March 22, 2024

Around the World

RHS VIAJÓ A ESPAÑA

RHS students (in levels 3 to 5) traveled to Southern Spain (Andalucía) from February 16th-24th this winter. Students explored Sevilla and saw La Catedral Santa Maria de la Sede (the grave site of Christopher Columbus), Roman and Greek ruins, and much more.  From there, they met with their host families in the Atlantic coastal town of Barbate where they stayed for 4 nights.  They attended Spanish high school for 2 days, traveled and visited the ancient cities of Cádiz, and Vejer de la Frontera.  On Thursday, they departed for Granada and on the way, visited the roman ruins of Baelo Claudia in Bolonia, Spain.  Although students thoroughly enjoyed the marvel of Spanish history, culture, and gastronomy, they overwhelmingly reported (on their outtake google form) that their highlight was staying with their Spanish siblings and practicing Spanish. ¡Olé!

The students that attended the trip organized by Barbara Barker and Patricia Galasso are Alexander De la Cruz, Thelma Flowers, Isabella Hnatiuk, Deen Iqbal, Giulia Jiménez Galasso, Emily Kang, Dean Kat, Ethan Kraisorn, Julian Marlin, Emilio Olivares, Maiah Riedel, Emily Scharfenberg, Aaron Shefter, Michael Shkop, Gabriel Soto, and Abby Urbaez.

Sevilla, España: Outside of the Royal Alcazar of Sevilla

Cádiz, España: RHS finishing their tour of Cádiz, España

Barbate, España: RHS students saying goodbye to their Spanish families in Barbate

Granada, España: El mirador, In the Albaicín section of Granada, overlooking the Alhambra

Granada, España: Flamenco show in the Sacromonte in the Cuevas, Granada, España 

Around the School

RHS Hosts Annual College Fair 

Ridgewood High School's Guidance Department hosted the annual College Fair in Gym 1 on March 19th. More than 75 colleges attended the event and met with RHS students and parents. 

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PG 2024 Senior Fashion Show

Mrs. Wood & Mrs. Cordasco hit the runway to kick off the PG 2024 Senior Fashion Show!

In the Classroom

Heidi Helson and Casey McAskin

Guess Who? In ASL

ASL 2 has been working hard learning how to describe people. They got to put their skills to use by playing 2 different versions of Guess Who? One being the traditional game, the second upping the difficulty by adding more ethnicities, genders and ages. 

Otto Dabagian-Paul and Ave McGrath

Ayse Saglik

ASL III to Gallaudet!

There will be an interest meeting for a Spring 2025 trip to Gallaudet University for ASL III students April 24th during lunch.

Students in Statistics with Finance Course

Students in Mrs. Anderson's Statistics with Finance course learned about filing taxes and completed a 1040 form activity using either their own W2 or a sample W2 to file their 2023 tax return! 

Handshape Art 2024

Art by Mae Long

Candle by Mackenzie Malkin

Spring by Audrey Long

ASL 1 learned about the importance of De'Via Art this month. De'Via Art is artwork that portrays the Deaf experience and struggles. We used inspiration from the Deaf artist Chuck Baird and create Handshape Art! 

Students do an activity involving marijuana impaired goggles to try to distinguish colors. Pictured are Ryan Nitch, Astra Lawford, Ava McGrath, and Julia Savitscus.

Shifting Gears: The Blunt Truth About Marijuana Impaired Driving

Sophomore Driver Education classes welcomed Shani Jarvis from AAA to visit their classes last week to present: "Shifting Gears: The Blunt Truth About Marijuana". 

This presentation:

- Provides evidence-based information about the dangers of marijuana-impaired driving.

- Explains the physical and cognitive processes that are affected by marijuana.

- Discusses alternate methods of transportation.

- Demonstrates a driver’s susceptibility to this impairment and potentially severe consequences that can occur related to driving.

RAHP since 2005!

Eliz Kucukarslan, Kelsey Ceballos, Ava Brenner, Julia Savitscus, Teagan Fitzgerald, Mia McCollum, Sarah Scanlon

The New Valley Hospital will open on Sunday, April 14th!  Tenth grade RAHP students took a tour of the new hospital and found our very own RAHP program on the Valley Hospital timeline on the wall!

Latin Academic Team Champions!

The RHS Latin Academic Teams earned smashing success at the NJ Junior Classical League Regional Certamen on March 12. Both the Latin 2 and Advanced Latin Teams placed first and second in the northern region. The first place teams at each level will compete at the state finals in May! RHS also had the privilege of bringing Ridgewood's first-ever Latin I Academic Team from BF Middle School. That team ALSO dominated the competition and will compete at states as well! 

Advanced Latin Team: Liza Williams, Ian Yang, Eitan Schneider, Brian Chun 

Latin II Team: Nate Stephens, Sophia Oliver, Eleanor Walsh

BFMS Latin I Team

Full Princeton Group

Club Happenings

Civil Engineering Club Volunteers with Habitat for Humanity

Trevor Phillips, Ryan (JJ) Lee, Arav Bhatia, Jack Rau, Matt Hernandez, Aidan Alegre, John Kedersha, and Porter Hollern

The Civil Engineering Club returned to volunteer at the Harrison Street Project in Paterson, New Jersey earlier this month. Eight club members worked at the job site that will provide new homes for eight families later this spring. The students learned new skills and worked on insulating two units. The club looks forward to returning to continue to continue the build.

French Club

The RHS French Club had a blast on Friday, March 15th with 28 students! Club members participated in the international Manie Musicale competition and listened to pertinent French cultural music from this year from artists all over the francophone world. We can't wait to see who'll win this year! We also announced our new leadership opportunities for next year!  🎉

RHS Model UN Attends NHSMUN Conference

Steven Van Den Bosch, Colin Delabie, Doje Sim, Kyle Aspillera, Joshua Fishkin, Benjamin Papageorge, Hiro Hoshino, Emilio Olivares-Martinez, Deen Iqbal, Naveen Saggar, Eli Young, Danny Huang, Ava Pasongrica, Violet Papageorge, Isabella Fonseca

Last week members of the RHS Model UN club participated in NHSMUN in New York City. This international conference occurred over the course of 4 days with students from over 70 different countries in attendance. RHS delegates spent over 15 hours debating and negotiating in committee proceedings in the pursuit of authoring and passing resolutions to address global issues. Joshua Fishkin and Violet Papageorge, representing South Africa in the United Nations Human Rights Council, earned the Award of Distinction -- one of only three awards given per committee -- out of a group of 100 impressive students. Congratulations to the entire RHS delegation!

Announcements

2024 RPS Art Poster Contest_What Does Earth Day Mean to YOU.pdf
2024 FOM April Young Musicians Showcase Flyer v2 (1).pdf

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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