Good afternoon, Rocket families!
This is Erika Bower, Superintendent of Ridgedale Local Schools, where our mission is to empower students to reach their full potential while focusing on learning, safety, partnerships with our community, and fiscal responsibility.
Please note our one call is going out early today as the FFA Banquet is happening today at 1pm! Don’t forget that there is no school tomorrow, Monday, April 8 as it is a scheduled professional development day for our staff. On Tuesday, jr. high and high school track and high school softball and baseball will all compete at home while jr. high softball will play at Lincoln Park. On Wednesday, jr. high softball will play at Lincoln Park. There are many events on Thursday. Jr. high track will compete at North Union, varsity softball and baseball will play at home, and jr. high softball and baseball will play at Lincoln Park. On Friday, mobile dentist will be here. In addition, varsity track will compete at North Union. We will also be hosting our first annual Sharon Burkett Memorial Talent Show. This is a district-wide show that will take place in the elementary school starting at 5pm. Admission for adults is $5, and students are free with school ID. There will be a concession stand set up for purchase. All proceeds go to the Sharon Burkett Art and Music Scholarship Fund! On Saturday, jr. high softball and baseball will play at Lincoln Park. We invite you to attend our board meeting on Monday, April 15 at 5:30pm. We will be holding this meeting in the lab at the jr./sr high. There will be a presentation about safety measures on our campus. We hope you can join us.
State testing will start the week of April 15. This is a time for students and staff to demonstrate their learning. Jr/sr high families should take note of the specific schedules and procedures for students on testing days. On these days please make sure that students arrive at school on time, get plenty of sleep the night before, eat breakfast (at home or school), and bring their chromebook to school charged. You may contact Mrs. Murphy, Ms. Parthemore, or Mr. Burris with any testing questions.
We encourage you to follow our LiveFeed on our website as well as social media to watch all of the amazing work being done! You can also find events on the Google Calendar on our website.
We are hiring! We have full time positions for an intervention specialist, a foreign language teacher, an integrated science teacher, and a school nurse. Or, consider becoming a substitute in our schools! You can join our team as a substitute aide, teacher, cafeteria worker, custodian, secretary, and/or bus driver. Please fill out an application on our website, and we will contact you to set up the next steps.
Thank you for all you do for our students, our staff, and our community! Make it a great week, and Go, Rockets!