River Ridge Elementary -

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...

Summer Office Hours : Tuesday, May 28-Friday, June 1 from 7:00am-4:00pm (Regular Hours). Starting June 3, our Office will be open Monday-Thursday from 7:00am-5:00pm. Our Office...

Start today off with a good habit for the whole summer....READ! Research shows that reading at least 20 minutes a day helps prevent the summer slide. The summer slide is a loss of...

Congratulations to Faith Burnett, our Superintendent’s Citizenship Award winner for 2024! Faith, a fourth grader, is well liked by all her classmates. She works hard for her tea...

Congratulations to our Terrific Kid of the Year, Alex Mialik! Alex is a fourth grader who loves math and recess. He enjoys playing soccer and is looking forward to playing flag fo...

Cheers of joy and celebration could be heard throughout the halls of River Ridge Elementary School today, as art teacher, Lorie Goode, was awarded the District Five 2024-25 Teache...

The South Carolina College-and Career-Ready Assessments (SC READY) are statewide assessments in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics for 3rd and 4th graders in our school. ...

Third Graders brought their research project to life with their annual Wax Museum on March 27. Students have been researching and reading biographies of famous figures from the p...