Ridgewood March 2025 Newsletter

Vision: Academically, socially, and emotionally preparing today's students for tomorrow's world.

Mission: Ridgewood Elementary School will work collaboratively to provide a rigorous, standards-based, student-centered learning environment for all.

Core Values: Achievement, Equity, Integrity

March 31st - No School

April 9th - 11:30 Dismissal

April 10th - Ridgewood Family Culture Night, 4:30-5:30

April 16 & 17th - Dental Bus at Ridgewood

April 18th - No school

April 29th - Ridgewood Kindergarten Round Up, 1:15-2:00

May 7th - 11:30 Dismissal

May 28th - Last Day of School

Each Day We Strive To:

Be Respectful

Be Responsible

Be Safe

Ridgewood School will complete at least 25 paws on our school paw chart by giving their "Best Yes." How will we do this? If students are asked to do something, they will respond with an acknowledgement such as yes or ok and give their best effort on the task. Every 5 best yeses in the classroom will equal one golden paw on our hallway chart. When we reach 25 golden paws, we will celebrate with a Super Hero Day!

Ridgewood students had an assembly to celebrate all our hard work during our ST Math Challenge. We competed as a school to see which class had the most puzzles gained. We also competed against the Rock Island Center for Math and Science to see which school had the most puzzle growth. Mrs. Layer's 2nd Grade class had the most puzzles achieved at Ridgewood. Way to go! The Rock Island Center for Math and Science had the most puzzles achieved. Great job RICMS! Even though we didn't win the competition, Ridgewood did an amazing job. As a building, we gained 197,000 puzzles and showed 65% growth. To celebrate our growth, Ms. Peterson and Mr. Von Thun received a pie in the face at our assembly. Mrs. Layer's class also received a party for being the winning class. Way to go Ridgewood for all your hard work!

We wanted to inform you about our upcoming dental bus that will be coming to Ridgewood to perform a free dental exam, teeth cleaning, and possible sealants for children if they qualify. The dental bus will be at Ridgewood on April 16th and 17th. Your student should have brought home a yellow packet that provides information on the program that is provided by Bethany for Children and Families called "Give Kids a Smile Mobile Dental Clinic," as well as consent form. If you are interested in your child getting these FREE services please fill out and sign the consent form to see if they qualify for the program. The form needs to be returned to school by Wednesday April 9th. If you have any questions or need another copy of the form, please reach out to our school nurse, Mrs. Pauwels or the office. Thank you.

Ridgewood will be holding Kindergarten Round Up for families who have incoming Kindergarteners for the 2025-2026 school year on Tuesday, April 29th from 1:15-2:00 in the Ridgewood Gym.

Thank you to everyone who completed the 5 Essentials Parent Survey! We value your feedback!

BPAC members must be parents or legal guardians of children enrolled in a TBE program or Transitional Program of Instruction, transitional bilingual education teachers, counselors, and representatives from the community.

We would love to see you there!

Thank you to everyone who attended our PTO informational meeting. We have a few people who are interested in taking the lead to get a PTO up and running again at Ridgewood. We will be working behind the scenes to get the organization up and running. If you are interested in supporting the PTO in future events, be on the lookout for future meeting dates. Thank you for all your support!

When dropping off and picking up your child in the drop off/pick up lane, please stay in your car so that the car line keeps moving. If you are looking to get out of your car, please park in an available spot or along the street. Please do not pass along the left side after you have dropped off or picked up your child. This can be dangerous, as we have students that could be crossing in the crosswalk or students that could be getting out of vehicles. Thank you for your cooperation!