RHHS Wildcats News You Can Use

Good Afternoon,

With the end of the year comes comes many opportunities to engage. This week, you should have received your child's schedule for the upcoming school year. As you can imagine, scheduling 2600+ students in 8 different classes is no small feat - if there are particular graduation-requirement concerns please see the message below regarding scheduling specifically. Scheduling is the crux of what makes a school year go round, we are glad to have fantastic schedulers with Mrs. Sonya Compton and Mrs. Meredith Tanner.

As we round out the school year I urge you to continue checking in on your child's grades and attendance through PowerSchool as this is one of the primary forms of communication we use to share updates regarding achievement with parents/students. Should you have specific questions regarding grades and/or assignments please reach out to your child's teacher directly so they can respond in real-time for follow-thorough.

Take your time, read through the newsletter and please feel free to leave any comments or feedback in the form below (Students - this is for you too!). This information is critical as we plan for the year ahead and ensure that we are continuously improving the Richmond Hill High School Experience. I'd love to hear from you directly! While summer may not be the best time to bring people together with vacations and such, if the response is there I plan to conduct another opportunity to meet with stakeholders at a Summer Planned "Mornings with Miller" - just let me know through your feedback (below) if this is a venture you'd be interested in investing your time, effort and energy to make RHHS the very best!

See ya, love ya, bye!

Bivins Miller

• Friday, May 3; No School for Students/Staff Workday
• Monday, May 6 - Wednesday, May 8 - American Literature EOC Exams
• Thursday, May 9 - Friday, May 10 - Algebra 1 EOC Exams
• Monday, May 13 - Tuesday, May 14 - US History EOC Exams
• Wednesday, May 15 - Thursday, May 16 - Biology EOC Exams
• Thursday, May 9; Senior Exams (Full Day) 3rd and 4th Block Exams
• Are you Exempt from All Exams? (No School on May 9, 2024)
• Are you Exempt from 4th Only ? (Leave after 3rd)
• Friday, May 10; Senior Exams (Half Day) 1st and 2nd Block Exams
  
• Tuesday, May 21; Underclassmen Exams (1st and 3rd Block); Dismissal at 10:40am
• Wednesday, May 22; Underclassmen Exams (2nd and 4th Block); Dismissal at 10:40am

Don’t Delay and make sure you get those paid! These dues are an annual fee used to enrich "The Wildcat Experience". These dues provide funding for awards, positive interventions, enrichment activities and events such as prom and graduation ceremonies. All fees are uploaded in MyPaymentsPlus.

Does your family plan to move to another school district this summer? Please complete the Google Form linked HERE and the Registrar's office will contact you to assist in the withdrawal process.

Tentative student schedules for the 24-25 school year were emailed to both parents and students on Friday, April 26 at 3:00 pm. Please remember that we will continue to work together to ensure accuracy of schedules between now and the start of the next school year. If you have a concern regarding a graduation-required course, a schedule change request link will be active on the school’s website beginning Monday, April 29th. Schedule change requests for electives will likely not be granted, and please note that dual enrollment schedules have not yet been entered. So, if you are a dual enrollment student for the 24-25 school year, please do not complete a request for a schedule change. Also, please ensure that Mrs. Appleton has a copy of your college schedule you’ve received from the college. The schedule change request link will be the only avenue at this time for requesting a change to the student schedule for the 24-25 school year; emails to counselors or administrators will likely not be addressed. Thank you for working with us to ensure we have a successful 24-25 school year!”

• Senior Buy-Back Option. Posted for all eligible seniors on MPP by April 19.
• Senior Device Collection; Room 702, 7:30-2:25, April 29 thru May 10
• Pre-Exam Device Collection; Room 7:30-2:25 starting May 13 thru 17 and May 20 from 2:25-2:50 in East Cafeteria.
• Post Exam Collection; May 21 thru 22, East Cafeteria from 8:30-12:30 PM.

Details for SENIORS linked HERE

Details for Underclassmen linked HERE

Summer School Information:

Dates: June 3-27 (Monday-Thursday)

Summer School 2024

Student's will be able to sign up starting May 6th through the following link:

Summer School Sign Up

In the state of Georgia, American Literature students are required to take an end-of-course (EOC) test each year that counts for 10% of their final class average. In order to support our students for this assessment, Richmond Hill High School ELA teachers will be hosting American Lit EOC review sessions, which we are referring to as our EOC Bootcamp, consisting of 5 unique sessions leading up to the EOC testing dates of May 6-8.

We invite juniors currently enrolled in American Literature to attend all of the sessions, which are free and designed to provide students with specific practice on tested skills. All materials will be provided for each bootcamp session and will then be shared via Google Classroom, which students and parents will be able to access.

The American Lit EOC Bootcamp schedule is linked in the RSVP form below. Please RSVP by selecting the sessions below that your student will attend.

RSVP American Lit EOC Bootcamp

Applications for next year’s 2024-2025 CURE Crew Teen Council will be open to students starting April 15th – April 30th this year using this link - https://curechildhoodcancer.org/cure-crew/. The application is open to rising Junior & Senior students, and current CURE Crew members do need to re-apply.

The purpose of CURE Crew is to offer high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to support CURE through fundraising, volunteering, advocacy, and awareness of pediatric cancer with the leadership and guidance of CURE’s staff. Students will benefit by earning community service hours by engaging in structured fundraising and service opportunities that will provide them with meaningful life skills and compassion for an underserved population. At the same time, CURE will benefit by having students in the community sharing CURE’s mission and vision.

It is time to begin the student application process for the 2024-2025 One Bryan Student Advisory Council! The council is made up of middle and high school students, 7th – 12th grade, who meet 4 times throughout the school year with Dr. Brooksher. Students who joined last year will fulfill a two-year commitment before being asked to reapply.

Here are the seats open for the 2024-2025 school year:

1 – BCMHS rising 7th grader

2 – BCMHS rising 8th graders

1 – BCMHS rising 10th grader

2 – BCMHS rising 11th graders

1 – RHMS rising 7th grader

1 – RHMS rising 8th grader

1 – RHHS rising 11th grader

1 – RHHS rising 12th grader

PLUS, 1 WILDCARD seat per school for a total of 4 additional seats! This means if you know a rising 9th or 12th grader at BCMHS or a rising 9th or 10th grader at RHHS who wishes to apply but doesn’t see an open seat, please encourage them to apply. Their application may be chosen as the wildcard seat for their school!

The following is a link to the application: https://forms.gle/foCaxyL8V4X2bS636 and the deadline to apply is Tuesday, April 30th. Attached to this e-mail is a flyer with a QR code as well. Please share this with all teachers and staff who are in contact with students regularly who can encourage students to apply.

Applications will be reviewed after May 1st and members of the 2024-2025 Student Advisory Council will be announced on or around Friday, May 17th.

Bryan County Schools’ After School Program offers students the opportunity to explore, create and grow in the After School hours. If you like making a positive impact supporting student’s academic and personal growth, join our team at ASP! We offer flexible hours and the opportunity to earn a strong extra income. ASP Positions are available at McAllister, Frances Meeks, Bryan County Elementary and Richmond Hill ASP (Community Education campus) for the 2024-25 school year. Learn more by emailing the Director of Community Education at mgriffin@bryan.k12.ga.us or call 912-459-5208.

Theatre Arts presents their spring pathway play, The Wizard of Oz, on April 26, 27, and 28 in the Tiny Taft Theater (room 401 on RHHS’s east campus). Tickets can be found on GoFan: https://gofan.co/app/school/GA23137?activity=Performing%20Arts

Check out the newest edition of information that will be communicated via Richmond Hill High School's Athletic Department!

Build The Hill - Athletic Newsletter

We know staff members at RHHS go the extra mile - we want to hear about it! When a staff member makes you/your student feel special or does something exceptional, YOU can give them a shoutout and in return, the PBIS team will send them a treat!

RHHS has a strong team of school counselors to support our students. Students are assigned a counselor based on their last name. All school counselors at Richmond Hill High School will provide developmentally appropriate counseling services based on data-driven practices to remove barriers to students' academic achievement and promote a safe and secure environment for all students.

• Amber Crews: A- Carter
  
• Emily Neff: Cartwright-Gelly
• Tam Daniels: Gentle- Langridge
• Debbie Kilpatrick: LaQuay- Odell
• Megan McDonough: Offringa- Slaughter
• Amber Miles: Slusarski- Z
• Deanna Appleton: Dual Enrollment Counselor

For additional information regarding the Richmond Hill High School Counseling Team, please click here!

School times

7:30am-2:25pm/Buildings open at 7am

• Daily Bell Schedule
• A/B Schedule

Office Hours

7:00am-3:00pm

Certificates of Enrollment

Drivers License

Learners Permit

Car-rider/parent drop-off information

http://bryancoga.apptegy.us/o/rhhs/page/traffic-pattern

Bus rider information- Bryan County Transportation Services

School nutrition information-

MySchoolBucks - Online Payment Portal

• Breakfast - $2.25
• Lunch - $3.25

Questions regarding remaining lunch balances should be directed to Alisa Vallbracht (School Nutrition Director) avallbracht@bryan.k12.ga.us/912-459-5121

Nurse/Clinic information-

Nurses: Taryn Parker (tparker@bryan.k12.ga.us) and Caitlyn Matias (cmatias@bryan.k12.ga.us)

If you should need to discuss health information at length, please call to schedule a meeting. All clinic forms are available HERE. Inhalers and epi pens that are carried by the student must have forms completed by their physician.

Website: https://www.bryan.k12.ga.us/o/RHHS
Location: 1 Wildcat Drive, Richmond Hill, GA, USA
Phone: 912-459-5151
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richmondhillhigh
Twitter: @RichmondHill_HS