River Ridge Elementary -

Congratulation to our Spelling Bee Champion, Patrick Haith. Patrick is a fifth grader at River Ridge. He will now represent our school in the District Spelling Bee in January 20...

Students will be dismissed at 11:25AM on Friday, December 20th for a half day of school and the beginning of the Winter Holidays Break. Lunch will be served to students before di...

Congratulations to Maria Muziciuc and Mia Ghowanlu! Their artwork is featured on this year's River Ridge Holiday card. Maria is a 5th grader and Mia is a 3rd grader. We are so pr...

Congratulations to our Spelling Bee Classroom Winners for Grades 4 and 5! These students will move onto the School Spelling Bee on December 18. The winner of the School Spelling B...

Our Winter Break with no school will be December 23, 2024 - January 6, 2025. Students return to school on January 7, 2025. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday break.

Congratulations to Yana Tsvyd, a 5th grader at River Ridge, for winning the 2024 District Five Holiday Card artwork contest! Yana's playful gnomes, full of bright colors and hol...

December will be Merry and Bright at River Ridge! Students are invited to join in the holly jolly fun with these optional events all month long. Choose to do as many or as few of ...

Our Thanksgiving Holiday Break will be November 27-29. There will be no school on these three days.

Congratulations to Finley Moore, Scarlet Wade, Gwen Yarborough , and Quinn Whitaker! These four students have been named to the 2025 South Carolina Elementary Honor Choir. They wi...

Congratulations to Mrs. Dianna Bembenek on being named River Ridge's Distinguished Literacy Teacher of the Year! Mrs. Bembenek is a long time member of our second grade team. He...

As much of our community is still recovering from Hurricane Helene, District Five Schools has announced a plan for students and staff to return to school. As of this weekend, all...

Due to the impact and damage caused by Tropical Storm Helene, all District Five schools will be closed on Monday, September 30, and Tuesday, October 1. Our District Five team wil...

Due to the potential impact from Hurricane Helene, Friday, September 27, will be an e-Learning day for all District Five students and staff. All schools and buildings will be clos...

The Reading Culture Trailblazer award is granted to schools with over 75% of their students logging reading through Beanstack each school year. Beanstack believes that schools tha...

River Ridge Second Grade teacher, Amanda Huss, was recently recognized as an outstanding teacher and honored in a digital exhibit of educators by the Spartanburg County Foundation...

In observance of the Labor Day Holiday, students will not attend school on Monday, September 2,2024. We hope everyone has a wonderful three day weekend!

K4 AND K5 STAGGERED START INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES In order to help with assessments, K4 and K5 will have a staggered start to the school year. Students assigned to Group 1 will ...

As the 2024-25 school year approaches, Spartanburg District Five Schools is pleased to announce that all elementary school students will receive free breakfast and lunch this schoo...

Meet the Teacher will be Thursday, August 8, 2024, by appointment. Teachers will be in touch with families to make the appointments later in the summer. The first day of school fo...

Dr. Glenda Bigby, principal of River Ridge Elementary, was recognized for her 50 years in education at the June 24th District Five Schools Board of Trustees meeting. South Caroli...