Opening Ceremonies & Spirit Day
At yesterday's Opening Ceremonies & Spirit Day, students, faculty, and staff gathered to kick off Rye Country Day's 151st year with energy and enthusiasm. Clad in RCDS blue and gold, hundreds...
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Multiple Music Honors for RCDS Senior Abhinav Kumar
Congratulations to Abhinav Kumar '20 who won the second prize in the advanced category of the 2019 International Music Competition "Grand Prize Virtuoso" in Vienna. On September 13, Abhinav gave a...
View ArticleSkills Spotlight: Grade 4 Book Tasting Instills Strong Reading Habits and a...
Reading is on the menu! Fourth graders recently participated in a book tasting, where they sampled a number of works and wrote down their thoughts on each one. A fun way to help RCDS students become...
View ArticleCitizenship in the Middle School: Spotlight on Awareness
Middle School Principal Column
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New Free Breakfast Program for Middle and Upper School Students
We know that students who eat a balanced and healthy breakfast are better prepared for the mental and physical demands of a day of learning in school. Simply put, nutrition and learning are connected....
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RCDS Alumni Network: Hannes Boenig '17 Summer Internship at Fortress
Robin Quittell Ponticelli '94 has always been an active member of the RCDS community from her work as an AEB member for over 5 years and now as an active parent at the School. This past fall Robin...
View ArticleLearning After School
The fall 2019 session of Lower and Middle School After-School Clubs is off to an energetic start. After-School Clubs provide students with opportunities to learn and explore new interests while...
View Article2019 Middle School Day of Service
Middle School students and their families rolled up their sleeves to help support Our New Way Garden in White PlainsAs part of the 2019 Middle School Day of Service, MS students and their families...
View ArticleStudents Create Interactive Book
Upper School students in Mr. Leath's Intro. to Computer Science class are creating an interactive book for Pre-Kindergartners, and Upper Schoolers Ms. Heath's English class are going to write it. The...
View ArticleSTEAM Educators from Mexico Visit RCDS
Educators from the Mexican school Instituto Cumbres Bosques recently visited RCDS to learn about our STEAM program and discuss opportunities for student collaboration and academic partnership. The...
View ArticleAP Environmental Science Students Take Heirloom Potatoes from Garden to Table
As part of their food and agriculture unit, AP Environmental Science students prepared a delicious dish from heirloom potatoes, which they had harvested in the RCDS Action Garden a week prior. Head...
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Middle Schoolers Examine Citizenship Through Reading "Stella by Starlight"
As part of examining the school-wide theme of citizenship, Middle Schoolers are participating in a division-wide read of best-selling and award-winning author Sharon Draper's young adult novel "Stella...
View ArticleCitizenship in the Upper School
Leadership Column by Upper School Principal Jon Leef. How can we partner in order to ensure that our children develop the habits of mind to contemplate what is meaningful and to look for and embrace...
View ArticleNew Video: The RCDS Makerspace
Meet Rye Country Day's Makerspace Director Gail Sestito and learn more about making and innovating at RCDS.
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Sophomore Jeffrey Tian Awarded High Commendation in the John Locke Institute...
Almost 1,000 essays from 68 countries were submitted to the competition and judged by a panel of nine examiners from Oxford, Cambridge, Princeton, Harvard, Chicago, and NYU Law School.Congratulations...
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Senior Abhinav Kumar receives the 2019 Rising Scientist Award from the Child...
The award is a recognition of students' academic performance in science classes and their desire and ability to address advanced scientific questions and concepts. Congratulations to Abhinav Kumar '20...
View ArticleUpper School Students Visit Stone Barns Center For Food And Agriculture
Students toured the farm and greenhouse and then prepared a farm-to-table lunchAs part of their food and agriculture unit, AP Environmental Science students toured the farm and greenhouse Stone Barns...
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