February 18, 2022 EDition
THANK YOU! Make-A-Wish week was a huge success! We raised $57,339.99!!!!! This is a new Ralston Valley record and we still have funds coming in from our restaurant nights and a couple of our feeder schools. Thank you to all of our school and community-based sponsors. This was truly a community effort! Know that you are appreciated!
Senior Signs
Attention Parents and Families of Seniors Class of 2022!!! It Is time to order a Senior Yard Sign to demonstrate your pride in your Graduating Senior to your friends, family, and neighbors! We are so proud of the Class of 2022 for all of their accomplishments!!! Let’s give them a big shout-out!!!!
This is also a fundraiser to help support Ralston Valley PTSA After-Prom, so be sure to get several so that extended family such as grandparents can join in the fun!
Please visit this link to make your purchase https://rvsenioryardsign.itemorder.com/
Signs will be available for pickup the week of April 11, 2022. We will send out an email regarding the times and location to pick up your order. Please note we will not have any extra signs on hand to purchase, all sign sales will need to be preordered using the online store, so don’t wait!!!!
Congratulations Students and Families of our Graduating Seniors CLASS OF 2022!
athletics
Boys swimming will start on Monday and we are a week away from our other spring sports. Get registered today!
Ralston Valley was well represented at the 5A state swim and dive meet this week. The 400 free relay team took 12th at the state meet with a time of 3:38.68. Cassidy Boggus, Lili Neisser, Madison Voytko, and Alyssa Gonci jumped two spots from their preliminary seeding of 14th. Jojo Okamoto took 5th in diving. So great to see a Mustang on the podium. Additionally, in diving freshman Sophia Hineline placed 14th, and senior, Sophie Trudell placed 27th.
Also, at state this week, the Mustang Wrestling team has already won five matches with senior Josh Horsley and freshman Lincoln Gregersen taking victories in the 1st round on Thursday. Friday afternoon both wrestlers won decisions to move on to the semifinals Friday night at 6:30 p.m. Senior, Mateo Rivera lost his first match, but rebounded Friday to win his first round consolation match.
Big conference wins for the Hockey team this week starting with a 5-1 victory over Standley Lake on Monday followed by Thursday's win over Monarch; 5-3. With a victory tonight against Rez Christian on the road, the team will take home a conference title. So proud of this resilient team.
The RV ski season concludes today at the state tournament up in Winter Park for our alpine skiers. Nordic events will be at Snow Mountain Ranch in Granby. Good luck to our girls and boy.
Our boys basketball team locked up the league title with a 71-37 win over Columbine Wednesday night. They will play their final regular-season game against Bear Creek in the Mustang Range tonight. The boys should host a 2nd round playoff game next Saturday.
The girls basketball team had a huge win over the Columbine Rebels 57-46 Wednesday. The Rebels who started the week in 2nd place in league standings saw the Mustangs leapfrog Chatfield and Columbine with the win. A Mustang victory against Bear Creek on Friday will secure their 2nd place league finish and likely a first-round by in the playoffs. The girls should host a game at home, next Friday, at 6:00 p.m. in the Mustang Range.
As always for the most up-to-date sports information, check out the RV Twitter account for sports updates!
Swim & Dive
The swimming team prepping to head out the 5A state swim & dive meet this week.
Adaptive Hockey Day
Students in our SSN program and from 25 other schools participating in adaptive hockey day at Alameda H.S.
RV Hockey Team
Members of the hockey team officiated adaptive Hockey this week. Gabe Kennedy, Kyle Henasey & Zaine Polacsek represented RV well.
schedule for the week of February 21st
Monday, 2/21 - NO SCHOOL
President's Day Holiday
Tuesday, 2/22
White Day (Blocks 2, 4, 6)
7:25 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - I.C.E. Period
9:10 a.m. - Block 2 begins
Wednesday, 2/23
Blue Day (Blocks 1, 3, 5, 7)
7:25 a.m. - Block 1 begins
Thursday, 2/24
White Day (Blocks 2, 4, 6 Finals)
7:25 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - I.C.E. Period
9:10 a.m. - Block 2 begins
Friday, 2/25
Blue Day (Blocks 1, 3, 5, 7)
7:25 a.m. - Block 1 begins
Advisement Corner
This week in Advisement, students got back to a somewhat normal schedule, with a Silver Day on Monday. Students engaged in activities and discussion around positive self-talk and then were asked to select several affirming self-talk phrases they could incorporate into their daily lives. This coming Monday, Feb 21, 2022 is a holiday, so no Advisement. The final Monday is February the 28th. On that final day, students will be looking at positive character traits such as integrity, honesty and friendliness.
Counseling Department
Course Selection for 2022-2023
Counselors have started visiting middle schools to help current 8th graders with their course selections for next year. So far, counselors have been at Three Creeks K-8 and Coal Creek Canyon K-8. Visits to Wayne Carle, Oberon, and Drake MS's are coming soon!
Also, counselors will be meeting with current 10th and 11th graders in their English classes during the next two weeks.
Upcoming College Visits
Tuesday, February 22
11:30 a.m. Colorado State University - Pueblo
Wednesday, February 23
11:30 a.m. University of Wyoming
1:00 p.m. Colorado Mountain College
Monday, February 28
9:30 a.m. Savannah College of Art & Design
RVHS College Information Night
RV will be hosting a College Information Night on Tuesday, March 1st from 6:30-8pm. There will be multiple breakout sessions for students and families to choose from and the information is geared towards sophomores and juniors. Please see this flyer for more information. To help us with space planning purposes, if you are interested in attending, please fill out this form. RSVPs are not required to attend. We will hopefully be able to record these sessions and post them to the Counseling website so those who are unable to attend may view them later.
Jeffco PTA Scholarships
Jeffco PTA is offering 3-4 scholarships for up to $1,000 each for graduating seniors to use at either a college/university or vocational/technical school. The deadline to apply is March 31st. Click below for information on each scholarship.
College Admissions Webinar Series
College admissions veteran Peter Van Buskirk is partnering with Revolution Prep to offer FREE webinars on "Strategies for Finding Success in College Admissions." To sign up, click here.
"College Admission in 2022 and Beyond...What to Expect"
Wednesday, February 23rd, 4:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m.
"I Matter" Free Counseling Sessions
The Colorado Department of Human Services has established a temporary behavioral health services program to provide access to mental health services. I Matter can provide at least three free therapy sessions to youth 18 years of age and younger. The program expires 6-30-22. For more information and to schedule a session, click here.
"Parenting is Hard" Webinar
Popular speaker Nick Thompson is offering a webinar to help parents build a more positive and connected relationship with their child, tween, or teen. For more information and to register, click here.
Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022
Times: 11:00am-1:00pm & 5:30-7:30pm
health
RVHS COVID Testing Center - New Hours
With changes to local health guidelines the testing center located at Ralston Valley High School will be changing our Testing Room hours. The testing center is open to any current Jeffco student or employee. Starting on Monday, February 14th, the testing center which is housed at Ralston Valley will have the following hours:
M, W, F: 10:00 A.M. -1:30 P.M. located in the Mezzanine*
T, Th: 3:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. located in room R2204*
*For anyone that is not a student at RVHS entrances to both locations are open and marked on the north end of the building.
Medication and Self Screening
A few reminders, please screen or have your students self-screen for any COVID symptoms before sending students to school. Please contact me (Kristie.Charron@jeffco.k12.co.us) for any student with a positive COVID test. If your student will be taking any medication at school, please complete the medication agreement form, have your doctor sign, and return to the nurse (this is also for any over-the-counter medications).
Please also continue to send state allergy, asthma, and seizure plans to myself or our health aide (michelle.hanson@jeffco.k12.co.us) in the main office. If your student has any new or existing health concerns that require a health plan, please contact the nurse so that we can get a health plan in place for your student at school.
I have included the link for the Jeffco Health Services Website which has the necessary forms to complete for medications at school.
https://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/services/health_services/medications
Quick Reference
Administration
Principal - Ms. Buenning, (303) 982-5600
12th Asst Principal - Mr. Litzau, (303) 982-5611
9th Asst Principal - Mr. Ackerman, (303) 982-5595
11th Asst Principal - Mr. Pergola, (303) 982-5604
10th Asst Principal - Ms. Kline, (303) 982-9378
Athletics Director - Mr. Stadler, (303) 982-3563
Dean - Mrs. Nigut, (303) 982-5101
