December 1, 2023

In the Classroom

A Seeded Thanksgiving Food Bracket

Peter McHugh created and facilitated a Thanksgiving food bracket with 64 items in 4 subcategories - Mains, Sides, Apps, and Desserts, for his Freshman Focus class. Needless to say, things got heated. Turkey, mashed potatoes, garlic bread and chocolate chip cookies made it to the final four with mashed potatoes sweeping the tournament and coming out the winner.

MoMA Trip

Intermediate Art and Studio Art AP I and II students took a field trip to the MoMA on Wednesday. They participated in a guided tour of the galleries before the museum opened, and viewed works centered around the theme of Art and Society. Students then spent the afternoon touring the extensive modern art permanent collection and special exhibits, including Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and an Ed Ruscha retrospective.

Around the Building

Honoring Our Veterans

On November 17th, RHS welcomed local veterans to thank them for their service. The annual event, coordinated by senior and West Point-bound
Katie Dickson, honors our local veterans, providing wonderful conversation, a student-made breakfast, and a wall tribute to
local veterans created by Ms. Dickson. Thank you, veterans for your service!

Aarva Motivala Speaks to GWMS

Last week GW Alumni & RHS Sophomore Aarav Motivala returned to GW to speak to the Economics Club about finance, investing, and economics. Aarav has created his own non-profit called Edunomix whereby he teaches free economics lessons to youth around the world. Aarav credits Mr. Watkins' 7th grade social studies course for inspiring him to pursue his interest in economics and game-based learning. One of the main components of Edunomix is game-based activities where students can learn financial literacy through playful approaches.

Sign up to Qualify for the NJ State Seal of Biliteracy

The New Jersey State Seal of Biliteracy is an award given by the NJ Department of Education (NJDOE) in recognition of students who have studied and attained proficiency in at least one language in addition to English by high school graduation.

In January, the World Language Department will administer the exams that qualify students for the award. Only current juniors and seniors are eligible to test. Students who consider themselves highly proficient in Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Mandarin Simplified, Mandarin Traditional, Polish, Portuguese Brazilian, Russian, or Spanish may sign up.

Please review the slides About the Seal of Biliteracy for detailed information on how to sign up before December 12th.

Club Happenings

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National Honor Society

Thanksgiving Food Drive

During the week leading up to Thanksgiving, groups of NHS members helped set up the Social Service Association's annual Angele Ekert Memorial Thanksgiving Food Drive! From boxed stuffing to canned goods, they sorted over one hundred donations.

Members also partnered with the Social Service Association of Ridgewood and Vicinity to transport and organize food items collected from all of the RPS school locations.Thank you to the SSA of Ridgewood and the members of NHS who volunteered their time!

American Red Cross Club

Cards for Veterans

American Red Cross Club members had fun making cards for
our Nation's veterans thanking them for their selfless service
and the sacrifices they made to defend our freedom.

Donation Delivery

The American Red Cross Club donated over 100 food items from their food drive to the veterans of the Paramus Veterans Memorial Home as part of the American Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces Program.

Pictured above: Hazel Bond (vice president), Lauren Bond (president), and Jackie Meskill (president) delivering food donations to the veterans at the Paramus Veterans Memorial Home

Club exCELL

Club exCELL students participated in a Leadership Conference in DisneyWorld this week.

Special Needs Siblings & Friends

The Special Needs Siblings and Friends Club hosted an Arts and Crafts night to celebrate how thankful we are!

French Club

On Wednesday, November 29th, the French Club hosted another meeting. Attendees had a great time discussing an upcoming trip to Montclair State University for French Day and playing some board games. The French Club is a fun place to come together, hang out, and learn all about French culture.