Every day, FCPS is required to record the attendance of students. However, there are excused absences and unexcused absences. According to the Attendance Policies page on the FCPS website, students can be absent (excused...
"I knew it was going to be a lot of work,” said Rohan Deshmukh, an eighth-grader on the Voyagers team, “but it was worth it.” Rohan is a cricket player who is bound for an international cricket tournament in England...
Excitement fills the Family and Consumer Sciences room after school every Tuesday as students rummage through cabinets for ingredients, scurry around the room for utensils and yell across the room to grab their teacher’s...
Fridays for Future is a new movement at RCMS formed to inspire kids in our school to act against climate and inspire them to make a difference. “We got the idea from another activist we know and we thought it would...
At their music assessment in March at Marshall High School, all of the RCMS orchestra groups got all superior ratings on their music assessment. On March 11, all five RCMS orchestra levels–Ensemble, Concert, Philharmonic,...
The Willow Project pushes student activists a step farther with their projects in building awareness. “I was kind of shocked when it was approved,” said Ariya Lee, an eighth-grader on voyagers. There is a climate...
SOL season has arrived, and while new testing methods have been tried, teachers and state and federal officials have yet to find the perfect alternative to standardized testing. “I am not a one size fits all teacher,...
Many students and staff of RCMS, recognizing both pros and cons of students' enjoyment of chess, were uncertain about the March 24 block of the popular platform Chess.com. Zoeb Izzi, an eighth grader on the Explorers team,...
Fairfax County School Board released a new three-year calendar in February in hopes of recognizing diversity among students and staff. The calendar includes more holidays and cultural observances. Changes were made to...
The Carson Model UN team competed in April at the TechMun XXX conference at Thomas Jefferson High School and won the Best Middle School award for the year -- the fifth time RCMS has won this award. Members of the Carson...
Many RCMS students found the installation of the new security cameras unnerving, while teachers and staff think of it more as a tool. “I don’t think I’ve seen changes in students, rather in teachers and what they’ve...
Most teenagers start vaping because they think it’s a safe alternative to smoking, which is not true at all. In fact, one JUUL pod, which is a disposable vape cartridge, is equivalent to 20 cigarettes. In the Fairfax...
With new artificial intelligence technology released this school year, both experts and school staff are trying to figure out how to use it to help and not to harm their learning. A program called ChatGPT has recently...
RCMS Science Olympiad team placed fourth at the Virginia State Tournament on March 25 at UVA by achieving 12 individual medals. “I looked at the websites that were given to us and did a lot of practice tests.” Neha...
