📚✨ Book Character Day at Ridge Elementary! ✨📚
Our halls were filled with magic, mystery, and imagination today as students brought their favorite stories to life! From wizards to wild things, every costume told a tale.
#RidgeReads #BookCharacterDay #ElementaryMagic #LiteracyLove
Our halls were filled with magic, mystery, and imagination today as students brought their favorite stories to life! From wizards to wild things, every costume told a tale.
#RidgeReads #BookCharacterDay #ElementaryMagic #LiteracyLove
The votes are in, and the bell has rung for a very special announcement! 🍎🔔
🌟 Meet Our 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year! 🌟
We are absolutely thrilled to celebrate Ms. Custis as Ridge Elementary School's Teacher of the Year for the 2025-2026 school year! 🎉
Ms. Custis is a true superstar! 💫 Their dedication, boundless energy, and commitment to making learning fun is truly inspiring to our students, staff, and entire community. They light up our halls every single day!
Please join us in showering her with love and congratulations! Drop a favorite memory or a kind message in the comments below! 👇
We are so incredibly lucky to have you, Ms. Custis! Thank you for everything you do to help our Ridge Roadrunners!
#TeacherOfTheYear #RidgeElementary #EducationHeroes #WeLoveOurTeachers 👩🏫🍎📚✏️💖✨
In celebration of Digital Citizenship Week, today's family tip is about pause before you post. Thank you for engaging in these important conversations with your child. @HCPS_Innovates #DigCitWeek
In celebration of Digital Citizenship Week, today's family tip is about personal and private information. Don't forget, tomorrow's spirit wear is wear your house spirit because Roadrunners are safe, responsible, and respectful digital citizens. @HCPS_Innovates #DigCitWeek
In celebration of Digital Citizenship Week, today's family tip is about being kind online. Don't forget, tomorrow's spirit wear is mismatched socks to show we know the difference between personal and private information. @HCPS_Innovates #DigCitWeek
In celebration of Digital Citizenship Week, today's family tips is about digital footprints. Don't forget, tomorrow's spirit wear is blue and yellow or a Ridge shirt to show we are a team of kind digital citizens. @HCPS_Innovates #DigCitWeek
🔬✨ Miss Rakes’ kindergarten scientists were busy exploring matter! From solids to liquids to gases, we used our senses to investigate the world around us 🌍👀👐. Science is all about curiosity, and our little learners are full of it! 💡💬 #KindergartenScience #ExploringMatter #TinyScientists #HandsOnLearning #CuriousKinders #RidgeExplorers
🌎✨ Ms. Henderson’s class turned science into service! We spent time outside picking up trash on the playground 🧤🗑️, then came back in to build a 3D pictograph to track the types and amounts of litter we found 📊🎨. Next up: using our data to brainstorm ways to spread the word about reducing pollution at Ridge! 💡💬 Let’s make our school and community cleaner, greener, and prouder! 💚 #ScienceInAction #FutureChangemakers #RidgeCares #PollutionSolution #4thGradeStrong
🌸✨ First Grade Adventures in Bloom! ✨🌸
On Friday, our curious first graders explored the wonders of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden! 🐝🌿 From colorful butterflies to towering trees, every corner was a new discovery. We learned about the magic of nature!☀️💚Our brains and hearts are full of memories. 🌼📚
#FirstGradeFun #LearningInNature #LittleExplorers #GrowingMinds
On Friday, our curious first graders explored the wonders of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden! 🐝🌿 From colorful butterflies to towering trees, every corner was a new discovery. We learned about the magic of nature!☀️💚Our brains and hearts are full of memories. 🌼📚
#FirstGradeFun #LearningInNature #LittleExplorers #GrowingMinds
🎃👀👃✋👅 Ms. Rakes’ Kindergarten Scientists were busy exploring pumpkins using their FIVE SENSES! Learning has never been so "sense" ational! 🍂🧡
#KindergartenFun #PumpkinInvestigation #HandsOnLearning #MsRakesClass
#KindergartenFun #PumpkinInvestigation #HandsOnLearning #MsRakesClass
🦁🐼🐒 Zoo Day Fun in 2nd Grade! 🐘🦓🦒
Miss Anderson’s wild bunch brought the zoo to school yesterday! From creative habitat projects to cuddly stuffed animals, these little explorers showed off their animal knowledge in the cutest way possible. 🧸🌿🐾
#ZooDay #2ndGradeAdventures #FutureZoologists #MsAndersonsClass
🎃👀👃✋👅 Ms. Rakes’ Kindergarten Scientists were busy exploring pumpkins using their FIVE SENSES! Learning has never been so "sense" ational! 🍂🧡
#KindergartenFun #PumpkinInvestigation #HandsOnLearning #MsRakesClass
#KindergartenFun #PumpkinInvestigation #HandsOnLearning #MsRakesClass
🧪✨ Safety goggles on and brains switched to science mode! Mrs. Biller’s 5th grade scientists dove into the world of science safety yesterday. From wafting smells to wearing goggles like pros, these future lab stars are ready to explore safely and smartly! 🧬👩🔬👨🔬 #ScienceSafety #5thGradeFun #FutureScientists #MrsBillerRocks
📚✨ Back to School Magic Begins at Ridge Elementary! ✨📚
Welcome back, Roadrunners! Our hallways are buzzing with excitement, backpacks are packed with dreams, and smiles are shining brighter than ever. 🏫💛
Here at Ridge Elementary School, we’re ready for a year full of learning, laughter, and growing together. Whether you're a curious kindergartener or a confident fifth grader, this is your time to shine! 🌈✏️
Let’s make this school year unforgettable—one giggle, one book, and one friendship at a time. 💬📖👫
📸 Don’t forget to share your first-day photos and tag us! #BackToSchool #RidgeElementaryMagic #WeAreReady
Welcome back, Roadrunners! Our hallways are buzzing with excitement, backpacks are packed with dreams, and smiles are shining brighter than ever. 🏫💛
Here at Ridge Elementary School, we’re ready for a year full of learning, laughter, and growing together. Whether you're a curious kindergartener or a confident fifth grader, this is your time to shine! 🌈✏️
Let’s make this school year unforgettable—one giggle, one book, and one friendship at a time. 💬📖👫
📸 Don’t forget to share your first-day photos and tag us! #BackToSchool #RidgeElementaryMagic #WeAreReady
Welcome to Ridge! We are happy to have you in our community!
We are excited to introduce our new Ridge family staff members! We will highlight who they are the next couple of days!
Field Day activities will now take place INDOORS during each grade level’s scheduled resource time only. Students will rotate through fun and engaging activities held in the gym, art, and music rooms. The updated schedule is as follows:
• Kindergarten: 9:00–9:40
• 1st Grade: 9:50–10:30
• 4th Grade: 10:40–11:20
• 5th Grade: 11:30-12:10
• 2nd Grade: 1:40–2:20
• 3rd Grade: 12:50–1:30
We welcome our parent volunteers to assist during these times. If you plan to join us, please be mindful to limit your group to no more than two adults per family, in order to ensure a smooth and safe experience for all. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility—we look forward to a fun day for our students!
A special congratulations to our final Ridge Prize Patrol winners! We are incredibly proud of these students for their hard work, positive attitudes, and commitment to making Ridge a great place to learn and grow. Keep showing up, working hard, and making us proud—you are shining examples for your peers!
Fingers crossed this is our last rescheduling for Field Day - it is this THURSDAY May 22! We are keeping a close eye on the forecast and will let families know ASAP if there will be a change.
Just a reminder that Field Day has been RESCHEDULED to Friday May 23!