November 1, 2019
Halloween is a time for spooky stories, and there are few spookier than the original Dracula . Bram Stoker’s novel introduced Count Dracula in 1897. Ridgefield High School’s pr...
October 28, 2019
The Ridgefield Public Schools Foundation is hosting its third annual Turkey Trot Walk/Run on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, 2019. Proceeds and donations from the event ...
October 23, 2019
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, a campaign to promote anti-bullying awareness in schools. Today, students and staff in the Ridgefield School District are showing t...
October 22, 2019
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and Ridgefield schools across the district are holding awareness raising assemblies and events. But sometimes it’s hard for teacher...
October 19, 2019
Ridgefield honorees, Kelly O’Boyle and Pete Bartel, were among 23 staff members and volunteers recognized by 150 business and community leaders at a reception on October 17th for ...
October 17, 2019
Set in the natural beauty of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Cispus Learning Center looks much the same as it did fifty years ago, when the first class of Ridgefield studen...
October 16, 2019
Many children grow up wanting to be doctors or nurses. Only a few follow that dream into high school and beyond. Grace Melbuer is not only pursuing her dream of working in healt...
October 15, 2019
Ridgefield School District is scheduling a Patron Tour on Tuesday, October 29 th from 8:30 am to 11:30 am. Bus transportation to the schools will be provided.\r\n \r\n Distric...
October 14, 2019
Cispus Outdoor School is a long tradition in the Yaddof family—not just for the kids, but for the parents too. Susan and Bill Yaddof went to Cispus for the first time as fifth gr...
October 14, 2019
The Superintendent’s 2019 Holiday Greeting Card Art Contest is now underway! All students are invited to participate in creating artwork for the district’s 2019 holiday greeting ...
October 11, 2019
\r\n Ridgefield School District was recognized by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as one of 81 school districts across the country that work hard to promot...
October 11, 2019
\r\n Word spread quickly among the campers: “Cake! I heard there’s cake!” In fact, there were five beautiful sheet cakes, a gift from the Cispus camp staff to celebrate Ridgef...
October 9, 2019
On October 8, Ridgefield School District officials recognized the October Employee and Students of the Month at the regular Board of Directors meeting. \r\n Math is not easy for...
October 7, 2019
Take a room full of fifth grade students who have never played an instrument. Now turn them into a band. Sounds pretty challenging, right? Not for Stephanie Bloom, the band tea...
October 4, 2019
After months in the making, the official opening of the long-awaited coffee shop at the Ridgefield Administrative & Civic Center (RACC) is almost here. \r\n The grand opening of ...
October 2, 2019
Shelved between I Spy and Spiderman are some very special books. The Kids Are Authors section only has books that are written by kids. Some of them are written by classes ...
October 1, 2019
National Bullying Prevention Month is a nationwide campaign founded in 2006 by PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center. The campaign is held during the month of October and u...
September 30, 2019
Artwork depicting each of the Ridgefield School District’s historic schools are now on display at the Ridgefield Administrative & Civic Center (RACC). Each framed piece has been ...
September 30, 2019
The 50 th anniversary of Cispus was honored with a resolution at the Ridgefield School Board meeting and with the proclamation of Cispus Outdoor School Week at the Ridgefield Cit...
September 26, 2019
Cispus Outdoor School is a longstanding Ridgefield tradition. Every year in October, all Ridgefield fifth-grade students travel to the Cispus Outdoor Learning Center in the Giffo...