East Ridge Elementary School

Please help us welcome our new assistant principal, Ms. Margaret Waters, to East Ridge!

Ms. Waters is joining us from East Side Elementary, where she served as an instructional coach. She loves helping students grow in confidence, find their strengths, and realize they can do hard things — and she is passionate about supporting teachers along the way, too.

Some of our families and staff may remember Ms. Waters from when she led our Summer Reach program a few years ago, so we are excited to welcome back a familiar face. She is looking forward to investing in the East Ridge community and helping us continue the work of supporting every student as they learn and grow.

We are excited to have her joining the Pioneer family!

SAVE THE DATE! On Saturday, May 9, the Chattanooga Red Wolves SC are hosting a fundraiser game for our school. A portion of the proceeds from all tickets purchased through this link will be donated to East Ridge! The game is at 3:00 PM on Saturday, May 9. Tickets can be purchased through this link: https://www.gofevo.com/event/Eresnight2

Invite your friends and family, and we hope to see you there supporting the Red Wolves and East Ridge Elementary!

ERES Night 5/9/26 @ 3:00 PM - ERES Night

Today is Administrative Professionals Day and we are so grateful for our front office crew! Amanda, Lisa, Kelley, and David keep our school rocking and rolling every day! Truly the glue that holds ERES together!

Happy Assistant Principal Appreciation Week to three of the best! We are so lucky to have Mrs. Donaldson, Mr. Berry, and Mrs. Caudle as our APs! They do it all and we are so grateful for all of their hard work!!

We did it!! A Level 5 school!! So proud of all our teachers and students who have put in the work!!

Many thanks to these three from the South East Tennessee Area Young Marines for volunteering some time today to help organize our Food Pantry!! (And thanks to City of Chattanooga - Government for helping secure us volunteers as part of the MLK Day of Service!) Our pantry is organized and looks better than ever!

We look forward to seeing our students back on WEDNESDAY!

We are so grateful to our community for all the ways they support our teachers and school! Thank you!!!

A heartfelt THANK YOU to Carrabba’s at Hamilton Place and Nothing Bundt Cakes for treating our incredible educators at East Ridge Elementary School to a wonderful holiday lunch. The community’s generosity helped make our local teachers feel truly seen, appreciated, and celebrated as they head into their winter break!

A special shout-out to our amazing East Ridge community partners and businesses who donated to ERES teacher gift card drawings:

👏🏼 Champy's Famous Fried Chicken
👏🏼 Portofino's Greek and Italian Restaurant
👏🏼 Armandos East Ridge
👏🏼 Choo Choo Barbecue
👏🏼 Jonathan's Grille East Ridge
👏🏼 Amigo East Ridge
👏🏼 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Because of you, our teachers are heading into winter break well fed, grateful, and feeling the strong support of our incredible community. Your kindness and partnership mean more than words can express, and we are so thankful to be surrounded by businesses that value and support public education!

From all of us in — thank you for showing our teachers so much love this holiday season! ♥️

Hamilton County Schools

Thanks to the East Ridge Optimist Club for your support of Mrs. Patrick and her classroom!

On December 18, 2025, our Club President Jim Howard, along with Club Member Aundie Witt, had the pleasure of presenting a $100 check to Mrs. Patrick, a kindergarten teacher at East Ridge Elementary School. This gift was provided on behalf of our Education Committee to help support items from her classroom wishlist. Together we are shaping a better tomorrow.

Pictured along with Mrs. Patrick is Dr. Martha McMillan, Principal of East Ridge Elementary School supporting Reindeer Day for the students.