Interact and Homestead

This week eight members of our Interact Club went to The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia, with Mrs. Lucas and Mrs. Douthit as the chaperones. Interact Club is sponsored by the Rotary Club and allows teenagers to help out local and international communities. The Rotary hosted their biannual conference at The Homestead. At the conference, there were many great speakers, including students who won the Rotary Speech Contest earlier this year. The Rotary also sponsors foreign exchange students (inbound and outbound), so we were able to hear about their experiences in the U.S. In addition, we were able to learn about what the Interact Clubs all over Virginia are doing to help their community. After the conference, we were able to explore the amazing resort. The Homestead was one of the biggest places we have ever seen! They have a bowling alley, an ice cream/coffee shop, clothing stores, a spa, an indoor pool and many more things to enjoy. We were very thankful to have this opportunity!

What a Busy Week!

This past week, our students entered the Fredericksburg Spelling Bee. The grades that participated were 1st-8th. Many of our students were able to go to the competition, and two of them placed. In Third Grade, Stacy Parks received Third Place. For Fifth Grade, Dan Cole received Fourth Place. Everyone did a good job and worked very hard.

Also, the students were able to participate in the ACSI District Math Olympics. Here are the results:

In the category of Computation the winners are:
1st place: Katie Jones-8th grade, Ally Callihan-7th grade, Gordon Anderson-6th grade
2nd place: Rachel Rankin-4th grade
4th place: Jordan Dunford-8th grade
5th place: Ryan Ark-3rd grade

In the category of Reasoning the winners are:
1st place: Sarah Dodge-7th grade
2nd place: Dan Cole-5th grade
3rd place: Nick Simpson -3rd grade, Rose Norris-3rd grade
5th place: Emma Jones-4th grade, Emily Dodge-5th grade

Good job everyone!!! A special thank you goes to all the parents who volunteered.

Also this week we had our second Secondary Chapel. We had a time of praise and worship. After this we had a guest speaker, Pastor Lee Montgomery from New Hope Bible Church. We would like to thank him for taking his time to come and share his message! It was an outstanding chapel service. All in all, it was a very exciting week at RCS.

Science Fair

Last week at RCS we had our annual Science Fair. It was a great success. There were two categories for Science Fair projects. The category for grades 7 and 8 was “Inventions”. The category for grades 9 and 10 was “Investigations”. Everyone did an outstanding job!

In the Investigations category:
· The Grand Prize was awarded to Hunter VanDoren for his experiment “Focus Furnace”
· First Place winner was Trey Lucie with his experiment “God’s Amazing Filters”
· Second Place went to Amanda Callihan for her experiment “The Force of Attraction”
· Third Place was awarded to Megan Tederick for her experiment “ The Silent Sound”
· Honorable Mention went to Josh Lucas for his experiment “Breaking Surface Tension”

In the Inventions category:
· First Place was awarded to Wade Bailey for the “Scan-as-You Go Shopping Cart”
· Second place went to Ally Callihan for her invention the “Talk -n- Texter”
· Third place went to Cristina Tederick for her project “The Temperater”
· Honorable Mention was awarded to Fiona Sayers for her invention “The Solar Powered
Container”

Finally, a big thanks goes out to our judges: Pastor Mike, Mrs. Andrews, and Mr. McDermott. We appreciate your time and expertise.