Rockridge Yearbooks have gone digital! Mrs. Kline spent this spring scanning yearbooks (THANK YOU!) and they have been uploaded to our TouchPro Site: https://rockridge.touchpros.com/flipbookyear.aspx?tabid=6489. We need your help to borrow a 1969 and a 1970 Yearbook. If you have one we can borrow to scan, please drop it by the HS Office during school hours.
Off to State!
Best of luck to our IHSA Girls State Qualifiers! They headed out for Charleston today and will begin competition tomorrow!
Please click the link https://senatorneilanderson.com/summerreading2025/ or view the attached information on Senator Neil Anderson's Summer Reading Program for students grades K-12.
Softball for today has been postponed until tomorrow. The game will be played at Canton (Canton has lights) at 5:30 pm followed by the other regional semifinal game at 7:30.
The Rockets baseball team advanced to the IHSA Regional Semifinals with 3-2 victory over Knoxville on a Joey Reiff Sac Fly in the 7th.
The updated regional schedule is:
Wed., May 21
Game 3 at 4:30 pm: (2) Sherrard vs. Aledo (Mercer County)
Thu., May 22
Game 4 at 4:30 pm: (3) Spring Valley (Hall) vs. Taylor Ridge (Rockridge)
Sat., May 24
Game 5 at 1:00 pm: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
The severe weather threat has passed at this time. Students are now being released and buses will proceed with their PM routes. Thank you for your cooperation as we take precautions with the severe weather.
Attention Parents: All Rockridge Schools will be HOLDING students in school buildings as a precaution until severe weather passes this afternoon. We will send another notice when students are released.
Summer Meals are available for children 18 & under when school is out. To find a site close to you, call 800-359-2163 or visit WeGotYouIllinois.org.
Updated Softball Regional Schedule:
Game 2 – Wednesday LVC vs Rockridge 4:30
Game 3 – Thursday Farmington vs Sherrard 4:30
Game 4 – Friday (Championship remains) 4:30
The Advanced English 3 Classes had the incredible opportunity to listen and discuss with Sgt. Don Neece about how to catch a serial killer and to learn more about crime scene investigations. The Advanced Class has been reading "Devil in the White City" which recounts the first U.S. serial killer, H. H. Holmes. Thank you Sgt. Don Neece for all of your information and letting us learn from you!
Students in Advanced Zoology dissected a shark. They found a baby shark in the male shark's stomach. So much for paternal instincts in sharks!
Fans wanting to attend tomorrow's IHSA Girls Sectional Track Meet can purchase tickets on Go Fan using the link or QR code provided. Tickets on Go Fan are $8 or you may pay $9 cash at the gate.
https://gofan.co/app/school/IHSA?activity=Track%20and%20Field
The last Rocketeer of the 2024-2025 school year is here! The yearbook staff has enjoyed sharing RHS news with the community. We hope you enjoy Volume 6: https://rb.gy/48mmu9
Mr. Wade had a fetal pig left over from his Anatomy and Physiology class, so students in Biology got a chance to dissect a pig. Thank you, Mr. Wade, for your donation! The students were intrigued.
We said our goodbyes last Wednesday to the seniors involved in the Memory Lane group. Our best wishes go to Noah and Marco as they embark on their future paths.
Mrs. Neece's History students are researching some distinguished individuals from the U.S. Armed Forced who served from the War of 1812 to present and are buried on the Rock Island Arsenal Cemetery. This Veterans' Legacy Project was made possible by a grant from St. Ambrose University.
Here is the link to watch tonight's HS Academic Awards Night Ceremony: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/rockridge-high-school-taylor-ridge-il/evt74e2018705. The live stream is FREE, but viewers must create a FREE NFHS Network account to stream the event. The event starts at 6:30 pm.
Tryouts for the Rockettes Fall Dance Team will be this week.
Dance Clinic: Tuesday 5/13 from 7-8:15 pm in the North Gym.
Tryouts:Thursday 5/15 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm in the North Gym.
If you cannot make these please email Coach Stegmiller at lstegmiller@rr300.org.
The Rockets JV baseball team won the Mercer County JV Jamboree today! They defeated Sherrard 3-2 in the title game!
The Rockets softball team blasted 5 HRs in their 14-4 victory over Alleman in game 2 of their DH!
Dietrich 2 HRs
Perkins 2 HRs
Black 1 HR