This will be the last Tiger Talk for the 2021-22 school year! But don’t worry we will return at the beginning of the school year in the fall! In this week so we welcome superintendent Dr. Susie Da Silva, Assistant Superintendent Cory Gillette and Assistant Superintendent of Special Services Dr. Elizabeth Hannaway. We close out the year by talking about all of the exciting graduations, the amazingly jampacked summer of fun RPS is providing its community, and a brief talk about all the things we are excited about for the fall. Thanks for listening, we here at Ridgefield Tiger Talk are wishing ev ..read more

Tiger Talk welcomes back Dane Street, Ridgefield High School’s Athletics Director. He tells us about the awesome spring sports achievements our RHS students have made, who is still finishing up their seasons, notable athletes, and some upcoming news/information on the 2022 Fall season. It’s a fun show and thanks for listening ..read more

On this week’s episode of Tiger Talk we welcome Ridgefield High School’s Teacher of the Year Mike Murphy and his two students Alex Yates and Logan Tole. They tell us about a new innovative course that is becoming very popular called Product Design. It’s a course where students get to learn all of the ins and outs of engineering, developing, and budgeting a viable product. Thanks for listening ..read more

In this week’s podcast we welcome Lori Bran and Stacy Marchionni, both are School Counselors at Ridgefield High School and run the Senior Internship Program. We learn about the 20 plus year history of the program, the many different types of internships that our students can go on, how the community embraces these students, and the incredible skills they pick up for the real world. Thanks for listening!  ..read more

This week’s Tiger Talk features in amazing story about Scotland Elementary School fifth graders raising money for the “A Walk to Water” charity. Joining us is Principal Jill Katkocin, fifth grade teacher Amanda Pasquarella, and fifth grade student Hudson Renner. We discuss all the fun activities they did to raise the money, the goals of the charity building clean water wells in underserved parts of the world, how are fifth graders represented themselves in the Ridgefield community, and this Saturday’s “Walk to Water” in downtown Ridgefield. Click here to check out the site and as always thanks ..read more

In this week’s Tiger Talk we welcome two East Ridge Middle School Counselors Amy Jonsson and Caitlin DeMello. They tell us about some really cool things going on at ERMS. We cover their “Speak Up” presentation, the role of a MS School Counselor, and exciting summer opportunities for our middle school students. Thanks for listening!  ..read more

We’re Back! In this week’s episode Dane Street, The Athletics Director for Ridgefield High School returns to give us a sports update. We cover the really amazing Winter Post Season, the current Spring Season accomplishments, student highlights, and some really cool charity work that our athletes are doing. Be sure to give it a listen!   ..read more

In this week’s podcast we welcome back to the show Terence Houlihan the department head for the RHS Counselors Department. He has some exciting news for us after an over 20-year hiatus, Ridgefield High School will be hosting a college fair on April 7th. We discuss how the fair came to be, the selection of colleges that will be there, and advice for students/parents when attending the fair. Thanks for listening ..read more

Joining us on this week’s show are Jennifer Bray and Merryl Polak of Scotts Ridge Middle School. They’re here to tell us all about Legally Blond Jr the musical playing This Friday the 25th & Saturday the 26th. We discuss the important skills students gain from doing these types of activities, all the hard work that goes into it, and some really cool tech that will be used for the show. Thanks for listening.  ..read more

In this week’s podcast we invite Scotts Ridge Middle School History Teacher Thomas Broderick to the show. He brings with him five amazing 8th grade students to talk about their entries into the National History Day competition. In this competition students pick a historical subject then they must create informative displays, documentaries, websites, or other mediums that cover their theme. These impressive students have found creative ways to make historical topics that interest them come to life. Thanks for listening ..read more