Ripley Central School District

📚✈️ Adventure Awaits! ✈️📚 Join us for Literacy Night as we kick off a summer full of reading fun! 🌞📖 🗓 Date: June 4, 2025 🕔 Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM 📍 Theme: Passport to a Colorful Adventure Get ready to: ✨ Collect exciting materials to boost your summer reading journey 📱 Learn how to connect your devices to free reading apps 🍿 Read, write, & enjoy some delicious popcorn! Let’s make reading an unforgettable adventure this summer! Don’t miss it! 📌 Share with friends and family — all are welcome! #SummerReading #LiteracyNight #AdventureAwaits #FamilyFun #ReadExploreGrow

🎉🏅 A big shoutout to our incredible students who were recognized on Thursday, May 22, 2025, for demonstrating what it truly means to live the Ripley Character Strengths! 🏅🎉 These students have gone above and beyond in showing grit, leadership, respect, responsibility, and thankfulness — the very qualities that help make our school community so special. 🌟 Your hard work, strong character, and positive attitude continue to inspire everyone around you. Keep up the amazing work — we’re so proud of each and every one of you! 🙌💙 #RipleyProud #CharacterChampions #StudentLeadership #ShineBright

🎭🎶 Yesterday, May 22, the fourth-grade classroom had a special visit from guests at the Chautauqua Institution who taught them all about opera before they performed their school-wide performance. The fourth graders worked together to create an original mini-opera, which our guests performed right in the room—such a memorable experience! To make the day even more exciting, a few of our classmates joined in during the big performance to see who could howl like the Big Bad Wolf the loudest! 🐺✨ Bravo to all our young performers, and a huge thank you to the Chautauqua Institution for bringing opera to life in our classroom! #OperaInTheClassroom #ChautauquaInstitution #FourthGradeFun #BigBadWolfHowlOff

Today for our first grade ABC Countdown, we celebrated "C is for Compliment". We each wrote a compliment on everyone's paper, and each student gets to take home a little poster full of affirmations to hang up at home.

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📣 Today is the Day, Ripley! 🗳️ Make your voice heard in the Ripley Central School District Budget & BOE Vote! 📌 What: Vote on the 2025–2026 Annual School Budget & Board of Education Seats (3-year terms) 📌 When: TODAY – Tuesday, May 20 | 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM 📌 Where: Ripley Central School Every vote counts in shaping the future of our students and community. Let’s lead Ripley forward together! 🇺🇸🦅 🔗 https://www.ripleycsd.org 📞 716-736-2631 #RipleyCSD #TodayIsTheDay #SchoolVote #CommunityStrong #LearnTodayLeadTomorrow

📚🌸 Spring Book Fair – Open to the Public! 🌸📚 Join us TODAY from 4:30 PM to 8:30 PM in the Ripley Central School Small Gymnasium for our Spring Book Fair! It's a great time to stock up on books for readers of all ages. 🛍️ Payment Options Accepted: Cash Credit Cards Checks (made out to Ripley Central School) Apple Pay G-Pay Scholastic Book Fair eWallet Can't make it in person? No worries! Shop online anytime at: 🔗 https://www.scholastic.com/bf/ripleycentralschool 📖 Come support literacy and find your next favorite read. See you there!

🎉 Mark Your Calendars! 🎉 📅 Tuesday, May 20, 2025 We’ve got an exciting day packed with fun and important events for our school community — come out and join us! 🗳️ Budget/BOE Vote 🕑 2:00–8:00 PM | 📍 Room 125 Your voice matters—make sure to cast your vote! 📚 Book Fair 🕟 4:30–8:30 PM | 📍 Small Gymnasium Find great reads and support our school! 🎨 Art Show 🕔 5:00–6:00 PM | 📍 Large Gymnasium Come see our students’ amazing artwork! 🍕 PTO Pizza Night 🕔 5:00–7:00 PM | 📍 Small Gymnasium FREE pizza and fun for the whole family! 🎶 Spring Concert 🕕 6:00 PM | 📍 Large Gymnasium Enjoy beautiful music performed by our talented students! Let’s celebrate our school community together—see you there! 💛🎉📚🎨🎶 #SchoolEvent #CommunityStrong #SpringConcert #BookFair #ArtShow #PTO #Vote2025

Better World Day in Action! Our 6th grade students have completed yet another meaningful project for Better World Day! They proudly assisted local veterans in placing flags on veterans' graves at Quincy Cemetery and East Ripley Cemetery. Students were honored and excited to support our veterans and to show their appreciation for the sacrifices made in service to our country. ❤️💙 Thank you to everyone who helped make this service project a success! #BetterWorldDay #ServiceLearning #ThankAVeteran #6thGradeCares

Our staff made the most of an early dismissal on Friday, May 9 by participating in a CPR/First Aid and Stop the Bleed refresher course. 💪🩹 We're proud of their dedication to staying prepared and keeping safety a top priority. A big thank you to the Chautauqua County EMS Education Team for providing such valuable training and support! #CPRTraining #StopTheBleed #SafetyFirst #TeamPrepared

📚✨ The Scholastic Book Fair is almost here! ✨📚 🛍️ Shop Online: Monday, May 19 – Thursday, May 22 📅 In-Person Fair: Tuesday, May 20 | 4:30 – 8:30 PM 📍 RCS Small Gym 💳 Make checkout a breeze with an eWallet! Set up a cash-free account for your student and even invite friends and family to contribute. It’s the easiest way to shop the fair, stress-free! 👉 Set up your eWallet here: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/ripleycentralschool Let’s spark a love of reading together! #ScholasticBookFairs 📖❤️

🌍💛 For Better World Day, our amazing 6th graders took action by spreading messages of kindness! 💌✨ They filled the sidewalks with encouraging words, thoughtful notes, and heartfelt reminders that even the smallest acts of kindness can make a big difference. We're so proud of their compassion and creativity—our future truly is in good hands! 💫 #BetterWorldDay #KindnessMatters #6thGradeLeadsTheWay

📊 6th Grade Math in Action! Our 6th graders are diving into real-world math with a hands-on statistics project! Each student created a statistical question and is surveying 50 people to gather data. Today, they took a big step by collecting responses from our 2nd grade students. 📝📚 Next up: organizing the data and creating dot plots to visually represent their findings. We can't wait to see the results of their hard work and creativity! #MathIsEverywhere #StudentScientists #HandsOnLearning

📚🎉 Congratulations to our amazing 5th grade Battle of the Books team! 🎉📚 We are so proud of Adalynn Lindsey, Willow Kutschke, Kaylee Knight, Emma Knight, and Sophia Bunce for representing us in the Chautauqua County 2025 Battle of the Books competition on Saturday, May 10! Not only did they showcase their incredible reading and teamwork skills, but they also took home the Best Costume Award! 🏆✨ A huge thank you to Emmett Burgess and Kaven Gilbert-Barr for all their support and preparation leading up to the big day—we couldn't have done it without you! Way to go, team! 💪📖👏 #BattleOfTheBooks #ReadersAreLeaders #BestCostumeWinners #ProudMoment

🎉 Congratulations to Our Young Authors! 📚✍️ We’re so proud to announce that 21 students in 2nd–6th grade had their writing selected to be published in the book A Wonder in the Woods! 🌲✨ Certificates and letters were sent home this past Friday. If your child received one, please take a moment to read the letter carefully and follow the instructions to approve the story for publication and make any necessary corrections. This is a wonderful achievement—congratulations to all our budding writers! 📝💫 #YoungAuthors #StudentSuccess #AWonderInTheWoods

🎉Congratulations to Our Patriot's Pen Participants!🎉 We are so proud of our students who took part in this year’s Patriot's Pen essay contest! 🏆 A big congratulations to Emma Rowe, who won 1st place for Ripley’s 6th–8th grade division! 🥉 Kudos to Ruthie Joos for earning 3rd place — great job! 👏 And a special shout-out to Hayden for receiving an award for participation — your hard work and effort are truly appreciated! Thank you to all who participated and shared their thoughtful reflections on patriotism. Your voices matter! ❤️💙 #PatriotsPen #StudentSuccess #RipleyPride

📣 Upcoming Events Alert! Please check out the flyer for details on our exciting events happening on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Don’t miss out—mark your calendars! 🎉

🎉👏 Congratulations to our amazing students! 👏🎉 Today, we proudly recognized a group of outstanding individuals who have truly exemplified the Ripley Character Strengths. These students stood out for their grit, leadership, respect, responsibility and thankfulness — traits that make Ripley proud every single day. Your dedication and positive character do not go unnoticed. Keep shining and inspiring others with your example. We are so proud of you! 🌟🙌 #RipleyProud #CharacterStrengths #StudentSuccess

Friendly Reminder: There will be early dismissal tomorrow, Friday, May 9 at 11:00 am

🌸 Reminder: Mother’s Day Hanging Basket Pickup! 🌸 Don’t forget to pick up your beautiful Mother’s Day hanging baskets! 📅 Date: Thursday, May 8, 2025 🕝 Time: 2:30 – 3:45 PM 📍 Location: RCS Large Gym Lobby Thank you for supporting our fundraiser – just in time to celebrate all the amazing moms! 💐💕 RCS PTO