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From The Principal, Tresia Swain |
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Parents, we have placed copies of the Kentucky Core Content for Assessment in the RCMS library for your viewing, checkout and copying. This document represents the content that has been identified as essential for all students to know and provides direction for our curricular focus. Interested in serving on a school committee? We would be pleased to have you join us. Contact our office at your convenience. If you have any concerns, about any aspect of your son or daughter's schooling, feel free to contact the teacher concerned, a guidance counselor, or me. Thank you for your continued support. Simmons Music News
I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music. ~ Billy Joel ~ Everyone does love music! In my classes students will learn about all types of music. They might not "love" all of the music they hear in my class, but I will try to get them to experience many different styles of music, music from other cultures and music of different time periods. The sixth grade students will be spending their thirty days building the foundation of their musical knowledge. We will be spending time working on Rhythm and Melody knowledge. We will be learning about the bass clef and spending some time on Tempo and Dynamics. The 6th grade students will be playing recorders to reinforce this knowledge. The seventh grade students will be adding the "form" of our musical knowledge. They will be learning about musical form and instrumental timbres. Using this knowledge students will be writing several songs using the computer program "Super Duper Music Looper" and will have the opportunity to create their own personal album of songs. The 8th grade students will be adding the trimming to our musical knowledge by learning about harmony and style. Students will be reviewing all of the musical elements and will use this knowledge to compose an original composition which they will have the opportunity to publish on a CD. I am excited about what I have seen during the first session of classes and am looking forward to the rest of the year. Mr. Simmons RCMS Co-Ed-Y Take Top Honors See Ms. Nathanson and Mr.Padula to join Co-Ed-Y this year. The students' annual performance is overall excellence in all areas of the conference.
RCMS Title I Rowan county Middle School is a Title I school. Title I is a federally funded program designed to help all students reach the same challenging standards. This supplemental program provides additional funds to be used for instructional services in content areas. There are two types of Title I programs: Targeted Assistance in which only those children who are identified as needing special assistance are served; and School-wide, in which the entire student body receives services based on the school�s needs assessment. Rowan County Middle School is a School-wide Program. Title I strategies include: improving teaching and learning, strong program coordination by the local district, flexibility and accountability, targeting of resources for high poverty schools, and stronger partnership between schools and communities. |
 Band -Oct 31 perform with High School Band at RCSHS home football game.-7th & 8th Grade Band RCMS Veterans Day Program-Winter Concerts - 6th Grade Band Thursday Dec 11 7pm7th & 8th Grade Band Tuesday Dec 9 7pmboth winter concerts at the RCSHS Performing Arts Center.
David S. Fuller Rowan Co. Middle School Band Director 606-784-8911 ext. 263 Rowan Co. High School Assistant Band Director - 606-784-8956 ext. 221 21st Century Grant See Kay Roe at the middle school regarding our program. Many after school classes offered here for enrichment, learning, and fun! Transportation provided. Cave Run Field Trip All students at RCMS traveled to Cave Run on Friday to see
Parents Please Be Advised: Driving children to school and dropping them off, parents should observe the following directions for ease and safety. Do not approach the front of the school from route 32 between the hours of 7:00-8:00 AM and 2:30-4:40 PM as this is reserved for buses only! Note that West Sun Street becomes a one-way street during this time as well. Parents may enter from W. Mains Street, turn onto Heights Avenue, and then turn onto West Sun Street to deliver and pick up children. See Map! If you have any questions, please contact our school office. RCMS Technology The middle school recently installed a new 30 station Dell lab. These machines are a Pentium 4, with 256 Mb RAM, and a 40 Gb hard drive. The operating system is MS Windows XP Professio RCMS teachers post assignments and weekly information on the Internet at rowanschools.com Additionally, students in our STLP (student technology leadership program) design and help maintain the RCMS web site. This group has grown in the past three years from eight members to our current membership of 58. STLP troubleshoot for teachers, assist in our computer lab on a daily basis, and have installed both hardware and software items as well as updates and patches.
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the wonderful Story Telling Festival. Students had a sack lunch with some concessions available. Dress was according to the weather for Friday September 26, 2003. It was a terrific day for all! 
nal. RCMS teachers are actively integrating technology into the curriculum in a variety of ways. Students use the computer lab in all subjects and at each grade level to learn curriculum. Eve
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