Ritchie Elementary School News Today

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The Ohio County Animal Shelter has announced that, once again this summer, it will offer its annual rabies vaccination clinics for dogs and cats. This year’s clinics begin July 1 and run through July 11 at various locations across the county. Wendy Neubauer, shelter manager, said rabies vaccinations are required by law for people’s pets. […]

As the seconds tick away at the end of 2023, it is a good time to pause and reflect on what was a noteworthy, and newsworthy, year. The very face of Downtown Wheeling began a massive change this year, as the Downtown Streetscape Project started in earnest. Streets narrowed or completely closed as crews tore […]

WHEELING — Ritchie Elementary School counselor Nick Irvin never wants to have to use the emergency lifesaving training he’s taught as a school employee — CPR, the Heimlich maneuver or an automated external defibrillator. He does know he must always be prepared if such training is needed. As it happened, Irvin had to put that […]

WHEELING — Representatives from Ritchie Elementary School and Ohio County Schools made the trip to Washington D.C. on Thursday and Friday to be honored along with the other National Blue Ribbon Schools across the country. Ritchie was named a Blue Ribbon School in September, joining 352 other schools across the country in recognition of being […]

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.

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. The honor is granted by the U.S. Department of Education. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress […]

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 […]