Students earn gotcha! for demonstrating exceptional behavior.  Random draw from all Gotcha! winners are announced in the media center and receive a complimentary bag of PTO popcorn.

Second and third grade students are invited to participate in this before school club.  Registration form is required (see homeroom teacher).  Students may come to any number of sessions throughout the year.  They meet in the lunchroom and play math games with each other to build their computation and application skills.

Thank you to our adult volunteers. Volunteers do not need to sign up ahead of the session.  Just come in and have fun playing! 

This fee-based program for girls 3rd-5th grade promotes joyful, healthy, confidence using a fun experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.  Enrollment for this season is closed.  The girls and their running buddies will compete in a 5K on June 1st in Bridgeview.

Perfect Attendance Award distribution day.

Ridge participates in a popular Perfect Attendance incentive plan.  Students are  able to earn a collectable tag for each month they achieve perfect attendance, August thru May.  The "rules" are simple…perfect attendance for the month will earn a tag. This means no days absent, tardy, or signed out early for the month. This may seem like a difficult goal to achieve, but in reality, a neighboring PCCSD202 elementary building had an average of 392 students each month last year that had perfect attendance!

All students received a Ridge starter tag and keychain to begin their collection in Spring 2012 with the program roll out.   Additional tags may also be awarded for demonstrating good character traits and random acts of kindness throughout the school.

Students listen during morning announcements for the names of those who have earned the Principal's Award.  Nominated by RI staff these students have demonstrated excellence.  Random draw of all winners earn an invitation to the Principal's lunch.  Ms. Wilke and Mrs. House enjoy celebrating with students once/month. 

Third grade students will head to yesterday at the Joliet Historical Museum.  Toys and games will illustrate how Native American and pioneer children lived over two-hundred years ago.  Students will engage in hands-on game and toy playing and discover, in the process, that kids today are very much like those of yester-year.  Please send a sack lunch with your child.