Ridgedale Local School District

Congratulations to the Rocket Freshman Boys Basketball team on their win over Kenton 25-16! Great job Rockets! ❤️🏀💙

NO JH Boys or Girls basketball games tonight 12/12 due to illness at Ridgemont. Those games will be rescheduled TBA.

Good afternoon, Rocket families. This is Erika Bower, Superintendent of Ridgedale Local Schools, where our mission is to empower students to reach their full potential while focusing on learning, safety, partnerships with our community, and fiscal responsibility. Thank you for your help with the drop off routines for the jr/sr high students! We appreciate you using the gym doors on the lower level to ensure the safety of our students! Do you have a high school or college student who is interested in becoming a physician? Don’t forget to check out our website about the paid internship opportunity being provided by Marion General Hospital for students who are planning to enroll or are enrolled in a post-secondary, pre-med or medical program and are interested in becoming a physician and practicing in Marion, Ohio. If you haven’t checked out the YouScience aptitude survey results with your students who are in grades 6-12, be sure to take a look! You will not be disappointed with the wealth of information! Elementary students have been taking their mid-year iReady assessments! We are excited to see their growth! The week is finally here! The kindergarten and first grade Holiday Program is this Tuesday, December 13 at 6:30pm in the elementary gym. The jr/sr high winter program is on Wednesday, December 14 at 6pm in the high school gym. Check out all of the athletic events this week! They can be found on our website or download the app! Thank you for all you do for our students, our staff, and our community! Make it a great week, and Go, Rockets!

Tonight’s HS Girls Basketball game will now be a 6pm start due to NO JV game. Hardin Northern has both online ticketing or a cash gate. Tonight’s HS Boys game at Wynford is a 6pm JV start. Cash gate for admission. Good Luck Rockets! 💙🏀❤️

Great Job Rocket JH Basketball. Both 7th and 8th grade boys and girls defeated Elgin! ❤️🏀💙

Congratulations to the Rocket Basketball Teams 7th and 8th Boys and Girls were all victorious over Hardin Northern tonight. HS Girls defeated Crestline 34-28. Congratulations to Nathan Thiel - 1st Team All-Ohio and Brayden Townsend 2nd Team All-Ohio for football!! Proud to be a Rocket! ❤️💙

Great win, Lady Rockets!

Good afternoon, Rocket families. This is Erika Bower, Superintendent of Ridgedale Local Schools, where our mission is to empower students to reach their full potential while focusing on learning, safety, partnerships with our community, and fiscal responsibility. We are continuing to monitor the drop off routines for the jr/sr high students. Please be sure to use the gym doors on the lower level to ensure the safety of our students. Thank you for your assistance with this change! Do you have a high school or college student who is interested in becoming a physician? The Medical Staff at Marion General Hospital is looking for students that are planning to enroll or are enrolled in a post-secondary, pre-med or medical program and are interested in becoming a physician and practicing in Marion, Ohio. This program is a paid internship and opportunity to work alongside physicians, advanced practice providers, and medical professionals in a hospital setting with the goal of returning to Marion General to practice in your hometown. Check out the full information on our website! We would love to see a Rocket have this opportunity! Speaking of career planning, don’t forget to ask your 6th-12th grade student about their YouScience aptitude survey results. Students can explore their aptitudes, review their career matches, find aptitude-based language for interviews, resumes, applications, and more! Plan ahead for the kindergarten and first grade Holiday Program on December 13 at 6:30pm in the elementary gym. The jr/sr high winter program will be on December 14 at 6pm in the high school gym. Check out all of the athletic events this week! They can be found on our website or download the app! Thank you for all you do for our students, our staff, and our community! Make it a great week, and Go, Rockets!

Bowling Results from this week! Boys lost to East Knox 1516 to 2182. Girls lost 1258 to 1563. Varsity girls defeated Mt. Gilead 1648 to 1222. Aubrie Smith has high Game with a 214 & high series 399. Boys lost to Mt Gilead 1612 to 2106. Bryce Harmon has high Game of 164 & high series 324.

Good afternoon, Rocket families. This is Erika Bower, Superintendent of Ridgedale Local Schools, where our mission is to empower students to reach their full potential while focusing on learning, safety, partnerships with our community, and fiscal responsibility. I hope you have enjoyed time with your family and friends this week! As we are heading back to school tomorrow, we need your help with a very important safety issue! If you are dropping off jr/sr high students, please use the gym doors on the lower level. We have some families dropping off students at the north side of the building, which is causing safety concerns due to cross traffic. Please adjust your routine to drop students off at the gym doors. Deputy Woods will be out there to assist with this adjustment. Thank you for keeping our students safe! Did you check out the Launching Learners newsletter created by the elementary? There are so many fun ideas to encourage learning! You should also be receiving our district newsletter for winter in the mail soon! This highlights just a few of the great things we are doing at Ridgedale! Plan ahead for the kindergarten and first grade Holiday Program on December 13 at 6:30pm in the elementary gym. The jr/sr high winter program will be on December 14 at 6pm in the high school gym. Don’t forget we have two systems that are available for student safety concerns. Stay safe, speak up can be accessed through our website under Student Safety Reporting. In addition, you can call the Safer Ohio Tip Line at 844-SaferOH. Check out all of the athletic events this week! They can be found on our website or download the app! Thank you for all you do for our students, our staff, and our community! Make it a great week, and Go, Rockets!

What an open night for the HS Boys Basketball teams!! Both the JV and Varsity teams open with WINS!! A lot of excitement in Rocket Country tonight! Great Job Coaches, Players, Cheerleaders and Fans! ❤️🏀💙

Families, Don't forget to check out Launching Learners while you are on break! Be sure to watch the whole introductory video to find out how you could enter to win a fun prize!! Also, please take a moment to fill out the survey at the bottom so that we can improve on our next edition of Launching Learners! 🚀 https://www.smore.com/whyjp HAPPY THANKSGIVING 🦃

Good start to the Rocket Winter Sports seasons. First, thank you to all who contributed to the Chili Cook off for the Winter Meet the Team night. The 8th grade girls team won the cook off with the award winning chili made by Sonya Rogers. Congratulations!! Saturday, the Rocket Bowling Baker Bash was a huge success. Thanks to all who helped. Ridgedale Boys finished 6th and Girls finished 8th. Great start Rocket Bowlers! HS Girls Basketball opened with a loss vs. Cardington and lost a hard fought game tonight at Vanlue 45-39. Great effort by the Lady Rockets. JH Boys Basketball 7th grade defeated Bucyrus 48-8 8th grade defeated Bucyrus 37-20 JH Girls Basketball 7th grade defeated Bucyrus 12-10 8th grade defeated Bucyrus 38-14 HS Boys Basketball will open Wednesday, 11/23 vs. Triad 6pm. Keep it up Rockets❤️💙

Good afternoon, Rocket families. This is Erika Bower, Superintendent of Ridgedale Local Schools, where our mission is to empower students to reach their full potential while focusing on learning, safety, partnerships with our community, and fiscal responsibility. Just a reminder that we have Thanksgiving break this week! There is no school on Wednesday, November 23 through Friday, November 25. Enjoy this time with family and friends! Students in grades 6-12 had the opportunity to take the YouScience Discovery, which is the only aptitude-based college and career guidance solution available. It lets students take a series of brain game-like exercises to discover their aptitudes and interests and the careers best suited for both. Unlike interest-only college-and-career readiness solutions, Discovery uncovers abilities someone may not have been aware of and careers they’ll excel at but may never have considered. Ask your student to log in and look at all of the information available through this program! Don’t forget we have two systems that are available for student safety concerns. Stay safe, speak up can be accessed through our website under Student Safety Reporting. In addition, you can call the Safer Ohio Tip Line at 844-SaferOH. The National Honor Society is still collecting food and baby supplies for the food drive! Thank you for sending in items to support the Christmas Clearinghouse! There are many athletic events this week, which can be found on our website or download the app! Thank you for all you do for our students, our staff, and our community! Make it a great week, and Go, Rockets!

Amazing turnout at the Ridgedale Baker Bash! Go, Rocket Bowlers!

On Friday, November 18, Ridgedale Athletic Dept. and Boosters will host the Winter Meet the Team 5:15pm and Chili Cook off 6pm. Please support the kids and these organizations. The HS Boys Basketball Team will also scrimmage GCC beginning at 6:30pm.

Good afternoon, Rocket families. This is Erika Bower, Superintendent of Ridgedale Local Schools, where our mission is to empower students to reach their full potential while focusing on learning, safety, partnerships with our community, and fiscal responsibility. Starting next week, I will be using a program called Thrillshare for my weekly one call. This system is part of our website communication package. I wanted to give you a heads up because you may notice some differences. The hope is that having our calls, emails, texts, and live feed all coming from the same system will improve our communication even more! There will be a booster meeting tomorrow, Monday, November 14, at 5:30pm in the Jr/Sr High Cafeteria. Check our website or app for all of the upcoming athletic events! Junior High basketball has scrimmages this week! This Friday, November 18, join us for our winter meet the team and chili supper starting at 5:15pm in the Jr/Sr High Cafeteria. Then, stay for the high school boys’ basketball scrimmage versus Grove City Christian starting at 6:30pm. On Saturday, check out the bowling team competing at Cooper’s Bowl in the morning and the girls’ basketball team taking on Cardington in the evening. Mark your calendars for Thanksgiving break! There is no school on Wednesday, November 23 through Friday, November 25. Enjoy this time with family and friends! The National Honor Society is still collecting food and baby supplies for the food drive! Thank you for sending in items to support the Christmas Clearinghouse! Thank you for all you do for our students, our staff, and our community! Make it a great week, and Go, Rockets!

Support the Marion Coliseum and your Rocket Varsity Basketball Teams on Saturday, November 12. HS Girls vs. Hopewell Loudon 10am HS Boys vs. Hopewell Loudon 10:45am Admission is $15 and this covers the entire day of basketball. Good Luck Rockets and to all the teams participating. Thank you to ALL who worked so hard to make this happen!

Congratulations to ALL of the 2022 Fall Sport Coaches, Athletes, Cheerleaders and Band Members as we have now concluded the seasons and banquets. NWCC Honors for the 2022 Fall Seasons: Cross Country - 1st Team - Hannah Staton, Brogan Weston Football - 2nd Team Offense - Nathan Thiel, Landon Murphy 2nd Team Defense - Landon Murphy Honorable Mention - Brayden Townsend, Nathan Thiel Golf - 2nd Team - AJ Comer Volleyball - 1st Team - Grace Staton, Hannah Cook, Lauren Leslie Honorable Mention - Lilly Ruth, Mylee Mullins Central District Football Honors 1st Team Defense - Nathan Thiel, Brayden Townsend Honorable Mention - Landon Murphy Central District Volleyball Honors 1st Team - Grace Staton Honorable Mention - Lauren Leslie Elliott Weston was the JH Boys NWCC XC Champion. Great Job Rockets❤️💙

Good afternoon, Rocket families. This is Erika Bower, Superintendent of Ridgedale Local Schools, where our mission is to empower students to reach their full potential while focusing on learning, safety, partnerships with our community, and fiscal responsibility. As the weather continues to change and we have to make decisions about closings and delays, I wanted to remind you that you should receive a phone call, text, or email from the school; however, if you do not for some reason, you can also check our website or app along with local news and radio stations. In the event of a delay, there will be an alternative schedule for preschool known as Plan B. The morning class will be from 10am-noon, and the afternoon class will be from 1-3pm. In addition, there will be no morning Power Hours. In the event of a closing, there will be no Power Hours at all. Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour on Sunday as Daylight Savings Time ends. Winter sports are kicking off! Be sure to check the website or app for all up-to-date information about basketball, bowling, and wrestling! Our pep band will be active, and our musical students will be prepping as well! The National Honor Society is still collecting food and baby supplies for the food drive! Thank you for sending in items to support the Christmas Clearinghouse! Thank you for all you do for our students, our staff, and our community! Make it a great week, and Go, Rockets!