RCE Family Update

What a great start to the school year... best of my 20 years in education! This is a credit to our wonderful students, families, and faculty/staff.

Just a few announcements below, including a school dance this Friday and a change to our morning drop off.

Let me know if you need anything,

Thomas

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. This year Ms. Garrett, who runs our accounts, will be posting daily... #180daysatRCE.

Starting on Monday, 8/15, we will be changing our AM carline to accommodate a larger number of car riders this year. We will be bringing the AM carline around to the front of the school and adding one more entrance. This should double the number of cars we can unload at one time. I have attached a map below with the new drop-off area and the four entrances labeled.

Please help us by pulling all the way around to the front. Your son or daughter will be able to walk through the building from any entrance to get to their classroom.

We hope this helps us start school at 8:30am and eases traffic a little on Madden Bridge Road. Our afternoon carline will remain the same.

Our Back to School Dance will be held Friday 8/19 from 3:30-5:00. Students will be dismissed from their 6th period class to attend. This is a fun time for our students to spend time together and enjoy middle school experiences. Admission is $5 and concessions will be sold from $1-$3. Students do not need to dress up or bring a change of clothes, please wear what you would normally wear to school for the day.

Pickup will be in the normal carline. 6th grade students will be picked up from the front of the school with 7th & 8th graders being picked up from the back car loop.

Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year, Ms. Joplin, and our Support Employee of the Year, Officer Chapman! We recently learned that Ms. Joplin was named a district teacher of the year finalist!

If you have not completed the Registration Gateway (link) for your student, please take a minute to do so. It is very important to have accurate, updated information for all students. Thank you for taking the time to update.

The free lunch program has ended this school year. Breakfast will cost $1.50 and lunch will cost $2.35. I encourage you to take a minute to fill out the free and reduced lunch application below to see if your family qualifies.

We've remained committed to a 6 period day at Edwards Middle. This schedule allows for 1 hour in each period and the opportunity to participate in several related arts classes. This schedule has also allowed us to include several Pickens County Career and Technology courses for our 8th graders.

Eligibility

Per the South Carolina High School League (SCHSL), all 7th and 8th graders are eligible to play sports. 6th graders can contact individual coaches for possible managing opportunities.

Daniel High offers the following fall sports to RCE 7th and 8th graders: girls golf, girls tennis, swimming and cross country. Please see Daniel High (link) for more information.

Participation

Anyone interested in playing football or volleyball need to have their 2022-23 paperwork complete in PlanetHS (link) prior to participation.

Information

Please see our RCE Athletics Website (link) for information about participating in our SCHSL sanctioned teams.

Tickets

Edwards Middle and Daniel High will continue using Hometown Ticketing for all ticket sales. Ticket prices for all 2022-23 athletic events will be $6 and will be open to purchase 3 days prior to each event. RCE Tickets (link)

Booster Club

The RC Edwards Athletic Booster Club supports all student athletic programs through purchasing equipment, uniforms, meals, maintenance, and many other things. Without the booster club, our athletic programs would not be able to run accordingly. Use the following link below to become a member of our booster club. RCE Athletic Booster Club (link)

Greetings RCE Families,

Because of YOU, the 2021-22 school year was a successful one for the RCE PTSO.

Your membership dues, donations, and time spent volunteering provided over $3000 in teacher grants, a staff appreciation breakfast every month, a staff treat every month, and Teacher Appreciation gift cards and celebration.

On behalf of the PTSO Board, teachers, and staff of RCE, THANK YOU!

Please help make the 2022-23 school year just as successful by joining the PTSO.

Every person and any amount makes a difference! Help support the RCE Huddle program, fund grants, provide equipment for students at recess, and much more this upcoming year! Please click the link below to see how you can sign-up to be a member of our PTSO.

MySchoolBucks will be our primary way of accepting fee payments. The only fee that every student needs to pay is the $25 Tech It Home fee that is required to receive a student device in SDPC. For our Grade 8 students taking Algebra 1, we do encourage all students to have access to a TI-84 graphing calculator. Students can purchase their own (TI-84CE is also an option) or rent one from RCE for $6. These fees can be paid through the MySchoolBucks button below.

"Committed to Excellence"

Email: thomaspreisig@pickens.k12.sc.us
Website: rce.pickens.k12.sc.us
Location: 1157 Madden Bridge Road, Central, SC, United States
Phone: (864) 397-4200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RCEMiddle/
Twitter: @RCEMiddle