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December 5, 2016
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SPOTLIGHT ON INSTRUCTION
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Students in Mrs. Matthews' A.P. Government class are studying linkage institutions: the roles of political parties, media, and interest groups, and how they play in to our government. Students were given three current issue topics (the media’s coverage of the death of Fidel Castro, Midway Plastic Island, and Watergate). With the three issues, students discussed and determined the media is acting as a "gate keeper", a "score keeper", or a "watch dog", and the bias that exists. Mrs. Matthews' class drew their conclusions from articles, media, and class discussions.
ROCHESTER ROCKS CHICAGO
THANK YOU VETERANS
On Friday, November 11, 2016 over 1600 flags were placed by each Rochester High School student to show our support and gratitude for our nation's Veterans.
ART CLUB PAINTS A PLOW
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On Saturday, November 12, 2016 at the Rochester Hills Public Works Dept, Art Club members, Rachel Rettie, Samyukta Poudal and Shreeya Ramesh worked hard painting our new school logo on the city snow plows. Be sure to keep an eye out for our plow on the roads this winter!
WOMEN'S CHOIR SINGS AT DETROIT OPERA HOUSE
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Rochester High School Women’s Choir was invited to the Detroit Opera House to sing the Waltz of the Snowflakes during a performance of The Nutcracker on Friday, November 25. The singers sat in the pit with the orchestra for the first act of the performance, then watched the second act from the audience. Singing with professional musicians was such a fantastic opportunity for our students!
RHS LIBRARY ARTICLE DATABASES
When searching for information on the web, RHS offers our students access to trustworthy, credible resources through subscription-based sites. These sites are online database collections of thousands of published magazines, journals, books, and news sources, both print and multimedia. Each one is provided by either RHS, the Library of Michigan’s Michigan eLibrary, or Rochester Hills Public Library and all are free to our students and families.
Whether your student has a homework assignment, research project, or essay that they’re needing background information for, encourage him or her to search one of the many databases that fits their subject before going to Google or Wikipedia to find reliable, quality information sources. Download a copy of the following page for the online location and password information, and keep it by the computer as a reminder to make it the first place to look!
Whether your student has a homework assignment, research project, or essay that they’re needing background information for, encourage him or her to search one of the many databases that fits their subject before going to Google or Wikipedia to find reliable, quality information sources. Download a copy of the following page for the online location and password information, and keep it by the computer as a reminder to make it the first place to look!
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Highlighted Online Resource: Britannica School
Encyclopedia Britannica is now a rich resource of digital information, containing not only informative articles, but video, audio, and animations. It’s a great resource for current news articles, historical documents, biographical information, and comparing countries of the world. Britannica School is provided to all Michigan residents and is funded by the Michigan eLibrary, administered by the Library of Michigan. Access Britannica and all our available online database resources of published, reliable information at tinyurl.com/rhsarticledatabases or on the RHS web page menu under Library Article Databases. |
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CONSTRUCTION CORNER
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Please see the video below for an update on our construction!
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HOST AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
Calling all RHS Parents! Rochester High School has the honor of hosting 20 Chinese students who will be traveling to Detroit on an educational and cultural experience. Children from Hai’an Senior Middle School will visit RHS on Sunday, January 29 through Friday, February 3. We are seeking 10 host families to offer room and board for 2 students per family during their stay in the Rochester area. Students from China will be paired with a student at RHS and will follow their class schedule for the week. Rochester Community Schools will be planning a series of after school activities to enrich this cultural experience as well. If you are interested in an international host experience, please contact Mr. DeLuca at ndeluca@rochester.k12.mi.us
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Monday December 19th-Wednesday December 21st
Monday: Ice Out (White Out)
Tuesday: Lounge Day
Wednesday: Ugly Sweater
**There will be a toy drive benefitting Bottomless Toy Chest**
Students will be encouraged to drop off new, unwrapped toys to bins located at the Main Entrance or Mall Balcony.
**Hot chocolate will be sold in the morning on all 3 days to benefit Bottomless Toy Chest!**
Monday: Ice Out (White Out)
Tuesday: Lounge Day
Wednesday: Ugly Sweater
**There will be a toy drive benefitting Bottomless Toy Chest**
Students will be encouraged to drop off new, unwrapped toys to bins located at the Main Entrance or Mall Balcony.
**Hot chocolate will be sold in the morning on all 3 days to benefit Bottomless Toy Chest!**
STUGO CAN DRIVE
During the week of November 14, Rochester High School's Student Council collected cans and money for The Rochester Area Neighborhood House. The Rochester Area Neighborhood house distributes food to families in need in the greater Rochester area and the food donated by RHS was give to families over Thanksgiving weekend. Grade levels also participated in a "Penny War" and the Junior class came out on top!
ART CLUB BEAUTIFIES RHS
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Art Club painted a sports mural in construction zone of the RHS Athletic Wing.
PTA FOUNDERS DAY CONTEST
Founders Day is an event held to recognize the substantial role that PTA plays locally, regionally, and nationally in supporting parent involvement and working on behalf of all children and families. The RCS 2017 Founders Day event will be Thursday, February 23, 2017 from 6-9pm in the RHS Mall. This district-wide event will celebrate the wonderful volunteers in our Rochester Community Schools and will raise the funds (via a basket raffle) necessary for the PTA to be able to award four $500 Scholarships, to one senior from each of the four RCS High Schools.
CONTEST: The 2017 Founders Day Committee would like to invite students in RCS to gain real world graphic design experience and participate in developing this year’s Founders Day event logo and supporting graphic pieces.
The 2017 Founders Day theme is: Volunteers Build Our Foundation.
Theme Colors: Construction Yellow, Black, Street Sign Green
Theme Supporting items: Construction Barrels, Traffic Cones, Hard Hats, Construction Vest, Building/Construction Materials
This theme is to be used to develop the event logo, which will then be used on the supporting pieces for Founders Day. The PTA Logo must also be incorporated into the logo artwork. This includes: event invitation, ticket order form, event ticket, program, honoree certificates, and event decoration/ signage. These items are due on specific dates and outlined below in the phases of this project. When the project is complete the student(s) will have several graphic design pieces for their portfolio and a $50 Art Supplies gift card. The gift card will be split between a student team, if necessary.
DEADLINE for ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION of Logo artwork: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 to Samantha Phillips, samantha99@comcast.net
For more information on the contest requirements and guidelines, please contact Samantha Phillips @
samantha99@comcast.net
CONTEST: The 2017 Founders Day Committee would like to invite students in RCS to gain real world graphic design experience and participate in developing this year’s Founders Day event logo and supporting graphic pieces.
The 2017 Founders Day theme is: Volunteers Build Our Foundation.
Theme Colors: Construction Yellow, Black, Street Sign Green
Theme Supporting items: Construction Barrels, Traffic Cones, Hard Hats, Construction Vest, Building/Construction Materials
This theme is to be used to develop the event logo, which will then be used on the supporting pieces for Founders Day. The PTA Logo must also be incorporated into the logo artwork. This includes: event invitation, ticket order form, event ticket, program, honoree certificates, and event decoration/ signage. These items are due on specific dates and outlined below in the phases of this project. When the project is complete the student(s) will have several graphic design pieces for their portfolio and a $50 Art Supplies gift card. The gift card will be split between a student team, if necessary.
DEADLINE for ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION of Logo artwork: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 to Samantha Phillips, samantha99@comcast.net
For more information on the contest requirements and guidelines, please contact Samantha Phillips @
samantha99@comcast.net
| Please click here to download more information regarding Founders Day Contest. |
PTSA & BOOSTER MEETING DATES
Join us for our our next PTSA or Booster Meeting!
PTSA meetings take place at 7:00 p.m. in the RHS Media Center on the following dates:
January 26, March 30, May 11
Band Booster meetings take place at 7:30 p.m. in the RHS Media Center on the following dates:
January 10, March 14, April 18, May 9
Athletic Booster meetings take place at 6:00 p.m. in the RHS Media Center on the following dates:
December 12, January 9, February 13, March 13, April 10, May 8, June 12
Senior All Night Party Meetings take place at 7:00 p.m. in the RHS Media Center on the following dates:
December 12, January 23, February 27, March 20, April 24, May 15
*There is a list of students who have paid and turned in a permission slip for the Senior All Night Party posted outside the Main Office. Please have your student stop by the Main Office to make sure their are on the list!
PTSA meetings take place at 7:00 p.m. in the RHS Media Center on the following dates:
January 26, March 30, May 11
Band Booster meetings take place at 7:30 p.m. in the RHS Media Center on the following dates:
January 10, March 14, April 18, May 9
Athletic Booster meetings take place at 6:00 p.m. in the RHS Media Center on the following dates:
December 12, January 9, February 13, March 13, April 10, May 8, June 12
Senior All Night Party Meetings take place at 7:00 p.m. in the RHS Media Center on the following dates:
December 12, January 23, February 27, March 20, April 24, May 15
*There is a list of students who have paid and turned in a permission slip for the Senior All Night Party posted outside the Main Office. Please have your student stop by the Main Office to make sure their are on the list!
RHS SPORTS
GIRLS BRING HOME MEDAL FROM MHSAA STATE MEET
The Varsity Girls Swim Season wrapped up Saturday November 19 at Eastern Michigan at the MHSAA Division 2 Swim & Dive State Meet. State team included Raegan Wegener, Manuela Mura, Victoria Thor, Birttany Kim, Grace Forlines, Sophie Smythe and Kendall Jordan. All of our Lady Falcons made top 17 in the state, returning Saturday for finals, scoring enough points to place 14th overall of 38 teams competing! The girls brought home 13 State Medals overall. Victoria Thor led the team in points scored, and swam the sixth fastest time in the state in the individual 500 Freestyle, and also the sixth fastest time in the state in the individual 200 Freestyle - another broken school record of 1.55.37. Congratulations to our swimmers and to our coaches Paul Karas, Kathrina Steenson and Alycen Wiacek on a great 2016 season!
