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The <strong>County</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />

Thursday, April 11, 2013 14<br />

Ridge Elementary School<br />

Profile<br />

Fast Facts<br />

Principal: Sandra Kerner<br />

Vice Principal: None<br />

Mascot: Rockets Enrollment: 290<br />

Feeder Path:<br />

Ridge – Spring Ridge – Great Mills<br />

49430 Airedele Road<br />

Ridge, MD 20680<br />

Main (301) 872-0200<br />

Fax (301) 872-0205<br />

School Hours: 9:00am - 3:45pm<br />

Mission statement:<br />

The mission of Ridge Elementary<br />

School is to instruct, empower, and<br />

facilitate our students’ ability to reach<br />

their full potential as productive citizens<br />

through a unified commitment to<br />

excellence.<br />

Ridge Elementary’s Community is Active Day and Night<br />

This year Ridge Elementary School has had numerous evening events. We have had a health night, literacy night, math night and fitness night and are preparing for a science night.<br />

All of these events were designed to share activities, information, learning strategies, and fun games that students learn in school so that they may be reinforced at home, making the home<br />

to school connection. Additionally, we have monthly music performances by grade levels highlighting students’ musical talents.<br />

The National Cherry Blossom Festival is held annually in the Spring, and features a<br />

televised parade, and performers come from around the country to participate. The parade<br />

itself runs from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 13 and will be televised locally on ABC 7<br />

and News Channel 8. Part of the parade each year is the Mass Youth Choir. This year’s choir<br />

will feature nearly 1,000 performers between the ages of 8 and 18. Ridge Elementary has had<br />

the honor of participating in this choir for six straight years, and has usually been at or near<br />

the front of the choir formation. To participate in this performance, students must learn the<br />

performance song as well as the choreography to go with it, attend a group rehearsal the day<br />

prior to the parade, and an early morning rehearsal the day of the parade. Additionally, this<br />

year includes a second finale song and more choreography to go with it. All in all this adds<br />

up to a lot of hard work for the participants, but is a truly remarkable experience.<br />

The Green Team was launched in 2009 and is composed of 42 students ranging from<br />

Kindergarten to Grade 5. They meet twice a month after school under the direction of Mrs.<br />

Susan McDaniel, Green School Coordinator; Ms. Connie Cardwell, Teacher; Mrs. Joanne<br />

Vaiden, Teacher; and numerous parent volunteers. The students participate in many interesting<br />

and fun activities all related to the environment. They learn facts and skills that they<br />

will put to use in their everyday lives. A few of the recent activities have been participating<br />

in the Great Backyard Bird Count, in which students observed many species of birds and<br />

counted them for a Cornell University study. They celebrated International Polar Bear Day by<br />

researching Polar bears, writing about them, and making fun crafts. The students are helping<br />

to maintain our Blue Bird Nesting Boxes, which has been a fun way to learn about Blue Birds.

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