Falcon Flyer

Hello Ridgeline Families- I was reflecting with a colleague today about our journey to Ridgeline High School and it reaffirmed for me how important it is to try new things to push yourself and grow as a person. That is an important part of our Mission at Ridgeline. Belong. Inspire. Grow. I hope, as a parent, you’ve learned our mission statement by now :).

Parents and community are critical to our mission and I believe it’s important for all of us to know and understand what our high school is about. Some say growth happens with failure. Others say growth happens with success. I believe that it happens with both, it needs both—but you can’t stop at failure otherwise there is no growth. Pushing ourselves or our students to Grow can be hard and can even make us afraid—because, naturally, we don’t want to fail, right? Failure and mistakes hurt, it’s just the way it is. I bet many of you parents have had “growth” conversations with your kids this week. I raised two boys through teen years and can empathize with you having the “What were you thinking?!” conversation. Yes, I left out the expletives! That’s what I love about high school—we get to experience the best in our young people and walk beside them through the difficult times.

Speaking of growth opportunities… there have been a few accidents in the Ridgeline Parking lot and roads. This message is for students and parents. It’s like most situations, 90% are being cautious and doing the right thing and 10% are being reckless. Be a 90 per-cent-er! NO PARKING on any thoroughfares or in lots not intended for student pick-up/drop-off. With snow on the ground it has become especially important as streets are narrowing with snow berms.

I know many kids were bummed we cancelled the Sadie Hawkins dance. It was a combination of factors that led to low ticket sales, and ultimately our decision to call it off. I want to thank Sophomores Maddie S, Grace S, and any others who put in work to put this event together. We had deadlines to notify the DJ and such and the snow day didn’t help. You can imagine I heard from many kids that were planning on going and just hadn’t got around to buying a ticket yet.

Please take a look at important dates, events, and lots more in today’s Flyer. Make it a great weekend! –Mr. Hardt

Hello caregivers, parents, and guardians! I’d like to formally introduce myself, my name is Carrie McGlohon and I am the new counseling substitute. I will be managing the 10th grade class (class of 2025) in Mrs. Ashley fuller’s absence. I am very excited to be a part of the Ridgeline crew!

Each day I am reminded of my "why" (why I do this work and why I love it). Every student needs connection. As a school counselor, I am able to connect to many students each day, in ways that are not purely academic. I believe everyone needs a little bit of guidance and support, and my work as a school counselor has shown me the impact I have on them.

A little about me: I am originally from sunny Los Angeles, but went to Juniata College in Pennsylvania for my undergraduate. I graduated summa cum laude with my BS in Psychology with a minor in Education, and from here, moved up to Spokane. I am currently attending Gonzaga University’s Counselor Education Program, and graduate in May with my MA in School Counseling. My previous experience has been at Lewis & Clark HS with the entire special education population. From there, I went to Shadle Park HS, working with the 9th grade class. I am pumped to be here!

I want to attempt to make this transition go as smoothly as possible. I have an amazing support system here with me in the counseling and administrative offices, but if there is anything you feel I need to know about your student(s) or anything I can help support you in, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Reserve Eyrié, Volume 2, before our December 19th deadline to receive a $10 discount and be guaranteed a copy: $50 per book, $60 with name stamping.

Purchase through our business office or online (click link below).

Limited quantities will be available to purchase starting in January. Each will then cost $60 and name stamping will not be available. First come, first served while supplies last.

Senior Tribute Yearbook Ad sales are NOW OPEN!

Senior Tribute Ads for Yearbook: Now available until Jan. 9

Have extra-curricular photos, family, special pictures or additional portraits of your senior you'd like to share? Use the attached link to purchase a senior tribute ad for our yearbook, Eyrié, Volume 2.

Tributes vary in size and price. Parents and guardians get to choose the layout, photos and write a special message.

Please be advised that yearbook staff members will not edit spelling or crop pictures, and the administration does reserve the right to refuse tributes due to inappropriateness.

Falcons- our Blanket Night is POSTPONED until Tuesday, December 6th. Join us from 5:30-8pm. All are welcome, looking forward to making this a great event benefiting Blessings Under the Bridge!

Collecting new or gently used books thru December 5th for Gifts of Hope. Drop off donations in the Leadership room.

On Thursday, our freshmen leadership classes participated in a lesson on Shaping and Managing Time led by our awesome Falcon Link Crew Leaders. This was our leaders' chance to share with our freshmen the challenges they face when trying to balance all the responsibilities they have , and provide them with strategies and tools to help them focus their time into areas that will help them achieve their goals. Great work, Leaders, and thank you Class of 2026 and leadership teachers for having us.

The Ridgeline FBLA Chapter has been focused on working to achieve the Champion Chapter goals set for each FBLA Season of the 2022-23 school year. We are happy and proud to report that we were awarded the Champion Chapter award for the Shaping Success season of October 1 – November 10. We are onto the next season, November 11 – December 31 now and well on our way to another good season. Thanks to our FBLA officers and members for helping us reach our goals.

Registration for our Mini Holiday Dance Camp will be coming soon! Stay tuned for details!!!

Next Wednesday 12/7 feels like it'll be a perfect day for some Liberty Lake #papamurphys. They will be donating 25% to the Ridgeline Senior Grad Night celebration from 3pm-closing. Online code is DONATE.

Save the Date: GRAD NIGHT DETAILS:

June 10th, 2023

Triple Play Family Fun Park

175 W Orchard Ave

Hayden, Idaho 83835

10:30pm-4:30am

Make sure to follow the grad night page: @rhs_grad_night_2023

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!

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!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I8aJ7YAR0qw956RC22XqTnPpCYCwbBG5ad_8ygqE2Z0/edit

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

Business Office Open Hours:

7:15- 2:30pm

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