Last week, RTHS seniors Kyra Bivins and Cale Workman were selected to attend Illinois State Senator Win Stoller's Youth Advisory Council. Congrats to Kyra and Cale! #weRhubs
Day 3 of National FFA Convention is up and running.
SENIORS! Mark your calendar for the 2023 Community Scholarship Fair - December 5, 2023. Visit booths to speak to local scholarship providers, resources and financial aid experts.
SENIORS!! Fall Scholarship Application Now Open!
November 1st marked the first of the CFNIL (Community Foundation of Northern Illinois) Scholarship application openings. The fall cycle will be open to applicants from November 1st to January 1st. It includes the traditional Howard D. Colman Scholarship Program, the new renewable Fehr Graham Scholarship, and the Gary S. Wilmer/RAMI Scholarship for music (previously part of the winter application). This is now a universal application and will match applicants to any of the three scholarships they meet the criteria for. Students can head to our website to learn more and click ‘Apply for a Scholarship’ to create their portal account and start their application.
Link to Scholarship info: https://www.cfnil.org/scholarships
Also check out these and many more scholarship opportunities at our Scholarship tab on the RTHS website Counseling page
Link to Counseling Center page: https://www.rochelleschools.org/o/rths/page/counseling-center
RTHS Weekly Announcements.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s_iw0ZzmrO8Q128OTkqmzLAJ9zhq3sHNF5EgPA10P8s/edit?usp=sharing
Dr. Lewis has nominated two recent nominees for the RTHS staff for the Critical Thinker Award: Mrs. Lindsay Suess and Ms. Yvonne Brass.
Mrs. Suess serves as a math teacher and assistant Volleyball coach at RTHS. Beyond her teaching and coaching roles, she has displayed exceptional leadership in developing the RTHS freshman seminar program. She collaborated with several other RTHS staff members to create a video titled "How to be a Hub" for this class. https://youtu.be/5jH6zOL4shQ?feature=shared
Ms. Brass holds a diverse array of responsibilities at RTHS that demand quick thinking every day. She fulfills the role of test reader coordinator and special education administrative assistant, managing all accommodations for students with special needs. Additionally, she contributes to tasks including managing RTHS athletic tickets, assisting in the main office, and really doing anything else that is needed to make the school run smoothly.
Both Received a $75 gift certificate to the RTHS booster club web store and will donate $50 to the donation of their choice. Money to fund this program comes from donations from the RTHS Class of 1961 and the RTHS Alumni Association.
#weRhubs
This morning, Dr. Lewis and Mrs. Harvey had the opportunity to visit Wheatland Tube in Rochelle to tour their state-of-the-art steel pipe and tube manufacturing plant. GREAT things are in the works for partnerships between industries like Wheatland Tube and our RTHS students. Be on the lookout for more information to come! #weRhubs #RTHS_TRADES
Congrats to Jimmy Chavez for being this week's Hub Award Winner. Jimmy has stepped up to do the announcements every morning, and he is a great ambassador for RTHS athletics. He is a valuable member of the RTHS community.
Big thanks to Nurse Lawrenz for educating the Freshman Seminar students on coping skills! This lesson discussed what positive coping skills are and how to build them into lifelong habits to reach optimal mental health. Stress will always be a part of life, but having healthy coping strategies in place, will create patterns that make it possible to handle all obstacles.
The Rochelle FFA is ready for our first day at National FFA Convention!
Thursday, 11/2 is a RTHS 1/2 day schedule, and students will be dismissed at 11:30 am.
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SENIORS who are considering the University of Illinois:
If you are a child of a veteran, there is a tuition waiver available. You have to print out the application and mail it to the office of financial aid at U of I with some required documentation. DEADLINE is January 5, 2024.
Here is the link: https://osfa.illinois.edu/types-of-aid/waivers/children-of-veterans-tuition-waiver/
Look who's protecting the halls of RTHS today! Our own SRO, Officer Jim. Here to serve and protect. Thank you for all you do!
Check out our superstar KEC students! Congratulations to Damaris Macias, Abel Huerta, and Sydney Thorne!
A big thank you to Sargent Art for their large art supply donation. https://rochellenews-leader.com/article/local-school-districts-receive-art-supplies-donations-from-sargent-art
This past Saturday Student Council hosted the annual RTHS Make A Difference Day where we had about 60 students volunteer to perform various outdoor jobs for members of our community. We worked at 15 different homes and then all met up at St. Paul to pick up leaves at the the school. Thanks to all that helped and played a role in making that day a success!
RTHS Weekly Announcements 10/30-11/3. Remember, we are on a 1/2 day schedule on Thursday, November 2nd. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s_iw0ZzmrO8Q128OTkqmzLAJ9zhq3sHNF5EgPA10P8s/edit?usp=sharing
The Cultural Reform Alliance's ofrenda for Día de Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is located under the D-wing stairs, right outside the LMC. The ofrenda features food, marigolds, papel picado, photos of loved ones and favorite famous people who have passed, and skull imagery. CRA members spent hours decorating the ofrenda on October 26.
The CRA is one of the most active clubs at RTHS, with dozens of students at their weekly meetings on FLEX Thursdays in the LMC.
Join us tonight in the RTHS gymnasium for the RTHS Marching Band Concert!
The band will perform selections from the RTHS football pregame music and close out with performing their 2023 show, Thor's Hammer.
The concert will begin at 7pm. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for students. Come out and show your support!
For Veterans Day, RTHS will be hosting a Veterans Day breakfast on November 10th. If your child has a family member who is a Veteran and would like to attend the breakfast, please invite them. Talk to a Social Studies teacher to fill out the Veterans Day form or follow the QR code below or the link below.
https://forms.gle/16Y6cwv2eivrEnZEA
