Upcoming Events:

January 18: New Players in Concert; 6:00PM; Little Theater January 19-20: New Players in Concert; 12:00PM; Little Theater January 21: Martin Luther King Day - Schools Closed January 24: Winter Dance Concert; 5:00PM; Little Theater January 24: 11th Grade Parent Meeting; 7:30PM; Cam-pus Center January 25: Federated HSA Fundraiser - Harlem Wizards vs. Ridgewood; 7:00PM; RHS Gym January 28: Board of Ed Meeting; 7:30PM; Ed Center

RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ∙ 627 East Ridgewood Avenue ∙ Ridgewood, NJ 07450 ∙ 201-670-2800

A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE

January 18, 2019

Support RHS Athletics

Please continue to check the RHS Athletics calendar link below for a full listing of winter sports events.

RHS Athletics Calendar

Project Interact

Project Interact alumni donated their time recently by

returning to RHS and sharing their college experiences

during a Project Interact club meeting.

RHS Freshman Class Assembly

All RHS ninth graders attended an assembly on

Wednesday, January 16 with teen and millennial ex-

pert Ana Homayoun on "Social Media Wellness." Lat-

er that evening, parents and community members

attended Ana's presentation on "Social Media Well-

ness: Understanding the Intersection of

School, Stress, and Social Media."

RHS Girls Soccer Coach - Jeff Yearing

Please take a moment to read the recent NorthJer-

sey.com profile of beloved RHS girls soccer coach Jeff

Yearing and his fierce medical fight these past few

years. We can’t wait to see Coach Yearing back on the

sidelines!

RHS Girls Soccer Coach – Jeff Yearing

RHS Foods Lab

The RHS Foods Lab recently added new tables and

stools which students are already finding user friend-

ly in their cooking endeavors.

(Photo: NorthJersey.com file photo)

RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ∙ 627 East Ridgewood Avenue ∙ Ridgewood, NJ 07450 ∙ 201-670-2800

RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Website: https://rhs.ridgewood.k12.nj.us/

Catching up with Ridgewood High School

Forensics students dusted for fingerprints to deter-

mine “who trashed the classroom.”

QUOTE TO REMEMBER...

“Everything you can imagine is Real.” - Pablo Picasso

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The RHS Dance Team had their first performance

of the year at last week's Varsity basketball game!

DECA

On Monday, January 7

223 RHS students attended

the District level competi-

tion for DECA, a business

competition that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs.

At the competition students had to complete impromptu role plays without

the use of technology and present their ideas and solutions to a judge. The

judges play the role of supervisor, colleague, or customer and students

have 10 minutes to present their ideas to solve their problems or provide

solutions for a situation the company is experiencing. Before attending the

competition students completed a 100 question online exam. Students test

and role play scores are combined to determine winners.

In total, RHS had 57 students place high enough to compete at the state

competition in their event. Students are also awarded honors for the top

test scores and role play scores in their event if they have one of the top

three scores. RHS had 33 total mini-awards evenly distributed between

test and role play honors. Students will compete at the state competition

held at Harrah's Convention Center in Atlantic City starting March 4. The

RHS DECA Advisors are Mr. Cronk, Mrs. Mendez, and Mr. Murtha.

In addition, Jacob Alvarado, Alex Ruhl, and Kathryn Zhou placed 1st overall

in the North Atlantic Region in the

Knowledge Matters online virtual

business Accounting chal-

lenge. The students had to log in

to three mini challenges and identi-

fy four accounting mistakes in the

shortest amount of time. The

three members of the team are

now eligible to compete in this

virtual challenge at the Internation-

al Career Development Conference

(ICDC) in Orlando, Florida in late April.

RHS art students presented course choices to 8th

graders at BF and GW middle schools.

RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ∙ 627 East Ridgewood Avenue ∙ Ridgewood, NJ 07450 ∙ 201-670-2800

Need Help with Homework?

RHS National Honor Society students offer free tutor-

ing to all students every Monday—Thursday from

3:15PM-4:15PM in the Learning Commons.

Please take advantage of this service. These students

are here to help you succeed!