Skills Spotlight: Fifth Annual RCDS Student Leadership Conference
Students explore leadership, practice critical thinking and communication skills, and set collective and individual goals at this annual, collaborative conference.On Saturday, August 17, 60 student...
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Welcome New Faculty & Staff!
RCDS is excited to ring in the 2019-20 school year by welcoming an accomplished and impressive cohort of new faculty and staff to campus. Please take a moment to learn a little bit about our newest...
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Welcome to the 2019-20 School Year from Headmaster Scott Nelson
Looking ahead to the 2019-20 academic year, Mr. Nelson shares school news and campus updates with the RCDS community.Dear RCDS Community,Earlier this summer, we finally had a chance to reflect on the...
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2019-20 School-Wide Theme: Citizenship
Throughout the 2019-20 academic year, the Rye Country Day community will actively engage around the school-wide theme of citizenship, which will be woven into community discussions, curricular...
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RCDS Athletes Make Lohud's Super 11 List for the Third Consecutive Year
Cullen Coleman '20, who has committed to play for Northwestern, was named to the 2019 Lohud Super 11. This marks the third consecutive year that Rye Country Day football players have been included in...
View ArticleEnthusiasm and Energy at the 2019 Activities Fair
With over 50 clubs represented, the Activities Fair was full of energy and enthusiasm. At this annual fair, Upper School club leaders rally to encourage fellow students to join their respective...
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Senior Liam McLane Selected to National Team Development Program (NTDP)
US Lacrosse has named a total of 88 players to its inaugural USA Select teams (22 players on four teams, representing boys and girls at the U15 and U17 levels), including Liam McLane '20 who was...
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Sophomore Jeffrey Tian Wins 2019 Congressional Art Competition
Congratulations to sophomore Jeffrey Tian whose watercolor won the Congressional Art Competition for District NY-16. Every year, the Congressional Institute sponsors this nationwide high school visual...
View ArticleUpper School 3D Art Show Opens September 10
The Upper School 3D Art Show "Methods and Materials" opens September 10 in the Cohen Center for the Creative Arts. The show represents a variety of three-dimensional studio art classes that utilize...
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RCDS Mourns the Loss of School Nurse Julia Billingsley
Rye Country Day School mourns the loss of Julia Billingsley whose thoughtful and loving care as a school nurse and colleague added so much to our community. Julia was remembered in this moving tribute...
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Rye Country Day Remembers September 11th
At this week's Morning Meeting, Upper School Principal Jon Leef read from a moving letter that was sent to the Class of 2003 before they graduated. The letter was from Mr. Leef and nine other...
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RCDS Athletes Make Lohud's Super 11 List for the Third Consecutive Year
Cullen Coleman '20, who has committed to play for Northwestern, was named to the 2019 Lohud Super 11. This marks the third consecutive year that Rye Country Day football players have been included in...
View ArticleSkills Spotlight: Headmaster Scott Nelson Visits Upper School Public Speaking...
Upper School students in Mr. Gerlach's Public Speaking classes got a special treat this week. Headmaster Scott Nelson dropped in to talk about his personal experience with speaking in front of...
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Classroom Candids: A Year of Collecting, Documenting, and Presenting Student...
This year, two RCDS faculty members, Jennifer Doran (MS and US Science) and Gail Sestito (MS Science and Computer Science; Makerspace Director), are teaming up to visualize and share the volume and...
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Congratulations to Three RCDS National Merit Semifinalists
RCDS is proud to announce that three RCDS seniors—Ellen Mollerus, Jaume Pujadas, and Aldo Stefanoni—were named National Merit Semifinalists. Across the nation, only one percent of students who take the...
View ArticlePlanting the Seeds of Citizenship at RCDS
Lower School Principal Barbara Shea on expansive learning and awareness at Rye Country Day
View ArticleRCDS All-Community Back-to-School Block Party [Photo Gallery]
Now that's how you celebrate the beginning of a new school year! On a gorgeous September Sunday, hundreds of members of the RCDS community attended the Back-to-School Block Party, a now-annual event...
View ArticleCitizenship Spotlight: RCDS Students Participate in International Climate Strike
RCDS students showed citizenship in action through engaging in a global effort to raise awareness about climate change and advocate for new climate leadership and policy.
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