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Janelle Raine
Welcome to Ridge Circle! We are happy you are here!
Ms. Raine has been the principal of Ridge Circle since 2014.
Ms. Raine was the Principal of Belvidere Central Middle School in Belvidere School District 100 from 2011 through 2014. From 2007 through 2011, Ms. Raine was Principal of Simmons Middle School in Ridgeland School District 122. Ms. Raine was also an Assistant Principal at Harry D. Jacobs High School from 2005 through 2007 and an Assistant Principal at Algonquin Middle School from 2000 through 2005 in Community Unit School District 300.
Ms. Raine began her teaching career as a Math Teacher at Ames Middle School in Ames, Iowa before moving to Illinois where she was an Algebra Teacher at Larkin High School in School District U-46 from 1998 through 2000.
Ms. Raine holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Iowa State University. She completed her EDS from Northern Illinois University in December 2014.