November 12, 2021

Around the Building

Ridgewood Water Department Director, Rich Calbi and Assistant Director, Bill Bierwas, spoke to the environmental classes about safe water.

Mr. Nyhuis leads staff in a team building exercise.

RHS Faculty members participated in team building activities as part of the Professional Development day last week.

In the Classroom

Students in Dr. Walters' and Mrs. Stucke's Forensic Classes processed crime scenes -- assisted by Ridgewood Police Detective Mormino and Retired Detective Reinke.

Sleep specialist, Suzanne Pearson from Valley Hospital, presented to the RAHP 11 students on sleep cycles and tips for maximizing a student's memory while studying before tests. She also connected her presentation to the unit on Macbeth.

Senior, Will Conde, becomes the first student to use the new 3D printer in the Makerspace, making a dinosaur model out of ABS plastic. The advanced printer uses a chemical bath to dissolve support materials, producing highly detailed prints.

Club Happenings

The Pizza Club continued its quest to find the best pizza in Bergen county on Thursday, November 12. They sampled pizza from La Bella in Ridgewood. The owner was very excited for the students to try his pizza and with good reason. La Bella currently has the highest rated plain slice of the year. New members are welcome to join our next meeting on December 17. See Mr. Lynaugh in room 204 for more details.

Seven teams from the Applied Engineering Club recently competed in the finals of the 2021 Virtual STEAM Tank Challenge. At the Virtual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, October 27, all of the teams were recognized for outstanding achievement with Solar Aqua Tech winning first place and a $2,500 prize in this prestigious competition. Congratulations!

Members of the Project Interact Club volunteered at the Halloween at the Park Event on October 30th.

Maroon Athletics

Freshman Girls Team with Coach Opremcak

Congratulations to the Freshman Girls & Boys Cross Country teams. At the State Freshman Championship race held at Thompson Park, both teams won the championship race. This is the second consecutive year that the freshman girls have won and the first time that the freshman boys team has won. Great job on an incredibly successful season!

Freshman Boys Team with Coach Marzloff

Photo Credit: Finn Roth

The Ridgewood Girls Varsity Soccer team pulled off a 2-1 win over Montclair on Tuesday, November 9th in the semi-final round of the NJSIAA/Wawa North Jersey division (Section 1, Group 4). The RHS girls soccer team will advance to the final round this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. against Livingston. Good luck ladies!

Wins All Around at RHS!

The Ridgewood Girls Volleyball Team won both of their games against Ridge in the State Semi-Finals on Thursday, November 11th! The team will advance to the State Finals on Saturday, November 13th at William Paterson University.
The Ridgewood Varsity Football Team beat Columbia 34-0 in last week's sectional quarterfinal! RHS advances to the Semi-Finals against Passaic Tech tonight at RHS Stadium.
The Ridgewood Boys and Girls Cross Country teams will compete in the Group Meet on Saturday, November 13th at Holmdel Park.

Good luck to all of our student athletes!