School counselor Nick Irvin was hit with something a bit unexpected, and now he's considered a hero in the halls of Wheeling’s Ritchie Elementary."You just neve
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]