River Ridge CUSD 210

Shapes, designs and architecture. Creative discoveries in the Art room this week!

Our student teacher, Mr. Dickerson, guides juniors to dig deeply in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire.” Did you know spit crackles in the air at -50 degrees? (That’s according to London.)

Anatomy and Physiology learned about lung capacity in our lab today.

OR... ALWAYS WASH YOUR LONG JOHNS ’CAUSE IT MAKES A LOTTA CENTS BY TIM KELLY March 24 & 25 at 7:00pm (Thursday & Friday) Laundries are big business in the mining town of Digalittledeeper. The ’Tub and Scrub’ is operated by Olympia Klenz and Sweet Sally. The young sheriff is in love with Sally, but every time he gets close he turns into a babbling fool. Meanwhile, our villain, Phineas Flatworm, discovers Olympia has been rinsing gold flecks from miners’ laundry for years. The villain figures if he had the only laundry in town, he’d make a million! With the aid of his mother, Mrs. Mugwump, and Lola-Lola, a talentless dancer, he gets control of the ’Tub and Scrub.’ Lola-Lola plans to marry Phineas, but not if Mrs. Mugwump has anything to say about it! Mayor Haggle gives the ’Tub and Scrub’ a civic award, and a ghost accuses the villain of his crimes. So join the River Ridge Middle School Drama Department to ‘cheer’ the hero and ‘boo’ and ‘hiss’ our villain. Find out if the evildoers are brought to the soap-bar of justice, and will the sheriff overcomes his shyness and propose to Sweet Sally? Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 24th and Friday, March 25th at 7:00pm. Tickets are available at the door - Adults $4 and Students $3

Third Quarter Honor Rolls....Congratulations to these students and all of their hard work is appreciated!!

Third Quarter Honor Rolls....Congratulations to these students and all of their hard work is appreciated!!

6th grade artists showed off their talents as we wrapped up our study of ancient Greece/Mythology!

Juniors are working on their IXL Snapshot to show growth in ELA. We take this 3-4 times throughout the year to show areas of strength and weakness. As a result, this improves our instruction and learning.

These third graders were thrilled to receive their first letters back from their pen pals at St. Bruno School in Chicago.

The River Ridge Academic Bowl team finished their season last night with a record of 11-4. We defeated Galena in the first round of regionals but fell to East Dubuque in round 2. Congrats to the team for a job well done!

Dr. Seuss week in art started off with creating magical cities with a nod to famous artist and architect, Freidensreich Hundertwasser. Students designed cityscapes and wrapped up their day making the buildings in the kinetic sand.

Working on portfolios in Current Events and Sociology classes

This Week @ River Ridge Episode 14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEamt_sXtf0

The 7th Grade Business Exploratory students are ending the quarter with a fun sales pitch game called Snake Oil. It's currently a 2-way tie for the lead with the game concluding tomorrow.

Working on the Great Depression today in class. The picture is the slide. Thought I could use a video to help though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiCFdWeQfA

The 6th grade Stem Class has been working really hard on designing their dragsters! Once completed, the students participated in a race and voted on the best design. The students enjoyed learning how to use the drill press, bandsaw, and an airbrush paint tool. Fastest Dragster: Garrett Leonard Best Design: Clara Gerlich

Masks on school buses will be optional starting Tuesday, March 1, 2022 following new CDC guidelines.

Congratulations to the National FFA Week coloring competition winners! These guys did a great job coloring their page and for their hard work, earned some candy!

Due to Scales Mound advancing to the boys sectionals on Tuesday March 1 the MS girls basketball game vs Scales Mound is CANCELED

JOB OPENINGS: River Ridge will begin interviewing for MS Social Studies and MS/HS Band positions very soon. If you are interested in either position please send your information to Mike Foltz via email: mfoltz@riverridge210.org You can also call to inquire @ 8158589005