Hello Ridgeline Families- You know as part of Ridgeline’s mission we take time to teach and talk about interpersonal relationship skills. When I was getting ready for the work force, as a much younger man, these were referred to as “soft skills”. The technical aspects of your job were “hard skills”. If you are an employer or have been part of a hiring team have you ever used the term “with-it-ness”? While it’s not a formal skill, it is something that you know and recognize when you see it. Some people are just more poised, personable, articulate, friendly, understand the nuance of their role, etc… I bring this up with parents because I talk with our kids and ask our teachers to work with our kids on these soft skills. Effective communication with others is a very important skill in all work places. To become an effective communicator you have to practice and you have to have good examples. Sometimes we have to push ourselves out of our comfort zone to GROW our soft skills.
Another way we help make this happen in high school is through Activities and Athletics. That’s why I encourage parents to read the newsletter so that you are aware of opportunities that are available for your student that they might not tell you about. When students risk getting “on stage” in front of others they grow enormously as people. A play, marching band, on the court, in the stands, in front of your class, speaking up in a small group—the “stage” is quite limitless. Even attending dances like our upcoming Sadie Hawkins HoeDown provide important social contexts for our young people to hone their “skills”. Good for our kids who look for opportunities to grow!
It was great to see and celebrate our Special Olympics bowlers and their success last weekend. Thank you to the staff and students who have been a part of the Unified Bowling Team this season!
I’m also extremely proud of the cast and crew from “You Can’t Take It With You”, who closed out their production this weekend- way to go! Another huge thank you to our staff who supported the production, as well as the many hours you parents donated to help behind the scenes—couldn’t have done it without that support!
There are some charitable opportunities highlighted in today’s Flyer if you’re looking for ways to support the greater community.
Make it a Happy Thanksgiving everyone! –Mr. Hardt
NewTech Prep’s (aka Skill Center) Principal Assistant, Kathleen Proud, will be at RHS on Thursday, December 1, during 2nd period (9:15) to share information about NewTech’s many, hands-on learning opportunities. To attend the information session, juniors and sophomores are invited to complete the registration Mr. Spraggins sent out via Google Classroom earlier this week. Registration and signed passes will be required to attend. Please direct any questions you and/or your student may have to Mr. Spraggins (bspraggins@cvsd.org) or Mrs. McMurtrey (mmcmurtrey@cvsd.org).
Special Thanksgiving Feast
Classrooms D111, D106, and D102 collaborated to create a special lunch for the students and staff. Some of our awesome dishes included macaroni and cheese, ham, turkey, potatoes, green bean casserole, dressing, carrot soufflé, brownies, gingerbread cookies, and cherry dump cake. Students and staff enjoyed the fellowship and the yummy food.
Thank you to everyone involved with "You can't Take it With You"
“Well sir, you should have been there, you should have been there. That’s all I can say—you should have been there.” Martin Vanderhof in “You can’t Take it With You”.
Thank you to everyone involved with this amazing production!!! We had a blast and are grateful to have shared our story with all of you.
Blanket Night- December 1st from 5:30-8:00pm
The Falcon FCCLA students are excited to continue this event with our RHS community. We are beginning to collect donations, labeled for FCCLA or Mrs. Foster.
What we need:
- 2 yard pieces of polar fleece (Each blanket needs two 2yd pieces)
- 1 ½ -2” wide rolls of ribbon
- New socks, hats, gloves to donate
- Monetary donations (with the notation that it’s for blanket making)
Black Friday Doorbuster sale at JoAnn Fabrics on November 24th & 25th- $6 bundles
Free & Reduced Meal Application
Free and Reduced meal application regular free and reduced-price meal program.
Want to add money to your student's meal plan? It's easy! Click the link below!
Digital Job Boards
Just a reminder to keep checking the Digital Jobs Board on our Ridgeline Web Site under Counseling and Careers for job openings and internships. New postings have been added this week! Job boards are linked in our Instagram Bio, too!
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Do you own a business that is hiring? We would love to add your job posting to our CVSD Digital Jobs Board, all of our CVSD students have access to this! Please email the information to Kelli Demarest at kdemarest@cvsd.org and due to district email issues, please also email kdemarest@cvsd356.org!
Thank you!
Just a reminder to please call ahead for appointments and other excused absences to help make sure teachers and students are aware. Our attendance line is 24/7 so feel free to leave a message! Parent notes to request an early dismissal for an appointment can also be given to the office ahead of time
