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On Wednesday, Dec. 9, the Ridgefield School District announced that View Ridge Middle School seventh grader Amelia Natterstad is the first-place winner in the 2020 Superintendentâs Holiday Greeting Card Art Contest.Â
The artwork was selected by judges as an entry that best exemplifies this yearâs contest theme of âHealthy Happy Holidays.âÂ
Ameliaâs design will be featured on this yearâs cover of Ridgefield School Districtâs holiday greeting card. As first-place winner, she will receive a $50 cash award.
Three semi-finalists were selected for runner up honors: Jael Benedick, a sixth grader from Sunset Ridge Intermediate School; Lilly Adams, a seventh grader from View Ridge Middle School; and LilyAnna Babien, a freshman at Ridgefield High School.Â
Parents, students and community members from all over the Ridgefield School District and greater Clark County met outside the Ridgefield Administrative and Civic Center (RACC) on Tuesday, Dec. 8, to advocate for the reopening of schools in the district. Due to safety precautions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, schools in the Ridgefield School District have been closed to in-person schooling since mid-March and have been conducting education sessions entirely online.
Demonstrators began to appear along Pioneer Street outside the RACC at 4 p.m. holding signs advocating for the option of in-person schooling in the district. Alyssa Curran, a mother of four and a Ridgefield High School graduate, said she came to the protest to advocate the choice for parents, teachers and students to get back to physical classrooms.