To celebrate Earth Day, AP Environmental Science students visited Travell Elementary School and put on the elementary school version of Sustainability Day. All Travell students watched a skit presented by members of the New Players, and then visited high school student presentations on what elementary schoolers could do to be more environmentally-friendly. We are hoping that the youngest students in the Ridgewood community will appreciate what they have learned and carry these ideas on through middle school and eventually, RHS.

Mr. Cronk’s AP Art History students participated in a field trip to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City last Friday to directly engage with works of art studied throughout the academic year. With the AP Art History Exam scheduled for next week, the experience provided a timely and meaningful opportunity for students to reinforce their understanding of key artistic movements, artists, and works included in the College Board’s required 250-image set.   

RHS DECA had a wonderful trip with 46 students attending ICDC in Atlanta, Georgia. Each event has approximately 200 teams/students and they are broken up into 10 flights with 20 teams/students in each flight. The students participated in a preliminary round and later learned which students would move on to the final round of competition. Only the top 2 teams/students move onto the final round. We are pleased to announce that we had 3 paper teams make finals. Kyra Gerena & Scarlet Fitzpatrick made it to finals in their Community Giving Project. Katherine Cho and Emily Cho competed in the Buying & Merchandising Operations Research Event and made it to finals. Anna Dickson and Christina Weispfenning, who also competed in the Buying and Merchandising Operations Research event, also made finals. Finalists then had to present one more time to a new set of judges. These judges did NOT judge that category’s preliminary round. All three finalist groups were able to complete a few practice rounds with our chaperones and then run through their scripts themselves before checking in for their appointed competition time. The students then attended the Grand Award session, where only the top 10 finalists were announced. Once the top 10 from a category are on stage, they then announce the top 3, who take home DECA glass (the trophy is a nice glass plaque). We are pleased to share that Anna Dickson and Christina Weispfenning not only were called to stage to earn top 10 honors, but placed 1st OVERALL in their BMOR category. This is the first time in over 25 years since RHS has had a top 3 winner at ICDC! It was incredible to hear their names called as the winners of their event and the joy and excitement from our chapter was incredible.

Below are some chapter photos, photos of the finalists, and Anna & Christina getting their award on stage!

The Green Club attended the Daffodil Festival and Earth Day Fair, where they educated visitors on the problems caused by invasive species and the benefits of replacing portions of lawn with wildflower meadows. Members also helped the Shade Tree Commission give away free trees. Mr. Luo still has trees in his classroom if anyone is interested in planting a tree on their property!