October Newsletter

November 15-16th: Theatre Arts Play

November 27-29th: Thanksgiving Break

The Aerie Yearbook staff unfortunately reminds you that the price for the yearbook has now increased to $85, and they encourage you to reserve your copy before the final increase to $100 before January 1st!

In the meantime, for the month of November, they're going to start sharing an amazing photo they've taken from the year so far, a different one every day! Students will be able to see the selected photo on the announcement TV's, while anyone else can follow the yearbook staff on Instagram @rchs_aerie_yearbook.

To celebrate 50 years of Rhea County High School, Mr. Keylon invited alumni from our school's entire history for a pre-game meal and reception before the football game on Friday, Oct. 11th. Former teachers, coaches, and students gathered in the auditorium to reminisce about their time at RCHS, looking through old football programs and all fifty yearbooks. Event attendees were also recognized by their respective "decade" during halftime of the football game. Also during halftime, Mr. Frank Sheddan, former director of the Golden Eagle Marching Band, returned to the field to conduct our current marching band in the school's classic fight song.

Work- Based Learning at Work! RCHS students completed intake orientation for their work- based learning job. RCHS is partnering with Nokian to prepare students for the future!

Students in Mrs. Hamby's English III classes read a fictional book and completed a One- Pager about that book. The assignment was designed to highlight the characters, the plot, the conflict, and all of the important details of their novel. Check out some of the amazing final products!

Mr. Marsh's Senior English Classes

⭐The Assignment⭐

"A powerful monster, living down / In the darkness, growled in pain, impatient / as day after day the music rang / Loud in that hall..." writes the unknown poet of Beowulf, introducing our seniors to the terrifying monster known as Grendel. One of the things that makes the character so terrifying is how little the audience learns about him in terms of what he actually looks like. At least, that's how Mr. Marsh interprets the poet's choices. Once students had finished studying the first few parts of Beowulf, Seniors in Marsh's English classes were tasked with documenting any details about Grendel that implied any possible physical characteristics. Then, they were given three choices to create their own version of Grendel based on the evidence they had documented: draw him, write a narrative description of him, OR use the provided materials of duct tape, paper towels, water, glue, and whatever else students wanted to bring in to create Grendel's severed arm. Because, after all, that's how Beowulf defeats him: he literally rips Grendel's arm off his body.

Mrs. Atkin's German class celebrated Oktoberfest!

Mr. Field's Psychology class has been learning about the different areas of the brain. What better way to demonstrate this than by making their own?!

Photo Credits: Rhea County Magazine

Congratulations to our CHEER TEAM for winning 1st place at the UCA Space Center Regional in Huntsville, Alabama AND the Middle Tennessee Cheer Classic in Murfreesboro, Tennessee!

🏈Friday Night Lights

Photo Credits: Rhea County magazine

🏆CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR LADY EAGLES SOCCER TEAM! THEY ARE OUR DISTRICT AND REGION CHAMPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RCHS HISTORY!!!🏆

🥇Congratulations to the All- District Teams and MVPs!🥇

Defensive and All-Around MVP: Lilli Gardner

Offensive MVP: Kloe Reeves

1st Team All-District: Cammie Ruehling, Kiera Graham, and Laurel Butt

2nd Team All- District: Katie Ryan & Bekah Horton

🏆Congratulations to our volleyball team for earning 2nd place in the District!🏆

🥇Congratulations to the girls who earned All- District!🥇

Left to right: Kamryn Swafford, Erin Stolz, and Kirra Garmany

RCHS's own FFA traveled to the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana!

🏆CONGRATULATIONS to Faith Hough for placing 10th in the National FFA Agriscience Fair Plant Systems Division 5!!! This is a first for the Rhea County FFA Chapter! 🏆

🏆Congratulations to our RAIDERS team! 🏆

*On October 5th, they traveled to Grainger High School to compete in an Ironman running clock competition against ten schools and 14 teams in the Male and Co-ed categories. Rhea County took four teams: two male teams and two co-ed teams. Team 1 took 1st place in the Co-ed Division while Teams 2 and 4 took 2nd and 3rd in the Male Category.

*Saturday, October 12th, the Raiders traveled to compete in the Southeast Raider Championship, taking a co-ed team, female team, and two male teams to compete against the best teams in the southeast.

*Team 2 competed in the male division taking 1st place in the Highlander, and 2nd place in the buddy run

*Team 3 competed in the female division placing 2nd in the highlander, gauntlet, and buddy run and securing 3rd place in the one rope bridge, Loch Ness Strength test, and the tire stacker giving them a 3rd place overall trophy.

*Team 1 competed in the co-ed division making history for Rhea County High School by taking first place in the one rope bridge, gauntlet, highlander, and buddy run taking 1st place overall as the New Southeast Raider Champions.

*Teams 1, 2, and 3 have secured invitations to the Raider Nationals hosted at Fort Knox, KY on October 24th-27th to compete in the All Services Division against Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corp JROTC Raider Teams.

Congratulations to the Rhea County High School JROTC Raider Team!

🏆JROTC came from home from the National Raider Challenge with NINE trophies! Congratulations!🏆

RCHS Raider Co-ed Team places 3rd at Nationals

The RCHS JROTC Raider Team traveled to Fort Knox Kentucky this past weekend to compete in the 2024 US Army National Raider Challenge. Over 250 teams from all over the United States to include the territories for Guam and Puerto Rico. The competition started on Thursday and ended on Sunday morning consisting of 5 standard events plus an invitation only 6th event for the top teams. The standard events were One Rope Bridge, Gauntlet, 5k Team Run, Cross Country Rescue, and the Physical Team Test. The top teams also competed on Sunday in the Ultimate Raider event.

Rhea County was selected to compete in the All Services Division (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps) and fielded a Co-ed, a Male, and a Female team consisting of 13-14 cadets each team. All three teams competed hard and placed well in their category with the Female and Co-ed Teams bringing home trophies.

Our co-ed team, led by Avery Dunigan, earned the 3rd Place Overall at Nationals and trophied in all events, 2nd Place – One Rope Bridge, 3rd Place – Physical Team Test, 3rd Place - Gauntlet, 4th Place - 5k Run, and 5th Place - Cross Country Rescue.

The Co-ed Team received the invitation late Saturday night to compete in the Ultimate Raider on Sunday Morning. Avery Dunigan and Maddie Stewart were selected to represent Rhea County and placed 3rd in the event.

The Female team, captained by Marissa Coulter, placed 4th in the One Line Rope bridge and placed 7th overall in the Female Category.

The Male Team, led by Landon Panther, placed 17th in the Nation in the Male Category.