The RCS 2024 District Science Fair award ceremony was held on December 5th at Osborne Baptist Church in Eden, NC recognizing students’ achievements in science comprehension and presentation through science project displays and interviews . A total of 81 projects were entered in the science fair to compete for the chance to advance to the Region 5 Science Fair to be held at Parkland High School on February 15, 2025. First and second place award recipients advance to the Regional Competition. Congrats to all competitors and all the best to those advancing to Regionals!!
Our kindergarten and 1st grade students did an amazing job at their holiday performance titled “Gnome for the Holidays.” Thank you to all of the families who came out to support and our talented music teacher, Ms. Flynt for her hard work.
We are excited for week two of our winter break countdown! Please see the fun for each day of December 9th - 14th.
“You’re a Gift!” Staff and students dressed as a gift as we continue our countdown to winter break. Students are a teacher’s favorite gift, hands down!
Our family night is tomorrow, December 5th. We hope to see you there!
Clarification on early check out time for students to be counted present for the day has been provided. Effective today, December 4, 11:30 am is the checkout time for a student to be counted present.
It’s a Mustang Holiday! Students and staff dressed as one of Santa’s favorite little helpers. These elves were surely working hard today. 🎄🎅
RCS would like to invite our community to attend the RCS District Science Fair on Thursday, December 5th at Osborne Baptist Church in Eden. Elementary students will present projects from 8:30 - 11:00am with awards presented at 11am and secondary students will present projects from 11:30am - 2pm with awards presented at 2pm!
Our winter break countdown starts next week!
Our Winter Break Countdown begins on Monday, December 2nd and goes through Friday, December 20th.
This Thanksgiving, let's give thanks for the teachers who inspire us, the staff who support us, the parents & guardians who guide us and the students who light up our schools. Together, we make a difference every day. 🦃 Grateful for our RCS families & team! Happy Thanksgiving!!
On November 20, 2024 the RCS Board of Education Policy Committee Meeting will be held from 8:30 - 9:30 am and the RCS Board of Education Meeting will be held at 10:00am at the RCS Administrative Offices , 511 Harrington Highway, Eden, NC .
RCS is actively recruiting bus drivers! Bus drivers can work full time or as little as 3 hours a day. More information can be found at the link: https://rockinghamnc.ted.peopleadmin.com/hire/index.aspx
We enjoyed seeing all of the science fair projects this morning and extremely proud of all the hard work that went into creating these projects.
Our fifth graders, as well as a few third and fourth graders, participated in the Monroeton Science Fair today! There were so many amazing science projects! There were several creative and innovative projects, but five students were chosen to move on to the District Science Fair. Congratulations to the following students from each category:
Physics- Brooks Barker, “Does Air Pressure Affect Kicking Distance?”
Chemistry- Maddison Marshall, “How Many Drops Till it Pops?”
Engineering- Kendall Smith, “Stanley vs. Yeti?”
Earth Science- London Andre, “Water Filtration”
Biological Sciences- Kensleigh Meeks, “Who Has the Cleaner Mouth? Me or the Dog?”
These students were judged on scientific quality, creativity, and presentation. We know they will represent us well!
Grades 3-5 will take check in's next week. Tuesday, November 19th students will take reading and Wednesday, November 20th students will take math.
Our Veterans Appreciation Event is this Friday, November 8th from 7:20-8:20 in the Monroeton Media Center.
The RCS Board of Education will conduct special called meeting on Friday, November 8, 2024. The BOE will immediately move to closed session. The agenda can be found at http://www.boarddocs.com/nc/rock/Board.nsf
Reminder for RCS families - November 5, 2024 is an optional teacher workday and no school for students. Also, this is election day and we encourage all eligible members of the RCS community to exercise their right to vote.
There is no school for students on Tuesday, November 5th.
