About Us

South Ridge is a Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 school in the north area of Tillsonburg. The student population is 400 students with a fairly even distribution of rural and urban families. Strong, academically oriented programs are delivered by an extremely experienced staff. Special areas within the school include French from grades 4 to 8, 1 Learning Support Teacher for student help, and a vibrant school Music program. The staff and students at South Ridge Public School work together as a community with an emphasis on respect, sharing, caring, and communication. South Ridge Public School has an active School Council that supports the school and it's students on an ongoing basis.

OUR ADMINISTRATION:

Principal: N. Shewan
Vice Principal: A. Miller
Secretary: K. Klassen and M. Bari

Goals:

Our school goal is focused on improving students' ability to demonstrate reading for meaning, and reasoning through the development of higher order thinking skills. Students continue to build vocabulary understanding through phonics and morphology which build better automaticity when it comes to reading comprehension skills. Small group instruction based on need is a strategy being used by educators.

The staff believe assessment and evaluation of student achievement are integral parts of the learning process. Information gathered through assessment and evaluation helps teachers to determine students' strengths and weaknesses in their achievement of the curriculum expectations. It also serves to guide teachers in adapting curriculum and instructional approaches to students' needs and in assessing the overall effectiveness of programs and classroom practices. A variety of methods are used to gauge student progress including: teacher observation, classroom tests, projects and other examples of student work. For more information on our school's provincial assessment results, visit the Education Quality and Accountability Office.

2025-2026 Safe and Inclusive School Plan

Our school is committed to providing all students with a safe, caring, and inclusive learning environment free from bullying and harassment that promotes respect, acceptance, and empathy.

Staff, students, parents and caregivers, and community partners will work together as a team to help make our school safe and welcoming for everyone.

The Safe and Inclusive School Plan highlights some of the key actions that our school community will put in place as part of our bullying prevention and intervention efforts.

Key Priorities and Goals

This year we are focusing on building positive relationships between students and creating acceptance of diversity amongst our students.

We are doing this to help students feel safe and connected to the school community.

Key Actions or Strategies

Facilitate school wide activities to build a collaborative school culture.

Engage with our community partners and families/guardians about addressing diversity and racism at school and home.

Focusing on building positive relationships between students through our work on building essential conditions for learning.

Community and Home Connections

Ask your child about our seasonal colour house activities.

Encourage your child/children to embrace diversity, accept differences and navigate peer relationships.

Check out this resource .

DAILY SCHEDULE: K-8

9:00-11:00 Instructional Block 1 (120 minutes)
11:00-11:20 Nutrition (20 minutes)
11:20-11:40 Recess (20 minutes)
11:40-1:10 Instructional Block 2 (90 minutes)
1:10-1:35 Nutrition (25 minutes)
1:35-2:00 Recess (25 minutes)
2:00-3:30 Instructional Block 3 (90 minutes)
3:30 Dismissal

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