Ridgeway Elementary is part of the North Vancouver School District (School District 44). Here are some commonly used terms and acronyms that are helpful to know:

  • PAC: Parent Advisory Council
  • FOS: Family of Schools. Ridgeway is part of the “Sutherland” FOS, which also includes Queensbury, Brooksbank, and Eastview Elementary Schools. Each of these elementary schools feeds into Sutherland Secondary School.
  • IEP: Individual Education Plan (Not all students have one – they are developed as required. Intended to address things your child needs that are NOT covered in the regular curriculum.)
  • LAC: Learning Assistance Teachers
  • LST: Learning Support Teacher
  • ELL: English Language Learning
  • EA: Education Assistant
  • Primary: Grades K-3
  • Intermediate: Grades 4-7
  • Refuge: “The Refuge” is a beautiful garden area at the back of the school. It is meant to be used as an outdoor classroom, and so is fenced off from the playground. It’s accessed from inside the school, through the multi-purpose room (ground floor, near Kindergarten classrooms). Kids visit it with their teachers for a variety of learning opportunities e.g.; planting seeds, watching weather, water experiments, observing bugs and insects, etc…
  • Heritage Hall: The downstairs of Ridgeway, contains display cases of Ridgeway’s history and original flooring from our historic 100+ year old building.