Ritchie Elementary News Today

Ohio County Schools is kicking off it's Summer Nutrition Program with both schools and community partners in the area. The county is working with USDA to provid

WHEELING – Ohio County Schools has announced both its Teacher of the Year and Service Personnel of the Year for the 2023-2024 school year. The honors came during the board of education’s meeting Monday night. Middle Creek Elementary kindergarten teacher Kristy Villani is the Teacher of the Year, while Jennifer Mulley – an operations bus […]

FAIRMONT — Years of hard work were on display Thursday at Jayenne Elementary as officials celebrated the school being named a 2023 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department

WHEELING – Little tykes turning 4 years old by summer can be signed up for pre-kindergarten classes in Ohio County starting in early January, and so can those wanting to enter kindergarten. Pre-registration for both pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes in the county are being done at the same time this year, and are set to […]

WHEELING — Madison School Principal Andrea Trio acknowledges she struggled with math and standardized testing as a high school student, and it almost stopped her from pursuing a career in music education that led to her being named a Milken Scholar last year. Ritchie School Principal John Jorden said he was good at math while […]

Ritchie Elementary School is showing its colors as it continues to celebrate being named a National Blue Ribbon School. This week, Ohio County Board of Education members recognized Ritchie School’s achievement, with the board room decked out in Ritchie’s colors of blue of white. Teachers and staff at the school turned out for the celebration. […]

Last week one of our local schools received one of the highest honors that a school can receive, and officials have been celebrating ever since. At tonight's Ohio County Board of Education meeting, the board took some time to honor the teachers of Ritchie Elementary School for their efforts that allowed Ritchie to be named a National Blue Ribbon School.

About a decade ago, Ritchie Elementary School in South Wheeling found itself in a scenario similar to other low socio-economic status elementary schools in West Virginia and elsewhere: mediocre state assessment test results that were leading students to have a lesser chance of success as they progressed through middle school and high school. Consider: in […]

WHEELING — Ritchie Elementary School has been recognized as one of the nation’s top spots for learning, joining 352 other schools across the country in being named National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2023. Of the 353 schools, three are in West Virginia: Ritchie Elementary; Jayenne Elementary in Fairmont; and Sherman Elementary School in Boone County. […]

Fauquier County Public Schools will start the 2023-2024 school year with three new elementary principals – Bruce McDaniel at H.M. Pearson Elementary School, Erika Kersey at Greenville Elementary School and