Today our Conexiones students welcomed the Conexiones students from Western Rockingham Middle School for a special event to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month. Students prepared presentations about Spanish speaking countries and rotated through each country's station - completing their passport along the way.

THIS WEDNESDAY!
Playoff football - RCMS vs. Dillard at HOME
Let's PINK OUT the student section and support our Jaguar Football team!
Admission $5

Please congratulate seventh-grader Trenton Thomas for being selected for the North Carolina Honors Chorus. Over 700 students in the state auditioned last week and Trenton was one of 180 who made this prestigious choir. Trenton will go to Winston-Salem for two days in November for the clinic and will perform with the NC Honors Chorus at the NC Music Educators Conference. The concert is open to the public and will be held Sunday, November 8 at 1:30 pm in the Benton Convention Center.

🩷Something Exciting is happening at Rock Middle! 🩷
Who doesn't love a good love story? Romance is, BY FAR, the most requested genre in our library (even from the boys)!
BUT - If you are a romance reader, you know that these books are not always appropriate for our middle school kiddos. Sometimes the spice level is too high, sometimes the language isn't great, and sometimes the situations are a little more mature than we would like our kids to read about.
So - to meet our student's needs - we would love to introduce a new (and totally optional) book club opportunity at our school.

The romance books that our book club will read will be:
1. Very low spice (maybe a kiss - after all, it IS a romance book).
2. Little to no inappropriate language.
3. Little to no drinking, drug use, or overly mature content/themes.

We will have our first book club meeting on Thursday, November 12 after school in the media center to discuss this month's book:

💖P.S. I Like You by Kasie West follows Lily Abbott, a high-school student who loves songwriting but feels a little out of place at school. When she writes some song lyrics on her chemistry desk, someone mysteriously continues them. Soon, Lily and her anonymous classmate begin exchanging notes and sharing their thoughts, music, and secrets. As Lily tries to figure out who her mystery pen pal is, she also navigates friendship, family, school drama, and her first real crush.

Content in "PS I Like You":
Language : Very mild - 2 instances where one character almost calls another a bad word
Sexual Content : NONE, Kiss Only
Drinking/Drugs/Smoking: NONE

Parents - you are, of course, welcome to join us and what a great opportunity for you to read a book along with your child and share a common interest with her/him!

We encourage you to order your own copy of this book or to borrow one from our library, the public library, or our online library system SORA.

Students should fill out the google form on Canvas to RSVP for the book club.

We look forward to reading with you!

The choir and band programs are in the middle of their fundraiser and had a "dunk tank day" for the students who met their first fundraising goal! Mr Williams may not have been expecting such precise throws from his students!

Last week was Sandy Hook Promise's National "Start with Hello" week, and we participated here at RCMS! Our SAVE Promise club sponsored a spirit week and on Tuesday, we did a Photo Booth in the cafeteria during lunch. Our yearbook staff took photos of students with some fun props to promote inclusion and connection!

Dress like Dolly.
Give like Dolly.
Read like Dolly.

Dolly Parton day was so much fun!

Our students embraced their country glam side, raised money for the Imagination Library AND - our favorite thing - spent some time reading for fun!

"You can never get enough books in the hands of enough children."
-Dolly Parton

Shout out to Ms. Bayne - our awesome guidance secretary - for always bringing the school spirit and positivity! Happy Friday!

We are close to meeting our Fundraising GOAL and the students are getting excited! Congrats to these winners so far throughout the week!

Your student still has time to earn VIP ducks, VIP rewards, attend the Rockstar foam party and earn a trip to urban air. Our sale doesn’t end till next Wednesday, September 16 so there’s still plenty of time to raise money for our school and earn awards for your student!

Our school code is 42084.

Thanks for your support and help!

Let's pack the stands for our first HOME FOOTBALL GAME!
Thursday, September 10.
Cougar Stadium
4:00pm
Wear your RED WHITE AND BLUE in the student section!

What a wonderful first week of school!

It takes a village—and we’re proud to be part of a powerful partnership with @ncpublicschools, @NCgoldenLEAF and @MarzanoResources! With this support, RCMS is launching a new chapter of school transformation rooted in collaboration and innovation. #GoldenLEAFSchools #nced #RuralStrong

RCMS CHROMEBOOK INFORMATION

Every student is issued a Chromebook to use during the school day. This device STAYS AT SCHOOL. Your child should never bring their school-issued Chromebook home. These devices are not insured to travel home.

If you need a device at home, we have a Chromebook rental available for $30. This is a separate device issued to your student that stays at home for the entire school year. If you are interested in this, please have your student ask their homeroom teacher for the rental agreement paperwork or stop by the library to pick this up.

Any questions - feel free to email Ms. Brown at bbrown3@rock.k12.nc.us

Save the Date! Our School-wide fundraiser begins on 9/2 and ends on 9/16. Information will be coming home with students on 9/2.

Any questions - contact Sandy Fabian at 336.616.0073 or sfabian@rock.k12.nc.us

We LOVED seeing all of you today at OPEN HOUSE! We are excited for another great a school year!

This past Saturday, RCMS was a ServeNC site and we welcomed wonderful people to our campus who helped us to count and deliver workbooks (over 5,000 total) to our English Language Arts (ELA) classrooms. What a blessing!

Thank you to Life Community Church in Jamestown for serving our sweet school!

See you all in just ONE WEEK for Open House! 🐾

RCS Clear Water Bottle Policy

We are SO excited to be a Golden LEAF School! Rock Middle is doing great things!

The Golden LEAF Schools Initiative welcomed four new schools into the Personalized, Competency-Based Education (PCBE) Cohort, bringing participation to 19 schools statewide.
⭐️ North Davie Middle School (Davie County Schools)
⭐️ Overhills Middle School (Harnett County Schools)
⭐️ Rockingham County Middle School (Rockingham County Schools)
⭐️ West McDowell Middle School (McDowell County Schools)

SAVE THE DATE
ROCK MIDDLE OPEN HOUSE
August 19
3:00-7:00