Ridgecrest Elementary School

Students who had a certain number of positive DOJO points were able to participate in the December PBIS party on December 18. Ms. Fields, our amazing second grade teacher, planned...

Santa came to visit Ridgecrest for the second year in a row!! He met with every student from preschool to fifth grade, asked them what they wanted for the holidays and handed out...

Congratulations to Mr. Craft, our Support Staff Member of the Month for December! He works extra hard to make sure everyone in the building is safe and we appreciate him so much!...

Each year Ridgecrest has a school-wide Spelling Bee Competition. Each class in second through fifth grade has a class competition and the class winner then competes at the schoo...

Mayfair Church of Christ, a community partner with Ridgecrest, every year blesses all of our students with a bag of food for Thanksgiving. This year volunteers from Mayfair delive...

Congratulations to our 2025 teacher of the year, Ms. Jackie Johnson! Every year our faculty and staff vote for a fellow teacher who has exemplify expertise in their field, stron...

Congratulations to our November Teacher of the Month, Mrs. Treece! She teaches 5th grade Math and coordinates out monthly clubs. Our Support Staff Member of the Month is Ms. Ect...

Veterans Day is a special day in observe of those who have bravely served our country. The official definition of a veteran is someone who has served in the active military, nava...

An ofrenda is a decorated altar central to Dia de los Muertas built to welcome and honor the spirits of deceased loved ones. Last year our Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) ...

For the very first time, Ridgecrest hosted a Storybook Pumpkin Contest for teachers and staff. One of our aides, Perris Forde-Clark, came up with the idea and everyone thought it ...

The North Alabama Zoological Society (NALZ) visited our school on Thursday, October 16, and Friday, October 17 with four ambassador animals. They brought a hedgehog, a tortoise, ...

Today we celebrate Ms. Noworyta as our teacher of the month and Mr. Wyan as support staff of the month!! They go above and beyond for our students and we appreciate their dedicati...

On Thursday, October 2nd our Ridgecrest Rockets celebrated high quality behavior with ice cream sundaes! We had quite the spread of toppings, syrups, and whipped creams for studen...

On October 1st, Ridgecrest hosted our annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration! So many Rocket families came out to celebrate with us!! We had an incredible time!! A big thank you t...

We had a visit on Friday, September 26th from Tiny Hiney's Travelin' Farm from Athens, AL and it was exceptional! Our Rockets learned all about farm animals, their job or purpose ...

Ridgecrest was chosen as the recipient of a grant given by the Huntsville Pacesetters Lions Club in partnership with Paperpie Books and Melissa's Book Basket. On September 19, ev...

Yesterday we honored our faculty and support staff of the month! This month the fabulous Ms. Johnson was named our teacher of the month and the marvelous Ms. Beauford was named ou...

Yellowhammer Brewing and their patrons filled the Launch for Learning donation box with supplies for Ridgecrest! It was so full, the box could barely hold them all!! This was a wo...

The theme for School Year 2025-2026 is Camp Ridgecrest: Where Learning is Fun. Our teachers dressed as Camp Counselors for the first day of School and we were ready for our stude...

This summer our Cafeteria Manager snapped a photo of a student reading books by our Sidewalk Library. The Sidewalk Library was purchased two years ago with funds from our PTA and...