RCSD Community Update: 3/17/23

Dear RCSD Community, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We successfully dodged a weather event on Tuesday even as communities further north had a snow day, and in many cases, a delay on Wednesday morning due to icy roads.  I will confess that I did have a snow day call “in the can,” so to speak. Hopefully, it will stay there until next winter.

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RCSD Community Update: 3/10/23

Dear RCSD Community We are continuing to create videos to illustrate the inner workings of the school district. With the spring sports season beginning at the high school on Monday (we have over 400 students cleared on FamilyID!) and at RMS beginning on March 27, I thought I would share with you our latest video on the subject of athletics.

RCSD Community Update: 3/3/23

Dear RCSD Community, Last week I received a call from a local newspaper reporter asking me about the lack of snow days this winter. I explained that it was far too early to be talking about the lack of snow days as there have been many years when March and April brought snow to our region. And just like that, our first snow day of the year came to be on Tuesday!

RCSD February Superintendent's Bulletin

RCSD Community Update: 2/17/23

Dear RCSD Community, Wednesday was the 100th day of school for the 2022-23 school year.  As you may know, the 100th day of school is a very big deal in Kindergarten. At Osborn School, Kindergartners (and teachers) in Mrs. Gelman’s class dressed up as 100-year-olds to mark the milestone.

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Come cut loose on March 3rd @7pm and March 4th @ 2pm & 7pm!

RCSD Community Update: 2/10/23

Dear RCSD Community, It really feels as if the days are starting to grow longer. I read that by February 20, we will be gaining three minutes more of daylight per day. I am looking forward to not waking up to pitch black in the mornings!

RCSD 2023-24 School Year Calendar

Dear RCSD Community, Attached and linked here please find a copy of the 2023-24 School District calendar which was approved at last night's Board of Education meeting. The calendar is also posted to the District's website.

RCSD Community Update: 2/3/23

Dear RCSD Community, Yesterday was Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow in western Pennsylvania. Therefore, I am officially switching my prognosticator allegiance to some more local talent. The Muscoot Farm weather chicken, Cluxatawney Henrietta, laid an egg yesterday morning, meaning that the Hudson Valley area will have an early spring. I’m for that!

RCSD January Superintendent's Bulletin

RCSD Community Update: 1/27/23

Dear RCSD Community, We had another winter weather miss on Wednesday. Not so for some of our northern neighbors who had early dismissals and canceled after-school activities. Sometimes, it pays to be south of the I-287 corridor!

RCSD Community Update: 1/20/23

Dear RCSD Community, I hope you and your basements and yards held up well during yesterday’s day- and night-long deluge! Thunderstorms in January are a new one for me. Hopefully, some drier weather is on tap for the weekend because there may well be some snow in our future next week.

RCSD Community Update: 1/13/23

Dear RCSD Community, Happy Friday the 13th. Traditionally a bad luck day, some people have actually found that good things happen for them on Friday the 13th. Great things happened to the RHS varsity wrestling team on Tuesday the 11th, when they won against Harrison for the first time in 37 years! Congratulations to the team and coaches!

RCSD Community Update: 1/6/23

Dear RCSD Community, Happy New Year, and welcome back. I hope you and yours had a wonderful Winter Recess, wherever you roamed. My wife and I headed to sunny San Diego to visit our (newly gainfully employed!) daughter. It seems the California weather followed us back here, making for a slightly strange beginning to January.

RCSD Community Update: 12/23/22

Dear RCSD Community, Here we are at the end of December and the beginning of the Winter Recess. It has been an exciting four months in the schools with some terrific academic work, amazing performances, and fulfilling extracurricular activities and athletics.

RCSD December Superintendent's Bulletin

RCSD Community Update: 12/16/22

Dear RCSD Community, We had our first snow event of the season on Monday! As it happens, it was sort of a non-event, but we may well get something more serious in the not-too-distant future.

RCSD Community Update: 12/9/22

Dear RCSD Community, The first week of December is behind us! In case you missed it in my update last week, I’m relinking a December “refrigerator calendar” with the “can’t miss” events coming up at the schools.

RCSD December Month at a Glance