Ridgedale Local School District

CONGRATULATIONS Rocket Boys Basketball on their JV and Varsity wins over Delaware Christian. Great job boys!❤️🏀💙

Please check out this opportunity for our Junior/Senior High Students to receive services from TRIO Talent Search! What is TRIO Talent Search? Talent Search (TS) is an educational program serving students who are enrolled in any grade from six through twelve and who attend or live our district. TS is funded largely by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Please completely fill out this application. Please feel free to contact the Talent Search Office at (740) 725-4005 with any questions that you may have. We must have a completed application before a student can be selected to participate in this program. Program services include but are not limited to: academic advising and tutoring assistance in selecting high school courses mentoring career information and exploration activities ACT/SAT information and preparation college planning, including application assistance FAFSA, financial aid, and scholarship application assistance financial literacy, and visits to colleges and universities.

Rocket Basketball Changes! Tonight's HS Girls basketball game vs. Ridgemont 12/15 has been postponed. Makeup date TBD. Friday night 12/16 - HS Boys basketball game @ Ridgemont - ONLINE Ticketing ONLY - https://www.ridgemont.k12.oh.us/TicketBoxOffice.aspx Saturday 12/17 - HS Girls basketball game is postponed due to lack of numbers for Del. Christian. Makeup date is 1/24/23 @ 6pm. HS Boys Basketball will play Del. Christian as scheduled with JV game beginning at 5pm Monday 12/19 - JH Girls basketball game will be an 8th grade ONLY game due to illness at Centerburg. Game time will remain at 5pm. JH Boys will still play both 7th and 8th grade games @ 5pm.

Another phenomenal concert at the jr/sr high with the choirs and bands last night!

Bowling Results vs. Fredericktown Rocket Bowling!: Bowling Results RHS Boys Varsity lost to Fredericktown 1772 to 1797. High Game was Jayden Reynolds 182. Jayden had high series 337. Rocket Bowling!: Boys JV defeated Fredericktown 1441 to 1230. High game was Gage Osborne with a 186. Gage had high series with a 307. Rocket Bowling!: Girls Varsity lost to Fredericktown 1675 to 1741. High game was Aubrie Smith with a 191. Aubrie had high series with a 371. Rocket Bowling!: Girls JV lost to Fredericktown 871 to 1114. High game was Shayla Gaffney with a 135. Shayla also had high series with a 238.

Wonderful performance by K/1! A special thank you to all who helped clean up for a quick change to youth basketball!

Congratulations to the Rocket Freshman Boys Basketball team on their win over Kenton 25-16! Great job Rockets! ❤️🏀💙

NO JH Boys or Girls basketball games tonight 12/12 due to illness at Ridgemont. Those games will be rescheduled TBA.

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. Thank you for your help with the drop off routines for the jr/sr high students! We appreciate you using the gym doors on the lower level to ensure the safety of our students! Do you have a high school or college student who is interested in becoming a physician? Don’t forget to check out our website about the paid internship opportunity being provided by Marion General Hospital for students who are planning to enroll or are enrolled in a post-secondary, pre-med or medical program and are interested in becoming a physician and practicing in Marion, Ohio. If you haven’t checked out the YouScience aptitude survey results with your students who are in grades 6-12, be sure to take a look! You will not be disappointed with the wealth of information! Elementary students have been taking their mid-year iReady assessments! We are excited to see their growth! The week is finally here! The kindergarten and first grade Holiday Program is this Tuesday, December 13 at 6:30pm in the elementary gym. The jr/sr high winter program is on Wednesday, December 14 at 6pm in the high school gym. Check out all of the athletic events this week! They can be found on our website or download the app! Thank you for all you do for our students, our staff, and our community! Make it a great week, and Go, Rockets!

Tonight’s HS Girls Basketball game will now be a 6pm start due to NO JV game. Hardin Northern has both online ticketing or a cash gate. Tonight’s HS Boys game at Wynford is a 6pm JV start. Cash gate for admission. Good Luck Rockets! 💙🏀❤️

Great Job Rocket JH Basketball. Both 7th and 8th grade boys and girls defeated Elgin! ❤️🏀💙

Congratulations to the Rocket Basketball Teams 7th and 8th Boys and Girls were all victorious over Hardin Northern tonight. HS Girls defeated Crestline 34-28. Congratulations to Nathan Thiel - 1st Team All-Ohio and Brayden Townsend 2nd Team All-Ohio for football!! Proud to be a Rocket! ❤️💙

Great win, Lady Rockets!

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. We are continuing to monitor the drop off routines for the jr/sr high students. Please be sure to use the gym doors on the lower level to ensure the safety of our students. Thank you for your assistance with this change! Do you have a high school or college student who is interested in becoming a physician? The Medical Staff at Marion General Hospital is looking for students that are planning to enroll or are enrolled in a post-secondary, pre-med or medical program and are interested in becoming a physician and practicing in Marion, Ohio. This program is a paid internship and opportunity to work alongside physicians, advanced practice providers, and medical professionals in a hospital setting with the goal of returning to Marion General to practice in your hometown. Check out the full information on our website! We would love to see a Rocket have this opportunity! Speaking of career planning, don’t forget to ask your 6th-12th grade student about their YouScience aptitude survey results. Students can explore their aptitudes, review their career matches, find aptitude-based language for interviews, resumes, applications, and more! Plan ahead for the kindergarten and first grade Holiday Program on December 13 at 6:30pm in the elementary gym. The jr/sr high winter program will be on December 14 at 6pm in the high school gym. Check out all of the athletic events this week! They can be found on our website or download the app! Thank you for all you do for our students, our staff, and our community! Make it a great week, and Go, Rockets!

Bowling Results from this week! Boys lost to East Knox 1516 to 2182. Girls lost 1258 to 1563. Varsity girls defeated Mt. Gilead 1648 to 1222. Aubrie Smith has high Game with a 214 & high series 399. Boys lost to Mt Gilead 1612 to 2106. Bryce Harmon has high Game of 164 & high series 324.

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. I hope you have enjoyed time with your family and friends this week! As we are heading back to school tomorrow, we need your help with a very important safety issue! If you are dropping off jr/sr high students, please use the gym doors on the lower level. We have some families dropping off students at the north side of the building, which is causing safety concerns due to cross traffic. Please adjust your routine to drop students off at the gym doors. Deputy Woods will be out there to assist with this adjustment. Thank you for keeping our students safe! Did you check out the Launching Learners newsletter created by the elementary? There are so many fun ideas to encourage learning! You should also be receiving our district newsletter for winter in the mail soon! This highlights just a few of the great things we are doing at Ridgedale! Plan ahead for the kindergarten and first grade Holiday Program on December 13 at 6:30pm in the elementary gym. The jr/sr high winter program will be on December 14 at 6pm in the high school gym. Don’t forget we have two systems that are available for student safety concerns. Stay safe, speak up can be accessed through our website under Student Safety Reporting. In addition, you can call the Safer Ohio Tip Line at 844-SaferOH. Check out all of the athletic events this week! They can be found on our website or download the app! Thank you for all you do for our students, our staff, and our community! Make it a great week, and Go, Rockets!

What an open night for the HS Boys Basketball teams!! Both the JV and Varsity teams open with WINS!! A lot of excitement in Rocket Country tonight! Great Job Coaches, Players, Cheerleaders and Fans! ❤️🏀💙

Families, Don't forget to check out Launching Learners while you are on break! Be sure to watch the whole introductory video to find out how you could enter to win a fun prize!! Also, please take a moment to fill out the survey at the bottom so that we can improve on our next edition of Launching Learners! 🚀 https://www.smore.com/whyjp HAPPY THANKSGIVING 🦃

Good start to the Rocket Winter Sports seasons. First, thank you to all who contributed to the Chili Cook off for the Winter Meet the Team night. The 8th grade girls team won the cook off with the award winning chili made by Sonya Rogers. Congratulations!! Saturday, the Rocket Bowling Baker Bash was a huge success. Thanks to all who helped. Ridgedale Boys finished 6th and Girls finished 8th. Great start Rocket Bowlers! HS Girls Basketball opened with a loss vs. Cardington and lost a hard fought game tonight at Vanlue 45-39. Great effort by the Lady Rockets. JH Boys Basketball 7th grade defeated Bucyrus 48-8 8th grade defeated Bucyrus 37-20 JH Girls Basketball 7th grade defeated Bucyrus 12-10 8th grade defeated Bucyrus 38-14 HS Boys Basketball will open Wednesday, 11/23 vs. Triad 6pm. Keep it up Rockets❤️💙

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. Just a reminder that we have Thanksgiving break this week! There is no school on Wednesday, November 23 through Friday, November 25. Enjoy this time with family and friends! Students in grades 6-12 had the opportunity to take the YouScience Discovery, which is the only aptitude-based college and career guidance solution available. It lets students take a series of brain game-like exercises to discover their aptitudes and interests and the careers best suited for both. Unlike interest-only college-and-career readiness solutions, Discovery uncovers abilities someone may not have been aware of and careers they’ll excel at but may never have considered. Ask your student to log in and look at all of the information available through this program! Don’t forget we have two systems that are available for student safety concerns. Stay safe, speak up can be accessed through our website under Student Safety Reporting. In addition, you can call the Safer Ohio Tip Line at 844-SaferOH. The National Honor Society is still collecting food and baby supplies for the food drive! Thank you for sending in items to support the Christmas Clearinghouse! There are many athletic events this week, which can be found on our website or download the app! Thank you for all you do for our students, our staff, and our community! Make it a great week, and Go, Rockets!