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A Message from RCS Dear Rockingham County Schools Families, First and foremost, we want to express our deepest condolences to the families affected by the recent tragic incident at Apalachee High School in Georgia. The shooting that occurred in Winder, GA is every educators' worst fear. The RCS community continues to pray for the Winder community. At RCS we continuously strive to make our schools as safe as we can. We believe our best defense is for each one of us to keep safety at the forefront of all we do. In the coming weeks we will learn what we can from this incident and make any needed adjustments. We understand the worries families have about the safety of your children while at school. The shooting at Apalachee was a random act of violence. While it is a challenge to predict or prevent such occurrences entirely, please know that we are committed to taking every possible measure to protect our students. Your child's safety is and always will be our top priority. Over the past two years, RCS has implemented, improved and upgraded several safety and security components. Some of the key improvements we have made to our Rockingham County Schools’ Comprehensive Safety and Security Plan are: access control and monitoring; emergency preparedness and response; on-site safety personnel, resources and weapons detection systems; safety inspections and assessments; and student well-being and a healthy school culture. Please know we remain committed to maintaining a safe and inclusive learning environment for all of our students. While no school district, community or public entity is immune from senseless acts of violence despite our best efforts, we can do much to mitigate the potential. We will continue to look for ways to protect our students and staff to the best of our ability. We ask for Your continued involvement and support to help ensure the security and well-being of our school community. Together, we can ensure a safe and positive learning experience. Thank you for entrusting us with your child's education. Sincerely, Sean Gladieux Director of Safety Dr. Shawn Stover, III Superintendent

Good Evening Mustang Families, This is Mr. Bulla, Assistant Principal with your weekly announcements: - Please make sure you are connected on School Connect - formerly ClassTag. We have an Athletic Newsletter posted on Sunday evening and a monthly School Newsletter. If you need help connecting to School Connect, please contact Mrs. McCorkle! - Football will be taking team pictures on Monday, Sept. 9 and Cheerleaders will be taking pictures on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Coaches have handed out the picture sheets so ask your athlete about it. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. McCorkle. - New Roofing will be happening at Holmes Middle School. The parking spaces in the morning drop off area to the right of the school by the Big Tree will be off limits due to dumpsters being placed in these locations. Please refrain from parking in those spots. Car Rider pick up and drop off should not be impacted. - Any students who are interested in Student Leadership, please have those applications turned in to Mrs. Evans (6th grade) on Tuesday, September 10th. - This is a very important message pertaining to your rising 7th grade child’s immunization needs. All North Carolina 7th grade students are required to obtain two immunizations, Those are the TDAP and meningococcal vaccines. This immunization requirement is due no later than September 24, 2024. Any student not submitting their updated record by the deadline will be excluded from attending school until the record is received. We are working hard to avoid that situation. Please make plans for your child now by contacting your child’s health care provider or the Rockingham County Health Department. For any questions or more information, please contact our school nurse. - BUS Information for Monday: Bus 97 will be running during it's normally scheduled time. It will not be bus 343 in the morning. You should look for bus 97. Bus 185 should be running its NORMAL time and getting the students to school prior to 8:30. Please be on the lookout for these two changes. For afternoon buses, there is a bit of a delay in some of the routes, so buses may arrive home a little later than normal. Thank you for your support and as always if you have any questions please reach out to the school and remember, there's no place like Holmes! -- Justin M. Bulla Assistant Principal

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Good Evening, This is Mr. Bulla, Assistant Principal with your weekly announcements. Monday, September 2nd is a Holiday, there is no school. Tuesday, September 3rd - There will be a Football and Cheerleading Parent meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. It is important that you and your student attend this meeting. Wednesday, September 4th - Football will play a scrimmage game at O.T. Bonner Middle School in Danville, VA - Game starts at 4:00 p.m. From Student Leadership - Any student interested in being on the Student Leadership Committee needs to pick up an application from the front office or Mrs. Evans (6th grade) during homeroom or I/E this week. Forms are due with signatures on Tuesday, September 10. Officers will include: President and Vice-President (8th grade) and 2 class representatives (one male/one female) from both 7th and 6th grade. If there are any questions, please see Mrs. Evans. I-Ready diagnostics will be on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Please encourage your student to do their best and complete this diagnostic. We hope you have a great long weekend, we will see everyone back in the building on Tuesday. As always, if you need anything please reach out to the school and remember, "there's no place like Holmes!"

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Please remember, Monday is Labor Day and we will not have school!

Good Morning: Bus 185 will begin their route around 8:00. Bus 343 will be picking up 97/13/124 students after it drops off its 343 route. It will start the 97/13/124 route around 8:15. Thank you!

RCS is experiencing technical issues with our bus application EDULOG and we are working on the issues. We will continue to provide updates as they are available and appreciate your patience & understanding.

RCS would like to thank our businesses, communities, families, non-profit organizations, students and staff who partnered, volunteered and/or donated items to the 2024 Stuff the Bus! RCS is grateful for your donations and your generosity! HMS cheerleaders at Eden Walmart.

Good evening Mustang families! This is Mr. Bulla, Assistant Principal, with your weekly announcements. Tomorrow is the first day of school and we are so excited to welcome all of our students back for a wonderful, educational and exciting new school year. We cannot wait to see you. Our great news for tomorrow is that all of our buses will be running1 They all have drivers and we are excited and thankful for tha. If you ride bus 13 which used to be 124, you will be picked up after bus 343 runs its route. So be looking for bus 343. It will not arrive until after 8:15. Any students who are late tomorrow because of any bus issues will of course be given an excused tardy and it will not count. Please do not worry about that! Any student interested in joining the 24/25 yearbook staff needs to bring themselves and a parent or guardian to the interest meeting that will be held on Thursday, September 5 at 6 PM. If you have any questions about yearbook staff, please reach out to Mrs. Meadows or Mr. Moore. Boys soccer, girls tennis, and softball tryouts begin Tuesday, August 30. Tryouts will start after school and end at 5:30. If you try to try out for girls tennis please plan on picking them up at the tennis court across from Morehead. There will be a football and cheerleading parent meeting on Tuesday, September 3 at 5:30 in the cafeteria. The athletes and their parents or guardians must attend this meeting. Remember that lunch and breakfast are free this year. The school building will not open until 7:45. The official school day begins at 8:25 and ends at 3:25. Again, we are so excited to see all of our wonderful students tomorrow for the start of the wonderful and educational new school year and just remember that there's no place like Holmes. We will see you bright and early tomorrow! Have a great evening!

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It's STUFF THE BUS Day!!!! Join us at the Eden Walmart!

Today is the last day for the RCS 2024 STUFF the BUS at our Walmart Supercenters in Eden, Mayodan and Reidsville on August 23 & 24 from 9am-6pm!

Tennis tryouts start August 27th!

Welcome back students! RCS has been preparing for your return and cannot wait to see you Monday!!

Join RCS for our 2024 STUFF the BUS at our Walmart Supercenters in Eden, Mayodan and Reidsville tomorrow and Saturday from 9am-6pm!