The Journalism Staff has a few yearbooks that were never picked up in the office. We are giving the opportunity for those who might have ordered a yearbook from years past to reach out! If we have your book, you can come get it. Any books NOT picked up by November 1st will be put up for sale to the community!

5 from 2018-2019

1 from 2019-2020

5 from 2020-2021

9 from 2021-2022

8 from 2022-2023

We also have a few extra books from the 2023-2024 school year. If you would like to purchase one, they are $60 and are first come, first served. Please email Mrs. Enevoldsen at cenevold@rcentral.org to reserve yours. Reservations are for 48 hours. If payment is not received/book is not picked up, the reservation will be void.

The State of Nebraska requires certain vaccines and physicals for students to attend school.

Any student who does not comply with the State requirements shall not be permitted to continue

in school until he or she so complies. For additional questions please contact the District Nurse

at your child’s school building. Waivers are available upon request from the School Nurse.

The links below give the details about what your child needs at entry level for school in

Kindergarten and 7th Grade. There is also a link for community resources and available clinics

for these visits.

All students in Grades 9-12 who are going out for an athletic activity will needs a sports physical.

We are holding a Flu Vaccine Clinic Sept. 23rd. from 4-6pm in the HIgh School Commons. It is open to all staff and community members 2 years and older. Bring your insurance card and it is free of charge or a fee of 35 dollars.

Elementary art is in full swing! For our first (whole school) art project, each student personalized a piece of honeycomb that was added to our school beehive. Our theme is "Welcome to our hive, it's a great place to be(e)!" We talked about the important role that bees play in nature, and how their hard work can be beneficial to humans. We also learned a variety of facts about bees, and how humans and bees have similar characteristics such as: focus, hard work, attention to detail, and teamwork.

This week each grade began working on a different version of a self portrait. They have been analyzing portraits from well known artists, as well as matching and comparing paintings and photographs. Our fourth grade class is creating a Lego-style self portrait. It's so fun to see how our students are personalizing their portraits to reflect their individual style and interests!

Greetings Mustang faithful. September has arrived and as you read these words we are entering our third full week of school already. The journey has been fun so far. We have several new staff in the building and a new administrative team has been assembled to help move things along and help see our goals realized together.

It has been my honor to get to know our students, staff, and school community over the past few weeks as well. Our admin team has all been trying to expand the Mustang's good name and brand by sharing the great things we do. In order to make certain we are working together, we have been very intentional about meeting and getting to know our family members. We have visited classrooms with great regularity and have been witness to some excellent teaching. We frequent the hallways between classes, before, and after school and offer fistbumps to those that care to take one. I will admit that talking to the students is the highlight of my day.

We continue to push out information in multiple venues. The acquisition of the Rooms app to accompany Thrillshare and the Apptegy app has allowed the Mustang family to share more information and much more consistently. We are blasting out memories in photograph or video form to capture some of the great things we are doing as a school. Although we can’t possibly catch it all, we are truly telling our story the way we want it to be told. We are proud of our school and we are being very loud in telling people about it.

It is my estimation that we are off to a great start this year. I look forward to working with everyone as the school year progresses and can’t wait to see what comes next. I encourage you to reach out if you have any questions and I encourage students to get involved in the goings-on at RCHS. Connected students come from being involved in what the school has to offer. We are pushing school pride and our efforts to revive our school song are in full swing. Several classes have worked very hard to create lyrics that best represent the modern Mustang and how we want to be represented. We hope to unbridle these lyrics in the coming weeks.

Have a great September everyone. See you in the halls, in the classrooms, in the community, at school events, and out and about. We will be operating with a new attitude this year. We are calling it the Mustang Mentality. Take pride in everything you do, Mustangs. We are going to have a great year. #MustangMentality, #MustangNation, #Family, #MyRCstory.

Educationally,

Mr. Lurz, Principal

Raymond Central Junior/Senior High

Meet the 2024-2025 Officer Team

President: Erika Donahue

Vice President: Carlee Wolfe

Secretary: Marissa Tvrdy

Treasurer: Evan Potter

Sentinel: Addison Grant

Reporter: Izabella Thornburg

Parliamentarian: Isaac Zobel

Historian: Khloe Cuttlers

Our next FFA Meeting will be Monday, September 9th starting at 6pm in the Ag Room. Food will be provided

The high school is already starting the year strong with marching band. We had a very successful band camp and are working hard on this year's show, "Women in Music" featuring songs by Meghan Trainor, Paramore, and Katy Perry. The band will perform on August 30th at the State Fair, and our competitions are October 5th in Bennington and October 19th in Ashland. In addition to these performances, you can find the band at any home volleyball or football game this fall for pep band. Parents, alumni, staff, and other community members are welcome to play along! You won't want to miss all the great things this amazing band is doing.

The middle school is also starting strong with three separate bands this year: 6th, 7th, and 8th. This year, each grade gets to earn belts with Band Karate (6th), Infinity Stones (7th), or points towards 8th Grade Lettering. Stay tuned each month for updates on students' progress with these challenges!

5th grade just finished with instrument testing and are ready to go with lessons starting after Labor Day! I'm very excited for this year's new band members and can't wait to get them started!

Be sure to check out the band at the following concerts this year:

• September 27th: Homecoming Football Pep Band with MS & HS
• November 11th: Veteran's Day Program
• December 5th: 6-7 Band / Choir Concert 5:30 PM
• December 5th: 8-12 Band / Choir Concert 7:00 PM
• December 10th: K-2 Elementary Concert 6:00 PM
• December 10th: 3-5 Elementary Choir/Band Concert 7:00 PM
  
• February 27th: HS Band / Choir Pops Concert 6:30 PM
• May 1st: 6-12 Choir Concert 6:30 PM
• May 6th: 5-12 Band Concert 6:30 PM

The Junior High Student Council is off and planning great things for the 2024-25 school year!

Members include Zoe, Lily, Allyson, Coleman, Cooper, Eli, Colton, Kash, Ray, Kennedy, Lela, Lizzy, Maci and Sofia. Sponsors are Mrs. Dowding and Mrs. Jackson.

Cross Country opened the season with a race at Timber Point hosted by East Butler. Our Boys team took 2nd place overall with medals from Cole Dubas (2nd), Landon Lubischer (6th), and Sam Norlen (7th). Other runners were Deacon Christensen and Lyliend DiCaprio who both finished in the top 30.

Girls runners were Jasmine Siverina, Jasmine Wells, and Marissa Tvrdy and put up a strong showing in their first 5k race.

For JH girls we had two medals, Teagan Schomer (3rd) and Shyanne Leggett (5th). Kate Field also competed well.

For JH boys Eli Zobel (2nd) took the silver medal. Other runners included Henry Tvrdy, Will Bartels, Kyson Effle, and Preston Zugmier.

The 2023-2024 Yearbooks will be here SOON! Once they are in, the Journalism team will start to distribute and will notify the district that the books have arrived.

The yearbook showcases EVERY student from Preschool to graduating seniors. This is our third year adding the whole district into our book and we are perfecting it every year.

Ordering for the 2024-2025 yearbook is now available! Forms are available below!

Order yours today!! Prices are:

$60 per yearbook until December 31, 2024

$70 per yearbook from January 1, 2025 to May 2, 2025

If you would like to order more than one yearbook, use the following discount pricing:

$110 for two yearbooks until December 31, 2024

$160 for three yearbooks until December 31, 2024

If buying FOUR or more yearbooks, price per book is $45.

NO DISCOUNTS GIVEN STARTING January 1, 2025

Business and Senior Ads are available for the following sizes/prices:

¼ page for $50

½ page for $65

Full page for $115