Read Around Rush!

February 2025

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The School Board Meeting will begin tonight at 6:30 pm

Read Around Rush is a monthly digital newsletter that promotes positive happenings around the entire district. In this edition, we will look back at some of the great things that took place in November and look forward to what will be in store for the rest of the year!

Upcoming Events

February 17th - Snow Make-Up Day (Rush County Schools will be in Session)

March 7th - End of the Third Grading Period

March 24th - 28th - Spring Break

Rushville Consolidated High School

RCHS Students receive Realistic Training at the Human Cadaver Lab in Indianapolis

Rushville Consolidated High School juniors from patient care and seniors from EMT/Phlebotomy went to a human cadaver lab in Indianapolis on January 15th. At the human cadaver lab they received realistic training for real life emergencies! We are very grateful to be able to provide our students with these unique opportunities.

Congratulations to Samantha and Adrian on passing their state written EMR examination. They are now state certified Emergency Medical Responders!

RCHS Cheerleaders welcomed alumni back to Memorial Gym on January 4th! We appreciate all the alumni who came, it was so much fun seeing the generations of cheer all on the floor together!

Benjamin Rush Middle School 8th Graders participated in their Freshman Orientation on Wednesday, January 15th. We cannot wait to welcome the Class of 2029 into RCHS!

Benjamin Rush Middle School

RCHS Counselors visit Benjamin Rush Middle School to prepare Eighth Grade Students for High School

RCHS counselors came to speak with our 8th grade students about Freshman scheduling on January 14th. Students were all given scheduling papers to fill out for their appointments the following week. Time flies at Benjamin Rush Middle School, but we are extremely proud to be sending our 8th grade students on to new opportunities and experiences at Rushville Consolidated High School!

The World's Finest Chocolate Fundraiser comes to Benjamin Rush Middle School

Benjamin Rush Middle School will be participating in the World's Finest Chocolate Sale this year. This fundraiser that will benefit our student rewards program and other student activities. Forty percent of all fundraiser sales will go to the school. Without fundraiser activities like this we would not be able to offer incentive-based rewards to our students!

Rushville Elementary School

Rushville Elementary School Construction Updates

Phase One of construction is officially complete! Now that the construction process is over in this part of the building, we will slowly begin receiving the new furniture that we ordered too furnish the new rooms. Phase Two of construction has already begun and will likely be wrapped up this summer. The construction procress is very long, but we cannot wait to see what our school looks like after all three phases of construction are finished! For more information and photos of the construction process, please CLICK HERE...

New Library Space

New Front Desk Area

New Conference Room

Kindergarten Kindness: A Very Special Christmas Gift for Officer Bob Bridges

RES Kindergartener, Jemma Bell, saved her money and along with her siblings, Mackenzie Seitz (BRMS) and Kemper Seitz (RCHS) purchased a Christmas gift for their beloved, SRO Bob Bridges! Jemma's mother, Marlena Bell stated to Officer Bridges, "Our children think the world of you!" Thank you Officer Bridges for all you do to keep RCS students safe and thank you for your daily smile and dependability!

Milroy Elementary School

Newly Published Authors in the Fifth Grade at Milroy Elementary School

Back in October, 5th graders in Mrs. Narwold's class took part in writing a mini-saga about a scary adventure. These students’ writings were selected for publication in “Scary Tales-Echoes of Fear!" They received their certificate on January 23rd. We’re excited to see their work in print when we receive the book! It is amazing what our students can accomplish, we are so proud!

A Birthday Gift Everyone can Enjoy: One Milroy Student's Gift of Kindness

This generous and creative Milroy Elementary School student decided to use her birthday as an occasion for kindness to create birthday kits to donate to the local food pantry. The kits include everything needed to make someone’s birthday special. What a great reminder that a thoughtful act of kindness can have a big impact. Thank you Molly for inspiring others to be kind!

Arlington Elementary School

The First WOW Wildcats of 2025 at Arlington Elementary School

We recently celebrated our first groups of Wow Wildcats for their outstanding efforts in the classroom. These remarkable groups of students truly deserves our recognition! We are very appreciative to have these outstanding student leaders in our school. It's always a GREAT day to be a Wildcat!

Arlington Elementary Celebrates 100 Days of School

Arlington Elementary School students are now 100 days smarter! These students celebrated 100 days of kindergarten with so many different 100th day themed activities, including making their own 100 hats! We are always grateful for the enthusiasm of the students, espcecially this far into the school year!

Rushville FFA News

Welcoming our Newly Elected Officers and Ambassadors!

FFA Members voted on the Rushville FFA officer slate during our morning meeting. A big congratulations to our Greenhand Ambassadors and Chapter Officers that will be officially installed in January to represent the Rushville FFA!

Greenhand Ambassadors:

Lilli Rapp

Addie Horn

Joey Berkemeier

Olivia Naylor

Maggie Wicker

Chapter Officers:

President - Haley Stahl

Vice President - Cate Neuman

Secretary - Jentri Wallace

Treasurer - Josie Newhouse

Reporter - Makaylah Phillips

Sentinel - Chance Keeton

Chaplain - AnnaBeth Chastain

Section 3 Contest

Our senior and novice chapter meeting teams competed at the section 3 contest last night.

The senior team placed 3rd and our novice team placed 1st and will advance to the state competition in a just few weeks! We are so proud of both teams for their hard work and dedication!