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Artist Marco Santini is offering a discount to all Ridgewood students to commemorate our new Tunnel of Positivity hallway art.
Visit Marco Santini's site to view the various items, featuring the iconic art that now adorns our RHS hallway!
20% off plus free shipping until December 16th with promo code RIDGEWOOD20
In the Classroom
Mr. Greco's Foods of the World Class
Mr. Greco's Foods of the World Class
Mr. Greco's Foods of the World class making fresh pasta during their Italy unit. Mattias Sebestyan, Nathan Levin, August Springer, Reilly Bridges
APES Students Simulate Urban Water Runoff
APES Students Simulate Urban Water Runoff
Students in Mr. Luo's AP Environmental Science classes tested different surfaces to see how well they could absorb water and slow down water flow from a rainstorm. They tested bare soil, gravel, vegetation, leaf mulch, and impervious surfaces like asphalt. They were not surprised to find that asphalt absorbed the least amount of water and led to the fastest water runoff, which helped to explain why Ridgewood (which has 43% of its land covered in impermeable surface!) can flood so easily after a rainstorm.
Richard Diamond and Mia Monte measure how much water flows downstream in areas covered with impermeable surfaces.
Josie Suozzo, Henry Walsh and Sude Otaner simulate a rainstorm in an area covered with leaf mulch.
Art students visit Glassroots, Inc.
Art students visit Glassroots, Inc.
Mrs. Maxwell's Studio Art AP I and II classes visited Glassroots, Inc. in Newark to participate in glassmaking demos and workshops on Wednesday, December 11th. Students made their own glass beads, mosaics, and etched glass bottles, and learned about the process of glass blowing.
Alex Antaramian
Oliver Hough
Bead Making
Students at work in the Glassroots studios
Rachel Lin
Glassblowing Demo
Club Happenings
Green Club Plants A Second Wildflower Meadow on Campus
Green Club Plants A Second Wildflower Meadow on Campus
The Green Club continues to make positive changes on campus. In late November, Green Club members took advantage of a bare patch of mulch near the Little Theater and planted native wildflowers. In the spring, look out for an assortment of flowers, which will provide native pollinating insects with a food source throughout the growing season. The flowers are low maintenance and will be able to survive a wide range of environmental conditions while providing valuable habitat for local wildlife. They will serve as a welcome roadside attraction as well!
Eleanor Leonard prepares the wildflower seeds for sowing.
Green Club members sow the wildflower seeds into the ground.
Green Club members then installed protective burlap over the seeds to insulate them over the winter and protect them from wildlife and the elements.
Project Interact
Project Interact
Winterfest: Ethan Becker, Henry Moelk
Project Interact was involved in several events during the months of November and December. Members helped with flag removal of veterans at Valleau Cemetery in Ridgewood and at the used book fair at Sommerville Elementary School. Students also volunteered at Winterfest and Downtown for Holidays in Ridgewood. Congratulations to the November Members of the Month, Lauren Lee and Donna Hyun. They did an amazing job volunteering and making banners for the Veteran's breakfast and to celebrate the RHS Marching Band placing first in both States and Nationals this season.
Members of the Month Lauren Lee & Donna Hyun with Project Interact leaders: Aarav Motivala, Jordan Katsaros, Isabella Sosa, Merve Tutar, Sabrina Trama, Mahsa Nameni, Will Ozburn and Anders Ryen.
Winterfest: Isaac Rentoul-Gins, Soyoon Ryu, Lauren Lee, Donna Huyn
Announcements
Above is the link to a new system being used to display all the flyers
for RHS upcoming events as well as events across the community.
Click on it to check it out!
Upcoming Events
December 13th- New Players Club- Almost Maine, 8:00 pm
December 18th - Winter Choir Concert, Campus Center, 7:30pm
December 19th - Winter Sports Pep Rally, alternate schedule
December 23rd - Winter break begins, School resumes January 2, 2025
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