Meadow Ridge Newsletter - January 10, 2025

Blake Bowman - Principal
bbowman@rockfordschools.org

Michelle Smyth - Administrative Assistant
msmyth@rockfordschools.org

Tania Gordon - Administrative Assistant
tgordon@rockfordschools.org

Address: 8100 Courtland, Rockford, MI 49341

Phone: (616) 863-6342
www.rockfordschools.org

Student Absences

Absences MUST be called into the office 616.863.6342 or emailed to the front office - tgordon@rockfordschools.org & msmyth@rockfordschools.org 

Please leave a message on our general voicemail box if you are calling after hours. Whether you are reporting an absence on our voicemail or speaking with Michelle or Tania we need to know the following things:

• Student's name and teacher
• Reason for absence - if it is an illness we need to know the symptoms of the illness - vomiting, coughing, fever, cold, diarrhea, lice - whatever the reason may be

GRASP is a correspondence program for students in Kindergarten through 8^th grades which helps students maintain reading and math skills while they are on summer break.  Enrolled students will receive a packet of materials with a booklet containing nine lessons.  It should take your student approximately one hour to complete each weekly lesson.  They can complete one lesson a week or work at their own pace, as long as all lessons are submitted before August 8th.  The students can mail the lessons to GRASP for scoring and the results will be returned to them, via the email provided.  Or, new this year, lessons can be scored with a parent/guardian cell phone instead of mailing them in!  Details regarding this process will be sent in May to the email provided on the order.  There is also an on-line version of GRASP for students in 4th through 8th grade and these students will also receive results via the email provided.

Students who successfully complete and submit at least seven lessons with 70% accuracy are awarded a certificate.  Those who successfully complete and submit all nine lessons with 70% accuracy will receive a medal!  Certificates and medals will be distributed by your student’s school at the beginning of the next school year.  

Please order your student’s CURRENT grade level.  If there are extenuating circumstances, order the level that is appropriate for your student.  The fees for the summer of 2025 are $26 for one subject or $48 for both subjects for each student.  You can enroll your student for the book version (grades K-8) or the optional online version (grades 4-8) by completing the registration and payment online.