Rudyard Area Schools

When it rains it pours! Congratulations to both Kallen Lawlor and Lane Cozort for being named to the 2022 All U.P. Swim and Dive Team! Nice Job Bulldogs Keep Building!

2022 MTSL Championship Meet Five of the nine swimmers who were at U.P. Finals got in the car after the meet and headed to Saginaw to join the Rudyard Piranhas in the MTSL State Championship meet on Sunday. All 9 of the swimmers achieved MTSL qualifying times in 1 or more events but not all of them could attend the meet with us. In Saginaw, we saw more personal records set and our swimmers filled the podium to receive medals once again. We are a small but mighty group who made ourselves known in the pool all weekend! Lane Cozort 100 yard butterfly, 4th place 500 yard freestyle, 2nd place Kallen Lawlor 50 yard freestyle,2nd place 100 yard freestyle, 3rd place Alli Kuenzer 50 yard freestyle, 14th place 100 yard breaststroke, 9th place Keith McDowell 100 yard backstroke, 2nd place 50 yard freestyle, 11th place 100 yard freestyle, 10th place Emma Mitchell 50 yard freestyle, 10th place 100 yard backstroke, 8th place

The Rudyard swimmers had a great weekend in the pool! After a very snowy (and a bit terrifying!) drive to Marquette Saturday morning, the swimmers competed in U.P. Finals where we saw some new personal records and many kids on the podium receiving medals. Girls: Overall finish- 7th place Individual results- Katy Anderson 200 yard IM, 8th place 100 yard freestyle, 11th place Alli Kuenzer 200 yard freestyle, 8th place 100 yard breaststroke, 8 th place Emma Mitchell 200 yard freestyle, 11 th place 500 yard freestyle, 9 th place Madison Strivens 200 yard freestyle, 14th place 100 yard freestyle, 14th place Girls relay results: 200 Medley Relay- 7 th place 200 Free Relay- 5 th place Boys: Overall finish- 5th place Individual results- Lane Cozort 200 yard IM, 2 nd place 100 yard butterfly, 5 th place Kallen Lawlor 50 yard freestyle, 2 nd place 100 yard freestyle, 5 th place Keith McDowell 100 yard freestyle, 10 th place 100 yard background, 7 th place Gabe McKerchie 50 yard freestyle, 11 th place 100 yard breaststroke, 9 th place Boys relay results: 200 Medley Relay- 4 th place 200 Free Relay 4 th place Nice Job Swimmer Keep Building!

Congratulations to the Jr High Band for earning a 1 today at District Band Festival! A 1 is the highest rating they can earn! Well done, Keep Building Bulldogs!

Congratulations the Rudyard Jr/Sr High School January Students of the Month! Left to Right: Jordan Stead-Albright Isabell Goforth Miranda Allen Grace Apotheker Kyle Postma Cassandra Lechak Shaylee Kassel Not Pictured: Landon Sawyer Kya Watkins-Kryza Nice Job Everyone Keep Building!

Free Shipping on the online school store from 2/11 to 2/28 on all orders! Visit https://www.rudyardspiritwear.com/ to check out the designs now!

Tickets for UP Swim Finals in Marquette on Saturday, February 19 can be purchased on gofan.co. https://gofan.co/app/events/532206?schoolId=MI10368 Tickets will not be sold at the door, you must purchase them at the gofan.co website.

Canceled: The Girls Varsity Basketball game in Newberry on Wednesday, February 09 has been canceled.

This afternoon (2/7/22), Rudyard Area Schools received a bomb threat written on a piece of paper and left in the bathroom The threat specifically referenced the Rudyard Elementary and Learning Center. The school administration immediately notified the law enforcement and placed the school into a lockdown. The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department and the Michigan State Police Department quickly responded to the school. CCSD detectives launched an investigation into the threat. Law Enforcement will provide information as it becomes available to the public. Law Enforcement in partnership with the Michigan State Police K-9 Bomb Unit conducted a thorough search and investigation and concluded that the school is safe for reentry, and that there is no creditable threat. Rudyard Area Schools will be open to face-to-face learning on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. If you have any information that could help the investigation you are encouraged to contact the Chippewa County Sheriff's Office.

On Monday Feb 7th, RAS Administration received notification of a threat written in the bathroom. The threat specifically references the building at large. Law enforcement are on the scene and are advising that school be released early to support the investigation. Students who are parent pick-up will be picked up from the Rudyard Township Hall and others will be riding their regular buses as normal. We appreciate your cooperation, patience and understanding as we gather more information. Additional correspondence will come to the community as we learn more.

The Rudyard Agricultural Class is looking for parent and community member volunteers to help with Maple Syrup production at the Rudyard School Farm this year. If you are interested in helping the students please reach out to Mr. Darr: bdarr@eupschools.org

Jr/Sr High Sweetheart Week is next week! We are so stoked! Can’t wait to keep building!

Canceled: The Varsity Girls Basketball home game Thursday, February 03, against Newberry is canceled.

The Regional Adult Career and Technical Education Course are hosting an open house at Rudyard on Thursday, Feb. 3rd, 3:30 – 6:30, at the Rudyard CTE Cabinetry Shop located at Rudyard Jr/Sr High School. The Open house will give potential adult students a tour of the classroom/shops, perhaps try out some tools and fill out enrollment paperwork. Potential students are those looking to improve their cabinetry skills and develop along with students who are seeking a GED. A catered meal will be provided for interested students. For more information please reach out to Randy Schaedig adultcte@eupschools.org or 906-259-3289, or Jason Perkins jperkins@eupschools.org Note: this is not for high school students, area high school students can take part in the program for free during the school day. This program is for Adults seeking a GED or an adult looking to take a course for enjoyment.

This past week NHS students worked on a fun service project. Students painted positive message rocks and will be placing them around the community! Nice job Bulldogs, Keep Building!

Students in the high school art classes had an awesome project based exam this past week! Keep Building Bulldogs!

Freshmen, Emma Mitchell and Alli Kuenzer, deserve a huge shoutout!  They have been volunteering their time 4 days a week all season long (since mid-October!) to help coach and mentor our youngest Piranhas. The improvement in their swimming had been tremendous but most of all they have fostered a love of swimming in these children. The Piranhas coaches and board are grateful for them and proud that RHS has such amazing student-athletes who are willing to give up their own time to help others. Keep Building Girls!

We regret to inform you that our High School Girls JV Basketball team has been cancelled for the rest of the season. This was a difficult decision to make and we are sorry for the inconvenience that this may cause.

There will not be a Rudyard JV Girls game Friday, January 21 against Pickford. The Sault Freshman team will be playing Pickford's JV team with a start time of 5:45pm at Rudyard. Rudyard Varsity vs. Pickford Varsity will follow this game.

Reminder that Thursday (1/20) and Friday (1/21) are 1/2 Days of school this week, do to high school exams.