Individually these students are amazing, together they are outstanding. These four students are the faces behind the bottle cap collection for our two memorial benches. Dana Durbin, Isabella Pavey, Carter Barnes, and Adrian Apodaca are the RCHS students of the month. Congratulations!
TR and Heather Campbell were recognized as RCHS staff members of the month! TR and Heather truly create a family atmosphere in their band community and it was truly incredible to read how they have impacted others in the school. They do so much behind the scenes work at the high school! We are SO thankful to have them in our building and community. Please join me in congratulating Mr. and Mrs. Campbell!
Are you familiar with the 3 E's? At RCHS we want to ensure that we have something for every student to be successful after graduation. There are 3 options for students when they graduate high school- more commonly referred to as the 3 E's. Enroll, Enlist, and Employ. Do you plan to enroll in college or another post secondary training? The Indiana College Core could be for you! If you are thinking about enlistment, we have different military branches come to our school during lunches. Come up and talk to them about the opportunities they provide! If you are someone who is going straight into employment or apprenticeship after high school, you could make sure you are setting up your high school schedule to optimize that opportunity with work based learning experiences. If you are unsure about your plan, Indiana Career Explorer is a free online career exploration and graduation planning tool that you can take a look at different careers!
The majority of Juniors at RCHS will be taking the SAT School Day on Thursday, March 7th. March 7th is a black day and the blocks are rearranged to accommodate testing for Juniors and also keep regular classes operating as normal as possible. The blocks will be the same length of time, just in a different order that day (Block 8, Block 2, Block 6, Block 4) Mrs. Meek has sent emails to both parents/guardians and students regarding this day. Please encourage your student to check their emails if they do not regularly.
Rushville Consolidated High School is excited to offer our Fire and Rescue program starting in the 2024-25 School year! This program will be housed at RCHS next school year and it will move off campus for the 2025-26 school year. Fire and Rescue will be a two year program geared towards juniors and seniors. Next year, students will take two consecutive blocks of classes for the program at RCHS, Principles of Fire and Rescue and Fire Fighting Fundamentals. During year 1 of the program, these classes will not be everyday. Due to the block schedule at RCHS, the classes will be every other day. Year two of the program will have
classes everyday and will consist of Advanced Fire Fighting and the Fire and Rescue Capstone Class which includes the EMT certification process.
Students that complete the Fire and Rescue program will have opportunities for careers as: Firefighter/Paramedic, Fire Marshal, Wildland Firefighter, Fire Inspector, and Fire Investigator.
Here is the link to this week's Lion Review. Have a great weekend. It Is Almost MONDAY!!!!
https://www.smore.com/n/qsvpw
Congratulations to Curt Mock for being named our new Bison Award winner!! Curt was given this award by Brad Lawler. Mr. Mock wears many different hats in our school as a full time ISS instructor assistant coach in multiple sports and volunteers in the cafeteria! Thanks Curt!!
You are now able to register for the Lions Pride 5K Run and Walk that is happening June 29th! Click the link to access the flyer with more information on how to register.
https://5il.co/2fg0n
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Here is the link to this week's Lion Review. I hope everyone has a great weekend.
IT'S ALMOST MONDAY!!!!
https://www.smore.com/2vsax
Rushville Consolidated High School is excited to offer our Criminal Justice program starting in the 2024-25 School year! This program will be housed at RCHS next school year and it will move off campus for the 2025-26 school year. Criminal Justice will be a two year program geared towards juniors and seniors. Next year, students will take two consecutive blocks of classes for the program at RCHS, Principles of Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Fundamentals. During year 1 of the program, these classes will not be everyday. Due to the block schedule at RCHS, the classes will be every other day. Year two of the program will have classes everyday and will consist of Corrections and Cultural Awareness and the Criminal Justice Capstone Class.
Students that complete the Criminal Justice program will have opportunities for careers as: Police Officer, Correctional Officer, Detective, Probation Officer, Private Investigator, Correctional Counselor, Security Guard, Bailiff, and many more.
If you attend RCHS and live outside of the Rush County School District, you should have received an out of district application in the mail. Please fill out the paper application and return to the school or complete the google form found on our website. Out of district applications have to be resubmitted each school year and the deadline for next school year is March 15. Only one application per household is needed. If you have any questions, please contact the school. Thank you! If you currently are not an RCHS student and would like more information on our transfer policy, please visit the link below.
https://www.rushville.k12.in.us/documents/transfers/531273
Here is this week's Lion Review. Have a great weekend!
https://www.smore.com/07mgq
Rushville Consolidated High School is excited to offer our Emergency Medical Services program starting in the 2024-25 School year! This program will be housed in the Ivy Tech Training Center in downtown Rushville. EMS will be a two year program geared towards juniors and seniors. The exception will be for Class of 2025 Students. These students will be able to take all classes necessary next year for their graduation pathway and their EMT certification. Class of 2026 students and all students after will complete the EMS program in two years, taking two classes each their junior and senior year.
Students that complete the EMS program will have opportunities for multiple certifications, including EMT and phlebotomy. Possible career paths for students that complete the EMS program are Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Responder, Paramedic, or Emergency Medical Technician.
Thanks to the Purdue IN-MaC grant, our PLTW science course Human Body Systems will have some new equipment and supplies! Thank you so much! #PurdueINMaC
We are excited to announce that RCHS now has an online radio station THE ROAR! It has been awhile since we can say that and it is online only, but it is full of music and content that is relevant to our schools and community. You can download the free Mixlr app via the App Store or Google Play and search our station "RCHS-The Roar" where you should see it immediately, click on it and begin listening. You can also open a tab in your web browser and go to https://mixlr.com/ type in "RCHS-The Roar" in the search bar and access it that way as well. The station is completely produced by students in Lion's Live.
If you are a local business and would like to purchase a sponsorship that includes PSAs on our radio station, graphic with your logo on Lions Live daily show, and ad space in the yearbook, please contact Amy Fox at foxa@rushville.k12.in.us or Lindsay Tillison at tillisonl@rushville.k12.in.us.
The agricultural program was well represented at freshman orientation on Wednesday January 17. Students were ready to tell the story on how agriculture and FFA can impact their walk through their high school journey and beyond. The agriculture program offers dual credit courses including animal science, horticulture, mechanics, and so much more. Hands on learning provides an informal class setting with tremendous results. The FFA is an extension of the classroom program providing competitive events leadership training while providing a family atmosphere. Mr. Orme and Mrs. Wagner are the instructors.
At RCHS we focus on communication skills in the Spanish classroom. We practice speaking, reading, writing and listening in Spanish. Culture is also included in our studies. Spanish is either an elective or required on most diploma tracks. Freshmen may take Spanish 1 if they earn a C average or more in 8th grade English.
3D Art at RCHS includes Introduction to 3D, Intermediate 3D, Advanced 3D, and Ceramics I and II. Through these courses, students will learn about different 3D art forms and experiment with different 3D materials such as wire, paper mache, clay, found objects, and even cardboard. Mrs. Schultz’s two dimensional visual arts classes focus on experimentation with and exposure to a variety of media: watercolor, acrylic and oil paints, graphite and colored pencil, ink, marker, oil and chalk pastels, collage, silverpoint, fresco, printmaking, engraving, scratch board, photography, and digital arts. With each media, students expand their critical thinking skills and creativity, while gaining knowledge of art history, art styles, and classical and contemporary artists.
The business department offers 3 pathways for graduation (Marketing, Accounting, and Business Operations and Technology). We also offer the Banking and Finance course which is a state requirement with a prerequisite of Principles of Management.
College Goal Sunday is 2pm local time on February 25th at 40 locations across the state. Visit collegegoalsunday.org to find the location closest to you and to get information on the items to help get organized and ready for the event. College Goal Sunday is having a drawing for 5 scholarships with $1,000 each for students who attend this event and fill out a survey on February 25th! Creating FSA IDs before College Goal Sunday is strongly encouraged. To eliminate barriers to filing, students and parents should have these before February 25th if possible.
