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Straight from the Hardt

Hello Ridgeline Families- The Holiday Season is here and it has been great watching our leadership students spreading cheer by way of a handmade snowflake for every student at Ridgeline. Students have been having fun trying to find their snowflake with their name on it. If you haven’t been down our hallways and throughout the building, I can tell you there is a lot of ground to cover to find your personalized snowflake!

In the theme of giving, students were also treated to free hot chocolate, also sponsored by our leadership class. Another great event was Thursday’s blanket making event. These hand-tied fleece blankets will be donated to foster care and homeless support organizations. A full-feature article will be in next week’s newsletter.

With just one week to go before students are off for two weeks, it’s a good time to reach out to teachers if you have questions about any matters related to your child’s academics or other topics you’ve been wanting to run by their teachers. Since they will have more free time, any late or missing work could be completed during the break.

Please note our office hours and dates we will be open/closed over the break. Take a look over our newsletter to stay informed and enjoy the great things happening at Ridgeline High School!

Make it a great weekend! --Mr. Hardt

Last Saturday, December 4th was the first Ridgeline Varsity Wrestling tournament at Deer Park. 9th Graders: Nico Cisneros & Preston Wentling, along with 11th grader, Brayden Phillips picked up the first 3 Varsity wins in program history! Awesome job to all the Falcon wrestlers who competed!

The Ridgeline Wrestling team had a very impressive showing at our first home match on December 8th, losing a close dual with Gonzaga Prep 36-42.

We may have lost in the final scoreboard, but we won more JV and Varsity matches than the other side and had great support from fans and families. Owen VanRossum, Cole Leach, Josh Jernberg, Josiah Klontz, Brayden Phillips and Preston Wentling all got varsity wins.

WAY TO GO FALCONS!

Falcon Debate Team is now in the Record Book!

The Speech and Debate Team is now in the record book!

The team competed in its first official tournament, The Feline Frenzy, through Zoom and at Mt. Spokane High School on Dec. 3 and 4. Junior Cambrea Lombardo along with sophomores Karis Bokma, Nicholas Rahm and Paige Van Buren were our first four competitors.

Lombardo and Bokma competed in Lincoln-Douglas debates while Rahm and Van Burien competed in Public Forum. Lombardo, Rahm and Van Buren also competed in impromptu speech competitions, with Rahm and Van Buren making it to the final round.

The two-day event featured 13 high schools and more than 100 students.

The Speech and Debate Team will not meet the week of Dec. 13, but meetings will start again in January. New students are always welcome.

Any questions, please contact Dave Cunningham.

dcunningham@cvsd.org