Reedy Creek Magnet Middle School Center for the Digital Sciences is an award-winning school. Our recognitions and accolades include:

• NCSU STEM Design and Pitch Challenge: 1st Place Middle School
  
  
• Science Olympiad Tournament: Top Ten in the State (9th Overall)
  
  
• NC Envirothon: 1st Place Middle School
  
  
• 2024 Magnet Schools of America Top School of Excellence
  
  
• 2023 Magnet Schools of America School of Distinction  
  
  
• NC Prepared STEM School of Distinction
  
  
• 2021-2023 Common Sense Media Common Sense School Certification: Reedy Creek Magnet Middle School
  
  
• Two RCMMS 8th grade students take First Place in the NC ONE Water Tower Competition   
  
  
• Two RCMMS 7th grade students take First Place in the NCSU State-Level Nano Innovations Challenge
   
• Autism Support Teacher Audrey Robinson - Cary Chamber of Commerce Honor a Teacher Award
   
• 8th grader Maria Montpellier Penate is a WCPSS Spotlight on Students honoree
  
  
• 2022 VFW Middle School Teacher of the Year - Jennifer Arndt, 7th Grade Social Studies
  
  
• 2023 Diane Kent Parker 1st Year Teacher of the Year Award Finalist - Emily Southard, 6th & 8th Grade Math
  
  
• 2022 WRAL Voters' Choice Award Nominee, Middle School - Reedy Creek Magnet Middle
  
  
• 2022  WRAL Voters' Choice Award Nominee, Principal  -  H. Trent Evans
  
  
• 2022 Principal of the Year Finalist - H. Trent Evans
  
  
• 2022 Assistant Principal of the Year Semi-Finalist - Kim Collins, 8th Grade AP
  
  
• 2022 NCSTA District Outstanding Science Teacher Award - Chris Barth, 6th Grade Science Teacher
  
  
• 2021-2023 Common Sense Media Common Sense School Certification: Reedy Creek Magnet Middle School
  
  
• 2022 Magnet Schools of America School of Excellence
  
  
• 2022 NCTIES Outstanding Teacher Award, Ms. Indira Bhandari
  
  
• 2021 WRAL Voters' Choice Awards Winner
  
  
• 2021 School-to-Career Outstanding Volunteer Leadership Award - Stephan Roorda, IBM
  
  
• 2021 Assistant Principal of the Year Semi-Finalist - Kim Collins, 8th Grade AP
  
  
• 2021 National Youth at Risk (NYAR) High Flyer School
  
  
• Magnet Schools of America Certified Demonstration School
  
  
• Magnet Schools of America Top 20 Magnet Schools in the Nation
  
  
• 2020 Magnet Schools of America Award of Excellence
  
  
• 2020 School-to-Career Outstanding Volunteer Award - Janine Gerber, IBM
  
  
• 2019-2020 WCPSS Disability History and Awareness Month SILVER Award for number of lessons, activities, and articles completed in the District Awareness Challenge.
  
  
• 2020 Cary Magazine MAGGY Award for Best Middle School Principal of the year: H. Trent Evans
  
  
• 2020 Assistant Principal of the Year Semi-Finalist - Kim Collins, 8th Grade AP
  
  
• 2020-21 First Tech Challenge Robotics Team: Collins Aerospace Innovate Award
  
  
• 2019 Magnet Schools of America National Top New & Emerging School of Merit
  
  
• 2019 Magnet Schools of America Award of Excellence
  
  
• STEM RTP STEMmy Award for 2019 STEM School of the Year (This is a K-12 multi-county award.)
  
  
• 2019 School-to-Career Outstanding Volunteer Award - Amit Rahalkar, Deutsche Bank
  
  
• 2019-20 Environmental Protection Agency AQ-IQ Project: Top 5 in the State - Shom Tailor, 8th Grade
  
  
• 2018-2019 WCPSS Disability History and Awareness Month GOLD Award for having the district's highest number of lessons, activities, and articles completed in the District Awareness Challenge.
   
• 8th Grade Science Teacher Aleah Abernathy won North Carolina Science Teachers Association District 3 Outstanding Middle School Science Teacher
  
  
• Special Programs teacher Laura Albright won WCPSS Special Olympics Coach of the Year
  
  
• Autism Support teacher Audrey Robinson won Cary Chamber of Commerce Honor a Teacher award
  
  
• WCPSS School-to-Career Volunteer Award was awarded to Amit Rahalkar of DB Global Technologies, Inc. for DB’s business partnership work with RCMMS
  
  
• Our FTC Robotics Team won the FIRST Connect Award for gracious professionalism and outreach.
  
  
• Our FTC Robotics Team won the FIRST Inspire Award, which is the top FTC award and celebrates the strongest qualities of all judged awards.
  
  
• Our FLL Robotics Team won the Highest Middle School Robotics Challenge Score award at the WCPSS 2019 Spring Tournament.
  
  
• Featured in Cary Magazine in an article about the Reedy Creek Magnet Middle School (RCMMS) digital sciences program
  
  
• Featured in an Engineering Education article in Midtown Magazine and Cary Living Magazine
  
  
  
  2018 Awards
  
  
• Awarded the 2018 Cary Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurial Award in Education, sponsored by Huntington Learning Center.
  
  
• An 8th grader won the STEM in the Park, Research Triangle Park STEMmy Award for 2018 STEM Student of the Year (This is a grade 5-8 multi-county award.)
  
  
• Principal Evans won the Cary Magazine Middle School Principal of the year MAGGY Award for the 4th year in a row.
  
  
• An 8th grader won 3rd place in the PTA Reflections Contest.
  
  
  2016-2017 Awards
  
  
• Our Animal Science teacher named Wake County Public Schools Diane Kent-Parker 1st Year Teacher of the Year
  
  
• Robotics team of 5 students named Overall Champions (Wake County RoboWake 2017)
  
  
• Robotics team of 6 students won the 1st Place in Teamwork (Wake County RoboWake 2017)
  
  
• An 8th grader and a 7th grader won Gold Medals in Food Innovations, and an 8th grader won a Silver Medal in Sports Nutrition at the North Carolina Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America Conference
  
  
• An 8th grader placed in All State Concert Band and earned 1st Chair Trumpet in All State Jazz Band
  
  
• Principal Evans won the Cary Magazine Best Middle School Principal of the Year Maggie Award for the third year in a row
  
  
• A 7th grader won 2nd place and an 8th grader won 3rd place at Artsplosure
  
  
• A 7th grader and a 6th grader won 1st place in the PTA Reflections Art Contest