Ridgecrest Elementary School

To celebrate both positive behavior and Hispanic Heritage Month, our PBIS Committee decided to host a lotería event! Lotería is similar to bingo and our students had so much fun!...

On September 28, 2026, Ridgecrest held its annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration. We were honored to have such a large crowd of students and their families attend! We had a bounce ...

Over the summer Mrs. Gatzke, our librarian, and Ms. Brandon, our Assistant Principal, put their heads together to come up with a way to get our Ridgecrest Rickets to read more. Th...

Congratulations to our September Students of the Month! They were all nominated by either their classroom teacher or a Specials teacher for exhibiting SOAR in school. Keep up the ...

Congratulations to our September Teacher of the Month, Mrs. Barksdale!! She was nominated by multiple peers because she is an outstanding educator, team member, and all around won...

Last year our teacher Ms. Durr applied for a grant from the Unbanned Books Network, a part of We Need Diverse Books and was chosen to receive furniture for her classroom, 100 book...

Mrs. Alexis Arnold was nominated by a fellow teacher for August Teacher of the Month! She moved from Pre-K to Kindergarten this school year and is flourishing! She is hard worki...

Congratulations to our August Students of the Month!! They were nominated by their teachers and selected on the last day of August. We are so proud of them and the examples they ...

On Friday August 28th, students dressed up for a Fancy Friday themed PBIS Kickoff celebration!! PBIS is a program used by Huntsville City Schools to promote positive behavior in ...

On May 15, Ridgecrest celebrated positive behavior with a kite and ice cream sundae celebration. Students had to have at least 75 Dojo points and also have no write-ups, ILC or OS...

We celebrated our May teacher and Support Staff Member of the Month before school ended! Nurse Sherry Farmer was chosen as our Support Staff Member of the Month for May!! Nur...

Dear Parents and Guardians, Thank you for another great school year! We ask for your support in making the most of this summer by extending your children’s learning. To support y...

International Earth Day was celebrated this year on April 22 with the theme "Our Power, Our Planet." To honor Earth Day, our fifth grade Gifted and Talented (GATE) students planne...

We are excited to share our April Teacher and Support Staff Member of the Month! Our April Teacher of the Month is Ms. Moody!! Ms. Moody is one of our fourth grade teachers an...

On April 9th, we had a very special MAGICAL visitor to Ridgecrest! The President of The Caring Link dressed in a sparkly tutu and fairy wings made of book pages to come read to o...

Third grade students learned how to code with Ozobots from our amazing Math Coach, Ms. Brooks. She recently had a training on how to incorporate Ozobots into math activities and w...

Ridgecrest held its second annual Family Fun Night on April 8th! Our families had a great time shopping the Scholastic book fair, playing math games with Mathnasium, eating yummy ...

Greenpower USA's purpose is to advance the understanding of STEM topics and inspire innovation in young people through the immersive experience of designing, building, and racing ...

On April 1st, it was the teachers' chance to prank their students and some of our teachers went all out!! Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Barksdale's 3rd grade classes learned about a rare...

Our incredible Math Coach, Ms. Jonda Brooks, took the time to plan and implement Math ACAP Experiences with second, third, fourth and fifth grades to help get them ready for ACAP ...