Lake Ridge Elementary School Family Newsletter 

January 21, 2024 

Dear LRES Families, 

We hope you have enjoyed the snow days! Thank you to our fabulous PTO for stocking our fridge! Our staff really appreciate that. We want to remind you that January 26th is a half day of school with dismissal at 12:40 and parent-teacher conferences in the afternoon. January 26th is also the last day of the 2nd quarter. If you haven’t met with your child’s teacher yet this year, please make sure you schedule a conference that afternoon.  Our teachers have met with 83% of their students’ parents. We want to get that to 100% because we know an authentic partnership with good communication is impactful to student learning. The School Board recently approved a modification of the 2023-24 school calendar to designate March 5, 2024, as a student holiday and staff workday due to the presidential primary. 

We have started Virginia Growth Assessments for 3rd-5th grade students and have already had to change the schedule due to the snow days! Teachers will share the parent reports with you once testing is complete. For more information from VDOE about these tests, see the updated VDOE parent webpage at VGA Info for Parents

Here is the updated schedule:

3rd Grade Reading: 1/22

3rd Grade Math: 2/1

4th Grade Reading: 1/18

4th Grade Math: 1/25

5th Grade Reading: 1/24

5th Grade Math: 2/1

The PWCS English Language Proficiency (ELP) assessment window opens on January 22, 2024, and continues until March 15, 2024. All of our students identified as English Learners will participate in this assessment. We don’t get the results until the end of the school year.