February 9, 2024

In the Classroom

Copy of Black History Month Read-In Slide Final Copy.pdf

Around the Building

This week was National School Counseling Week. School counselors are an essential part of the high school experience for our students. We are thankful for the dedication, commitment, and hard work of our school counselors at RHS!

Christopher Fabish     Kevin Feeley

Lauren Hellman     Laura Lauria

Natalie Molion                     Alexandra Roberts

Christine Salerno     Kristen Smith

Becky Teel     Andrea Watson

Valentine's Day is around the Corner....

On Wednesday, February 14th, the Maroon Men and AcaBellas will be taking part in their thirteenth annual Valentine's Day Singing Gram Fundraiser throughout the school day serenading lucky recipients of a singing gram throughout the school day.  Additionally, our third a cappella group, the Rhapsodies, will give a performance in the Little Theater during lunch and will be collecting donations. 

Legendary U.S. Goalkeeper Briana Scurry Visits RHS


On Tuesday, February 6,  two-time Olympic gold medalist and World Cup champion, Briana Scurry, spoke to students as part of the English department’s “Tell Me Your Story” program. Ms.  Scurry shared her story of triumph, tragedy, and redemption and left students with a message of resilience, determination, and hope. 

Funded through a grant from the Ridgewood Education Foundation, Ms. Scurry’s visit coincides with Black History Month. 

Students Taylor Varcasia and Olivia Best

English Supervisor Susan Nold and Principal Jeff Nyhuis

Student Jack Glynn

Students Anais and Elsa Friedrich

RHS A Capella

All three a cappella groups from RHS competed recently in the International Championship of High School A Cappella and did an amazing job representing Ridgewood. The AcaBellas came in first place taking the title of Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal Champions! They will be moving on to the Semifinals at Northern Highlands Regional HS on March 23rd. Here is the link to their winning set.


Additionally, Bianca David of the AcaBellas received the Outstanding Soloist award, and Connor McGorty of the Maroon Men received the Outstanding Arrangement award for his arrangement of "Everybody Talks." On Sunday, the Rhapsodies directed by Alyssa Fanelli came in fourth place. 

Aca Bellas: Maeve Cunningham, Jocelyn Engel, Lucia Wilday, Kelsey D'Alonzo, Vivian Ewell, Izzy Seaman, Mary Ann Wright, Bianca David, Maya Grant, Julia Lebow, Ava Fontus, Briana Lutz, and Abby Urbaez

Model UN

RHS Model UN attended its first conference of the year on February 1-2 at Bergen County Academies. Ridgewood delegates spent the better part of two days representing 13 countries and 3 historical figures in 8 different committees debating and negotiating with other students from around the state. Isabella Fonseca and Travis Jeong both brought home Verbal Commendations for their contributions to the Commission on the Status of Women and the Special Political and Decolonization Committee, respectively. Congratulations to all of the delegates! 

(Back to front) Eli Young, Benjamin Papageorge, Emilio Olivares-Martinez, Joshua Fishkin, Colin Delabie, Daniel Huang, Steven van Den Bosch, Kyle Aspillera, Benjamin Soung, Hiro Hoshino, Elyse Mathews, Chloe Wong, Isabella Fonseca, Tugce Uysal, Doje Sim, Deen Iqbal, Travis Jeong, Otto Dabagian-Paul, Raina Sodha, Grace Kim, Ava Pasongrica, Violet Papageorge, Sophia Paulsen 

Project Interact

Students from Project Interact made Valentine's Day cards for patients at Valley Hospital and seniors at Ridgecrest.

Pictured: Michela Roscigno, María Orozco-García, Merve Naz Tutar, Mahsa Nameni 

RHS BAND

The RHS Band just completed a 6 day tour of Southern California from February 1-6. Highlights included: Performances at Disneyland California Adventure, Disney Soundtrack Recording Sessions, Winter Guard performance at the WGASC Ramona HS competition,
band clinics with composer Rossano Galante, Jazz Ensemble performances at Hollywood Catalina Jazz Club with Wayne Bergeron,
tours of Sony Studios, Hollywood, Beverly Hills & more!  

Announcements

Student flyerGL.pdf
Ridgewood Arts Council.pdf
WHM Sticker Contest Packet.pdf
CampBernie_digital_ad_RIDGEWOOD.pdf
Final RW Flyer.pdf
2024 KSM Contest Flyer RidgewoodEnews.pdf
2024 rla enews lyer.pdf
RHS Jamboree 2024 - Smooth Sailing (1).pdf
Shooting Clinic.pdf
Citrus Sale Flyer 2024 Social Media.pdf
Edited Helping Hands Parent Poster .pdf
Copy of Ridgewood Junior Football Association.pdf
Parent Vaping Flyer.pdf

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