November 15 is School Board Members Day in Illinois.
The role of volunteer school board members is essential, and their decisions shape the future of our community school district. Let's give them the recognition they have earned!
Our current board members are:
Jeffrey Harris - President
Andrew Harper - Vice President
Pam Rathke - Secretary
Katelyn Jones-Hamlow
Jamison Mosley
Kevin Mason
Preston McNamara
Thank you, Ridgeview CUSD #19 Board of Education! We appreciate you!
Happy National Kindness day!!! This friend's shirt is Marshall approved! Kindness matters! Have a great day.
Kindergartners are working with Play-Doh in art class. They made whatever they wanted. Mrs. Hoffert prepared us for clay next week. Taking Play-Doh home is cool!
Students are making clay snails, pinch pots and coil pots in art class.
Marshall's friends are coming from the YWCA to teach our students the first week of December! Be on the lookout for a letter coming home with your students--it has all of the details!
Happy Veterans Day from Ridgeview to you! Thank you to all of our veterans for your service and dedication to our country! We appreciate you not only today, but every day!
The Ridgeview General Spirit Wear store is now open! Orders due by Friday, November 22 Order will be delivered to the school before winter break just in time for Christmas. If you are ordering as a gift, put a note in the "additional information" box and we will keep it a secret and call you when the order is in. https://www.doubledownindustries.com/ridgeview
Here they are! The first Mustang Award winners in November! Role models and positive peers--we see your great choices!
Books online provide another way to enhance vocabulary and learning opportunities in the classroom. Marshall loves them because he gets extra snuggles! Marshall helps keep friends seated and focused and he learns lots from their classroom book discussions after watching!
REMINDER: Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade families....Please sign up for the Thanksgiving lunch if you plan to attend. Please click the following link to register by 11/13 to ensure the proper amount of food is prepared.
https://forms.gle/dN4mXqn1Mv8cr3ESA
Each lunch will be $4.25. Pre-payment is preferred through skyward.
We are looking forward to our K-2 families joining us!
Kindergarten loved learning about pumpkins with the help of students in Ag. We even made our own pumpkins with facts on them!
1st grade had a blast building with apples to wrap up our unit learning all about apples!
Attention all local Veterans: Please RSVP by tomorrow, November 8th, for Ridgeview's Veterans Day Assembly. If you want to attend, please contact Jennifer Scaggs in the Elementary Office at 309-723-6531. We look forward to honoring you!
1st grade is winding down on their apple unit and a favorite thing to do is build apple towers.
November in the Mustang Café.
Mrs. Beck's class created ostinatos to accompany The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything. Click the link to view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13rBr_QLi6WB1MJhGQ2xPrIl4t9FNvRZ2/view?usp=sharing
REMINDER: We have an early dismissal day tomorrow 10/31. We will dismiss at 2:05pm. There is no school on Friday, November 1, Monday November 4, and Tuesday, November 5. Enjoy your long weekend!
STANGS is putting on the annual Halloween dance this Friday, November 1st from 5:30-7:30.
Kindergarten enjoyed a Zoo to You program from the Miller Park Zoo. This helped us learn more about animals from our living things unit.
The Ridgeview School District invites all area Veterans to our annual Veterans Day Ceremony. If you plan on attending breakfast and the assembly event, please RSVP to Jennifer Scaggs by email to jscaggs@ridgeview19.org or by phone at 309-723-6531. We look forward to honoring all those who have served!
