Ridgeview Elementary School

🐣 Throughout early May, anticipation grew as students in Kelly Kilts’ second grade classroom carefully monitored their incubator 🥚, learning patience while preparing for the arrival of their feathered friends. During this time, students actively studied proper chick care 📖, from temperature requirements 🌡️ to feeding routines, preparing them to become responsible caretakers.

The classroom expected three chicken breeds to emerge: lavender orpingtons 💜, barred rocks, and olive eggers.

On day 9 of incubation, students became young scientists, using a process called candling to peer inside the developing eggs 🔍. By carefully illuminating the eggs 💡, they could see the chicks forming inside their shells. The classroom was filled with excitement as students witnessed biology in action🧬!

After 21 days of careful observation, the moment everyone had been waiting for arrived. As the first chicks began breaking through their shells using their special egg tooth 🐣, students made a discovery: the newly hatched chicks would peep to their siblings still inside their eggs 🗣️, essentially telling them "it's time to hatch!" ⏰

Now that the chicks have successfully hatched, students are enjoying hands-on learning as they care for their classroom visitors 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓. Many students have already expressed interest in adopting chicks to take home 🏠, showing how this experience has fostered both scientific curiosity 🔬 and genuine care for living creatures 💚.

This immersive learning experience has given Ridgeview's second graders memories that will last a lifetime 🌟, while teaching valuable lessons about life cycles ♻️, responsibility 🤝, and the incredible processes that occur in nature every day 🌿.

Read more stories at ysd7.org/ysdstories 📖

🎓 Kinder enrollment is open! If your child will be 5 years old on or before August 31, 2025, we invite you to stop by our school. We’d love to welcome your family and help you get started with enrollment.

Kindergarten benefits available in the Yakima School District include:
✅ Dual Language Program
✅ K–8 Virtual School
✅ After-School Childcare
✅ Out-of-District Enrollment Welcome
**Programs vary by school.

Visit ysd7.org/kinder to learn more!

Our schools are on a two-hour delay today, Friday, February 7, 2025. Middle and high school begins at 10:00 am and elementary school begins at 10:45 am. Bus routes 2, 8, 19 and 26 on snow routes. Breakfast available upon arrival. No a.m. preschool and no a.m. YV-TECH.

Two-Hour School Delay
Thursday, February 15: Due to very icy conditions on the west side of our district boundary, all YSD schools will be delayed by two hours today. There will be no morning preschool, no morning classes at YV-TECH. Buses will be on snow routes (morning only).

🎉 A heartfelt thank you to the Yakima School District community! Preliminary results show strong support for our educational levy measure (63.89% YES as of tonight!). Your vote is an investment in our students' future and ensures continued excellence in learning.

🗳️Don't forget to vote! Check your mailbox today! 📬

**URGENT UPDATE** Due to road conditions, schools in the Yakima School District are now CLOSED today, Tuesday, January 23. There was a previous delay, but schools are now CLOSED.

Have you checked your mailbox?

Due to weather, all schools in the Yakima School District are CLOSED for today, Friday, January 19, 2024.
This day will be made up. The make-up date will be announced at a later date.

Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 12:23 PM
All after-sports practices, games, and activity practices (i.e. choir, band, etc.) are canceled today due to the weather.