Security cameras are scheduled to be installed by fall 2022 at Rachel Carson Middle School, and some students are happy about this advancement while others are wary. Following the plan, 50 interior cameras and 17 exterior...
“I was born in India, and one of the first stores I actually remember visiting was the Dollar Tree.,” said Anshika Bansal, an eighth-grader on the X-Treme team. “And with my five-year-old logic, you could get four gumballs...
The rules for how RCMS is going to implement recess into school starting next school year have been announced. Recess will be implemented into a specific period and will be 15 minutes long at a minimum. Due to a no phone...
RCMS’s Model United Nations delegates won several awards while participating in the annual TechMUN conference on May 13 at Thomas Jefferson High School. “I was looking forward to attending the conference for a long...
“I always tell my kids one day you will move out, will have a roommate and you will need to learn how to do these things yourself,” said Mrs. Rachel Arculin, the RCMS FACS Teacher. FACS, or Family And Consumer Sciences,...
After the first full in-person academic year since 2019, the school year is finally coming to an end. To conclude the year, Rachel Carson Middle School is hosting multiple end-of-the-year celebration activities to congratulate...
RCMS had a full parking lot on May 14, as an unusual amount of visitors for a Saturday crowded inside the building to wait for the tournament to begin; in the cafeteria, which was filled to the brim with enthusiastic students...
The music students of RCMS who have purchased tickets will be attending a full-day field trip at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg on June 3 after a two-year break due to COVID. Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, is a 383-acre, European-themed...
Keen to make and save money, high school and college students partake in investing in the stock market, and even some RCMS students have already invested at such an early age. According to CNBC, 39% of teens in the U.S....
RCMS students and teachers are curious to see Twitter’s developments if Elon Musk becomes the new CEO. Mr. Musk tweeted on Twitter that he was placing the deal on hold on May 13, along with a message analyzing the number...
RCMS Carson Chronicle contributors helped develop the newspaper into what it is today, from a club to an elective. At its beginning, the club was run by a sponsor and was hosted after school. Mr. Kirk Treakle, head librarian,...
RCMS gym teachers throughout the year have followed the Health and PE curriculums of FCPS after a new, revised set of requirements was put into place by the Virginia Department of Education in January. The PE curriculum...
Test anxiety is something that many students have or will experience in their lifetime. To help ease this stress, students participated in wellness week in April, which showcased many different skills and strategies to...
As electric vehicles become more common, many students at RCMS believe climate change will begin to improve. “Climate change is a major problem that will heavily affect the future generations, especially our generation,”...
A footlocker containing artifacts from World War II -- on permanent loan to RCMS by the MacArthur Memorial -- was shown to the seventh-graders at the school this spring. "One day, during history class, we looked at items...
