School becomes more difficult if your child stays home too much. Sometimes it’s tempting to allow them to stay home because they have too much work or they do not understand the material. Missing a day only makes these problems worse. Have your child come to school and seek assistance from their teachers and counselors. … [Read more...] about Attendance Counts
RHS Academic Decathlon Takes 2nd Place In Super Quiz
We are excited to announce that the Rutherford high School Academic Decathlon team won 2nd place in the Super Quiz portion of the Regional Competition. Additional congratulations to Tierra Sherlock for having the highest scoring speech at this weekend's Academic Decathlon competition. Tierra will get to perform her speech at Wednesday night's awards dinner. Adviser Jason Narozny reports that the team felt confident as they competed in 10 different subjects against 11 other teams from the area. The full competition results will be announced Wednesday night at the awards dinner being … [Read more...] about RHS Academic Decathlon Takes 2nd Place In Super Quiz
RHS Student Wins Writing Award Honors
Congratulations to RHS sophomore Dana Serea! Dana won a Scholastic Gold Key Writing Award for flash fiction for her piece entitled "Beautiful Like Us" and an Honorable Mention for poetry for her piece "Moon Phases" in the New Jersey Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition. This is a national competition that runs in local communities around the nation. In 2019, students submitted nearly 340,000 works of art and writing to the Scholastic Awards. It truly is an honor to be distinguished from hundreds of thousands of entries. Please click here to read Dana's award winning work: [Read more...] about RHS Student Wins Writing Award Honors
Thinking about your schedule for the 2020-2021 school year? You can now choose your courses in PowerSchool.
Sophomores and Freshmen can now choose their courses for the 2020-2021 school year. Please log into PowerSchool from a Chromebook or computer and choose Class Registration from the menu on the left. From this page you can choose your courses. Click here for step by step directions. The portal will close on February 17 as we will begin our scheduling meetings at this time. Please keep in mind that classes ARE NOT first come, first serve. Our schedule is driven by your choices so … [Read more...] about Thinking about your schedule for the 2020-2021 school year? You can now choose your courses in PowerSchool.
Fundraising for Puerto Rico
The Amnesty International Club at Rutherford High School ran a three day change drive to raise money for the victims of the earthquakes in Puerto Rico. Due to the generosity of the RHS staff and students, the club was able to collect over $590. The Bulldogs once again make a difference! … [Read more...] about Fundraising for Puerto Rico