January 26, 2024

Club Happenings

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Deputy Mayor Pamela Perron Speaks to Green Club

Deputy Mayor Pamela Perron recently spoke to the Green Club about health effects of modern lawn maintenance. The Green Club is the RHS student organization that focuses on environmental issues and improving our community's sustainability. We carry out volunteer functions and facilitate events to help promote environmental stewardship both on campus and throughout the village.

Math Club Excels

Congratulations to Jaywu Jun, Mathias Nguyen-Van-Duong, Justin Sheng, and Margaret Zhou for qualifying for the 2024 American Invitational Mathematics Examination, the AIME. Students qualify for this exam by demonstrating outstanding achievement on the American Mathematics Competition, the AMC. Margaret earned Honor Roll of Distinction for an amazing score of 136.5 and Justin earned a Certificate of Distinction. Great job by all!

Applied Engineering Club

Congratulations to the thirteen teams of the Applied Engineering Club who made it to the 2024 NJSTEAM Tank Challenge Regional. They will compete in the next round in front of a panel of judges and present their projects at Super Science Saturday at RHS in March. Applied Engineering Club pilots Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Program to invent sustainable solutions to school/community/global problems. Invention culture lives at RHS!

INVENTIONS TEAM MEMBERS

ZeroPlast

An alternative biodegradable packaging material to eliminate plastic waste

Kiana Carroll, Anika Patel, Maggie Zhou

Coach: Eliana Gluck

Shock Sleeve

A solar-powered electric stimulator sleeve for enhancing muscle healing.

Jeremy Cohen, Suvir Hari, Neal Shrimali

Coach Tate Cunningham

STEMPiRE

An educational interactive App targets youth to combat gender discrimination and boost female presence in the STEM field.

Sophia Hsiao, Claire Symonds, Ella Cahill, Vashnie Udeshi

Coach: Carys Gallo

InfoBand

A bracelet that can display important medical information about the wearer

Mathias Nguyen-Van-Duong, Tyler Minn, Daniel Khalitov, Aditya Rajesh

Coach: Shadman Quayum

ViriTec

A solar-powered smart module that intelligently and automatically provides plants with water, fertilizer, and light.

Chris (Cheng Ze) Liang, Kaan Parlak, Amari Abdalla

SAFE WATERS

A sound barrier patch to cover the leaf blower to filter NOx/CO2 and reduce noise pollution

Krish Tulsidas, Aaron Shefter, Nathan Han, Elliott Yi

Road Runners

A sound barrier patch to cover the leaf blower to filter NOx/CO2 and reduce noise pollution

Zachary Daines, Ben Soung, Remy Choe, Jason Kisilevich, Anders Ryen

DynaCharge

Converts the rocking/swinging motion to electricity.

Oliver Ilin-Schneider. Jake Chudy,

Benjamin Young. Bear Wagner

Coach: Anna O'Connor

ThermoVolt

Captures heat and carbon from the exhaust of a generator

Maanas Chinni, Ethan Song, Ethan Hong, Ishaan Chakrabarty

Coach: Anthony Alters

Vape Guard

Filters the harmful chemicals and PM2.5 generated from vape

Kotaro Kim, Declan Costello, Kyle Lee, Keyan Farhang

Coach: Reina Trivedi

Sight Shoes

Use vibration to alert the user that obstacles are in the proximity

Evan Matsibekker, Julian Giancarlo, Joseph Lim, lucas Marrazzo, Trevor Phillips

Coach: Morgan Anderson

Eco-Riders

A portable solar electric charger for electric vehicles

TugceUysal, Elyse Mathews, Alexa Antaramian, Gianna Leger

Soundtricity

A portable device to convert sound to electricity

Anthony Alters, Jackson Andreoni, Dan Salvador, Mason Fraiman, Ritvik Katta, Emmet Kunzle, Michae LyakermanEmily Kang, Maya Dowman

Maroon Athletics

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RHS Cheer Places at Nationals!

The RHS Competitive Cheer Team nabbed 9th place at their Nationals competition in Dallas TX last week. There were close to 350 (!) high schools competing.

Strong Finish for Ridgewood Crew at Erg Classic