Oct 30
We are so excited that we are able to give each of our students a book by our recent visiting author, Meg Medina. Thanks to the Henrico Education Foundation and our own PTA your child will be bringing home their very own book to add to their home library. This is a very special …
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Oct 17
Once again the Henrico Education Foundation is helping our students at Ridge. We recently were awarded a grant to purchase Meg Medina books for each of our students AND more diversity books for our school library. We know that it is important for readers to see themselves in the stories in books. It also helps …
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Oct 08
Author Meg Medina, winner of the prestigious Newbery Award for children’s literature, visited all of our students. She talked about how she takes pieces of her own life to create stories. She inspired them to tell their own stories.
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Oct 01
I am thrilled to announce our latest reading fun! As you may know, Newbery winning author Meg Medina will be visiting Ridge in October. Bikes are an important part of her award-winning book Merci Suarez Changes Gears. So, thanks to Henrico Education Foundation and our own PTA we will give away 2 bikes as reading …
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Sep 12
We had very special guests visit our 5th graders on September 11th. John Riley from the Freedom Flag Foundation gave a wonderful presentation on the events that lead up to the creation of the foundation. Mr. Melito, the designer of the flag was also there to share his experience and talk about creating the flag. …
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Sep 11
If your child read this summer we want to celebrate his/her efforts. Please turn in any summer reading logs to the Ridge Elementary library by September 20th. Reading logs may be from any reading program including the Tuckahoe Public Library, HCPS reading list, or your own handwritten list. Once the list is turned in to …
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Sep 11
What could be better than an author visit? How about a visit from an author who likes chickens! Paul Tillery will be here to talk to our 2nd – 4th graders about his new book on Wednesday September 25th. He is the author of the hilarious series Thundercluck! Be sure to look for information about …
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Sep 11
Be sure to come to Back To School Night on Thursday September 12th! Join us at 5:45 in the auditorium for lots of important information to help make this a successful year.
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