EARLY OUTS…

Please note we have several 2:10 p.m. dismissals at the end of the year for report card and student records preparation.  They are: Friday, May25:  2:10 Dismissal Monday, May 28:            No School Tuesday, May 29:            2:10 Dismissal Wednesday, May 30:       2:10 Dismissal Thursday, May 31:          2:10 Dismissal Friday, June 1:    Last day of [...]

Inviting our families, current military family members, and veterans…

On Friday, May 25th, we will begin our day with an assembly at 8:45 a.m. The Honor Guard from the Milan American Legion will present our school with a new flag. We are asking that our families send pictures of their family veterans and/or current military members to Mrs. Lee by May 18. We are [...]

Last Day for St. Jude Pop Tabs…

Last day for St. Jude Pop Tabs… Thank you to all of our families who have sent in pop tabs for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.  St. Jude’s is able to exchange the tabs for money. Tuesday, May 22, is the last day we will be collecting tabs.

Thank you!

We would like to thank Mrs. Keck and Dan Munday, father of Mackenzie and Ella, for leading our after school book clubs. Dan led our Guys’ Read Book Club this year. Our reading teacher, Mrs. Keck co-sponsored both the Guys’ Read and the Girls’ Read and led the girls.   The students really enjoyed the club, [...]

Ridgewood Awarded a Quad Cities Art Guild grant for the 2012-2013…

We have been notified thatRidgewoodwill be awarded a grant to include art lessons in grade 2-6 classrooms next fall.  A local artist will provide instruction regarding various artists and their style.  Students will use a variety of mediums including such things as, pencil, oil pastels, and watercolor paints.

Be Proud of your Children, We are!

Each year, we invited a variety of community programs into our classrooms, such asFiggeMuseum, Putnam, and students go out into the community on field trips. Over and over, we hear what wonderful students we have. Last week, when our picture company was atRidgewood, they shared that our students were extremely well behaved and very respectful.  [...]

Ridgewood’s Medal of Honor Students

Each yearRidgewoodselects 3 intermediate-grade students to participate in the District’s Medal of Honor Celebration. Students are selected for a variety of reasons.  They may exhibit characteristics such as, being kind to others, a hard worker, demonstrate leadership qualities, be self-motivated. This year we would like to “Congratulate!” the following students as our Medal of Honor [...]

CONTIG Math Tournament Winners…

On Friday, March 30, the followingRidgewoodgrade level winners participated in the District CONTIG Tournament. Congratulations for doing a great job! Grade 4:                            Nathan Buri Grade 5:                            Corbin MacDonald Grade 6:                            Aune Mortell

Ridgewood Partners with Hy-Vee to start a Student Gardening & Nutrition Program!

We are looking for 15 Ridgewood students in grades 3, 4, or 5 who are interested in participating in a 10 week gardening program with our Milan Hy-Vee.  In an effort to teach students about good nutrition, students will plant a raised bed garden on Hy-Vee’s grounds, weed/water the garden, learn about nutrition from the [...]

St. Jude’s Children Hospital Pop Tab

As you know two of our students, Jacy Betzel and Jacob Johnson, organized a building-wide class contest for the collection of pop tabs.    This quarter winning classes were: 1st Place:  Mrs. Kerker’s Grade 6 2nd Place:  Mrs. Lawrence’s Kindergarten 3rd Place:  Mrs. Anderson’s Kindergarten 4th Place:  Mrs. Kerker’s Grade 6  J   The contest [...]

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