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Ridgewood NJ, the RHS Alumni Association is proud to present an evening with Andy Daly (RHS ’89) on Tuesday, December 14 from 7:30-8:30 PM on Zoom. Register here – https://www.rhsalumniassociation.org/rsvp.php
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Ridgewood NJ, designing spaces that inspire creativity and innovation and equip students with real-world experience are at the heart of the Duffield STEAM Initiative. The Innovation and Makerspace Lab is being transformed into a high-tech, 21st century workspace where students now have access to tools commonly found in commercial manufacturing facilities and design houses. Over the past month, three substantial pieces of industry-standard equipment have been installed – the Mimaki UCJV300-130 Series large format vinyl printer/cutter, the Techno HD-II 20×34 CNC router, and the Stratasys F170 3D printer. Within days of teacher training, students were off and running, learning and experimenting with new equipment.
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Ridgewood NJ, Seven teams from the RHS Applied Engineering Club recently competed in the finals of the 2021 Virtual STEAM Tank Challenge sponsored by the New Jersey School Boards Association and the U.S. Army. At the Virtual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, October 27, all seven teams were recognized for outstanding achievement with Solar Aqua Tech winning first place and a $2,500 prize in this prestigious competition.
Pictured left to right are: Jiah Lee, violin, Rowan Mastrangelo, baritone, Sanjna Rajagopalan, soprano, Karen Matsuura, piano, Sunny Rhew, clarinet, Markus Ryen, trumpet
Photo by Jeffrey Haas
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Ridgewood NJ, on Thursday, November 11, the Ridgewood High School Department of Visual and Performing Arts will open the 59th season of the Maroon & White Music Recital and Art Exhibit Series with the first concert and exhibit of the 2021-22 school year. The first of six such events for this year, the opening concert will be held in the RHS Learning Commons beginning at 3:45PM, followed immediately by a reception and gallery opening in the Carroll Art Gallery. Admission is free and open to the public.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood High School seniors Marcus Philips and Jonah Wunder received two silver bids, qualifying them for the Tournament of Champions, a national high school speech and debate competition held at the University of Kentucky. This is the first time in 24 years that a Ridgewood High School student has competed in the Tournament of Champions.
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Ridgewood NJ, second-seeded Ridgewood made the most of its opportunities as Isabella Winn buried the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over 10th-ranked and top-seeded Ramapo in the Bergen County Tournament final on Saturday in Oradell.
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Ridgewood NJ, coming into this past Saturday’s Bergen County championship game, the Ridgewood Maroons were the underdog against undefeated Demarest.
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Reston Va, This year National Association for Music Education (NAfME) held its second Student Songwriters Competition for K–12 students. This competition provided students the opportunity to submit original songs for future performance. All entrants received written evaluations of their compositions. Cash prizes are awarded to winners and honorable mentions. All entrants receive written evaluations of their compositions. Sanjna Rajagopalan from Ridgewood High School was the winner in the High School category.
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Ridgewood NJ, first they eliminate the school budget vote now they want to restrict who can serve on a school board . Resident Aditya Sing posts his observations on Facebook of the Ridgewood Board of Education debate ,” you should be very offended by Mr. Kaufman’s statement about excluding almost half of the Ridgewood residents as BOE Trustee, as tax payers they are as much invested as us and actually help set off the school tax cost of school parents, as someone who want to continue living and contribute to Ridgewood and doesn’t wants to put a “for Sale” sign on my home, the day my Child graduates, I am disappointed about an attempt to exclude a large section of residents, while lip serving “DEI” mandates (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion).”
photos courtesy of Ridgewood High School Alumni Association
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Ridgewood NJ, this past weekend, the Ridgewood High School Alumni Association (RHSAA) hosted its second-ever Homecoming weekend, a three-day event featuring a Friday night lights football game and pub crawl, a Saturday afternoon front lawn party with live band and school tours, a Saturday afternoon ‘Chalk Talk’ hosted by Willie Geist (RHS ’93) with his former teammates and coaches from the 1991 State Championship football team, and finally, a Sunday morning inspirational talk and yoga session with Jim Stroker (RHS ’70).
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photos courtesy of the The Ridgewood High School Marching Band
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood High School Marching Band completed its first competition of the season at Northern Valley Regional Old Tappan High School.
The Ridgewood High School Marching Band scored a 1st Place in Best Visual, Best Color Guard, Best Effect and Best in Show!!!
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Photos by Boyd Loving
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education approved the vendor contracts to complete the necessary clean-up work on the athletic fields due to recent flooding. This work began yesterday on the stadium field at Ridgewood High School, where at least four truckloads of dirt and debris were removed from the field. The work on the RHS stadium field is expected to take a couple of weeks, and once that field is completed, the vendor will begin to work on Stevens field. The work on the Brookside field is scheduled to begin today and should be completed in a few days. The fields are being disinfected as part of the process.
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Ridgewood NJ, one hundred sixty students at Ridgewood High School have been named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college level Advanced Placement Examinations.
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Ridgewood NJ, Maroons Coach Chuck Johnson returned for his 37th season after health issues forced Johnson to step down from his post in 2019, in the midst of his 36th year.
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Ridgewood NJ, surfing the internet you find a lot of crazy stuff , from a forum on Free Republic the following thread was started about none other than Ridgewood High School :
