THE ROCKVILLE TIMES

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💼Career Fair- Friday May 3

💃Junior Prom- Saturday May 4

🍎Staff Appreciation Week- May 6-10

🧠Mental Health Awareness Week- May 6- 10

🌹Rams & Roses School Store Sale- May 7-9

📝AP Testing- May 6th, 7th, 13th, 15th, and 16th (see calendar for specific test days)

🏤Student Council Blood Drive- May 10

🌷ASTE Plant Sale- May 10 & 11

🏆Undergraduate Awards Night- May 16

🍦ROCK Star of the Month Ice cream Social- May 17

🎨ROCK THE ARTS/Band-Aid: May 23

💗Memorial Day/NO SCHOOL- May 27

🎓Preschool Graduation- May 29

🏆Senior Awards Evening- May 30

💃Senior Prom- May 31

The Career Fair is TODAY in the auditorium lobby. Looking for a summer job? Students get hired at this job fair every year! Vendors will have raffle tickets to give out to students displaying excellent soft skills (eye contact, shaking hands, asking meaningful questions). Raffle tickets can be entered to win one of several gift cards/prizes. Take full advantage of this opportunity to interact with these adults who are graciously volunteering their time. We also have several schools coming who want to talk to students about certification programs.

Participate in our Mindful May week for Mental Health Awareness! Don't forget to check out the Mental Health Fair on May 9th during all lunch waves.

Buy a glitter rose for a special someone! Cash sales will be going on Tuesday 5/7-Thursday 5-9 at lunch!

Rock the Arts 2024 is coming! To honor all of the creative endeavors of its multi-talented students, the Fine Arts, Music, Technology, and World Language Departments at Rockville High School will hold their 2nd annual Rock the Arts event, Thursday May 23th at 6pm. We’re celebrating the visual and performing arts with a walk-thru art show, performing ensembles, soloists, dance performances, photo booth, as well as cultural art presentations. RHS Auditorium doors open at 6pm. We will be offering light refreshments. All are welcome, and admission is free!

Please join us Friday afternoon and Saturday morning for our annual ASTE Plant Sale! We will be selling a variety of vegetable plants, potted flowering plants, and hanging baskets! Cash or Check will be accepted as payment.

Join us May 10th after school in room 118.

GSA/LGBTQ Lunch Group meets Fridays in Room 172!

Over April break, the International Travel Club visited the beautiful country of Belize to experience the vibrant culture, welcoming community and exquisite landscape. Our students gained the experience of a lifetime and made memories they will never forget. From ziplining, to swimming with sharks, to trying new foods, our students truly stepped out of their comfort zones and learned so much about themselves and their role in this community.

42 Rockville High School students are winners in the 2024 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. RHS students received 87 awards this year, including 13 Gold Keys, 23 Silver Keys, and 51 Honorable Mentions, the highest number of any participating high school in the state of Connecticut. Athena Lavigne and Jenna Michaud received a 2024 American Voices Nomination for Best in Show. Natalie Crowley received a Gold Key for her writing portfolio.

RHS also received 11 Gold Awards, 14 Silver Awards, and 8 Honorable Mentions in UCONN'S 2024 Connecticut Student Writers Magazine! RHS had winners in every category (fiction, poetry, non-fiction) and our students won more awards than any other school in CT. Congratulations to our young and talented writers! We are very proud of your accomplishments!

Brooklyn Bachand, Iris Hida, Jenna Michaud, and Madison Maiolo have been selected as four of Hill-Stead Museum's Fresh Voices Finalists for 2024! The Fresh Voices Poetry Competition is open to all New England high school students. All of the finalists will read their work before a panel of judges at the Hill-Stead Museum on April 26th. The winners will have the opportunity to perform at the Hill-Stead Museum, will have their poems published in the museum's journal, and will receive monetary awards. Please congratulate them on this prestigious honor. Their poetry portfolios are exceptional.

On Saturday March 30th the RHS Unified team took the plunge for Special Olympics CT and for RHS Unified team. The event was held at Crandall Lake in Tolland. This year the weather was windy but better than last year’s snow. We had the biggest contingent of Plungers this year than we have had in the past. We also broke our donation total of over $4,000.00. We want to thank everyone who made a donation and participated in this great event.

SQUAT-
(1) 162.5kg-358lbs
(2) 175kg-385lbs CT Record (2.5kg PR)
(3) 180kg-396.8lbs CT Record (7.5kg PR)
BENCH-
(1) 90kg-198lbs

(2) 95kg-209.9lbs
(3) 100kg-220lbs CT Record (2.5kg PR)
DEADLIFT-
(1) 182.5kg-401.5lbs
(2) 220kg-440lbs
(3) 210kg-462.9lbs CT Record (17.5kg PR)
*CT Total & push/pull records.
Personal Record’s-Added 27.5kgs to his total!

• Congratulations to Jacob Lindahl and Jacob Flynn for their Unified Sports recognition award!
• Congratulations to Mr. Prignano for earning the CIAC Unified Sports Coach of the Year honor!

Our spring sports teams are working hard and are half way through the regular season. Go here to look up their schedules.

Senior games

Boys volleyball- May 6th

Boys tennis- May 6th

Girls tennis- May 10th

Softball- May 13

Track- May 14th

Boys lacrosse- May 15th

Baseball- May 15th

Girls lacrosse- May 16th

RHS Athletics will be holding an equipment drive the week of May 13-17. You can bring in lightly used athletic equipment to the athletic office. All equipment will be donated to local youth sports groups.

Thank you to all the wonderful students that wrote us a message about what they love about the RHS Library Media Center!

The library media center has been busy this past month with lots of BreakOut EDU Games and zSpace activities.

• Breakout EDU games are escape room like games that challenge each group to use their content knowledge, teamwork, and perseverance to crack the code and break into the box!
• zSpace is an incredible tool where students can view models in 3D! zSpace helps students explore concepts, develop critical thinking skills, and have AR/VR experiences for science, math, engineering, and career exploration!

Freshmen students have also been visiting the library preparing to create book trailers using their independent reading books!

May is here and new displays are up!

• Like Star Wars? Check out our "May the 4th be with You" display and check out a Star Wars story.
• Love Movies? Check out a book that has been turned into a movie! A good rule of thumb is to always read the book before you see the movie- but in this case, maybe you'll LOVE the book if you already enjoyed the film!
• May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Month! Celebrate by reading a book by an AAPI author! We have a great selection of amazing books to choose from
• Mental Health Awareness- Check out books that focus on mental health journeys and stories.

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