April 29, 2022

Around the Building

Making a Difference Speaker Series - Dr. Kasbarian

Last week, RHS welcomed the return of the "Making a Difference" Speaker Series, which is a program that highlights the impact individuals can have, even in the darkest parts of our world. With the help of Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Demirjian, and department supervisor, Mr. Ferreri, guest speaker Dr. Antranig Kasbarian visited our school to present about the history of the Armenian Genocide and its connection to the current crisis in Ukraine. Students and staff were able to engage in a Q&A after the lecture to further explore topics of interest. These events would not be possible without the support of the staff and students of the RHS Social Studies and English departments. Thank you for your ongoing support!

In the Classroom

Bergen Community College Culinary Competition

Dr. Natalie Bray's first place culinary team shines in their first competition on Friday, April 22, 2022!

At their first culinary competition at BCC, Finn McGrath, Winter Piraino, Audrey Hall, and Thomas Malone demonstrated some serious skills in the kitchen! A combination of organization, talent, technique, taste, and style were the main ingredients that brought home the win, out-plating Indian Hills, Paramus, and Leonia HS. The competitors faced off against the clock to prepare a creative entrée featuring a protein, side, and dessert. Students plated full-sized portions for three professional chef judges and 60 small-bite plates for audience participation and won first place overall and the popular vote.

Elementary Instrument Demonstrations

Students from the RHS Band and Orchestra visited all six elementary schools last week to provide instrument demonstrations to each school. Students talked about their instruments and played for the students so that they can begin to think about which instruments they may choose to play in 5th grade! At the conclusion of each demonstration, the ensembles performed "Go Get Em' Ridgewood" together to show what it sounds like when every instrument plays together.

Essay Contest - National Finalist

Will wrote an article on Glen H. Taylor, who served as a US senator from 1945 to 1951. Will's piece was selected as one of five national finalists in the JFK Library Foundation's Profiles in Courage high school essay contest. The announcement will be made officially next month.

Pictured left to right: Jeff Nyhuis, Will Gasaway, Lauren Hellman

Club Happenings

Project Interact April Food Drive

Project Interact, in coordination with Rotary, has run monthly food drives to support Father English and Ridgewood SSS Pantry. Way to go PI!

Pictured: Adriana Nagy 9, Sabrina Trama 9, Kaho Yamamoto 9, Ritvik Katta 10, Ella Parlak 10, Ella Blaskovic 9, Charlie McKay 9

Crafting For A Cause Spring Sale

Crafting For A Cause held a spring sale during lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. It was a huge success and they made an approximate total of $160! Thank you to everyone who bought something or made something to sell. All the crafts are amazing quality and we are so proud to be able to donate all of this money to the World Wildlife Foundation to support their efforts!!

From left to right: Daniella Comisi, Ash Spencer, Emma Piotrowski, Abby Karan, Katrina Eilender, Daphne Cope, Josie Kaskovich

RHS UNICEF Club Ukraine Relief Fundraiser

The RHS UNICEF Club has donated over $3000 from the start of the pandemic until now to support the UNICEF Covid Relief Fund, provide measles vaccines to children in impoverished areas around the world, and aid in providing psychosocial care to children traumatized by the tragedy in Ukraine. Last Saturday, the club held a fundraiser dedicated to the children and families in Ukraine at the Van Neste Square in town. Thanks to the generosity and support of the town residents, the club members raised a total of $500!

Pictured: Sunny Rhew, Izzy Oddy, Veronica Guerrero, Jun Lee, Isabel Johnson, Madison Kim, Taeyoung Cha, Natalie Dominguez, and (not pictured) Cesar Hernandez

Maroon Athletics

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Senior Day - Boys Varsity Tennis

On Thursday, April 28th, the boys' varsity tennis team celebrated senior day for the graduating class of 2022. The match was against Paramus and Ridgewood won 5-0 and enjoyed some refreshments afterwards, compliments of the players' parents. The team is currently 8-4 and the county tournament will be coming up in two weeks. Congratulations to the graduating seniors on their efforts throughout their Ridgewood High School tennis career. Go Wood!

Pictured above from left to right: Coach Alison Sieck, Andreas Pelekis, Alex Mueller, Zac Osborn, Jonathan Lai, Ian Lah, Kalyan Patel, Nikolas Martirossian, Ryan Zhang, Cole Sheehy.

Ridgewood Crew Makes Great Progress as Regatta Season Approaches

Ridgewood Crew had the whole team on the Schuylkill River for the 2022 Fifth Manny Flick / Horvat Series of rowing races on Sunday, April 24th. The weather was beautiful for the 79 races rowed by 74 teams. According to the Ridgewood Crew Head Coach Boris Roque Alvarez, "Conditions were very good! We are still working with different line ups in order to find fast combinations...this is hard on the kids, but they understand the fact that this is a competitive sport."

Ridgewood Crew Results included...

First Place: Boys JV 1x Flight 1 F.Kamel 05:36.28

First Place: Boys JV 4x Flight 1 A.Jones, T.Clark, N.Harris, S.Boogaert 4:40.84

First Place: Boys Ltwt 4x Flight M.Lyakerman, C.Sullivan, H.Rivera, J.Papin 05:03.78

First Place: Boys Varsity 2x Flight 2 I.Darby, W.Conde 05:13.10

First Place: Girls JV 1x Flight 2 S.Ali 06:26.63

First Place: Girls JV 2x Flight 1 O.Kim, A.Mevissen 05:48.61

First Place: Girls JV 2x Flight 2 S.Kliesch, C.McDonough 05:50.24

First Place: Girls Varsity 1x Flight 1 L.Riedel 05:39.11

Second Place: Boys Novice 4x Flight 2 D.Kelly, J.Cavagnuolo, A.Mundhe, M.Nguyen-Van-Duong 05:46.47

Second Place: Boys Freshman 4x Flight 2 A.Dezelan, G.Tejwaney, N.Melarti, A.Mannina 05:14.05

Second Place: Girls JV 1x Flight 1 K.Hoffman 06:27.79