Student musicians toot their
horns, celebrate Music In
Our Schools Month
RCS students are celebrating
Music In Our Schools Month
this month.
Click here to
channel 6's interview with 4th grade PBC students
at the state capitol on Wednesday
Orientation for future
freshmen is today. Click
here for a letter on the
topic.
RCS
launches Budget Information
Center
The district launched this week an
online Budget Information
Center - a tool residents
can use to find information
on the development of the
2008-09 school yea
Gas prices
cause budget bubble at RCS
With five months to go in the school year, gas prices
have bubbled to the top
of the budget issues for
RCS.
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RCS Creative Writing
students delivered
more than two-dozen
hand written and
illustrated
children's books to
the Children's
Hospital at Albany
Medical Center on
Wednesday. Above,
hospital staff and
medical students
pose with RCS
students Dave Winne,
Brent Weidman,
Maggie Smith and
Becky Herrington, as
well as their
teacher, Gloria
Foley. |
For
third consecutive year, RCS
Olympiad team advances to
states
For the third time in as many years, RCS Middle School student
scientists will compete in the state Science Olympiad
competition.
Parent group to meet again
The next meeting of the informal
parent
support group will take
place on April 21.
RCS
grad honored in service
academy
Blood
drive a draining experience
RCS students, faculty and
staff turned out in force
for Thursday's Red Cross
Blood Drive, helping the
Student Government
Organization surpass its
goal of 95 units of blood
collected.
Pre-K
students complete their 100th
book
Pre-school students at
Pieter B. Coeymans
Elementary School completed
a milestone on Wednesday,
finishing their 100th
book since Jan. 2.
Students donate their own
creations to Children’s
Hospital patients
Creative Writing students
penned and illustrated
the children’s books that they
donated to the children.
Reynolds competes in Poetry
Out Loud competition
For some, reciting a poem in
front of a crowd while
reading it is difficult.
Elementary students to take
part in community ballroom
dance
Students at A.W. Becker
Elementary
School
will be putting on their
dancing shoes later this
month – but they won’t be
dancing to the sounds of
Kanye West, 50 Cent or Rob
Thomas.
A novel experience:
Pre-K
students complete 100 books
in two months
Pre-school students at
Pieter B. Coeymans
Elementary School completed
a milestone on Wednesday,
finishing their 100th
book since January 2.
Two test their spelling
skills in regional
competition
Two RCS
Middle School tested
their spelling skills
against more than 100
students from around the
Capital Region on
Monday.
RCS to host Radio Disney Night on
March 14
Calendar change at P.B.C.
Parents and students at
Pieter B. Coeymans
Elementary School should
take note that the date of
the annual habitat day
celebration at the school
has been rescheduled.
Prepaid meals are tops in RCS
cafeterias
For the first time at RCS,
more meals are being paid
for in advance than in cash