🚨🚨🚨update: we need 15 more appointments to reach our goal 🚨🚨🚨
Please help us reach our goal and a senior earn a scholarship!!
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🩸 Join Us for the Blood Drive! 🩸
HS student council and NHS are hosting the annual Blood Drive on Tuesday, March 10th from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM in the High School Gym, and we need your help!
Every donation has the power to save lives and it all starts with you. 💪❤️
Please take a few minutes to sign up and make a difference for those who need it most. Let’s show how strong our school community can be when we come together! Your donation also helps a senior earn a scholarship! If you have questions, please ask Mrs. Schultz or Mr. Riggins.
10 days left until the 23rd Annual Ridgeview FFA Auction. Join us Saturday, March 14th for a night full of fun, community, and awesome auction items! We have tons of amazing baskets and items donated from Reinharts, Cummins, Illinois Beef Producers, ISU Ag Department, SF Welding, and Bayer Farmer City. Here’s a little sneak peek at what you could take home. More pictures coming everyday until auction night you wont want to miss it! New this year we are going to be holding this auction in the High school Gym.
🩸 Join Us for the Blood Drive! 🩸
HS student council and NHS are hosting the annual Blood Drive on Tuesday, March 10th from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM in the High School Gym, and we need your help!
Every donation has the power to save lives and it all starts with you. 💪❤️
Please take a few minutes to sign up and make a difference for those who need it most. Let’s show how strong our school community can be when we come together! Your donation also helps a senior earn a scholarship! If you have questions, please ask Mrs. Schultz or Mr. Riggins.
Ridgeview will be taking a fan bus to the Boys Sectional game at Danville Schlarman Academy on Wednesday, March 4th. The bus will leave Ridgeview at 5:00pm and return after the game. All JH and HS students that would like to ride the fan bus need to bring $10 and a signed permission slip to the HS office by 10am on Wednesday morning. This will cover the cost of the ride and their ticket for the game. Permission slips are available in the HS office or can be printed from the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZF6sCiKWigIclscBAtbxuH4290KCwKED/view?usp=drive_link
A couple weeks ago the Landscape Design class put together 35 flower arrangements for the center pieces at the McLean County Farm Bureau Night for Ag. Thank you to the McLean County Farm Bureau for allowing our students this awesome opportunity!
An updated 2026-2027 School Calendar has been posted to our District Calendar webpage. You can always find the most current version here: www.ridgeview19.org/page/district-calendar
NOW OPEN!
Ridgeview FFA Senior Scholarship and Post Graduate FFA Scholarship available. Scholarships are due March 31st, 2026.
Senior Scholarship:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hg-EGU-mHsy2KV1shpiQcwI1aX-hfGNHKd7IP48mOi0/edit?usp=sharing
Post Graduate Scholarship:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwGFXEkf_Aet-1FsqnSIlSniRjyn0l2VlPeEg-ydPZI/edit?usp=sharing
Email Ms. Zimmerman with any questions!
Ridgeview FFA Senior Scholarship and Post Graduate FFA Scholarship available. Scholarships are due March 31st, 2026.
Senior Scholarship:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hg-EGU-mHsy2KV1shpiQcwI1aX-hfGNHKd7IP48mOi0/edit?usp=sharing
Post Graduate Scholarship:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwGFXEkf_Aet-1FsqnSIlSniRjyn0l2VlPeEg-ydPZI/edit?usp=sharing
Email Ms. Zimmerman with any questions!
The FFA wrapped up FFA Week! Below are a few highlights from the week.
🌱Ag In the Classroom
🌟 Staff Appreciation Lunch
🚜 Drive your tractor to School Day
🍩 FFA Member Breakfast sponsored by the Ridgeview FFA Alumni
🏀Teachers vs Students Basketball game
🐣 Chick Races
🐷 Kiss a Pig
We had a great week celebrating FFA week!
Ridgeview beats Lexington 47-46 in OT to claim the regional championship! Mustangs move on to play Decatur Unity Christian at 7:00pm on Wednesday at Danville (Schlarman). Congratulations to all players and coaches, and a huge thank you to all that came out to show their support.
🩸 Join Us for the Blood Drive! 🩸
HS student council and NHS are hosting the annual Blood Drive on Tuesday, March 10th from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM in the High School Gym, and we need your help!
Every donation has the power to save lives and it all starts with you. 💪❤️
Please take a few minutes to sign up and make a difference for those who need it most. Let’s show how strong our school community can be when we come together! Your donation also helps a senior earn a scholarship! If you have questions, please ask Mrs. Schultz or Mr. Riggins.
Yesterday was the annual FFA Petting Zoo. Over 200 students went through the petting zoo today! The animals were tired after the busy day! A huge thank you to all of the families that provided animals!🐷🐂🐣🐶🦆
Piglets- Getty Farms
Lambs- Knittle Livestock
Calf- Erdman Dairy
Bunny- Zander Garner
Goats- Thorndyke Family
Pigeon- Kirkpatrick Family
Duck- Chay Fisher
Chicks
Dog- Ms. Zimmerman
FFA Week Deere Hunt Day #4
Find the location of the tractor and send in a picture with the tractor to the FFA Facebook or Instagram! Or email czimmerman@ridgeview19.org for a chance to win!
FFA Week Deere Hunt Day #3
Find the location of the tractor and send in a picture with the tractor to the FFA Facebook or Instagram! Or email czimmerman@ridgeview19.org for a chance to win!
Tonight the FFA held their 1st annual ABCs of CDEs game night! Students participated in a variety of mini CDE contests to learn more about CDEs and the careers that they could lead to. Below are the top 3 performers of the night! 🐂🧀🧃
🏆1st Kane Aupperle
🥈2nd Carter Beck
🥉3rd Noah Hastings
FFA Week Deere Hunt Day #2
Find the location of the tractor and send in a picture with the tractor to the FFA Facebook or Instagram. Or email czimmerman@ridgeview19.org for a chance to win!
Mrs. Schultz's HS health class practice learning the bones of the skeletal system with a fun play-dough activity! Students are able to work in groups and have hands on learning!
Ridgeview Spring Sports are starting!
Order your Ridgeview Baseball Apparel by March 6th - https://www.doubledownindustries.com/rhsbaseball
Order Ridgeview-Lexington HS Track apparel by March 13th - https://www.doubledownindustries.com/rltrack
Order your Ridgeview Baseball Apparel by March 6th - https://www.doubledownindustries.com/rhsbaseball
Order Ridgeview-Lexington HS Track apparel by March 13th - https://www.doubledownindustries.com/rltrack
Happy National FFA Week!
Throughout the week (Monday - Friday) we will be hosting a “Deere” hunt throughout Colfax. Each day a hint will be posted on the FFA Facebook and Instagram pages for people to go to a local business and get their picture taken with the John Deere Tractor toy. The picture should then be sent to the Instagram or Facebook page or emailed to czimmerman@ridgeview19.org for a chance to win $30 in gift cards to local businesses.
Tomorrow also, begins our annual Kiss A Pig contest! 🐷Collection jars will be out to bring in your change to add to the teacher of your choice. The teacher with the most money will have to kiss the pig!
All money raised will be donated to the Midwest Food Bank.💰
Here are this years nominees:
High School
🐽 Mr. Kennedy
🐽 Mrs. Meints
🐽 Mrs. Becker
🐽 Mr. Scholp
🐽 Mr. Malinowski
Elementary
🐽 Mr. Mitchell
🐽 Mrs. Johnson
🐽 Mx. Perfect
🐽 Officer Thorndyke
🐽 Mrs. McCarty
Who will Kiss the Pig?🐷🐽
Yesterday HS students and staff participated in the Delay of Game Fundraiser for the HS student council. Students brought in loose change to their 4th hour teacher to "delay the game" aka stall class time from starting. The teacher counts all the change and when they are done, class can resume. If the teacher doesn't finish counting all the change during 4th hour, they had to wear a silly hat the rest of the school day!!! Students raised 217 dollars today!! Great job!!
Congratulations to our HOIC Art Winners and participants! We have 10 students attending the HOIC conference on Feb. 27th and you can see 5 of the students pieces at the Student Galleries at ISU. If you would like to look at the online gallery you can follow this link https://2026heartofillinoisartexhibition.artcall.org/ to the website to see all of the pieces submitted.
Congrats to Alex Kennedy for getting Best in Sculpture! Carly Chase, Nova Connell, Josephine Deuel, and Caitlan Ritter won Honorable mentions for their pieces! (HOIC awards only award a best in category and then the HM's are given to students who would have won 2-4th).
Congrats to Alex Kennedy for getting Best in Sculpture! Carly Chase, Nova Connell, Josephine Deuel, and Caitlan Ritter won Honorable mentions for their pieces! (HOIC awards only award a best in category and then the HM's are given to students who would have won 2-4th).
