Ridgefield PS Awards & Recognition

We are very proud of our school community. Our teachers, students, and programs are first rate and have been the recipients of many distinguished awards.

Recent Awards and Accolades

  • 7 National Merit Semi Finalists
  • 2 Students Achieve Perfect ACT Test Results
  • RHS Inducts 122 New National Honors Society Member
  • 113 Students Receive Seal of Biliteracy in 2024
  • 586 students (Grades 10–12) took 1265 AP Exams in 2024
  • 3 Achievement Awards in Writing from the National Council of Teachers of English
  • 16 Students Place in JFK Profiles of Courage Essay Contest; 1 in top ten
  • 3rd place at the Prestigious Connecticut Junior Science + Humanities Symposium
  • 2 First-Place Finishes in State Debate Competitions
  • 20 RHS Musicians Selected by CMEA 
  • Western Regional Festival
  • 15 Halo Nominations for RHS Theater, Including Best Ensemble for The Play That Goes Wrong
  • 1 Gold Medal in National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
  • 1 Grand Prize in Connecticut Council of Language Teachers Artwork Contest
  • Art + 3D Design Classes Claim “Most Creative” at Ann’s Place Tree fundraiser
  • National Finalists in Invention Convention
  • RHS, East Ridge, and Scotts Ridge Earn ADL
  • No Place for Hate distinction
  • RHS Boys Cross Country Team wins FCIAC, State, and New England Championships (2 years in a row), led by Yale Commit Magnus Manley (RHS 2025) and New England Champion, Princeton-runner Steven Hergenrother (Valedictorian RHS 2024) Girls Swim State Champions (2022 and 2024) Boys Volleyball State Championship (2024)
  • 14 Seniors Sign National Letters of Intent to Play NCAA Athletics
  • Principal Tim Salem Claims Distinguished School Administrator Award
  • 4 ATOMIC Math awards to RPS Educators
  • Elementary Library Learning Commons staff earned Common Sense Educator status
  • East Ridge PTA Recognized by CT PTA
  • Branchville Elementary Principal Keith Margolus won the Connecticut PTA “Dawn Hochsprung” Outstanding Elementary School Principal Award 2022
  • East Ridge sixth-grade teacher Maureen Tyra named Ben’s Bell’s Bellee.
  • CABE Award for Excellence
  • Educational Communication (2022, 2023)