Community Update: 11/8/24

Dear RCSD Community,

Please remember that schools and offices are closed this coming Monday, November 11, in observance of Veterans Day.

Many and heartfelt thanks to all of the veterans near and far who have served and are serving our country. Rye American Legion Post 128 is holding its annual Veterans Day observance Monday at 10:30 a.m. on the Village Green (the event will move indoors if necessary). The keynote speaker is Captain Leo Matthews, a 2011 graduate of Rye High School currently serving as an instructor of American Politics at West Point. A military intelligence officer by profession, Captain Matthews served with the 75th Ranger Regiment from 2018-2022 and completed three deployments to Afghanistan. Previously, he served in the 173rd Infantry Brigade as an infantry officer.

Rye Fund for Education

Thank you to the many of you who came out to the Rye Fund for Education annual appeal launch event at the Rye Grill and Bar on Wednesday night, despite being bleary eyed from a lethal combination of daylight savings time and late night election result viewing (myself included). To learn more about the fund and to donate, click here.

Weekend Playoff Action

The varsity cross country team heads to the Section One Championships Saturday at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls. The boys start at 10:30 a.m.; the girls at 12:30 p.m.

The undefeated varsity football team continues down the playoff road to finals taking on Yorktown tonight at 7:00 p.m. at home in the Section 1 Class A semi-final. If you can’t make it over to Nugent Stadium, you can watch the matchup on LocalLive here.

After a 4-0 win over New Paltz on Wednesday night, the Section 1 Class A champion girls varsity soccer team advances to the regional final at Union Endicott at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday against Chenango Valley. If they win, they head to the state semi-finals for the second year in a row! Watch the game here (paid on demand).

Looking ahead, the girls varsity swimming team competes in sectionals next week. Preliminaries are November 12 and finals are the 13th at Felix Festa in West Nyack. Start time for both days is 4:30 p.m.

Go Garnets!

Congratulations to…

…the RHS teams that competed in the postseason: 

• the girls varsity field hockey team which made it to the sectional semi-finals, losing to Lakeland which went on to win the section
• the Section One Class A champion boys varsity soccer team who lost to Our Lady of Lourdes in penalty kicks on Wednesday night
• the girls varsity volleyball team which made it to sectionals, but lost to Byram Hills on Monday

Congratulations to the athletes, their parents, and their coaches on tremendous seasons!

Superintendent Search Page 

Please note that we have created a new page on the District website dedicated to the Superintendent Search. The page can be accessed from the home page (www.ryeschools.org), by hovering over the words “Board of Education” in the upper right hand corner menu. If you’re one to go directly to a particular school’s home page, the link is there on the upper right hand corner of the school page. We will continually update the page as the search process moves forward.

Next Week is National School Psychology Week

November 11-15 marks National School Psychology Week, dedicated to highlighting the important work school psychologists do to help all students thrive. Thank you, school psychologists. You make a critical difference in the lives of our students and their families every day.

Don’t forget that RMS is presenting Disney’s The Little Mermaid JR at 7:00 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night. To the cast and crew, break a leg (fin?)!

Have a terrific long weekend.

Sincerely,
Eric Byrne, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools