River Ridge Elementary -

Mrs. Cloonan's class worked on goal setting with a growth mindset after reading The Magical Yet.

Monday is Independence Day for K4 and K5 students! These students will enter the building on their own in the morning from the carline. Faculty and staff members will be stationed in the hallways to ensure these students arrive safely to their classrooms.

Throughout the week, Hembree’s Happy Herd has been discovering their math superpowers! 💫 From counting to problem-solving, these number heroes are learning just how much they can do with their amazing math minds! 🦸‍♀️➕🌟

Mrs. Huss' students are making connections and building a classroom community this week with a special "Getting to Know You" activity.

This first week has been fabulous for the fourth graders in Ms. Mata's class!

Flying high on the first day in Mrs. Bradley's class! 🦋 They read the book, "Butterflies on the First Day of School". They learned meeting new people and telling them about ourselves helps get rid of our “butterflies” and make new friends. To help conquer those first day flutters, they colored pictures of themselves. Then wrote and shared things about themselves and others. 🦋

Mrs. Bembenek's class is off and learning! They practiced math facts using dice. Each roll of the dice created addends students used to write math fact and determine the sum.

Our 2025-2026 School Year is off to a fantastic start. We had the best First Day! 🐼

What a great way to start the new school year! We ❤️ seeing all the smiling faces for our Meet the Teacher Day. So excited to have everyone back next week in the building. 🐼

Finally, meet our Custodial Team!

Pam Gaffney
Valeria Gerace
Tonnie Collins

Meet our Assistants Team!

Media Assistant:
Brandi Turner
Grade Level Assistants:
Ruta Dzyadyk
Mary Pearson
Wanda Harris

Next up, our Special Areas Team!
Sharon Laye , Math Coach
Jennifer Harrison, Reading Interventionist
Tracy Tucker, Reading Interventionist
Brook Loggins, Literacy Coach
Lauren Holder, Psychologist
Christy Emerson, Reading Interventionist
Dan Douglas, ML
Ava Cogdill, Math Interventionist
Ashley Paddock, Technology Coach
Madyson Rodriquez, Parent Educator

Introducing our Related Arts Team!

Lorie Goode
Suzanne Hughes
Molly Barker
Tre’ Confer
Ashley Rhoden
Julie Scott
Jenna Hewes
Mollie Andrews (Not Pictured)

Meet our School Counselors!
Heather Davidson
Pam DeCaprio

Introducing our Speech Team!
Jennifer Godwin
Katie Johnson

Say hello to our Special Education Team!

Anna Taylor and Maddison Childress & Marjorie Ramos
Megan Cleveland and Kristina Berry & Crystal Short
Jill Geary and Julie McSwain
Hillary Brock and Elizabeth Linarez
Sami Singleton and Karen Puckett
Tonya Neshan and Kayla Millott & Maiia Beling
Kaci Holston
Kimberly Berg
Johna Lancaster

Introducing our Fifth Grade Team!

Jamie Kehrwald
Lisa Cobb
Janine Dunlap
Colleen Fitzerald
Jane E. Shetley
Whitney Mabry

Next up, our Fourth Grade Team!

Diana Sheriff
Virginia Bishop
Hannah Green
Ashley Bailey
Andrea Mata
Stephanie Walker
John Jackson

Say hello to our Second Grade Team!

Kelli Bradley
Taylor Jenkins
Andrea Price
Amanda Huss
Dianna Bembenek
Ashley Cloonan