As a culminating activity, Mr. Stracco's Honors 400 English Class performed a mock trial for the novel, Frankenstein.  The students put the main character Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the Creature, on trial for obstruction of justice during the trial of Justine Moritz, third-degree murder for the death of William Frankenstein, and first-degree murder for both Henry Clerval and Elizabeth Lavenza. Every student had a role to perform during this activity from Attorneys, to witnesses, to jury members. Mr. DeBari, Assistant Principal, was the judge during the trial. After a three day trial, … [Read more...] about The Trial of Victor Frankenstein

Rutherford High School was once again victorious in the annual Spelling Bee against Becton Regional High School.  Over the three-hour competition held on Wednesday, November 27th, students in the National Honor Society dazzled the audience with their spellings of such difficult words as: echelon, surreptitious, genealogical, velociraptor, machination, epicurean, gubernatorial, inquietude, and anticoagulant.  Congratulations to the students in both schools who participated.  The overall winning student was also from RHS.  Congratulations to Rian Chowdhury! … [Read more...] about RHS is Victorious in Annual Spelling Bee

The RHS Library is now The RHS Learning Commons. Lots of changes are happening over the summer - like the addition of charging stations for Chromebooks and phones, more soft seating areas, three small Mac labs, a podcasting room, a MakerSpace and a brand new name to better showcase what this space is all about!  It's a space for people to come together and learn ... and we know that learning happens in communities.  So what better way to showcase that by rebranding?  We are excited to see the students' and teachers' reactions to the Rutherford High School Learning Commons when they return in … [Read more...] about The Rutherford High School Learning Commons

We are excited to announce that the R-Hi, the Rutherford High School newspaper, has gone digital.  You can now follow  school news via the student-run site here: www.rhsnews.org Over the next few weeks students will be adding more content and more information. Congratulations to R-Hi advisor Ms. Erica Prinzo and the R-Hi Staff for making this concept a reality! R-Hi Staff Megan Chow (2019) Andrew Chun (2019) Sadie Link (2019) Caroline … [Read more...] about R-Hi – The RHS Newspaper Goes Digital!