Ridgeview Jr./Sr. High School

These FFA members took time out of their busy finals week to end the semester by serving at Midwest Food Bank. Members packaged, labeled, and boxed up instant mashed potatoes that will be delivered to food pantries! We ended the night with a good meal at Chick-Fil-A thank you to the alumni for purchasing everyone's meal!

HS student council and NHS members finished food packing for the 1st semester. This helps our community and teaches students the importance of volunteering and serving others!

Congratulations to Lily Sandage on being the Stampede Student Section Student of the Game! Lily was in attendance at the boys game when her name was drawn - she won $100! The next drawing will be Friday, December 19th after the 3rd quarter! Thank you to the Ridgeview Athletic Boosters for sponsoring the Student of the Game!

Stephanie McClure has been approved to be the new Head Coach of the Lexington-Ridgeview High School Softball program! Information to sign up for the season for those interested in playing will be coming out soon!

Congratulations to our Illinois State Scholars! Carly Chase, Alex Kennedy, Gabi Wagoner, and Josephine Deuel

Illinois State Scholars represent roughly the Top 10% of Illinois high school graduates determined using a formula that calculates a combination of the ACT/SAT test scores, class rank and GPA.

The Basketball and Wrestling apparel stores have reopened!

The Ridgeview Basketball apparel store will be open through Sunday, December 14th
https://www.doubledownindustries.com/rhsbball

The Ridgeview-Lexington Wrestling apparel store will be open through Wednesday, December 17th
https://www.doubledownindustries.com/rlwrestling

Save the date! Saturday, March 14th, 2026 is the 23rd Annual Ridgeview FFA Alumni Auction! New this year we have grown out of the South Gym and will be moving to the High School Gym!

This week the FFA attended the Section 9 Agronomy and Dairy Foods contests. The Agronomy team identified weeds, seeds, equipment, insects, and judged rings of corn and soybeans. 🌱🐞🪳🌾🚜 The Dairy Foods team identified Cheese, milk defects, dairy vs non dairy, California Mastitis Test, and an industry exam. 🧀🧈🥛🐄

At the half, the JV girls basketball 🏀 game the Mustangs lead the Timberwolves of Cissna Park by score of 19-12.

The annual food drive needs your help!!!! Bring in your non perishable or cash donations until Dec 12th!

Winter/Christmas dress up days for the JH and HS students.

The Ridgeview Ag Department is excited to have new soil mixing carts in the greenhouse. We received the Acorn grant from the Bloomington-Normal Garden Club at the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation. We are excited for the new carts to help us mix soil and speed up the process of filling up pots with soil. 🌱

Attention Ridgeview Fans - all games for tonight (Monday, December 1st) have been postponed - High School Girls Basketball at home, JH Boys Basketball at PBL, 8th Grade Girls Basketball Regional at Rantoul St Malachy - have all been postponed due to the weather. We will update the Activity Calendar once games have been rescheduled.

Don't forget to order your Ridgeview Mustangs apparel! Orders will arrive before Christmas.

https://www.doubledownindustries.com/ridgeview

Resources, Resources, Resources!

Congratulations to the Students of the Month for October: Ethan Burgess and Kael Jamison

Meet the Ridgeview FFA Officer Team for this year! They have been working hard to make the best opportunities for our chapter. Spotlights created by Reporter Kamryn Rinkenberger.

Mr. Leinweber's A&P, Contemporary Biology, and Biology 2 classes along with the Ridgeview STEM club took a trip to the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry on Friday to see the "YOU!" exhibit and more. We left the high school pretty empty, but our minds were full!!!