Hello Ridgeline Families-

We’re closing out 2024 with a great deal to be thankful for and more to look forward to in 2025!

I’m sure every generation experiences something like this…but, I can’t help but think about all the things that were predicted to happen or were portrayed in movies from the 80’s, that would happen in the 2000’s. As a kid back then, 2025 was just a number and an idea and, according to the movies, we’d be in flying cars and robots would be taking care of us. So- the Terminator, from 1984, was set in 2029… The Jetson’s from way back when was set in 2062. Of course, they had Rosie the robot, flying cars, and talk to people through the TV…. My point is, we’re a quarter century in on our next 100 years and a lot has changed and it has seemingly happened very quickly!

So- speaking of robots and such, our Falcons Robotics Teams swept their competition last weekend as they teamed up in the final match to win the applied competitive robotics challenge, and more importantly the TEAM award for inspiration, teamwork, and all-around best performance! Way to go team!

Cheer also posted the highest score last weekend at their state qualifying competition. And they nailed it! With a score of 85.1, they handily qualified for state and bested the competition by almost 10 points! We’re so proud of our RHS Cheer Squad!

We enjoyed a festive week of holiday and Christmas music from our band, choir, and orchestra during their concerts this week. When I hear them play and think about recordings I hear throughout the holidays, I can’t help but think how amazing the music is that they create. It’s truly unbelievable, how talented they are and how fortunate we are to enjoy performances of this quality right in our own high school!

A huge Thank You to the Ridgeline Falcon Boosters who treated our staff to an amazing Holiday breakfast yesterday morning. This time to eat and be together as a whole staff is so rare and important in our work. Just having the time to eat, and talk, and laugh together is inspiring and uplifting. I had way too much bacon strips and sausage links, but it was so good! We so appreciate our Boosters and support of our community—Thank You!

To meet my newsletter deadline, I have to have it complete before our final Holiday Assembly this afternoon. Like most of our assemblies, I’m sure we’ll have a great time wrapping up the year together, and I’m sure I’ll have stories to tell in my first newsletter back in January! We have a great crew of ASB officers this year who have embraced leadership and leading by example and not being afraid to be out in front of the student body and sometimes doing what’s uncomfortable to create culture and memories for us all!

Please SAVE this edition of the Flyer in your Favorites, so when you’re getting ready to send the kids back to school in January, you can get a quick reminder of important activities and opportunities coming up!

We are all looking forward to the Christmas season ahead and a little time off to regroup and enjoy our time with family.

We hope you do the same and have a Happy Holiday’s and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!-- Mr. Hardt

FAFSA NOW OPEN!
If you are the parent/guardian of a current senior who plans to enroll in college next year, this notice is for you! The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is NOW OPEN. The FAFSA is an online federal form that, once completed, will offer your student the opportunity to be considered for grants, work-study, scholarships, and student loans at the colleges and universities to which they've applied. For your information, here is an important link with information your student and you may wish to review ahead of filing the form.
Additionally, RHS hosts a local scholarship page we share with East Valley, West Valley, and Freeman school districts. We will update the scholarship page as scholarships become available throughout the winter/spring. I encourage your student to routinely check the page for scholarship opportunities that may benefit your student!

Mr. Hardt enjoyed reading this live at the assembly today!

T'was the Days Before Christmas… Ridgeline version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HgoWJJ2Ww

Class of 2025 Spokane Scholars Nominees

Ridgeline High School is proud to present its Spokane Scholars nominees for the Class of 2025! Established in 1993 by a group of Spokane professional and business leaders, the Spokane Scholars Foundation exists to recognize the academic excellence of the region’s high school seniors. Each year, faculty from the region’s high schools select high-achieving students from the Fine Arts, Language Arts (English), Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies departments to compete for scholarship awards. Since 1993, the Foundation has recognized more than 3500 scholars, awarding 1.5 million dollars in scholarship awards and matches. Please join the faculty and staff of Ridgeline High School in congratulating the following students on their nominations:

• Fine Arts – Quinn Troye
• Language Arts – Cooper Shadd
• Mathematics – Ethan Call
• Science – Hasti Rasuli
• Social Studies – Christopher Roe
• World Language – Dylan McDermott

Congratulations, again, to these outstanding Falcons!

Signing day! Natalie Thompson- soccer at Northern Colorado. Paige Huntsinger- cross country at Central Washington. Congrats!

Thank you to Emily Fry, in-house Graphic Designer, from STCU for spending three full class periods with the Graphic Arts 1 and Introduction to Marketing students on Monday, December 16th to share her expertise in the graphic design field. It was good for the students to hear from Emily, a 2024 SFCC Design School graduate how they will be able to take the skills learned in both of their Business and Marketing courses and apply them to any career they choose. She also talked about what it looks like to work through the graphic design process from finding the inspiration for a project to creating finished deliverables. Emily passed around her beautiful graphic design portfolio so our students could see what a professional physical portfolio looks like. Hers was bounded with thin pieces of beautiful wood engraved with her original custom personal brand logo. They were impressed.

We are always grateful for the industry professionals who offer to speak to our students to provide them with valuable information they can use to make informed future career decisions. Our Falcons asked some good questions, too! Thanks again, Emily! You gave such great career advice to our students.

Hey Falcon Parents- we need you! Our winter sport concessions are in dire need of volunteers! Please click the link below and sign up for a link today! Bonus: what a great way to hang out with your kids!

Way to go CHEER!! They're heading to the State competition on January 23rd-26th!

The Falcons Robotics teams achieved incredible success at this past weekend's regional event! In a spectacular showing, our two teams swept the competition, taking home the top four trophies. This outstanding performance secured both teams bids to the semi-final event on January 11th. The teams won Best Robot #1 and #2 honors and won two Best Overall Teams. Congratulations to our talented robotics teams on this remarkable achievement!

Check out the Impressionist Group Grid Artworks from Mr. Genther’s Painting classes! Each student is assigned one tile for the painting and the class has to work together to make color recipes for unity, and communicate with one another to match shapes and lines with neighboring tiles. Although each student and tile has its own artistic style, they all unify together to create one whole image. Look around the school for these and other group grid paintings!

State Champ Volleyball Store is now live!

https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/WIAACHAMP

We’re thrilled to announce the GRAND OPENING of Ridgeline Credit Union on Tuesday, January 14, 2025! Join us as we celebrate this exciting milestone with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony hosted by the Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce.

A BIG THANK YOU goes out to Ryan Hollingsworth, from the Gesa Education Department, for training our ten FBLA members who applied to be volunteer tellers. He also brought donuts and $5 coffee cards for each of our tellers. Thank you, also, to our two paid Branch Managers, Rylan Rivera and Scarlett Lambert, who were in attendance to share about their paid intern experience thus far and to meet their team. They will all be working together in our Ridgeline Credit Union Branch.

The branch will be open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays during both lunches. Congratulations to our newly “hired” tellers! They are now eligible to apply for the paid intern position for the 2025-26 school year.

First lunch:

Branch Manager: Scarlett Lambert, FBLA Member

Logan Mattioda

Aitana Perez

Jordan Renken

Melissa Wirthlin

Kaila Zener

Second lunch:

Branch Manager: Rylan Rivera, FBLA Member

Nivaaj Dhillon

Avery Heskett

Tony Martinez

Maryann Olsen

Edward Stepchin

Falcons, we can’t wait to welcome you to Ridgeline Credit Union!
During the Grand Opening month of January stop by for:
✅ Giveaways
✅ Exclusive Offers for New Members including the soon-to-arrive custom Ridgeline Visa Debit Card
✅ A Chance to Meet Our Team

Questions? Contact Kelli Demarest, FBLA Adviser at 509.558.3933 or kdemarest@cvsd.org

Congratulations to November PACE award winners. This November character trait was: Citizenship. Way to go Falcons!

Varsity wrestlers competed at the Tri-State tournament against schools from Washington, Idaho and Montana last weekend. Preston Wentling took 5th place becoming the first falcon ever to earn a medal at the inland northwest’s toughest competition.

CVSD is fortunate to have many dedicated employees who give freely of their time and talents to benefit our students and community. The district also acknowledges many community members and organizations that actively support our students and schools. The School Board annually honors exemplary CVSD employee and community contributions toward student achievement, learning and teaching through the Meritorious Service Awards.

Who: Kids ages K-8th grade

When: Jan 9 & 10—clinic and game performance!​

Clinic: Thurs Jan 9, 6-8 pm, RHS gym (Doors open at 5:30)

Performance: Fri Jan 10, half-time of the girls' varsity basketball game (game starts at 5:30pm; meet in RHS commons at game-time for warm-up)

Cost: $50.00 per camper

Registration open or until we reach 100 campers

Campers get a cheer T-shirt and green poms! *T-shirt sizes are first come, first served

​***One adult per camper receives free entry to the basketball game!

Please print and bring the Minor Participation Release Form

If you have any additional questions, please reach out!

Abbie Lentz
alentz@cvsd.org

**Tickets purchased are non-refundable

Ridgeline gymnastics is offering a mini-gymnastics camp for all students K through 6th grade on Thursday, January 16th and Friday, January 17th, from 5:30 to 7:30 in the gymnastics room (west side of Ridgeline High School). Our gymnastics team and coaches will teach basic tumbling and dance skills on floor, how to balance on the beam, and basic skills on the bars. The cost is $50.00 and includes a T-shirt.

Please Identify your dancer's T-shirt sizes using one of the following: YS (youth small), YM (youth medium), YL (youth large), YXL (youth extra-large), AXS (adult extra small), AS (adult small), AM (adult medium), AL (adult Large), AXL (adult XL). Any other sizing identifications will be given the best guess by the T-shirt company. We order to specific requests of each individual family, so there won't be additional sizes for trading. We have to run our order through Dec. 27th in order to get them in time, so any sign ups beyond that date are not guaranteed a shirt. Thank you for understanding.

Registration open until we reach 100 campers

Please print and bring the Minor Participation Release Form

If you have any additional questions, please reach out!

Leah Grisafi
lgrisafi@cvsd.org

Register today: https://gofan.co/event/1991172?schoolId=WA87837

Student cell phone use during school has an impact on student learning and wellbeing. CVSD is developing consistent guidelines for student cell phone use. Your input is valuable. All secondary students (grades 6-12) will receive a separate survey. Parents may fill out this quick 5-minute survey before Monday, December 16.

Parent Survey: https://forms.gle/ucg2rrSgGCDC3Wcf8

Donations will be utilized in our local public schools by providing backpack meals and necessary hygiene products to students and families needing extra support throughout the school year.

Cinderella auditions will be February 3 and 4th!

Information packets will be available January 8.

Final Forms will be open January 1.

Everyone auditioning and applying for tech crew MUST have a completed Final Form before auditions.

CVSD is reviewing grades 9-11 high school math (Algebra I, II & Geometry) core instructional materials for the 2026-2027 school year. Find out how you can be involved at www.CVSD.org/HSMathReview

Class of 2025 - Grad Night Ticket

Purchase your ticket today for Grad Night 2025! A safe, fun-filled opportunity to wrap up graduation and spend an evening with your classmates. Grad Night 2025 will be held at RHS and will feature casino games, a variety of fun activities and the opportunity to win great prizes. Don't miss out on this one-in-a-lifetime opportunity!! Once your registration has been received, a representative from the Grad Night Committee will follow-up via email to collect necessary waivers.

RHS Senior Grad Night- 2025

Important Information!!

Let's send them out in style. Please click the link or scan the QR code on the flyer that will allow you to go to our Amazon wish list of prizes for their Senior Grad Night. Our goal is that every Senior leaves the Grad Night with a prize! Thanks so much in advance for your support!

Parents/Guardians of AP Students,

AP exam(s) will be held in May of 2025. As discussed in previous communication each AP test has an associated fee of $100. If your family is eligible for the Free/Reduced Lunch Program a reduced fee is applied. Fees have been added to your student(s) account. We are asking that AP exam fees are paid by February 3rd. Fees can be paid at the RHS business office or online using the following link. As communicated by AP teachers, testing decisions needed to be finalized on November 15th, 2024. If your student has changed their mind and would no longer wish to take the exam a refund of $60 will be issued. Testing changes must be made prior to March 15th, 2025 to be eligible for the partial refund. No refunds will be issued after March 15th.

https://www.cvsd.org/apps/pages/payments

Hey Falcons! Do you need a job? Check out our Jobs Board! It's updated regularly and there are some amazing opportunities!

There are flyers in the office to scan the QR code, too!

If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Demarest in E202 or email: kdemarest@cvsd.org

Business Office Open Hours:

7:15- 2:30pm

(Closed 12:30-1:30pm daily)