
The RJHS affirmation chain is GROWING! It has made it way all the way down the front 9th grade hall, through the Library, and into the front 8th grade hall! Our goal is to have it stretch around the ENTIRE RJHS building by May.

Hi Whirlwinds! Make sure you are staying up to date with everything happening at RJHS by downloading the updated RSD app! Find it in the iOS Apple Store or Android Play Store and enable notifications!
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Happy Friday Whirlwind Families! As the semester closes, and as we all get ready for Christmas Break to start next Wednesday, the staff of RJHS wants to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Check out this awesome video that our E.A.S.T. Lab students put together: https://vimeo.com/781854272

RJHS Families,
Semester Exams at RJHS begin this Thursday. Semester exams are 20% of the students semester grade and we want to encourage students to do their best. Students must attend from the time their first semester exam begins to the time of their last semester test ends for the day. They may not check out after a test, leave campus, and return to test later in the same day. Students must remain in their testing room for the entire period to avoid distracting other students that are still testing. Once students have completed their last exam for the day, they must be signed out in the main office.
Please click this link to view the semester test schedule.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ruz0EcYYxkxSwK0b2T852XTFEEwr5fvhszgxChX2eTU/edit

RJHS Families,
We would greatly appreciate you taking time to complete this short survey over Capturing Kids’ Hearts. You can access the survey by clicking the link below. Thanks!
https://www.smore.com/8v7a1

Hi RJHS Parents and Guardians! Last week, our 9th graders visited RHS and learned about all the cool things they can experience as a Cyclone! Check out the highlights here: https://vimeo.com/780437143

This past Saturday, RJHS Cheer ended their competition season with another Grand Champion! We are so PROUD of these Whirlwinds!
Stats this season:
4x Grand Champions (Highest score of all the Jr. High teams no matter division.)
4x First Place
3x Best Fight Song Choreography
4x Best Crowd Leading Choreography
5x Best Band Chant Choreography
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Today 9th grade students attended Transition Day at RHS, and then met with our district Career Coaches to plan their future classes.
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RJHS is so proud to announce that our Quiz Bowl Team A placed 2nd and Team B placed 3rd in this weekends quiz bowl tournament in Cabot.
Way to go Whirlwinds!
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Attn. RJHS Parents/Guardians:
9th grade Transition Day 2022 will be Wednesday, December 7th, 2022. 9th grade students will be bused to Russellville High School on this day to learn more about their future opportunities as a Russellville Cyclone.
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Reminder: RSD will dismiss November 21st thru November 25th for Thanksgiving Break. School will resume on Monday November 28th.

RJHS Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Boles
Mrs. Boles is a 9th grade English teacher. She says, "The thing I love most about being a teacher is building rapport with my students. It is fun to get to know them and discover their likes and dislikes. Another fun thing about teaching is the moment when I realize a student has learned something in my class. That proverbial light bulb switching on makes it all worthwhile!"
We are proud to call Mrs. Boles a Whirlwind!
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WOW! Our RJHS Jazz Band Students are AMAZING!
RJHS sent 11 students to All Region Jazz Tryouts and EVERYONE placed!!!
Isaac Guillen: 1st Band 1st Chair Alto Sax
Ian Warnick: 1st Band 2nd Chair Alto Sax
Ian Emerson: 2nd Band 1st Chair Alto Sax
Camilo Monterrosa: 2nd Band 2nd Chair Alto Sax
Sydney Hooper: 2nd Bad 1st Chair Bari Sax
Carlos Nava: 1st Band 3rd Chair Trumpet
Eliza Ash: 1st Band 5th Chair Trumpet
Madison Lawrence: 2nd Band 4th Chair Trumpet
Eli Escobar: 1st Band 1st Chair Trombone
Edgar Ortiz: 2nd Alternate Trombone
Moss Eshelman: 1st band 1st Chair Piano
These students have been working hard in preparation for this, and we a very PROUD of them.
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RJHS Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Broadhead
Mrs. Broadhead is a 9th grade math teacher. She says her favorite parts of being a teacher is that she gets do math all day long, and she treasures the relationships she has built over the years with both students and coworkers.
We are proud to call Mrs. Broadhead a Whirlwind!
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Attn. RJHS Parents/Guardians:
Any 9th grader interested in trying out for the Cyclone Baseball team, please email Coach McCrotty at will.mccrotty@rsdk12.net for more information. Tryouts will be held on Nov. 29th, Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st. All players trying out must have a current physical.

The holiday season is in full swing! Make plans to come and enjoy Whirlwind Theatre's Fall presentation of "Cinderella's Crunchy Christmas Cake"!
"It's Cinderella's first Christmas in the castle. She wants to make an extra-special secret surprise for the Prince: His favorite cake! But calamity ensues. The cake is all crunchy, her Fairy Godmother is on vacation, and the Stepsisters have a dastardly plan of their own. Will the cake be delicious? Or will it be a disaster?" Come out to The Center for the Arts to find out!
We open December 2nd with an evening performance at 7:00pm!


RJHS National Junior Honor Society will host their annual Blood Drive for the River Valley.
This will be held Tuesday, December 6th from 2pm-6pm in the RJHS Safe Room. We hope you can help out and donate!


DON'T FORGET:
Daylight Savings Time Ends!
Set your clocks back on
SATURDAY 11/5/22


GLOW DANCE TIME CHANGED:
Due to the threat of severe weather later tonight, we have decided to move our dance up one hour from 5pm-7pm. 8th graders need to be dropped off and picked up on the 8th grade side or east side of the building under the covered walkway and 9th graders need to be dropped off and picked up on the west side of the building.


As apart of our CKH activities, RJHS, as a school community, has challenged ourselves to make this chain of affirmations stretch around the ENTIRE building of RJHS! Staff and students can add to this everyday to help meet the challenge. We are spreading the positivity!
Stay tuned for the updates on our progress!
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