Paying for College 101

Ryle High School will host a workshop entitled Paying for College 101 on Wednesday, November 3rd at 7 p.m.

This workshop is designed to help high school students and their parents understand the nuts and bolts of the financial aid application process.  Participants will walk through a detailed case study of how a financial aid package is put together and will learn the methods used to award aid.

Here are a few of the topics to be discussed:

• Choosing the college that best fits the individual student
• Learning the formula that determines financial need
• Breaking down a school's cost of attendance
• Understanding the Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
• Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form
• Review student loan choices
• Building a financial aid package, award by award
• Comparing costs and financial aid awards  at a community college, a 4-year public university and a 4-year private school

The presenter of Paying for College 101 is Bob McDermott, the Northern Ky Outreach Counselor for the Ky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA).

Raider Marching Band places 7th at State Championships

Congratulations to the Ryle Raider Marching Band! They gave a wonderful performance yesterday at UL's Papa Johns Stadium and placed 7th overall in the state.

Great job this season, we are very proud of you!

Raider Marching Band at State Semi-Finals

Today at 3:15 pm, the Raider Marching Band will take the field at UL's Papa Johns Stadium to perform in the KMEA State Championship Semi-Finals.  Good luck and Go Raiders!

Ryle ends Highlands' winning streak

In a great game on Senior Night, the Raiders upset Highlands 28-26.  A fantastic effort in a great game atmosphere. 

Ryle stuns No. 1 Highlands

Ryle ends Highlands' winning streak

Ryle, Highlands ready to battle for poll title

Power Outage

This morning at about 6:30 am, a transformer blew which cut electricity to the school building. The Boone County Schools maintenance staff and Duke Energy staff were on site shortly to determine the extent of the problem. Fortunately, there were no injuries and our students and staff were not at risk at any time.

At about 8:30 am we found out that the repairs would take most of the day. The decision was then made to dismiss students at 10:00 am as that would allow the buses to return after their elementary run and give the school a chance to contact parents to be sure their child could leave early.

All things considered, the dismissal went very well. Thanks to all students, parents, and school staff for helping out in a challenging situation.

The repairs are expected to be finished this evening and we do expect to have school on Friday.

All afterschool activities are canceled. However, the power outage did not affect Borland Stadium so tonight's senior night activities and football game will go on as expected.

Good Luck Marching Raiders!

The Raider Marching Band will be performing at Bryan Station High School this evening in the quarterfinals of the KMEA state marching band contest.

The Marching Raiders have performed extremely well throughout their season, earning several distinguished ratings.  Another strong performance and they will advance to the KMEA state finals next weekend in Louisville.

Ryle 42, Boone County 21

The Ryle football team wrapped up an undefeated run in the their 6A football district by beating Boone County High School last night in Florence.

Ryle 42, Boone County 21

Next week, the final week of the regular season, the Raiders host Highlands and celebrate Senior Night on Thursday night at 7 p.m.



Below is the recent interview of Ryle football coach Bryson Warner by Enquirer reporter Ryan Ernst.

Senior News - October

From your guidance counselor's office . . .

The school year is one-fourth finished and for you it is very difficult to imagine how quickly it all will end next spring. This year you will have to make both decisions and preparations for your transition into either post-secondary education or into the workplace. Be assured that we will do our very best to assist you in making those plans and in keeping you informed of scholarships as we become aware of them and of test dates and deadlines, but you and your parents must assume ultimate responsibility. Listen to daily announcements. Read the memos that you will be receiving in your English class. Share the information with your parents. Allow yourself plenty of time to meet application deadlines.

The counselors met with you in your senior RAP classes. Remember some of the things that we discussed. If you need to ask teachers, counselors or principals to write letters of recommendation for your college or scholarship application(s), ask them far enough in advance, giving them at least two week’s notice. If you would like an appointment to meet with your counselor individually, please sign up in the Guidance Office.

Counselors at times must complete sections of the application. In addition, we must always send an official school transcript to the college Admissions Office along with the application. Transcripts are mailed directly. Official transcripts are not released to students. Please include stamps and any application fees due in the form of a check made payable to the college or university. Finally, fill out a Transcript Request Form. These are located in the Guidance Office. Please allow at least one week for the Guidance Counselors to complete these procedures especially as deadlines approach. Remember that we will not be processing transcript requests, etc. November 23-28 or from December 14, 2010-January 3, 2011. Please plan accordingly to meet deadlines!

The college search and application process has already begun. The search for financial aid begins NOW. We will host a Financial Aid Workshop on November 3, 2010 at 7:00 PM. Be sure to bring your parents. Do not wait until next March or April to start. If you have not yet taken the ACT test you will want to do so soon. If you have already taken the test and are not satisfied with the results, you may wish to take it again. You may take the ACT multiple times. Registration information is available in the Guidance Department. The completed form and fees are to be mailed directly to ACT. You may also register online by going to www.actstudent.org

Ryle will be a National Testing Site for the ACT on:

• October 23, 2010 This Saturday
• December 11, 2010 Postmark deadline November 5, 2010
• February 12, 2011 Postmark deadline January 7, 2011
• June 11, 2011 Postmark deadline May 6, 2011

Another test date for the ACT is:

February 12, 2011 Postmark deadline January 7, 2011

Ryle is NOT a test site for this date You will have to go to another area school to test on this date.

SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

Hurry! The Horatio Alger Association seeks to assist students who have demonstrated integrity, perseverance in overcoming adversity, strength of character, financial need, a good academic record, and a desire to contribute to society with its scholarship program. You must demonstrate critical financial need (preferably $50,000 or lower adjusted gross family income), be involved in co-curricular and community service activities and have a minimum 2.0 GPA to be eligible. Applications are online @ www.horatioalger.org/scholarships. A copy of your parent/guardian’s 2009 federal tax return must be submitted as well. The deadline for documents to be received is October 30, 2010. Eight $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to Kentucky seniors.

The Kentucky Ready-Mixed Concrete Association is sponsoring an essay contest that is open to students who are between the ages of 16 and 18 at the beginning of the school term. Possible themes include how concrete benefits society. Essays must be received in Frankfort, KY no later than October 30, 2010. The Ky. Winner will receive a $1000 scholarship and will be then eligible for the national $5000 scholarship competition. If you are interested, please stop by the Guidance Office to pick up an application.

The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation will award scholarships to 250 deserving students. For additional information go to www.cola-colascholars.org. The deadline is October 31, 2010.

Google “VFW Voice of Democracy” to access the website for the Voice of Democracy Scholarship. The deadline is November 1, 2010 and the scholarship value is up to $30,000.

College-bound seniors are encouraged to consider applying for the “Freedom in Academia” Essay Contest. See www.thefire.org for an application. This is a $5,000 scholarship. The deadline is November 1, 2010.

If you are considering the University of Virginia and have an exceptionally strong leadership and academic record, please see your guidance counselor as soon as possible. Ryle may nominate one student for the Jefferson Scholars scholarship. Everything must be submitted by November 1, 2010.

UK has sent us information about its Wm. C. Parker Diversity Scholarship Program. The deadline for this is January 15, 2011. You will find the application and information about this and other UK scholarships by going to www.uky.edu/AcademicScholarships/. Remember that in order to be eligible to be offered any of the scholarships, you must first be admitted to UK.

Check the bulletin board in the hallway outside of the counseling offices for other items of interest, including dates of upcoming Open Houses sponsored by college and universities. Also remember to use the packet that you received in RAP as well as the “Getting In” booklets as resources.

Ryle Tournament of Bands

The Ryle Marching Band is proud to host its 2nd Annual Ryle Tournament of Bands this weekend.  Come out to watch some of the best local marching bands perform.  The Marching Raiders will perform at the end of the evening just before the awards are presented.

For more information - http://www.ryleband.com/

Ryle boys, St. Henry girls win soccer titles

Congratulations to the boys' and girls' soccer teams for advancing to the district championship game.  While the boys won in penalty kicks, the girls lost a close match 1-0.  Both squads will advance to the regional tournament next week.  Below is the NKY Enquirer article on the games and the boys' rivalry with St. Henry.  St. Henry, Ryle will meet yet again for title

By Matt Mulcahey • Enquirer contributor • October 15, 2010

When Cole Willoughby booted a game-clinching penalty kick against Henry Clay in mid-September, little did the Ryle junior know it would serve as his audition for taking the Raiders' most important shot of the year.
With a fourth straight 17th District title hanging in the balance after regulation and overtime weren't enough to unknot a 1-1 tie between St. Henry and the Raiders, Willoughby again found himself at the edge of the goal box with a chance to play the hero.

Knock the kick into the net and the Raiders win. Miss and the Crusaders have new life.

Willoughby peered at St. Henry goalie Nick Smith and felt him lean toward the right goal post. So he directed his kick into the opposite corner to give Ryle a 2-1 victory.

"(Ryle coach Stephen Collins) had confidence in me and that's all it takes," Willoughby said. "My teammates put me in the situation (to have a chance to end the game) and I just had to bury (that kick)."

The Raiders (16-2-5) and Crusaders (10-6-3) have met in six of the last seven postseasons in what has become one of Northern Kentucky's fiercest rivalries on the pitch. One of the teams has won the district every season since 2001.

"You don't have to say much (to your players) before the game," St. Henry coach Steve Hahn said. "If you're not up for the Ryle-St. Henry game, then you're probably playing the wrong sport."

St. Henry struck first in the 12th minute when Adam Nields sent a sliding shot bouncing into the net off a throw-in. Ryle tied the score in the 56th minute when senior Brett Uminger's corner kick was re-directed into the net by sophomore David Hester.

Once the game reached overtime, the Raiders converted their first three penalty kicks courtesy of Uminger, Kyle Sullivan and Curtis Lusco. The Crusaders missed their first two shots, setting up Willoughby's clinching kick.

In the finals of the girls' 17th District tourney, St. Henry continued a long-standing tradition as each player bit the championship trophy following the team's 1-0 victory over Ryle. With three straight district titles to go with region crows in 2008 and 2009, the Crusaders' eight senior starters have gnawed on more than their share of hardware.

Senior Kelsey O'Daniel ensured the latest set of St. Henry incisor prints with a score from 25 yards out in the 17th minute that found its way into the right corner of the net. A defender her first three seasons, O'Daniel moved up to midfielder halfway through this year. The goal was only the third of her career.

"She has always been one of our best ball strikers, but she never got a whole lot of opportunities (while playing defender)," St. Henry coach Steve Lorenz said. "When she gets a hold of something, it is driven and it is dangerous."

Both the Crusaders (18-2-1), ranked third in the Enquirer Northern Kentucky coaches' poll, and the Raiders (9-7-6), ranked 10th, advance to the Ninth Region tournament. It is Ryle's sixth berth in the last seven years.

Ryle 49, Conner 6

By Marc Hardin • Enquirer contributor • October 15, 2010
The Ryle football team put together a long list of positives Friday night while defeating host Conner 49-6.

"I thought we did a lot of good things," said Ryle’s Travis Elliott.

The Raiders (7-1) finally got a victory margin befitting the second-ranked team in the Enquirer Northern Kentucky football coaches’ poll after winning by 3, 5 and 7 points the past three weeks.

"It just means we executed better," Ryle coach Bryson Warner said of Friday’s 43-point margin against Conner (4-5).

Said Elliott, who aided the Raiders’ cause by rushing for 122 yards on 17 carries with three touchdowns: "We just wanted to win. It doesn’t matter by how many."   Elliott scored twice on the ground and once on a pass. He scored the game’s first touchdown on an 11-yard run on Ryle’s third play from scrimmage.

Craig Cleveland, subbing for regular extra-point kicker Garrett Mead, who was helping the Ryle soccer team win the district title on Friday at Boone County, nailed the point-after with 9:53 left in the first quarter. That gave the Raiders all the points they would need to beat the Cougars.

But Ryle poured it on, scoring twice more in the opening quarter on a Conner Hempel 17-yard pass to Caleb Lonkard and Deion Mullens’ 8-yard run, which bookended the Cougars’ lone scoring play, an 80-yard touchdown strike from Cy Smith (8-of-23 passing) to Jacob Mullderink (115 yards receiving).

The Raiders led 28-6 at halftime and added three more scores in the second half.
Mullens scored his second touchdown on a 7-yard run in the third quarter. Elliott scored his third TD on a 20-yard fourth-quarter pass. Lonkard found the end zone for his second score on a 47-yard run with 6:56 to play after taking over at quarterback for Hempel, who enjoyed his best game of the season.

Hempel finished 17-of-23 passing for 169 yards with two TDs and no interceptions.  "It’s good to have it back. It’s my first complete game," said Hempel, whose numbers have been down this season compared to last year when he completed 60 percent of his passes for nearly 1,900 yards.

He credited his efficient passing performance to feeling more comfortable in a new scheme Warner implemented after the fourth game of the season, against Dixie.
"I went 0-for-7 against Dixie," said Hempel, who indicated the Raiders’ new scheme "is more West Coast (with) route combinations and more short passes."

Coach Warner said he had to find an answer for the team’s early-season passing woes after the Raiders had a hard time adjusting to the loss of two starting receivers. He needed a scheme that would allow for higher percentage passes for Hempel that did not take away running lanes from Elliott.

"We lost two big-time receivers and the new guys had to step up. Of course, it helps Travis is standing back there and they have to stack the box," the coach said.   "We’ve been improving."

With the victory, their sixth in a row, the Raiders put themselves in the driver’s seat for a No. 1 seed in the Class 6A playoffs. It’s their fourth straight win against district opponents.  Ryle goes for an unbeaten district record next Friday at Boone County before taking on Highlands a second time in the regular-season finale.

Post Season for Fall Sports

District tournament action begins for volleyball and soccer, while the state golf tournament concludes today.  Here's a brief rundown of the action this week:

Volleyball District tournament at Conner HS       volleyball tournament bracket

• Ryle plays the winner of Conner and Heritage on Wednesday at 6:30 pm.
• The championship game is Thursday night at 6:30 pm

Soccer District Tournaments at Boone Co. HS

• The Lady Raiders play Cooper on Monday at 6 pm.  Girls Soccer tournament bracket
• The boys' soccer team plays the winner of Conner and Cooper on Thursday at 7:30 pm.  Boys Soccer tournament bracket
• The championship soccer games are Friday, girls at 5:30 pm and the boys at 7:30 pm.

State Golf Tournament at Bowling Green Country Club

• The boys team is currently is 7th place overall going into the final day of play.
• All 5 golfers made the cut with Blake Hamilton leading the way with a 73, placing him 13th overall.

Come out and cheer on the Raiders!

Who leads the district? RYLE

The match-up of the two top football teams in the Northern Ky 6A district did not disappoint. It was a hard fought game, decided in overtime, in front of a great home crowd.

Who leads district?

Important Information for Seniors

The guidance counselors have met with all senior students this past week to review some important information on their senior year, college admissions, and scholarship opportunities.

Parents, take some time to review this information with your senior students.  Contact the guidance office if you have questions.

Tackle for the Cure

In support of the American Cancer Society, the Ryle Future Business Leaders of America are sponsoring a community service project at the Ryle – Simon Kenton football game on Friday, October 8th.

Everyone is invited to attend the game and be sure to wear purple in support of cancer awareness. A portion of every ticket to the game will be donated to charity as well donations to see a Ryle faculty member receive a pie in the face. Additionally, cancer survivors will be publicly recognized and honored at the game. If you know of a family or community member that is a cancer survivor and would like to recognize them at the game, email rylefbla@boone.kyschools.us.

So get out your purple and help find a cure while we root for the Ryle orange and black. See you at the game at 7:00 pm on Friday.

Boys Golf Team Heads to State Tournament

On Tuesday, the Boys' Raider golf team finished 2nd in the Region 7 Golf Tournament held at Boone Links golf course.  Blake Hamilton scored an even par 72 to earn medalist honors, the region's best golfer.

The boys' team will now head to the KHSAA state golf tournament held at Bowling Green Country Club on Friday, October 8th and Saturday, October 9th.

Good luck to the Raider Golf Team!

  Blake Hamilton
  Chris Desmarais
  Zach Adams
  Paul Clancy
  Steve Lind

Ryle 35, Campbell County 30

The Raider football team was able to hold on in a close game at the end.

Ryle 35, Campbell County 30

Progress Reports for 1st Quarter

Progress reports for the 6 week mark of the 1st Quarter were handed out to students today in RAP.

For students needing extra assistance or just a little bit of help, we have tutoring during RAP or afterschool for the core subject areas.  Contact your student's teachers or Assistant Principal for more details.  Many teachers are available for some individual assistance right before or after school.

For students with a failing grade, contacts will be made by teachers and/or administrators in order to be sure you know that your child is having difficulty and to offer suggestions for assisting them.

Please call the school office at 384-5300 if you have any questions or need any assistance.