By Julia Schmidt
SILVERDALE--Ridgetop students served their community in December with an entire week devoted to service from December 5 to December 9. This year Ridgetop Middle School raised over $288 for WE water; they also brought in their own clothes, school supplies, pet supplies, and non perishable food items. At Ridgetop students like to do different games at the lunches so the students can be motivated to participate in the special week. At the lunches students played water trivia, a game called free rice, on Thursday some students from Ridgetop went down to Silver Ridge Elementary School to read to the second graders. On Friday it had snowed the night before so school had to be canceled which meant the water dance and the Clear Creek cleanup was canceled also. Though those events were canceled, they were quickly rescheduled for after winter break. Service week was a big success for all of the students at Ridgetop Middle School, but it was an even bigger achievement for the sixth graders because they won the service week trophy! To get into the dance each student had to pay three dollars, and all of the funds earned went to WE water an organization that Provides clean water to countries that have polluted water. By Ryley Just
SILVERDALE--Ridgetop held an assembly dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday 13, 2017. The whole school rushed in to get a good spot for the assembly. All of the students could already hear the band warming up as they walked through the doors. The assembly started off with the national anthem sung by the Ridgetop choir. A few speakers spoke about what they thought about Martin Luther King Jr. Seventh grader Jason Allen said, “My favorite part of the assembly was all the people in the choir singing.” The choir sang a lot of beautiful songs to honor Martin Luther King and all he did. The speakers said a few words about how great he is. There was a special video that was all about him. Seventh grader Meghan Landon said, “My favorite part of the MLK assembly was the video about what he did.” We heard the band play a lot of ensembles to make the assembly even more memorable. Sixth grader Haley Robinson said, “My favorite part of the MLK assembly was the choir because we sang a lot of really awesome songs to the whole school.” SILVERDALE--On Friday, December 7, 2016, school was cancelled because of the snow. While everyone was having fun in the snow, some staff members and students in our school were disappointed because there were a couple of events planned to happen on Friday.
Students were looking forward to be in a dunk tank and dunking the school’s principal, Mr. Willson. Because they would be able to dunk our principal in a dunk tank. The rescheduling date is still to be announced which will likely be next year. Another event they were looking forward to was the pep assembly that showed appreciation to the girl’s soccer team and the boys’ basketball team. This assembly was rescheduled for December 14, 2016, at which the girl’s soccer team showed their warm up drills and the boys’ basketball team had to leave early for a game. In the evening of December 7, there was supposed to be a winter concert for choir and orchestra, but it was rescheduled for December 14, 2016. The yearly event of the Clear Creek clean-up was going to happen on Friday, however, due to the snow, there has been no rescheduling of that event yet. This event helped the students in each grade earn points for service week. With 2016 ending and events rescheduling, hopefully we wouldn't have to have too much snow days because that will lead us into more makeup days. The missed day will be made up on February 17, 2017. |
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