Our 8th Grade Curriculum Night was a tremendous success! Thank you to all the families who attended and to our amazing staff and students for showcasing various organizations.
Our current students have selflessly volunteered over 22,600 hours over their time here at RTHS. There are so many opportunities to volunteer your time and talents. Aubry Simms and her mom recently helped prepare gift-filled shoeboxes at Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child to be sent to children around the world. Many local opportunities can be found on our RTHS homepage under the Counseling Center tab or by following this link: https://bit.ly/silverserviceopps ~"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give" ~ Winston Churchill
Calling all 8th graders and their parents!!! Curriculum night is THIS Wednesday, 12/4. Join us at 6:30 PM in the RTHS Auditorium.
Calling all 8th graders and their parents!!! Curriculum night is THIS Wednesday, 12/4. Join us at 6:30 PM in the RTHS Auditorium.
Just a reminder.... We invite sophomores and juniors along with their parents to attend an informational meeting on DUAL CREDIT AND AP CLASSES. tomorrow, December 3 at 7 pm in the RTHS Auditorium. We hope to see you there!
JUNIORS & SENIORS!!! Just a reminder that NIU will be visiting RTHS tomorrow, Tuesday, December 3rd during 2nd hour. They have made some exciting changes that will make attending NIU more affordable next year. Sign up in the Counseling Center or on Schoolinks to reserve your seat and find out more about becoming a Husky!
SAVE THE DATE for Tuesday, December 3rd at 7 pm! We invite sophomores and juniors and their parents to attend an informational session on DUAL CREDIT AND AP CLASSES. Our discussion will cover course insights, associated costs, savings when choosing these classes, available courses, and the committed educators involved. Information will be available at the counseling center if you cannot attend. We want to provide this information to parents and students before the scheduling process kicks off in January. This will be held in the RTHS auditorium.
¡Reserva la fecha para el martes 3 de diciembre a las 7 pm! Invitamos a los padres de estudiantes de segundo y tercer año a una sesión informativa sobre crédito dual y clases AP. Nuestra discusión cubrirá información sobre los cursos, los costos asociados, los ahorros al elegir estas clases, los cursos disponibles y los educadores comprometidos involucrados. La información estará disponible en el centro de asesoramiento si no puede asistir. Queremos brindar esta información a los padres y estudiantes antes de que comience el proceso de programación en Enero.
ATTENTION Seniors and parents of Seniors!!! Save the date for one of the FAFSA Completion Workshops being held at RTHS on December 10th from 5-6:30 pm and January 9th from 5-6:30 pm. Assistance in Spanish and English will be available. WATCH your email/text for more detailed info soon.
Today and tomorrow these Rochelle FFA members are attending the BUILD Leadership Conference at Illinois State University in Bloomington!
ATTENTION SENIORS!!!! FAFSA COMPLETION WORKSHOP - RTHS will be holding the first of two FAFSA workshops in the RTHS library on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH From 5-6:30 pm with the second being JANUARY 9TH, from 5-6:30 pm. Instructors will be available in both English and Spanish. Please RSVP using the link provided BELOW if you plan on attending the workshop and make sure you have your FSA ID created and the necessary documents(*see links to letters below) with you when you come. Contact the Counseling Center for more info. Hope to see you there!
*RSVP LINK: https://bit.ly/4hY3D5X
*LINK TO INFO LETTERS (English and Spanish): https://bit.ly/3Z8xT5e
Student Council teamed up with the local food pantry for our annual turkey distribution at Prescott Brothers Ford this morning! Our students bundled up and worked together to distribute turkeys and Thanksgiving food boxes to the community members of Rochelle.
To celebrate French Week this week, students in French classes raised awareness of Francophone culture, made foods and enjoyed crepes!
This week's Hub Award winner is Jocelyn Cervantes. Since she has arrived at RTHS, she has blossomed into a confident, humorous, hard-working student. She has also taken on more leadership roles within the building, and brightens up RTHS with her positivity and good nature. We are thankful that she's a Hub!
SILVER SERVICE OPPORTUNITY! The Rochelle Christian Food Pantry is looking for volunteers to help distribute their Thanksgiving meal kits tomorrow morning.
*Date: Tomorrow, Saturday, November 23
*Time: 8:30 am - 11:00 am approximately
*Place: Prescott Brothers Ford (back of the building)
SCHOLARSHIPS are a great way to help pay for education and training after high school. Rochelle has many local scholarships to apply for beginning after the 1st of the year, but there are also thousands of National Scholarships available. StudentScholarships.org is a scholarship management website. They help non-profit organizations and private companies distribute their scholarship information to students across North America. Check out their website if you are interested in applying for scholarships outside of the local ones we offer. You can also subscribe to their newsletter to have scholarship opportunities sent directly to you. Link to receive scholarships: https://studentscholarships.org/newsletters
It's American Education Week! First celebrated in 1921 , AEW is an opportunity to celebrate public education. Festivities honor the team of people who work in our nation's public schools, everyone from the bus driver and classroom teacher to the cafeteria worker and administrative staff, plus countless others. Each day of the week has its own theme, during which we celebrate our public school community. Today at RTHS is Scrabble Day. The Counseling Center staff joined in on the fun!
SILVER SERVICE OPPORTUNITY!!! Lincoln Kindergarten teacher, Ms. Arteaga, is looking for assistance in setting up her classroom for their next unit, Celebrations Around the World, this Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 3:00-4:30pm. Head on over to Lincoln School or see Mrs. Harvey in the Counseling Center for more info.
ATTENTION JUNIORS & SENIORS! Western Illinois University will be at RTHS this Wednesday, 11/20, during 10th hour. WIU is ranked #1 for Criminal Justice programs in Illinois. Sign up on Schoolinks or in the Counseling Center to reserve your seat.
This past Saturday, the music department had two students participate in the ILMEA District 8 Band & Choir Festival in DeKalb. Lucas Smardo (senior) performed as a bass in the sr. choir, and Christian Mascote (junior) performed on trombone in the sr. band.
Both of them spent all Saturday in rigorous rehearsals with guest conductors, and both groups gave a combined concert in the evening. Congratulations to these students! Mr. Marigomen and I are very proud of all their hard work.
In the LMC's Screen-Free Friday activity today, teams raced to finish 100-piece puzzles quickly. Kara Hull, Liliana Lawrence, and Layla Macklin had the day's best score with 5:31.63. Well done!
