A great opportunity for our students to have an evening with friends to play games and watch some football. Football game start at 8:00PM, Cornhole tournament starts at 6:00PM. Parents are welcome to pick up their students at anytime, but please have plans to pick them up immediately after the game.
Rudyard Area Schools will be on a 2 hour delay today, Wednesday January 10, 2024. All bus pick ups will be 2 hours later than the normal times and school will begin at 10:18 (3rd hour).
We are asking all parents of a Rudyard Area School Student(s) and all Community Members to please fill out a quick survey.
Parents will choose the parent survey and community members will choose the community survey. Your input helps with our District Improvement Process.
Thank you for supporting our school and students
Parents Survey - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOox5yfnGcI2PpTtBy6wsukcCdSp2FzT-KxB0SJfFo4TSGIg/viewform?usp=sf_link
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This weeks Alumni Spotlight is Mackenzie Knutsen '17
What was your best memory from school?
I had a lot of great memories from school, most of them involving sports. I think my favorite is breaking two records my senior year in volleyball and going to UP finals for track.
What was your favorite class/activity?
Honestly, I think my favorite classes were all the college math classes I took with Ms. Verdoni. I learned more in those classes about real life situations, finances, credit cards, etc. than I have in the rest of my education. My other favorite would definitely be science classes with Mr. Peterson and his great sense of humor.
What advice do you have for students?
It's ok to not know what you want to do right out of high school or to change your plan later on, but always stay true to yourself. You want to be happy with your career and what you choose to do, so it may take time to find the right thing for you. I never thought I would end up as a lawyer, but it is something that makes me genuinely happy. Always remember where you come from, being from a small town in the UP gives you a lot of insight and values that others do not have. Don't feel like you have to go to college either, there are plenty of careers out there where you do not need an education. Don't be afraid to step out of the box or do something different!
Also, get involved with different groups while you’re in high school and as an adult. If you're into sports, join adult leagues, or look into other activities. It gives you a chance to still build a community even if you are no longer home by your childhood friends.
What did you do right out of high school, and what do you do now?
Right out of high school, I attended Grand Valley State University with the intentions of becoming an Athletic Trainer. I earned my bachelor's in Exercise Science in 2021. During my last semester of undergrad, I worked at the courthouse and absolutely fell in love with the criminal justice system. I went back to GVSU and got a second bachelor’s in legal studies. After my legal studies classes, I decided to apply to law school at Michigan State University. I graduated from GVSU a second time in 2022, then started law school at MSU Fall of 2022. After my first year, I completed an internship at the Kent County Office of the Defender in Grand Rapids and decided to stay working there for the start of my second year. I have now accepted an internship at the Marquette Public Defender's Office beginning May 2023, once I finish my second year of law school. Once I graduate, I plan to continue working in the criminal defense world.
Exciting opportunity for our elementary students to get some basketball experience!
Link to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18MH8N8MTSBYg2E8eIurKcrV808uvPrRTCHX1L3FOgiY/prefill
Please see the attached info for those individuals & businesses that would like to register for Career Day 2024. Thank you so much, we are excited to host the event again!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6b7v-QrBbbYU4HlK2idKaH_gcjNfwZzBBcRlISb06d9dizg/viewform
February 9, 2024 our Boys Basketball team will be playing Pickford at home. This event will be a fundraiser, "Hooping for a Cure" with money raised staying locally for the Road to Recovery. Please consider donating to this great cause if you are able.
This weeks alumni spotlight is Kori McDowell-Eby '81!
My favorite memory from school was our class in general. The class of 81’ had a diverse group of kids but we all got along great. From sporting events to the arts everyone supported one another. I have lasting memories and friendships with most to this day. We are one of the few classes that have class reunions ever 5 years that are well attended.
What was your favorite class /activity?
My favorite class was definitely Mr. Flanders’s class , creative writing and drama.
I struggle with dyslexia and probably A.D.D. Which at the time was never diagnosed or discussed in schools at that time. He helped me so much by organizing my thoughts and putting them on paper. He took an interest and helped through my difficulties. Bless his heart!
He also pushed me out of my comfort zone. I was in his drama class to work creating the sets designing, painting backgrounds and such, well he had other plans, he put me in one of the leading roles, which I was definitely was not comfortable with. I thought for sure he had made a mistake, But after many supportive talks and encouragement the play went on without a hitch. He knew I could do it and helped me believe I could too.
What advice do you have for students?
Believe in yourself. You can do anything. Don’t put limits on yourself. Be kind to everyone, you don’t know what someone is going through.
If you struggle with learning, such as ,dyslexia, Attention Deficit, RHS has the best teachers and resources to help you, use it! Be the best you you can be.!
What did you do right out of school and what do you do now?
My senior year I enrolled in cosmetology school through RHS vocational program.
After graduating and receiving my state license, I started working at the Clip Joint for 7 years. Then moved to St.Ignace and opened my own salon Makin’ Waves , where I worked for 5 years before moving back to Rudyard and buying my present salon , which I’ve been for 30 years.
This week's alumni spotlight is Steve Klinker '74!
My Best memories from Rudyard have to include, of course LUNCH! Everyday at Lunchtime Mr. Berry would allow us to play hearts in the biology room. There were usually 4 tables of 4 playing every day. The goal was to make it to the “big” table and to be able to play with Mr. Berry. Only the best were able to play at the Big” table. It took me a couple of years, but I finally made it!
Another great memory, I was a yearbook photographer. This allowed a lot of unique opportunities with teachers, staff, and students, and gave a lot of unique photos. I got to see the the realness of those I had admired.
My favorite classes were probably chemistry, and biology and I continued to get a college degree in Biochemistry. My favorite activities were the pep rally and the sports, better yet to be able to photograph the activities.
Advice for students, discipline is the key to success. If one is not able to able discipline self, accomplishments will be few.
Right out of school, I attended Northern Michigan University, where I got two degrees, biochemistry and business I was awarded the outstanding Alumni in 1991. I then went to Texas A&M college of veterinary medicine, after graduating I went to the University of Texas college of Dentistry.
I then set up a dental practice in Austin Texas, I then became a medical missionary, traveling all over the world. After I retired from Dentistry, I went back to school and became a Golf Professional, in Florida where I am today, teaching and coaching golf.
The Photo is with President Bush, for being his brightest point of light for volunteer work. The work was medical relief in Central and South America.
The Civics classes took classic games and converted them to be based on Executive Branch topics. The teams picked a game to use and one topic.
TOPICS:
A. Qualifications and Presidential Succession
B. Presidential Roles
C. Presidential Powers (Executive, Judicial, and Legislative only)
D. Presidential Powers (Diplomatic and Military)
E. Executive Offices or "Agencies"
F. Executive Branch Departments
G. Civil Service System
H. You pick topic. Approved by me.
Shown are
- Qualifications and Presidential Succession Monopoly by Carrie Hoolsema
-Presidential powers Memory by Megan Rolston, Atty Clark, and Liam Hansen
-Qualifications and Presidential Succession Candyland by Lily Kwiatkowski, Lindsey Masterson, Madalynn Pearsall, Lexi Tobias
Thank you to the middle school student council for planning the spirit week for next week!
This week Mr. Darr's Biology classes were working on an owl pellet lab today!
Today's Boys Basketball game will be in St. Ignace, tickets will be sold via GoFan at the following link: https://gofan.co/event/1187409?schoolId=MI10368
Saturday's tickets for the Wrestling meet in the Soo will also be sold via GoFan at the following link: https://gofan.co/event/1175059?schoolId=MI10369
Go Bulldogs!
This past week our high school physical science class, instructed by Mrs. Pearsall was able to partner with LSSU Center for Freshwater Research and Education on a one site lab and tour of their facilities. During the tour the students were able to interact with a large sturgeon!
Our CTE Mechatronics students are busy on their square one electric car build! Stay tune in the coming days we should have video of their first attempt to drive it!
Rudyard Jr/Sr High School is proud to host 4 Career Tech Programs right at Rudyard, this in part to the EUP Career Tech Regional Millage. Currently students from six different high schools take part in the programs at Rudyard (and they are open to all EUP high school students in grades 11-12). Thank you to our communities for their support of Career Tech!
Each quarter our programs recognized 1 student each for their excellence in the classroom or field placement.
Congratulations to each of the students:
CTE Cabinetry: Brode Hunt (Rudyard)
CTE Education: Maddison Fox (Pickford)
CTE EMT: Kiara Hooper (Brimley)
CTE Mechatronics: Nick Hecox (Sault)
This week's alumni spotlight is Eric Wallis '76!
My best memory from school is probably when our band received a 1 rating at state competition. I enjoyed band class and all the extra curricular bans as well that I was involved in... jazz band, pep band, marching band.
My advice to students today: Enjoy your years in school but do it with respect, respect for yourself, your teachers, and other students. And while being respectful, do not drop your standards and morals to "fit in." Stand for truth.
After I graduated in 1976, went to LSSC ( now LSSU ) for 1 year and then went to work at Pickford Power Sports where we sold and serviced Arctic Cat, Suzuki, Husqvarna, and other powered equipment. Because of the closing of Kincheloe air base the economy collapsed such that that business couldn't continue. I worked a couple other places as I transitioned back to the farm where I grew up. I sold the cattle my brother and I were raising when he went into the ministry and began raising sheep. This is what I do today...I am a shepherd.
Attention Parents of 7th Grade Students that are interested in going to Washington DC.
https://rsvp.efexploreamerica.com/nfne86v
Congratulations to our new Junior class members of National Honors Society, who are joined the Seniors tonight at their induction ceremony!
This week's alumni spotlight is Dana Kabat-Farr '02!
What was your best memory from school? I really liked getting together as a class to work on a common project - whether it was building our class float at Folkersma's barn or prepping to decorate for the "Enchanted Under the Sea" prom at the Kabat house.
What was your favorite class/activity? Anatomy and Physiology was really challenging and I learned a lot. Including what the inside of a cat looked like. What advice do you have for students?
Take advantage of all forms of learning - in the classroom, extracurriculars, and sports. Also, humans' ability to creatively problem solve and critique the production of artificial intelligence will be more and more important and a skill needed.
What do you do now? After high school I went to the University of Michigan - and was there for three degrees. After that I moved to Nevada to be a professor for a few years before moving to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada where I am a professor at Dalhousie University
