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KNIGHTS NEWSLETTER 

 

Drama Club is Releasing a New Production! 

A closer look at the new groundbreaking drama, 18 & Life. 

 

 

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IN THIS ISSUE: Last Week Highlights (3) 

Orchestra Concert (4) 

HOMECOMING WEEK (5) 

18 & LIFE (6-7) 

College Fair and Robotics Competition (8) 

WINTER/FALL ATHLETICS INFO (9) 

FCCLA National Fair (10) 

September Athlete of the Month (11) 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

Be sure to mark these events in your calendar! 

 

Boys Swim Team Tryouts 10/15  @5:45-7:15 a.m. 

Girls Swim Team Tryouts 10/15 @5:45-7:15 a.m. 

Fall Chorus Concert 10/16 @6:00-9:00 p.m. 

18 & LIFE 10/18-22 @7:00 p.m. 

Fall Festival 10/20 @1:00-3:00 p.m. 

Basketball Tryouts 10/22-24 @3:30 p.m.   

Varsity Football 10/26 @7:30 p.m.  

 

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LAST WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS 

 

Cross Country  Girls Varsity Race  

(Nash Farms)  

Paige Ewald-2nd 

Cayden Crimson-3rd 

Girls Varsity won 1st overall 

Girls JV won 3rd overall  

 Homecoming Game (10-12) It was another tough game for our  

Varsity Knights! The Knights  

fell to Creekview 42-0. Better  

luck next time, boys!   

  Competition Cheer vs. Creekview (10-13) Our girls put up a good fight but we ended up losing to Creekview. We suffered some injures. 

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ORCHESTRA CONCERT  

The River Ridge High School’s Orchestra group performed on October 9th, in the                         

auditorium. The intermediate orchestra performed: “Clash of the Triads” by Don Hicks,                       

“Mountain Hymn” by Janelle Cunalata and “The Curse of the Rosin Eating Zombies” by                           

Richard Meyer. For the advanced orchestra, they performed: “Dance of the Trolls” by Mike                           

Forbes, “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Richard Meyer and “Cappricio Espangnol” by                       

Rimsky-Korsakov. They also featured art from Mr. Akins’ and Mrs. Mulvey’s classes.  

 

Great job River Ridge High School Orchestra group and art from Mr. Akins’ and Mrs Mulvey’s                               

classes. 

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HOMECOMING WEEK 

We had another fantastic homecoming week here at the Ridge. Here’s a gallery of all our favorite moments!  

 

 

  

  

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18 & LIFE: A RRHS DRAMA CLUB PRODUCTION  

 

The big wait is over! The Thespian Knights have come through and are putting on 

their first production of the year, 18 & Life! We got to sit down with Tori Kershaw, 

the stage manager of this groundbreaking play. 

 

[Regular - Ms. Kershaw] [Bold - Interviewer]   

 Hi Tori! Thanks for taking some time off to chat.  

 

No problem!! 

 

Tell me a little bit about 18 & Life.  

 

So 18 & Life is an original one act tragedy that Mr. Fields and us drama club officers wrote 

this past summer. Without spoiling too much, it takes place at a high school and follows a 

group of friends to a party, and it’s about how one decision can affect so many people. 

 

You guys wrote it?! That’s really impressive! What was challenging about bringing this 

script to life? 

 

Thank you! It was hard to imagine how things would look on stage, because it had obviously 

never been done before!! We changed the script countless times and eventually finalized it 

over a month after we started the show!! 

 

 

That honestly sounds like a ton of hard work. What makes this production different from 

the other ones? 

 

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This show is realistic and up to date. The language is written for teenagers, by teenagers. It’s 

about real problems that will be relatable to some of our audience members.  

 

Speaking of the audience, what do you want them to learn from 18 & Life? Any particular 

message? 

 

We aren’t trying to stop high school partying or anything because that’s just impossible. We 

just want kids to think about how their actions can affect so many more people’s lives like a 

ripple effect. 

 

I totally agree with you on that and I think your production is more honest and real view 

of the teen lifestyle. Are there any standout characters you want us to root for? 

 

That’s a hard question to answer without giving something away. But I think the audience 

will really like Carl’s dorky character!! 

 

I can’t wait to see more of him and everyone else! I know that Drama Club is putting on 

around three productions this year. What are you most excited about? 

 

I’m really excited for the upcoming show, Spy School. The script is really funny and we’ve 

done it before so now we get to improve the show as a club!! 

 

I can’t wait to see more of what you guys do. Thanks for talking with me! 

 

You’re welcome!! 

 Come out and see 18 & Life, and another big thanks to 

Tori Kershaw for giving us the scoop! There will be a 

showing during 2nd period Friday, so make sure you 

check with your teachers. 

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College Fair  

Counselors from different colleges will be there to provide information about the college they are representing, things like admission requirement, college visits, college life and etc.  

When: Thursday, October 18, from 6PM-8PM. 

Where: Cherokee High School, 930 Marietta Hwy, Canton, GA 30114 

Cost: No cost. 

Sign up here! 

 

Robotics Competition 

We had students competing in 5 events and while we only placed in one, it was great. Reese Long placed 4th in the state in the robotics competition for the high school level. This was Reese’s first competition and first visit to the fair.  

 

AP Psychology Mrs. Sand’s AP Psych class spent Friday making candy neurons.  

 

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WINTER/FALL 

ATHLETICS 

It is almost officially time for the winter and fall sports seasons here at the Ridge! Stay tuned 

for more information!  

 

BASKETBALL - Boy’s tryouts will be 10/22 - 10/24 at the RRHS 

gymnasium. See Coach Kealhofer for more information. 

- Girl’s tryouts are 10/22 - 10/24 at the RRHS gymnasium 

right after school. See Coach Taylor for more information. 

 

SWIMMING - Boy’s tryouts are on Monday, October 15th from 5:45 a.m 

to 7:15 a.m.   

- Girl’s tryouts will take place on Tuesday, October 16th.  

- See Coach Bulger or Coach Modrzynski for more info.  

TRACK - Track conditioning starts on 11/3.  

- If you are interested in being part of the track & field team, make 

sure you get the QR code posted outside of 1305. See Coach 

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ATHLETES OF THE MONTH  

September Athletes of the Month:  

 

 

 

Volleyball- Gabbi Phillips   

Softball- Caprice Johnson  

Cheer-Olivia Billingsley  

Football- Chico Ward  

Cross Country-Angeles Torres and Trey Huguley  

 

A huge shoutout to these students for being exemplary athletes! Keep up the amazing work! 

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WRITTEN BY:  Brittany Burgess 

Joshua Clements 

Lauren Crowley 

Alecia Holmes-Terry 

Liz Kalemera  

Tram Nguyen  

Leticia Nogbe 

Ashley Olmeda 

Nicolas Romero 

Johana Salgado  

Sergio Salgado 

A VERY BIG THANKS TO: 

Amy Klemm  

Michael Santoro 

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