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RRHS Update - Week of 11/6/2023
Week of 11/6/2023
PSAT Scores - Update
If your student took the PSAT at RRHS on October 11, their score will be available through their College Board account beginning Monday, November 6. Scores should be available in ParentVue and StudentVue by the end of next week.
Parent Coffee - Student Support and Student Safety
All-District Chorus Audition Results - Congratulations to the following students from Rock Ridge that auditioned and were selected to participate in this year's All-District Choirs. These students will rehearse and perform with the All-District Choirs on February 16-17, 2024 at Rock Ridge!
- SSAA Choir - Laura Adams, Soraya Ahmed, Dhanya Babu, Jiya Chadha, Baylee Cicheskie, Kailyn Fetterman, Emily Gruessing, Shritha Khandavalli, Joanne Mannacheril, Aashika Pesaladinne, Sreeja Punuru, Abi Valliappan
- SATB Choir - Sophia Abousamra, Ananya Akula, Josh Bell, Izzy Bock, Grace Carper, Sanjana Chandok, Kaia Greene, Ishaan Hoysal, Medhasree Karumuri, Hasini Kotinadhuni, Angel Labosette, James Madamba, Ayush Marwaha, Avery McCarty, Dust McCready, Annabelle Monte, Neha Naga Balaji, Ajay Nayak, Pranathi Purushothamaiah, Ryann Ratcliff, Kaylie Rivers, Yash Sahoo, Bradley Schraa, Architha Varakantam, Kevin Zhang
- Alternates - Elijah Prather, Yoshi Sarkar, Valerie Whitaker
This Week in Athletics!
Winter tryouts will start on this Monday 11/6 officially and starting day will vary by sport. Please see below for some of the sports and their tryout times for this week. Please make sure you have turned in your VHSL Physical dated after 5/1/23 and have registered online at www.rockridgesports.org. Please contact patrick.mcnanley@lcps.org with questions.
Monday 11/06
WINTER SPORTS TRYOUTS BEGIN
Girls Basketball:
Main Gym @4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball:
Main Gym 9th/JV Boys @7 a.m.
Aux Gym Varsity Boys @4:30 p.m.
Wrestling:
Wrestling Room @ 5:00pm
Tuesday 11/07
WINTER SPORTS TRYOUT TIMES
Girls Basketball:
Main Gym @2:00– 4:00 p.m.
Boys Basketball:
Main Gym 9th/JV Boys @4 p.m.
Main Gym Varsity Boys @12:00 p.m.
Gymnastics:
Aux Gym @6:30 p.m.
Wrestling:
Wrestling Room @ 5:00pm
Wednesday 11/08
WINTER SPORTS TRYOUT TIMES
Girls Basketball:
Main Gym @7:00am
Boys Basketball:
Main Gym Varsity Boys @4:30 p.m.
Main Gym 9th/JV Boys @6:30 p.m.
Gymnastics:
Aux Gym @7:00 a.m.
Wrestling:
Wrestling Room @ 5:00pm
Winter Cheer:
Outside the Cafeteria @ 5:00pm
Thursday 11/09
WINTER SPORTS TRYOUT TIMES
Girls Basketball: TBD
Boys Basketball: TBD
Gymnastics:
Aux Gym @6:30 p.m.
Wrestling:
Wrestling Room @ 5:00pm
Winter Cheer:
Outside the Cafeteria @ 5:00pm
Saturday 11/11
Varsity Volleyball vs Blacksburg HS; State Quarterfinals @5:00pm
UHMT - Signs of Suicide Presentations
Each year, Rock Ridge Unified Mental Health Team members give mental health presentations to all students. This year, 9th and 10th grade Signs of Suicide presentations are occurring during your student’s Health/P.E. class. 9th grade presentations are occurring on November 29th & 30th. 10th grade presentations are occurring on December 4th & 5th.
If you do not want your student attending this presentation, please complete the following permission click link to opt your student out of the presentation. Students who opt out will be able to go an alternate location during the short presentation.
9th grade opt-out: https://permission.click/JpeOP/int
10th grade opt-out: https://permission.click/6MQJy/int
Teacher Appreciation Luncheon - Help Needed
HELP NEEDED FOR OUR ANNUAL TEACHER APPRECIATION THANKSGIVING LUNCH ON NOV. 16
On Nov. 16 we will be hosting our annual Thanksgiving lunch for our faculty and staff. We would love the help of some parent volunteers to set up for the event, keep the lunch running smoothly (helping to replenish food/put food out for different lunch shifts) and clean up after the event. If you are able to help with this, please sign up for a shift here. You can sign up for more than one time slot if you would like. Any and all help is greatly appreciated! If you have any questions, please contact michelle.prince@lcps.org.
Parent Liaison - Helping Needy Families
You are invited to support our thanksgiving drive by donating food items. Click on the link, please choose items you wish to donate and deliver to the front office. Thank you for helping our Rock Ridge Families.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BACAE22A2FBC16-45610554-thanksgiving?useFullSite=true#/
Math Competition
Do you love math test competitions? Mu Alpha Theta, our math honor society, invites any interested Rock Ridge student to help us compete in the Rocket City Math League Interschool contest. We will work as a team to correctly answer 15 tricky math questions in 30 minutes and compete against other schools around the world. The test will be held after school in room 1204 this Thursday, November 9. Stop by if you'd like to help us compete!
All District Chorus
Please join us on Wednesday, November 8th, from 9:45-10:30am, in the Library, as Mr. Duellman hosts the first in a series of “Parent Coffees” when we invite parents in our community to come into the building and hear from us about what’s going on at Rock Ridge! The emphasis of this Parent Coffee will a discussion on student safety and support with members of the Rock Ridge Administration, Counseling Office and Safety & Security team.
Get Your Yearbook
YEARBOOKS ON SALE NOW! LOWEST PRICE OF THE YEAR NOW UNTIL NOV. 13!
Yearbooks can be purchased online at www.yearbookforever.com The price will go up to $75 on 11/13 and then to $80 1/29 and $85 in May. Once the books are sold out, no more books can be ordered- buy yours now at the lowest price of the year!
Safety and Security Reminder
See Something - Say Something
SSO Team
Reminder:
Please make sure to secure your valuables. This includes during your P.E. block. Lockers and locks are provided. Thefts can and do occur when valuables area left unsecured.
DECA Volunteers Needed
DECA Judge and Volunteer Proctors Still Needed – December 2nd (See attached flyer)
The annual DECA District Leadership Conference (DLC) event is quickly approaching, and we need your help! Business and industry professionals, community members, and LCPS faculty and staff are invited to participate. We are currently seeking volunteers to serve as event judges and proctors on Saturday, December 2, 2023.
- This is an in-person event at Briar Woods High School (Ashburn, VA) and will include 700+ high school marketing students from LCPS high schools.
- Volunteers are needed from approximately 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM. A tentative schedule is available here; however, please note that events may conclude at different times depending on the total number of students competing.
- Please complete this interest form [ http://bit.ly/DECADLC2023 ] if you are available and would like to participate.