June 7, 2024

Around the Building

Celebration of the Arts!

On Thursday, May 23rd, the Visual and Performing Arts Department held Celebration of the Arts where students were able to attend music, dance, and theater performances throughout the day, and interact with art exhibits and demonstrations, and other hands-on art activities.

Pictured below is just a small sampling of the countless events.

Food-tastic Trucks

A variety of food trucks were on hand for lunch on June 5th

RHS Internship Pilot

Senior, Jaywu Jun, is our first RHS student to be placed in an internship as part of this year's pilot program. Jaywu has been placed with GroupSpot. RHS alumnus and GroupSpot CEO and Cofounder, Mark Kossick, has mentored Jaywu and provided a valuable learning experience for Jaywu before he graduates RHS and attends Cornell University. If you are a community member who would like to offer a similar experience for future RHS students, please contact Assistant Principal, Dave Bailey.

RHS Alumni

Clare Mannion (Villanova), Meghan McGorty (Georgetown) and Samantha Karas (Arizona) spoke at the June RHS HSA meeting about their transition from high school to college.

Club Happenings

Congratulations to the French Club Class of 2024!

We wish you the best of luck in your next chapter.

The French Club had its last meeting. Brownies were served and the members and officers were already planning for next year's Bingo Night.

Two of our officers are seniors and we had the opportunity to say our goodbyes to them.

Maria Orozco, Anika Sharma, May Kliot, Emai Hanada, Marc Dwihe, Mathias Nguyen, Maddy Fishkin, Isabella Yohanan

Maddy Fishkin, Isabella Yohanan, Tung Chen, Evan Matsibekker, Huan-Chi Wang, Hoshinochen Alex

Aditya Rajesh(11), Nathan Kotchkin(12), Ritvik Katta(12), Colin Delabie(12), Saveley Lopez(12), and Connor Yu(11)

Ridgewood Quiz Bowl at Nationals

Over Memorial Day Weekend, the Ridgewood Quiz Bowl Team sent 6 students to compete at the High School National Championship Tournament(HSNCT) in Atlanta, Georgia. Attending for the first time in two years, the team was able to make it into playoffs and the top 20% of competing teams after 12 grueling rounds. This tournament marked the end of the season and served as a farewell to our graduating seniors. If you are a current RHS student and would like to join the team for next season, our classroom code is kcgojlc.

Medal winners of the Grand Concours

(National French Contest)

Grand Concours medalists 2024.pdf

Top photo:

Back row: Anna Dickson, Christina Weispfenning, Nathan Kotchkin, Tyler Lapp, Fiona Powers, Chris Lang, Olivia Juco, Will Ozburn

Front row: Sarah Anadu, Kayla DaCruz, Edward Liu, Sophia Paulsen, Jason Lee, Alan Wang

Individual pics: Aaron Holden, Josie Suozzo, Evan Matsibekker

Grand Concours 2024 for press

Applied Engineering Club Teams are Winners at the 2024 NJSTEAM Tank Challenge

The Applied Engineering Club's 13 invention teams - ViriTec, Safe Waters, Infoband, ZeroPlast, STEAMPiRE, Eco Riders, ThermoVol, Road Runners, Shock Sleeve, Sight Shoes, Br-Ozone, DynaCharge and Soundtricity-have shown immense dedication and hard work, competing fiercely year-round (preliminary, regional, final) among 400+ teams at the NJSTEAM Tank Challenge. All RHS teams made it to Regional, and Team Safe Waters and Team ViriTec were among the 20 High school teams named finalists.

During the 6/3 Zoom ceremony, Team Viritec was announced as the 2024 third-place winner, a truly significant achievement. Their outstanding performance was rewarded with a $1000 cash prize for RHS, and recognition badges in various categories, including sustainability, Innovative Tech and design, the Human-Built Environment, Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and the Arts.

Team Safe Waters has also received recognition for its outstanding achievement in sustainability and innovative tech and design.

On 6/6, the Applied Engineering Club will conclude the productive year with a pizza party and a heartfelt tribute to honor their seniors’ exceptional leadership. As they embark on their journey to college to invent solutions for the problems in the community, country, and the world.