Preparing Students for "The Big Stage"

Happy New Year and Welcome Back! We hope you had a restful and enjoyable holiday break.

Back in November, RHS was paid a special visit by Alumni Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers. Wes and Jer, along with RHS alum, Nick Bell, (their Artistic Director), reached out in hopes to film the music video for their latest single, "A.M. Radio" at their alma mater. While it was our pleasure to host our former students who have achieved such tremendous success, it was also a chance to give our current students the opportunity to contribute to the production of this music video. Students from RHS who were cast as extras or worked as production assistants were fully immersed in the project and given access to all the behind the scenes aspects of real world video production. We are proud of their efforts and have already seen the influence this experience has had on our them. In fact, a group of students who were involved in the making of "A.M. Radio" used their new learning and tools to produce their own video, "Dreams Do Come True" in which an RHS student wishes for the gift of an RHS Paver as he races around Ramsey to make his request to Santa. Storyboarding, scheduling, casting, video editing, music editing and production planning were some of the skills needed to make this amazing promotional video happen. We embraced this opportunity to collaborate with professionals in the field and look forward to opportunities such as this in the future.

Big Stage Pavers are still available for purchase by clicking here. All pavers that are purchased by January 15 will be installed in June. All proceeds go to the RHS PTSO.

As always, thank you for your support and GO RAMS!

Michael J. Thumm Ed.D. Ryan Esdale, Ed.D.

Principal Supervisor of Education Gr. 9-12 and Student Welfare

Band and Chorus students took to the stage for their Winter Concerts in December. Their talent and dedication brought beautiful music to the RHS Auditorium. Bravissimo!