Congratulations to the FFA Greenhands on their first place finish in the Quiz Bowl competition! They were undefeated on the night and will now advance to the State Competition in Springfield in June. We are very proud of Lily, Aniah, Summer, Camden and Alaina!
The upper classmen were also in attendance at Highland that night to participate in Leadership Training School. They heard a keynotes address from visiting State Officer Haven Cash in addition to learning new leadership and teamwork skills n four different break out sessions.
The upper classmen were also in attendance at Highland that night to participate in Leadership Training School. They heard a keynotes address from visiting State Officer Haven Cash in addition to learning new leadership and teamwork skills n four different break out sessions.










Help us wish our Cross Country runners best of luck as they head to Peoria, Illinois, to compete in the IHSA State Meet at Detweiller Park! It's a great day to be a Wildcat!

Congratulations to our Football All-Conference Athletes! 🏈




It's game day! 🏀

Composite orders are due back to Mrs. Laity by December 4th.

Congratulations to our River Ridge All-Conference Athletes on the GEDRR Cross Country Team! They were Conference Champs for the 4th year in a row, too! This weekend........they head to STATE!



Congratulations to our All-Conference Volleyball Athletes!


Congratulations to the High School Band on taking 2nd place at the Galena Halloween Parade!





Who will you meet in the land of Oz? The River Ridge production of "Wizard of Oz" runs at 6p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13 and Saturday, Nov. 14. Tickets are available at the door.
🏀🐾 5th and 6th grade basketball sign ups are open! 🐾🏀
More information and registration can be found at https://gearelizabeth.com/registration/
Our Lost & Found table overfloweth! Take a look and see if anything belongs in your home. If so, let us know and we will get it back to your student. Check out the table when you come in for your parent teacher conference. Anything left over after that will go into the giving closet to be used by students in need.

Our 3rd graders wrapped up learning about visual texture by creating colorful owls with oil pastels! 🎨 They explored how artists can use lines, colors, and patterns to make artwork look like it has different textures.






It's game day! 🏀

Our Art Club members got creative at last week’s meeting by painting pumpkins! We had a great time adding our own artistic touches and getting into the fall spirit! 🎃




The Horticulture class used a Brix Refractometer last week to test the sugar content of various apple cultivars. They found out that Granny Smith really does a have a lower sugar content than the sweet Fuji! They also tested sugar water and vinegar to have baseline's to compare to.




It's conference time!

Middle School Bi-Weekly Sports:

It's game day! 🏀

Tomorrow is a big day for our GEDRR Cross Country team! Let's wish them luck!

Plan accordingly!


