Windy Ridge Families-

Welcome to the 2026-2027 School Year.

This weekly newsletter will be our first line of communication with families throughout the year. Please read through all of the sections for important information. The faculty and staff at Windy Ridge are excited to see our students on Tuesday. We will be welcoming over 1000 students on Tuesday and we really would like for it to run smoothly. Please be patient with each other and the staff. If you are driving your student to school, please pay attention to the signs in the car loop and the staff assisting. Please try not to block traffic, as we will be trying to process everyone quickly and safely.

I would like to update everyone on some of our staff adjustments. Unfortunately, we had to lose Ms. Ficquette as our second Assistant Principal. We will miss her, but she is in a great situation closer to home.

We have hired a few staff members over the summer that may not be all the way through the hiring process on the first day of school. We are trying though. If the teachers are not on-boarded by Tuesday, please know we will have qualified personnel in all rooms.

I hope you had an adventurous summer full of family fun. We are ready to get the work done this year. Let the learning begin!

Every year, the school is required to elect representatives for the School Advisory Committee. The committee is made up of staff, parents and community members. Anyone can attend our SAC meetings without being a voting member. However, if you would like to be considered to be a voting member, please complete this form:

We will vote on our members at our first SAC meeting. We will send out communication as soon as we confirm the date.

Families- Thank you for those of you that came out to Meet the Teacher last week. Our staff and I have been working hard to ensure we were able to accomodate the course requests and compatibility forms that were sent out last year. We cannot guarantee any adjustments as long as your child is scheduled in the correct required courses. However, if you have an issue with your child's schedule, please use the link below. We will continue to work on these next week.

We will be updating this with our concerts and performances throughout the year.

Middle school Boys & Girls Soccer Tryouts begin this week! ⚽

📋 Students must have a current sports physical on file to participate in tryouts. The sports physical packet is available on our school website linked below.

Questions? Contact our Athletic Director at Chelsey.Rasmussen@ocps.net

💻 Device Checkout This Week!

Device checkout will take place throughout the week! Middle school students (Grades 6–8) will receive their devices on the first day of school and are the only students permitted to take devices home. 🏠

Students in all other grades will also receive devices, but they will remain on campus.

Students will review device care and possible fees for lost or damaged OCPS devices. Please see the linked OCPS device fee information for details.

Questions? Contact jessica.scurry@ocps.net.

New to OCPS or haven’t logged into your OCPS Parent Portal this school year? Be sure to log in and complete the important forms in Skyward. ✅

Your Parent Portal also gives you access to helpful apps:

📊 Skyward – Grades, attendance & student information

💻 Canvas – Assignments & classwork, especially for Grades 6–8

💬 ParentSquare – School and teacher communication

💵 SchoolCash Online – Pay for field trips & school items

🎓 Xello – Course selection review, College & Career resources

It takes a community to do amazing things on our school campus! If you’re interested in volunteering in classrooms, helping with field trips, or supporting other school events, you must be ADDitions approved.

📝 The ADDitions volunteer application for this school year is now available online. Complete your application today and help make a difference for our Silverhawks! 

Click the button link below to see all the meals that our cafeteria plans to serve each day.

Believe it or not, we will be conducting our base-line data assessments very soon. They are scheduled for:

Tuesday, August 25: ELA for Grades 6-8

Thursday, August 27: ELA for Grades 3-5

Tuesday, September 1: Math for Grades 6-8

Thursday. September 3: Math for Grades 3-5

More information will come later, but these testing dates are very important to establish where your child stands in regards to the standards they will learn this year.

Look here for your student doing amazing things.