Letter to Families and Staff

A mascot has been chosen! The Ravena Coeymans Selkirk Central School District is now the Home of the Ravens. In the end, 46% of the 2,500+ voters selected the Ravens, with 37% choosing the Raptors, and 17% selecting the Swarm. We thank our community and students for participating in several rebranding surveys over the course of the last six months.

Now the mascot has been chosen, we move forward with a student art contest. Students will submit their concepts for what our mascot will look like and our community will cast one final vote for our new logo. If needed, a professional graphic artist will render our new logo for print and digital use. Our new name and logo will be slowly implemented with full implementation for our teams during the 24-25 school year and final updates to our facilities by June 30, 2025.

This is a time of reflection on the nearly 70 years that we were known as the Indians. We acknowledge the retirement of our mascot as a meaningful community effort and are grateful for all that have participated in this process.

RCS has enjoyed strong partnerships with a number of local manufacturing companies over the past few years. Our students have been fortunate to take tours of SABIC, Owens Corning, and Plug Power. In celebration of National Manufacturing Day (which is October 6) they are coming to RCS! These three companies will have representatives at our upcoming October 13, 2023 RCS High School Varsity football game, starting at 6:30 pm. This informational recruitment effort will give attendees the opportunity to learn about the excellent job opportunities that are available along with their salaries and benefits. Some of them will also be scheduling tours of their facilities.

We encourage all attendees at the game to check out their information and give-aways. The three manufacturers will be located under tents between the concession stand and the bleachers.

Parents and Guardians, we are happy to announce that the new ParentVUE app will be going live next Wednesday, October 11, 2023. On that day, first contact parents and guardians with valid email addresses in Synergy (our new student information system) will receive an email inviting them to activate their ParentVUE account. Similar to SchoolTool's Parent Portal, parents and guardians will be able to see student schedules, attendance, and grades, and email teachers and other staff. In addition, parents and guardians will be able to submit absence excuses and modify selected contact information.