Ritchie County Schools

We just wrapped up our second day of outdoor recreation camp at North Bend. We aren’t sure who’s having more fun… students or teachers! 😎 Some activities students have participated in so far include creek critters🪲, tie dye🎨, archery🏹, boating🚣‍♂️, tracks and scat🐾, rock painting🪨 and swimming🏊‍♀️. We’ve had our highest number in attendance this year with 130 students! This camp is so much fun for everyone. We can’t wait for the next 6 days!

This year’s summer academy has been full of the joy of learning. Thanks to all the parents that sent these great children to our summer academy. We have enjoyed working with them.

There is no shortage of creativity in the summer academy. These students at Harrisville Elementary have enjoyed learning about miniature golf. This lesson series resulted in the creation of their very own miniature golf course and getting to have fun golfing.

It’s Independence Day! Have a wonderful holiday!

Middle school students at the summer academy are having fun and learning. They’ve learned that germs are everywhere so good hand washing is ever so important. I expect we’ll see some hands getting washed much more often. They then used those clean hands for some creativity with building and shirt tie dying.

Ritchie County students involved in the summer learning academy had a wonderful trip to Discovery World in Parkersburg on Tuesday. What a great facility to have so close to us. Kids of all ages enjoyed the day.

Summer Academy is a place to learn and have fun doing it. These children had a blast with their balloon rocket lesson.

Learning becomes exciting when you tie it to real world experiences. That’s why these students at the summer academy are having a great time. They had the opportunity to make predictions about bowling pins, build bowling pins and even bowl with their very own pins.

Do you see the smiles on the faces of these children? That’s because they are having fun learning about bridges and bridge building at the summer academy. These children in Mrs. Marple’s STEAM class built bridges out of an unusual material, Spaghetti! It’s pretty amazing how many blocks their bridges held.

How do you get students excited about the Summer Learning Academy? Let them visit Mrs. West’s STEAM class and it is sure to do the trick. The series of lessons on bowling was not only engaging but educational. Students used science, mathematics, language, art and some technology skills as they learned all about bowling pins and bowling.

Students at Ritchie County Middle School are enjoying their time at Academic Learning Camp. They have participated in a variety of activities the past week. Go, Blazers!

The Ritchie County Board of Education hosted the Ritchie County High School 4 x 400 relay team Monday evening. Congratulations to this team for thier first place finish in the 4 x 400 relay at the state track meet.

The Ritchie County Board of Education honored this years recipients of the Golden Horseshoe Award. We would like to congratulate these young people on their great achievement. One fun fact, Betsy Nelson, board member pictured with these youngsters became a member of this Golden Horseshoe group in 2003.

We would like to say thank you to our five retirees for their years of service to the students of Ritchie County. We hope you enjoy your retirement!

Today is the day we take time to remember all those who have served our country and helped provide the freedom we so greatly enjoy. Thank you!

We are blessed in this county with many great people that are dedicated and hard working. We would like to take the time to recognize two of these hard working individuals. Heather Lafferre is our Teacher of the Year. Bonnie Holbert is the Service Person of the Year. They serve in this position for the 2023 - 2024 school year. Congratulations to both of these ladies. We want to thank them for all they have done and continue to do for the students of Ritchie County.

Summer vacation starts today. We hope our students enjoy a much needed break. Remember, we have two camps available for students this summer. Academic Learning Camp starts June 12th. Camp will be in session June 12th-16th, 21st-23rd, 26th-30th, and July 5th-7th. Our door Recreation Day-Camp starts July 10th. It will be at North Bend State Park. The dates are from July 10th-13th and 17th-20th. Your child needs to be registered to attend these camps. If you need more information about these camps you may call the board office at 304-643-2991 Ext. 115 or 1308.

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Today's the day! It's the last day of the 2022-2023 school year. We hope your children enjoy their much needed break.

Rebel participates in the state track meet! Austin 3rd in the Shot and 2nd in the discus; Shuttles finished 3rd,; 4x8 00 finished 5th. Way to Go Rebels! Good luck Saturday!