November 20, 2020
A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
RHS Teacher Spotlight - Adam Scevola RHS Distinguished Alum - Kim Ng Upcoming Events:
In an effort to highlight RHS teachers and their innovation A huge congratulations to Kim Ng, Class of November 25: and ingenuity in the hybrid and virtual classrooms, we will 1986, on being named the new Miami Marlins Minimum Day (12:15PM) be sharing some of their ideas and lessons each week. General Manager, making her the first woman November 26-27: to hold that position in Major League Baseball Mr. Scevola has been history. Ng has been involved in Major League School Closed; Thanksgiving teaching Math at RHS November 28: since 2011, where he Kelly Creegan Coat Drive; 9:00AM teaches Algebra 2 Honors, Pre-Calculus -12:00PM; Graydon Parking Lot E, and Pre-Calculus 1. December 7: He also coaches Boys Board of Ed Meeting; 7:00PM; Ed Baseball and Football at RHS. Mr. Scevola Center graduated from the December 23: University of Delaware Minimum Day (12:15PM) with a B.A. in Math Education and has a Masters in Education from TCNJ. Joseph Guzy/Miami Marlins, via Associated Press December 24-January 1: Winter Break For hybrid learning, Mr. Scevola has tried to follow a Baseball since 1990 and has acted as the Sen- rhythm of having asynchronous lessons during the morn- ior Vice President of baseball operations for ing classes and whole class activities when a class meets in the MLB commissioner’s office since 2011. Support RHS Athletics the afternoon. A whole class activity could be an activity on Desmos, group activity with breakout rooms or a 3-Act Fall is a busy time for RHS Ath- Check out the recent article below from MLB Math Task from Dan Meyer's website. He is available on letics with events taking place in News about Kim’s “unforgettable” time spent Zoom every class so that students can ask ques- cross country, football, soccer, at RHS both on and off the field. Below is Kim and tennis. tions. When he answers a specific question, he records his (No. 1) and her Maroon teammates as they answers and puts it on his YouYube channel so all students Please check the RHS Athletics prepared for a State Playoff Game in 1986. have access to it. Check it out by visiting the link below: Calendar for a detailed schedule Kim Ng’s high school days | MLB and last minute schedule chang- Mr. Scevola – YouTube Channel es. RHS Athletics Calendar To help keep students organized, at the beginning of each week Mr. Scevola post plans on Google Classroom along with the assignments in the classwork section. He has found that students really like being able to work at their own pace and he believes it helps maximize their poten- tial. He also relies on his colleagues in the math depart- ment who always have good ideas and lessons to share with him. Mike Grattini/USA Today Network
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Catching Up with RHS AP Economics Ridgewood High School Each year, students enrolled in the AP Economics program practice business competition against their classmates in a very fun and tasty Bake Sale event. While COVID restrictions made the event impossible this year, students were still able to practice their business and accounting skills by baking at home and projecting-out costs for wide scale production! RHS senior Zachary Kim went above and beyond the call of duty by produc- ing Rice Krispie Treats ("Fauci Balls"), and then selling them in a safe, contactless manner. In true RHS fashion, Zachary raised $321 that he donat- ed to Habitat for Humanity! Bravo, Zachary Kim!
RHS Spring Externship Opportunity - Seniors
This fall the Ridgewood High School Alumni Association launched the RHS Alumni Career Series program. The pro- gram provides RHS seniors with a spring externship option where they can shad- ow and learn from RHS alumni. The pro- gram also features a new webinar series where prominent RHS alumni are invited to speak about their time and experi- ence at RHS, and how it prepared them The varsity girls and varsity boys cross country teams for their careers. All are invited to join won sectional titles at the NJSIAA North 1 sectional meet held at Garret Mountain. This is the girls third for the first RHS Alumni Career Series consecutive North 1 Group 4 title, setting a team time webinar featuring Jamie (Hollender) Cariddi. "We are really excited to course record with a top five runner average of 19 feature Jamie Cariddi (RHS '95) as our first speaker. Jamie is the Chief minutes and 14 seconds for the 5k course. The boys Administrative Officer at Wells Fargo Securities and has a lot to share captured their 11th consecutive North 1 Group 4 title, about life on Wall Street!" -Bill McCabe, RHS Alumni Association Presi- taking four of the top ten places. dent. To register, please visit: RHS Alumni Association
The freshmen and JV teams competed at the Fresh- QUOTE TO REMEMBER... men/JV state championship meet held at Thompson Park in Jamesburg, NJ. The freshmen girls team ran a “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” great race, finishing first and earning the freshmen – Arthur Ashe state title. The freshmen boys finished 5th in their championship race. In the JV races the girls took third RIDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL and the boys took 4th on a rain soaked course. Website: https://rhs.ridgewood.k12.nj.us/
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