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March 26, 2018
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SPOTLIGHT ON INSTRUCTION
Mrs. Slomka teaches Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology/Genetics, and Biology at RHS. On March 21, her students in Anatomy and Physiology began a week-long Blood Analysis Lab using real dog's blood from local veterinary clinics.
Lab procedures include identifying blood differential counts (counting white blood cells after making a blood smear), hematocrit/packed cell count (using capillary tubes and a centrifuge to separate plasma and cells), enumeration counts (diluting blood to count the amount of red blood cells or white bloods on a special slide called a hemocytometer), hemoglobin estimation (comparing blood color to a Tallquist chart) and sketching Heme Crystals.
Mrs. Slomka used an intro essay for students to explore the topic before they begin this new unit. They already took notes on blood, so the lab was an incredible hands-on opportunity to do real scientific and diagnostic analysis in a laboratory setting in order to deepen learning.
Lab procedures include identifying blood differential counts (counting white blood cells after making a blood smear), hematocrit/packed cell count (using capillary tubes and a centrifuge to separate plasma and cells), enumeration counts (diluting blood to count the amount of red blood cells or white bloods on a special slide called a hemocytometer), hemoglobin estimation (comparing blood color to a Tallquist chart) and sketching Heme Crystals.
Mrs. Slomka used an intro essay for students to explore the topic before they begin this new unit. They already took notes on blood, so the lab was an incredible hands-on opportunity to do real scientific and diagnostic analysis in a laboratory setting in order to deepen learning.
Reporting by senior Patrick Jordan
SAT PRACTICE
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RCS VAPING PRESENTATION
2018 HOMETOWN HUSTLE
ROCHESTER ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STUDENTS PROUDLY PRESENETS:
THE UNINVITED
April 19-21, 2018
Rochester High School Auditorium
Tickets are general admission
$8.00 for Student/Seniors
$10.00 for Adults
$5.00 Saturday Matinee, All seats
Seeking to escape the demands of life in London, Pam Fitzgerald and her brother, Roddy, an aspiring playwright, discover a charming house in the west of England, overlooking the Irish Sea. The house, Cliff End, has long been empty, and they are able to purchase it at a suspiciously low price. The reason is soon apparent: The house has an unsavory reputation. Fifteen years earlier a murder may or may not have occurred by the gnarled tree that can be viewed from the parlor window. Slowly the Fitzgeralds begin to sense the evil spirit that still inhabits the house. Soon visits from the village doctor, the local gossip, and a former governess, reveal stories of the beautiful Mary Meredith, who once lived in the house and of the striking, Carmel, who posed for a painting that led to her destruction. With the help of Mary's daughter, Stella, and a séance arranged by an actress friend of the Fitzgeralds, Cliff End is forced to reveal its dark secrets.
Buy your tickets at the door or online at http://bit.ly/RATStix.
For more information, please visit the RATS website at www.ratstheatre.org.
Rochester High School Auditorium
Tickets are general admission
$8.00 for Student/Seniors
$10.00 for Adults
$5.00 Saturday Matinee, All seats
Seeking to escape the demands of life in London, Pam Fitzgerald and her brother, Roddy, an aspiring playwright, discover a charming house in the west of England, overlooking the Irish Sea. The house, Cliff End, has long been empty, and they are able to purchase it at a suspiciously low price. The reason is soon apparent: The house has an unsavory reputation. Fifteen years earlier a murder may or may not have occurred by the gnarled tree that can be viewed from the parlor window. Slowly the Fitzgeralds begin to sense the evil spirit that still inhabits the house. Soon visits from the village doctor, the local gossip, and a former governess, reveal stories of the beautiful Mary Meredith, who once lived in the house and of the striking, Carmel, who posed for a painting that led to her destruction. With the help of Mary's daughter, Stella, and a séance arranged by an actress friend of the Fitzgeralds, Cliff End is forced to reveal its dark secrets.
Buy your tickets at the door or online at http://bit.ly/RATStix.
For more information, please visit the RATS website at www.ratstheatre.org.
YEARBOOK SALES HAVE ENDED
2018 yearbook sales have officially ended. To be placed on a wait list, pleas email Mrs. Huvaere directly for more information. Jhuvaere@rochester.k12.mi.us
CONGRATULATIONS CHOIR
MSVMA District 16 Choir Festival took place on Wednesday 3.14 at Stoney Creek High School. Rochester High School Choir scored EXTREMELY high and truly impressed the judges with their outstanding performances. Concert Choir received a 114/120. Women’s Chorale received a 119/120, and Chamber Choir earned a PERFECT SCORE!!! 120/120!!! Congratulations Falcon Singers!!!
RHS TEACHERS AT TEACH TO LEAD SUMMIT
The Business Department of RHS was honored to be invited to the Teach to Lead Summit in Novi on Monday, March 12. Mrs. Karen Malsbury and Mrs. Kristin Dunneback, prior to the event, submitted a proposal to explore the notion of providing all seniors at RHS an Authentic Career Learning Experience.
This day of collaboration and introspection was priceless. Our team was able to present our plans to Governor Snyder who encouraged us to not just expose our senior class to this opportunity but to open it up to our juniors. The Director of Talent and Economic Development, Mr. Roger Curtis supported our ideas with hard evidence from the Marshall Plan. (see below for more details) We were able to utilize the Logic Model and come up with a compelling Goal to share with all stakeholders in the near future. The plan is to offer a Authentic Career Learning Experience to all seniors in the 2018-2019 school year.
This day of collaboration and introspection was priceless. Our team was able to present our plans to Governor Snyder who encouraged us to not just expose our senior class to this opportunity but to open it up to our juniors. The Director of Talent and Economic Development, Mr. Roger Curtis supported our ideas with hard evidence from the Marshall Plan. (see below for more details) We were able to utilize the Logic Model and come up with a compelling Goal to share with all stakeholders in the near future. The plan is to offer a Authentic Career Learning Experience to all seniors in the 2018-2019 school year.
FALCON FRIENDSHIP GAME ACTIVITY
Ms. Cosentino's class made tye-dye green t-shirts for spirit week with the money raised from the Falcon Friendship Basketball Game!
FREE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY HELP
Professor Koppen from Oakland University will be in the RHS Media Center Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4:00 for students who would like extra help with Physics and Chemistry.
SAT PREP - ESSAY WRITING
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PTSA HEALTH AND WELLNESS UPDATE
RHS DANCE TRYOUTS
HIGH SCHOOL TESTING DATES
PTSA FOUNDERS DAY A SUCCESS AT RHS
Rochester High School is honored to host the PTA Council Founders Day event every year. Congratulations again to the RHS honorees on their night and thank you to three past Council Presidents and RHS parents (Jennifer Berwick, Amy Schuster, Kari WIlliams) for attending the event.
SENIOR ALL NIGHT PARTY (SANP) NEWS
Congratulations to our February ticket raffle winners! Ashok Dodaballapur, Rahul Kizcahakkoottayil, Justin McCaslin, and Steven Salkowski. See you at the SANP!
Buy your ticket NOW for a chance to win! Everyone^ who has purchased their ticket by the first of each month through June will be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift card to Tropical Smoothie. Four winners will be selected each month -- are you feeling LUCKY? The only way to enter is to buy your SANP ticket today! Pay online or send in a check payable to Rochester Community Schools, memo RHS SANP along with the permission slip to the Main Office.
Attention winners: If you have not yet picked up your gift card go to the Main Office to claim your prize.
^Prior winners excluded from future drawings.
Why go to the SANP? Students enjoy a fun celebration at Dave & Buster's the night of their graduation ceremony until 5:00 the next morning. The entire class can celebrate together in a safe environment. The $95 ticket includes bus transportation from/to the school, food & beverages, a variety of games & entertainment, and a chance to win BIG prizes including microwaves, TVs, mini fridges, printers and more! Your senior won't want to miss this amazing event! Questions? Contact Kari Willimas at karilee_williams@yahoo.com or 248-933-6228.
Attention Parents: We need your help! You can help us make the 2018 SANP even better with your donations. We need BASKETS -- a variety of shapes and sizes are needed to package and display our raffle prizes. If you have any baskets we can use, contact Anne Crites at anne.crites@mcc.edu or 248-978-2975 to make arrangements for your basket(s) to be collected. We are also seeking donations of items to add to our assortment of PRIZES such as video games, phone accessories, Vera Bradley -- anything appealing and/or useful for a student after high school graduation. GIFT CARDS to popular stores and eateries would also be welcome. Let us know what you can contribute for our event on the sign-up at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080f45aaae2fa6f85-senior. If you'd rather make a monetary donation to support the RCS Senior All Night Party events, please contact Mary Beth Johnson at marybeth.johnson7@gmail.com. Donations are tax deductible and will be split between all three Rochester high schools unless a certain school is specified.
We need JUNIOR & SOPHOMORE parents, too! Get in on the action now so you will be prepared to continue the amazing tradition for your child's graduation class.
Please join us at the next SANP meeting on Monday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the Media Center.
Questions? Contact Kari Williams at karilee_williams@yahoo.com or 248-933-6228.
Buy your ticket NOW for a chance to win! Everyone^ who has purchased their ticket by the first of each month through June will be entered in a drawing to win a $10 gift card to Tropical Smoothie. Four winners will be selected each month -- are you feeling LUCKY? The only way to enter is to buy your SANP ticket today! Pay online or send in a check payable to Rochester Community Schools, memo RHS SANP along with the permission slip to the Main Office.
Attention winners: If you have not yet picked up your gift card go to the Main Office to claim your prize.
^Prior winners excluded from future drawings.
Why go to the SANP? Students enjoy a fun celebration at Dave & Buster's the night of their graduation ceremony until 5:00 the next morning. The entire class can celebrate together in a safe environment. The $95 ticket includes bus transportation from/to the school, food & beverages, a variety of games & entertainment, and a chance to win BIG prizes including microwaves, TVs, mini fridges, printers and more! Your senior won't want to miss this amazing event! Questions? Contact Kari Willimas at karilee_williams@yahoo.com or 248-933-6228.
Attention Parents: We need your help! You can help us make the 2018 SANP even better with your donations. We need BASKETS -- a variety of shapes and sizes are needed to package and display our raffle prizes. If you have any baskets we can use, contact Anne Crites at anne.crites@mcc.edu or 248-978-2975 to make arrangements for your basket(s) to be collected. We are also seeking donations of items to add to our assortment of PRIZES such as video games, phone accessories, Vera Bradley -- anything appealing and/or useful for a student after high school graduation. GIFT CARDS to popular stores and eateries would also be welcome. Let us know what you can contribute for our event on the sign-up at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080f45aaae2fa6f85-senior. If you'd rather make a monetary donation to support the RCS Senior All Night Party events, please contact Mary Beth Johnson at marybeth.johnson7@gmail.com. Donations are tax deductible and will be split between all three Rochester high schools unless a certain school is specified.
We need JUNIOR & SOPHOMORE parents, too! Get in on the action now so you will be prepared to continue the amazing tradition for your child's graduation class.
Please join us at the next SANP meeting on Monday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the Media Center.
Questions? Contact Kari Williams at karilee_williams@yahoo.com or 248-933-6228.
SENIOR GRADUATION SIGNS
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2017 - 2018 MEETING DATES
PTSA Meetings will be held in the Media Center at 7:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) on the following dates:
May 9
Athletic Booster Meetings will be held in the Media Center at 6:00 p.m. on the following dates:
April 16, May 14, and June 11
Band Booster Meetings will be held in the Band Room at 7:30 p.m. on the following dates:
April 17, May 8, and June 12
Senior All Night Party Meetings will be held in the Media Center at 7:00 p.m. on the following dates:
April 16, and May 14 (starts at 7:30 p.m.)
May 9
Athletic Booster Meetings will be held in the Media Center at 6:00 p.m. on the following dates:
April 16, May 14, and June 11
Band Booster Meetings will be held in the Band Room at 7:30 p.m. on the following dates:
April 17, May 8, and June 12
Senior All Night Party Meetings will be held in the Media Center at 7:00 p.m. on the following dates:
April 16, and May 14 (starts at 7:30 p.m.)
RHS SPORTS
GIRLS GOLF LESSON OPPORTUNITY
Parents, do you have a daughter who you would like to be involved in golf? High school golf is a great sport and often leads youngsters into something they can do the rest of their lives. One of the biggest misconceptions when it comes to high school golf is that girls need to have a lot of experience or be good players already in order to come out and make the high school team. Those ideas are definitely misconceptions, especially when it comes to jv girls golf. In a typical year, we will have several players on our jv team with very little experience coming into the season.
When it comes to making the varsity team, although our team has been very good over the last 15 years, we would most likely take any girl that can break 100 for 18 holes straight to the varsity team. In an effort to get girls out playing golf, learning the game and preparing to try out in the fall, we have an opportunity for some group lessons with PGA Professional Larry Hamilton through the spring and summer. Larry has his own golf teaching facility in downtown Rochester and also works out of Twin Lakes. This is a great opportunity for young girls (current 5th graders and up) to get some golf instruction without having to commit to the expense of individual lessons yet.
We have some good young players who will be coming up through Rochester High in the next few years and we'd really like to keep building in order to make another State Championship run in the next several years! If you have a daughter who would be interested in attending some group lessons, please contact our Girls Varsity Coach, Jeff Haney at jhaney@rochester.k12.mi.us. We would like to start lessons soon after spring break and have them run through the end of the school year. For those who want to continue after that, Larry will also be running lessons throughout the summer as well. Larry will be setting up times each week that people can sign up for and I will put you in touch with him to do that. There are other good professionals in the area as well that would be great to work with. Please get in touch and we'll help in any way we can. We are very excited about getting young girls involved in the game of golf and hope your daughter can join in.
When it comes to making the varsity team, although our team has been very good over the last 15 years, we would most likely take any girl that can break 100 for 18 holes straight to the varsity team. In an effort to get girls out playing golf, learning the game and preparing to try out in the fall, we have an opportunity for some group lessons with PGA Professional Larry Hamilton through the spring and summer. Larry has his own golf teaching facility in downtown Rochester and also works out of Twin Lakes. This is a great opportunity for young girls (current 5th graders and up) to get some golf instruction without having to commit to the expense of individual lessons yet.
We have some good young players who will be coming up through Rochester High in the next few years and we'd really like to keep building in order to make another State Championship run in the next several years! If you have a daughter who would be interested in attending some group lessons, please contact our Girls Varsity Coach, Jeff Haney at jhaney@rochester.k12.mi.us. We would like to start lessons soon after spring break and have them run through the end of the school year. For those who want to continue after that, Larry will also be running lessons throughout the summer as well. Larry will be setting up times each week that people can sign up for and I will put you in touch with him to do that. There are other good professionals in the area as well that would be great to work with. Please get in touch and we'll help in any way we can. We are very excited about getting young girls involved in the game of golf and hope your daughter can join in.
