Uplifting Communities
By Jon Leef, Upper School Principal"If you ever feel down, if you ever feel depressed, and you want to solve your problem, go out and do something kind for somebody because when you do that, you're...
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Upper School and Lower School Tie in School-Wide Recycling Challenge
Every year, all three divisions compete for victory in the RCDS Recycling Challenge. During the month-long challenge, which starts on America Recycles Day in November, students from each division (the...
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Festival Chorus: Community in Song
"What if we tried Mozart's Requiem?" That's the question Music Department Chair Mary Marcell pondered in 1995, three years into her 28-year tenure at Rye Country Day School. Try it she did, and the...
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RCDS Faculty and Staff Participate in Professional Development on Navigating...
An essential part of citizenship, the RCDS theme of the year, is knowing how to engage in difficult conversations around charged topics. Thanks to the generosity of the Kleinbard Family Endowment for...
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Jack d. '24 Wins Scholastic Magazine Writing Contest
Congratulations to eighth grader Jack d. for winning Scholastic magazine's monthly Scope essay contest on the history of shopping in America. The contest asked students to read articles and then...
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Young Alumni Return to Campus to Share Insights and Experiences
This week, RCDS welcomed several young alumni back to campus. At the Athletics in College Admission program coordinated by Office Counselling and the Department of Athletics, Jared Jones '17 (Football,...
View ArticleExecutive Functioning Skills in Middle School
Metacognition. Task Initiation. Time Management. These are a few of the topics covered during a sixth grade combined SEEK and Study Skills session focused on Executive Functioning (EF) Skills for...
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Language Learning in the Lower School
By Barbara Shea, Lower School PrincipalIn order to be global citizens with whole-world philosophy, students must be able to see beyond themselves and understand the lives of others. Learning new...
View ArticleStrong Family Dance Assembly Welcomes BHdos of Ballet Hispánico
As part of the annual Strong Family Dance Assembly, RCDS welcomed BHdos, the second company of Ballet Hispánico, for a series of on-campus performances and workshops. With engaging and interactive...
View ArticleMiddle and Lower School Students Celebrate Chinese New Year
Happy Chinese New Year! Seventh grade Chinese language students recently visited first graders to teach them about Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival. The seventh graders worked with...
View ArticleRCDS Honors the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On Friday, RCDS students across all three divisions remembered and honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through critical reading, listening, thinking, and discussion. Lower School...
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Middle School Robotics Teams Win Big at VEX IQ Competition
Congratulations to the Grade 7 & 8 Robotics teams for an exceptional competition at the Greenwich Academy Vex Robotics Vex IQ Event last week. Seventeen teams from five schools competed, and Rye...
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Twelve Wildcats Will Continue Their Athletic Career in College
Members of the RCDS Class of 2020 have committed to continue their careers as student-athletes at some of the finest colleges and universities. Congratulations on this outstanding accomplishment. The...
View ArticleIntentions: Upper School Art on Display
The Upper School Fall Art Exhibit, Intentions, is now on display in the Cohen Center. The show represents students' commitment to carrying out an action and intention in creating works of art in a...
View ArticleThe Physics of Amusement Rides [Photo Gallery]
Upper School students researched, sketched, and constructed amusement park rides, demonstrating their knowledge of physics including motion, energy, gravity, and forces. After building their rides out...
View Article2019 Community Engagement Fellows Presented National Network of Schools in...
Rye Country Day's participation in the National Network of Schools in Partnership (NNSP) Annual Conference was special this year. 2019 Community Engagement Fellows presented at at the professional...
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Tech Talk: Database, Search Engines, and Web Browsers
The Technology Committee's digital citizenship initiative launched a new school-wide theme this week focusing on evaluating search algorithms and making sense of digital information. Take a look at...
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Three RCDS Seniors Named Presidential Scholar Candidates
Charumathi Badrinath '20 Jacob Oddi '20 Aaron Serianni '20 Congratulations to Charumathi Badrinath '20, Jacob Oddi '20, and Aaron Serianni '20 who were named candidates in the 2020 U.S. Presidential...
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