• RHS Weekly Announcements    |    June 4, 2021

    Hello, Ram families!

    Exams continue next week and here is the schedule.

    NEW

    Senior Awards Go Live:  This evening at 5PM, you will be able to find the recorded senior awards.  Please go to our school website to the homepage.  You will find the graphic in the rotating images.  Click on the one for Senior Awards.

    Next RHS Family Night to Eat Out:  Please join our PTSA for RHS Family Night at Texas Roadhouse restaurant at 11440 Capital Blvd, Wake Forest, Tuesday, June 8th, 3:00-9:30 PM. Dine in or take out. Please mention the RHS fundraiser when you go. Show them your flyer!! Help us raise funds to support our students & teachers.

    Yearbooks:  Order your 2021 yearbook at jostensyearbooks.com. Due to a later sports season and publishing constraints, the 2021 Argalia will be delivered in July. Check your email in mid-July for information on a pick-up date once yearbooks are shipped. Contact Rebecca Hatcher, rhatcher@wcpss.net, with any questions. 

    Don’t Forget the Yard Signs!  Join us in celebrating your student RAM whether they are graduating in June or they’re in another grade by purchasing graduation yard signs, proud parent yard signs, proud grandparent yard signs, car magnets, garden flags and license plates. Visit the link to see how you can show your spirit!! See what you can order at https://rolesvillehsptsa.memberhub.store/ .

    PTSA Offerings for Senior Products: Remember that there are lots of other products available such as personalized yard signs, garden flags, RHS license plates and more.  Check out the products on the PTSA memberhub.

    Returning Hot Spots:  All hot spots need to be returned before students graduate or go home for the summer.  WCPSS is cancelling service to the hot spots, but they need the devices to be returned.  The devices are scanned out to students, so the hot spots plus chargers can be dropped in any of the book return boxes on each floor of the commons, the office or outside the media center.  Some students have also begun to return items in the media center, which is acceptable.

    Rising Senior Portrait Planning:  We are planning for rising seniors to take portraits at RHS the week of Aug 2nd -Aug 6th.  Students will sign up online for their appointments and pay their session fees based on which session they would like to do. To help you prepare, the prices for seating will be:

    1.      Formals/Cap and Gown - $19.95

    2.      All backgrounds - $39.95

    Senior proofs will be emailed to the email address that they use when they sign up for their appointment. The email will be verified on picture day.  Students will have the opportunity to go to any of the high schools that Strawbridge does this summer if they are not able to make it the week Strawbridge is at Rolesville High.  We will forward this list when it is complete.  

    ROLESVILLE ATHLETIC CLUB

    Our next Rolesville Athletic Club sports boosters meeting is 6:30pm June 7th - via ZOOM. We are still accepting RAC officer nominations until June 7th. Below are the current nominations and you are permitted to self-nominate if you have a desire to serve. We will vote at our 6/7/21 meeting.

    • President - Drew Brown
    • Vice-President - Jody Sykes
    • Treasurer - Sharon Artis
    • Secretary - Rebecca Piotrowski
    • Asst. Secretary - Raquel Bryant
    • Parliamentarian - Takisha Harper

    Nominations can be made via the GroupMe App. or via email to RACBoosterPresident@gmail.com. If you have any questions about being a voting member, please reach out to our Membership Chair, Tarsha Ince - acpince@gmail.com.  Duty descriptions were listed in the RHS Weekly Updates on April 30th.

    SENIORS

    Please make sure you review this each week.  I will add new information and leave other pertinent information.   I will also put the new information leading in read.

    From the Media Center

    How do I know if I owe library books, textbooks, English novels,  a Chromebook, or a Wifi Hotspot? 

    Use these directions to check that your account is cleared of items. Here is a video tutorial link . Please give staff 24 hours after you return items for your account to be cleared. 

    FAQ's on Returning Materials and Resources @ the RHS Library Media Center

    Graduation Guide for Seniors and Junior Marshals

    The following information is very important to help senior and junior marshal families prepare for the traditional ceremonies and the diploma distributions.  Access the graduation guide here.  I will also take the information from this guide to create slides and a voiced-over presentation to be of more help.  Keep in mind that due to changes in COVID restrictions, some things like mask requirements are evolving.  There could be information that evolves from this guide to the slides and then even thereafter.  Stay tuned.

    Caps - This is important information:  While students were allowed to decorate caps last year for the walk-through event, they will not be allowed to do so this year.  We asked permission and were reminded that this has not been permitted in other traditional ceremonies.  I am concerned that some students may have already decorated their caps.  If this is the case, the student will need to buy an undecorated cap to wear in the ceremony.  Additional caps can be purchased for $8.  You will either need to pay through a card and call Jostens or bring exact cash to purchase after the parade or after rehearsal on the 3rd.

    Paying Fees and Fines:  

    • Senior fees are $40 each.  The preferred payment method is Online School Payments on our school website.  Students to pay in CASH or MONEY ORDER after school each day until 3PM.
    • Senior fines in the Follett app might be a bit confusing.  Parents and students need to check online to see what might also need to be paid.  If a student has a textbook, computer or hotspot assigned to him or her, they will simply need to be returned in order to clear the account.  Books may also need to be returned. 

    Senior Exit Survey

    This is something we need all seniors to do.  It is something we do every year to collect important information.  PLEASE, PLEASE make sure you have your senior Ram complete the survey!

    Graduation Photos (LIVE): See your graduation photo of you walking across the stage. These will be posted live during the ceremony. Go to strawbridge.net, click "Order Pictures and Yearbooks." (Order Code: FM360124, Event Type: Grade, Event Date: 6/11/2021)

    Planning for Graduation:  As you know, there will be no graduation ceremonies at the Raleigh Convention Center this year.  Schools will host their own ceremonies on site.  We will host both larger ceremonies similar to the RCC ceremony and intimate celebrations for families who prefer not to be in large crowds.  We will soon send information to help you plan.  We will also ask you to commit to one format or the other to help us plan accordingly.  In the meantime, there are a couple of things senior families need to do now to prepare.

    1. If you have not ordered a cap and gown, you must do so through Jostens.com.  You must have a cap and gown to participate in the ceremony.  
    2. As you can imagine, expenses to hold events at school will increase in order to plan for and deliver nice events.  Senior fees must be paid through Online School Payments on our school website.  Thank you to those who have already taken care of this.  For those who need to do so, please go ahead and submit the fees to allow us to prepare.

    Applying for Scholarships: Check out the scholarship update at the RHS Student Services website weekly! You can't earn $$ if you don't apply! 

    REPEAT

    Action Needed: NC Broadband Survey for Students and Teachers

    The State Broadband Infrastructure Office (BIO), part of the N.C. Department of Information Technology, needs students and teachers to complete the North Carolina Broadband Survey. The survey will let the state know about the availability and quality of internet service, and will use the results to direct funding for broadband solutions across the state. The survey only takes 5 minutes to complete and is available in English and Spanish. Those without internet access can do it by phone.  They can either text “internet” to 919-750-0553 or place a phone call and answer a series of short questions.  Standard text messaging rates will apply.

    Students May Keep Chromebooks But Must Return Hotspots by End of School Year:

    Any student who has a WCPSS-issued hotspot must return it to their school by the end of the school year. Hotspots will be disabled after the last day of school. Students who have a WCPSS-issued Chromebook will keep their Chromebook through the transition to the 2021-22 school year. Students are not required to return their Chromebooks to their school at the end of this school year, even if they are transferring or advancing to another WCPSS school. Students who are graduating or leaving WCPSS are required to return all devices to their school on or before their last day.

    Have a great weekend and stay RAM STRONG!

    Best,

    Mrs. Lassiter