The Weekly Update #4

We made it through an extremely cold week!!! Although it was cold it sure was great!! We had many things going on this week including the annual winter pep session. Of course the highlight as always was the staff defeating the students in basketball! We are continuing our branding with a couple more graphics in the cafeteria. Thank you to RCS maintenance for getting those put up! Under Links and Announcements you can find the link from Winter Orientation. If you missed attending you can watch it there. Looks like things will begin to warm up for us next week. Funny how I look forward to temperatures in the 40's!!! Everyone have a great weekend and we will see you students on MONDAY!!!!!

Again Understand that this only affects the class of 2029. Next years incoming Freshman class will be under different guidelines in order to graduate. All students will graduate in one of three areas; enrollment, employment, or enlist. In last week's newsletter I focused on the Employment Seals. This week I want to show you about the Enrollment Seals.

Enrollment Honors Seal PLUS. Earn all of the Honors Seal.. PLUS

1. Credential of Value - ICC (included in the outline shown), Technical Certificate, Associate Degree

2. Complete at least 75 hours of WBL

1. (incorporated in the schedule and could utilize SRT)

3. Demonstrate skill development in Communication, Collaboration, and Work Ethic

This is a reminder about our attendance goals at RCHS. The goal is that students have 8 days or less absences. Attendance does not reset at semester. It is 8 days for the school year. You can think of it in semesters, if that is easier, which would be 4 absences per semester. These absences include excused and unexcused absences. If a student has a certified absence (doctor's note, etc see full list in our handbook), those absences do not count against the student. This is a change from past years to better align with the Indiana goals for attendance.

A few new graphics were put up in the cafeteria this week. Thanks to RCS Maintenance for getting this project done!!

On Thursday afternoon we held the annual all school Pep Session. This was a huge hit and a lot of fun!! Thank you Mrs. Sliger for the organization of this event! We had staff vs. Student basketball (Staff Won), Relay games, recognition of ECA groups, and a dance from the Senior Boys!!

Shea Gerrian - Shout out to Anne Rosario for always being a pleasure to be around. Your humor, compassion, and energy is invaluable! Keep being awesome!

Tara Brown - Shout out to Elizabeth Meek and Pam Schroeder for your help with my ACR this week!

Tara Brown - Shout out to Megan Davis thank you for all that you do!

Sami DeLey - Shout out to the Rushville FFA senior and novice parli teams. They competed at their section contest this week. Our senior team placed 3rd. Our novice team placed 1st and will advance to the state contest in a few weeks. I am so proud of the time and effort both of these teams have poured into this contest. I’m so blessed to be their coach!!

Tara Brown - Shout out to Nan Scanlan for your support this week!

Jennifer Teague - Shout out to Ian, Stewie, John, and the rest of my 7th block English 11 students for being absolute rock stars this week!

Christin Nichols - Shout out to Amaranta Kemple for being an incredible teacher and person. I thank her for her flexibility and understanding. She was a tremendous help this week!

Curt Mock - Shout out to Erin. She takes care of our student/athletes and is super nice!

Curt Mock - A shout out to Sam for being conference champ

Curt Mock - A shout out to Briggs, Denver, Blake and Trey for getting 2nd, Gabe for being in a heavier weight and getting 3rd and Eli for avenging a loss from a week earlier and Caleb for wrestling people 30 to 50 lbs heavier and winning most. Great job!!

Curt Mock - Shout out to the cooks and kitchen staff.. Great food, great people

Curt Mock - A shout out to all custodians and maintenance people who helped everyone get in safely. I know it had to be hard and cold work. Thank you people!!!

Brad Lawler - SHOUT OUT to the Lion Wrestling team for placing 3rd at the EIAC meet!!

Brad Lawler - SHOUT OUT TO SAM PAVEY.....EIAC CHAMPION!!!!!

Zach Burchett - Shout out to Dr. Meek for his MVP performance for the staff team.

Hannah Lemmons - Shout out to Anne Rosario for planning and re-planning the chili/soup/dessert contest! She's the quiet organizer of a lot of FUN around here, and I really appreciate it!

Liz Meek - Shout out to Kristin Sliger for organizing the pep rally!

James Allen - Happy Birthday to Mrs. Personett!!

James Allen - Shout out to the staff team for beating the scout team! Let's Go!

Collin McCartt - Shout out to the staff basketball team for the big win vs. the students!

Brad Lawler - SHOUT OUT to the Lion Wrestlers for a HUGE come from behind victory over Shelbyville last night!!!!

Melissa Winkler - SHOUT OUT to Mr. Terry Drake and Mrs. Harris for getting the gym an Indiana Flag!!!!! Thank you so much, guys!

Melissa Winkler - SHOUT OUT to Mr. Kerry Brown for all the things he does not only for the high school but the middle school! He's burning the candle at both ends.

Rachel Monk - Shout out to Anne Rosario: Thank you for organizing the chili/dessert cookoff! It's always a good time with delicious food. We appreciate your time and effort in making this happen for us!!

Anne Rosario - Shout out to Miss Monk for impromptu help with confusing technology.

Anne Rosario - Shout out to all of the SROs that are available and visible everyday.

Anne Rosario - Shout out to all of the coaches that work all day and then show up for the students in sports!

Julie Wainwright - Shout out to Mr. Doyle and his Block 1 Girl's Choir for coming down to celebrate and sing Happy Birthday to Mrs. Personett.

THe men who are always behind the scenes that deserve some recognition. These past two weeks have been challenging with Mother Nature. These guys have been in the building working on warming up rooms as well as cooling them down. They also hung a few new graphics in the cafeteria this week. Thank you guys for all that you do!!!

tHIS LIST IS THE HONOR ROLL FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER.

MONDAY 1/27 - We will be on a BLACK day schedule and There are NO the events planned

SRT A - Senior Scheduling

*CLUBS*

SRT B - FFA Officer Installation and Meeting

TUESDAY 1/28 - We will be on a RED day schedule and here are the events planned

*SPORTS*

Gym. @ Columbus East

Boys Basketball vs. Knightstown @ 6:00 PM

WEDNESDAY 1/29 - We will be on a BLACK day schedule and here are the events planned

SRT A/B: Career Commons Don Lam

*CLUBS*

SRT A - GSA Club

SRT B - Anime Club

THURSDAY 1/30 - We will be on a RED day schedule and here are the events planned

*SPORTS*

GVRBB @ Columbus North

FRIDAY 1/24 - We will be on a BLACK day schedule and here are the events planned

SRT A/B: Career Commons Vet Tech

SRTR A - Senior Scholarships

*SPORTS*

VRBB @ South Dearborn

SATURDAY 1/25 - Here are the events planned

*SPORTS*

Wrestling IHSAA Sectional tbd

Gym. @ Morristown Invite.

VRBB vs East Central

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Below is the link for our Winter Orientation. This was the session that was for our incoming Juniors, but much of the information was the same for the other grades as well. Please make sure you are letting your counselor know when you have your individual meetings if you are interested in the ICC or any of the vocation classes because that could potentially affect some of the classes you need to sign up for.

STOPit - Open the PDF and read about our new Anonymous Reporting System. This online anonymous reporting system is designed to deter bullying, discrimination, and other inappropriate or unsafe behaviors.

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