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EPIC! Books has a collection of books honoring Women's History Month.

We have a new face in the IDC, Mrs. Diana Bay! Mrs. Henshaw took our open secretary position a couple weeks ago. Mrs. Bay is learning all about the Innovation and Discovery Assistant role. She has been an amazing asset to Ridgewood for several years as an intervention aid. While her friends miss her dearly there, she's not gone too far and still is able to support all of those students and more, similar to Mrs. Henshaw. We are lucky to have Mrs. Bay in the IDC and wish Mrs. Henshaw the very best!

The IDC will have host some mindfulness activities for the Ridgewood Wellness Night on Thursday, March 7th. We will have the following curated resources available to explore together with your child.

5th grade students worked with BJ Thaman from the ESC to design cubes out of a single pieces of rectangular cardboard and the Make.do tools and screws! This task is harder than it looks, requires failure and reworking, mistakes and successes! Creation is a hard ask but quite rewarding!

Authentic & inspiring Marcy Campbell captivated staff & students K-5 for a full day of multiple personalized experiences focusing on the idea of empathy. Marcy was a perfect author to host at Ridgewood Elementary as her picture books directly support Hilliard City School's Portrait of a Learner initiative. "Empathetic Learners" is one of the 5 competencies that drive our district-wide work. Students engaged in questioning and writing that utilized empathetic thinking. Our day started with a mingle, show and tell with kindergarten writers which validated their hard work and growing love of writing. Each grade level enjoyed a personalized experience from volunteer demonstrations/props and various writing exercises. There is nothing better than watching and hearing an author read one of her own books! Marcy read, translated and shared the very first book she ever wrote in kindergarten as well as Something Good, which has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. To say "hosting Marcy was amazing" is an understatement... both students and staff were inspired by her presence, authentic share and thoughtful gifts. Each student at Ridgewood received a personally signed bookmark! Thank you to Marcy for sharing all of your wisdom about how writers grow!

MARCY CAMPBELL is visiting Thursday 2.15.24! We are so excited to host this Ohio author. We have 2 of Marcy's books in our Portrait of a Learner: 5 Competency collection and her others are in the general IDC collection. Marcy will mingle & work with every grade level!

For books purchased through the Cover to Cover book pre-sale starting 1.29.24 through 2.12.24, Marcy will personalize a bookplate.*

*The books will not arrive by the visit. Cover to Cover will run the book pre-sale and shipping won't allow for them to arrive by 2.15.24.

*~* Learn more about Marcy

Love listening to Ridgewood authors when they come to the IDC. This story of Pokemon friendship which a strong story structure, detailed illustrations and one proud author! Students in Mrs. Dickmann's class kindergarten class are writing stories and love sharing them! Thank you for coming to the IDC to read to me!

Ridgewood is now "greener" with our solar powered green machine. Read to find out more about the importance of green energy and the why behind this initiative. Third graders listened in the IDC to Jake Kuss who designed the green machine.

The Ridgewood students helped with the reading of Hidden Gem by Linda Liu! March Book Madness is a competition style bracket of 16 picture books. All of the Innovation and Discovery Specialists read and record a book. At RGW, we engaged IDC visitors to make our read aloud. This is a sweet book with a special message, "...finding out that being special is being me!" Give this reread a listen...

Students work with BJ from the ESC on creating with 3D Doodlers. Working though a series of challenges to learn about how to use the pen and having independent design time provided for a session full of successes and try-agains!

2nd graders explored coding with non-digital tools. A question start used to spark interest "What is Coding?" We had lots of ? on our post-its. Vocabulary learned: developer, coder, algorithm, debugging, sequence. Students explored how computer science and coding will be an important skill to have for future careers. In groups of 3, they developed code to move a robot arm to successfully stack cups in a sequence. To start students learned a new language in 5 minutes! This language consisted of 5 arrows. They used two colored markers; one to write the code and one as their debugging tool. I asked students to be comfortable finding bugs in their code and then debugging the algorithm so the robot arm completes it's stacking task accurately. It was impressive to watch this group work so well together and take on a new challenge. See some of the fun below...

When the IDC becomes a classroom we have guest readers! This 5th grader did an amazing job as our "pop-up" storyteller from Mrs. Wilkins class!

Mr. Marshall's 4th grade class explores Ohio by taking an Ozobot on a vacation around their specific Ohio Region. This is a multi-curricular unit utilizing the research process, storytelling, identifying vacation spots, map design, Ozobot line drawing and Apple Clips to finalize the experience! Watch the final products below! These students worked so hard on this task...

Hilliard City Schools Portrait of a Learner initiative incorporates 5 competencies: critical thinkers, empathetic citizens, purposeful communicators, self-advocates and resilient learners. Teacher Eder and Mrs. Kibler led students and staff in a picture book selection experience that will provide a rich set of new and old books for each of the competencies in the IDC. Families, teachers and students are able to utilize this thoughtfully build resource to support our learners! See the plan, process and the work...

These two groupings of books are in a new forward-facing bin! These are picture books that would normally be found in the everybody picture book section. We have pulled these stories as they highlight the celebration of cultures and diversity! With brilliant illustrations and rich text, stop by to browse these books at home!

Students use creativity to transform pumpkins into book characters! Do you recognize any of your favorites??

Our Ridgewood community SHOUTS support for books and the importance of having quality, new books at home! The Scholastic book fair allows students to browse new titles, family favorites and oldies but goodies! One of the most valuable student experiences is partnering our reading role models with our youngest readers! These partnerships allow for rich communication around reading, making choices between favorites and lots of laughing and fun! Kindergarten and first graders take part in the partner experience with our 3rd-5th graders! Our next book fair will run May 7-17, the week before spring break! Thank you for all of the support! Scholastic dollars earned from sales go directly to students, teachers and the IDC collection.

Students in the fifth grade classes went on a field trip to ROTO! ROTO is a design firm that designes, fabricates, installs and brings to life interactive experiences for museums and attractions like COSI, the Columbus Zoo and the Smithsonian in Washington DC. The students explored the design process as ROTO shared how they designed a play structure for one of their clients. The students also were testers of some upcoming exhibits in museums and attractions around the United States. This experience allowed students to explore various careers, such as engineering, design, creativity & art, project, managing and more. Students also have the opportunity to ask the ROTOs various questions about their career and experiences. Every fifth grade at Ridgewood will be taking part in the ROTO experience this fall. We are so grateful for the opportunity, for our fifth graders to attend this field trip, and visit a one of a kind, design firm right here in neighboring Dublin, Ohio!

The IDC offers various experiences throughout the year that students explore as part of their IDC visit. The "Zones" support our digital curriculum, science and social studies standards, Wit and Wisdom connections and much more! Students never know what will be waiting for them to explore...

One of our focus' in the IDC is to support students with "reader's identity". What kinds of books keeps them reading? We begin with our youngest readers and continue through the years! With our addition of the Wit and Wisdom literacy curriculum, supplementing with reader's choice in the IDC has never been more important. What kinds of books keeps you reading? Ms. Miller's friends are excited about the book choices they are taking home...

The first several weeks of school we are ALL about iPAD distribution. Part of this process is chatting about the importance of digital wellness. Students create classroom iPad Promises as they build classroom community. Learn more...

Arms, Legs, Guts, Feet, Heart, and Head: Our beloved digital citizenship characters help younger students connect with our fun lessons and sing along with their favorite songs.

Today, we're helping kids get to know our friendly characters even better with our brand-new "Meet the Digital Citizens" videos and activities. Each lesson plan connects one of our characters to a foundational digital citizenship concept—in a way that's easy for little kids to understand.

Just like always, these new lessons are completely free, along with all of our resources for educators. C'mon by and meet the Digital Citizens today!

The Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon! Stock up on new and favorite books for summer reading!

May 10th-15th Classroom Previews

May 15th (12:30-3P) Buying Afternoon

May 16-18 (9:30-3P) Buying Days

May 9-22 Online Shopping- free shipping on book orders of $25

Students will bring home a wishlist from their preview day. It is just that...a wishlist. Books will not be held or and zero commitment to purchase.

Methods of Payment:

1. Scholastic eWallet- add money here

2. Cash

3. Check made out to Ridgewood PTO

Hatching chicks in the IDC has been a highlight for students and staff! Learning about their development in the egg and anticipating their arrival seems so long. Hatching and enjoying them comes and goes so quickly! The chicks have gone to great homes! We can't wait until next hatching season!

Technology is all around us. Devices like smartphones, computers, and tablets have vastly improved the way we learn, solve problems, and work in our daily lives. In our increasingly technology-rich world, it is essential that students are equipped to lead a balanced and healthy digital lifestyle for success in school, at home, and in their future careers.

Over the next month, we will explore the four facets of digital wellness: Well Being, Citizenship, Etiquette, and Safety. Each week we will send out ideas to help build digital wellness in student's lives. This week, let's talk about ways to develop Digital Well Being in students.

Settings to help students reduce notifications on their devices

https://wosu.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ways-to-Unplug-Reduce-Notifications-_-Well-being-1.pdf

If you would like a template for creating a family media plan, try this out.

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/fmp/Pages/MediaPlan.aspx

For more ideas on how build Digital Wellness skills in students, check this site out.

https://wosu.org/classroom/digital-wellness/parents-guide/

Kindergarteners are exploring various vehicles in this series by Kate & Jim McMullan. We identify author's purpose as being one of informing a reader as well as entertaining them. End pages often provide clues as to what the story will be about. From vehicle parts to the fun illustration of vehicles with human characteristics, this series provides us with lots of great conversation about why, what and how authors and illustrators creates books for all kinds of readers.

Free live read alouds from various authors. There are also past read alouds available to watch. Upcoming read alouds and dates below...

The IDC picture book section has a couple new collection groupings: STEM Mindsets; Beginning chapter books; Fractured Fairy Tales; Celebrating Cultures; Celebrating Diversity.

A recent boom in the creation of picture books that focus on storylines incorporating various cultural traditions; as well as, topics such as kindness, manners, bravery, the power of a name, etc. led us to grouping these books in one place in forward facing bins. Students enjoy browsing books in this way versus spine out. Teachers also encourage students to make connections such as text to self, text to text and text to world. Grouping the books makes it more efficient for all to grab books on these similar topics.

Fractured fairy tales are a play on traditional fairy tales. They are written by different authors and mixed in with all of the other picture books and harder to locate.

The beginning chapter books were spine out making it harder for our young readers to browse. We've placed these in forward facing bins as well to support an easier browsing experience.

STEM Mindsets are books by various authors that encourage exploration, creativity and thinking outside of the box.

Columbus-based H.E.R. Academy https://theheracademy.org/ is hosting a free virtual code camp for girls grades 3 through 12 on February 25-26, 2023

More info below...

Here is the registration link: https://form.jotform.com/220653768914161

Students have been exploring the topic of economics the last month in the IDC learning new vocabulary like needs/wants, good/services, consumers/producers.

In our first lesson, they identified the goods the Mouse asks for in Give A Mouse A Cookie, learned about Community Helpers: A guessing game (service jobs), tasted two kinds of cookies and voted on their favorite one by organizing the votes on ten-frames.

Our second lesson was all about being a consumer and purchasing tools to design or produce a toy or piece of furniture. Our inspiration came from empathy we built around a girl named Violet in the book by Peter H. Reynolds called Our Table. All of our learning culminated in the 2nd Annual 1st Grade Holiday Shop in the IDC where students earned money to purchase goods their classmates produced to sell. All classes produced goods in bulk or provided services for other classes to purchase. Students earned money in the classroom to purchase the goods and services. This unit serves as an authentic way to explore, learn and practice being positive members in our Ridgewood community!

And all through the cases,

So many fun books,

With lots of funny faces.

Pete the Cat & Dog Man

All the fan favorites.

Scary books and cookbooks,

Too many too choose for your quiet reading nook.

So head on down to the Book Fair,

Make choices with care,

Reading makes your brain wiser,

Imagination bolder & friendships stronger!

October 7-21 RGW Read-A-Thon...info. below

Book Fair

• October 10-18 Class Previews
• October 19-20 In School Buying Days 9A-3P,
• October 19th Book Fair late night buying event 4-7:30P
• October 11-24 Online Shopping
• eWallet information & video

Book Character Pumpkin Patch in the IDC

• October 24-28

Please make sure to support your child in updating their iPad as there is a critical security update. Starting Monday, iPads will lose access to Safari, camera and Canvas until the update is completed.

To update an iPad (install time around 15 min):

1. Open the Settings app
2. General
3. Software Update
4. Download and Install
5. If you are unable to download the update, it may be due to storage space on your iPad. To free up storage space, delete the Canvas app and reinstalling it from Self Service. Also delete any unnecessary videos from Photos before trying the update again.

5th grade students have been working with Seniora Brown in Spanish with designing el barrio (neighborhood) maps, learning Spanish vocabulary when describing el barrio. Students were storytellers by coding an Ozobot to travel el barrio performing purposeful color coded actions at each stop. SPANISH meets STEM! See pix below...

4th graders are learning Apple Clips which is a video editing tool. Students explored each app sharing tools and features. Coming up, this tool will be used to incorporate Ohio regions learning, Ozobots and more.

The IDC celebrates Hispanic/Latinx Heritage authors, illustrators and people this month and always with our wide variety of literature. An amate inspired creative zone will be available by drawing on a paper bag (bark) with Sharpie markers! Learn about and try some amate art...

Read Brightly highlights some children's and young adult literature...

Unite for Literacy is a website that offers ebooks for younger readers. What is really awesome is there are multiple languages that can be selected. It will then allow a reader to quickly switch back and forth from English to another language. Readers can also search by category and choose books of interest. There are books of favorite songs like Peanut Butter and Jelly, joke books and much more. Give it a try! https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/

StorylineOnline.net is a website where actors read children's books we all know and love! When prompted choose SCHOOLTUBE to play the video instead of Youtube. Enjoy this fun and free resource! Here is Arnie the Donut written by Laurie Keller read by Chris O'Dowd.

The Innovation & Discovery Center (IDC) has been busy this first month of school! From iPad distribution to IDC orientations. It is such a joy to meet new friends and see familiar faces!

Our space is full of classics, new releases, favorites and treasures yet to be discovered. Kids in a candy shop with so many options and opportunities to fall in love with reading. This leads me to our philosophy regarding book selection. Readers choose books for many purposes. We believe in the power of choice!

Discovering and engaging the reader's identity is a lifelong journey. Reader's identity is "fancy" for understanding the kinds of books one likes to read. It is individual to all of us. The more a student understands their reader's identity the more they will be motivated to read. The more reading risks they take, the broader their reading pallet. Reading exposes children to many kinds of writing which improves their own writing skills. The opportunity to explore and deepen passions...priceless! Tomie dePaola said, "If you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything."

~ Mrs. Kibler // Innovation & Discovery Specialist

Empowering students to choose boosts confidence and most importantly validates his/her own reader's identity and purpose for book selection. Join me in providing the opportunity and time to choose!

August 18-29 iPad Rollout

Sept 1-9 IDC Orientations

Sept 12 IDC opens for groups

Oct 10-21 Fall Book Fair

Oct 24-28 Book Character Pumpkin Patch

All students K-5 will be issued a district iPad to borrow for this school year. I say "borrow" because they are district property and are on loan. Some need to knows:

1. Students will review and sign with me, Mrs. Kibler, the One2One Responsibilities Promise at roll-out. The items included are below and remind students of their responsibilities as a digital learner part of a community that spreads kindness behind the screen.

2. iPad Technology Protection Plan (TPP) $25

We recommend enrolling each student’s iPad in the TPP program to protect you from costs due to damage and loss of the loaned iPad equipment while in your care at school or home. Click here to learn more about the TPP. To enroll and purchase the plan, click here. This needs to be completed by August 26. Feel free to contact the main office at 614-921-6100 if you need assistance. (note: covers iPad only, not cord or brick)

3. Every student is provided one charging cord and brick in grades 1 and 5. If breakage occurs, you will replace the cord and or brick on your own. These accessories are not covered with the TPP above.

We will begin the school year with new books that Teacher Eder (3rd gr) curated for our emerging readers introducing diversity in many ways. We also have a selection from the spring Scholastic book fair! See below...

The students at RGW engaged in an author Zoom introducing the book BE...with author Niki Spears (Energy Bus collaborator) and Nanny Nikki Music. Students listened as Niki read the book and prompted discussion about Rosa Parks. Nanny Nikki led the students through sing-a-longs! Staff and students alike highly enjoyed this special opportunity! Students continue to apply the learning in the IDC by making handprints with words for how they will be the change they want to see. Thank you to Mr. Buchman for reaching out to his longtime friend Niki Spears and setting up this opportunity for all.

Students in Mrs. Dickmann's kindergarten class came to the IDC to share their hard work with researching about shells and fox. A classmate brought back shells from a beach vacation and each student received one and researched about shells. The remaining shells were donated to the IDC for other students to enjoy! It was fun to learn about fox and shells as the students read aloud and continued revising their research in the IDC! See images below...

It's surprising the games we all grew up on and loved that our RGW students haven't played them. Some students have and helped to make a video of how to play. Such great opportunities for sharing taking turns, counting and following directions.

The Scholastic Book Fair earned us bonus points we use as money at the Scholastic store. We ordered $2,000 worth of new books for the IDC. Woo Hoo!

4th graders in Mrs. Cave's class designed ugly sweaters and wrote a 5 paragraph persuasive essay as to why their sweater should win the contest. Students researched the history behind this holiday favorite and brainstormed what makes a sweater "ugly"? Come to the IDC to see, read about these ugly sweaters and VOTE on your favorite!

Explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a couple tools in the IDC. See how bot learns from your drawings in Google's Quick, Draw! Clean up the ocean with this CODE.org task called AI for Ocean. Create your own music with AI Duet and watch as the AI creates a duet with your note choices! Come to the IDC and give them a try!

This year's theme for Doodle for Google is "self care". Create an original design supporting this year's theme with the GOOGLE letters. Bring to the IDC and we will help you enter. There are printed directions and forms also in the IDC. We have some real artists here at RGW! Let's show off our skill! Thanks to Ms. St. Pierre our gifted coach for recommending!

Students have been observing live eagle cams in the IDC. We watched two aeries (nests) in Florida with 2 eggs and one in North Carolina with 2 eaglets. Students are adding post-it notes with "I know..", "I wonder...", I notice...".

Try a live cam...

Learn more about eagles...

Students are using the LCD microscopes to observe prepared slides of insect and plant parts. They are working with the zoom to get a crisp image to learn from. Science Rocks!!

5th graders in Ms. Hall's class enjoyed Morning Meeting in the IDC on 12/16 where we discussed EMPATHY and related to being uncomfortable during uncertainty. This, along with Design Thinking, supported our work as designers in a table creating challenge. We empathized with a girl name Violet in the new picture book by Peter H. Reynolds titled Our Table. The students were inspired to design, ideate, prototype and test a table they created out of various materials. Some groups used iPads to design or paper and pencil. Communication, collaboration, laughing and problem solving led to 6 creative tables. Students will extend their learning by determining how much to sell each table by taking time and materials into consideration. Embedding economics and mental wellness into a fun design challenge makes learning meaningful and curricular. It was awesome to have a visit from our very own Superintendent Mr. David Stewart and elementary curriculum director Herb Higginbotham!

The 1st grade students at RGW learned, created and applied economics knowledge throughout the month of December in a 3 part series of lessons. We used a couple clips from the movie Home Alone to see a kid, just like our first graders, acting in his community as a consumer.

Part 1: Students learned about goods and services. We identified goods in the story If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Students chose one GOOD to illustrate and then used it to graph their favorite cookie organized by ten-frames, chocolate or white chocolate sprinkle. Students enjoyed the taste test the best! We read Whose Hands Are These- A Community Helpers book, and took part in a game to find a SERVICE match. Kevin, from Home Alone, visited the grocery story and traded money for GOODS he needed. The cashier provided a SERVICE by helping Kevin purchase the GOODS. She was a tad confused as to why a 9 year old was shopping alone.

Part 2- Students continue their economics unit learning about consumers and producers. We watched a short clip with our friend Kevin trying to purchase a quality toothbrush and the consequences of not trading money for his GOOD. Remember, Kevin accidentally stole the toothbrush when he was scared of the neighbor. The students engaged in a designed challenge that had them acting first as a consumer buying materials with 10 pennies to create a toy which they would then sell as a producer. CREATIVITY is not lacking with these PRODUCERS using Duplo blocks and wooden planks limited in number by the amount they could purchase with 10 pennies. Economics sure is fun!

Our economics lessons in the IDC led to a 1st grade store where the students EARNED dimes and pennies (1st grade coins) throughout the month of December, created handmade GOODS, designed SERVICES to perform and enjoyed a fun afternoon BUYing and SELLing to staff and other 1st graders. To say the students were excited to design GOODS in their classroom to sell to friends is an understatement. Everyone enjoyed this grand finale to their economics unit that had them applying all of the knowledge learned!

...3rd graders at RGW explored the folklore genre: fables, folktales, tall tales, myths, legends and fairytales. Students browsed various piles of books identifying aspects to determine which part of folklore that pile represented. There is a specific section of the Dewey Decimal System in the IDC 398.2 where students can find more folklore. Each student chose a book to extend learning at home. Everyone lived happily ever after!

Mrs. Heeter's 2nd graders explored the new picture book Change Sings by Amanda Gorman & Loren Long. The author Amanda Gorman wrote this book because of how young children are the voices of identifying issues and are the makers of change. This 4 part exploration in the IDC started with reading and discussing the story. Students were asked to make a text to self connection by reflecting and identifying a time they acted on change: picked up trash, helped a sibling, donated money. Students took part in a Flipgrid live event with the author and illustrator. This opportunity was invaluable as we learned about why Amanda wrote this anthem, how Loren used the text as inspiration for illustrating the pictures and took a selfie with them both. Our culminating task had students create and share a Piccollage with their peers that illustrated the change they sing in their lives. This was an inspiring experience for both students and teachers! The Ridgewood IDC has 2 copies of the book Change Sings. Come down to borrow it today! See our selfie below...

The Innovation and Discovery Center provides ample opportunities to explore, create, discover and learn. We are leveraging our Ridgewood partnerships by empowering 3rd and 4th graders to support Kindergarteners and 1st graders with exploring the IDC space. While open-ended discovery opportunities are abundant, some of our tools in the space require understanding such as our Gravitrax. It is helpful to engage and communicate with others while learning various science concepts such as gravity. Our how-to-draw table is very popular as students gather and share drawing ideas. Steve Harpster, a visiting illustrator from a few years back, has great tutorials on drawing monsters, dragons, video games and more. By using light, shapes and a little imagination, students are designing towers and castles on the light table. Our Lego wall looks very similar to a place we all love...Ridgewood Elementary School based on the Google Earth image. Students are exploring origami, puzzles, tee art and more! Our plants are thriving with a grow light and plenty of carbon dioxide from the many daily visitors to the space. Coming soon are new book choices and resources as we honor Indigenous People. Ask your child to share their favorite painted pumpkin or zone from the IDC!

Our 1st annual Book Character Pumpkins were a success! We had 30+ painted pumpkins from individual students and classes! The entire Ridgewood family enjoyed watching as new pumpkins popped up in the patch each day! Thanks to all!

The Scholastic Book Fair was a HUGE success! Every student had the opportunity to start their long weekend with a new book. Teachers had $40 to spend for their classroom libraries. Watching as 4/5th students supported our younger readers with making wishlist book choices was refreshing and made our hearts full! THANK YOU Ridgewood families for supporting this fall's book fair. The excitement was overwhelming! Points earned were used to gift books to students and teachers. We also supplement the IDC with new books or update favorites!

We worked to get all the eWallet purchasers down to the fair. If your child has an amount remaining, typically under $2, they will have this available for the fair we will host in May.

You may continue to purchase online through 10/19. There is free shipping to your home for purchases over $25.

Thanks again & READERS MAKE LEADERS!

Mrs. Henshaw and Mrs. Kibler

Dear Parents and Families:

We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair. Hosted by Mrs. Kibler and Mrs. Henshaw in the Innovation & Discovery Center, this event is an opportunity for students of all ages to build their home libraries, enrich their reading diet, pursue their readers identity and further their love of reading. As always, all purchases benefit our students, teachers and IDC at Ridgewood Elementary!

✪ WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ✪

📚 10/7-10/12 Whole school preview days where wishlists are made // no buying

📚 10/13 BUYING DAY 8:30A-7:30P (prefer eWallet and credit card -- cash if necessary)

✪ Evening Event 4P-7:30P: We are requiring masks to shop the fair at our evening event on Wednesday, October 13th, 4:00-7:30P. Please also help us to keep our shopper limit to 16 people in the space at one time. Thank you for your understanding & for your patience.

There is also online shopping if you prefer. http://www.scholastic.com/fair

📚 10/14 BUYING DAY 8:30A-3:00P- last call

Our Book Fair offers a cash-free payment option called eWallet. It’s a convenient digital account that your child can use for shopping at our Fair. Grandparents, friends, and others can contribute, too! Read more on the back…

If you can’t make it to the Fair, then shop online at our school’s Virtual Book Fair. All orders ship directly to your home, and shipping is free for book orders over $25. Your online orders will also benefit our school. Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping. We’re excited to celebrate our love of books together at the Book Fair. We look forward to seeing your child(ren) there!

Here in the IDC, our goal is to empower students to engage multiple literacies to push the boundaries of education. Mr. Buchman, our principal, wants to "...create a space where we can offer learning experiences that were previously impossible." We encourage students in the Innovation in Discovery Center (IDC), to identify their learning purpose, leverage passions and share the story of their learning journey AKA their "why". We are taking personalized education to the next level. In the IDC we build on what our amazing teachers are accomplishing daily with the fundamentals. Amazon's Big Think partnership and TangerKIDS Grants will propel our work to inspire students to be digital storytellers and confidently share their hearts. A huge blessing is being awarded a grant through TangerKIDS to purchase a Padcaster Recording Studio. Brianne Knight came on September 22nd at 11A to present the award to the Ridgewood students. Through student agency, our learners will begin to command and create how they want their learning journey to be written and will be encouraged to shout it out. We are excited to get comfortable with the uncomfortable, dig deep into new learning and with the students taking THE LEAD, the possibilities are endless. Promoting student agency is how we show kids that we trust and believe that "they can"!