Roxboro Community School

Variety Show Auditions start Monday, January 23!

RCS Class of 2023, Monday, January 23 will be your next Senior Activity. Seniors have a FREE JEANS DAY. Must wear Senior Shirt that you have already received. Report to the gym at 11:30 for CLASS PICTURE. Seniors will receive another Senior shirt at this time to take the class picture in. Chic-fil-A lunch will be provided in MPR after the class picture is complete.

Mrs. King, library volunteer, gives Mrs. Roberts' Academic Success students a tour of the reorganized library and explains the different genres of books available.

Due to the continued rain and wet conditions, girls' high school soccer winter workouts are cancelled today.

There will be a mandatory meeting of High School Student Council on Wednesday, January 18, during lunch, in Mrs. Haga's room. If unable to attend, please contact Mrs. Haga.

Any boys who plan to play high school golf this spring should see Coach Justin Jones. Practice will begin February 13, weather permitting. Athletes will need to have a physical and complete everything on Dragonfly. Contact Coach Jones with questions at jonesjd@roxborocs.org.

The Middle School MathCounts Club will meet tomorrow, Wednesday, January 18, from 3 to 3:45 in room 125.

Middle school baseball workouts are cancelled for today, Tuesday, January 17.

Friday, January 20 will be a Jeans Day. The $2 donation will go toward Battle of the Books.

RCS will be closed Monday, January 16 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 17.

This week, Mrs. Jill Clayton's health science classes are doing mock antibody titers, which are serial dilutions using colored water to represent the antibody. https://youtu.be/yWCrCCkc4C0

In the arts this week, RCS students are learning swing dance, and there is even a brother-sister duo! Middle school theater students are working on Greek theater and making their masks for their Greek Mythology scenes.

There will be a mandatory meeting of High School Student Council on Wednesday, January 18, during lunch, in Mrs. Haga's room. If unable to attend, please contact Mrs. Haga.

Seventh grader, Gavin Walker won the Roxboro Community School (RCS) spelling bee on Jan. 12, with his championship word, “acrid.” Sixth grader Morgan Rogers was runner up. Gavin will go on to compete in the district level bee via Zoom. #bulldogproud

6th Grade Spanish Immersion at RCS Beginning Fall 2023, RCS will offer a middle school Spanish immersion course, which will be available to upcoming 6th graders who participated in elementary immersion learning OR who speak Spanish at home. This program will be expanded over the following years so that we can continue to serve these students throughout their middle school and high school careers. Curso Inmersivo de Español en RCS En el otoño de 2023, RCS ofrecerá un programa de inmersión para los estudiantes del middle school, el cual será disponible para todos los estudiantes que entran en el grado 6 que hayan participado en los cursos de inmersión española durante la escuela primaria o los que hablen español en casa. El programa se expandirá a través de los próximos años para que RCS pueda acomodar a estos estudiantes durante sus carreras del middle school y high school.

High school girls' soccer winter workouts will continue every Tuesday and Thursday at Huck Sansbury from 3:45 until 4:45 pm. Please bring tennis shoes and water. Middle school girls' indoor soccer will continue on Saturdays from 8 until 10 am at the RCS gym. Please bring tennis shoes, shin guards, and water. High school girls' indoor soccer will continue on Saturdays from 10 am until 12 noon at the RCS gym. Please bring tennis shoes, shin guards, and water. Contact Coach Ess at essta@roxborocommunityschool.org with questions or concerns.

HOSA will host a Blood Drive on March 8, from 8:30 am to 1 pm in the multipurpose room. To schedule an appointment, please visit the American Red Cross website, https://www.redcross.org/give-blood.html, or email Emma Pryor at pryorem@roxborocommunityschool.org. Every unit of blood donated will save three lives!

A high school and middle lacrosse interest meeting will be held in the athletic lounge on Wednesday, January 18 at 6:30 pm.

The RCS Band Variety Show is looking for talent. Do you dance, sing, act, do comedy, etc.? The RCS Variety Show will be Friday, February 24 and Saturday, February 25 at 7 pm in the RCS multipurpose room. Auditions for the Variety Show will be Monday, January 23, 3:30-5:30 pm and Tuesday, January 24, 3:30-4:30 pm in the RCS band room. If these audition times do not work, please reach out to Mrs. Smith at smithv@roxboxocommunityschool.org. Auditions are in five minute slots. You will be notified after February 1 if your act is part of the Variety Show. You must not change your act between the auditions and the performances. Click the link below to sign up for auditions. Contact Mrs. Valerie Smith by email at smithv@roxborocommunityschool.org with any questions. AUDITION SIGN UPS for Jan 23 or Jan 24

The High School Journalism Club will meet on Wednesday, January 11, at 3 pm in room 220.