday - 8:30-4:30 Friday - 8:30- 10 AM See you there!
The Square1Art Fundraiser is coming soon! You'll be able to order your child's art on custom keepsakes! Keep an eye out for ordering information next month.
The PTO fun run was a success! Thanks to all of our volunteers who made this possible! Due to the afternoon rain, our 1st and 4th graders will complete their Fun Run next Wednesday, September 28th. If you have any pictures from the run you'd like to share, visit our school's Facebook page.
Join us tonight at 6:00 for Back to School Night!
Girls on the Run, an after-school program for our 3rd-5th graders, begins today! The participants will learn critical life skills (like conflict resolution, self-confidence, and empathy) over the next 8 weeks while training to complete the GOTR Treasure Valley 5k in November! Big thanks to our volunteer coaches - Mrs. Archuleta, Mrs. Hall, and Mrs. Marquart. Here's to a great season!
This week we started lap attacks for participating students. Kids can run or walk laps at lunch recess to earn lap attack miles to stay healthy and progress to 60 minutes of daily exercise. Be sure to ask your kid(s) if they earned a lap attack mark this week!
Westy, Is West Ada’s school districts school nutrition mascot… he loves fruits and veggies and making sure every student eats their lunch. He was at Desert Sage this week enjoying whole grain chicken nuggets, baked french fries, fresh apples and 1%milk.
Be sure to watch for some Westy Wisdom about nutrition coming soon….
For those families interested in or in need of transportation (bussing) 🚌 for the 2022-23 school year, the transportation form MUST be submitted in PowerSchool no later than Friday, August 12 to secure bussing for the first day of school.
After August 12, families will have to wait until September 12 to receive a bus route and transportation information for their child(ren).
We thank you for your assistance and cooperation in this matter to ensure that all bussing runs smoothly and effectively for the start of the school year.
At this time, families who have already completed the transportation form in PowerSchool are receiving route information in PowerSchool on average, in 3-5 days.
Please make every effort to take care of this in a timely manner, should it apply to you and your family.
Join us on August 31 from 4-7pm at the District Service Center - 1303 E Central Drive Meridian, ID 83642 - for product tasting, to meet school nutrition staff, to learn about meal patterns and meal payment information, complete free and reduced meal applications and MORE!!!! There will be prizes and giveaways!!! We can’t wait to see you there!!!!
Dylan Reynolds, Rocky Mountain High School Class of 2022 is #westadaready. Dylan will be attending the US Military Academy at West Point after graduation with aspirations of serving active duty in the ARMY and then going in to law enforcement. Dylan is #westadaready for his future!!!
Ponderosa Elementary School recently partnered with Two Men and a Truck moving company to collect and deliver donations to the Women and Children’s Alliance. Such a great partnership giving back to the community. Way to go Eagles!!!
The Virtual School House Music and Art Club is a full year after-school program, that met in person for the first time just recently. 🎨 Students completed a jaguar 🐆 art project, made friends and had fun!!!
Frontier Elementary second graders learned about properties of materials and matter while constructing buildings out of index cards. What an exciting way to apply classroom learning!!!
Ben is a student at Pepper Ridge Elementary. In 2019, when Ben was in Kindergarten, he was planning a lemonade 🍋 stand to make some money. After a visit to the Humane Society 🐾 that week, he saw that some of the cat 🐱 enclosures didn't have toys and it broke his heart. He decided he would donate whatever money he made to them instead. He raised $220 and stayed true to his word and donated every penny. Due to Covid he took a break in 2020, then resumed in 2021. That year he raised $600. This year during Spring Break, he held his third one. The Idaho Humane Society shared it on their page, then some radio stations picked it up as well. Ben had tons of visitors from all over and he raised $1800, all of which he gladly handed over again. Ben plans on having a lemonade 🍋 stand every Spring now, just in time for "kitten season" when they need supplies the most.
Congratulations to RMHS senior, Christa Rice! Christa was awarded the 2022 Elyse Maree Prow Memorial Scholarship today.
Elyse was a 2018 graduate of RMHS who lost her battle with cancer last year. Elyse’s parents created this scholarship to honor Elyse.
Your Idaho 15s D1 state champions - Eagle High School Girls Rugby!! Amazing job for the hard work and dedication from our lady mustangs!! Congratulations to our very own head coach Kraig Smikel for receiving the Michael James Sims award for his commitment and love for the sport!
McMillan Elementary School 4th graders had the opportunity to visit Governor Brad Little at the Capitol today. What a great opportunity to apply learning outside of the classroom!!
McMillan Elementary School 4th graders had the opportunity to visit Governor Brad Little at the Capitol today. What a great opportunity to apply learning outside of the classroom!!
