THE WEEKLY WILDCAT UPDATES 2015-2016
Below are important reminders to help you stay involved and engaged with your student’s
upcoming events at Rocky Hill Middle School. Follow us on –https://twitter.com/RockyHillPRIN
Rocky Hill Weekly Overview Section & Important News:
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Afternoon Show-TV Studio-1:45pm
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Basketball – Boys vs. Poole & Girls @ Poole -3:15pm-4:15pm
Homestretch Club-Room 278-3:15pm-4:15pm
Baby Sitting Club –Room 250 - 3:15pm-4:15pm
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Robotics 1-Room 149-3:15pm-4:15pm
National Junior Honor Society Meeting-3:00pm (Ms. Maxey- Room P-10)
Book Wars-Media Center-3:15pm-4:15pm
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Exam Review Day
Basketball - Girls vs. Neelsville & Boys @ Neelsville -3:15pm-4:15pm
Robotics 2-Room 149-3:15pm-4:15pm
Baby Sitting Club –Room 250 - 3:15pm-4:15pm
Homestretch Club-Room 278-3:15pm-4:15pm
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Winter Exams
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS
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Crowed Buses: We are experiencing an overload of students on route #2602, which picks up
near the walk boundary. Students boarding buses that are not approved causes a safety
issue. If your student is a walker, please make sure they are not boarding buses. This area is a
developing area, and space is needed for incoming students. Thanks for all your assistance this
school year.
Leo’s Club: The Leo Club is sponsoring Teens for Jeans. We will be collecting gently-used jeans
that will be donated to young people living in local shelters. We will happily accept any style,
color or size jeans. The Jean Drive will run from January 15th – January 29th. Jeans can be
placed in donation boxes around the school or in portable #
Outdoor Education- t-shirt - water bottle Sale: 6th Grade Outdoor Education is coming soon!
Please help support our Outdoor Education Program by buying a t-shirt or water bottle. See
the attached flyer for more information.
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/rockyhillms/news/2015OETshir
tFlyer.pdf
FUND THE BUS! Please support the PE department and help (Fund the Bus). During PE class the
PE department is selling water to support the Activity Bus during the month of May. Our
support is key. With our help the students will be able to play intramural sports and other
afterschool activities in the spring. Help us Fund the Bus!!
January -RHMS Highlights Section:
Media Center Volunteers Needed for the New Year: Mrs. Gramatges and Mrs., Heidary in the
Media Center are in need of parent volunteers for January-May in the mornings from 7:45 to
8:10 AM to help out with checking out books, handing out passes, checking contest answers
and just being an adult presence in the Media Center. Any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you! The new sign up link is now available:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e49aea729a5fb6-parent
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RHMS PTA Highlights Section:
RHMS PTA Notes: Stay connected with the PTA and sign up to receive updates and events and
all things PTA! To subscribe to our email updates, click here: http://eepurl.com/brnEVD
Save The Date and Get Involved!
“Courage is Colorless” – An evening of inspiration and celebration honoring Black History
Month in our community on February 5, 2016.
Our RHMS community has a story to tell about community service, innovation and courage in
the movement towards building a culture of tolerance and inclusion. This year, RHMS will take
pride in all its richness and diversity in a format never before offered. What started as a vision
from our truly inspired, visionary PTA leadership, has now become a movement with
outstretched arms. Hosted by the RHMS PTA, we are sharing our evening of inspiration with
the entire cluster of schools in our community and we are asking each cluster school to
participate in a very special way.
Evening highlights will include:
Key Note Speaker: Ms. Betty Collins, Director, Department of Instructional Leadership Support
for MCPS
Performances By: The Metropolitan Ballet Company, RHMS Combined Orchestra, RHMS
Combined Chorus, and cluster school participation in “building” our community.
A brief reception with light fare and refreshments will kick off this festive evening.
For more event information or to volunteer for this event, please contact Pamela Wise at
[email protected]. Our first planning meeting will be held on January 14th at 7pm.
Chess Club: Join us on January 13th for Chess Club The chess club is open to everyone
regardless of experience. Each week students are taught and tested on winning strategies. If
you really like to improve your game, join us for friendly or serious chess matches. We rank our
players. This spring, Rocky Hill Chess Club is preparing for competition in Maryland Chess
Tournaments. (See Link Below for the Flyer)
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bWNwc21kLm5ldHxyaG1zLXB0YXxneDo
xZDc5ZTFhNTk1Y2EwYjc4
For additional information please contact the
Chair of the Chess and STEM Clubs,
Mr. Craig Harris
[email protected]
STEM Club: Join us on January 14, 2016 for STEM All students are invited to join the Rocky Hill
Middle School Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Club. This session starts
January 14, 2016. Students will design and build a motorized model car (build it take it!). This
activity includes gears pulleys and motors. Secondly, “Don’t catch that disease”. Students will
investigate the likelihood that one will catch a disease. This activity involves, building models of
major organs and understanding the spread of disease using probability. Also, we will again
take to the sky and build a rocket with an innovative recovery system. Using Sir Isaac Newton's
Laws of motion and new ideas, students will design and construct a soft landing system for their
rockets. The Final activity is reverse engineering. Using the Engineering Design Process,
students will be asked to reverse engineer a mystery object. (See Link Below for the Flyer)
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bWNwc21kLm5ldHxyaG1zLXB0YXxneDo
xZDU2ZjIwODkzOGMyMGY2
For additional information please contact the
Chair of the Chess and STEM Clubs,
Mr. Craig Harris
[email protected]
Cost for 12 Weeks - $180
Registration available online at http://www.letusteachyou.org or
Make Checks Payable to Let Us Teach You Chess
Wildcats Care: There are several ways to support Wildcats Care this Holiday Season:
Please visit http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f054ca9ae2ca1fd0-wildcats to support our
Holiday House for 97 elementary school superstars
and http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f054ca9ae2ca1fd0-wildcats1to support our Wildcat
family members.
Rocky Hill Middle School Proudly Presents ~ M.O.R.E. The M.O.R.E. Program (Men Organized
to Raise Engagement) is responsible for raising the level of engagement between “young men
and the important men in their lives.” The next meeting will be - (January 20th) (See link for
more information)
http://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/rockyhillms/news/announcements/T
heMOREProgramsAdditionalInformation.pdf
January- MEMBERSHIP DRIVE! If you have not already done so, please join
the RHMS PTA. YOUR MEMBERSHIP MATTERS: The more members we have the bigger our
collective voice at the school, county and state level.
Membership Dues help support educational enrichment, outreach efforts & student activities.
Joining does not require a time commitment, but any time you can give is appreciated. By
joining the RHMS PTA you receive membership in the RHMS PTA, the Maryland PTA, and the
National PTA. You will also receive a single copy of the RHMS Directory.
Membership forms can be found at
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/rockyhillms/pta/RHMSPTAMe
mbershipForm201516.pdf
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