Good Afternoon, Rocket Families!
This is Erika Bower, Superintendent of Ridgedale Local Schools—where we are committed to empowering students to reach their full potential through our core values of learning, safety, community partnerships, and fiscal responsibility.
Open enrollment for the 2025-26 school year opens on April 1, 2025 and closes on June 1, 2025. Please be sure to get your application in.📝
For April, we are reviewing the following Portrait of a Rocket Competencies:
Critical Thinking 🧠💡 – "Thinking carefully to solve problems and make good choices." It’s like being a detective, asking questions, and figuring things out step by step.
Leadership 🌟👑 – "Helping and guiding others to do their best." A leader is someone who sets a good example, listens, and helps people work together.
Empathy ❤️🤝 – "Understanding how someone else feels and being kind about it." It’s like putting yourself in someone else’s shoes and treating them how you’d want to be treated.
These are important life-long skills for our students!
We have many events this week which include:
📌 Elementary Book Fair📚 – All this week!
📌 Jr. High Track vs. Riverdale and Gilead Christian (Home) – Tuesday, 4:30 PM 🏃♂️
📌 ✨ Kindergarten Expo – Wednesday, 4:30–6 PM If you have a child entering kindergarten in the 2025-26 school year, don’t miss this special event! Meet the staff, enjoy fun activities and crafts, and tour the school. What to Bring:
✔ 📜 Birth certificate
✔ 🏡 Proof of residency
✔ 💉 Shot records
✔ 🏥 Physical form
✔ 📂 Custody papers (if applicable)
✔ 📄 IEP records from Pre-K (if applicable)
✔ 👓 Student eyeglasses (if applicable)
📌 High School Baseball and Softball vs. Buckeye Central (Home) – Thursday, 5 PM ⚾🥎
📌 High School Track at Colonel Crawford – Friday, 4:00 PM 🏃♂️
📌 High School Baseball vs. Mansfield Christian and Softball vs. Pleasant (Home) – Saturday, 11 AM ⚾🥎
📌 FFA Banquet – Sunday, 1:00 PM 🐄🐖🐓🌾🚜
🎤 The Second Annual Sharon Burkett Memorial Talent Show and Ridgedale on Display is coming! Mark May 9 on your calendar for this combination event where we celebrate the many talents of our students🎶🎨
🚍 Join Our Team! We’re Hiring!
Want to be part of our small district doing big things? We're looking for bus drivers (training provided!) and substitutes for teaching, food service, custodial, secretarial, and aide positions. Apply today on our website and help support our amazing students!
Thank you for your continued support of our students, staff, and community. Have a fantastic week, and as always—Go, Rockets! 🚀