Ridgefield Public Schools Newsletter | Ridgefield, CT |October 29, 2021

Happy Halloween, RPS!All week, Ridgefield Public Schoolstudents have gotten into theHalloween spirit. The photo near rightshows a cowgirl having an alienencounter during the Veterans Parkkindergarten parade. In the photo farright, Mal from the Descendentsmeets Elementary Supervisor SarahWeirsman twinning with her dog Leoat a Barlow Mountain ElementaryTrick or Trunk Event. HappyHalloween! Please deliver anyunwanted Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups to the Central Office’s new location at 90 East Ridge Road:)

SRMS Simulations Build Compassion and AwarenessScott Ridge seventh-grade Spanish classes started the yearfocusing on Cuba and the refugee experience. The students readEl Escape Cubano by Mira Canion based on a true story of an11-year old boy who, along with his family and friends, secretlybuilds a raft to escape from Havana, Cuba to the USA. Then,SRMS students built “balsas” (rafts) and learned more about theharrowing journey to freedom. They used the SRMS rowingmachines to test whether they could go the distance. Read the fullstory about this cultural lesson and see more photos here.

CalendarNovember 2

No School StudentsProfessional Development

Nov 8 and 22BOE Meetings

Link to Live/Recorded

November 11No School

Veterans Day

November 15Parenting Workshop

Moving Through Grief and LossRegister for In-Person

Workshop/Get Link for LiveVirtual

November 24Early Dismissal

Thanksgiving Break

November 25-26No School

Happy Thanksgiving

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Author Kiely Visits RHSBrendan Kiely, New York Timesbest-selling author of the novelAll American Boys, visited(virtually) RHS Reading classesto discuss his book. Students inthe class "Individual Identity andSocial Justice” are reading hisnovel and were able to ask theauthor questions about thebook. RHS Reading Department

teachers will present with Kiely at the NCTE(National Council for Teachers of English) nextmonth.

Jax Rows to Gold in BostonRHS Student, Jax Mantione(right), won a gold medal atthe Head of the CharlesRegatta in Cambridge, MAlast weekend. Jax and herpartner are the first femalesin Maritime Rowing Club’shistory to win a gold medal ina double at this prestigiousrace. Congratulations!

Factoring at BESFourth graders at BranchvilleElementary rolled dice topractice finding factors. Eachteam took the sum of the fourdice then found all the factorsin a fun game that builtnumeracy and Yahtzee skills:)

3D Jewelry and Computer Art

Ridgefield High School students in 3D JewelryDesign and Computer Art have made the mostof full in-person learning with an impressiveoutput of wire-wrapped sea glass, lines, andpatterns.

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