River Ridge Elementary -

Next week, September 14-18, we celebrate Arts in Education Week! Here's a rundown of all the creative fun next week.

🎨 MONDAY — MASTERPIECE MONDAY
Every Panda Is an Artist!
Students create a small piece of artwork during the day. Display student creations outside classrooms for a schoolwide Panda Art Walk.

🎵 TUESDAY — MUSIC MAKES US HAPPY
Feel the Beat!
Across the school we will play different styles of music during arrival, lunch, or transitions. Teachers can take a quick classroom song break and let students sing, clap a rhythm, or dance.

🌟 WEDNESDAY — DRESS LIKE AN ARTIST
Show Your Creative Side!
Students and staff can dress like an artist, musician, dancer, actor, or performer—or simply wear something colorful and creative.

🖍️ THURSDAY — CHALK THE RIDGE
Color Our School with Kindness!
Students create pictures and positive messages in chalk on our sidewalks. Rainy day option: create paper squares for one giant hallway mural.

🎭 FRIDAY — AVID DAY
A look into the future at career opportunities.

It is Fine Motor Friday in Mrs. Cox's K4 class! 🤚 Students worked on fine motor skills along with a glittery lesson on proper hand washing. They made Pom Pom ice cream cones, cut play dough, and made crazy hair with pipe cleaners and a colander. 🥰

Mrs. Jalbert’s Jammin’ Jellyfish dove into the world of watershed ecology and habitats! 🌎💧🦋 Our second graders had so much fun learning how living things depend on their habitats and how water connects everything in an ecosystem. We loved seeing their curiosity, thoughtful questions, and excitement as they explored today’s lesson! Learning about the world around us is always more fun when we can get hands-on! 💙🪼

Mrs. Cleveland’s class enjoyed a Bubbles & Chalk brain break with a whole lot of sun to brighten up their day! ☀️

Place value fun in Mrs. Wells' class today!

Mark your calendars for our upcoming Grandparents Breakfasts on October 19-21 from 8:00am-9:00am each day! Our days will be organized by student last names instead of grade levels this year:
October 19 - Last Names A-H
October 20 - Last Names I-P
October 21 - Last Names Q-Z

Twinning Tuesday in Mrs. Price's class! ❤️

Mrs. Jenkins' students enjoyed their Watershed lesson!

Mrs. Walker’s students enjoyed their flashlight Friday! 🔦

Enjoy your holiday and we'll see everyone back at school tomorrow.

🔦✨ Flashlight Friday was a bright idea in Mrs. Jalbert’s 2nd grade classroom! 🪼💙 The Jammin’ Jellyfish had so much fun turning off the lights, grabbing their flashlights, and enjoying a special reading adventure! 📚🔦 The students got cozy, settled in with their favorite books, and practiced their reading skills in a fun and exciting way. ✨📖 Way to shine, Jammin’ Jellyfish! 🪼💜

Officer Kelly reading to Mrs. Wheeler's wacky wombats this morning! 📚❤️

Unintentional twinning is still winning! Worked out great, even if they never planned it! ⭐

Math never tasted so sweet, Mrs. Cleveland's class used skittles to understand bar graphs! 😀

Don't forget to wear your college colors tomorrow!

Mrs. Cobb's class is working on Book Libs book reviews about their current favorites in the library this week.

Our Yearbook is now on sale! Go to https://shop.memorybook.com and use the School Code: 264302M. Order by 3/31/27 to reserve your copy for $25!!

Look at Ms. Mills’ class working hard in their math stations to learn the numbers 8 and 9! 🐼

Join us for our second Open House for Grades 4K, 1st, 3rd, and 5th on Tuesday, September 15⋅from 5:00pm – 6:15pm.

Join us for our first Open House for Grades PCD, K5, 2nd, and 4th on Monday, September 14⋅from 5:00pm – 6:15pm.