Rushville Consolidated High School

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

All, 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Not a new program, but a reminder of our science program! -The Science department offers a wide range of courses designed to promote critical thinking, laboratory skills, and science literacy. All freshmen start their high school science journey with Biology followed by one of the four physical science courses in the student's second year. The third and fourth (optional) years consist of electives based on the student's interest and educational goals. We also offer Project Lead the Way's Biomedical Pathway which consists of inquiry-based, hands-on learning where students learn vocational skills associated with the medical field. This pathway includes Principles of Biomedical Science, Human Body Systems, and Medical Interventions. This year, we have added a dual credit course, Biology II (Biology 101) via IvyTech which allows students to earn college credits towards Indiana College Core.

Take a look at another great program we are starting at RCHS with Mrs. Fox! If you consider yourself creative and you would like to expand your artistic abilities in digital design the following courses could be a perfect fit for you. We offer Principles of Digital Design and Digital Design Graphics, which will teach you how to design and create animations, videos and websites using software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and Dreamweaver. Perhaps you have an interest in video and/or audio production. If so, we also offer Interactive Media Design and Digital Design Capstone which will give you access to produce content and be part of Lions Live and The Roar crew. These two courses give you the chance to showcase your work on our daily announcements and our radio station that airs 24/7. All four of these courses are dual credit through Ivy Tech and will count towards completion of the Digital Design pathway.

The Indiana College Core (ICC) is a block of 30 credit hours that can be applied to any Indiana Public College. Although sophomores cannot take any specific ICC classes, Spanish 1 and 2 are prerequisite courses for Spanish 3, which is an ICC course. As a freshman and sophomore, you could also be collecting college credits to add to your total credits to potentially earn an Associate’s Degree (60 total credit hours)! As a junior, there are a series of classes that you will take to prepare you for the ICC. Please make sure to indicate to your counselor if this is the route you are wanting to take. Even if you are an incoming senior, it is not too late to get your ICC! Talk with your counselors and Mr. Bottomley to look at your schedule and get a plan in place!

Rushville Consolidated High School is excited to announce the addition of 3 new vocational programs beginning in the 2024-25 school year. Emergency Medical Services, Criminal Justice, and Fire and Rescue will be offered to juniors and seniors. The Criminal Justice and Fire and Rescue programs will be on campus and can be offered in 1 or 2 block sections depending on the year of the student. The Emergency Medical Services program will be half-day and be housed off campus in downtown Rushville. We will be talking to students next week to give them more details about these new programs.

Here is the link to the Lion Weekly Update! Have a great weekend and as always IT'S ALMOST MONDAY!!!! https://www.smore.com/kqur8

Tristan "Bill" Seymour was selected as the RCHS Student of the Month. Pictured with Bill is his wife, daughter, and opportunity school teacher. This is what Trenia Logan, his opportunity school teacher, had to say about him: Bill just started at Opportunity School this semester. He works full time, is married and has a little girl. Many times he worked double shifts before coming into class. As of today, he has completed 15 credits since the first day of this semester, all with A, B or C grades and has completed his graduation requirements. He does deserve some special recognition given everything he faced and the tenacity he has shown to reach his goal. He has set an example of what's possible with the right mindset for all of my other students here at Opportunity School.