The Weekly Update #4
March 9th, 2025

WEEK 27
I know I say this every week but wow have we had just an absolutely great week!!! We got to watch a student get surprised with one of the highest scholarship offers from Franklin College, we passed along the Bison, we had kids visit a college campus, we had our physics class go indoor skydiving, we had another student athlete commit to college for Track, we had another early graduate, who was the first to ring the new Graduation Bell, we got new computers in the Learning Commons, and we got to finish the week off honoring three great students and three great educators at the annual ISTAR banquet. When I list this out it is hard to believe this all happened in one week!!!! I may sleep all weekend and then be ready for one more week before Spring Break!! I can definatelly say we left this week better then we saw it!!!! Of course as always IT'S ALMOST MONDAY!!!
LEAVE IT BETTER THAN YOU SEE IT
GREATNESS FROM STAFF AND STUDENTS
Brooke Means receives a Top Scholarship to Franklin College
I wish I could do this every day was exactly what I was saying to myself when Brooke was handed the folder that had her scholarship to Franklin College in it. This scholarship is a Presidential Scholarship with an additional amount on top of that and will cover almost 100% of her tuition for 4 years!! Thank you Franklin Representative Elliott Clark for coming to RCHS to hand deliver the news!! Brooke's parents Brad and Michelle Means were there to celebrate with their daughter in a moment that does not come around for many students. Thank you Brad and Michelle for raising such an amazing Human!! Congratulations Brooke and I know you will represent Rushville in the best way for years to come!!
ISTAR
We had three students and three teachers honored this week at the ISTAR banquet at Centerville High School. RCHS is one of eight schools that come together to celebrate students for their academic success, leadership abilities, and community involvement. Each student chooses a teacher who has most influenced them in their lives. Congratulations to Megan Alexander who chose Jill Carmony as her ISTAER teacher, Audrey Angle who chose Dr. Anthony Meek as her ISTAR teacher, and Trisha Morgan who chose Karen Brashaber as her ISTAR teacher. Six incredible representatives of RCHS!!
BISON AWARD
Our newest Bison winner is Jennifer Teague!!! Jennifer was selected by Karen Schneider who said this about Jennifer ". I want to nominate her because she sees greatness in EVERY student, and more importantly she helps her students to see greatness in themselves. She is also a support for those who have none. She excels at teaching academics in the classroom, but I admire her even more for the compassion, empathy, and help she provides for her students in order that they may grow and thrive, inside the classroom and in life. " Congratulations Jennifer a well deserved recognition!!
SAT Testing Day
Junior Class Students and Families: THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! We had 100% attendance for our SAT day last week. This is UNHEARD of!!!! Thank you for prioritizing this and ensuring that all students got to school on time. It is so nice to not have to spend other class time conducting make ups!!
NEW COMPUTERS IN THE LEARNING COMMONS
The Learning Commons received an exciting addition this week! The student computers are all brand new thanks to the effort of the technology department. Stand in awe of those stunning 27" monitors, mind-blowing processing power, insanely good graphics, and massive hard drive space. A HUGE thank you to Mr. Runnebohm for making this a priority for our students. Another HUGE thank you to Mr. Hoeing for preparing and installing the new computers. It took a lot of work on both your parts and we could not appreciate it more! We are hearing nothing but positive feedback on these powerful units. Stop by the Learning Commons to experience them for yourself!
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
RCHS students interested in learning more about Indiana University took a walking tour of the campus. Stops included most of the major buildings on campus along with familiar landmarks around Bloomington. Thank you to RCHS Career Coach Blair Orme for organizing this visit!
Physics Honors iFLY Indoor Skydiving Field Trip
Physics meets the thrilling experience of indoor skydiving at iFLY in Butler County, Ohio! This past Friday, my physics honors students experienced flying at speeds of ~100 mph in an enclosed wind tunnel (with proper training and supervision from a trained professional, of course). We learned exactly how the wind tunnel works, the engineering process it took to get to the current wind tunnel design, how to calculate our own terminal velocity (the maximum speed reached whilst skydiving) and even predicted the order in which different objects will fly based on mathematical relationships. The students had an amazing experience, especially with the high flight (in which we got to fly closer to the top of the wind tunnel - and yes - I did too!) and watched as the experts showed off their skills, flying to the very top of the tunnel! I look forward to taking next year's physics class on this field trip next spring!
Railyn Combs Commits to IU East
This past week Railyn Combs committed to continuing her academic and Track career at IU East!! Congratulations Railyn on taking your talents to the next level!!
EARLY GRADUATES
Congratulations to Dane Sparks, Zach Skaggs, Kaley Farley, and Colton Bergen for finishing up their High School credits at Opportunity School and are now graduated from RCHS!!
SHOUT OUTS
Curt Mock - Shout out to the winter sports people! We made it.
Curt Mock - Shout out to the folks leaving on spring break! Be safe!
Jessica Keith - Shout out to Brad Lawler for being not only a great teacher, coach and mentor to our RCHS students, but to his BRMS athletes as well!! Your dedication and hard work goes above and beyond!! Thanks for all you do!!
Jennifer Teague - Shout out to Karen Schneider for being such a kind human being!
Jennifer Teague - Shout out to my Block 7 class for doing everything I ask (even when it's "hard")!
Hannah Lemmons - BIG Shout out to Brittney Corum for judging and helping chaperone countless speech tournaments this season! We appreciate her help and support for the team!
Hannah Lemmons - Shout out to Amaranta Kemple for being an amazing assistant coach for the speech team. She cares so much about these kids and is the rock beneath the team. We couldn't do it without her!
Hannah Lemmons - Shoutout to the speech team for a great run at State and a really fun dinner this week! Looking forward to next season already, including hopefully adding a couple of debate events!
Hannah Lemmons - Shout out to the custodial staff for working around our speech team dinner!
Hannah Lemmons - Shout out to Mr. & Mrs. Campbell for all their efforts behind the scenes that went into the All County Band Festival rehearsal and concert yesterday!
Collin McCartt - Shout out to our teachers that were selected as ISTAR recipients and received their awards last night! Congratulations Anthony Meek, Karen Brashaber, and Jill Carmony!
Diane Personett - Shout Out to Jen Nalik for all the work she did this year with the new teacher mentoring program. It was organized, helpful, and relevant for both new teachers and mentors.
Melissa Winkler - Shout Out to Kerry Brown for doing a great job with our Winter Sports Awards Program!
Melissa Winkler - Shout Out to our Winter Sports Coaches - Great Job!
Melissa Winkler - Shout Out to Coach Jenni Philpot for 13 years as the Head Gymnastics Coach!
Melissa Winkler - Shout Out to Petra Tackett & Nova Dyer for the reception they had for Coach Philpot!
Melissa Winkler - Shout Out to Coach Kristin Sliger - you will be missed!
Melissa Winkler - Shout Out to Karen Lafary, Haley Brown & Curt Heyne for their help with events (Awards Program & RC Band Festival) this week!
Melissa Winkler - Shout Out to Scott & Tianne Ripberger and the Rush County Booster Club for the generous donation to the Athletic Department this week!
Warren Cook - Shout out to Jill Carmony, Anthony Meek and Karen Brashaber for being recognized as ISTAR teachers!!!!!
Warren Cook - Shout out to Melissa Winkler and Kerry Brown for putting together another great Winter Sports Program.
Warren Cook - Shout out to Jennie Philpot for 13 years of dedication to the RCHS Gymnastics Program!!!!
Warren Cook - Shout out to T.R. and Heather Campbell as well as the entire RCHS Band for the great All County Band Festival.
Anne Rosario - Shout out to the English Department for decorating the hallways with many kinds of essays on brightly colored paper. It is beautiful.
Blaire Orme - Shout out to Brooke Edwards for providing navigational skills on the College visit to Indiana University.
Curt Mock - Shout out to the Campbells and the bands.You deserved the applause you received!! Great job!!
Dave Doyle - Mr. & Mrs. Campbell for their hard work and dedication on behalf of their students. The Rush County Band Festival was a success! Congratulations Band!!
Nan Scanlan - Shout out to Megan Davis for providing snacks during SATs.
GREATNESS IN THE CLASSROOM
FOODS CLASS!!!
FIRE AND RESCUE
Mr. Tracy was doing a drill this week in Firefighting class that was something that should seem obvious to practice but I never really thought of it. In a fire situation firemen often can't see the things they are searching for so they have to rely on their hands to find things in a smoky environment. The students were in full gear and blindfolded. They each had a separate object that they were to find that was planted in the room. These kids really take this seriously and they all through some guidance managed to find the objects they were looking for!!
GREATNESS COMING NEXT WEEK
MONDAY 3/17 - We will be on a RED day Schedule and there are no events planned.
TUESDAY 3/18 - We will be on a BLACK day Schedule and here are the events planned.
*CLUBS*
SRT B - Key Club
WEDNESDAY 3/19 - We will be on a RED day Schedule and here are the events planned.
THURSDAY 3/20 - We will be on a BLACK day Schedule and here are the events planned.
*CLUBS*
SRT A - Chess Club
SRT B - International Club
7:00 PM - Pep Band Concert
FRIDAY 3/21 - We will be on a RED day Schedule and there are no events planned.
SATURDAY 3/22 - There are no events planned.
SPRING BREAK!!
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Caleb Fenimore
Caleb Fenimore is our RCHS Alumni Spotlight for the week! He graduated from Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne majoring in Physical Therapy. He was able to play professional baseball overseas and is now the Biology and Environmental Science teacher at Crawfordsville High School. Thank you for sharing your journey with our students!
LINKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
INDIANA COLLEGE CORE INFOMATION
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STOPit
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RCHS - THE ROAR
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