Ridgecrest Elementary School

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...

Our fifth grade Ridgecrest Rockets celebrated moving on to middle school on May 13th. So many families came out to commemorate their student's hard work and accomplishments. Mr. ...

As always, Coach Lowery and Coach Longmire planned a very fun Field Day for Ridgecrest on Friday, May 9th. Many parents joined in the fun with their student to make it even more ...

In honor of Earth Day, Ridgecrest classes each had a No Power Hour where they did not use screens or devices. Our GATE students wrote and won a grant to provide all Rockets with a...

Ridgecrest hosted its very first Family Fun Night on April 22nd. We had math games and prizes hosted by Mathnasium of Huntsville; the Scholastic Book Fair was open for shopping; G...

A few months ago our librarian Mrs. Gatzke found out about Latinx KidLit Book Festival's School Visit Fund where a school can apply for a visit from a Latinx author or illustrator...

Our first graders and their teachers soared into Spring with a very fun Kite Day! "Go Fly a Kite Day" is celebrated the third Sunday in April every year so our first grade classe...

On April 10th, our Librarian and Military Liaison Mrs. Gatzke traveled to Montgomery to attend the Alabama State Board of Education Meeting and receive Ridgecrest’s Purple Star ba...

Ridgecrest hosted its very first ever Pep Rally to help students get excited for ACAP success!! Ms. Travis, one of our 3rd grade teachers, organized this amazing event which was ...