Wildcat Weekend 2019 [Photo Gallery]
WILDCAT PRIDE was all around as the entire RCDS community came together for Wildcat Weekend and Reunion. Students, families, alumni, faculty, and staff, showed their blue and gold spirit throughout the...
View ArticleEdward B. Dunn Performing Arts Center Receives Architecture Award
The Dunn Performing Arts Center was one of 14 recipients of American Institute of Architects (AIA) Westchester + Hudson Valley Chapter High Honor Awards. The awards recognize "design excellence and...
View ArticleUpper School Photo Exhibit 2019
The annual Upper School Photo Exhibition will be on display throughout the month of November in the Pinkham Building's main hallway. Stop by to enjoy a broad range of work from students in Photo 1,...
View ArticleAward-Winning Illustrator Gordon C. James Visits the RCDS Lower School
After the Lower School read Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, they had the opportunity to meet and learn from the book's illustrator, Gordon C. James, who received the 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator...
View Article2019 Varsity Cross Country [Photo Gallery]
Photos from the 2019 Varsity Cross Country season.
View ArticleThree RCDS Faculty Members Travel to Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, and...
"We envision the trip as a chance to open students' eyes to important historical moments and provide them with a sense of the people and places that make this country unique and diverse" - Tamara...
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Citizenship Spotlight: Youth Advisory Council Member Isabel T. '24
Eighth grade student Isabel T. serves on the Youth Advisory Council (YAC), which was launched in 2018 by Senator Shelley Mayer "to offer young people an outlet for their ideas and policy questions."...
View ArticleEdward B. Dunn Performing Arts Center Receives Architecture Award
The Dunn Performing Arts Center was one of 14 recipients of American Institute of Architects (AIA) Westchester + Hudson Valley Chapter High Honor Awards. The awards recognize "design excellence and...
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RCDS Ranked among Top 200 STEM High Schools by Newsweek and STEM.org
Rye Country Day was recently ranked in the top 200 of 5000 high schools across the nation that "offer skilled teachers who keep up with developments in [STEM] fields and who create dynamic learning...
View ArticleUpper School Fall Play: The Untold Yippie Project [Photo Gallery]
Congratulations to the cast and crew of the 2019 Upper School fall play, The Untold Yippie Project, on a phenomenal performance.
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Vocalist Vaneese Thomas Gives the RCDS Choir a Masterclass in Gospel Music
The Upper School Concert Choir recently welcomed R&B, gospel, blues, and jazz singerVaneese Thomas to the rehearsal room for a masterclass in the history and performance of gospel music. Ms. Thomas...
View ArticleBroadway Actor Adam Jepsen Visits Upper School Directing and Acting Classes
Broadway actor Adam Jepsen recently visited RCDS to work with Upper School students in the Directing and Acting classes. He conducted a series of four workshops where students were able to experiment...
View ArticleMarine Corps Veteran and RCDS Parent Christopher Perkins Visits the Fourth Grade
In honor of Veterans Day, Marine Corps veteran and RCDS parent Christopher Perkins gave a presentation to fourth grade students about his service in the Iraq War and his involvement with Team Rubicon,...
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RCDS Musicians Receive NY State and Westchester County Honors
Congratulations to the following RCDS students who have been recognized by the New York State School Music Association. The students practiced diligently to hone their individual crafts, and they...
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On Being the Community Guy: Active, Engaged Citizens Make Strong Communities
By Ali Morgan, Director of Diversity & InclusionDuring my first year at RCDS, something powerful happened that was a turning point in what my work would look like at the School. Students took over...
View Article2019 Varsity Fall Sports Achievements
It was an outstanding fall season for the RCDS Wildcats. The Field Hockey team clinched its fourth consecutive (and eleventh overall) NYSAIS Championship, and all of our student-athletes had strong...
View ArticleCitizenship Spotlight: RCDS Students Participate in the Holocaust & Human...
Eight seventh graders participated in the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center's Human Rights Institute for Middle School Student Leaders, an annual event whose purpose "has been to promote...
View ArticleUpper School Students Build Rockets and Captivate Pre-K Students with an...
As part of studying Newton's laws and rocket flight, Upper School students visited Pre-K to describe these Physics concepts and treat their littlest schoolmates to a firsthand launch experience. The...
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