RIDGEFIELD: RPS Superintendent Mid-summer Letter to Community: Calendar, School Start times, Parent Portal, and More

RIDGEFIELD (FAIRFIELD COUNTY) CT: Ridgefield Public School released the 2022-2023 School Calendar and school hours.

* Parent Portal opens for class assignments and bus transportation information on Monday, August 22.

RIDGEFIELD (FAIRFIELD COUNTY) CT:* The first day of school for kindergarten through grade 9 students is Monday, August 29.

* The first day of school for students in grades 10-12 is Tuesday, August 30.

Public School Superintendent Dr. Susie DaSilva said, "As we welcome students back, here are a few highlights." Please read below.

• We welcomed two new Principals to our elementary leadership team: Ms. Mary Scalise (RES) and Interim Principal, Dr. Sheri Prendergast (VPES). Meet and Greets have been scheduled.

• We welcomed new Elementary Supervisors: Interim Tim Luchsinger (SES) and Chris Olson (VPES and FES)

• Angela King will join RHS as the new Special Education Supervisor, and Terry Houlihan as the Counseling Supervisor.

• The curriculum team has been working on updating our District website as well as updating the parent curriculum website- they are very excited to share their work. More information to come soon!

• RIDGEFIELD (FAIRFIELD COUNTY) CT:School hours for grades K-12 can be found here. The PreK will begin its half-day and extended-day program hours on September 6.

• Our school calendar can be found here.

• Our food service company has changed from Chartwells to Aramark. We are looking forward to the delicious lunch options. You can find the press release here.

• CSDE has issued “Launching Healthy Schools” guidance. We will provide any applicable updates closer to the start of school.

• Weekly family communications will continue to take place on Friday, beginning the week before students begin.

• The Technology Department is pleased to announce that starting with the high school, (throughout the first half of the school) all aging SmartBoards will be replaced with new ViewSonic boards.

• Like last year, 4th, 6th, and 9th graders will be given new Chromebooks to have for the duration that they are in that school.

• We are excited for the return of Ridgefield Tiger Talk Podcast this fall! Be sure to catch up on past episodes.

• We hope to share the first draft of our yearly priorities with the Board of Education at their meeting in late August or early September.