Welcome to the 2025–2026 school year: A new chapter for W-SR Schools!

Thanks to the Waverly Newspapers for publishing this four-part series introducing our district's new Mission, Vision, Core Values, and Desired Daily Experiences! Here's the link to the first installment, published on September 4, 2025: https://www.communitynewspapergroup.com/welcome-to-the-2025-2026-school-year-a-new-chapter-for-w-sr-schools/article_1d4a52a2-1d10-4cb5-b4fc-cba98c2c6bae.html

23 days ago, David Hill
Part 1 - New Chapter

The students have spoken as to how they want our North Ridge Go-Hawk to look! Local artist, Dan Hatala, is in the process of turning our students' visions into a work of art. The completed fiberglass statue was picked up from the UNI Art Incubator last week and brought to Waverly for the final step in our year-long process. I wonder what those driving by us thought when they saw those large feet sticking out of the back of our truck!! Stay tuned for pictures from our unveiling ceremony, when we have the "Big Reveal" for the students of North Ridge on October 10th! We are so excited to show our Go-Hawk pride!!!

23 days ago, Mitch Parker
Statue #1
Statue 2
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the cereal drive for the Northeast Iowa Food Bank. A special thank you to these two outstanding Go-Hawk leaders for working with Mrs. Poppe to count the boxes each day. We had 87 cereal boxes donated today, which brings the toal to 214. The final collection day will be September 11th, 2025 (which is the day of caring in the W-SR communities). Our goal is to collect 275 boxes of cereal.
25 days ago, Mitch Parker
Food Drive
🦩✨ Our 3rd graders had a blast with “Let’s Fla-Mingle!” 🦩 We mingled, interviewed classmates, and made new friends! 💬😁
about 1 month ago, Rebecca Elsamiller
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The countdown to the 2025–2026 school year is on! Check out the Back to School Family Resource Hub here: https://tinyurl.com/Fall25Back2School
about 2 months ago, David Hill
Back to School Resource Hub
Thank you to all of these awesome parent volunteers as we prepare to start our first annual North Ridge Field Day! You are all awesome! We look forward to an outstanding day for our students!
4 months ago, Mitch Parker
Field Day volunteers
Mrs. Willms' Kindergartners have been learning about the seasons in science. ❄️ ☔️ ☀️ 🍂 Today we found out why birds lay their eggs in the spring and all about their nests - and we even made our own! 🪺
4 months ago, Laura Willms
Bird Nests!
Bird Nests!
Bird Nests!
Bird Nests!
Bird Nests!
Bird Nests!
Bird Nests!
Bird Nests!
Bird Nests!
Bird Nests!
How awesome is this? !🎨🖍️ North Ridge Elementary took time to decorate lunch bags for the WSR baseball team —and the results are amazing! ⚾️💛🖤 This reminds us that no matter the age or grade, in the classroom or on the ball field, we’re all part of one big Go-Hawk Family! 🙌👊🦅
5 months ago, Mitch Parker
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Baseball 2
Baseball 3
Baseball 4
Baseball 5
Mrs. Willms' and Mrs. Tucker's classes enjoy an afternoon of fun with their K and 2nd grade buddies! We graphed and tallied jellybeans and had an egg hunt out on the playground! We love our the time with our buddies! 🖤💛
5 months ago, Laura Willms
kindergarten & 2nd grade buddies activity
kindergarten & 2nd grade buddies activity
kindergarten & 2nd grade buddies activity
kindergarten & 2nd grade buddies activity
kindergarten & 2nd grade buddies activity
kindergarten & 2nd grade buddies activity
kindergarten & 2nd grade buddies activity
kindergarten & 2nd grade buddies activity
kindergarten & 2nd grade buddies activity
kindergarten & 2nd grade buddies activity
Mrs. Willms' Kindergarten class had a fun day working on different Easter themed activities! And our eggs hatched baby chick Peeps! 🐣☺️
6 months ago, Laura Willms
Easter fun
Easter fun
Easter fun
Easter fun
Easter fun
Easter fun
Easter fun
Easter fun
Easter fun
Easter fun
Delaney helped to close out the ISASP testing season at North Ridge Elementary this afternoon! Thank you to all of our students, staff, and parents for working together during this important spring event!
6 months ago, Jeannie Coughlin
Delaney closing down the ISASP season at North Ridge Elementary!
It was a fun morning to be a Go-Hawk at North Ridge Elementary Kindergarten Round Up! 💛🖤 We hope everyone had an awesome day!
6 months ago, Laura Willms
north ridge kindergarten round up
north ridge kindergarten round up
north ridge kindergarten round up
north ridge kindergarten round up
north ridge kindergarten round up
north ridge kindergarten round up
north ridge kindergarten round up
north ridge kindergarten round up
north ridge kindergarten round up
north ridge kindergarten round up
Our afternoon Kindergarten Round Up group at North Ridge was super fun! We are excited for all of our "Future Go-Hawks" to return back in the fall 2025-2026 school year! 🦅💛🖤
6 months ago, Laura Willms
afternoon NR k round up
afternoon NR k round up
afternoon NR k round up
afternoon NR k round up
afternoon NR k round up
afternoon NR k round up
afternoon NR k round up
afternoon NR k round up
afternoon NR k round up
afternoon NR k round up
Mrs. Van Kley is leading some great work in the area of reading. Today, vocabulary cup stacking was a great way for students to have some fun while practicing their sight words, sounds, and word patterns.
10 months ago, Mitch Parker
Vocabulary Cup Stacking