As FCPS’s first middle school sports got started, RCMS’s cross-country team took part in its first scheduled meet out of school on Sept. 30. This is the first time sports are being offered after school for middle-school...
Clubs officially started at RCMS on Sep 13. They are available to everyone, with different clubs every day of the week. Many types of clubs are available for students to join, from a cooking club to a K-Pop dance club,...
Ashley Williams, Miss Virginia USA, wore two dresses designed by Fairfax Academy Fashion Career students for the USA State competition on Sept. 29. Williams, 24, was crowned Miss Virginia USA on April 30. She chose one...
All you could hear on May 20 at RCMS was the sound of chess pieces clacking against dozens of chess boards and maybe the thundering applause of a few 1000 donations coming through.This was at the RCMS chess tournament,...
“The Eras tour concert was genuinely one of the coolest experiences of my life,” said Maisie Smith-Zoe, eighth-grader on the Explorers team, who went to the May 13, Philadelphia concert. Born in 1989, Taylor Swift...
The Carson Literary Magazine is back, but it's digital! It wasn’t here last year so it's new to all students as of 2022-2023. The Carson Literary Magazine is a tradition where students send in their various artworks...
"I didn't do sixth grade, I slept through sixth grade," said Divitha Mathe, an eighth-grader on the Wolves team. Divi said people put in less effort during online school, which caused her and many other students to score...
After the audition for next year’s three Model UN officers, Shayaan Dutt, Aaron Zhang, and Eva Sonis were chosen. As the secretary general, under secretary, and chief of staff, they will lead and teach next year’s MUN. Rachel...
The RCMS Technology Student Association chapter competed at a statewide competition in Hampton, Virginia from May 4 to May 7, winning several events independently and second place among all middle schools. “The TSA competition...
On June 9, the RCMS music department is taking the spring trip to Kings Dominion. Everyone is super excited for the thrill of the park. In past years and trips there have been so many unique experiences. “A student...
The revving of a quiet, almost soundless engine fills the air as the car silently backs out of the driveway. The car turns onto the road, and unusually, doesn’t leave a smoke trail behind it. Electric vehicles -- known...
Over the past 25 years at RCMS, as society has changed, the dress code has changed with it by being less specific and more gender neutral. The dress code states that “students should not wear anything that displays...
The blinding sunlight shines over the room, giving the flutes a heavenly glint. The baton rises swiftly and sharply, prompting the deep sound of clarinets and tubas reverberating off the walls, sending chills down everyone’s...
It was the final round. The humming of air conditioning rang over still silence. The audience watched in anticipation as Sahana Kumar, an eighth-grader on the RCMS debate team, stepped up to the podium. “It was really...
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...
