Richmond Hill High School

Wishing the class of 2014 an amazing prom!!!!

Wishing a great 3 day trip to Washington DC to the students going on the Law Pathway trip tomorrow through Sunday and special thanks to Ms. Doobay for all the hard work she put into organizing and chaperoning the trip and also to chaperones Mr. DiBenedetto, Ms. Restifo and Ms. Crayton. GO LIONS!!!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, RHHS! We are inviting all parents and guardians to attend our PTA meeting on May 15th at 6:00p.m. in the cafeteria of the main building. Nominations and elections will take place for the executive board of the upcoming school year. We will be continuing with our nominations which will be officially closed and, afterwards, we will hold our elections. Ballots will be used in the event that more than one candidate is running for a position. The following i...s a list of all available executive board positions: 1. President or Co-Presidents (Co-Presidents must run as a team.) 2. Secretary 3. Treasurer 4. 1st Vice President 5. 2nd Vice President 6. Assistant Secretary/Treasurer The only qualification for any of the available positions is that you must be a parent or guardian of a child in Richmond Hill High School. Term limits for each officer position of the association shall be two consecutive one year terms. A candidate who has served the maximum number of terms may be elected to serve an additional term provided no other interested candidate is nominated and is willing to serve. Please mark your calendar and make every effort to come out and participate in our nominations and elections. If it is possible, please come a little earlier as we will have to verify voter eligibility (Note to RHHS teachers--you are eliigible to vote, too!) in order to conduct a proper election. See you then! Your PTA Staff

All NYC Schools, including Richmond Hill High School, will be closed today, Friday, January 3, 2014 due to inclement weather.

Impressive news! RHHS ranks in the top 100 NATIONALLY in teaching personal finance! This is based on the WISE exam, which is now offered in 28 states. RHHS also received the Blue Star Award for the 4th year in row, this recognizes that 85% of our seniors passed the WISE Personal Finance Exam with a 75 or higher. GO LIONS!!!!!!! http://www.wise-ny.org//w!se_Announces_List_of_100_Best_w!

RHHS is hosting its first annual pep rally on Wednesday, December 4 at 2:30 in the auditorium....this will be an awesome event and following the rally we will go to the varsity basketball team at their first home game!

Attention RHHS parents and families-- You are invited to attend our Annual School-wide Title 1 Meeting to be held on Thursday, November 21 at 6:30 PM followed by our General PTA Meeting at 7 PM. Durign the Title 1 Meeting we will discuss the special government funding, elect our Title 1 representatives and the allocated parent's portion of the funding. These are very important meetings that all should attend.

Spirit Week is alive and well at RHHS. Tomorrow is Jersey Day. Wear your favorite teams jersey!!! GO LIONS!!!!

Tomorrow is "Superhero Day" at RHHS....show your pride and be part of Spirit Week! GO LIONS!

Spirit Week continues as tomorrow is "Mismatch Day." Show your school spirit! GO LIONS!

Spirit Week begins this week. Tomorrow (Monday, November 18) is TWIN DAY. Show your school spirit and be a twin! GO LIONS!!!!

Congratulations to RHHS senior, Nicholas Phillips, a member of the RHHS Law Pathway, RHHS Law Club and the Moot Court Team for winning a spot on the 2014 International Moot Court team. Nicholas will be representing Richmond Hill HS and New York City in The Hague, Netherlands on January 18-25, 2014. A special commendation also goes out to Law Club and Moot Court Team advisor, Ms. Doobay! Kudos to both Nicholas and the entire Moot Court team for helping RHHS win! GO LIONS!

There will be an open house for eighth graders (incoming ninth graders next year) at Richmond Hill HS tomorrow, Saturday, October 26, 2013 between 9 AM and 12 PM in the main building (114 Street).