Oh the up and down weather of Indiana!!! We seem to have hit all the seasons in one week! Despite the weather we have so many great things still happening every day at RCHS. Seven kids will be competing in District Speech this weekend and 6 will compete in the State Speech Meet next weekend!! Bell Westphal is competing in the Regional Gymnastics Meet this weekend. We have been working toward next school year and everything is falling into place. I hopew everyone has a great weekend and remember....It's Almost Monday!!!!

Rushville Consolidated High School is excited to offer our Fire and Rescue program starting in the 2024-25 School year! This program will be housed at RCHS next school year and it will move off campus for the 2025-26 school year. Fire and Rescue will be a two year program geared towards juniors and seniors. Next year, students will take two consecutive blocks of classes for the program at RCHS, Principles of Fire and Rescue and Fire Fighting Fundamentals. During year 1 of the program, these classes will not be everyday. Due to the block schedule at RCHS, the classes will be every other day. Year two of the program will have

classes everyday and will consist of Advanced Fire Fighting and the Fire and Rescue Capstone Class which includes the EMT certification process.

Students that complete the Fire and Rescue program will have opportunities for careers as:

Firefighter/Paramedic, Fire Marshal, Wildland Firefighter, Fire Inspector, and Fire Investigator.

Are you familiar with the 3 E's? At RCHS we want to ensure that we have something for every student to be successful after graduation. There are 3 options for students when they graduate high school- more commonly referred to as the 3 E's. Enroll, Enlist, and Employ. Do you plan to enroll in college or another post secondary training? The Indiana College Core could be for you! If you are thinking about enlistment, we have different military branches come to our school during lunches. Come up and talk to them about the opportunities they provide! If you are someone who is going straight into employment after high school, you could make sure you are setting up your high school schedule to optimize that opportunity with work based learning experiences. If you are unsure about your plan, Indiana Career Explorer is a free online career exploration and graduation planning tool that you can take a look at different careers!

Curt Mock was the latest winner of the Bison Award! Curt was nominated by previous winner Brad Lawler. Curt wears a lot of hats at RCHS! He is the full time ISS supervisor, assistant coach in multiple sports, and even volunteers working in the cafeteria when there are no students in ISS. Curt is a person that you can always count on a good morning and a smile. We are lucky to have Curt Mock on our staff at RCHS!!

Jennie Tague - A HUGE shout out to the entire student body. During SRT, students have demonstrated extreme patience as teachers and staff learn to navigate the new electronic pass system.

Brittney Corum - Shout out to Coach Cox for coming up with a fun and interesting way to get my students more involved in PE warm-ups by picking out different stuffed animals to answer different questions she asks during warmup. Not only do my students work their physical bodies but also their minds. Thank you Coach Cox.

Jill Carmony - Shout to Ms. Corum's staff and students for washing, drying, and folding my cooking lab towels. You are such wonderful neighbors.

Toni Schultz - Shout out and A big thank you to Gabby Pavey for sharing her time and talent! She planned and created the POW chairs that honor the five branches of military service.

Anne Rosario - Shout out and thank you to the Kiwanis Club for the gift bags left in our mailboxes.

Anne Rosario - shout out to Edward Kiwala and Taylor Shook. They have been helping out in class without being asked to. They have really stepped up and I'm very proud of them.

Jennifer Teague - Shout out to Josie Gurley for being such a kind, caring, helpful human being!

Jennifer Teague - Shout out to Karen Schneider for helping me survive, caring so much about our students, and putting up with my craziness!

Liz Meek - Shout out to our custodians, students, and staff. We had representatives from NAEP in our building this week giving a test to seniors. They repeatedly told me how clean and tidy our building was, how amazing our students were (in the hallways and ones that were testing), and just how everyone they encountered was so kind. These people are in MANY different buildings and she said this was one of the best buildings she has been in. Thank you to all who contribute to our amazing environment here at RCHS!

Warren Cook - Shout out to Hannah Lemmons and the Speech team!! six kids competing in District this weekend and seven competing in the State Competition next weekend!!!!

Brad Lawler - SHOUT OUT TO BELL WESTPHAL FOR QUALIFYING FOR THE GYMNASTICS REGIONAL!!!!!

Brad Lawler - SHOUT OUT TO COACHES PHILPOT AND TACKETT FOR HAVING A REGIONAL QUALIFIER IN GYMNASTICS!!!!!

It is always great to watch the creativity in our students. Ms. Sheehan's 3D Art Class is making 3 dimensional masks. The designs are going to be amazing!!

Mr. Smith's Construction Trades classes are building homes!!! Scale model homes that is! Students learn every aspect of building a house from the ground up as they build a model. I can't wait to see the finished product of these models. Great hands on program that is new to RCHS this year!!!

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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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Click on the button below and start listening to our new school radio station The Roar!!!! The station is completely produced by students in Lion's Live.