RHHS Wildcats: News You Can Use

Fall Break is this coming Monday and Tuesday, October 14 and 15. Please enjoy this time with your family and friends. Wednesday, October 16, is PSAT day, and we look forward to seeing students bright and early that day.

On Wednesday, October 16th, we will administer the PSAT to all 10th grade students and registered 11th grade students.

All 9th grade and 11th grade students not registered to take the test, will stay with their advisors in an assigned room until the test ends. These students will complete the YouScience career assessment and participate in Monique Burr Teen Safety lessons delivered by our counselors. The timeframe for the PSAT/advisement lessons is 7:30-11:35. Students will report directly to their assigned advisor classrooms for YouScience activities as well as PSAT testing (see list below).

Here are a few important reminders about Wednesday-

1. Eat a good breakfast on the day of testing.
2. Be on time and report directly to your place of testing/advisement. This information was given out during advisement.
3. Bring 2 # 2 pencils and a calculator. (acceptable ones were listed in the PSAT study guide)
4. No students taking the PSAT will be allowed to leave early during the testing period, so please plan accordingly. Testing times are 7:30-11:35
5. Seniors will not attend on October 16th and will participate in Digital Learning Day.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019, will be a digital learning day for seniors. Seniors will not be expected to attend school on campus, but instead will complete assignments for the day from home.

Assignments will be posted by your child's advisor to their advisement’s Google Classroom. The assignment must be completed no later than 3pm, October 16, in order to get credit for the digital learning day. If the assignment is not completed, your child will be marked absent for October 16, 2019 and will not be allowed to exempt their exams at the end of the semester. Assignments should be posted to Google Classroom by October 9th. Seniors may choose to complete the assignments before October 16th if they would like.

We are excited to make this option available to the class of 2020, and we hope that we have 100% completion of the assignments.

On Wednesday, October 16, all 9th and 11th grade students who are not taking the PSAT will participate in Monique Burr Teen Safety Matters lessons delivered by our school counselors. Please see the information sheet linked below for details about the program. If after reading through the information you choose for your student not to participate in these lessons, please print, complete and return the Opt-out form (linked below) to either school office by Friday, October 11.

Mrs. Janet Wooten and the RHHS Chorus are excited to invite you to their first concert of the year. The concert will be Thursday, October 17, at RH First Baptist Church at 6:30pm. Please join us for this wonderful fine arts event!

October 19 during Saturday School an Academic Resume Writing Workshop will be offered to Seniors to help with College Applications and College Scholarships. This workshop will be offered 800 am to 1130 am. Sign up is required through Google Forms. The link is listed below

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_Wu-9t0NCXbf-1Zz83uE2Ca3FdrN0e2fRBS_XP97cFeeKVA/viewform.

Each senior is fully responsible for making his/her appointment for his/her senior pictures. There are still appointments available. If you are a senior and have not yet made your appointment, please do this today by clicking the link below! Appointments are still available for October 12 and 19. These are the last opportunities for seniors to have both formal and casual photo poses. Any senior who has not been photographed will have formal pictures only made during school on October 21.

www.prestigeportraits.com/savannah

Attention Class of 2020 graduates and parents, due to changes in Remind, senior information will not be shared using the Senior Remind. Please visit the Senior Web Page for senior information.

RHHS has just joined the district-wide Overdrive collection, so we now have access to even more e-books & audiobooks! Students and staff can go to https://soraapp.com/library/resaga, choose Bryan County School District from the drop-down, & login using your school Google Account. Login is the same now for both faculty AND students. Our old Overdrive page is no longer active, so please update your bookmarks to include the new RESA collection!

To select your FORMAL and INFORMAL photos, contact Prestige by Lifetouch toll free number 1-800-736-4775 or email Tracy Flynn at tflynn@lifetouch.com with the session ID number and pose selection. Deadline is November 1.

This year, RHHS Drama is co-sponsoring their annual haunted forest fundraiser. Drama members will be performing every Friday and Saturday in October. Tickets are $20 per person, but there will be an RH Appreciation Night on Saturday, October 12 – students and staff/faculty of Richmond Hill schools can wear wildcat gear or have their school IDs to receive $5 off admission. It will be located at 5899 N. Coastal HWY, Fleming, GA. See 17southhauntedforest.com for additional details.

Please join us on Monday, October 28th from 6-7:30 as we welcome our guest speaker from the Georgia Student Finance Commission, Ms. Carol Lott. Ms. Lott will be available to present important information about the financial aid process and how to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA. Please bring your laptops, your 2018 income tax returns, and W-2 Forms! You will need these as Ms. Lott works with you to complete the FAFSA.

AP Exam registration is earlier this year for students in first semester or year-long AP classes. Exam fees are due by October 31 for students who are taking first semester or year-long courses. Once again, for the 2020 AP exams, students at Richmond Hill High School will be registering online. This registration will only take a few minutes and can be completed from any computer with internet access. Once students complete their registration on Total Registration, they should proceed to myap.collegeboard.org to log into their AP Online Classroom where they will find lots of resources their teachers are using to enhance the learning experience.

Please click the link below to read detailed information about AP Exam registration:

Link: http://www.bryancountyschools.org/article/123638?org=rhhs

Yearbooks are ON SALE for $70 until December 31. Also, SENIOR ADS are on sale until December 1. To purchase both a senior ad and/or a yearbook, go to www.yearbookordercenter.com and key in our school’s order number (902).

During weekly advisement the next four weeks, we will be studying the second mindset: "Passion First". The first topic in this unit, "Focus on Strengths", will be completed in advisement next week.

Below is a copy of the parent newsletter for our "Passion First" unit. Please read this and follow along each week with the planned advisement lesson.

The After School Detention/Tutorial program started Monday, August 12th in room 411. Tutorial/detention runs from 2:40 – 4:15 every Monday through Thursday. Students who are on the obligations list for owing detention should plan to stay after school to meet their obligation as soon as possible. Students may also come to this program for extra help from content area teachers. On Mondays, students can receive help in math. An English/Language Arts teacher will be available on Tuesdays. On Wednesday, students can have tutoring in science and Thursdays are Social Studies tutoring.

The SAT and ACT are given several times throughout each school year. Please click the links below for additional information about test dates, registration deadlines, and information about how to register.

Fee waivers are available for students on free/reduced lunch. Students should talk to their counselor for more information.

SAT information

ACT information

RHHS has a strong team of school counselors to support our students. Students are assigned a counselor based on their last name.

Rhashida Bunyan

A-De Cesari

Emily Neff

De La Cruz-Hicks

Tam Daniels

Hickson-Medrano

Debbie Kilpatrick

Medsker-Sams

Saraswati Hendrix

Sanchez-Z

Deanna Appleton

College and Career

Dawn Imler

Military and Family Life

School times-

7:30am-2:30pm/Buildings open at 7am

Daily Bell Schedule

Car-rider/parent drop-off information-

http://bryancoga.apptegy.us/o/rhhs/page/traffic-pattern

Bus rider information-

https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/405755/SB_-_HS_-_7-16-19.pdf

School nutrition information-

Breakfast is not served; Lunch is $2.85

September Lunch Menu

MySchoolBucks - Online Payment Portal

BCS Free or Reduced Price Meals Application - English

BCS Free or Reduced Price Meals Application - Spanish

Clinic information-

Nurses: Taryn Parker and Denell Foster

If you should need to discuss health information at length, please call to schedule a meeting. All clinic forms are available on the high school website. Inhalers and epi pens that are carried by the student must have forms completed by their physician.

Clinic form - http://www.bryancountyschools.org/o/rhhs/browse/17573

Email: dmcneal@bryan.k12.ga.us
Website: http://www.bryancountyschools.org/o/rhhs
Location: 1 Wildcat Drive, Richmond Hill, GA, United States
Phone: 912-459-5151
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richmondhillhigh/
Twitter: @RichmondHill_HS