River Ridge CUSD 210

As you may know, we are experiencing an outbreak of measles in Illinois that includes adults and children. The current outbreak is concentrated in northeast Illinois with cases in Cook, Will and Lake Counties. These cases have subsequently resulted in multiple exposures in schools in the affected areas. Measles is highly contagious especially in school-aged children. To prevent the spread of infection, it is critical that you ensure that students have the age-appropriate number of doses of measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine, or other evidence of immunity to measles. Please contact Nurse Lisa if you have any questions.

The FFA Ag Mechanics team competed last night! Congratulations to Lucas Holland for winning the Varisty Carpentry division and Ty Spahn for winning in JV. Thomas Harms placed 2nd in welding and Nick Cobine was 6th in Power. The team place 3rd overall. Congratulations also to Avery Engle for winning the Extemporaneous category in Public Speaking. She will now go on to the district competition in Geneseo in May.

On Monday, our sophomores embarked on a visit to Loras College in Dubuque! Students enjoyed a campus tour, hearing from professors and admissions about the college and popular majors, and a buffet lunch in their dining hall. Could there be a future Duhawk among the Class of 2026? 🎓

The Ag Mechanics class is currently working on the small engines unit. Students learn the parts and functions of the engine parts and then work on real engines out in the shop.

April showers bring May Flowers! The horticulture class has been spending a lot of time in the greenhouse the past two weeks. They have been transplanting and caring for all of the vegetables they started from seed as well as the flowers that were planted in February. We are trying a few new varieties this year; yellow begonia, celosia, silver falls fillers and some succulents!

Elementary enjoyed our eclipse mania today. It started off with a "radio show" over the PA system complete with corny space jokes and rim shots by Mr. Dickman. We moved outside to observe the moon blocking out the sun at different times of the afternoon and we noticed that the temperature got cooler when the sun was covered. The birds in the trees around the school squawked louder than usual- we thought they were confused by the darkness. Students looked for Venus just to the left of the sun. Did you know that Venus will never have an eclipse because it doesn't have any moons at all? Jupiter has 67 moons though, so it probably has lots of eclipses. Thank you to all of our teachers and students for making this eclipse such a fun learning experience!

Due to wet field conditions todays (4/8) RRSM baseball game will be played at LeWin

Last call for 23/24 yearbook orders! The cost is $40 and orders will be accepted until May 1st. Please turn in order forms and payment to Mrs. Laity.

Tune in to this WCCI Saturday from 9:00am to 12:00pm for WCCI days where Dolan Geerts, Ruby Dickerson, Avery Engle, Addison Albrecht, and Evie Walters are live on air to talk about the River Ridge Class of 2024

Spring Book Fair is here! April 8th-12th ~ Open 8am - 3:30pm AND open 5:30-7:30 on Friday, April 12th with the Middle School Mother Son Fun Night!! See you there!!

3rd-5th graders had a special assembly today with Suzi Taylor, a River Ridge alum who now teaches at Montana State University. Suzi presented information about the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project where college and high school students are deployed across the U.S. with equipment that will videotape and collect data about Monday's eclipse. Our students learned about the science behind the eclipse and how engineers have designed the balloons and equipment to collect data so we can learn even more. Please ask your student about what they learned today and tune in on Monday, April 8 to www.eclipse.montana.edu to view the eclipse video from the balloons. Much thanks to Suzi Taylor and her mom, Patsy Geiger, for providing this awesome opportunity for our students.

It's April, despite the snow on the ground, and that means there's a new Counselor's Corner newsletter available! Be sure to check this one out for upcoming important dates and information for our seniors. https://sites.google.com/riverridge210.org/counselorscorner/home

Do not miss the fun! Be sure to return your registration forms and fees by Friday, April 5th. Additional forms are coming home today/tomorrow. Contact Mrs. Alaina Klippert with any questions.

Do not miss the fun! Be sure to return your registration forms and fees by Friday, April 5th. Additional forms are coming home today/tomorrow. Contact Mrs. Alaina Klippert with any questions.

Due to weather conditions this morning, River Ridge CUSD 210 will be on a 2 hour delay and there will be no preschool classes for today - Wednesday, April 3, 2024.

I know what the weather forecast is for the next few days, but don't lose hope! Warm summer weather is coming and we just might be able to get some swimming days in over the summer break. Check out the swimming lessons offered at the Galena pool!

The 7th graders are mastering the sewing machines!

Congratulations to Ty Spahn on his runner up finish at the FFA State Awards Day in Mt. Zion! He did a fantastic job with his interview to place 2nd in State. Way to go!

Congratulations to the FFA officers for the 2024-2025 school year!

The newly elected FFA officers!