The Weekly Update #4

We had a lot go on this week! We had a great turnout for our College and Career Fair. Thanks to Natalie, Jan, and Blair for the hard work put into this great event! At the monthly board meeting we announced our student of the month Jenna Lawler and our staff member of the month Elizabeth Meek. This year is really rolling by. We are quickly approaching Thanksgiving Break and Monday we get to celebrate all who have served in our Armed Forces. I hope everyone has a great weekend but as always remember IT'S ALMOST MONDAY!!!

What an amazing experience for the students at RCHS. On Monday we held our annual College and Career Fair. This has always been a great event at RCHS but this year was bigger and better!! Ms. Hornsby, Mrs. Thoman, and Mr. Orme were able to secure 15 different colleges and universities, 20 different businesses, 5 branches of the Military, The Rushville Post Office, Rushville Police Department, EMT's, and the Rushville Fire Department for our students to learn from. We had a gym full of exhibits and had some of the businesses with heavy equipment in the parking lot. This day was a huge success and I thank everyone who was involved!!

Congratulations to Bethany Wyrick for winning the spell bowl at Shelbyville this week. Here is a quote from the coaches.

"What an amazing night for our spell bowl team of Bethany Wyrick. She placed 1st in division 2 at the Shelbyville meet tonight!! So proud of her and all her hard work."

Jenna Lawler was our student of the month for October. Jenna has been such a great leader this year in Ag and FFA. She has helped our Ms. DeLey and Ms. Yager many times. Jenna is a natural leader and is great at anything she does. At the National FFA convention she was the National Champion for Extemporaneous speaking. This is Jenna's second National title in two years! Congratulations and thank you for being a leader at RCHS!!

It took a lot but we were able to pull one over on Mrs. Meek! For two weeks she thought her husband Anthony Meek was the staff member of the month but the night of the meeting she discovered that it was really her! Liz is an amazing administrator and her positive energy is contagious with the staff and students. She is extremely organized and does so many things behind the scenes that nobody ever sees. Thank you liz for the effort you poor into RCHS every day!!

Warren Cook - Shout out to Libby Adams for presenting on AI in our staff PD this week!

Melissa Winkler - Shout out to Kerry Brown for running a smooth Fall Awards Program Wednesday night!

Melissa Winkler - Shout out to our Fall Coaches (Isaac Sliger, Morgan Grocox, Eric Wagner, Kallie Dyer, Paul Cox, Amy Tush, Kristin Sliger & Paul Nicholls) for not only teaching our student-athletes to be competitive but also to be good people!!!!

Melissa Winkler - Shout out to Mr. Cook for his enthusiasm and energy with our athletes!

Hannah Lemmons - Shout out to Bryan Hummel, Cassia Sherwood, and Collin McCartt for keeping things going when I was absent this week! (Maybe others I'm missing, too! Apparently Monday was a bit....busy.)

Krystal Parmerlee - Shout out to Margaret Harris and make sure to wish her a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today! I also want to give her a shout out for all the things she does for the school and things she has to put up with (mainly having to put up with me). She is truly the glue of our school. To sum up what her job is and what she does would literally take me all day to describe. I just wanted to say that I am so thankful to have her as my co-worker and friend. Thank you for all you do!

Curt Mock - Shout out to Mr. A for his new position. No rest for the weary. He is an excellent chef also.

Curt Mock - Shout out to Becky in the kitchen She makes the best chili! and Tina who makes the best desert crisp. To Jeannie, Jackie and Anne for the cleanest dishes around. Shout out to Misty, Erin, Sandy Tina, and the new cook for being so nice and of course boss Misty. We have the best kitchen crew!

Warren Cook - Shout out to Melissa Winkler and Kerry Brown for doing such a great job recognizing our Fall Athletes this week!!

Warren Cook - Shout out to all of the Fall athletes and coaches for such a successful Fall season! It was a lot of fun being presented all of the hardware at the Fall Sports Awards!!

Shea Gerrian - Shout out to everyone who helped make Margaret's birthday special, especially Krystal! You rock!

Warren Cook - Shout out to Margaret Harris for turning another year YOUNGER!!!!

Sami DeLey - HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGARET! Thanks for always helping me and answering all my questions. Hope you had a fantastic birthday!

Margaret Harris - Huge shout out to Mrs. Nicholls for covering classes during Mrs. Tillisons absence!!!!!!

Liz Meek - Shout out to Warren, Collin, and the RCHS staff for surprising me at the board meeting!!

Liz Meek - Shout out to Jan, Natalie, Blair and the KFC crew for organizing the college and career fair!

Lindsay Tillison - Shout Out to Jen Teague and Christin Nicholls for stepping in this week when I got sick. Taking off is always stressful, but knowing you two had it covered allowed me to get much needed rest!

Anne Rosario - Shout out to the RCHS custodial staff goes out of their way to anticipate our needs and be a positive force. We appreciate them.

Anne Rosario - Shout out to Miss Corum is a pro at adding fun and enthusiasm to her student projects.

Anne Rosario - Shout out to Mrs. Gerrian is a creative thinker who is constantly causing improvement.

I want to give a very special shout out to Natalie Hornsby, Jan Thoman, and Blair Orme. These three put on an amazing college and career fair this past Monday! This was the biggest and best yet!! Every year they find a way to make it better. Thank you for the work you three put into these kids!!!

Mrs. Rinard's Honors Biology is studying saturation and the affect that different liquids have. They dip eggs into a solution and peel the shell they then soak the raw eggs in different solutions such as Maple Syrup. They can then differentiate the affects that different solutions have on the saturation process. Of course when they are finished they have to find a fun way to dispose of the eggs so they have an egg toss competition.

STOPit - Open the PDF and read about our new Anonymous Reporting System. This online anonymous reporting system is designed to deter bullying, discrimination, and other inappropriate or unsafe behaviors.

We have added all of our sports to the Activities Calendar this year. Click the button below to see all of the events that are happening at RCHS!!

Once again we have our radio station up and running. Listen 24 hours a day to a radio station put together and produced by students at RCHS!!! Just click the button below and start listening!

SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER