RJHS Parents and Guardians, please note: SSP Night is Monday, February 11th from 1-7 pm. The cover letter mailed home has it on February 5th. Sorry for the confusion.
Pre- AP night for RJHS parents and students will be Tuesday, January 29th from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm. It will be held in the RJHS Cafeteria. All are welcome to attend!
It's the Spring semester, so that means it's time for 8th grade art students to start their portfolios! They worked on creating and decorating them today in class.
The RJHS 2nd quarter Whirlwinds Rally will be tomorrow @ 8:15am for 8th graders and @ 9:00am for 9th graders. Parents are encouraged to attend. Please enter the building through the main office.
The Semester Test schedule for next week is attached. Teachers will NOT give any tests early. Students may not be checked out in the middle of a testing session. They must wait to be checked out until each session is finished.
The RJHS PTO is sponsoring a holiday dance this Friday night! The dance is 7:00pm-9:00pm and it is $3.00 to enter. There will be a concession stand open and a photo booth for students to enjoy. Students may dress in their holiday best or rock their ugliest Christmas sweater!
This past Friday, the RJHS National Jr. Honor Society members helped out the Salvation Army by ringing bells at various businesses around Russellville. They had a blast and helped spread some cheer this holiday season!
RJHS Quiz Bowl teams are teaming up with Ronnie Peters and the Regulator Motorcycle Club to raise money for their yearly toy drive. Half of the proceeds will go to our district's quiz bowl teams to help pay fees for Nationals. Tickets will be for an opportunity to win a 2019 Nissan Sentra! The tickets are 1 for $12 or 10 for $100. Tickets can be purchased from members of the team or through RSD Quiz Bowl sponsors, Summer Hutchinson, Hannah Edgell, or Johnny Barham. They can be reached for additional information by their school email
The winners of the 2018-2019 8th grade Spelling Bee are:
Caden Powell- 1st place
Shawn Metz- 2nd place
Kyler Roberson- 3rd place
Congrats to these students! They are moving on to the county spelling bee!
The RJHS Theatre is conducting auditions for the Spring musical "Aristocats". Auditions are Wednesday and Thursday, Dec 12th and 13th, until 5:00pm in room 303.
9th grade students working with Mrs. Shamsie on their 4 year plans.
Prosecuting Attorney and School Board Member, Jeff Phillips, is speaking with every 9th grade English class today about his job as an attorney, trial procedures, and his favorite book of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird. A huge THANK YOU to Mr. Phillips for making this novel even more relatable and real to RJHS students.
Before students left for break the RJHS students and staff raised $800.00 for the Juvenuile Diabetes Relief Fund. This drive was sponsored by RJHS Student Council. They met their goal and Officer Hobby got to pie Mr. Kordsmeier in the face!
Successful day at the FCCLA District 1 Fall Meeting
#RJHSwinds
RJHS would like to invite all parents and guardians to join us for our annual Thanksgiving Meal on Tuesday, November 13th. 8th grade lunch begins at 11:00 and 9th grade lunch begins at 11:55. The cost for a student meal is $2.70 and the cost for an adult meal is $4.25. Please call 479-968-1599 to sign up for the meal. You can pay for the meal when you come in to eat on the 13th.
The RJHS Robotics team won won their second tournament! They were tournament champions and won the design awards!
Mrs. Riley is having a camp out at RJHS today. Students are working on a research paper. They are discussing various parts of the MLA format of the paper in their 5 stations.
The RJHS 9th grade English teachers are here to share an important message this Halloween.
RJHS has a bi-weekly news show that has become a real hit this year! It's called the Whirlwind Weekly! You can check out this week's video at the following link: https://youtu.be/i3P_XPhXlgg
Coach Tucker’s 9th grade US History class renegotiated the Treaty of Versailles with their own League of Nations and country leaders. #rjhswinds
