Principal Welch's Weekly Update

There are 32 days of school remaining before final exams! Make sure you are ready by attending conference and/or afterschool tutoring in the library. If you know you need to make up credits you have lost due to a failing grade or a school transfer, make an appointment with your counselor today to discuss your credit recovery course of action and get signed up for summer school. Don’t wait. Spaces fill up fast and summer school is a great, hands-on way to recover lost credits.

The week of May 13-17, we will follow the block schedule on both Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday to accommodate senior finals.

Seniors last day of school be May 17th, with required graduation activities from 8 am-12:30 pm at Rincon on May 22nd. Seniors will be coming home on April 3rd with a detailed graduation information letter.

For all other students, May 20th and 21st will be the last regular classes of the year, followed by the half day final exam schedule on May 22nd and 23rd. May 23rd will be the last day of school for grades 9-11 and the 2023-2024 school year.

Schools are required to have a certain percentage of parent participation on these surveys. Currently Rincon is about 11% below where we need to be. We do review this data as a site and take the feedback into account while adapting our practices related to the feedback we receive. If you have not done so already, please take a few minutes to complete this survey. Thank you, in advance, to everyone who participates.

TUSD 2024 Parent SQS Web Links by Language

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PB8DMXP (Arabic version)

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PGGLS5H (English version)

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YZTPJ5T (Kinyarwanda version)

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PH2HZTS (Spanish version)

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YZFP9FJ (Swahili version)

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PPYF26S (Vietnamese version)

Anyone who missed the ACT Aspire, ACT and/or the AZ Science tests will be called out of class for makeups. We are required to test 95% of our students, but we always shoot for 100%. Even if you are participating in the make-up testing sessions, please do your try hard and do your very best. The scores still count the same!

There will be a partial solar eclipse taking place on April 8th, with the majority of the event occurring while Rincon students are at lunch. Approximately 75% of the sun will be covered by the noon at the peak of the eclipse, at 11:20 a.m.

PLEASE talk to your student about protecting their eyes, as staring at the sun to catch a glimpse of this can cause permanent damage to their eyes. If you have a student who wants to see this event, please make sure he/she has proper protective eyewear to watch it during lunch time.

We are told that the Planetarium is giving out free eyewear until it runs out if you would like to contact them for protective eyewear.

Monday: Album Cover Day - Dress influenced by your favorite album's cover

Tuesday: Country vs. Country Club - Dress western or fancy like a country club member

Wednesday: Rhyme without Reason - Pair with a partner, dress up based on two rhyming words (example: Post Malone and Home Alone (Kevin McCallister))

Thursday: Class colors - Seniors wear white, juniors black, sophomores gray, freshmen purple

Friday: First Letters: Dress as something that starts with the first letter of your name (Andrew <-> Astronaut)

Dress code applies

– Scholarship Stipends: $2,000 for each student of the three winning teams!

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Arizona State University Laboratory for Energy And Power Solutions is excited to host a one day in-person scenario-based military resiliency design competition! This competition is open to students currently enrolled in grades 9 - 12 (public, private or homeschool) students. Read below for more details!

Form a Team. Register. Attend. Submit.

In this competition, your team will be responsible for ensuring the continuity of operations to critical base activities in the event of an emergency at Camp Sentinel Naval Station, a fictional island military installation inspired by real U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps bases. You will prepare several documents and deliverables exploring the resiliency of the base and responding to a selected emergency.

Lunch, snacks and beverages will be provided during the competition.

What you’ll do:

• Conduct a Risk Assessment on Camp Sentinel Navel Station’s infrastructure
• Create a Contingency Plan
• Design a Solution
• Submit your project for review and present your project to the competition attendees

What you can win:

• Three projects will be selected as winners of the competition. Each member of the winning teams will be awarded $2,000!

These funds will be paid out directly to the winning students to be used at the educational institution of their choice.

Who can participate:

• Be enrolled in grades 9 to 12 (public, private, homeschool).
• Registration is open to the first 30 teams. A team consists of 3-4 students with an accompanying adult.
• Completed and signed permission forms.

Find out more here: Military Infrastructure Resiliency Design Competition

• Band information night: May 1st, 7:00 p.m. in the RUHS Band Room

• The RUHS GSA club invites students and staff to participate in the GLSEN Day of No Silence on Friday, April 12th. GLSEN’s Day of NO Silence is a nationally-recognized student-led demonstration where LGBTQ+ students and allies all around the country—and the world— protest the harmful effects of harassment and discrimination of LGBTQ+ people in schools. There will be an info table at both lunches and a closing ceremony in the E. Library after school. All LGBTQ+ staff, students, and allies are invited to participate on April 12th. Questions? See Ms. Callahan in the E. Library.
• Cheer tryouts for current RUHS Students will be held April 16th, 17th, and 19th after school from 3:30 - 5:30 pm. There will be a mandatory parent/guardian and athlete meeting on Tuesday, April 9th at 6 pm for anyone interested in trying out for the team. Remember if you did not participate in a sport this year you must get cleared by the athletics office to be allowed to try out. Please see Coach Lamers in Room 215 with any questions!
• The library wants to encourage everyone to set aside time in our busy lives to read more. Why should you read?
• 19% of readers say that reading stops them from feeling lonely
• Regular readers for pleasure have report fewer feelings of stress and depression than non-readers, and stronger feelings of relaxation from reading than from watching television or engaging with technology intensive activities
• Adults who read for just 30 minutes a week are 20% more likely to report greater life satisfaction

• Attention Rincon juniors and seniors, Rincon Student Council invites you to get ready to spread your wings and fly to an enchanting night at the Pixie Hollow Prom! Join us for a magical evening filled with music, dancing, and memories that will last a lifetime. Mark your calendars for April 13 and prepare to be transported to a world of pixie magic. Tickets are on sale now until Friday, April 12th, at $70 for singles and $130 for couples. Prices will increase weekly and tickets will NOT be sold at the door, so start planning now! See you there!
• Athletic Secretary Ms. April Bull Calf is working in the office next to Mr. Madrid's office in the Admin. Building until further notice.
• Rincon's GSA Club continues to meet every Tuesday from 8-9am in room 124A. All LGBTQ+ students, staff, and allies are welcome to attend. Please see Ms. Callahan in the E. Library to learn more.
• Mr. Dukes in room 106 is working on a project and needs 20-ounce Gatorade and Powerade bottles! Help his class out by bringing empty bottles to your teacher or directly to Mr. Duke’s room at an appropriate time.
• Important upcoming dates for the library…

The last day for students to check out library books will be April 29. All books will be due on or before May 13. This gives the librarians a week to collect overdue books before we complete the end of year inventory on the final week.

Senior Parents: Graduation Information Letter Attached