Upcoming Events:

February 24: RHS Choir “A Guys Singing

Event;” 3:30PM; Little The-

ater

February 24: All-State Band/All-State

Women’s Chorus Concert;

3:00PM; Prudential Hall—

NJPAC

February 26: Board of Ed Meeting;

7:30PM; Ed Center

February 28: Student Sleep-In; Classes

begin 8:45AM

March 3: Super Science Saturday;

9:00AM; RHS

March 4: RHS Class of 2018 Fashion

Show; 12:00PM; Teaneck

Marriott

RHS Athletics Calendar

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A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE

February 23, 2018

AP Macroeconomic Scholar Congratulations to senior Joseph O’Keefe who was one of only sixty students worldwide to not only score a 5 on the 2017 AP Macroeconomics Exam but also earned every point possible on this difficult assessment. Congratulations again Joseph!

RHS Varsity Swimming

RHS Varsity swimmers finished the season in February,

smashing high school records and soaring at Sectional Finals.

Both the boys and girls teams were seeded second in the

North Jersey, Section 1 Public A tournament and advanced

to Sectional Finals after sweeping the Big North Freedom

League. "I couldn't be prouder of this team," said Coach Kim-

berly Schmidt.

The Girls team excelled, pulling in a 9-2 record. Boys also

swam well with a 7-4 record overall. Ten swimmers qualified

to compete March 3-4 in the Individual NJ State Meet of

Champions. They are Ashleigh Afromsky, Sarah Afromsky,

Jordan Afrom-

sky, Natalie

Chang, Faith

Cortright, Alex

Gifford, Nick

Gagan, Sebas-

tian Rivero, Ste-

ven Cheng and

Holden von

Summer.

Ethnic Segregation Conference

On February 15th during period 1, Charlie Ap-pel's Human Geography students collaborated with students from Josh Saladino's Contempo-rary Issues class to discuss the issue of current ethnic segregation in the United States. These students then turned around and led group dis-cussions for sixteen participating classes during periods 2 and 3. During these later two collabo-rative periods, group leaders shared a Google Presentation which addressed the catalysts of segregation and then the participating classes discussed possible solutions for dealing with the problem. Each of the fourteen groups then col-laborated on a final closure document in which they selected a best possible solution to the is-sue of ethnic segregation and came up with ra-tionale to defend their position. The morning's activity is just one example of the interdisciplinary work the Social Studies and English departments have been focused on this year.

Ridgewood Irene Keh wins the 100 butterfly during the North 1, Public A girls

swimming sectional finals between Ridgewood and Morristown. John Munson | NJ

Advance Media for NJ.com

Coaches vs. Cancer RHS Varsity basketball Coach Mike Troy is hosting his annual Coaches vs. Cancer game to-night at RHS at 5:30pm. This annual event raises money to help those affected by cancer and this year’s proceeds will go to a RHS staff member. In addi-tion, it is Senior Night so please come out and support the sen-ior basketball players as they battle against Westwood High School. Go Wood!

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RHS Highlights

Making a Difference Speaker Series

RHS students listen to the second Making a Differ-ence speaker, Christopher H. Zakian, who spoke about Armenian Genocide and related the story of his Grandmother who endured a death march across the desert after her father was murdered with other leaders in Ottoman Turkey.

QUOTE TO REMEMBER...

“The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.” George Washington

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RHS Beautification Thank you to the Class of 2017 for the new digital print mural that was installed at RHS over February break. Photo is courtesy of the Bolger Library.

Eric Mayer spoke to RHS students on January 30

about the Holocaust. Mr. Mayer was born and raised

in Germany, growing up during Hitler’s Third Reich.

His family fought for Germany in WWI, but were ac-

tive Nazi resisters in WWII. Mr. Mayer was sent to

France with his siblings, where he became a courier

for the French Resistance. Both of his parents were

murdered by the Nazis.

RHS Alpine Team The RHS Girls Alpine Race Team has posted an undefeated, 34-0, regular season record and has clinched the Number One seed in the State Tournament as well as capturing the Liberty League Championship. Ridgewood’s line-up dominated the regular season which fea-tured a trio of outstanding per-formances by Senior Captain Megan Devir, ranked #2 in the State, Junior Kaitlin Devir, ranked #1, and Sopho-more Jane McKinley, ranked #3. Also making major point contributions to the team were RHS racers Sarah Pilson, Sophia Bergantino, Vanessa D’Angelo, and Katie Doyle. The Team State Championship kicks off with a Giant Slalom race at Mountain Creek on February 22nd and a Slalom race on February 26th. The combined times of the top four racers for each team in each discipline will be totaled and the winner will be crowned the New Jersey High School State Champion. Meg, Kaitlin, Jane, and Sarah have also qualified for the NJ Race of Champions which is the Individual State Championship for Alpine Ski Racing. The race will take place on March 1st. The top performers from this race will repre-sent New Jersey in the Eastern High School Championships at Cannon Mountain, NH. On the Boys Team, Conner Devir, Cole Sherman and P.J. McKenna have also qualified for the NJ Race of Champions.

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