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League of Women Voters
The Ridgewood League of Women Voters held
their Annual Luncheon on October 19. The
event featured Governor Christine Todd Whit-
man and the League of Women Voters NJ Presi-
dent, Nancy Hedinger.
Ridgewood High School Social Studies teacher
John Domville and two of his American
Government and Politics AP students, attended
as special guests. They joined the former New
Jersey Governor at the head table.
The Governor’s presentation focused on the
need for a greater engaged and participatory
electorate particularly among young people.
The League of Women Voters was started in
1920 as an organization aimed at empowering
women to exercise their responsibilities to vote
and be engaged in politics.
FAST FACTS...
Last year, 93.5% of graduates from RHS attended
college, with 83% attending the top 20% of colleges
in US, and 9 attending Ivy League.
Upcoming
October 23:
NPC: The Foreigner;
8:00 pm; Little Theater
October 24:
ACTS @ RHS
October 24:
US Bands Competition;
6:00 pm; Ridge High
School
October 24:
NPC: The Foreigner;
8:00 pm; Little Theater
October 27 & 29:
Jamboree Auditions;
7:00 pm; Campus
Center
October 28:
Winter Guard Interest
Meeting; 7:00 pm;
Band Room
October 30:
Opera Festival
Auditions; Paramus
High School
October 30:
New Players Trunk or
Treat; 4:00 pm; RHS
Parking Lot
RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ∙ 627 East Ridgewood Avenue ∙ Ridgewood, NJ 07450 ∙ 201-670-2800
10/23/2015 A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
Genetic Conference
On Friday, October 23, the Ridgewood High
School Science Department hosted a Genetic
Update Conference. Schools from around the
area, as well as Ridgewood students, gathered
to hear a presentation by Sam Rhine.
The event covers a wide range of topics about
genetics, including the newest discoveries and
applications in medical genetics and tissue en-
gineering. Almost three hundred and fifty stu-
dents and teachers attended the event.
JAMBOREE AUDITIONS
If you would like to partici-
pate for this year’s Jambo-
ree revue, auditions will be
held on October 27 and 29
in the RHS Campus Center.
For more information on
Jamboree visit:
RHSjamboree.org
Sam Rhine gives a presentation to both Ridgewood
and visiting students during the Genetic Update
Conference held in the RHS Campus Center.
The set designers for the New Players production of
The Foreigner outdid themselves for this amazing
show that everyone should see. For more infor-
mation visit: www.rhsnewplayers.com.
Ridgewood High School juniors Sophia Sheehy and
Cara Farley pose with former NJ Governor Christine
Todd Whitman.
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RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ∙ 627 East Ridgewood Avenue ∙ Ridgewood, NJ 07450 ∙ 201-670-2800
Flipping Over Gymnastics
The Ridgewood High School Gymnastics team has
Members of Project Interact pose with Commander Bob
Paoli. The Ridgewood High School organization presented
the American Legion with a donation for the Gold Star Moth-
ers’ Program. The program helps give financial support to
mothers who lost sons or daughters in war.
This past summer, Ridgewood High
School senior John Donnelly was
selected for a prestigious Liberty
Science Summer Internship. During
this internship, he worked in the
Nano and Micro Systems Laboratory
in the Schaefer School of Engineer-
ing at the Stevens Institute of Tech-
nology. He investigated the develop-
ment and fabrication of an in
vivo nano-sized neurosensor as part
of the nationwide effort called the
BRAINInitiative.
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RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ∙ 627 East Ridgewood Avenue ∙ Ridgewood, NJ 07450 ∙ 201-670-2800
RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Website: http://rhs.school.ridgewood.k12.nj.us/
A Window Into Ridgewood High School Jamboree Auditions
Since 1947, Jamboree has presented an original musical revue,
raising funds for need-based college scholarships for graduating
RHS seniors. Over one hundred and twenty-five RHS parents and
guardians participate and contribute each year by singing, danc-
ing, acting, performing in the band, designing and making cos-
tumes, building sets, managing set changes and being back-stage
heroes.
If you would like to participate for this year’s Jamboree revue,
auditions will be held on October 19 and 20 in the high school’s
campus center. For more information on Jamboree and other
ways you can contribute, visit: RHSjamboree.org
QUOTE TO REMEMBER...
“Your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has. Your future is what-
ever you make it. So make it a good one.” -Dr. Emmett Brown
The Ridgewood High School Marching Band performs during the
USBands competition at Pequannock High School on October 10. The
band won first place and captured awards for Best Music, Best
Percussion, Best Visual Performance, and Best Overall Effect
To better understand A Separate Peace, students in
Lisa Wiater and Vanessa Cornacchia's English 10
classes created a Gallery Walk.
Madame Delphine Lescouet, a French native, spoke
to Ronnie Friedman's French V classes about the
French educational system.
Students sit in the gym during the Spirit Week Pep
Rally held on October 16.
Ridgewood High School football players and cheerleaders helped out
at the elementary schools this week by acting as crossing guards and
to help give positive support for some of Ridgewood’s youngest
students.
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