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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.

https://rhsjamboree.org/wp/http://rhsnewplayers.com/

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.

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.