Friday, December 18, 2015

Happy Holidays and a Message from the Cedar Ridge PTSA!

Cedar Ridge staff hopes all of you have a wonderful and safe holiday season!


Here is a message from our wonderful PTSA:

Message for the PTSA:

The Cedar Ridge PTSA would like wish you and your family a wonderful winter break. We would also like to remind you that it is not to late to join the PTSA for this year. You can find membership forms online at https://sites.google.com/site/raiderptsa/ or you can join online at joinpta.org. See so of the discounts you get with your PTSA membership here.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Ms. Searles NextGen Digital Dance Final Projects

Ms. Searles has shared some final semester projects from her NextGen Digital Dance Classes.  The very creative projects, which integrated Chemistry into dance,  were a collaboration between Jazz 4 and Music & Media students.

http://ngdcdance.blogspot.com/2015/12/elements-in-music-motion.html

Ms. Searles also shared the final semester projects for Ballet, Dance 1 & 2, and Dance and Media:
http://ngdcdance.blogspot.com/2015/12/ballet-historical-pictorial.html
http://ngdcdance.blogspot.com/2015/12/twas-month-before-semester-ends.html

Thank you, Ms. Searles for always looking for new ways to integrate dance, digital media, and other disciplines!


Saturday, December 12, 2015

Wrapping Up a Semester, Holiday in the Air, & A Senior Highlighted by Time Warner Cable News

Amazingly enough, we are almost to the close of the Fall 2015 semester! We've had a great first semester and we are looking forward to the 2nd half of the school year!

This week we will be following our finals schedule, shared below:

Monday, December 14, 2015  ALL STUDENTS
Time
Period
9:05-11:05
2nd Period Final Exam
11:12-11:55
3rd Period Study Class
7th Period No Warning Bells at Lunch
       A  
Lunch
12:00-12:30
Class
12:35-2:05


       B
Class
12:00-12:30
Lunch
12:35-1:05
Class

1:10-2:05
C & D
Class
12:00-1:30

Lunch
1:35-2:05
2:10-4:10
6th Period Final Exam

















Monday, Dec. 14
 A Lunch – All Portables, D, E, F, & H Wings
B Lunch – B & C Wings

C Lunch A, G, & H (Athletics only)


Tuesday, December 15, 2015  No lunches served
Time
Period
9:05-11:05
3rd Period Final Exam
11:05-11:15
Passing Period
11:15-1:15
7th Period Final Exam


Wednesday, December 16, 2015   No lunches served
Time
Period
9:05-11:05
1st  Period Final Exam
11:05-11:15
Passing Period
11:15-1:15
5th Period Final Exam


Thursday, December 17, 2015 No lunches served
Time
Period
9:05-11:05
4th Period Final Exam
11:05-11:15
Passing Period
11:15-1:15
8th  Period Final Exam

Students are on holiday December 18, 2015 - January 4, 2016. The first day of Spring Semester 2016 for students will be Tuesday, January 5.

The Cedar Ridge staff hopes everyone has a restful and safe holiday!
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This past Friday, the Cedar Ridge School Store sponsored an "Ugly Sweater" Contest. Many Raiders got into the spirit of the season and came out in Holiday Style! Our own Raider Nation even arranged for Santa and some of his elves to show up during lunches! It was a very festive day!

Sophomore, Tahj Williams

















Senior, Josh Freeman

                                                                                                             Junior, Mackenzie Abbatiello



















Junior, Cedric Muhire









Juniors, Cindy Espinoza and Gaby Adesanmi

                                                                                                                Sophomore, Zachary Finch

















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Junior, Devin DeAnda








                                                            Teacher, Mr. Moody


Senior, Andrea Masters


Emily Hoffman


Santa and his Elves- 



















The winners of the Ugly Sweater Contest were the following:

1st Place- Andrea Masters
2nd Place- Zach Finch
3rd Place- Emily Hoffman

Congratulations to the winners and we appreciate all the students and staff members who participated!
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Cedar Ridge senior, Sarah Quintero, was featured by TWC  (Time Warner Cable) News because she has the unique distinction of participating in three varsity sports, cross country, track, and swimming, while maintaining a top 5% academic status.

Congratulations, Sarah! Great job!

Please click on the link to watch the TWC video:

http://fw.to/m55v7PN
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Carols and Cocoa- The Cedar Ridge Choir teamed up with Forest Creek Elementary, Gattis Elementary, and Ridgeview Middle School to perform two holiday concerts today. They did a beautiful job of collaborating and entertaining, despite the fact that it felt like summer time in the building.  Congratulations to the music directors and to the students!

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Fit Games, Law Enforcement Academy Field Trip, Celebrating Joy Windell, Hour of Code, & Fall Final Exam Schedule



D'Ann VanderLaan, the Cedar Ridge PE Department Department Chair, PE teacher, and coach, shared the following information:

"I just had to share some good news about our P.E. department. We took around 70 kids to compete in the Fit Games against all the other four Round Rock High Schools on Wed, Nov. 18th. We had a boys team win 1st & 3rd place, and a girls team win 2nd place out of all the schools. I am including pictures of all our kids and of the winners."








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Michelle Langloss, CR Law Enforcement teacher, shared the following information:

"We took the Law club to the Williamson County Juvenile Services Center in Georgetown. 27 students were able to learn about Juvenile Law and pursuing a career as a Juvenile Probation or Supervision Officer. Students were also given a tour of the Juvenile Detention Center, the Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program, and the Academy which is a residential program for youth ordered by the Court. It was a great opportunity for the students. Photos attached below."


_________________________________________________________________________________The University of Texas at Dallas awarded Cedar Ridge High School Computer Science teacher, Joy Windell, a 2015 University of Texas at Dallas Computer Science Department CS Inspiration award. Please click on the link for the full article and picture. Congratulations to Ms. Windell!

https://roundrockisd.org/windell-accepts-ut-dallas-computer-science-inspiration-award/
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Many Cedar Ridge students participate in the Hour of Code. "The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics."

Read about the Hour of Code initiative at the following link: https://hourofcode.com/us

Please view pictures of Cedar Ridge students who participated in the Hour of Code.- https://goo.gl/photos/xvZ7qtGS2dBrm9oj7
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Cedar Ridge Fall Final Exam Schedule- click to view document