RHS Newsletter

February 2022
It's a Great Day to be a Viking
Thanks for checking out our newsletter. We were able to reach over 400 people and hope that it
continues to climb each month. We want to share our story that includes all of the great things
happening inside the walls of dear old Ripley High School.
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VIKINGS AT WORK

Viking Cafe'
The Viking Café, started by Sarah Roark in 2019, is a simulated workplace designed to give students
an opportunity to integrate their learned cooking abilities to real-life restaurant experiences. Students
prepare food, prep ingredients, manage a restaurant budget and assemble delicious recipes. We all
work together to develop restaurant-quality meals to fulfill staff orders and cater to school events. "I
want my students to know how important quality work is in the restaurant industry. The students
work very hard to maintain a great reputation for quality and service." Sarah Roark and Lindsay
Quesenberry are so proud of how well the program is supported by everyone at Ripley High.
Pepperoni Rolls
Our Viking Cafe' made these
pepperoni rolls for an event
sponsored by another group
at Ripley High School.
Our Leaders
Ms. Roark and Mrs.
Quesenberry supporting our
students at an after-school
event.
Career Day
Our Viking Cafe' made light
refreshments for our
representatives of various
careers. It was a big hit!!
 Operating Informational Press Release
Engineer Brochure Meetings Jackson County Schools
Jackson County Schools Times and Dates for Press Release.
Operating Engineer students and parents.
Apprenticeship Readiness
Pathway. Click on the
highlighted link for more
information.

Academic Showdown
The new academic competition brings teams together from across the state for five regional
matchups on college campuses. We are one of two teams that have qualified for the statewide
championship in Charleston in March.

Topics include questions about literature, math, history, science, geography, fine arts,
religion/mythology, social science, philosophy, current events, pop culture, and general knowledge.
The initiative represents a partnership among the state Department of Education, the state Higher
Education Policy Commission, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, and the West Virginia Department of
Arts, Culture, and History.

Viking Band
Winter/Spring Band Activities

February 5 - Solo Ensemble Festival at Ripley High School

February 10-12 WVU Honor Band

Even Barnette, Alto Sax
Jake McGraw
Sakura Ng, Oboe

February 26 Southern Regional Jazz Festival - Huntington High School

(Tentative)

March 3-5 WV All-State Band/Orchestra rehearsals and Performance.

(Charleston) Evan Barnette, Alto Sax and Jake McGraw, Tuba

March 27 - Disney World/Universal Studios Trip

April 2

April 13-14 Region 2 Band Festival at Ripley High School

May 7 NBTA Baton Competition

May 15 Spring Band Concert - Ripley High Auditorium

2:30 PM
Theater
The Show Must Go On! Ripley Theater is back this year after not being able to perform since March of
2019. The department performed Radium Girls in November and is gearing up for Festival Season.
They will host the Area V regional festival on Jan. 29, 2022, and kids whose projects advance and
those who participate in the one-act will attend the state festival in March at Marshall University.

Auditions for the spring musical, County Fair, will be Jan. 31-Feb 2. Mrs. Iman and Mrs. Fisher will
team up to produce this “County Music Jukebox” show featuring several popular country tunes, like
“The House the Built Me” and “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” as well as a few original songs. Word has
it that Ripley is the first school in West Virginia to license this show. It will be performed April 22-24,
2022.

FFA CDE Results - Click to view results

FFA Presenting the Colors
Mayor Rader knows that she can count on the Ripley FFA members to show their patriotic pride in the
presentation of the American Flag at the RHS Home Football games. Before each home game, the
members of the Ripley FFA Chapter tailgate in the Ag building before heading to the field for the pre-
game Flag ceremony.

FFA Deer Processing

Thirty-six current and recently graduated Ripley High FFA members volunteered to process 52 deer for
the Jackson County Hunting Heroes program on December 10 & 11. There were 18 wounded veterans
from around the country who participated in this hunt

Student Athletic Trainers

This is the 11th year of having Athletic Training classes here at Ripley High. On average each year we
have 20-30 students taking classes in Athletic Training. Ripley High School has three classes in Athletic
Training. Students start taking the classes as Juniors and then they can apply to be an Athletic
Training Aide their Senior year. The number of students each year will differ depending on the
applications.

The Senior students average over 250 hours of after-school coverage of football and other sports
from August 1 until the last game of the season. This is volunteer time for them and so happy with this
group this season. In 2021, Ripley High School had 6 students working during football season.
Ripley Robotics Tournament
Tournament Champion

Skills Champion - the team with the highest combined Programming Skills Challenge and Driving Skills
Challenge score. Ripley posted 145 points for drivers and 142 points for programming for a total score
of 287.

Excellence Award - the highest award presented in the VEX Robotics competition. This award is
presented to a team that exemplifies overall excellence in building a high-quality robotics program.
This team is a strong contender in numerous award categories.

The team has qualified for the State Robotics Tournament that will be held on March 12th at Fairmont
State College.
 Team Members Team Members Former Ripley
Evan Anderson Cole Neal Robotics Students
Kaleb Lawerence Evan Anderson Volunteered at
David Kelley David Kelley
tournament
Jarrett Lough - WVU
Wesley Hopper - WVU
Cayden Adkins - WVU
Matt Bowlby - University of
Tennessee
Andrew Sarver - WVU
Michael Lough - WVU

2021 - 22 YEARBOOKS
Yearbooks will be on sale until the end of the school year. The cost is $75.00 or $85.00 with the
student’s name engraved.

January Senior Newsletter

Mrs. Holley provides this NEWSLETTER to our Seniors each month. Please check it out and see the
wealth of information that they are provided.

Sporting Events and Practices

Steve Lough is our Athletic Director here at Ripley High School. Mr. Lough works many hours to
provide everyone up to the minute schedules of games as well as practices for your VIKINGS. All you
need to do is click on the Athletic Schedules link below and it will take you to our BIG TEAMS website
that holds all the information. You can also click on the individual sports picture to see just their
schedule.

Athletic Schedules

Wrestling Girls Basketball Boys Basketball

Clubs
Clubs will meet 4th period on February 1st.

WEBSITE
For most recent information and announcements check out Jackson County Schools website. You
can visit this website to find out information county-wide as well as information for each of the
schools in the county. The county also has an APP that you can download on your phone for easy
access.
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