River Ridge Elementary -

Join us next week for our Back to School Nights! Tuesday, August 26 is our Back to School Night for K5, 2nd and 4th Grades from 6:00pm – 7:00pm. And Thursday, August 28 is our Back to School Night for 1st, 3rd, and 5th Grades from 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Our Independence Day was a great success! Our K5 students did a fantastic job of coming in on their own and heading straight down the hallway to their classrooms.

Mrs Cobb’s ELA classes got a library refresh on Friday with some library mapping! After the activity, they checked out their first library books of the school year.

We want to recognize our wonder Lunchroom Monitors and give them a big thanks for all they do everyday for our students!
Roosevelt Pearson
Debra Wright
Heather White
Ginger Burnett
Mary Ann Cesar

Mrs. Cleveland's class was excited to welcome a special guest! As part of their community helper unit, they were able to visit with a firefighter.

Mrs. Cloonan's class worked on goal setting with a growth mindset after reading The Magical Yet.

Monday is Independence Day for K4 and K5 students! These students will enter the building on their own in the morning from the carline. Faculty and staff members will be stationed in the hallways to ensure these students arrive safely to their classrooms.

Throughout the week, Hembree’s Happy Herd has been discovering their math superpowers! 💫 From counting to problem-solving, these number heroes are learning just how much they can do with their amazing math minds! 🦸‍♀️➕🌟

Mrs. Huss' students are making connections and building a classroom community this week with a special "Getting to Know You" activity.

This first week has been fabulous for the fourth graders in Ms. Mata's class!

Flying high on the first day in Mrs. Bradley's class! 🦋 They read the book, "Butterflies on the First Day of School". They learned meeting new people and telling them about ourselves helps get rid of our “butterflies” and make new friends. To help conquer those first day flutters, they colored pictures of themselves. Then wrote and shared things about themselves and others. 🦋

Mrs. Bembenek's class is off and learning! They practiced math facts using dice. Each roll of the dice created addends students used to write math fact and determine the sum.

Our 2025-2026 School Year is off to a fantastic start. We had the best First Day! 🐼

What a great way to start the new school year! We ❤️ seeing all the smiling faces for our Meet the Teacher Day. So excited to have everyone back next week in the building. 🐼

Finally, meet our Custodial Team!

Pam Gaffney
Valeria Gerace
Tonnie Collins

Meet our Assistants Team!

Media Assistant:
Brandi Turner
Grade Level Assistants:
Ruta Dzyadyk
Mary Pearson
Wanda Harris

Next up, our Special Areas Team!
Sharon Laye , Math Coach
Jennifer Harrison, Reading Interventionist
Tracy Tucker, Reading Interventionist
Brook Loggins, Literacy Coach
Lauren Holder, Psychologist
Christy Emerson, Reading Interventionist
Dan Douglas, ML
Ava Cogdill, Math Interventionist
Ashley Paddock, Technology Coach
Madyson Rodriquez, Parent Educator

Introducing our Related Arts Team!

Lorie Goode
Suzanne Hughes
Molly Barker
Tre’ Confer
Ashley Rhoden
Julie Scott
Jenna Hewes
Mollie Andrews (Not Pictured)

Meet our School Counselors!
Heather Davidson
Pam DeCaprio

Introducing our Speech Team!
Jennifer Godwin
Katie Johnson