We have so much to report this week! We have 3 new programs coming to RCHS for the 24/25 school year, we have a ne app that was launched this past week, and another update in the Indiana College Core. All of these great things happening on top of the daily awesome activity that is going on at RCHS!! There is even a little T. Swift in the update this week! Enjoy the read and have a great weekend!!

Rushville Consolidated High School is excited to announce the addition of 3 new vocational programs beginning in the 2024-25 school year. Emergency Medical Services, Criminal Justice, and Fire and Rescue will be offered to juniors and seniors. The Criminal Justice and Fire and Rescue programs will be on campus and can be offered in 1 or 2 block sections depending on the year of the student. The Emergency Medical Services program will be half-day and be housed off campus in downtown Rushville. We will be talking to students next week to give them more details about these new programs.

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The Indiana College Core (ICC) is a block of 30 credit hours that can be applied to any Indiana Public College. Although sophomores cannot take any specific ICC classes, Spanish 1 and 2 are prerequisite courses for Spanish 3, which is an ICC course. As a freshman and sophomore, you could also be collecting college credits to add to your total credits to potentially earn an Associate’s Degree (60 total credit hours)! As a junior, there are a series of classes that you will take to prepare you for the ICC. Please make sure to indicate to your counselor if this is the route you are wanting to take. Even if you are an incoming senior, it is not too late to get your ICC! Talk with your counselors and Mr. Bottomley to look at your schedule and get a plan in place!

Congratulations to science teacher Brad Lawler for being chosen as our next Bison Award Winner!!! Mr. Lawler was chosen by Ag teacher Mrs. Wagner. Mrs. Wagner stated that Mr. Lawler is very dedicated to RCHS and the kids and is quick to help anywhere he is needed. He is a huge backer and volunteer for FFA! Mr. Lawler puts kids first! He coaches middle school and high school wrestling and also coaches track! Thank you Mr. Lawler for your dedication to the kids of RCHS!!

This last Tuesday Natalie Hornsby and Jan Thoman were nominated as RCHS staff members of the month. I have thrown a lot of things at them this year and they have taken it and ran with it. Almost daily I walk in with something new or a tweak here or there and the only response I get is we can make that happen! Many of the Natalie and Jan's colleagues call them the dynamic duo and have nothing but praise for the things they do for kids. They just consider this doing their job but we here at RCHS know it is much more than that!

Congratulations Triston "Bill" Seymour for being named the RCHS student of the month. Triston's story is nothing short of amazing and is the perfect example of what can be accomplished when you really want it! Triston dropped out of school to support his new wife and daughter. After establishing some sort of normalcy he decided to come back to school. Triston enrolled in Opportunity School and earned 15 credits this year and has now graduated. If that is not difficult enough he came into school most days after working a double shift as a diesel mechanic. Full time job, full time student, and full time husband and father! Triston has applied for college and wants to get involved with social work.

We hosted a Gymnastics Invitational last weekend. In order to do this ALL of the equipment needed to be moved out of the gymnastics room and into the gym. If you have ever had to do this the time and effort that goes into it. The gymnastics team and the wrestling team joined forces and had this equipment set up in no time! That is just the way it is here at RCHS. Someone needs help and people step up!!

Amaranta Kemple - Big shout out to all of the Spanish 3 students! They went above and beyond in their last presentations. Their creativity was outstanding, the use of the Spanish language was on point, and their enthusiasm and willingness to step out of the box was exceptional. I am so proud of all of them!

Brad Lawler - SHOUT OUT TO BRIGGS TACKETT, DENVER CAMPBELL AND SAM PAVEY FOR QUALIFYING FOR THIS WEEK'S NEW CASTLE WRESTLING SEMI-STATE!!!!!

Brad Lawler - SHOUT OUT TO SAM PAVEY FOR WINNING THE RICHMOND REGIONAL!!!!!

Hannah Lemmons - Shout out to TR Campbell for Laughlin Center updates and seating charts, as well as his general awesomeness.

Melissa Winkler - Shout out to Mike Sweet, Memorial Gym Night Custodian, went up and beyond this past weekend when he was helping set up the Gymnastics Invitational on Friday and Saturday! We appreciate the pride he takes in making events nice for our kids!

Warren Cook - Shout out to Linsay Tillison for presenting at the Board Meeting with other district teachers about the HRS conference!

Curtis Mock - Shout out to Coach Lawler.. He is with middle school and high school wrestlers 9 to 10 months out of the year. He helps with the track team. He assists with FFA with whatever they need. He is in the final stages of getting his teaching license. He has overcome obstacles this week with automobile issues while helping his high school wrestlers to prepare for the semi state and his middle school wrestlers for two meets this week. The biggest thing is the students love him.

Diana Shook - Shout out to Jessica Maple. She is very helpful in Nutrition class with my student. When Taylor needs help with a paper, Jessica always lends a helping hand.

Curt Mock - A shout out to Mike Sweet at the gym. A lot of late nights and extra Saturdays and extra clean up. He is always willing to help.

Curt Mock - A shout out to Briggs, Denver, and Sam. Good luck at Semi State. A shout out to Pacey and Kian for being alternates. Both being beaten by unbeaten wrestlers. A shout out to wrestling managers. You are the best!

Liz Meek - National School Counseling Week! Shout out to our amazing guidance counselors!

Shea Gerrian - Huge shout out to Krystal and Margaret for working incredibly hard in the front office. Some days are better than others but they always make it run as smoothly as possible with as much grace as possible. The school would not be the same without them. <3 BAB!

Collin McCartt - Shout out to Lindsay Tillison for putting together a great T-Swift lesson for her students!

Mrs. Tillison has been working on Literary words in sophomore English. First off you need to know that Mrs. Tillison is a Swifty! Some of her students disagree with her taste in music so what does a good teacher do. Turn it into a lesson that involves literary words. In two days she completely revamped what she was going to do for this particular lesson and put together a lesson involving Taylor Swift and her music. Looking at the lyrics as poems they discussed the what these music lyrics meant. It was a great way to grab the attention of all of her students and a fun lesson to watch!!

Mrs. Rinard used hands on learning in her Biology class. The students built DNA model!!

Students are designing and learning how to build homes in Mr. Smith's Principles of Construction Trades class. They design and build scale models of homes and they work on real material to learn the techniques. It is very impressive to see what our kids can design and the skills that they posses.

We held information meetings for families that have students who will be entering the school year next year as Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. We had 30 minute sessions with each group and were able to give some very good information. We discussed the 3 E's, graduation requirements, Pathways, new programs, and the ICC. Our hope is that all attending families were able to get some information that will help them as their son or daughter move along in their high school career. If you click on the button below you can see the slide presentation we presented. This slide presentation is a basic overview of the meeting. If you have any questions or would like more information please email us, call us, or set an appointment to come meet with us.

Warren Cook - cookwa@rushville.k12.in.us

Elizabeth Meek - meekel@rushville.k12.in.us

Collin McCartt - mccarttc@rushville.k12.in.us

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New Amazing Opportunities for students at RCHS. We offer the Indiana College Core by offering 26 different Dual Credit courses in several different areas. Students can graduate with 30 college credit hours that will apply at ALL INDIANA PUBLIC COLLEGES and even some private colleges like UIndy!! Best thing is this one year of college credit for FREE !! Click the link below to get more information!!

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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