Ridgeview Spotlight! Read more to learn all about Mrs. Wilson, our Elementary Special Education Teacher.
Mrs. Jones has been awarded the Empowering Education Grant for $500 from Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative. The money is going to benefit the Junior High Book Club.
Mustang Spotlight! Meet Mr. Leinweber.
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=RIDGEVIEW
An Amazing 53 people have already made appointments to donate blood!
If there is a certain time that works best for you, and it is not open when you try to make an appointment, email astarks@ridgeview19.org, and will will get the appointment added for you!
Ridgeview-Lexington High School Track apparel store is now open!
Place order by Sunday, March 12
https://www.doubledownindustries.com/rltrack
(Junior High Track store will be opening soon)
Mustang Spotlight! Learn all about one of our favorite first grade teachers, Mrs. Langhoff.
Check out our first Mustang Spotlight, Ashley Benton!
Ridgeview High School Music Department presents Newsies Jr. on March 10 & 11 at 6:30 PM. Tickets are available at the door for $5.
Top Ridgeview musicians participated in the HOIC Honors Music Festival. Students spent the day rehearsing with other area musicians and two collegiate conductors. The day ended with a fantastic performance.
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There is still time to make an appointment for a life saving blood donation!
March Menus
Great day for Ridgeview volleyball.
The 7th grade knocked off the #3 seed Roanoke Benson in the first round of the regional 25-17, 25-20. They will know play on Monday at 5:30 in Benson vs Lexington.
The 8th grade went into the SVC tournament seeded last and came out champions of the consolation bracket (5th place) with a victory over Fisher 25-19, 25-20
8th grade volleyball team beat Epiphany 25-18, 18-25, 15-13 in the second round of the SVC tournament. They will play at 1:00 in Downs for the Consolation Championship.
Mr. Leinweber's Anatomy & Physiology class getting their hands dirty with a couple sets of pig hearts and lungs.
On Feb 14th, Lisa Maynard with OSF came to talk to Mrs. Schultz's High School Health Education class. The students are currently learning about the Nervous System. Lisa talked about brain/spinal cord importance, what causes the most brain/spinal cord injuries and what we can do to protect ourselves. On Feb 15th, Tony and his mother, Tammy, came to talk to the students about his horrific crash that he survived. He suffered a brain and spinal cord injury and lives to talk about it today. He shares the choices he made and how he learned to life live after his crash. We are so thankful for all 3 of them sharing their knowledge with our students.
Project Oz comes to Mrs. Schultz's JH 6th grade Health Education class on Thursday and Fridays. Project Oz partner's with young people to build a foundation that promotes safety, opportunities, and well-being in their lives. Mr. Bender does such a great job with the 6th graders and connects real life situations in the classroom. Today he talked about different stages of addiction, substance abuse, and tobacco/nicotine use.
National Honor Society and HS Student Council help with food packing in the elementary! They are super efficient and we are so thankful for the help!!
Chief Cooper of Colfax came to talk to Mrs. Schultz's Driver Education classes. He talked about:
-a variety of traffic laws and what to do when getting pulled over
-how to conduct yourself at a traffic stop
-what to do if you see an accident
-what to do if you are involved in an accident
-suspensions/revocations
-vehicle registration
-right of ways
-stopping for school buses
-reckless driving
-driving under the influence
-distracted driving
-Graduated Driving License - restrictions for 16 year old's
A huge thank you to Chief Cooper for taking the time to talk to our students here at Ridgeview!!
There's still time to make an appointment! Hope to see you here!
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FFA week can even be celebrated in English class. “Flufflebee” the hen came to visit since she appeared on the grammar practice slide.
