October 20, 2023

In the Classroom

Students from RHS and Malawi Hold Virtual Forum

Students in AP Human Geography met with students studying agriculture in Malawi to discuss the effects of population change on both local and global food systems. The classes connected through Peer Village, a non-profit organization created by Ridgewood teachers and funded by the Ridgewood Education Foundation.

Around the Building

RHS Guidance Hosts College Speaker Series

Last week, the RHS Guidance Department hosted the fall edition of The College Speaker Series. RHS School Counselors Lauren Hellman, Laura Lauria, and Christine Salerno joined Director of Guidance, Dave Bailey, to give a presentation on specific aspects of the college admissions process including:

1. The most important piece of a student's application remains the same as it always has in college admissions - the high school academic record (transcript).

2. Updates made this summer to RHS' transcript.

3. Common Data Set - what it is and how it can help students and parents when creating their list of schools to apply to.

4. Resources RHS Guidance trusts and relies on (people, books, blogs, etc.).

A Q&A session with the audience followed. 160 parents from the RHS community joined this session, with each grade level represented.

The RHS Guidance Department will look to provide more of these programs for our community so we can continue to demystify the college admissions process and educate our students & parents. We are here to help.

This meeting was recorded and is now available on YouTube or Spotify.

Freshmen Explore Learning Commons

Freshmen Focus students participated in a Goosechase scavenger hunt to help the newest members of RHS become familiar with the Learning Commons and all it has to offer.

ED Center Fall Art Show

The annual ED Center Fall Art Show is in full swing! The RPS community is welcome to view the student artwork displayed on the 3rd floor from 8am-4pm, Monday through Friday. The show runs until March 6th.

NMSC Commended Students

Twenty-five RHS seniors have been named Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship Program. About 1.5 million students took the PSAT NMSQT last October 2022 and entered the National Merit Program. These students are among the 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation who are honored for their exceptional academic promise.

The Commended Students are as follows: Anna Calvetti, Christin Cha, Tiffany Chang, Nathan Colosimo, Lucie Crosly, Colin Delabie, Joshua Fishkin, Navya Gupta, Braden Kim, Juliana Kye, Isaac Lee, Lauren Lim, Michael Lyakerman, Connor McGorty, Hyewon Park, Nicholas Peruyero, Ella Sanchez, Jeremy Shiu, Raghav Shukla, Molly Solway, Vienna Steelman, Spencer Stephens, Conner Sullivan, Reina Trivedy, Christopher Walker

Club Happenings

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RHS Computer Club students, Jaywu Jun, Michael Lyakerman, Tyler Minn and Mathias Nguyen-Van-Duong, created RHS Student App, a schedule management app for the RHS community. Both students and parents can download the app and enter classes and teachers through a settings page. The app will show regular and adjusted schedules, as well as the dates of current and even future school events. It also receives notifications of teacher absences and school announcements, allowing students to either sleep in longer or plan ahead for the day. Special thanks to Mr. Bailey, Mr. Morhun, Mrs. Richardson and Mr. Gyulay for their support!

New Club Opportunity - RHS World Support Alliance

RHS World Support Alliance is a compassionate club dedicated to assisting orphans and those in need worldwide through our partnership with SOS Children's Village. To sign up, join our Google Classroom (5vk5x44). The first meeting will be
Oct. 26 in Rm 322 at Unit Lunch.

Maroon Athletics

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Congratulations Isabella Winn!

Congratulations to Senior Isabella Winn who traveled to Chile last week as an alternate player for the U.S. U-19 Women's Youth National Team who will compete in the 2023 Pan American Games. The roster consists of 18 players & 4 alternate players as U.S. Soccer sent a women's team to this event for the first time since 2007. The competition is a continental multi-sport event featuring Olympic summer sports.

Girls Varsity Tennis Wins State Sectional Title

The Girls Varsity Tennis team took down top-seeded Livingston in the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 final. Ridgewood last won the Sectional Title in 2021.