John Conway, Sullivan County historian, spoke to the third, fourth and sixth grade classes on March 27 about colonial history in New York state. His presentation focused on how the first settlers came to the area, how they lived, how they worked, and how they did everything they could to survive successfully. He made clear to all of the kids that it was very difficult to survive in this time period. Mr. Conway spent about one hour talking, and at the end of the presentation, was kind enough to answer many questions. The students each had an active listening organizer and were not only taking notes during the presentation but were formulating their questions to be shared at the end with Mr. Conway. What made Mr. Conway’s presentation even more interesting was that the third and fourth graders had already been to Fort Delaware in Narrowsburg and quickly remembered what they learned during our fall field trip there.
Barbara Moran from Cornell Cooperative Extension visited RCS on March 22 as part of Agricultural Literacy Week. Students in first grade through fourth grade planted tomato seeds and read the story "Tomatoes for Neela." Each classroom received a copy of the book. We thank Ms. Moran for visiting school.
Congratulations to Zaylee Cox and Ashlee Ladenhauf on being named to the OCIAA All-League girls basketball team! Read more here: https://www.scdemocratonline.com/stories/bcany-ociaa-announces-girls-basketball-all-league,88588?
Cupcakes and Mice and Snails, Oh my!
PK-4 students have been busy making ceramic projects. The kiln is almost full and then projects will be on display soon.
During the Great Depression, a "city" of the newly poor built shanties in Central Park. Herbert Hoover was seen as president who did not care about the people’s plight so they named their "city" Hooverville as the ultimate insult. These are life-size shanties that groups of eighth grade students designed and built with cardboard and a roll of duct tape. The structure had to have room for each person in the group to be able to "get out of the elements."
Works of art are sometimes framed by the frame of a computer screen or phone. Jacob and Angie in Shannon Henke's digital art class recently completed their final projects and showcased art can be done in a digital realm. As part of her project, Angie used Adobe PhotoShop to place herself in the National Gallery Of Art Jacob created an animated stop-motion film, which can be seen at https://tinyurl.com/9zjps4we, using wooden model figures borrowed from Mrs. Hood.
Seventh grade students recently performed a readers theatre on the War of 1812. These photos are off the props they made to support their roles. Microphones for narrators, mustaches for generals, flags for the countries involved and a bonnet for the woman who sewed the giant flag that flew over Fort McHenry that inspired Francisco’s Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Students in Studio Art demonstrated their creative skills using wood burning tools this winter. Here are a few of their artistic projects.
Our younger elementary classes celebrated St. Patrick's Day on Friday with painting, drawing and other projects, as well as wearing green to avoid being pinches by the leprechaun.
Roscoe Central School honored its fall and winter athletes at a ceremony on Thursday, March 16. The modified and JV/Varsity ceremonies were combined into one because of the winter storm earlier in the week. Congratulations to all of our athletes. See more photos from the event on our Facebook page
Angie Hund, an RCS junior, has been accepted to The School of The New York Times Summer Academy. Angie will spend two weeks in New York City participating in a creative writing program and networking with other aspiring writers. Angie is a journalist and social media editor at Manor Ink. This lover of literature can also be found working at and organizing children's programs at the Livingston Manor Free Library, as well as working weekends at Hound Books in Roscoe. Congratulations Angie!
Congratulations to Ashlee Ladenhauf and Zaylee Cox for being named to the Sullivan County Democrat's Girls Basketball All-Star list. https://www.scdemocratonline.com/stories/sullivan-county-democrat-girls-all-stars,87039?
Good morning, RCS families. This is a reminder that today Friday, March 17th is a half day, 11:30 dismissal for students. The RCS building will be busy this afternoon. Teachers will be in trainings. The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department will be in the building conducting training drills as well. Also, PreK Registration for the 2023-2024 school year will take place. Athletic practices will take place as scheduled later this afternoon. Kiwanis Family Trivia Night will take place from 6:00-8:00 PM this evening in the cafeteria. Additionally, on Saturday, March 18th there will be athletic practices as scheduled.
The Roscoe Kiwanis Club will present RCS Family Trivia Night at 6 p.m. St. Patrick's Day, Friday, March 17, in the RCS Cafeteria. The event is free and open to all ages. Each RCS family will compete as a team, and each team will win a prize, with extra prizes awarded to the four highest scoring teams.
Good Afternoon Blue Devils: The Roscoe Central School Modified Fall and Winter sports awards will now be held on Thursday, March 16th, 2023 at 5 PM in the auditorium. We will host all Modified, JV, and Varsity on the same date. We apologize for any inconveniences.
Roscoe third graders were able to enjoy breakfast with their parents and other loved ones earlier this month.
Good morning, RCS. This is an update from the alert earlier this morning. Due to blowing and drifting snow as well as icy road conditions, RCS is now closed today. Stay safe!
Good morning, RCS. Due to road conditions, RCS will be on a 2 hour delay today, Wednesday, March 15th. Stay safe and see you soon.
With today's snow day, we thought it would be a good time to show some photos of our second-graders playing in the snow during recess. Share your photos from today's snow day on our Facebook post!
The sixth grade 'engineers' designed and built these colorful catapults in Home & Careers class. They were excited to see whose catapult would propel the farthest.
