![Collage of photos from the ESD 112 Art Show](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_b4175cd6-907f-4097-a5ed-f904c1183236.png)
March 23, 2023
The following was published by the ESD 112 on their website . We have modified their original post to focus on students from the Ridgefield School District. On March 22, ESD 1...
![Stuart Swingruber, Adam Ford, coach David Jacobson, Emi Newell, and James Haddix.](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_89fd551e-0f13-49e0-8ba8-bffcf18452dd.png)
March 17, 2023
Congratulations to the Ridgefield High School Knowledge Bowl team for placing first at the state competition in Wenatchee last week! The win secured the team’s second consecutive ...
![Collage of the employee and students of the month for March 2023](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_92cf016a-c9c2-470e-bef3-0bbd82425510.png)
March 15, 2023
On March 14, Ridgefield School District officials recognized the March 2023 Employee and Students of the Month at the regular Board of Directors meeting. Congratulations to all of...
![The Ridgefield Family Resource Center provides an array of food and personal care items](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_0eb01906-5f32-4e20-be03-2bba352bcee6.png)
March 10, 2023
The Ridgefield Family Resource Center (RFRC) provides critical assistance with food, household supplies, toiletries, and clothing for school age children and their families. But r...
![Ridgefield Youth Arts Month logo](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_5986d678-e95c-4d6b-87f7-43314677eada.png)
March 3, 2023
March is Ridgefield Youth Arts Month (RYAM), an entire month of celebrating youth involvement in the arts. There is a full calendar of art activities, classes, and events availabl...
![New location for 2023 Spudder Alumni Luncheon](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_a88719ca-aede-4bf0-8c03-376a78a77c75.png)
February 27, 2023
IMPORTANT UPDATE: the location for this Friday's Alumni Luncheon has been changed! The luncheon will now take place at the Ridgefield Administrative and Civic Center (RACC) at 510...
![3-hour late start of Friday Feb. 24th](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_f66878b7-523b-4b7d-a20e-6609b55e12dc.png)
February 22, 2023
On Friday, Feb. 24th, Ridgefield Schools will be on a 3-hour late start schedule . Schools will release at their regular times:
RHS: 10:55 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. SRIS/VRMS: 11...
![February 2023 Employee and Students of the Month](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_fbcac5a5-78e6-4787-a495-fa03671ec1d7.png)
February 15, 2023
\r\n Employee of the Month – Emi Werner, Early Learning Center \r\n If you had to describe Emi Werner in just one word, it would probably be “fun.” Emi is filled with laughter....
![Nancy, Melissa, and Kim Simmons](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_8451d2d5-db3d-4cc9-8ad0-4c9dea15f167.png)
February 10, 2023
\r\n Melissa Simmons spent her formative years in Ridgefield amassing a thoroughly impressive resume as a youth wrestler. You could say it’s in her DNA, as her father, Kim Simmon...
![Students welding](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_6b4dfbcc-2124-49ca-af30-7004ae09a9e8.png)
February 3, 2023
Thanks to a partnership with Lower Columbia College, Ridgefield High School students interested in welding can simultaneously earn both high school and college credits. The Career...
![2023 Thespy Awards National Qualifiers](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_e1d050f9-6c73-4710-a083-3155b2efd4a8.png)
February 2, 2023
Ridgefield High School’s chapter of the International Thespians Society–Troupe 8635–had a tremendously successful run at the Southwest Washington Thespian competition on Friday, J...
![K-3 students (L to R) Ammon Caine and Ele Kuhn perform an experiment with Glow Lab at Wisdom Ridge Academy](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_cc224906-dd76-495a-9b2f-93da202be8b8.png)
January 27, 2023
Building robots, creating colored flames with chemistry, and making intricate rangoli sand art designs. These may sound like descriptions from a high school or even a college clas...
![Special Olympics Unified Sports Logo](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_0fbd0b4e-2e39-473b-a5ea-602118aa23ea.png)
January 20, 2023
Ridgefield High School is excited to field its very first Special Olympics Unified basketball team this weekend. In Unified Sports, people with and without intellectual disabiliti...
![Ridgefield Mayor Jennifer Lindsay answers student questions](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_0e690326-9301-4c12-8cca-11ad424f0e6e.png)
January 20, 2023
"How did you get to be mayor?” View Ridge Middle School’s seventh graders got the answer to that question and many more when Mayor Jennifer Lindsay came to speak to their Washin...
![Members of the Steel Ridge Robotics team show off a successful paper structure build](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_68ec6d43-afb5-4da8-a97c-de9e7d14e286.png)
January 13, 2023
Students from Steel Ridge Robotics scribble notes about SpudBot Academy on the classroom whiteboard: activities, experience levels, timing, supplies. Their planning is methodical;...
![January 2023 employee and students of the month](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_0ab8ff31-840b-4ba7-9e93-ece8fb14bc9d.png)
January 11, 2023
On January 10, Ridgefield School District officials recognized the January 2023 Employee and Students of the Month at the regular Board of Directors meeting. Congratulations to al...
![Annual notice referrals for highly capable program](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_8adaf5d0-b67e-476f-9124-b45ddee77f98.png)
January 10, 2023
Testing referrals for participation in the Ridgefield School District’s Highly Capable Program for the 2023-24 school year are currently being accepted. Anyone may refer a student...
![The Vancouver Pops Orchestra invites students to participate](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_a5c82750-c5c7-456d-ae83-526c75599e19.png)
January 6, 2023
Union Ridge Elementary students sat on the floor in the large gym, staring wide-eyed at the Vancouver Pops Orchestra. They weren’t quite sure what to expect from the people seated...
![Winter Break Hours](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_66ce3b32-a8ea-41c6-89b9-5d1be2a9d6cc.png)
December 16, 2022
Please note that the District Office, including the Superintendent's Office, will be closed for Winter Break December 22-January 2. Have a fantastic break, everyone! The Rid...
![Talen Blaine recites "In Praise of My Bed" by Meredith Holmes](https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ridgefield_school_district_ar/article/image/large_284af759-b32c-4977-9dcc-1848b05a54c8.png)
December 16, 2022
Ask most seventh graders to recite a poem, and you’re likely to be met with blank stares. But not at View Ridge Middle School, where seventh grade English Language Arts (ELA) stud...