
Third grade artists are learning about Andy Warhol. The students are learning about collage.





Kindergarten artists are having fun painting birds.





Marshall remembers his schedule, navigates the school building, remembers rooms and recognizes people. A favorite part of his daily schedule is finding his buddies in the building and giving snuggles, sniffs and nuzzles!


Mustang word of the month was love--and these students worked hard to show love in their school!



🎉 Exciting News from Ridgeview Elementary! 🎉
Our Student Council has completed their first project, and it's been a HUGE success! 🏅
In just 15 days, we’ve collected 184 acts of kindness that have taken place across our school! 💖✨ From helping a friend to sharing a smile, our students have truly shown what it means to be kind!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Kindness Chain—together, we’re making Ridgeview a better place for all! 🙌 Let's keep the kindness going!
#RidgeviewPride #ActsOfKindness #StudentCouncil #KindnessLinksUsTogether


When the art teacher catches you building food sculptures. Now stop playing with your food.


Kindergarten artists are getting really good at watercolors and adding detail to their artwork! Come checkout their birds during Spark Fest.





Dear Parents and Guardians,
We truly value your opinions! The Illinois 5Essentials Survey is your opportunity to share feedback about Ridgeview schools, its teachers, and its administrators.
Please take a few minutes over the next few weeks to go to the web address below and complete the survey. Your feedback will help us improve Ridgeview for you, our students, and our community!
Finally, please know survey responses will NEVER be connected to you or your child. Responses are 100% confidential.
We have a goal to receive feedback from over 20% of our families. Please help us achieve that goal and thank you in advance for providing your input! The window is open from 2/18/2025 until 3/28/2025.
Link for parents to take the survey: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/

4W did a great job on the breakout boxes to wrap up our unit on Abe Lincoln!





March in the Mustang Café.

FFA coloring contest winners Ayden Carley-Smyth and Brooks Dockemeyer. They won a gift certificate to The Ice Cream Shop. Great job guys!




Last week, during FFA week, students brought in change to vote for a staff member that they wanted to kiss a pig! The winner was Mrs. McCormick. Thank you to all of the FFA members and to Ms. Zimmerman for including the elementary in FFA week. We had so much fun!




Ridgeview Pre-K will hold Pre-K screenings on Friday, March 14th. Your child should be 3 years old by the screening date. Please fill out the screening registration with the link below
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdVL6vt5VCSy4DIGEWk1BzkaA83a2wYIjTz1vYIszUpewUiuw/viewform

4th Grade wrapped up our Abraham Lincoln unit by decoding and solving the Breakout EDU boxes!










We are proud to have these student's representing Ridgeview! Generous, kind, hardworking and dedicated! Mustang award winners are celebrated--keep working hard! We see it!



Fourth grade is working hard on an Abe Lincoln breakout box challenge!





4th Grade Field Trip to Springfield
We visited the Capitol and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. Thanks to all the parents that joined us! We had a great day!








First grade artists are excited for you to see their clay snails in our upcoming art show called Spark Fest! Be sure to save the date: May 8.


Spring Picture Day is coming up on March 19, 2025! We will not be sending Order Flyers home with students this year. Be sure to preorder your pictures at inter-state.com/order and use Order Code 93542GF. Only students who preorder will be photographed.


The Pre-K classes enjoyed visiting the FFA petting zoo.