Ripley Central School District

Kindergarten spent their first few days of Physical Education showing off different ways they can move. Ask your Child how many different ways they can move. Running, skipping, galloping, rolling, hopping, spinning and all kinds of different animal crawls are just a few ways they showed what they could move.

🌸🍂 CORRECTED RCS YEARBOOK MUM SALE INFORMATION! 🍂🌸

Please note: This post contains the CORRECTED information for our RCS Yearbook Mum Sale. A corrected flyer will also be sent home with students. Please use the corrected flyer/information below when placing your order. We apologize for any confusion and appreciate your understanding!

Help us support the 2026–2027 RCS Yearbook while adding a little fall color to your home! 🍁

🌼 12" Potted Mums — $16 each

OR

🌸 $16 Gift Certificate to Harvest View Greenhouses LLC
Includes ONE FREE 12" mum of your choice PLUS $1 OFF any pumpkin purchase of $8 or more! 🎃

✨ BONUS OFFER: Students who sell 10 or more mums will receive a FREE 2026–2027 RCS Yearbook! 📚💙

📅 Orders & payment due: Friday, September 11, 2026
🌼 Delivery: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
🚌 Pickup: 2:30–3:45 PM at the RCS Bus Garage
An adult must pick up the mums.

📝 Complete the order form on the back of the corrected flyer and return it with payment to your child’s teacher or the Elementary Office by the deadline.

Please note: Mum colors will be randomly assigned, so special color requests cannot be accommodated.

💐 Thank you for supporting the RCS Yearbook! Let’s make it a blooming success! 💐

Questions? Contact Laurie Kozlowski at lkozlowski@ripleycsd.org or 716-736-7224.

Happy first day back, Ripley! Everything ran so smoothly today, and it was wonderful seeing all the scholars back in the building. A quick heads-up that back-to-school paperwork came home in backpacks today, along with information on our first round of after-school programs (one starts up next week!). Please fill those forms out and send them back as soon as you can. Get some rest tonight, and we’ll see everyone tomorrow for Day 2!

A message for our PK3 families: Students in PK3 will be dismissed at 11:00am on Thursday, September 3, 2026.
Thank you!

🎒💙 A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE KIWANIS CLUB OF WESTFIELD-RIPLEY! 💙🎒

We are incredibly grateful to the Kiwanis Club of Westfield-Ripley for their generous donation of book bags to our students! 📚✏️

These book bags will help make sure that students in our community have the supplies they need to start the school year off ready to learn. We truly appreciate the Kiwanis Club’s continued support of our students, families, and school community. Your generosity makes a difference! ❤️

If your child is in need of a book bag, please contact the Main Office at 716-736-2631, ext. 2000.

Thank you, Kiwanis Club of Westfield-Ripley, for helping us support our students! 🦅🎒

#ThankYou #CommunitySupport #KiwanisClub #WestfieldRipley #BackToSchool #OurStudentsOurCommunity

Ripley/CLCS Sports Bus Schedule
Week of August 31-September 4
Sports Buses will leave promptly at scheduled times from Ripley's or CLCS' parking lots:
Monday, August 31, 2026
• 6:35 am - Pick Up at RCS (Girls Varsity Soccer)
• 7:35 am - Pick Up at RCS (Tennis, Boys Varsity Soccer)
• 9:35 am - Pick Up at RCS (Varsity Football/ Modified Boys Soccer)
• 10:20 am - Pick Up at CLCS (Tennis)
• 12:20 pm - Pick Up at CLCS (Varsity/JV Football)
• 2:40 pm – Pick Up at RCS (Swim/Modified Football/ Girls Modified Soccer/Modified Volleyball)
• 6:00 pm – Pick Up at CLCS (Swim/Modified Football/ Girls Modified Soccer/Modified Volleyball)
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
• 7:35 am - Pick Up at RCS (Tennis)
• 10:20 am – Pick Up at CLCS (Tennis)
• 2:50 pm – Pick Up at RCS (Modified, JV/Varsity Football/JV/Varsity/Modified Girls Soccer and JV/Varsity Boys Soccer/ JV/Varsity/Modified Volleyball/Swim)
• 6:10 pm – Pick Up at CLCS (Modified, JV/Varsity Football/JV/Varsity/Modified Girls Soccer and JV/Varsity Boys Soccer/ JV/Varsity/Modified Volleyball/Swim)
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
• 7:35 am - Pick Up at RCS (Tennis)
• 10:20 am – Pick Up at CLCS (Tennis)
• 2:50 pm – Pick Up at RCS (Modified, JV/Varsity Football/JV/Varsity/Modified Girls Soccer and JV/Varsity Boys Soccer/ JV/Varsity/Modified Volleyball/Swim)
• 6:10 pm – Pick Up at CLCS (Modified, JV/Varsity Football/JV/Varsity/Modified Girls Soccer and JV/Varsity Boys Soccer/ JV/Varsity/Modified Volleyball/Swim)
Thursday, September 3, 2026
• 6:10 pm – Pick Up at CLCS (Modified, JV/Varsity Football/JV/Varsity/Modified Girls Soccer and JV/Varsity Boys Soccer/ Modified, JV/Varsity Volleyball/Swim/Tennis)

Friday, September 4, 2026
• 6:10 pm – Pick Up at CLCS (Modified, JV/Varsity Football/JV/Varsity/Modified Girls and Modified, JV/Varsity Boys Soccer/ Modified, JV/Varsity Volleyball/Swim/Tennis)

The bus will return to Ripley approximately 30-40 minutes after practice ends each day.

Stay tuned for updates as needed!

⛳️🏌️‍♀️ What a way to wrap up Golf at Eagle U! 🏌️‍♂️⛳️

Eagle U students celebrated their final day of golf with plenty of fun on the course! Students put their skills to the test in a putting contest to see who could get closest to the pin—and congratulations to Addy, our putting contest winner! 🏆⛳️

The fun continued as students got behind the wheel and enjoyed driving the golf carts! 🚗

A HUGE thank-you to Lakeside Golf Course for welcoming our students and making their golf experience so special. Students were also surprised with prizes from Lakeside Golf Course for participating in the program! 🎁👏

We are so grateful for the memories, fun, and new skills our students gained throughout the week! 💙⛳️

#EagleU #GolfDay #LakesideGolfCourse #SummerFun #EagleUProud

Ripley Sports Bus Schedule (Week of August 17) The Ripley Sports Bus will begin running for football practices next week! Monday, August 17: The bus will leave Ripley's parking lot at 8:00 am. Tuesday, August 18 – Friday, August 21: The bus will depart promptly at 8:40 AM each day. The bus will return to Ripley approximately 20–30 minutes after practice ends each day. Stay tuned for details regarding Soccer, Swimming, Volleyball, and Tennis—practices for these sports will begin on August 24.

Eagle U had an absolute blast during our Ducky Day event! The fun started when students hunted for hidden rubber ducks and raced to find the peer with the matching duck to form their official competition teams.
From there, the energy was unstoppable as partnerships competed in a series of hilarious and fast-paced challenges. Teams tested their skills in duck, duck, find, spoons races, and duck points, followed by a battle of brains during duck trivia. It all came down to an epic, high-stakes duck dance off for the ultimate championship title.
A huge congratulations goes out to Alex, Alivia, Raylynn, and Evelyn for flying past the competition and taking home the grand victory!

Making Waves: Eagle U's Final Swim Day Was a Splash! 🌊🦅
What an unforgettable way to wrap up our swimming season! The Eagle U crew took to the pool for our final swim session, and it was packed with big smiles, hard work, and some seriously amazing milestones.
🎉 Deep End Defeated & Diving Board Dominance!
A massive round of applause for our two superstar students who officially conquered the deep end test! 🏊‍♂️✨ Their hard work and determination paid off in the coolest way possible: they earned their pool passes to the deep end and got to celebrate by launching themselves off the diving board! Cannonball status: achieved! 💣💥
🌟 Floating Like Rockstars
The rest of our incredible swimmers weren't sitting idly by—they were busy turning into human starfish! The group put in some fantastic effort working on their floating skills. Watching everyone build up their water confidence and relax under the sun was an absolute highlight of the day. 🧜‍♂️🧜‍♀️
Thank you to all our swimmers for making this season so safe, fun, and completely splash-tastic. Keep shining and keep swimming, Eagles!

🌟 **A Week of Learning, Exploring & Creating at Eagle U!** 🦅

What a fun and hands-on week at Eagle University! From science exploration to creative play, our students were busy learning, discovering, and having fun! 💙

🔬 **Sink or Float?** 🌿💧
Eagle U kicked off a new STEAM project exploring the world around us! Students collected objects from nature, made predictions about whether each item would **sink or float**, and then tested their predictions. It was a great way to practice observation, questioning, predicting, and problem-solving!

🏖️ **Art Turns Into Recess!** 🎨🪣
Our students are also making the most of the leftover sand from the construction of our giant eagle sculpture! What started as leftover materials has now become our very own **Eagle U campus sandbox**, giving students a fun new space to create, explore, and play.

💦 **Water War!** 💦😎
And, of course, no summer week at Eagle U would be complete without some good old-fashioned fun! On Thursday, students enjoyed a **much-anticipated Water War**! There were plenty of smiles, laughter, and splashes as everyone cooled off and enjoyed some outdoor fun with friends. 💦☀️😂

From STEAM discoveries to creative play and summer fun, it was another **egg-cellent week at Eagle U!** 🦅💙

#EagleU #STEAMLearning #HandsOnLearning #LearningThroughPlay #SummerFun #EaglePride

🎉 NEW TO THE DISTRICT? WELCOME TO RIPLEY! 🦅💙

Have you recently moved to the Ripley Central School District? We’d love to welcome your family to our school community! 🏫✨

If you have a school-age student who will be attending Ripley Central School, please contact us or stop in to get your child registered for the upcoming school year.

📚 New school. New friends. New opportunities. We’re excited to have you join the Eagle family! 🦅💚

📞 716-736-2631
🌐 www.ripleycsd.org

Welcome to Ripley Central School—where we learn today and lead tomorrow! 💙🦅

#RipleyCentralSchool #WelcomeToRipley #EaglePride #NewToTheDistrict #RipleyEagles

☀️ Recess Rules at Eagle U!

The school year might be over, but recess isn't! Eagle U students still get their daily dose of freedom every single day.

Why it is the best time of day:
🧠 Brain Breaks: A perfect pause from academic work.
🏃 Energy Bursts: Time to run wild and burn off steam.
🤝 Friendship Goals: Maximum fun hanging out with buddies.

All students will receive free breakfast & lunch for 2026-2027.

🏊‍♂️ **Tuesday Swim Days = Best Day of the Week at Eagle U!** 💦

There's no doubt about it—Tuesdays are a favorite for our Eagle U students! Each week, they look forward to building confidence, learning new skills, and having a blast in the pool.

This week's swimmers:
🏐 Played water volleyball and football.
💧 Practiced jumping into the pool and becoming more comfortable submerging underwater.
🤸 Showed off their growing confidence by working on underwater handstands!

It's amazing to watch our students strengthen their swimming abilities, encourage one another, and create lasting memories—all while having so much fun!

🛠️✨ STEAM in Action at Eagle U! ✨🌀

Our Eagle U students put their STEAM skills to the test this week by designing and building their very own custom marble runs! Young engineers worked together to plan, create, and refine their designs while exploring how gravity, motion, and momentum move marbles through exciting twists, turns, and drops.

This hands-on activity encouraged creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, and critical thinking—all while making physics come to life in a fun and engaging way. It was amazing to watch our students experiment, make adjustments, and celebrate their successful designs!

Planning ahead for the upcoming year? You can find the 2026–2027 supply lists right here: https://www.ripleycsd.org/page/supply-lists.
Let us know if there’s anything we can do to help out!

⛳ Eagle U Hits the Green!
The Eagle U crew crushed their golf practice session last Thursday! Everyone spent time mastering their short game with some serious chipping practice.
The Highlight of the Day:
Ted sank an unbelievable hole-in-one straight from the chipping area!