From the Principal's Desk

Friday, January 25, 2013

Teen Drivers | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

The NHTSA has some useful information on many issues related to Teen Driving.

Teen Drivers | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA):

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Monday, January 21, 2013

What Do International Tests Really Show About U.S. Student Performance?

Below is an excerpt from the blog The Daily Kos:

We regularly hear people bemoaning the ranking of the US on such exams. In the past various people have pointed out a number of problems with placing too much weight on such rankings. For example, in some past administrations of TIMMS some nations exempted non-native speakers of the primary languages. Others eliminated questions on coastal biology on the grounds that their nation lacked a coastline (something the US did not do for students in the middle of our vast nation).

Often in recent years we have been held up and compared to the countries that did best, most notably Finland, more recently also South Korea, Singapore, Shanghai, and Canada. Singapore is largely a city-state, and Shanghai is very much unlike the rest of China.

Carnoy and Rothstein decided to do their explorations including matching US performance against that of Finland, South Korea and Canada as high-performing countries, and three large post-industrial countries with a number of similarities with the US economically: the UK, France, and Germany.

To provide further depth to their analysis of US performance, the authors also examined data from various versions of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often describe by educational researchers as the nation's report card. Like TIMMS and PISA, it uses a random sample of students from across the nation.

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Because social class inequality is greater in the United States than in any of the countries with which we can reasonably be compared, the relative performance of U.S. adolescents is better than it appears when countries’ national average performance is conventionally compared.

--From a report, released by the Economic Policy Institute and co-authored by Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein.

NKY Enquirer 2012 Fall Sport All-Stars

The NKY Enquirer recently named their annual spring sport all-stars. The article link is attached: NKY 2012 Fall Sports All-Stars

Congratulations to the following Ryle student-athletes that were named NKY Equirer All-Stars:

Honorable Mention Boys Cross Country - Michael Edwards
Girls Cross Country - Jensen Bales
Honorable Mention Girls Cross Country - Heidi Anderson
Honorable Mention Football - Nick Kennedy, Garrett Mead, Lex Sowards
Paul Clancy - Boys Golf
Logan Gamm - Boys Golf
Austin Squires - Boys Golf
Honorable Mention Boys Golf - Zach Adams, Hunter Hughes
Nadine Innes - Girls Golf
Garrett Meade - Boys Soccer
Tyrus Sciarra - Boys Soccer
Honorable Mention Boys Soccer - JB Browning, Josh Butler, Dan Jensen, Connor Jordan, Mitchell See
Honorable Mention Girls Soccer - Jill Davenport, Elise Duggins, Ellie Schmalzl, Jaclyn Zembrodt
Ashley Bush - Volleyball
Honorable Mention Volleyball - Ashley Howe, Harper Hempel, Alexa Nichols, Heather Torline

Congratulations also go out to Jonathan Ehlen for being named the NKY Enquirer Boys Golf Co-Coach of Year. He led the Raiders to their 3rd straight NKAC Division 1 championship, and a runner-finish in the regional tournament and an area best 4th place finish at the KHSAA state golf tournament.

Ryle Boys Golf Coach - Jonathan Ehlen

Congratulations to these award winners and to all of our fall sport student-athletes for a great year. Thanks to all of our parents, community members, and coaches for their hard work in supporting our students!

Friday, January 18, 2013

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda

Congratulations to the Ryle FBLA - they are currently ranked the 2nd largest FBLA chapter in the nation!

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda:

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Graduate Services

On Wednesday, Graduate Services met with the seniors to deliver a presentation and a packet of information on graduation caps, gowns, and invitations.

http://www.graduateserviceinc.com/

Thursday, December 20, 2012

James Matthew Hamilton, 1995-2012

This message was sent home via email through Infinite Campus and the school phone call system.

We are very sad to share the news that James M. Hamilton, Ryle Class of 2014, passed away on Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 from his injuries sustained in a car accident a week and half ago.

James M. Hamilton

We will open Ryle High School for any students, parents, or friends of James at 3:00 pm on Friday in order to simply gather and be together during this difficult time.

The visitation will be held at Stith Funeral Home in Florence on Saturday from 4:00-8:00 p.m. http://www.stithfuneralhome.com/

The funeral service will be held at Warsaw United Methodist Church on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

Memorials are suggested to the James Matthew Hamilton Memorial Fund in care of any local PNC Bank.

Please keep your thoughts and prayers with the Hamilton Family and the Ryle community.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Report School Violence

Report It!

SafeSchools Alert is our district's tip reporting service. If you have information about a threat to our safety, do your part and report it! And remember, you can remain anonymous.

4 Easy Ways to Report It!