THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

On behalf of the students, faculty, alumni, and supporters of Ridgewood Preparatory School, we wish to extend our thanks to all RPS Friends and family who helped with our annual fundraiser The “WOOD” Classic Golf Tournament. Through your donation and that of others, our event was a great success. This successful event netted approximately $8,000.00 for the school, which will be used for many of Ridgewood’s programs that benefit all of our Golden Eagles. Donations are tax deductible because of Ridgewood’s 501-C-3 status with the Internal Revenue Service. Our tax I.D. number is 2-0720383.

We hope you will remember us again next year for our annual The “WOOD” Classic golf tournament.

Dates to Remember

April 12- ACT
April 22- Report Cards Issued
April 29- 4th grade Arch. Band Festival
April 30- Primary Concert 6:45 pm
May 3- SAT
May 8- Dunlap Concert
May 9- Last day for seniors
May 10- Entrance Exam
May 13- Piano-String Concert
May 14- Awards Day:

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COLLEGE/SCHOLARSHIP SEARCH

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NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERS CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON ,D.C.

Joshua Brad Muller
Senior at Ridgewood Prep School
Student Council President

Nominated & Selected to receive the 2008 Youth Leadership Award. Joshua Muller attended a National Youth Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. from April 15 to April 20, 2008. He joined 300 other young leaders from across the nation to experience the opportunity to enhance their leadership skills and deepen their understanding of our democratic form of government. This event was a chance for young Americans to discuss current issues with those who shape our policies and laws. Joshua was able to meet with Louisiana State Representatives, Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator David Vitter, National Press, visits on Capitol Hill, and engage in interactive meetings related to leadership development.

Nominated & Selected into a distinguished organization entitled, "People to People Ambassador Class of 2008." Student Ambassadors demonstrate leadership and citizenship, a desire to learn about diverse cultures, and willingness to venture into the world in the name of peace, friendship, and understanding. This program was started in 1956 by our 34th president of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the organization has remained dedicated to the mission of promoting world peace through increased understanding between citizens of the world. Joshua has the opportunity to represent Ridgewood Prep School, our community, the state of Louisiana, and our great nation in experiencing a 20 day educational trip to Europe. Itinerary encompasses travel to England, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, and Germany from June 15 to July 4, 2008.

Ridgewood Preparatory School
Was Presented With the Flag of the United States of America
From the Department of the Army

Ridgewood Preparatory School was presented with the flag of the United States of America from the Department of the Army- SSG Christopher Young, unit HSC 769th en.bn. Ridgewood received a certificate stating that the flag was flown over the headquarters of the Multi-National Corp-Iraq in our honor during Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08.

Children's Hospital Donation

Recently, 4 Ridgewood students (Hailey Chatelain, Usama Cheema, Alexandra Lieberman & Sophia Moresco) raised $428.25 to donate to Children’s Hospital in name of Michael Muller. Michael is an eighth grade student at Ridgewood Preparatory School who was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer. The students received a letter from the President & CEO, Steve Worley of Children’s Hospital thanking them for their wonderful donation. He stated that the contribution would be used to help complete construction of their new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit to provide care for the most gravely ill and injured children.

Congratulations

Raymond Jolissaint – Louisiana Regents Scholar

Arush Sarwar- Tulane University Book Award

Stephen Priola and Kathryn Williams – Air Force Excellence in Technology

Congratulations to Daniela Aviles, Scott Borgstede, Steven Sdrougias for placing in the 95th percentile nationally on selected subtests in the 2006-2007 Duke Talent Search.

2008 Annual Poetry Contest Winners

3rd Grade
1st place- Jesse Melan
2nd place- Harleigh Reggio
3rd place- Andrew Mack

4th Grade
1st place- Orlando Gilbert
2nd place- Adam Melito-Krohn
3rd place- Stella Newman

5th/6th Grade
1st place- Morgan Morris
2nd place- Dylan Scott
3rd place- Katherine Hartenstein

7th/8th Grade
1st place- Nicholas Studdard
2nd place- Anna Barnett
3rd place- Caitlin Roberts

9th/10th Grade
1st place- Megan Pinckard
2nd place- Kathryn Williams
3rd place- Uma Julka

11th/12th Grade
1st place- Gabrielle Aviles
2nd place- Arush Sarwar
3rd place- Steven Brown

SOFTBALL

Congratulations to Meredith Davis for being selected to the 2008 All District Softball Team.

LITERARY RALLY

STATE LITERARY RALLY RESULTS

Congratulations to the following Ridgewood students who placed in the State Literary Rally that was held on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at LSU:

Arush Sarwar – 1st place Physics

Priya Suda- 2nd place Calculus

Manuel Kassardjian- 2nd place Computer Science

Josh Lieberman- 3rd place Free Enterprise

Ivy Sanquist- 3rd place Physical Science

DISTRICT LITERARY RALLY RESULTS

Congratulations to the following students who placed in the District Literary Rally which was held on March 15, 2008.

1st Overall
*Arush Sarwar Physics

1st Place

*Rahul Kedia Advanced Math I
*Christian Barker Biology II
*Priya Suda Calculus
*Luke Blasser Civics
*Manuel Kassardjian Computer Science
*Megan Pinckard English II
*Kristen Shiell English IV
*Josh Lieberman Free Enterprise
Uma Julka French III
Raymond Jolissaint French IV
*Osheiza Otori Geometry
*Ivy Sandquist Physical Science

2nd Place
*Gabriela Aviles Advanced Math I
*Austin Lemke Biology I
*Kristin Kendrick Chemistry
*Shaina Sarwar English I
*Jillian Romagosa English III
*Gabrielle Relle French I
*Kathryn Williams Spanish I

3rd Place
*Amethys E'Etessam Algebra I
*Michael Ostrow American History
*Blake Borgstede Spanish II

4th Place
Priya Patel Algebra II

*qualified for State Rally

Ridgewood held its Spelling Incentive Program on April 2, 2008. Congratulations to the following students with perfect papers:

• Kindergarten - Saaniya Bhushan, Davison Drumm, Joshua Gitz, Clay Hartman, Lantz Kurtz, Malak Mohammad, Bharathi Isaivanan, Olivia Peavey, Kaila Robertson, Bharat Solanky
• 1st grade - Shereen Haji, Alexis Ross, Chloe Yave
• 2nd grade - Emma Nugent, Grant Randell, Luka Frankovic
• 3rd grade - Stephen Walker, Kayla Martin, Ali Zaini, Cleo Pappas
• 4th grade - Dane Landry
• 5th grade - Katherine Hartenstein, Ali Yasein, Steven Sdrougias
• 7th grade - Mariam Mohammad, Haider Hamoudi
• 9th grade - Nathan Strong
• 10th grade - Megan Pinckard
• 11th grade - Priya Suda
• 12th grade - Matthew Kersten

American Mathematics Competition

Congratulation to the winners of the American Mathematics Competition- AMC12:

1st place- Arush Sarwar
2nd place- Meghan Pinckard
3rd place- Karl Neuenhaus

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD

Congratulations to the High School Science Olympiad Team for placing 4th, and the Middle School Team for placing 3rd in the Louisiana Region I Science Olympiad. Both teams qualified for the state competition which was held on Saturday, 5 April 2008.

Congratualtions to the following Olympians for excellence in their individual events :

Louisiana State Science Olympiad

HIGH SCHOOL

1st Place
Joshua Lieberman, Arush Sarwar: Oceanography

MIDDLE SCHOOL

1st Place
Kathryn Williams, Greg Williams: Disease Detective
Madeline Leftwich, Ivy Sandquist: Write It, Do It

3rd Place
Alexandra Lieberman, Sam Bua: Oceanography

Louisiana Region I Science Olympiad

HIGH SCHOOL

1st Place
Stephan Priola, Emily Relle: Circuits Lab
Joshua Lieberman, Arush Sarwar: Oceanography

2nd Place
Steven Brown, Raymond Jolissaint: Boomilever
Stephen Priola: Electric Vehicle

3rd Place
Arush Sarwar: Astronomy
Emily Relle, Gabrielle Relle: Forensics

MIDDLE SCHOOL

1st Place
Kathryn Williams, Greg Williams: Disease Detective
Alexandra Lieberman, Sam Bua: Oceanography
Alexandra Lieberman, Madeline Leftwich: Rocks & Minerals
Alexandra Lieberman, Ivy Sandquist: Simple Machines

2nd Place
Kathryn Williams: Ecology

3rd Place
Kathryn Williams, Shaina Sarwar: Food Science
Ivy Sandquist, Greg Williams: Road Scholar
Alexandra Lieberman, Shaina Sarwar: Write It, Do It

Social Studies Fair

Congratulations to the following students who place in the 5th & 6th grade Social Studies Fair.

5th grade

• 3rd place – Katherine Hartenstein for the”Twin Towers Tragedy”
• 2nd place- Donny Saucier for “the Civil War” and Ali Yasein for “Hurrican Katrina”
• 1st place- Morgan Morris for “the WPA”

6th grade

• 3rd place – Roman Samoylov for “Buddhism”
• 2nd place- Try Malone for “Moses” and Will Hightower for “The Forbidden City”
• 1st place- Courntey Mayer for “The Pyramids”

LIBRARY NEWS

In honor of National Library Week and National Poetry Month, the library will be sponsoring a reading promotion raffle in celebration of National Library Week, April 14-20. During the next three weeks, every time a student checks out a library book, students can enter a ticket in the raffle to win an iPod (first place) and gift cards to Barnes and Nobles. We will pull the raffle and announce the winners at another coffee café in the lunchroom on April 17. Students must be present to win.

The library will be putting a literary edition of our library newsletter, Ad Lib. We are asking for submissions of original poetry, short stories, and personal essays. We will also be publishing the winners of Ridgewood's Annual Poetry Contest.

For additional details or to read more library news click here

RIDGEWOOD PREPARATORY SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
2007-2008 FOURTH SIX WEEKS

Fifth Grade
Alyson Arceneaux
Ahmed Hamoudi
Katherine Hartenstein
Morgan Morris
Dylan Scott
Steven Sdrougias
Ali Yasein

Sixth Grade
William Hightower
Hagop Kassardjian
Courtney Mayer
Branton Nelson
Omeiza Otori

Seventh Grade
Annalisa Barnett
Samuel Bua
Haider Hamoudi
Mariam Mohammad
Caitlin Roberts
Gerae Vallery

Eighth Grade
Hailey Chatelain
Amethy E'Etessam
Alexandra Lieberman
Osheiza Otori
Ivy Sanquist

Ninth Grade
Adriel Aviles
Manuel Kassardjian
Madeline Leftwich
Austin Lemke
Shaina Sarwar
Nathan Strong
Gregory Williams
Kathryn Williams

Tenth Grade
Blake Borgstede
Paige Nichols
Priya Patel
Megan Pinckard
Kristina Scott

Eleventh Grade
Gabriela Aviles
Clarissa Balfour
Meredith Davis
Kristin Kendrick
Joshua Lieberman
Miranda Masson
Michael Ostrow
Emily Relle
Jillian Romagosa
Arush Sarwar
Priya Suda
Jacob Wolfe
Sarah Zaini

Twelfth Grade
John Heinemann
Katherine Hubert
Raymond Jolissaint
Jai Mitruka
Kristen Shiell

BAND:

Congratulations to Ashley Lindsey for being selected to the District VI Elementary Honor Band.

SOLO & ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL

Congratulations to all students who scored SUPERIOR ratings in the Solo/Ensemble Festival on February 20, 2008. Download Results (Microsoft Word format)

ALL-EAST JEFFERSON FOOTBALL TEAM

Congratulations to Jonathan Cunningham, offense and Brett Tucker, defense who were selected as members of the All-East Jefferson Football Team. Junior, Jonathan Cunningham, caught 25 passes for 527 yards and three scores in addition to having three interceptions as a safety, is tight end.

RIDGEWOOD SPORTS TRIVIA

• Ridgewood has had three of its athletes play in the NFL:
  Steve Stropolo, Jonathan Ruffin, and Bobby Labiche
  
• In 1997 Ridgewood had its first athlete drafted out of high school by the AZ Diamond Backs: Steven Rowell
  
• Since 1990, Ridgewood male athletes have received over 30 college scholarships. Click here to see the recipients of these scholarships