Good Sunday evening to all!!
Archery News:
--The RHS Archery Team competed this past Saturday in Muhlenberg Co. Results are as
follows:
Top 5 archers from Russellville at the Muhlenberg county
tournament.
Chelsea Clinard -254
Breann Thomas - 259
Hannah Boisseau - 261
Dalton Clark - 268
Brian Clinard - 275 ( which Brian received 8th place
overall in high school boys)
Thank you to our coach, Jennifer Clark, for her guidance and support of this team!!
RMS Academic Team News:
--The middle school academic team competed in the regional Governor’s Cup this past
week. Two students, both 8th graders at RJSHS, placed and qualified for the state completion.
Phillip Wikerson—placed 3rd in Science Written assessments
Ashlee Gilbert—placed 2nd in English Written assessments
Congratulations to these students on their placements and their advancement to the state
competition, which will be held in March. We know that you will represent
our school very well!! A special thanks to Mrs. Tina Shoemake and Mrs. Donna
Wilkerson for their work with our middle school academic team for this school
year. We look forward to their continued involvement with this team in
the future!
RHS Academic Team News:
--RHS hosted the district Governor’s Cup this past week. The high school team
performed very well and will continue their run at the upcoming regional
competition in Madisonville. Results are as follows:
Quick Recall - 1st Place
FPS - 2nd Place
Mathematics - Wesley Stratton and Sarah Williams tied(4th Place)...
Social Studies- Ethan Mullen(2nd Place)
Science- Ethan Mullen(1st place)
Danielle White(5th place)
Language Arts- Jeffrey Fox (1st Place)
Madison Rose (5th Place)
Arts & Humanities- Emilie Gill (1st Place)
Jason Fox (2nd Place)
Trey Farlee (4th Place)
Composition - Kendra Farlee (1st Place)
Emilie Gill (3rd Place)
Kaylee Silvey (5th Place)
The team came in only 1 point behind the first place team. A huge thanks to Erica Cassady, Lauren Fynboe and Nick Skaggs for the work and dedication given to help support this
team. We know you and your team will strive to take 1st place at the regionals!
RHS Ambassadors:
--The Ambassadors traveled to Louisville on Friday to present during the opening session of the Kentucky School Board Association Conference. The team of presenters did an
excellent job and received glowing reviews from participants at the conference.
Thank you to sponsor Brandon Blake and Mrs. Susannah Nelson for the support
given to these students, as well as to our school board members for their
ongoing support of this group. A special thanks the ambassadors for all
the work and effort put into their presentation over the past few weeks.
College and Career Readiness
At RJSHS, one of our major goals is for all of our students to graduate from
our school either college or career ready and in some cases, both college and
career ready. Everything we do from the time they enter our school until
they leave is to ensure that they are prepared to enter college or to enter the
workforce. We also have several programs and activities in place to help
us work specifically with our seniors to ensure they leave us prepared.
Although most students don’t receive the classification until their senior
year, we begin preparing students while in the middle school by either
providing rigorous learning opportunities to help students successfully meet their
ACT benchmarks or by preparing them to enter specific career pathways offered
by us and by the area technology center. Below is a graphic that depicts
how students can be declared college and/or career ready:
College Ready
--Must meet benchmarks on one of the following:
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Career Ready
Academics
Technical
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College AND Career
Readiness
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ACT
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ASVAB
Or
WORK KEYS
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KOSSA
Or
Industry Certificates
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ACT
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KOSSA
Or
Industry Certificate
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COMPASS
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COMPASS
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KYOTE
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KYOTE
|
We began the school year with some of our seniors already declared college ready due to
meeting benchmarks on the ACT in the areas of math, reading and English.
We have added students to this list as the year progressed through one of the
many paths listed above. We recently completed the COMPASS assessments in
math and more students were declared college ready or got one step closer for
meeting the benchmark on that assessment. We will continue assessing
students this next week in the areas of reading and English. In the
upcoming months, our career and tech ed students will be completing their KOSSA
and Work Key exams along with some doing the exams for industry
certifications. Please encourage your seniors to take advantage of these
opportunities to improve their chances of success after graduation from our
school. Students who have the opportunity to take industry certification
exams are being provided that service for no cost at this time. This
opportunity is being provided by the district and we want to make sure students
use to it their advantage. We will also begin scheduling for next school
year soon. Our guidance department will be working with all of our
students to ensure they are taking courses and classes that will lead to them
being college and career ready by the time they graduate. If you have any
questions, please contact our guidance department. Upcoming Events:
Monday
· RHS Boys Bball Freshmen/JV vs. Franklin-Simpson (H) 6:00
Tuesday
· RHS Swim Team vs. Hopkins Co. Central (H)
· RHS Bball Boys/Girls vs. Franklin-Simpson (A) 6:00
· Academic Recovery 3:15-4:00 RHS Cafeteria
Wednesday
· Dental Lab (RHS Gym) Please contact Debbie Browder for more
information.
Thursday
· Academic Recovery 3:15-4:00 RHS Cafeteria
Friday
· Progress Reports sent home
· RHS Bball Boys/Girls vs. Logan CO. (H) 6:00
· RHS Athletic Hall of Fame (Bubba Wells and Squeaky Hampton
will be inducted between games during the Clash of the Cats.)
Saturday
· Regional Archery Tournament @ Logan County
· ACT given at RHS 7:30-12:30
Wishing you a safe and productive week ahead!
Thanks,
Kim McDaniel