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April 24, 2017
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SPOTLIGHT ON INSTRUCTION

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  • Christiana Phillips
  • Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from Michigan Technological University and a Master in Art of Teaching from Marygrove College
  • Nineteen years at RHS, Twenty-one years teaching in Rochester Schools
  • Teaches Integrated Physical Science and Wilderness Survival
  • Science Olympiad Co-sponsor 
Wilderness Survival students have taken to the outdoors and are working to master basic navigation skills. Students began by leaning how they could use their own pace distance to keep track of how far they traveled. Then after learning how to properly use a compass and take a bearing, students tested their skills by completing a basic navigation course. In the upcoming weeks, students will turn their focus to fire and shelter building techniques. 

SPRING PLAY

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Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This 2-time Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters, an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!
Show dates and times:  Thursday, Friday, Saturday, April 20-22 at 7:00 pm with an additional matinee on Saturday, April 22 at 2:00 pm.
Tickets can be purchased online, please visit www.ratstheatre.org for more information. Tickets are $8.00 for Students and Seniors 60+ and $10.00 for adults. Matinee tickets are $5.00 for all seats.
For Handicap tickets, please call Karen Carl at 248-726-5480.

CONSTRUCTION CORNER

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​Please see the video below for an update on our construction!

COMMENCEMENT TICKET LOTTERY

Parents with graduating seniors! All seniors will be given six tickets for commencement at senior check out. Below is the link to the lottery for extra graduation tickets, closing on May 20. Extra tickets will be given out at senior check out.  Parents can request up to four extra tickets and may enter one time per family.
 
www.bit.ly/rhsgradtix

RATS CHIPOTLE FUNDRAISER

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RATS Chipotle
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SENIORS REQUESTING FINAL TRANSCRIPT

You must request a final transcript to be sent to your college/university.  Do this today through Parchment.  Select “next grading period” and it will put your transcript on hold until it’s available for delivery via Parchment beginning on 6/28/2017.  Your college/university requires this! If your school is a Common App school, you must send a final request to Common App as well as the school.
* If you have any questions, contact your counselor or Mrs. Garr at kgarr@rochester.k12.mi.us
*Only 40 seniors out of 390 seniors have done this so far.

SENIOR AFTER HIGH SCHOOL PLANS FORM

Seniors! Remember to return your After High School Plans form and Honors convocation forms to the counseling office. Deadline for inclusion in the Honors Program is April 28.
**Students interested in scholarship opportunities please click here!**

JUNIOR LEADERSHIP OAKLAND PROGRAM

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Jr. LO Application Packet
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NIGHT WITH THE STARS

RHS annual Night with the Stars event is Thursday, April 27, 2017 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. Parents are more than welcome to join us for this fun night!
"Night with the stars is a Oscar’s type show that celebrates our seniors."

PERSONAL PROTECTION CLASS FOR STUDENTS

A hands-on introduction to reality based personal protection training designed for private citizens. Participants will learn the fundamentals of armed and unarmed solutions geared toward controlling personal assaults. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing. For Men & Women, ages 15 and up. Provided by MSI: Professional grade solutions for personal survival!
Register online here.
Location:
Crittenton Hospital 2North classrooms
1101 W. University Dr.
Rochester, MI  
Date: Wed, 05-10-2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Price: $25.00
Registration: OPEN

JOIN RCS FOR THE HOMETOWN HUSTLE

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Be sure to join us for the 2017 Hometown Hustle! The RCS Foundation is holding a friendly competition for your participation! The school with the MOST participants will receive a banner to display in their building and $500. Let's show the Rochester community true Falcon spirit!
Hometown Hustle Registration Form
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HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENT ASSOCIATION FUNDRAISER

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HOSA Flyer
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SECOND ANNUAL McGREGOR ELEMENTRY SCHOOL GRADUATION CLAPATHON

Dear Families of the Class of 2017,
 
The McGregor Community would like to extend an invitation to any Graduating Senior who attended McGregor Elementary School to participate in our High Graduation Clapathon. We started this event last year and we look forward to make it a yearly tradition. We want our students at McGregor to see the end result of students’ dedication to learning while attending Rochester Community Schools. Any student that is a former McGregor Alumnus is invited to join us in their cap and gown and walk our halls as students and staff celebrate their accomplishment. Please join us at 2:45 pm on May 26 at McGregor Elementary School. 
 
Thank you,
 
Dave Pontzious
Principal
McGregor Elementary School
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PTSA HEALTH AND WELLNESS

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PTSA &  BOOSTER MEETING DATES

Join us for our our next PTSA or Booster Meeting!

PTSA meetings take place at 7:00 p.m. in room B107 at RHS on the following date:
May 11

Band Booster meetings take place at 7:30 p.m. in the band room on the following date:
May 9

Athletic Booster meetings take place at 6:00 p.m. in room B107 at RHS on the following dates:
May 8, June 12

Senior All Night Party Meetings take place at 7:00 p.m. in room B107 at RHS on the following dates:
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 they are on the list!

RHS SPORTS

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CHEER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RECOGNITION

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​On Thursday, April 20, RHS recognized our State Championship Cheer Team by live steaming an awards ceremony. After the awards ceremony the cheer team tested out the acoustics in our new Choir room. Check out the video below!

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 won the State Championship this past season, we graduate several good players and, most likely, will take any girl that can break 100 for 18 holes straight to the varsity team this year.  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 inexpensive 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 within the next few weeks 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.  Lessons will usually be once a week (if we have enough players, we will possibly have two different time slots each week) and will cost $20.  We are very excited about getting young girls involved in the game of golf and hope your daughter can join in.

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