Our Fifth graders have just finished an ELA unit on A Midsummers Night Dream by Shakespeare and invited the 4th grade to enjoy their rendition of the play. Students made their costumes, made the backdrop, learned their lines and even dropped some Shakespearean curses ("You acorn! You bean!"). They enjoyed sharing this drama with their peers and everyone enjoyed the show!
The snow tried to fool us, but summer is coming. Check out what Galena ARC is offering this summer for art classes!
River Ridge - Scales Mound baseball tonight (4/17) vs LeWin is going to be cancelled
The 8th graders helped in the greenhouse today getting plants transplanted into baskets. They were great helpers!
Get ready! The Scholastic 2023 Spring Book Fair is here!
The Fair will be open from April 17th – April 19th 8:00 am -3:30 pm, April 20th 8:00 am – 6:30 pm* and April 21st 8:00 am – 1:00 pm at River Ridge School Library.
*SPECIAL EVENT ON APRIL 20TH!! After Book Fair closes at 6:30 ~ come join us in the Commons for a showing of the recording of the MS Jungle Book performance from March 30th!! More information to come!!
Go to https://www.scholastic.com/bf/riverridgeelemschool to learn more about the 2023 SPRING BOOK FAIR
Remember: the MS Student Council is sponsoring a Daddy/Daughter dance on 4/22 at 6pm. Make sure you get your forms and money turned into the office by 4/21/23.
Students in the Animal Science class made up "feed" rations in class today. They had to balance the ration correctly using roughages, concentrates and proteins and then mixed up the feed after finding out its cost.
Sunshine and wiffle ball makes for great days in PE!
On Monday, April 17th, the River Ridge High School Academic Challenge Team (WYSE) will be traveling to EIU in Charleston to compete at the state level. The Academic Challenge is a competition between schools from across the state of Illinois in the content areas of English, Biology, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering Graphics, and Computer Science. To get to this level, the team won Regionals at Highland Community College and placed 3rd in Sectionals in Dekalb at NIU. Team members include: Nick Schnitzler, Micaela Miller, Jamie Schnitzler, Celia Turner, Avery Engle, Lauren Kloss, Sam Grzeslo, Arthur Horn, Isaac Rife, Matthew Johnson, Cora Boop, Camdyn Bauer, Lynnea Groezinger, and Evie Walters. Good luck River Ridge WYSE Team!
Nice weather is here and we love seeing the kids outside playing, please be aware of ticks!
Please nominate a River Ridge senior for this scholarship!
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Last call for 22-23 yearbooks! Orders are due tomorrow, Wednesday, April 12. Payments can be made via RevTrak or sent in to Mrs. Laity.
We hope you're enjoying the last day of spring break. Here's a reminder that the traffic pattern will be different tomorrow at school due to construction.
No vehicle traffic is allowed around back to elementary. That means no buses, no tardy students, no early pick ups.
All elementary students, including preschool, will be dropped off and picked up at the Commons.
Tell your friends, tell the grandparents, tell your partners!
Today (4/5) and tomorrow's (4/6) baseball games will be played in Warren due to River Ridge field conditions
April 3 is National Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! We have a team of paras that we love and appreciate at River Ridge! They support our students and partner with our teachers everyday. Today we give them a high five and a big thank you!
Saturdays (4/1) Baseball and Softball games are Cancelled
Due to hazardous weather conditions this afternoon, River Ridge Community Unit School District 210 will be dismissing at 2:00 pm today and cancelling all evening activities. This should allow for everyone to get home safely before the pending bad weather arrives. Thank you and be safe.
Students in the 8th grade STEM class finished up the bee unit today with their test and then they made honey-chocolate as a sweet treat!
As we embark on our much anticipated spring break, I want you to be aware of a change the week we return, April 11-14. Construction will start on the new garage by the green house while we are gone, but will likely still be happening the week we return from break. The lane to the Elementary Entrance will be closed to all traffic. This will impact several things:
- Buses will drop off and pick up elementary students upstairs by the commons
- Parents will need to park upstairs in the district lot and walk their children down to elementary or have them walk independently down to elementary.
- Preschool students will be picked up and dropped off midday in the commons. They will wait between the doors with paraprofessionals .
- Students with specialized transportation (i.e. the Yukon) will enter and exit the building through the commons.
We appreciate you making the necessary changes to accommodate the construction for this short time. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call the school.
I hope your Spring Break is relaxing and fun for you and your family. We are in the home stretch of the school year and look forward to returning refreshed and ready to learn!
Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom invites are going out today! ✉️ They include dance guest request forms and after prom forms. All forms have due dates and should be returned to Mrs. M. 💃🏻🕺🏻Prom season is here!
