Don't forget! Friday, May 1st, will be the last day to join your student in Cafeteria. Thanks for your cooperation as we accommodate changes in our schedule due to SC Ready testing starting next week.

Today was Letter I for Mrs. Cleveland's students and their ABC Countdown to Summer. They enjoyed reading stories about ice cream, graphing ice cream items, and building their own Ice cream Sundaes. ❤️










**Friday is the final day to get Art to Remember orders shipped to our school! Anything ordered after May 1, will be shipped home.**
Just a reminder our school is partnering with Art to Remember for a creative fundraiser featuring keepsake products customized with your child's art. With 60+ items (many under $20), these make great gifts and a portion of every purchase supports our school.
Click the link below, enter your online order code or search for your child's artwork, and start shopping!
https://arttoremember.com/school/366W5Z
Just a reminder our school is partnering with Art to Remember for a creative fundraiser featuring keepsake products customized with your child's art. With 60+ items (many under $20), these make great gifts and a portion of every purchase supports our school.
Click the link below, enter your online order code or search for your child's artwork, and start shopping!
https://arttoremember.com/school/366W5Z

Please join us for our final Terrific Kid program of this school year! May 1st at 8:15am

A special treat this week for the students in Mrs. Odom's K5 students--Story time with Dr. Gary!





Very proud to share the third round of our students to earn their Multiplication Medallions. Congratulations!






You still have time! Our school is partnering with Art to Remember for a creative fundraiser featuring keepsake products customized with your child's art. With 60+ items (many under $20), these make great gifts and a portion of every purchase supports our school. Click the link below, enter your online order code or search for your child's artwork, and start shopping!
https://arttoremember.com/school/366W5Z
Orders made by May 1st, will ship to our school and anything ordered after May 1, will be shipped home.
https://arttoremember.com/school/366W5Z
Orders made by May 1st, will ship to our school and anything ordered after May 1, will be shipped home.

Author, Alyssa Wilkinson, visited with our 3rd-5th graders this morning. She shared her journey to become a published author and encouraged students to not give up when something is hard. She also read aloud the first chapter of her book, Unlucky Charm Summer. Students really enjoyed her visit! Her book will be available in stores and online at https://chickenscratchbooks.com/ starting May 5.






Happy Administrative Professionals Day to our Front Office Heroes! We are so thankful for Mrs. Aura, Mrs. Ruedinger, and Ms. Paradis.

Last night's Incoming K5 Night was a great success! We are looking forward to Thursday night and meeting the other families that have signed up for this sneak peek at River Ridge for their rising K5 students. To make sure we start on time, please use our Cafeteria Entrance on Thursday evening. Please refer to the map if you are new to River Ridge and unsure of which entrance to use.

Gettin’ ready for the SC Ready! Teachers enjoyed Chicken Salad Chick and other goodies during training for SCREADY!


Congratulations to Giannah Miller, the first of our School Library Month Bookmark Contest winners to have her bookmark printed for giveaway. Great work, Giannah! More bookmarks from other winners will be featured soon.
Our other winners are:
Luna Reis
Lydia Lambka
Caroline Wells
Thomas Barker
Charlotte McNett
Leah Hensler
Jax Pearson
Congratulations!
Our other winners are:
Luna Reis
Lydia Lambka
Caroline Wells
Thomas Barker
Charlotte McNett
Leah Hensler
Jax Pearson
Congratulations!



Both of Mrs. Ray's ELA classes published a book each. They premiered their work at a publishing party last Friday.










Helping you plan ahead for our Awards programs in May! PCD and K4 classes will receive information from their teachers about end of the year celebrations.

F is for Fancy Day in K5 ✨ And these kiddos? Fancy doesn’t even begin to cover it! From sharp outfits to sparkling smiles, they showed up looking absolutely fabulous. 💃🕺 Style, confidence, and a whole lot of personality…safe to say, they understood the assignment!
#FancyDay #DressedToImpress #LittleStyleIcons









Congratulations to our very first group of BETA Club members! Special thanks to our guest speaker, Mr. Joshua Kay, Principal of Florence Chapel Middle School.










We are so excited to announce our 2026 Grad Walk. We look forward to welcoming back our former pandas that are graduating with the BHS Class of 2026. Join us on Monday, May 18 at 9:00 AM.

As the year draws to an end with so many activities and testing, Friday, May 1, will be the last day to join your student for lunch in the Cafeteria. We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to the remaining weeks of the school year!

Finishing out the week strong with another First Chapter Friday guest reader! This time it was Mrs. Barker with "The Phantom Tollbooth". Mrs. Cobb’s classes have loved listening to our fabulous readers and their favorite books!

Our BETA Club Induction Ceremony is on Monday, April 20 at 8:30am. Congratulations to these scholars and we look forward to celebrating you!

