Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood High School graduation Kicked off at 5pm on June 21st . This year the event was live streamed . Rain early in the day cleared up .
photo courtesy of Ridgewood Emergency Services
Behind the scenes Ridgewood Emergency Services kept a watchful eye on the proceedings just in case .
Photos courtesy of Ridgewood Emergency Services
RHS Project Graduation 2017 pulled out all the stops at the after party !
Last summer, George Washington University announced that it would no longer require students to submit their SAT or ACT scores as incoming freshmen. This move was made because the university “had concerns that students who could be successful at GW felt discouraged from applying if their scores were not as strong as their high school performance.”
Some students, however, did not get off so easy. Homeschoolers, the college noted, would still have to submit their SAT scores before they could be admitted.
While such a caveat seems rather unfair, a new survey of 2014 SAT scores shows that the requirement shouldn’t be much of a hindrance to homeschool graduates.
In early June, Dr. Brian Ray of the National Home Education Research Institute released findings on how homeschool students match up against other students on the SAT exam. The results in the table below show that homeschool students are far outpacing their traditional school counterparts, particularly in the areas of reading and writing.
Friends of a 12-year-old New Jersey cheerleader who died last week believe the young student committed suicide because she was bullied online.
The Morris County Prosecutor’s office said the death of Mallory Grossman was under investigation, but did not confirm whether she suffered from a fatal, self-inflicted wound, News 4 reported.
Relatives told the news station that Mallory’s mother complained to administrators at Copeland Middle School about the alleged cyberbullying hours before her daughter died.
Students at the Rockaway school on Monday sported light blue clothing in a call to stop bullying and a tribute to their dead classmate.
The SAT remains the top college entrance exam in New Jersey, where the majority of high school students take the multiple choice test to get into college.
But a growing number of New Jersey teens are trying their luck with the ACT exam. Last year, almost a third of graduating students took the ACT in New Jersey, according to the company that oversee the test.
For the first time this year, the state Department of Education’s School Performance Reports included the mean ACT scores reported by hundreds of the state’s high schools. ACT exams are scored on a scale of 1 to 36.
Here are the 42 New Jersey high schools where students averaged a composite score of 26 or higher, according to state data for the 2015-2016 school year.
42. (tie) Voorhees High School (Hunterdon County)
ACT composite score: 26
Percentage of students taking the ACT: 25%
42. (tie) Ridgewood High School (Ridgewood Village, Bergen County)
ACT composite score: 26
Percentage of students taking the ACT: 58%
42. (tie) Northern Highlands Regional High School (Bergen County)
ACT composite score: 26
Percentage of students taking the ACT: 60%
42. (tie) Mountain Lakes High School (Morris County)
ACT composite score: 26
Percentage of students taking the ACT: 68%
42. (tie) Moorestown High School (Burlington County)
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew sent two boats to Sarasota, Florida for the US Rowing Youth National Championship last weekend to close out a great crew season. The crews were eligible to compete against the fastest youth boats in the country because they placed in the top 3 in their Mid-Atlantic Regional qualifier at Mercer Lake in May.
Charles Koontz competed in the Men’s Varsity 1x and Sam Daspin and Spencer Campbell competed in the Men’s Lightweight 2x event. Both boats made the C Final for their fast events with Koontz coming in 4th in the C Final and the lightweight double coming in 4th as well.
Sending representatives from the team to US Rowing Youth Nationals tops off an impressive season for Ridgewood Crew. The championship racing season includes the Garden State Championship Regatta, City Championships, Mid-Atlantic Championships, Stotesbury Cup Regatta, SRAA National Championships, and the US Rowing Youth Nationals. The team qualified numerous boats into the finals and won many medals throughout the championship competitions.
Just to highlight some of the successes, Ridgewood Crew received 39 total medals at Garden State Championships, 22 medals at City Championships, 9 medals at the Mid-Atlantic Youth Championship, 4 medals at Stotesbury Cup, and 6 medals at the SRAA Nationals.
Of particular note was the Women’s Varsity 2x of Seniors Claire Callaghan and Jordan Wittmaack, who won Gold Medals at City Championships, Stotesbury Cup, and SRAA Nationals.
Ridgewood Crew is graduating 14 seniors this week. Of the 14, 8 student-athletes are planning to continue rowing as college athletes:
Claire Callaghan – University of Connecticut
Jordan Wittmaack – West Virginia University
Melissa Dexter – Univerversity of Massachusetts – Amherst
Isabella DeGregorio – Boston College
Erica Lehman – Philadelphia University
Charles Koontz – Trinity College
Patrick DuBois – Saint Joseph’s University
Ian Soderlund – Marist College
All the Ridgewood Crew seniors should be proud of what they have accomplished as rowers for Ridgewood Crew.
Next, many of the athletes will enter Summer and Fall Club Rowing for Maroon Blades Rowing Club.
Any student-athletes interested in joining the team and learning to row should visit www.ridgewoodcrew.com or email [email protected] for more information.
The annual crew banquet took place Saturday, June 17 at Park West Tavern Loft
Photos: Janice Soderland
Ridgewood NJ,Ridgewood High School Students Excelled in Language Arts including a record number (148) of RHS French students took the National French Exam, with 52 receiving Honorable Mention certificates, 28 ranking among the top percentiles in their respective levels, and one — in a first for RHS — earning the platinum award.
RHS students in Spanish levels III, IV, and V participated in the National Spanish Exam, with 33 achieving either Gold, Silver, or Bronze national status. Brianna Patek received first place in the state for Classroom Experience, and Maria Esteve received first place in the state for Out- side Experience, for the Level V exam. Anika Tsapatsaris and another student (name withheld) achieved second and third respectively for Level IV Class- room Experience.
Ridgewood NJ, RHS senior Kumail Raza won the Rensselaer Medal and Scholarship Award for his outstanding academic achievement in math and science. RHS seniors Kathryn Kearney and Mary Lane won scholarships from the 200 Club of Bergen County and the Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Program. Mary won a scholarship award from the Kinnelon Education Association. And finally RHS Interact presidents Hayley Chelak and Christian Seremetis, received the Walter W. Head award from the AM Rotary for their service.
Ridgewood NJ, today is the Ridgewood High School Graduation. The class of 2017 will accept their diplomas starting at 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The Ridgewood blog would like offer a Congratulations to all the Graduates and best of luck on your new adventures .
RHS Alumni Association is working on a small mystery. Someone found this RHS diploma for Candace Young and mailed it back to the RHS Alumni Association. The Association is looking for any meaningful connection to get it back to her. She is from the Class of 1980.
TRENTON — Democratic lawmakers this week unveiled a school funding proposal that would affect most New Jersey districts’ state aid for the upcoming school year.
The plan, billed as a potential first step to solving the state’s school funding problems, has its winners, losers and plenty of school districts that wouldn’t see much of a difference either way.
Here are the Democratic plan’s 20 biggest winners for the upcoming school year based on the percentage a district’s state aid would change compared to Gov. Chris Christie’s budget proposal.
The plan would need Christie’s approval before taking effect.
Note: The list does not include non-operating school districts that send all students to other districts and receive little state aid.
Hours after Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Senate President Steve Sweeney announced a deal to revamp New Jersey’s school funding formula, the state’s largest teachers union called it a “senseless and cruel” way to punish some students.
The leaders of the New Jersey Education Association issued statements Wednesday night blasting the deal unveiled by Prieto (D-Hudson) and Sweeney (D-Gloucester), who had sparred for months over their competing school funding proposals.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood high school is flying the LGBTQ community’s gay pride flag for the month of June, raising it in a short ceremony to signify and spread a message of acceptance for all.
Tyler Clementi , a gay student at Rutgers who came to a tragic demise was an alumnus of Ridgewood High School.
The rainbow or Pride flag will fly above Ridgewood High School for the rest of June . June is LGBTQ Pride Month. Students, teachers and residents were on hand to witness the flag raising ceremony June 1.
The staff went by Ridgewood High School on Wednesday and unfortunately it was no where to be found.
According to several sources Ridgewood High School is the first high school in Bergen County to display the flag.
Ridgewoood NJ, in June eight RHS students received the Maroon Award at a breakfast ceremony. The eight award recipients for 2017 are Maria Aono, Ireland Horan, Jack Simpson, Hannah Rigdon, Kavita Patel, Ana McDade, Grace DiModugno and Jean Horton.
Students are nominated for this award by teachers who know them best and observe the little things that they do every day to help out the school community or their fellow students. The Maroon Award was created to recognize students who do the little things right when no one is looking and help make RHS a better place.
Ridgewood NJ,RHS sophomores Lindsay Kaul and Emily Choi received honors in the Scholastic Art and Writing Award Regional Competition. Lindsay was awarded an Honorable Mention for her artwork. Emily was awarded three Gold Key awards and one Silver Key Award for her painting.
Additionally, Emily’s painting “Another Night in the City,” also received a Silver Award at the national level of the competition. Both girls are students in Kellie Conforth’s AP Studio Art I.
