11/6/23 RCHS Newsletter

Polls will be open at 7 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m. including all Ballot Drop Box Locations and Voter Service and Polling Centers. Registered voters in Douglas County should have received your mail in ballot. If you haven't, please visit douglasvotes.com

We have recently shared information with you regarding DCSD funding issues and 5A & 5B. As you know, Rock Canyon High School would greatly benefit from these initiatives and help keep our community and school strong. We encourage you to exercise your right to vote.

Please click here to learn more about DCSD Funding - Planning Today for Their Tomorrow.

11/10/23 JAG Day/Late Start 8:20am

11/17/23 JAG Day/Late Start 8:20am

11/20/23 - 11/24/23 Thanksgiving Break - SCHOOL CLOSED

12/01/23 JAG Day/Late Start 8:20am

12/08/23 JAG Day/Late Start 8:20am

12/15/23 JAG Day/Late Start 8:20am

12/18/23 - 12/21/23 Finals (Schedule Below)

12/22/23 Teach Work Day - NO SCHOOL

12/22/23 - 01/07/24 Winter Break - SCHOOL CLOSED

01/08/24 Teach Work Day - NO SCHOOL

01/15/24 MLK Day - SCHOOL CLOSED

What an amazing recognition! We're the Reader's Choice in the Colorado Parent Magazine Family Favorites 2023 contest for favorite Public High School Principal and favorite Football Team. It's all thanks to you. Thank you all who voted for showing your continuous support for Rock Canyon High School! ❤️

Favorite Public High School Principal

Andrew Abner (Rock Canyon High School)

Favorite Public High School Principal in the 2023 Colorado Parent Magazine Family Favorites contest!

Favorite High School Football Team - Go Jags!

Rock Canyon High School - Voted by Colorado Parent Magazine

Congrats to our friends at Rocky Heights Middle School. They were voted Favorite Public Middle School! 🍎

The RC Boys Basketball program is sponsoring the RC Holiday Gift Card Delivery Service again this year. This is not a fundraiser, but offered as a way to give back and show support for our school. Our hope is this service provides a convenient option for families to recognize Rock Canyon teachers and staff for all of their hard work and dedication to our students.

This delivery service allows families to donate money toward gift cards for RC teachers and staff members along with an optional personalized message. The recipients then choose exactly what gift cards they would like to receive with the contributions made to them. Customized gift card packages will be delivered before Finals Week in December.

Don't miss this opportunity to recognize our amazing teachers and staff and wish them all a very happy holiday season!

Here is a link with more details: RC Gift Card Delivery Service

Click here to start your order: RC Holiday Gift Card Program.

Orders must be submitted by Monday, November 27, 2023.

The Foundation for Douglas County Schools is proud to honor exceptional educators and staff who are inspiring a love of learning in students and are trailblazing extraordinary innovation in our schools.

October 2, 2023 - November 12, 2023

Nomination Window Open!

Nominate HERE

During Seminar this week we will kick off our 9th Annual Trivia Bowl at Rock Canyon. This is a school wide competition. All seminars compete in 3 rounds of pool play. After that the winners from pool play will compete in a grade level competition. On December 14th, we will host Trivia Bowl Finals which will have one team from each grade level, and a wildcard team compete for the winning title of Trivia Bowl Champs. Feel free to follow along at bit.ly/rchstrivia.

We are asking for your help with The 9th Annual Rock Canyon Trivia Bowl, which is run through Seminar classes and will begin on November 9th. The school championship consists of four grade-level champions and will be broadcast on RCTV on Thursday, December 14th. A link for you to watch it live remotely will be available on the RCHS website.

We hope you can help us fill the Championship Cup with 30 gift cards of $10 each for the winning team. They can be from any restaurant, Starbucks, Target, etc. If you can donate, Please sign-up here.

Please drop off gift cards marked “Trivia Bowl” at security or have your student drop them off with Karen Brankin in the main office by December 8th.

THANK YOU very much for your help as we embark on this hotly contested competition and fun RCHS tradition!

The RCHS Seminar Committee

The Rock is an online news program that encompasses both the website and social media platforms. Rock Canyon High School's. Newspaper/Digital Publishing class runs both facets of the publication. We are dedicated to covering and informing the community of Rock Canyon and telling everyone's story.

• Nationally recognized, award-winning program
• Over 2,000 monthly impressions
• Completely run by students
• Member of Quill & Scroll Honor, Society, Student News Online (SNO), Colorado Student Media Association (CSMA), Journalism Education Association (JEA), National Student Press Association (NSPA), Youth Journalism International (YJI), and Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA)

Visit us at: rockmediaonline.org

Rolling Cancellation Schedule 2023-2024

As a reminder, this rolling cancellation schedule is for general education bus routes only. Special education routes will continue as normal and will not be canceled.

The RCHS School store will be open during lunch & 6th period on Tuesday, November 7th and Thursday, November 9th.

To view the RCHS Activities Page, click here.

Principal / Andy Abner

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