SCHOOL YEAR 2024-2025
DECEMBER NEWSLETTER
JANUARY NEWSLETTER
Happy New Year to our students, staff, and families. We continue to be impressed and pleased by our successes at Red Land, and look forward to many more as we move into the second semester.
Mid-Term / Semester Finals will be conducted January 14 - January 16, 2025, and the end of first semester is Friday, January 17, 2025.
COURSE SELECTION TIMELINE
It is important to begin having conversations with your students now about their upcoming school year. Counselors and administration will be meeting with students in January to discuss course selection.
- Parent Course Selection Night will be held on January 22, 2025, at 6:30PM in the auditorium.
- Student meetings with grades 9 - 11 will be held on January 22, 2025.
- The online portal opens January 24, 2025.
- February 7, 2025, the portal will close, and all student cards need to be submitted to the Guidance office.
25-26 SENIOR INFORMATION
Parents of 25-26 Seniors, Class of 2026.
- Students must meet the ACT 158 Pathways to Graduation requirement. Paperwork will be sent home with updates on your child's status.
- Students (class of 2026 and on) are required to take Personal Finance.
- College bound students, we implore parents to discuss the necessity to continue with a schedule that demonstrates rigor. A great option would be to explore an early college pathway with a local college or university allows qualified West Shore School District students to earn college credits through Advanced Placement (AP) courses in the home school, HACC’s College in the High School (CHS) and Dual Enrollment (DE) courses offered on-campus at approved post-secondary institutions. Dual enrollment courses may take place at the college or university as well through on-line or distance learning options. The Early college options allow students to simultaneously enroll in coursework that fulfills high school graduation requirements while also meeting general education or elective requirements in approving post-secondary colleges and universities.
- Student-Athletes are required to take a minimum of four courses to be eligible for PIAA. Failure of any of the minimum of four courses, makes them ineligible for competition.
COURSE SELECTION HANDBOOK
Red Land has an online hyperdoc that will walk you through the the course selection process. Items included in the RLHS Course Selection document are as follows;
- ACT 158 requirements
- Course Selection Information
- Career Fields & Pathways
- Courses offerings - ELA, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Art, Business & Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering & Technology, Health & Physical Education, Independent Study, JROTC, Music, World Language, and Cooperative Diversified Occupations & Pathway Internships.
- Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical Center (CPACTC).
- Credit requirements by grade level (9, 10, 11, & 12)
UPDATES!
Construction is still underway due to weather. Please be reminded of the below information.
What does that mean?
- After buses complete their morning drop offs, the entrance to the front of the school will be closed to traffic for the next five weeks, and will remain closed until it is time for buses to line up for dismissal.
Where do visitors park?
- Due to the closure of the upper driveway, guests are asked to park in the upper lot in spots 7-20 only. If there are no spots left, we ask that you park in the turnaround for overflow parking between the upper and lower lots for overflow parking. (picture attached)
- Can I park in other numbered spots? No, only spots 7-20, the other spots are assigned to students and staff. Students and staff travel between buildings, and have flexible schedules, other spots may not be taken.
- Where do we tell elementary swim visitors to park for parent days? We ask that elementary swim visitors park in spots 7-20 or the turnaround.
Here is some important information and dates for our Seniors, Class of 2025:
- Senior Shirts are now available for purchase at Modern Imprint.
- Prom will be on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel, featuring the theme of Great Gatsby, voted on by the senior class.
- Senior Exit Interviews are MANDATORY and will take place on March 17, 2025, at Red Land High School.
- Graduation is scheduled for June 6, 2025, at 3:00 PM at the PA Farm Show Complex.
SENIOR BABY ADS
- Baby Ads are 100% ONLINE through Balfour.com. You will pay, create, and submit your Baby Ads completely through the Balfour website! All designs and payments will be done through Balfour and subject to approval. so RESERVE YOUR AD SPACE by Monday, January 6, 2025.
- Once you have submitted your payment and selected the size of your Ad Space, you will have until February 1, 2025, to actually CREATE your Baby Ad!
SENIOR CLASS MEETING
Mandatory Senior Meeting
- Thursday, January 9, 2025, Seniors can attend either the Period 3 meeting or the Period 6 meeting.
- Students will be receiving important Cap & Gown ordering information.
- Contact Mrs. Wolfe (hwolfe@wssd.k12.pa.us) or Mrs. Wiggins (twiggins@wssd.k12.pa.us) with any questions.
HIGH SCHOOL FAFSA COMPLETION NIGHT
Monday, January 13, 6:30 p.m.
Online Event, Registration Required
PHEAA's Higher Education Access Partner for Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and York Counties, will present an overview of the 2025-26 FAFSA process to guide students and families through a step by step process of completing the FAFSA. Time will be built in to allow you to ask any questions you may have about the FAFSA. Click here to register.
HEALTH SCREENINGS
Students in 10th grade will have their hearing screening completed this month, students in 11th and 12th grade who did not already have their health screenings completed will be screened this month. If you have notified me previously that you do not wish for your student to have a growth screening, hearing or vision screening completed at school you do not have to do so again. If you have any questions or concerns please Mrs. Lauren Cook, at lcook@wssd.k12.pa.us.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
We congratulate the following students that will represent Red Land High School at the PMEA District 7 performances.
Band: Dylan Beaman, Kaylee Cekot, Isaac Craw, Landon Dillman, Ben Gonce, Dylan Kovacevic, Olivia Magaro, Noah Musselman, Zach Schussler.
Chorus: Keegan Shelley
Orchestra: Dylan Beaman, Cheyenne Berninger
SPANISH V STUDENTS TEACH 7TH GRADE CMS STUDENTS
Mrs. Spann's Spanish V students have created, practiced and taught lessons on the Spanish alphabet and colors in Spanish to the Crossroads Middle School 7th graders. Their lessons center on student engagement and learning about new topics in Spanish. The CMS teachers provide feedback on their lessons. My students have the opportunity to discuss their glows and grows with each lesson. This is great practice for both levels of students!
SPANISH IV VISITS SUSQUEHANNA ART MUSEUM
My Spanish IV classes have studied three different artists from Spain, learned about their works and different art techniques. In January students will visit the Susquehanna Art Museum for a guided tour of their exhibits to expand their knowledge of additional artists and styles.
JANUARY ART CLUB DATES
- 1/7 (2:50-4:00)
- 1/21 (2:50-4:00)
Please see Ms. Miller with questions, dmiller@wssd.k12.pa.us
FBLA
On December 19, our FBLA chapter took part in the Regional Conference hosted at York College. This event provided us with the opportunity to learn which students have qualified for the upcoming State Leadership Conference, set to take place in April at the Hershey Lodge/Hotel and Giant Center. We are delighted to report that 51 members from Red Land have qualified to date. Each qualified student should have received a yellow document during their visit to York College. This document must be reviewed with their parent or guardian and submitted to Mrs. Wiggins by Monday, January 6, to confirm their intention to attend the conference.
MASQUERADE BALL WINTER FORMAL
- 💜 Saturday, January 25, at 7PM
- 💜 Guest form is open now through Friday, January 17, 2025, at 2:40PM. Students must complete the form & submit a photo ID of their guest. The link is posted in Schoology or accessible via Instagram.
- 💜 Tickets are $15, and can be purchased the week of the dance, dates will be shared soon.
We've included important links for our students that attend Cumberland Perry Career & Technical Center.
STUDENTS MAY NOT DRIVE TO CPACTC, THEY ARE TO RIDE WSSD TRANSPORTATION.
CTC is in session when RL is not:
- February 14, 2025 (Snow make-up day for CTC, Remote Learning for WSSD)
- March 17, 2025
- April 17, 2025
- May 23, 2025
CTC's last day is May 30, 2024, WSSD is in session until June 6, 2024.
Red Land is proud of our culture and climate, yet we recognize we must continue to grow and nurture our culture. We also recognize expectations must be the same for everyone (students, staff, and families) in order for our culture to thrive and improve.
The R•L•H•S Expectations are expectations designed for ALL constituents of Red Land. This common vocabulary and the R•L•H•S Expectations are outlined below. We will share the R•L•H•S Expectations at our grade level meetings, as well as the commitment to recognize students and staff when the R•L•H•S Expectations have been demonstrated.
Through this framework, along with positive reinforcement and accountability, we want to create a safe learning environment at Red Land.
IMPORTANT ATHLETIC AND ACTIVITIES UPDATES:
There are a lot of opportunities to get involved at Red Land. Included is a list of some of our clubs and activities, as well as our seasonal sports. Go to the Red Land Athletics page for more details on clubs, activities, and sports!
LINKS TO RED LAND ATHLETICS
RED LAND HIGH SCHOOL
Website: https://www.wssd.k12.pa.us/redland.aspx
Location: 560 Fishing Creek Road, Lewisberry, PA 17330
Phone: 717.938.6561
Twitter: @RedLandHS