March 15, 2024
Around the Building
Students Honored during 2nd Quarter Maroon Awards
The Maroon Award is intended to celebrate students who make Ridgewood High School a better place.
The award is meant to recognize students who have done the right thing without seeking credit or recognition, or who made extraordinary changes in behavior or efforts for the betterment of the whole group.
Mr. Fabish & Lara Zivkovic
Ms. Friedman, Isaiah Gallegos & Ms. Minichini
Ms. Kirtane & Emilio Olivares Martinez
Ms. Policelli & Drew Johnson
Ms. Laura & Bruno Catanzaro
Ms. Keller & Ruth Fan
Thomas Gluckow & Mr. Nyhuis
Ms. Gordon, Kellyanne Lewis & Mr. Troy
Mr. DaSilva & Sariyah Brown
Mr. Kase & Aidan Dunn
Luke Powers & Ms. John
Ryan Gertler & Mr. Troy
Ms. Labowsky & Carys Gallo
Luke Marra, Mr. Aday, & Sam Diamond
Kimberly Cassidy
Elijah Ross-Francis
Connor McGorty
In the Classroom
AP Environmental Students Conduct Macroinvertebrate Sampling in Ho-Ho-Kus Brook
This week, Mr. Luo's AP Environmental Science students waded into the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook on campus to sample for aquatic macroinvertebrates as part of a study on aquatic ecosystem health. By assessing the biodiversity of the species found, students can determine if the water quality is high enough to support a wide variety of sensitive species. While there were many of one particular sensitive group of insects, the diversity of organisms found was fairly low. Both classes enjoyed the experience, despite one getting hit by a downpour the instant we reached the brook.
Ryan Phelps, Cellina Rabolli
Kate Yachimski, Nick Bradbury and Mr. Luo
Izzy Seaman, Sarah Bronstein, Kate Yachimski, Tenley Hillman, Nick Bradbury
Club Happenings
The Yale Whiffenpoofs Visit RHS A Cappella
The Yale Whiffenpoofs, the most well-known collegiate a cappella group established in 1908, visited the RHS A Cappella program. They performed three of their songs and taught a cappella students one of their arrangements, On a Clear Day by the Peddlers. Then, the AcaBellas performed a song from their award-winning ICHSA set, Don't Let Go by En Vogue featuring soloist Maya Grant and vocal percussionist Ava Fontus.
Quinn Montague, Daniel Loughlin, Kieran Ozaydin, Alex Wernecke, Lucia Wilday, Charlotte Rivera, Maeve Cunningham, Vivian Ewell, Jocelyn Engel, Ella DePalma, Sawyer Klein, Carissa Austria, Eilat Kissil, Molly Ujszaszi
Green Club Participates in Super Science Saturday
Julia Grant, Sofia Morino & visitors
The RHS Green Club ran two tables this past weekend at Super Science Saturday. They educated the visitors about the ease of running hydroponics and growing plants indoors without soil, as well as the school's Trout in the Classroom program, which allows RHS to raise rainbow trout while learning about the importance of cold water habitat conservation. Students from the club provided mini-tours to Room 391, where enthusiastic visitors got to check out the club's two hydroponics systems and 13 remaining trout. Thanks to all who put on a great event and thanks to everyone who visited our exhibit!
Courtney Bernhardt, Katie Kopff, Summer McTigue
Shrek the Musical: Sitzprobe
Last Friday, New Players held a sitzprobe during the school day for Shrek the Musical with the cast and pit orchestra. There are over 80 students involved in the production. The shows are already sold out but tickets may become available at the door.
PIT ORCHESTRA: Chris Walker, Nick Bradbury, Will Burton, Isaac Rothman, Rishi Tiwari, Katie Dickson, Edward Liu, Gary Fink, Natalie Cardillo, Daniel Bae, John Luckenbill, Cassian Steelman, Molly Solway, Alli Chang, Ethan Song, Sophia Shi, Yvonne Zhao, Grace Choi, Seojin Kim
CAST: River Goldman, Daniel Shechter, Theo Leff, Yvette Walla, Mary Ann Wright, Grace Bluemke, Victoria Scott-Gonzales, Erin Harrington, Connor McGorty, Maya Grant, Gisela Ocasio, Brooke Kantrowitz, Daniel Loughlin, Isabelle Seaman, Bianca David, Eilat Kissil, Anders Ryen
Ms. Labowsky with Patrick and Matt De Meulder
Applied Engineering Club at Super Science Saturday
The Applied Engineering Club’s Teams: DynaCharge, Eco Riders, ThermoVolt, ViriTec, Road Runners, Br-Ozone, Sight Shoes, Safe Waters, Shock Sleeve, STEMPiRE, ZeroPlast, Soundtricity, Estrogenerators, Chempost and Solar Aqua Tech exhibited their invention projects and prototypes at Super Science Saturday on March 2nd. They shared their projects and let the young audience play with the Carbon Allotrope matching games and the dough piano at the PowerGrid park, Blackberry Solar cells, and the 3D periodic Table puzzles. The visit by Patrick and Matthew De Meulder of the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam from Georgetown University completed the celebration of Science Day!
Reina Trivedi, Carys Gallo
Taylor Lucyk, Oliver Ilin-Schneider, Jake Chudy, Michael Wagner, Benjamin Young, Jason Kisilevich, Maanas Chinni, Ishaan Chakrabarty
Announcements
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RHS '24-25 French Exchange Program
We are excited to announce the biannual RHS French Exchange for 2024-2025!
Students in RHS French classes (and parents) who are interested are invited to check out the website: https://sites.google.com/ridgewood.k12.nj.us/fr-exchange
There will be a student interest meeting on Friday, March 15, 2024 during lunch (Rm 322) and a parent meeting on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 via Zoom.
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Upcoming Meetings & Events
March 14-17th: New Players Co. Production (RHS, Little Theater)
March 18th: NJ Region I Jazz Auditions
March 18th: Choir Parents Meeting 7:30pm (RHS, Room 138)
March 19th: College Fair 7pm (RHS, Gym I)
March 20th: Youth Art Month (YAM) Reception 6:30pm at Ed Center
March 21st: 4th Maroon & White Recital and Art Exhibit (Learning Commons and Carroll Art Gallery)
March 25-29th: Schools Closed for Spring Recess