1 ROCKLAND HIGH SCHOOL RHS COMMUNITY WEEKLY UPDATE #24 February 10, 2017 IN THIS EDITION : In this week s edition, you will find information on the following: Black History Month Course Selections Site Council Agenda Google Expeditions in Anatomy! Students compete in SEMSBA Auditions Winter Sports Recap 2nd Annual Mini Golf Tournament Collecting Backpacks Next Week s Lunch Menu The Week Ahead BLACK HISTORY MONTH: February is a time for us to reflect on our African-American history in the United States. There are countless contributions that African-Americans have played throughout our history including fighting in all of the wars fought in the United States. According to History.com, Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. Please visit this website to learn more. COURSE SELECTIONS: Signed 2017-2018 Course Selection sheets were due in Guidance on Friday, February 3rd. If you still have not submitted your Course Selection sheets for next year, please do so before February vacation. If you have any questions, please see your guidance counselor. SITE COUNCIL AGENDA: ROCKLAND HIGH SCHOOL Site Council Meeting 5 Date: February 16, 2017 7:15AM Location: Superintendent's Conference Room Agenda: 1) Approval of Minutes from January 19, 2017
2 2) Since We Last Met a) Bocce Tournament b) Poetry Out Loud c) Success of Winter Sports d) Course Selections 3) Upcoming Events a) One Rockland Mini-Golf Tournament 2/20 4) School Handbook 2017-2018 Changes a) Review of Attendance Policy (newly implemented starting in 2016-2017) 5) Core Values, Beliefs About Learning, and School-Wide Rubrics 6) Future Agenda Items Next Meeting Date : March 16th @ 7:15am (Superintendent s Conference Room) GOOGLE EXPEDITIONS IN ANATOMY: On Friday, February 3rd I had the opportunity to visit Ms. Armstrong's Anatomy class to check out the new Google Expeditions technology. Google Expeditions is a technology purchased through a grant funded by the Rockland Education Foundation (REF). Thank you to REF for their generosity! Here is more information on Google Expeditions which is a technology being used across our district.
3 STUDENTS COMPETE IN SEMBSA AUDITIONS: Congratulations to RHS students for competing in the SEMSBA Music Festival on February 4th. Here is a recap found in The Veritas. https://rhsveritas.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/semsba-music-festival-auditions-and-results/ Information provided by Sean Vo from The Veritas This past Saturday, February 4, auditions were held for the SEMSBA Music Festival, an annual music festival that includes a concert band and a chorus. It s divided into Junior SEMSBA and Senior SEMSBA. Senior SEMSBA is strictly limited to high school music students, whereas Junior SEMSBA is normally limited to middle school music students. Freshmen in high school have the option of auditioning for either. Sign-ups are just permission slips that have to be brought home to be filled out by the student and parent and brought back with a fee to a music teacher. On Saturday, seniors Sean Vo and Lauren Zaremba auditioned for Senior SEMSBA chorus as a tenor and Senior SEMSBA band on tenor saxophone respectively. Junior Erin Field and freshman Olivia Janis auditioned for Senior SEMSBA chorus as sopranos. Seventh grader Olivia Jones auditioned for Junior SEMSBA band on clarinet. The results were released on Sunday, February 5. Vo and Field made it for the choir and Zaremba made it for the concert band. All three will head to Durfee High School on March 24 and March 25 to participate in the Senior SEMSBA festival. Left to right - Olivia Janis, Sean Vo, Olivia Jones, Lauren Zaremba, Erin Field Picture courtesy of @MsCrookRMS
4 WINTER SPORTS RECAP: Girls Basketball The Lady Dogs lost to Norwell HS 52-54 Friday, February 3rd in a hard fought game. The freshmen team lost 54-19. Boys Basketball The Boys varsity basketball defeated South Shore Vocational Technical School 72-41 on Monday, February 6th. The Freshmen team defeated SSVT 51-17 and the JV basketball team also won Monday night against SSVT 61-19. On Wednesday, February 8th, the varsity boy s basketball team had the night off but the freshmen and junior varsity teams were busy competing against Marshfield. The freshmen team lost 51-42 to end their 13 game winning streak and the JV team lost as well 78-53. Varsity Ice Hockey On Saturday evening, February 4th, the boy s hockey team s undefeated streak came to an end after a 2-1 loss against Norwell. The team rebounded to beat Dennis-Yarmouth 6-2 on Wednesday, February 8th. Rockland Wicked Local published this story this week on the success of the team, in particular the efforts of the defense. http://rockland.wickedlocal.com/sports/20170208/hs-hockey-defense-leads-way-for-rockland Swimming The Swim Team competed hard in an All-League Meet in Middleboro on Saturday, February 4th.
Wrestling The Varsity Wrestling team defeated Norwell on Friday, February 3rd 40-9. The team celebrated Senior Night before the match. The team competed hard against Duxbury on Wednesday, February 8th but fell short of the victory. 5
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9 COLLECTING BACKPACKS: NEXT WEEK S LUNCH MENU: Click here to view next week s lunch menu. THE WEEK AHEAD: Monday, February 13 3:00pm RHS English and History Homework Club- Room 207 3:00pm RHS Math Homework Club- Room 132 6:30PM Unified Basketball v. Abington (GYM) Tuesday, February 14 3:00pm RHS English and History Homework Club- Room 207 Wednesday, February 15 3:00pm RHS English and History Homework Club- Room 207 3:00pm RHS Math Homework Club- Room 132 3:00pm RHS Science Homework Club-Room 234 3:30pm Norwell High School @ Rockland High School - Boys Winter Freshmen Basketball 5:00pm Norwell High School @ Rockland High School - Boys Winter Junior Varsity Basketball 6:00pm Rockland High School @ Dartmouth High School - Boys Winter Varsity Ice Hockey
10 6:30pm Norwell High School @ Rockland High School - Boys Winter Varsity Basketball 6:30pm Rockland High School @ Arlington Catholic-Girls Winter Varsity Basketball Thursday, February 16 7:15am RHS Site Council Meeting (Superintendent's Conference Room) 3:00pm RHS English and History Homework Club- Room 207 Friday, February 17 3:00pm RHS Science Homework Club-Room 234 Please check out our school-wide calendar by clicking here.