RHS Weekly Announcements     | Nov. 15, 2019

Important dates      

Last Cap and Gown Order Day:  Friday, November 15

Yearbook Lowest Price Good:  through Nov. 15 @$75

Fall Play “Harvey”:  Nov. 14-16 @ 7 PM

PTSA Board Meeting:  Nov. 18th at 6 PM

ACT Practice @ RHS:  Nov. 23

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Congratulations, Logan Brendle, RHS Teacher of the Year!!! If your Ram has had Mr. Brendle, we certainly thought you would want to know.  He truly is an excellent teacher and role model and we wish him the best in the county competition.

Last Day to Order Caps and Gowns - Friday, November 15th during lunch.  PLEASE make sure your senior has taken care of the order!!!!

Football Play-off game on 11/15:  The game versus Panther Creek will start 30 minutes later than usual (7:30 PM).  Let’s go, Rams!!!!

Fall Play - “Harvey”:  The play runs from Thursday (Nov. 14) through Saturday (Nov. 16).  Showtime is 7 PM each night. Advance tickets are $8 for students and $10 for adults and can be purchased online through rolesvilletheatre.weebly.com.  Prices at the door are $10 for students and $12 for adults.

Mr. Grether,, former RHS Teacher of the Year and WCPSS Finalist, is now a Finalist in the WRAL.com Voters’ Choice Awards:  Voting lasts until 12/1 and can be done @ http://Vote.Fastrams.me . or https://wral5.secondstreetapp.com/2019-WRAL-Voters-Choice-Awards/.  Congratulations, Mr. Grether, and good luck!

Items from Rolesville Athletic Club:

1. Don’t forget, we have lots of new stuff including blankets, long sleeve t-shirts, pom-poms, hoodies & winter hats. As always, you can order online or purchase at the game.
2. Our 5th Annual Boston Butt Fundraiser is underway! We are taking PRE-ORDER only for $35 up until 11/19. Forms are located in the main office and information is online at www.racnc.com
3. All sports Punch Card Passes are discounted for the month of November from $50 to $25. They will be available whenever merchandise & apparel are on sale.

Preparations for the Practice ACT on Nov. 23rd:  Registration for the practice set for Saturday, November 23rd has closed.  Students who registered will get information during the week next week to remind them when to arrive and what they need to bring.  We need for them to practice just like it will be in February or when they test on their own another time. It is critical that they arrive on time with the materials they need next Saturday.  Also, please know that most students need to take the actual ACT (or SAT) more than one time if going to college. Juniors will test in February during the school day. Please remind your Juniors that they need to go ahead and test again in spring and no later than summer in preparation for college applications.

College Rep Visits:  Students need to sign up in student services to attend the college rep presentations. Also, make sure you are on our Twitter feed for reminders.

November 18 (9:00 am)--University of Alabama

November 19 (9:00 am)--Campbell University

November 20 (9:00 am)--William Peace University

November 22 (8:00 am)--North Carolina Central University 

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National Achievers Society:  They are holding food and toiletry drive to support Interact.  Homerooms will be part of a competition. Items they will collect from Nov. 4-22 are  

Toiletry Items:  Hand Soap, Shower gel, Shaving cream, Shampoo / Conditioner,  Disposable Shower Caps, Stick deodorant, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Toilet tissue, Box tissue, Combs/brushes,  Hand Sanitizer and Feminine hygiene products

Food Items: Bottled water,  Crackers/Nabs, Dried fruits and nuts (individually wrapped), Granola bars, Juice boxes, Microwave meals (non-frozen), Microwave mac/cheese and Microwave instant mashed potatoes

As Cold and Flu Season Ramps Up:  WCPSS provides guidance on the system website at https://www.wcpss.net/Page/168.  This information will help you determine if a student should or should not attend school. It also provides information about vaccinations if you follow the links embedded in the site.

Codes for Online Picture Orders from Strawbridge Studios: 

October 24th - FM3190

August 7th - FM319045

September 25th - FM319050

Business Ads in Yearbook:  If you are interested in buying an ad in our yearbook or if you know someone who would like to purchase one, please email Ms. Rebecca Hatcher at rhatcher@wcpss.net to let her know.  

Language Preference in Talking Points:  We are pleased that many of you are already engaging with staff through the Talking Points App.  If you wish to receive the message in English instead of the home language provided to us in Powerschools, you may switch the language to English at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lSJyVEkFD65nhxtxfGVlHBGR7SQM6Kxn/view?usp=sharing.

Reminder to complete the Student Services Needs Assessment:  We are asking parents to complete our RHS Parent Needs Assessment Survey, using the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1afC4Sq6jRdW0MWNZfiCy3lYfPzCtX2_CrejAm2zd78I/edit?usp=sharing  We are using data from our needs assessment surveys to create programs that will better serve our students.

Virtual Meet-the-Teacher:  In past years, we have hosted fall meet-the-teacher open houses.  We know folks are very, very busy and face-to-face meetings might not be the best way for a majority of our families to gather information.  We have taken a different step this year to create a virtual site that shares teachers and teaching-team information. We will load the virtual site in the very near future.  Please check the website under Parents.

Gently Used Caps and Gowns:  There are times that we could use the caps and gowns of graduates for displays, etc.  We would be happy to take back clean and gently used ones if you would like to get them out of the house.  Some of you have younger siblings here and might want to send them in. If so, we would welcome them.

Yearbook Purchase:  The 2020 RHS Yearbook can be purchased at http://jostensyearbooks.com?ref=A01123709. The cost is $70 until Sept. 30th, and the yearbooks will be delivered to the school near the end of May.  The cost associated with dates are listed below:

$75 until 11/15

$80 until 1/31 (personalization ends) 

$85 until 5/31

PTSA Needs Your Support:  Any and all of these would be a great help.

1. Please join PTSA!  Forms were in the students’ first day packets.
2. Harris Teeter wipes out links from their cards to schools in June each year.  PLEASE link your HT card to Rolesville High School again.  
3. Please link us with your Lowes Foods card.
4. When you are shopping, they ask that you use Amazon Smiles under RHS.  
5. Target Cards can be linked using code 1534.