We’re so grateful for the generous support of our community partners as we kick off Hoco 2026 festivities! Thank you to First National Bank in Olney for donating Pizza Fast pizza and napkins and to Walmart DC 6059 for donating water and water flavoring for The Rally hosted by RCHS Student Council. Your generosity helped make this event a success for our students! 🧡🖤
Thank you to our tech team, Ryan, Tim, and Bobby, who keep us all connected!
Richland County High School 2026 Homecoming King & Queen Candidates
(left to right) Queen Candidates: Emma Hefferman, Kaiya Seessengood, and Ryen Gray, and King Candidates: Jack Davis, Carder Burgener, and Owen Cycholl.
(left to right) Queen Candidates: Emma Hefferman, Kaiya Seessengood, and Ryen Gray, and King Candidates: Jack Davis, Carder Burgener, and Owen Cycholl.
9/14-9/21 RCHS Weekly Bulletin
Reminder - 12:10 p.m. dismissal on Wednesday, Sept. 16 (No School for PreK) and 1 hour early dismissal on Thursday, Sept. 24 for School Improvement/Faculty Meetings.
Reminder: Today is a 2pm Early Dismissal for RCHS students only. Buses will run on a regular schedule so HS bus riders will be picked up at 2:55pm. Please make other arrangements if necessary.
Our Intro to Teaching students completed another classroom observation today at Richland County Early Learning Center! A special thank you to Principal Kinkade for welcoming our future educators and arranging today’s observations, and to Ms. Brinkley, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Gardner, and Mrs. Wheeler for opening their classrooms to our students!
This week’s theme was “How Schools Have Evolved.” Students were challenged to notice how classrooms, resources, instruction, and the role of the teacher have changed over the years while seeing today’s early learning classrooms in action. Thank you, RCELC, for another valuable learning experience for our future teachers!
This week’s theme was “How Schools Have Evolved.” Students were challenged to notice how classrooms, resources, instruction, and the role of the teacher have changed over the years while seeing today’s early learning classrooms in action. Thank you, RCELC, for another valuable learning experience for our future teachers!
Mrs. Burris's Dual Credit Statistics was back at it with regression lines on Friday. Students had a cup stacking competition and collected data for each 15 second increase. They created regression lines to predict how many cups they could stack in 70 seconds and determined how well their line represented the data. Several students were able to stack the exact amount they had predicted.
RCHS Weekly Bulletin 9/7-9/14
Our Intro to Teaching students completed their second classroom observation at Richland County Elementary School. A special thank you to Principal Jennifer Fox for welcoming our future educators and to Assistant Principal Breanne Clark for coordinating the arrangements.
We are also incredibly grateful to Tiffany Grove, Taryn Tarr, Bridgitte Shan, Madison Eagleson, and Michelle Burgener for opening their classrooms to our students. Your willingness to let them observe authentic teaching in action and see the relationships, professionalism, positive expectations, and intentional practices that go into creating an effective classroom is invaluable.
We are also incredibly grateful to Tiffany Grove, Taryn Tarr, Bridgitte Shan, Madison Eagleson, and Michelle Burgener for opening their classrooms to our students. Your willingness to let them observe authentic teaching in action and see the relationships, professionalism, positive expectations, and intentional practices that go into creating an effective classroom is invaluable.
Mrs. Burris's Dual Credit Statistics class put their knowledge of linear regression to the test today with a Barbie bungee jump competition. Students collected data and used their equation to predict the perfect number of rubber bands needed to give Barbie a fun and thrilling jump without hitting the ground.
RCHS Boys' Soccer Team photo
RCHS students step up as FFA leaders
Friday Night Lights will be an extra special red, white and blue celebration for Military Appreciation on Friday, September 4th. It will be a hot one so the game won't start until 8 p.m. All veterans and active military will get in free so make sure to tell the ticket takers if you've served.
Mr. Powell’s Biomedical Science students were recently called to a mock crime scene at the Musgrove Aquatic Center. They will spend three days investigating and processing the death. They will be photographing, sketching, and collecting evidence from the scene. A special thank you to SRO Brad Ameter and Retired Illinois State Police investigator Dwayne Morris for their help on the case.
Mrs. Kerr's FCS Foods I class made delicious mini pizzas in class.
The Intro to Teaching students have been busy!
Last week, students presented their “Build a Teacher” activity, where they identified and discussed the characteristics and practices that make an effective teacher.
They also had the opportunity to put that learning into action during their first classroom observation at St. Joe. Their observation theme was “Find Wong,” challenging them to look for real-life examples of the effective teaching practices, procedures, routines, positive expectations, and classroom management strategies we have been studying in The First Days of School by Harry and Rosemary Wong.
A special thank you to Principal Josy Hart for coordinating our visit and to Sarah Crane, Hannah Jensen, Rachel Frye, and Cally Mitchell for welcoming our future educators into your classrooms and allowing them to learn from you!
There’s no better way to learn about teaching than to see great educators in action.
RCHS PE students participated in a Volleyball Tournament to start off the year. Some teams came out ahead but everyone had a great time.
RCHS explores the Jungle for HoCo 2026!
Reminder: Today, February 25th, is a district-wide 2pm dismissal for all RCCU1 students.