January 27, 2023
In the Classroom
RHS Music Department Orientation
On the evening of Wednesday, January 18th, Ms. Cardillo,
Mr. Luckenbill, Mr. Haas, and Mr. Fink, along with current students from RHS, presented to 8th grade students and parents on the incredible music programs offered at RHS.
RHS features some of the best music programs in the state
of New Jersey.
Architecture Class
Junior, Deen Iqbal, (pictured left) participating in the architectural challenge. Each table used a set of blocks
to design artwork pertaining to architectural
elements and structures.
Winter Dance Concert
The RHS Winter Dance Concert took place on Friday, January 6th. This was our first winter performance back in the Little Theater and with a live audience since the start of COVID. The students were so excited to hold a live show and to share what they've been working on over the course of the semester. We hope to see you in the spring for our next performance!
RHS Winter Dance Concert 2023.mp4
Club Happenings
DECA States Prep
Students are starting to plan their creative presentations for their twenty page papers. RHS submitted 27 twenty-page papers this past week. They will be ready and scored before competition, but students still need to earn points with their presentations to move on from preliminaries to finals. Our role play students are taking practice exams this week, before testing next week. Our ten-page paper students are working on their detailed outlines and needed to submit five pages of their paper by Wednesday. Pictured left are sophomores Saachi Agarwal and Aashi (AJ) Jesalpura with Mr. Cronk.
Student News
Friends of Music
The Ridgewood Friends of Music proudly announces the winners of the 2022 Songwriting Contest. Judges Jay Friedman, Lisa Plasse, Kenny Brescia and Joseph Turrin listened to 15 original compositions (our largest number), 9 of which were by elementary school students! Thank you for your encouragement and support of all the students.
The winning pieces will have their world premieres at the FOM concert on January 27th at GW at 7:00 pm, and the songs will be posted on our website. If you’d like to come to the concert, tickets are $10 for faculty and staff and you can get them at the door or on our website, which now has commerce!!! www.ridgewoodfriendsofmusic.org.
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION #1, Winner: Kai Koyama, grade 11, age 16, RHS
Title of piece: For Wadaiko
Instrumentation: Two small drums, two large drums, gong
Description: Written for the traditional Japanese drum “wadaiko”. There are two rhythmic themes and they evolve and intertwine with each other as the piece progresses.
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION #3, Honorable Mention: Sara Goto, grade 12, age 18, RHS
Title of piece: Don’t Worry We’re All Hiding
Instrumentation: Electronic
Description: Simple melodies reminiscent of old-school video games loop as the piece gets more and more disoriented. If “getting lost in an oddly familiar place” was music.
AIME Qualifiers
Congratulations to Jaywu Jun, Hyewon Park, and Margaret Zhou for qualifying for the 2023 American Invitational Mathematics Examination, the AIME. Students qualify for this exam by demonstrating outstanding achievement on the American Mathematics Competition (AMC).
Jaywu and Hyewon were each in the top 5% of test takers nationally on the AMC 12 exam. Margaret was in the top 2.5% of all test takers nationally on the AMC 10.
Project Interact
Project interact supports club member Jaywu Jun 11th grade as he is working on an Eagle Scout project at Ridgecest Senior Housing. For more information go to his Donation link : https://go fund.me/d58ad2f0
Varsity Hockey Gives Back
The RHS Varsity hockey team recently hosted a youth hockey night for Ridgewood elementary students at the Ice House in Hackensack. Over 50 children attended and listened to the captains discuss their hockey experiences at RHS.
The students were also able to watch the game and cheer on the team to victory.
Everyone enjoyed the evening and received water bottles as parting gifts!
County Basketball Tournaments
Sophomore Tyler Nesland #23 brings the ball up the court (photo by Robin Gottesman).
January 26th
Varsity Boys defeated Hasbrouck Heights 57-35 in the first round of the Bergen County Tournament.
Ridgewood takes on Pascack Valley in the second round of the tournament
on Saturday, January 28th at 2:30pm
at Northern Highlands HS.
Varsity Girls also competed in the Bergen County Tournament yesterday and fell to Fort Lee 60-47.
They will be participating in the BCWCA basketball invitational at 11:00am
on Saturday, January 28th at RHS.
Junior Sofia Morino #5 looks for a pass (photo by Robin Gottesman).
Announcements
friends of music .pdf
RHS Jamboree - JamboTales Flyer 2023.pdfFebruary LEAP KARATE ! (1) (1).pdfNKA SAT Test_2022.pdf
2023 Baseball and Softball Registration_Final.docxNHS TUTORING POSTER.pdfspring 2023 enews flyer.pdfearly jan flyer 2023.pdfRM 2023 Elementary.pdfRM 2023 Middle School.pdf
Upcoming Meetings & Events
January 27th: Friends of Music Concert (7:00pm, GWMS)
January 28th: Boys Varsity Basketball v. PV (2:30pm at Northern Highlands HS)
January 28th: Girls Varsity Basketball BCWCA basketball invitational (11:00am at RHS)
January 30th: Choir Parents Meeting (7:30pm, Room 138)
January 31st: 10th Grade Parent Meeting (7:30pm)
February 1st: A Concert of Small Ensembles (7:30pm, Little Theater, Campus Center)
February 2nd: RHS Author Visit (7:00pm, GWMS)