ATHLETICS: This Week's Schedule

Here are this week's athletic games and meets:

• Monday, March 16th: Boys/Girls Lacrosse at Blythewood (5:30 pm), B-Team Baseball vs. Westwood (6:00 pm), & Varsity Softball @ Chester (6:00 pm).
• Tuesday, March 17th: Boys Tennis @ Westwood (5:30 pm), JV/Varsity Softball (5:30 pm), Varsity Boys/Girls Soccer at Westwood (5:30 pm), Boys Golf vs. Keenan at Linrick Golf Course (6:00 pm), & Varsity Baseball @ Westwood (6:30 pm).  
• Wednesday, March 18th: Track @ Dutch Fork (5:30 pm), JV/Varsity Softball vs. Irmo (5:30 pm) & Girls Soccer vs. Batesburg (6:00 pm).
• Thursday, March 19th: Boys Golf vs. Spring Valley at Woodlands Golf & Country Club (4:30pm), Boys Tennis vs. Spring Valley (5:30 pm), Boys/Girls Lacrosse vs. Dutch Fork (5:30 pm) & B-Team Baseball @ Spring Valley (6:00 pm).
• Friday, March 20th: JV/Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Spring Valley (5:30 pm), JV/Varsity Softball vs. Spring Valley (5:30 pm), Varsity Girls Soccer @ Spring Valley (6:00 pm), Varsity Baseball vs. Spring Valley (6:30 pm).
• Saturday, March 21st: Softball @ Lewisville Tournament (10:00 am).

Applications Available for SC Youth Leadership Forum

Applications are now available online for the 2015 SC Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) on July 8-10th at Columbia College. YLF is for any student that has a disability and will be a junior or senior in the 2015-2016 school year or a 2015 graduate (no age requirement) and would like to learn about leadership self advocacy and meet peers from around the student. Highlights of YLF include:

• Speakers
• Team building and leadership activities
• Ropes Course (accessible for students with physical or mobility related disabilities)
• Business Mentor Luncheon
• Staying on a college campus
• Camaraderie with other students with disabilities

Peer mentor applications are also being accepted. Applications for YLF will be accepted through April 15, 2015. For more information and an application, click on the image.

New Product for Sale in Blazerville

Stop of by Blazerville, the school store, in Room C-62, to see what is new for sale such as the new Ridge View thermal cup pictured here. Get your cup for $10. The store is open everyday during lunch. 

ACADEMICS: CAT Student take on eCYBERMISSION Challenge

Pictured L-R: Jerod Walker, Aaron Walker,
Leah Atkins, and Nikiyah Williams

Carolina Alliance for Technology (CAT) had four students take the eCYBERMISSION Challenge, which is a web based science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) competition where they had to propose a solution to a real problem in our community. Aaron Walker, Leah Atkins, Nikiyah Williams and Jerod Walker chose flooding conditions in Five Points. Together, they had to research, hypothesize, experiment and use STEM to propose a solution. The students had two instrumental mentors from SCANA that kept them on track with real world use of technology and problem solving. The students took a field study and followed the Rocky Branch Watershed fro the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park to the USC capus. They toured the USC Engineering buildings and culminated sending in their ission folder with lunch provided by Intel.

Still Time to Collect Those Shoparoo Points

If you haven't already downloaded the SHOPAROO App and began shopping, snapping, and earning for Ridge View, then start the New Year helping us make a difference.  But to make it more enticing, the RVHS PTSO is sponsoring 3 contests this school year - one for students, a second for faculty/staff, and a third for RVHS clubs, organizations, and booster clubs.  

With the student contest, the grade level with the most points by May 15th will receive a Pizza Party.  The faculty or staff member who has the most points by May 1st will receive a great prize during Teacher Appreciation week.  Finally any RVHS club, organization, or booster club that collects the most points by May 15th will receive an Ice Cream Social .  So start today.  For downloading information, click on the image.

Career Day Volunteers Needed

Our second annual career day will be held on March 26, 2015 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Our students will have the opportunity to participate in seminars sponsored by professionals from various career clusters. The information provided by these professionals will allow our students reflect on their possible post-secondary school options. This is a major event to host, and need the help of our Blazer parents. Please consider volunteering your time to make this event a success.

If you are interested, you can complete a sign up form by clicking on the image. If you would like additional information, please contact Ms. Barnes at abarnes@richland2.org or Mr. Butler at cbutler@richland2.org. Our students, faculty and staff value your commitment to our school, and appreciate any assistance that you can offer.

ATHLETICS: Letter Jackets on Sale Friday, March 20th

NEFF will be here selling Ridge View Letter Jackets on Friday, March 20th at lunch in the Cafeteria Foyer. This will be the last chance to buy a jacket at the special discounted price of $99. You must bring the payment to school on March 20th. If you have a varsity letter, bring it and Neff will sew it on the jacket for free. For more information including other pricing options, click on the image for an order form.