
Good Morning, Ridgedale Families!
Bus 8 will be running about an hour late this afternoon due to a driver shortage. If you would like to make alternate transportation arrangements for your child this afternoon, please contact your building office.
If you are interested in becoming a valuable member of our transportation team, please head to our website to fill out an application.
Have a wonderful break and Happy Thanksgiving!

The ROCKET Baker Bash results as our bowling teams open up their 2024-25 season! Congratulations to our Rocket Bowlers, girls took 4th, boys took 5th and JV took 10th. Thank You to all of the bowling teams who participated and to all who worked the event to make it a success!! #RocketPride ❤️🎳🩵





Youth Basketball Camp at the Dale sponsored by Family Life Church! Thank you to all of the volunteers, some who have connection with the Rocket Community!! We appreciate the efforts for this event and are glad that our Rocket Gymnasium can be filled with enthusiastic youth basketball participants!
50 kids here for the 5 to 8 age group and 45 kids for the 9 to 12 age group!!







Congratulations to our Rocket Football Players on their Central District Div. VII Honors!
#RocketPride #SmallSchoolBigOpportunities


Thank you to all of our veterans! Your service does not go unnoticed! Our 3rd & 4th grade students, led by Mr. Richards, did a fabulous jobs honoring those who have served! #RocketPride #SmallDistrictBigThings







Congratulations to Brenda Scott, Hannah Murphy, Camryn Thiel and Richelle Gleespen (not in attendance)for earning Central District Volleyball honors for the 2024 season!! Great job, ladies! ❤️🏐🩵





Ridgedale is sending good luck from DC to the Lady Spartans Volleyball as they are State Bound tonight! Best of luck from our community to yours! #RidgedalePride #MarionProud


Our students had an amazing opportunity. At the Holocaust Museum, they met and talked to Halina Litman Yasharoff Peabody. She is a Holocaust survivor who was 6 years old when Nazis invaded her town in Poland. It was fascinating! #RocketPride #SmallDistrictBigThings


Ridgedale students, staff, and chaperones arrived in Washington DC yesterday afternoon. Let the learning begin! #RocketPride #SmallDistrictBigThings





Congratulations to Callie Comer for placing 2nd in District Job Interviews tonight! Rocket Nation is proud of you! #RocketPride #SmallDistrictBigThings



Congratulations to Brogan Weston for earning the Fahey Bank Athlete of the Month honor for October. Way to go Brogan ❤️🩵 #rocketpride #proudofyou


Did you know that we have beautiful wooded areas & a pond on our campus to provide unique experiences for our students? Mrs. Guthrie’s & Mr. Sieg's students have been doing real life work & improvements, including replacing the bridge! #RocketPride #SmallDistrictBigThings


NWCC Fall Sports Banquet was tonight at Cory Rawson! Thanks to Caleb Scott for hosting!
Congratulations to our First Team XC Runners, Hannah Staton, Brogan Weston, Elliot Weston and Michael Richmond and to our amazing coach, Amy Mazza. Thank you all for a terrific season. #rocketpride #rocketcountryis proud ❤️🏆🩵



Huge shout out to Hannah Staton, Michael Richmond, Elliot Weston, and Brogan Weston who all received 1st team honors in the NWCC! Brogan was NWCC Runner of the Year! Way to go! #RocketPride #SmallDistrictBigThings





Thank you to everyone for a wonderful Boo at the Dale last week! What a wonderful evening of community! We had over 500 people in attendance! #SmallDistrictBigThings #RocketPride
We also wanted to send a big thank you to all of our community partners that came out to help make this event so successful:
Marion Technical College
Job and Family Services: Marion
Marion County Sheriff's Office
Ridgedale Board of Education
Ridgedale Lions Club
Salt Rock Fire Department
OhioGuidestone
Marion County Board of Developmental Disabilities
Green Camp Animal Clinic
Vizual Express
Hord Farms
M&W Farm Supply
First Citizens Bank
Rice Electric & General Contracting
Fahey Bank
Marion Flower Shop
Farmer Boy Ag
Gibbs Entertainment
Marion: Ohio Means Jobs
Ridgedale Faculty & Staff





Students at the Junior/Senior High have been busy improving our campus infrastructure! Students in Mr. Sieg’s and Mrs. Guthrie’s classes have been renovating the softball dugout and bridge. #RocketPride #SmallDistrictBigThings





Way to go, Brogan! A strong finish at State with a new PR of 16:17 and 34/192 overall! Rocket Nation is proud! #RocketPride #SmallDistrictBigThings





Mr. Greenwood shared this secret mission! Seniors Hunter Owen and Alexis Burton created these AMAZING banners for the Senior Cheerleaders on Senior Night last Friday!
The two projected Mr. Greenwood's little sketches onto gigantic full size bed sheets, outlined with spray paint, filled with colors, AND freehanded the lettering! What an outstanding job! #RocketPride #SmallDistrictBigThings








Join us in congratulating all of our cross country runners and wish a special good luck to Brogan Weston as he is headed to state championships tomorrow! Rocket Nation is proud of you! #RocketPride #SmallDistrictBigThings







Congrats to the following FFA students who competed recently in job interviews : Elliot Weston placed 4th in Division 1, Callie Comer placed 2nd in Division 2, Hannah Staton placed 8th in Division 3, & Brayden Townsend placed 6th in Division 4. Callie will compete next week! #RocketPride #SmallDistrictBigThings
