Roxboro Community School

With our senior night basketball games and the College and Career Program interest meeting happening tonight, we will have a packed parking lot. If the front lot is full please feel free to park in the student lot behind the school. Thank you!!

Roxboro Community School is pleased to continue adding to our Sports Hall of Fame (HOF). The organization has four categories from which inductees may be selected. (1) Athletes; (2) Teams; (3) Coaches/Administrators, and (4) Others who have made significant contributions to Roxboro Community School Athletics. The purpose of the Sports Hall of Fame is to bring proper recognition to noteworthy athletes, teams, coaches, administrators, and contributors for their accomplishments and contributions to the Roxboro Community School athletic program. Roxboro Community School shall conduct an induction ceremony each year to present awards to those duly elected to the Sports Hall of Fame. To honor each inductee, Roxboro Community School will present a plaque to the elected member(s) as well as a permanent plaque that will be displayed in a prominent location at RCS. Nominations are due on April 1! For more information, or to nominate someone, visit https://www.roxborocs.org/page/rcs-sports-hall-of-fame

RCS junior, Abigail Smith auditioned for the Central District Honor Band on January 6th and made 15th chair in the clarinet section. She attended the clinic on Jan 26th and performed with the band on Jan 27th at East Chapel Hill High School. She was one of two Person County Students at the honor band clinic. Congratulations, Abigail! #BulldogProud

The Variety Show will be on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7 p.m. in the MPR! Come out and see these amazing students show off their talents! It's going to be an awesome show!

Middle School Baseball workouts this week will be at Optimist Park. Tuesday and Thursday will be from 3:30 - 5 p.m. and Wednesday will be from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Anyone interested in playing is encouraged to come. Please make sure to upload a current copy of your sport physical to Dragonfly to be eligible to participate.

Here are this week's announcements! Middle School: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UAvDxcvpFpQdQKE8F8C1hX3m7HGbFmPpo2ig788Y4ZM/edit?usp=sharing High School: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BTYr1VXKsbh-zqlvHkDky05Jx0Y7CerJnzUCMVG1vDk/edit?usp=sharing

Don't forget about our College and Career Program Interest Meeting on Tuesday, February 6 at 6 p.m. in the MPR! Make sure you RSVP! See the flyer for more information.

A group of high school students toured NC State University and another group Toured UNC-Chapel Hill yesterday. The group at NC State was even joined by RCS Alumni and current NC State students, Jackson Powley and Cam Chaulk, on their tour! Both groups enjoyed their time visiting the campuses and learning more about what these universities have to offer! We look forward to providing opportunities for students to visit more NC campuses in the future.

RCS HOSA held a Medical Terminology Quiz Bowl after school on Tuesday in the library. This is a local competitive event in which HOSA members are tested on their knowledge of medical word parts. Participants were Micah King and Preston Morrow. Congratulations to Micah King for winning the second annual RCS HOSA Medical Terminology Quiz Bowl. He received a $10 gift card to Tricia’s Espresso and both participants received a goody bag for their participation. Many thanks to Mrs. Devillier, Mrs. Cox, Mrs.Roberts, and Ms. Horton for helping with this event!

Here are the student spotlights for this week! Our middle school spotlight is Cierra Sasser! Cierra was chosen because she a great student with an excellent work ethic. She is also always kind and respectful to her peers. Our high school spotlight is Sandra Bojoy-Salvador! Sandra was chosen because she is an incredible artist. She is constantly blowing everyone away with what she creates. Sandra chose to share a piece of her art instead of a picture of herself. Click below to read more about these students and to see Sandra's art piece even better! https://www.roxborocs.org/article/1435198

Middle school baseball workouts for Wednesday, January 31 are cancelled due to the remote learning day.

Get your Candy Grams starting next week! Students can purchase some during both lunches starting Monday, February 5!

Middle school girls soccer will have workouts this Saturday, February 3rd from 8-10 a.m. in the RCS gym. Please bring your tennis shoes and shin guards. Don’t forget to upload your physical forms in Dragonfly. Let me know if you have any questions at robpuryear@yahoo.com

Good evening! Here are this week's announcements! Middle School: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eHgd3VpjadZ6EFv4JAaBJ3dlttG3x7x1D5ZQumIWoIA/edit?usp=sharing High School: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UZR_9fNGu2iKsSCKWrmHx8sQvLfhaQFkXR3XFvoADrM/edit?usp=sharing

If you're attending the Homecoming dance tonight, make sure you enter through the main gym entrance! See you all soon! ✨⭐️✨

Mark your calendar for this year's Junior/Senior Prom on April 27th! More details will come as we get closer to April!

A big congratulations to our Homecoming King and Queen, Trevon Reaves and Caroline Puryear! They were voted King and Queen by their fellow students! Congratulations!

We want to give a warm welcome to our new High School English teacher, Whitney Anderson! She officially joined us this week! Anderson is originally from Cary, NC! She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Master’s Degree in Reading Education and Intervention from Appalachian State University. She is also a National Board-Certified teacher. She has been teaching for 17 years, 11 of which were in Wake County. She has a daughter in sixth grade at RCS and a son in third grade. She loves to cruise, travel, and host family get-togethers. “I chose RCS because it has the true family feel and focuses on robust instruction for all students,” Anderson said. “I am super excited to begin my journey at RCS and look forward to working with the families in our community.”

Today's spirit week theme was Favorite Teacher/Student day where students and teachers dressed as each other! These were just a few students who showed some love for and dressed as teachers and staff that we had to share!

Mark your calendars for our College and Career Program Interest Meeting on February 6 at 6 p.m. in the MPR! Make sure you RSVP! See the flyer for more information.