East Ridge Elementary

🍿 It's PTO Popcorn Fundraiser Time! 🍿

Our PTO Popcorn Fundraiser kicks off TODAY! 🎉 Help support our school while enjoying some delicious popcorn!

🍿 Popcorn Prices:

Small Bags – $2

Medium Bags – $3

Seasonal Flavors – Subject to availability at the time of ordering

📅 Order forms and money are due December 2nd!
No checks please!!

Please note: The letter sent home included an option for premium popcorn bags at $5. Unfortunately, premium bags are not available at this time. We apologize for any confusion and appreciate your understanding!

Thank you for supporting our PTO and helping make great things happen for our students! ❤️💙

Look who was caught being good!! Here are this week's Golden Ticket Winners!!

🎉 WOW! Tuesday was an AMAZING Attendance Day at East Ridge! 🎉 Our Mustangs showed up BIG on Tuesday, and we had some incredible attendance numbers! 🐴❤️🖤 🌟 Pre-K: 100% 🎉 ⭐ Kindergarten: 96.76% ⭐ 1st Grade: 97.39% ⭐ 2nd Grade: 98.99% We were so excited about our awesome attendance that our students got a special treat to celebrate! 🍬🎉 Thank you, families, for helping our Mustangs show up, ready to learn! Every day counts, and YOU make a difference! ❤️🖤 Way to go, Mustangs! Keep it up! 🐴

The Lion's Club food drive starts next week! There will be a pizza party for the class that brings the most cans!!

Mrs. Atkins class has started their astronomy unit. They are drawing what they see in the sky.

These kids were caught being good!! Congratulations to Friday's Golden Ticket Winners!!!

Mrs. Ortega's class earned hat day for good behavior!

Save the date!! Red Ribbon week is coming!!

UPDATE: Sweetwater ISD’s phone service has been restored. Our campuses and offices are once again able to make and receive calls. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Sweetwater ISD is currently experiencing a districtwide phone outage due to internet service issues affecting our provider. Our campuses and offices are unable to make or receive calls at this time.

The provider is working to restore service, and we will share an update as soon as our phone system is operational again. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Come join PTO!! Monday, October 12th @3:45

It’s time to dream big, East Ridge! Wear your favorite college shirt or college colors as we celebrate College Awareness Day on Wednesday!! Whether you’re cheering for Texas Tech, UT, Texas A&M, ACU, Hardin-Simmons, Angelo State, or another school, we want to see that college spirit! 🎓 At East Ridge, even our littlest Mustangs can start thinking about all the possibilities for their future. 🌟 📚 College today, leader tomorrow! #EastRidgeElementary #CollegeAwarenessDay #DreamBig #FutureReady

Friday Night Fight is October 16th but orders need to be in tomorrow at NOON. Support the cause and tradition! Use the QR code or the link to order! https://hisimage.printavo.com/merch/fnf-26?fbclid=IwdGRjcAUw-v1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBWZkaWQWUPtLkzMxWpjdm3rnMdLNYSB7bmRnfXNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7BHAzJXPlhVCs04ayx1VeqRuvkzNjB3nfmMQYucg1lccz1BqnFw7Qt25x9tA_aem_XERzE1T0s03kVrIKZHKvBw&fbclid=IwZnRzaAUw-txleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBWZkaWQWUPtLkzMxWpjdm3rnMdLNYSB7bmRnfXNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7BHAzJXPlhVCs04ayx1VeqRuvkzNjB3nfmMQYucg1lccz1BqnFw7Qt25x9tA_aem_XERzE1T0s03kVrIKZHKvBw&al_applink_data=%7B%22qpl_join_id%22:%22788AED26-79A8-4485-9329-9AB6DED63405%22%7D

Pre-K studied coconuts and opened ours. They decided that they liked the milk better than the meat! They learned a lot about coconuts! #WeAreEastRidge

Tomorrow (9/29) is Lucky Tray Day in our cafeteria!!

Second graders practiced problem solving skills with Mrs. Angie last week! #WeAreEastRidge

📞 Phone Service Restored Sweetwater ISD phones are back up and working. You can reach our campuses by phone again. Thank you for your patience!

📞 Phone Service Update Sweetwater ISD phones are temporarily unavailable due to an issue with our phone service provider. If you need to reach a campus, please contact them by email. We’ll share an update when service is restored. Thank you for your patience!

🍂 Save the Date: Sweetwater ISD Fall Break

Sweetwater ISD will be on Fall Break October 1–5.

Students and staff will be out during this time, so we wanted to give families plenty of notice to plan ahead for childcare, travel, appointments, or a little extra time together.

Classes and regular district operations will resume following the break.

Enjoy the time off, Mustangs! ❤️🐴

#MustangPride #SweetwaterISD #FallBreak #SaveTheDate

Join us for East Ridge Open House on September 24 from 4:30–6:00 PM! Families can pick up report cards, sign parent/student compacts, and receive important Title I information.