Freshman Orientation is tomorrow, July 25th! Doors will open at 6:15 pm to allow Athletic Department sales. Please enter through the Laughlin Center doors. There will not be access to the main building during this time before the official orientation. The orientation presentation will officially start at 7pm in the Laughlin Center. We look forward to seeing the class of 2028!
Just a reminder about chromebook pick up before school starts! In order to pick up your chromebook, online registration with chromebook sign off MUST be completed. Freshman who have this completed will be able to pick their chromebook up during Freshman Orientation on July 25th. Any Freshman who did not attend orientation and all other grades have the option of August 5th from 5pm-7pm or August 6th from 9am-11am.
Attention: lockers were showing last year's assignments when student's access Harmony. They should now be showing the correct locker numbers. If you have any questions, please contact the school. Thank you! We apologize for the inconvenience.
Our EMS Instructor, Bill Hufford, is offering Adult EMS courses! This is an amazing opportunity to gain new skills and learn from an experienced instructor! Come to the information meeting to be a part of the September EMT Class!! Email : medtact@yahoo.com for course information.
Registration is now Open!!!
Online Registration for re-enrolling students opens today (July 17th)
In-Person Registration for new elementary students opens next Wednesday (July 24th - July 26th)
In-Person Registration for new high school and middle school students opens next Thursday (July 25th - July 26th)
Please call ahead to book an appointment at RCHS for registration!
Click on the link below for more information:
https://www.rushville.k12.in.us/documents/registration-information/664345
Reminder: Registration will officially open today at 10:00 a.m.
Happy Fourth of July! Below we have listed some amazing community events that will be taking place on the Fourth of July!
Rushville Breakfast Optimist Car Show - The Car Show will be held at North Veterans Memorial Park. Registration opens at 8 a.m. and the awards will be presented at 3 p.m.
Rushville's July 4th Parade - Parade participants will line up in the 200 block of North Perkins Street, then the parade will begin on Second Street, and turn onto Main Street. The parade will head north till the parade turns on 11th Street. The parade will end near the Rushville Consolidated High School Gym. The parade line-up will begin around 9 a.m., but the parade will not step off until 11 a.m.
Rushville's Firework Display - The firework display will take place behind Rushville Elementary School and begin at dusk. The Heart of Rushville has organized for there to be food trucks located behind Rushville Elementary School from 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. At this time, the fireworks display and the food trucks have been postponed until Saturday, July 13th due to inclement weather.
Rush County Fair - Don't forget! The Rush County Fair is also in town from June 29th - July 6th!
We are hiring! Come join our team. We are looking for a High School Math teacher!
Please see the following for some important dates and information for RCHS students! During freshman orientation, as long as you have completed the online registration, your student will be able to pick up their chromebook- then for other grades, we have some pass out dates that you are able to attend. We hope everyone is having a great summer! We just wanted to make sure you had these dates on your calendar!
UPDATE! This is an update on some revisions that the State Board of Education has proposed for the new Indiana High School diplomas for the graduating class of 2029. In the comments is a link to the feedback form as well as the full presentation. Thank you for taking time to view this important information!
https://youtu.be/Webzm4w-pCk
Just a reminder of some great Sports Camps that are happening this summer! See the webpage with the link below.
https://www.rushville.k12.in.us/o/rchs/page/youth-sports-camps
Hello! RCHS would love your feedback on our graduation ceremony this past weekend. Please take a few moments to fill out our survey. Any positive remarks or thoughtful suggestions for next year are welcomed! Thank you! https://bit.ly/2024graduationfeedback
We had a great graduation ceremony last night. Thank you to all who were able to come and celebrate the class of 2024!
We celebrated our retirees and our staff members that have met some incredible milestones at RCHS. Congratulations to all! Take a look at the slides that Amy Fox put together. Thank you!
Special Shout out to Heidi Cox one of retirees this year from RCHS! Please see the following message from Melissa Winkler.
Heidi White started at BRMS in 1994 to sub in for the health teacher, Mrs. Peters, who had passed away unexpectedly. She finished the year as a sub there and was hired the following year. She taught at BRMS for 24 years. She was very involved in after school activities, lip syncing contests, and school trips along with coaching the BRMS Lady Cubs for 5 years. She was also famously known for climbing up on the secretary’s desk at the end of each school year to lead the BRMS Faculty in an end of the year chant. She started the Fellowship of Christian Athletes club over at the middle school when Curt Naylor was in junior high around 1996. She sponsored FCA for the middle school for many, many years until the Flex Period was ended when they were able to have club meetings.
While still teaching at BRMS, she joined her partner in crime, Melissa Winkler, and began coaching at the high school. She was instrumental in building the Lady Lion Basketball Program back to respect. She spent many hours in that hot Memorial Gym working to build a feeder program and run camps. She was involved in many tournament games won including a trip to the State Finals in 2010. She has built many special relationships with many of her former players for those 10 years and continues to keep those bonds strong. She taught health and PE at BRMS until 2018 when she came over to the high school to teach PE and be the assistant athletic director. She has continued to be an excellent teacher of physical education and will still give you a side eye for calling it “gym” and maybe even a lecture. She has been involved in Young Life for many years but started Young Life here at RCHS in 2018. She again works tirelessly to make sure our young people know Jesus. This is her calling for now and she has decided to teach full time and commit to Young Life full time.
Special Shout out to Mr. Blair Orme, one of retirees this year from RCHS! Please see the following message from Holly Wagner.
Mr. Orme has impacted thousands of students and adults in the Rushville community. He always puts students first and truly cares that every single student finds success in FFA, school and life.
Special Shout out to Mr. Perin, one of retirees this year from RCHS! Please see the following message from Bryan Hummel.
Keith Perin is an enigma. He is incredibly logical, joyously intellectual, and uproariously funny. He is also the most caring, loyal, giving, patient, kind, stable, and humble man I know. He also has a childlike enthusiasm for his work ( I’ll never forget the look on his face when he met Tim O’Brien). Those traits just don’t exist together in one person too often.
I’m only 6 years his junior, but I feel I have grown up under his tutelage. He has made me a better teacher through modeling and quietly advising. I think he’s had that influence on everyone. He is the type of teacher that creates other teachers. A teacher can receive no greater compliment than “I became a teacher because of you.” If I weren’t a teacher, I’d want to be one because of him.
Thankfully, despite being our etymological king, Keith doesn’t understand the meaning of retirement. So, he’s coming back like a 6th year senior- unshaven, part time, and on his own terms. One day he will just quit coming back, and it will be one of the saddest days in my professional life. Until then, I am grateful for the time we’ve worked together and the years (hopefully) we have left.
WCC AWARDS
Whitewater Career Center held their awards ceremony for both the AM and the PM sessions. It was great to see RCHS students winning so many awards. Here is a list of our winners.
AM SESSION AWARD WINNERS
1. Jacob Williams - Most Improved Student for Auto Collision Technology
2. Karson Gipson - Most Improved Student for Automotive Technology
3. Elliott Chambers - Most Improved Student for Culinary Arts
4. Dustin King - Most Improved Student for Graphic Design
5. Lanea Adams - Most Outstanding Student for Criminal Justice
6. Carter Hamilton - Most Outstanding Student for Culinary Arts
7. Bryton Grizzell - Most Outstanding Student for Electricity
8. Rhianna Hedrick - Most Outstanding Student for Health Science I
PM SESSION AWARD WINNERS
1. Hali Keller - Most Improved Student for Cosmetology
2. Chelsie Patterson - Most Improved Student for Criminal Justice
3. Madison Meek - Most Outstanding Student for Education Careers
4. Emi Flannery - Most Outstanding Student for Health Science I
5. Bell Westphal - Most Outstanding Student for Health Science II
MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT FROM RCHS
MADISON MEEK!!!!
Here is the link to the final Lion Review of the 2024/2025 School Year!!! Enjoy the summer and only 81 days until the first MONDAY of the 2024/2025 School Year!!!!!
https://secure.smore.com/n/2r4qy
You are invited to celebrate the 2024 RCHS Graduates! RCHS Graduation Ceremony is at 8pm on June 2, 2024.
