FCCLA STAR Event Winners

Congratulations to the following FCCLA STAR Event Winners:

Brittney Elam and Chyanne Fuller - 1st place in Entrepreneurship

Ambria Thompson - 1st place in Recycle and Redesign

These students will now compete at the state FCCLA competition in March!

Why Study Languages?

Here is an interesting video that discusses some reasons to learn other languages.  Something to think about when scheduling your classes for high school.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbmq4rDJ0zY&feature=related

Signing Day 2015

Congratulations go out to the seven Ryle seniors that committed today to play the sport they love at the next level!

First row from left to right:

Ryan Woolf - Georgetown College (football)
Lauren Duggins - Georgetown College (soccer)
Emily Anderson - Georgetown College (soccer)
Alex Brownell - University of Kentucky (football - preferred walk-on)

Second row from left to right:

Grant Arnwine - Georgetown College (football)
Zach Adams - Northern Kentucky University (golf)
Logan Ross - Eastern Illinois University (football)

Each of these students are impressive athletes, students, and just great young men and women!
Congratulations to you and your families and GOOD LUCK!

Scheduling Requests for 2015-16

When making your schedule request for 2015-16 and considering your class choices for the next few years, here is some research from the U.S. Department of Education to consider:

The best predictor of college graduation, based on the records of students, is NOT good high school grades NOR good test scores, but the best predictor is . . .

. . . the number of challenging courses taken in high school.

A student who works hard and struggles in an AP or IB course is better prepared for college than a student who takes an easier course and/or test.

Adelman. U.S. Department of Education. (1999)

Ryle offers several opportunities to accelerate your learning based on your individual situation:

1. Early Graduation - see your guidance counselor for more information
2. Dual Credit - see your guidance counselor for more information
3. Area Technical Center - career training and dual credit opportunities; career pathways are shown in the Ryle Course Description Guide
4. Advanced Placement course - see the Ryle Course Description Guide for a class listing
5. Early College program - see your guidance counselor for more information

To learn more about challenging and rigorous courses available to you check the Ryle Course Description Guide and the following link from the College Board about Advanced Placement classes.

Advanced Placement Program - About AP Exams and Courses

Using PLAN/ACT Scores for Scheduling Requests 2015-16

The ACT Corporation has published some very interesting research connecting student's PLAN test scores and their success on Advanced Placement exams later in their high school career.

The PLAN test is taken by all sophomore students and is essentially a shorter version, based on fewer standards, than the ACT test. The ACT test will be taken by all junior students at Ryle on March 4th.

The ACT's research lists PLAN test scores that yield a probability of success on certain AP exams. This information could certainly be used to confirm thinking that a student should take an AP course and exam and could also be used to spur a student to work harder and smarter if their PLAN scores indicate they may not score as high as they wish on the AP exams. This is especially important to consider when completing schedule requests for 2015-16.

Using PLAN to Identify Student Readiness for Rigorous Courses in High School

If you'd like to recieve a daily ACT question for review, check out this link:

ACT Question of the Day

All-State Band

Please congratulate the following students for making the KMEA District 6 All District Select band.  Ryle has an amazing 35 students represented in this year’s Select band!!  This is the most representation of any school in Northern Kentucky.  Congratulations!

The KMEA Select band weekend will be held at NKU from Jan 29th – Jan 31^st.

Brianna Lombardo                           Marnie Barnes                  

Brian Bennett                                   Rachel Lietzow                                  

Matt Hanus                                      George Nalbandian

Chloe McDaniel                               Brandon Boone                

Ian Coates                                        Chisato Fuji                                         

Aya Nakamura                                 Lillie Tucker

Yoshino Kano                                  Dalton O’Cull                      

Kylee Schaadt                                  Rachael Lappin                                  

Alex Strawn                                     Jon Carlo Bustamente

Caleb Edwards                                 Logan Young                      

Hannah Fry                                      Jason Wang                                        

Chris Hall                                         Lauren Wehner

Amanda Stegman                            Devon Thompson            

Sae Kurata                                       Ramon Rivera-Sanchez                  

Cassidy Dorsey                                Nick Hyett

Livia Black                                      Thomas Lykins                   

Willis Dickman                                David Gregory                                   

Samantha O’Neal            

District Reflections Contest

Several students won recently awards at the District Reflections Awards Celebration.  http://www.pta.org/programs/ArtsinEducation.cfm 

Ryle students won a total of 24 awards with 12 student entries also advancing to the state competition.  The winning students are as follows.

Visual Arts:

Amandine Soreefan          Award of Excellence & Creative Interpretation               Advancing to state

Joy Strunk                        Award of Merit                                                              Advancing to state

Bianca Calipo                   Award of Merit

Hanna Francher               Award of Merit

Literature:

Robert Bach                    Award of Excellence & Creative Interpretation             Advancing to state

Heather Martin                 Award of Merit                                                            Advancing to state

Mara Merchant                 Award of Merit 

Amber Phillips                   Award of Merit

Bryan Plowdrey                Award of Merit

Madison Murphy             Award of Excellence                                                    Advancing to state

Madison Murphy             Award of Merit                                                             Advancing to state

Photography:

Ken Ruymae                     Award of Excellence & Creative Interpretation            Advancing to state

Samuel Greenhill             Award of Merit

Samuel Greenhill             Award of Merit

Samuel Greenhill             Award of Merit

Brooke Jacobs                  Award of Merit

Madison Murphy             Award of Excellence                                                     Advancing to state

Madison Murphy             Award of Merit                                                              Advancing to state

Madison Murphy             Award of Merit                                                              Advancing to state

Madison Murphy             Award of Merit                                                              Advancing to state

Music:

Ken Ryumae                      Award of Excellence                                                   Advancing to state

A great showing of Ryle talent!