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Class Color Day- Sophomores
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Class Color Day- Freshman
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Phase Day Winners
Girl- Sophie Layman-Junior
Boy- Sawyer Henderson- Senior
Teacher- Ms. Hogue (sophomore advisor)
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Generations Day WINNERS
Senior Girl- Addison Smith
Senior Boy-Jesse Bartlett
Senior Advisor- Mrs. Marple
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Generations Day- RCHS Staff
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Generations Day part 3
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Generations Day Part 2
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And so it begins- Spirit Week 2023 Day 1 Generations Day 9- babies 10- college 11- middle age parent 12- senior citizen
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It’s custodian appreciation day. Thanks to all our custodians for their dedicated service to our students.
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Ritchie County Archery is a new club sport starting this school year and is open to any 9th-12th grader. Coach Waldo will be at RCHS October 10th during parent-teacher conferences in the cafeteria from 4:00-6:00 pm to answer questions. Please click the links below for more information and to sign-up.
Information
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oJQ74NPvL49l4yPwXgWsOnapPo3TXp-4/view?usp=sharing
Sign-up
https://forms.gle/DSe1UeNRiLoVGQuR9
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Join us next week in helping collect canned food items to donate to our local food banks. Students will earn 1 point per can to help their class earn more points for class competitions during Homecoming Spirit Week. Let's show our school spirit and help a worthy cause!
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There's still time to sign up for the 2023 Ritchie County High School Homecoming Parade. The parade will be held Friday, October 6th at 5:30PM. If you are interested in participating, please call Rick Haught at 304-869-3526. Festival queens, middle school teams/groups, youth sports/groups, etc. are welcome. Lineup is from 5:00-5:30PM at Hall Drilling in Ellenboro. The Homecoming game against Wahama will immediately follow the parade.
The Homecoming dance is Saturday, October 7th, from 7:00-10:00PM in the Ritchie County High School Commons.
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Homecoming dance tickets are now on sale. Tickets are $10 each and class dues must be paid prior to purchasing.
If you are interested in ordering pictures through Lifetouch you can do that online at mylifetouch.com with code XT2X8TTVE
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Stay tuned for the December launch date of the 2024–25 FAFSA® form!
Get ready for a revamped FAFSA experience and a smoother application process.
Learn more about updates to the FAFSA form: StudentAid.gov/decemberfafsa
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Congratulations to Senior, Ryan Weekley for qualifying for the WV State Golf Tournament. Ryan will travel to Wheeling October 3rd and 4th to Oglebay Resort where he will play the Speidel Course.
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Meet our social worker, Mrs. Brooke Everett. This is Mrs. Everett's second year working as our social worker, and she has been such an asset to our school.
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Good Luck to our Rebel Golfers competing in the Regional Golf Tournament today at Mingo Bottom Golf Club.
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Class color HOCO T-shirts are now on sale for $10. Students can purchase from their class president or order online.
Class presidents are:
9- Emma Waugaman
10-Jasper Stringer
11- Alexis McDonald
12- Cayden Moore
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Coming up this week...
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Introducing RCHS's 2023 Homecoming Court
Freshman princess, Emma Waugaman and escort Seth Cronin
Sophomore princess, Rindy Perkins and escort Bradyn Reed
Junior Princess, Baylee Butta and escort Garrett Flesher
Senior Class Princesses, Dylan Edwards and escort Frank Murphy, Whitley Patterson and escort Sawyer Henderson and Adrianna Taylor and escort Levi McKenna
Flower girl- Kera Dillion
Ring Bearer- Michael Sellers
2023 Football Sweetheart Sydney Kopshina and escort Tristen Ginanni
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