Fourth grade enjoyed their first Blue Skies field trip! They went to Bryan Park and learned about photosynthesis by looking at leaves up close. They played a fun seed game and learned to trust their partners! 🍁
They took a hike and saw turtle on the stream, mushrooms decomposing logs and a chrysalis in its environment!! 🐢 🪵 🍄 Thank you, Blue Skies!

Chutes and Ladders hasn’t gone out of style, and it helps make math more fun!! Ms. Gonzalez’s 2nd graders played an edited version of the classic board game to help them learn their doubles 🛝🪜🐍

Ms. Fishburne’s 1st graders are getting ready for independent learning rotations by practicing a math center focused on finding the number that’s greater! 📝✏️

Building strong scientists starts with focusing on the basics!! Kindergartners have been learning about how to investigate the world around them using their five senses!! 👃 🙌 👅 👂👀 check out what they’ve been up to!

PJs, popcorn & a movie! 🍿Miss Anderson’s class earned a cozy PJ day for showing AMAZING behavior and being great citizens! They voted on this reward during our citizenship unit and worked hard to earn it. Congratulations!! 🤩

More pictures from our house meet up on Monday! Go llamas!!! 🦙

We are SO excited to announce that our Free Food Pantry is up and running right outside the Ridge front door!! This was donated and built by Thomas Johnson of Forest Woodworks (@forrest.woodworks) and we could not be more thankful!!

Inside the pantry you can find toiletries and shelf stable food items!! Feel free to add items as you are able and take whatever you need ❤️🧡

Walk to school day was a success!! 🚶‍♀️🚲🦽 Thank you to the PTA and community members for helping to make it a great event!!!

This morning, students got together with people from their houses to celebrate our PAMPERO ERA! They had to work together to use their innovation skills to build a “llama structure” that was strong enough to hold a book! It was a great way to get together with our fellow housemates and use our engineering skills to end our first *~era~*! 🦙 next up: CHINOOK ERA! 🐦

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, Roadrunners!! Families are invited to start the morning together for Walk, Bike or Roll to School day! See the map pictured above for directions on how to participate! 🚶🚴👨‍🦽After students arrive to class, families are invited to stay at Ridge to attend a session on Smart Tech Use! See the flyer above and hope to see you there! 🤓📱

Ms. Dalys 3rd grade class made stop motion food chains! Students chose a terrestrial ecosystem and planned out a food chain that fit the habitat. They then created their food chain with play dough, and created their video to show the transfer of energy! Smart cookies!🍪

Our custodians are some of the best in the WORLD!! 🌎 we are so thankful for Donnell, Zoe, Hassan and Omar! 🙏🤩

Virginia Studies for the win! 🥇 4th graders in Ms. Dranoff and Ms. Scheid’s class worked with our innovative learning coach, Mrs. Raonaq, to use a chomp saw to make a map of Virginia and its regions. Such a cool way to connect engineering and history! 👷🗺️

We are so excited to be partnering with Blue Sky Funds for the first time this year!! The Blue Sky Fund is a NonProfit that takes Richmond area youth out into nature to give kids hands on educational experiences! Students in 3-5th grade will have various field trip adventures throughout the year sponsored by this program. Fifth grade took their first trip to York River State Park and had a blast!! 💥🏞️

Exciting news: it’s Ridge Spirit Wear order time!!! Students should have received a form in their blue folders that allows you to order some of the new merch that the Ridge PTA is selling this Fall! You can send that page back with payment to your child’s teacher, or browse the online store! Make sure to purchase before the order closes on October 11!! Happy shopping 🛍️ 👕

Here is the link: https://ridgeroadrunnersspiritwear.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Teachers are lifelong learners, too!! 🧠 We spent today’s professional development sessions learning all about the best practices for planning math, science, social studies and language arts from expert teachers in our own building!! 👩‍🏫👨‍🏫

At Ridge, we know that attendance matters, and that coming to school every day makes for stronger and more well-rounded students! Teachers and staff love getting to see all of our students smiling faces each and every day!! 🌸 Did you know that September is Attendance Awareness Month?  We are going to finish off the month with a School Spirit week to promote excellent school attendance 🏫 check out how you can participate each day this week!!

Also as a reminder, schools will be closed tomorrow for students! We will see everyone bright and early on Tuesday!

Collaboration is 🔑! 3rd graders in Mrs. Corney’s class worked together to make multiples of 4 with beans! Multiplication magic 🪄

Introducing our very first Ridge Rockstars for the 2026-27 school year! These students exemplified what it means to be safe, responsible and respectful for the month of September and were celebrated by their teachers, peers and families!! Congratulations, you guys rock! 🎸⭐️

5th grade scientists!! 🧫🧪🥼 Mrs. Billers 5th graders explored together with different sound stations, as well investigating how sound travels through different mediums.