Attention 7th & 8th Grade Volleyball Players
Volleyball Season is upon us! Below you will find open gym and practice times for the next few weeks. More formal schedules will come home once the official season starts!
Please make sure you come with gym shoes, knee pads, a hair tie, and a water bottle. Please check that your sports physicals are up to date for the season! Check with Nurse Lisa if you are unsure. Sports Physicals are only good for 1 year.
Open Gym:
Tuesday August 12th: 4:00pm-5:30pm
Thursday August 14th: 4:00pm-5:30pm
Practice:
Monday August 18th: 1:45pm-3:45pm
Tuesday August 19th: 3:15pm-5:00pm
Wednesday August 20th: 3:15pm-5:00pm
Thursday August 21st: 3:15pm-5:00pm
Friday August 22nd: 3:15pm-4:30pm
Any questions, please reach out to Coach Winders at ewinders@riverridge210.org
-Bump, Set, Spike!
-Coach Winders
HS Fall Sports start today (8/11)!!!
Cross Country 8:00-9:30am
Golf 3:00-6:00
Football 5:00-8:00
Volleyball 3:30-6:00
Cross Country 8:00-9:30am
Golf 3:00-6:00
Football 5:00-8:00
Volleyball 3:30-6:00
Fall Sport practices start on Monday 8/11/25. All athletes must have a current physical on file to participate. You can scan & email it to Nurse Haas at lhaas@riverridge210.org or turn it into your coach.
Elementary Back To School Night is coming on Thursday, Aug 14 6:00-7:00 p.m. (Grades 3-5 only will have a parents only orientation at 5:45 in their classrooms). Sign your student up for a free haircut, grab a hot dog and meet your teacher! Let's kick off this new school year right!
🎨✨ “It’s A Middle School Thing!” — ART EXHIBIT✨🎨
From cool clay cats to swirling sand scenes, our middle school artists are spreading pure joy with their artwork on display at Galena Center for the Arts! Stop by and show your support for our area artists!
🖼️ Now through September 27
📍 Galena Center for the Arts (Thurs–Sun, 11am – 4pm)
💥 Admission: FREE!
Be sure to RSVP for the Middle School Back to School Pool Party ASAP. We need to finalize food and transportation 😎 Don't miss out on the food, fun, and friends!
Elementary Parents! The start of the school year is approaching quickly and we are preparing for the return of your students . As you start to get your student ready for the new school year, we have a request. Remember those yellow and blue folders that come home daily with homework and with newsletters from the teacher? If your student's folder is in good shape from last year and you'd like to reuse them, please set them aside and bring them to Back To School Night on Thursday, Aug 14. This would be a great way for us to reduce our waste and reuse some materials that still have life in them. Now if your student's yellow or blue folder is wrecked, no worries., we'll have more for them. We're looking forward to seeing you all soon!
Back to school events!
Elementary Jump Start summer school starts on Monday, July 28 and runs to Friday, Aug 8. If you have rsvp'd that your child will be attending summer school this year, plan to have them at the bus stop by 8:15 (Old School in Elizabeth and Hanover Park District). Send students with a water bottle, we will take care of the rest. Buses will drop students off at the two designated bus stops after school by 11:40. If you are driving your student to summer school daily, have them at the elementary entrance by 8:30 and pick up at 11:30.
We are looking forward to seeing your student and kicking off the new school year! Any questions? Please call the school!
We are looking forward to seeing your student and kicking off the new school year! Any questions? Please call the school!
Great job to the band marching in the Elizabeth Day Parade and thanks to everyone who took pictures! We appreciate you all!!!
🐾 Don’t forget to check out our Wildcat artists' amazing work at the Elizabeth Fair, on display now through Sunday!
🎨 You’ll find all the artwork tucked away in the back room of the Elizabeth Community Building — just follow your Wildcat curiosity and creativity right to it!
💙 Let’s show some Wildcat pride and celebrate the talent, imagination, and hard work of our student artists. Go Wildcats!
🎨 You’ll find all the artwork tucked away in the back room of the Elizabeth Community Building — just follow your Wildcat curiosity and creativity right to it!
💙 Let’s show some Wildcat pride and celebrate the talent, imagination, and hard work of our student artists. Go Wildcats!
Mark your calendars!
We had a great week in Springfield for the State FFA Convention!
The Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition scores are in! It's a great place to be a Wildcat! 📚
Set a reminder to call in those appointments! They fill up fast and school will be starting back up before we know it.
MS/HS Athletes remember to get your Sport Physical this summer!
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Congratulations to all of the Wildcats that earned their Illinois State FFA Degree! We are very proud of Ty Spahn, Bindi Boop, and Sawyer Fry. Only the top 2% of all FFA members ever earn this Degree. Congratulations to Sawyer also as he was sworn in and starts his year serving as Section One FFA President.
Congratulations to the FFA Quiz Bowl team on their State Championship win today in Springfield! They had a close final round but edged out the 2nd place team by two points. Outstanding job to Wyatt Ritchie, Carson Dodd, Ella Dittmar, Jason Lucas and Hayden Diehl as well as alternate ronx Gonzalez. Back to back State champs for our FFA Chapter!
