Congratulations to our winners of the RCMS Spelling Bee! Our 2nd place finisher was Angel Hemrich, 8th grade and our champion was Brianna Beard, 6th grade. They will advance to the Regional Spelling Bee in Decatur on March 11 to compete for a chance to advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in May. Good luck, girls!
State Qualifier -Gentry Michels
Gentry is a two time state qualifier that will be wrestling in the Novice Division at 178 lbs. He is going to State with a record of 20-6 with 16 Pins.
He brought home 1st place at 5 Regular Season Tournaments this year- Lawrenceville, Vandalia, Highland, Carbondale and O-Town Throwdown.
Gentry will be competing in the IKWF State Wrestling tournament in Rockford, IL on March 10-11! Good Luck at State this week, Gentry!
Please see flyer for girls track tryout information!
Missed out on buying some books from the book fair? Well, we've got you covered! Check out these books for FREE on Sora. All your student needs to do is login to Sora with their google accounts and they can begin reading. Want something different? We have over 600 titles to choose from!
Five students will be headed to Northern Illinois to compete in the state Mathcounts competition after finishing first in the regional Mathcounts competition. The team of Jereme Higginbotham, Owen Cycholl, Ethel Zuber & Kaitlin Kocher finished first and Finn Lathrop placed first individually as well. Good luck this weekend!
Congratulations to Owen Cycholl & Ryen Gray! They represented RCMS at the Wabash Valley Illinois Principals Association student recognition banquet! Thank you both for representing our school and community by being great leaders and role models!!
Pictured (left to right): Owen Cycholl, RCMS Principal Jeff Thompson, and Ryen Gray.
Volleyball Announcement:
The C game scheduled at Salem on March 8, has been canceled. The 7th grade game will start at 4:30
The Book Fair is already halfway over! Only 2 more days left for students to shop!
Volleyball 8th grade night will be Monday, March 13. The 7th grade game will begin at 6:00 pm followed by the 8th grade game. Players and parents will be recognized between games.
Our Book Fair starts today! Mrs. Adams can't wait to see everyone!
Volleyball Theme Nights!
Get your smiles ready! Volleyball, 6th grade girls’ basketball and 6th grade boys’ basketball pictures will be taken Tuesday, February 21st starting at 8:30. Be sure to bring your uniforms!
SLC students will be sponsoring an RCMS St. Patrick's Day Dance for 6th-8th Grade on March 17th from 7-8:30 pm. This dance is for RCMS students only. Admission for the dance is $1. School dress code will be enforced.
This is a reminder that students will be dismissed 3 hours early on Thursday, February 16 for school improvement activities. In addition, there will be no school on Friday, February 17 due to parent/teacher conferences and Monday, February 20 for Presidents Day.
FREE! Children's Orthopedic Clinic!
Volleyball Theme Nights!
Congratulations to the 6th Grade Girls Basketball Team for being the Consolation Champions at the Fairfield Tournament!!!
RCMS Regional Championship Shirts available to purchase. If you would like to order please have money & order form turned into the office by noon on Thursday - February 9th. We appreciate your support! Go Cubs!
Congratulations to the 6th grade boys basketball team on their 3rd place win at Fairfield this past weekend!
Copies of this year's One Book, One Community title have finally made it out into the world! If you would like to grab yourself a copy, please stop by one the following places located throughout our community:
Olney Public Library
Chamber of Commerce
Kemper CPA
First National Bank
Rude Wealth Advisory
Ivy's Cottage
Blank's Insurance
Eagleson's Automotive
Olney City Hall
Feddes Chiropractic
Meadowview Dental
More copies will be distributed later in the month once we receive the rest of our order. Happy reading!
