MS Building Goals
RCS Middle School Principal's Office
Hello, RCS Middle School Parents & Guardians!
As you know, the goals that have been created this year for the entire school to work on to best meet the needs of our students are as follows.
- Decrease the percentage of chronic absenteeism from 25% to 17%.
- Decrease the percentage of students with scores 75% or below (quarterly average) from x% to x% (for reasons other than chronic absenteeism)
- Decrease school-wide office discipline referrals by 5% each quarter as measured by SchoolTool.
We cannot achieve these goal without your support, and by achieving them we can better ensure progress is being made. If you could take some time to familiarize yourself and be able to know our goals, that will make a true difference. Together, we can achieve these goals!
This newsletter contains the addition of the statistics from October. Statistics from September are still included, they are listed below October.
How are we doing with our goals?
October Statistics
Goal #1: Decrease the percentage of chronic absenteeism from 25% to 17%
October 2022: (20 days of school)
6th grade - 131 students, 119 absences (20 less than September) - 95% attendance
7th grade - 137 students, 155 absences (2 less than September) - 94% attendance
8th grade - 127 students, 144 absences (10 more than September) - 94% attendance
Overall: (38 days of school in total since September 7)
76 students with more than 3 absences, which gives us a 19% chronic absentee percentage for September and October combined. (Down 3% since the September statistics)
Goal #2: Decrease the percentage of students with scores 75% or below (quarterly average) from x% to x% (for reasons other than chronic absenteeism)
Percentages for this goal will be set when the first quarter ends (1st Quarter ends 11/10/2022.)
Goal #3: Decrease school-wide office discipline referrals by 5% each quarter as measured by SchoolTool.
October 2022: More positive referrals than negative!!!!!
Positive Referrals - 152 (117 students)
Negative Referrals - 75 (39 students)
15% - 6th Grade (up 1% since September)
43% - 7th Grade (down 7% since September)
42% - 8th Grade (up 6% since September)
#1 Reason- Disrespect/Defiance/Insubordination
September Statistics
Goal #1: Decrease the percentage of chronic absenteeism from 25% to 17%
September 2022: (18 days of school)
6th grade - 131 students, 139 absences - 94% attendance
7th grade - 137 students, 157 absences - 93% attendance
8th grade - 127 students, 134 absences - 94% attendance
Out of 430 absences, we have 17 students that make up 106 absences
87 students with 2+ absences, which gives us a 22% chronic absentee percentage
Goal #2: Decrease the percentage of students with scores 75% or below (quarterly average) from x% to x% (for reasons other than chronic absenteeism)
Percentages for this goal will be set when the first quarter ends.
Goal #3: Decrease school-wide office discipline referrals by 5% each quarter as measured by SchoolTool.
September 2022: More positive referrals than negative!!!!!
34 positive referrals/31 Students
29 negative referrals/16 students
14% - 6th Grade
50% - 7th Grade
36% - 8th Grade
#1 Reason- Disrespect/Defiance/Insubordination
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Middle School
Email: dcapece@rcscsd.org
Website: https://www.rcscsd.org/o/rcs-middle
Location: 2025 Route 9W, Selkirk, NY, USA
Phone: (518) 756-5200
Calendar Events
Lifetouch Fall Retake date - November 22, 2022
Q1 Honor/Merit Roll Recognition Ceremony - November 28, 2022
FastBridge Mid-year check in Reading and Math (all students) - January 17, 18, 19, 2023
3-8 ELA Testing - April 19, 20, 2023
Q2 Honor/Merit Roll Recognition Ceremony - February 13, 2023
3-8 Math Testing - May 2, 3, 2023
Q3 Honor/Merit Roll Recognition Ceremony - May 8, 2023
5th/6th Grade Carnival/Dance - May 12, 2023
- Lifetouch Spring Pictures - March 14, 2023
- Grade 8 Science Testing (performance) May 23, 25, 2023
- 7th/8th Grade Semi-Formal - June 2, 2023
- Grade 8 Science Testing (written) - June 5, 2023
- FastBridge End of Year Testing in Reading and Math (all students) - June 6, 7, 8, 2023
- GROW End of the Year Celebration - June 16, 2023
- Q4 Honor/Merit Roll Recognition Ceremony - May 8, 2023
- Algebra I Regents Exam - Thursday, June 15, 2023 12:00 PM start time
- Earth Science Regents Lab Practical - TBD
- Earth Science Regents Exam - Friday, June 16, 2023 8:00 AM start time
- World Languages Assessment (8th grade only) - Tuesday, June 20, 2023 8:00 am start time
- 8th Grade Moving-up Ceremony - June 21, 2023
MS Concerts and Performance Dates
Location for all performances: HS Auditorium
MS Musical (Frozen Jr.)
Friday, November 18, 2022, 7:00 pm
Saturday, November 19, 2022, 7:00 pm
Sunday, November 20, 2022, 2:00 pm
7th/8th Grade Band and Chorus Winter Concert
December 6, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
6th Grade Band and Chorus Winter Concert
December 20, 2022, 7:00 p.m
MS/HS Select Ensembles Concert
January 12, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
6th-12th Band Concert
March 16, 2023, 7:00 pm
6th-12th Chorus Concert
March 30, 2023, 7:00 pm
MS/HS Select Ensembles Concert
May 18, 2023, 7:00 pm
6th-8th Band and Chorus Spring Concert
May 24, 2023, 7:00 pm
Advisor List for MS Clubs and Activities
Aerobics - Heather Billington hbillington@rcscsd.org
Anime Club - Kathy Durivage kdurivage@rcscsd.org
Art Club - Tim Meservey tmeservey@rcscsd.org
Astronomy Club - Joseph Coryea jcoryea@rcscsd.org
Best Buddies - Daria Carusone dcarusone@rcscsd.org, Patti Stockman pstockman@rcscsd.org, and Maria Semenick msemenick@rcscsd.org
Boys’ Intramurals - Jay Henry jhenry@rcscsd.org and Jared Bevington jbevington@rcscsd.org
Drama Club - Casey Kobylar ckobylar@rcscsd.org
FACS Club - Cheryl Richardson crichardson@rcscsd.org
French Club - Joseph Coryea jcoryea@rcscsd.org
Gaming Club - Nick Malinowski nmalinowski@rcscsd.org
Garden Club - Jen Fisk jfisk@rcscsd.org
GSA - Abby Retzlaff aretzlaff@rcscsd.org and Alex Dinzey adinzey@rcscsd.org
Girls’ Intramurals - Anna Davies adavies@rcscsd.org and Majel Baker mbaker@rcscsd.org
Hiking Club - Jen Fisk jfisk@rcscsd.org
Jazz Ensemble - Kermit Wamsley kwamsley@rcscsd.org
Jr. National Honor Society - Steve Colon scolon@rcscsd.org and Bethany Losito blosito@rcscsd.org
Natural Helpers - Kathy Durivage kdurivage@rcscsd.org
Photography Club - Cara Buckley cbuckley@rcscsd.org
Science Olympiad - Jen Fisk jfisk@rcscsd.org
Select Chorus - Elizabeth Diaz ediaz@rcscsd.org
Ski Club - William Cook wcook@rcscsd.org, Steve Schultz schultz@rcscsd.org, kdurivage@rcscsd.org
Spanish Club - Alex Dinzey adinzey@rcscsd.org
Stamp Club - Jen Fisk jfisk@rcscsd.org
Stock Market - Erin Sawyer esawyer@rcscsd.org and Kristi Kemmer kkemmer@rcscsd.org
Student Council - Daria Carusone dcarusone@rcscsd.org and Karen Waddingham kwaddingham@rcscsd.org
Trading Post (school store) - Daria Carusone dcarusone@rcscsd.org and Bethany Losito blosito@rcscsd.org
TV/Media Club - Erin Sawyer esawyer@rcscsd.org, Cara Buckley cbuckley@rcscsd.org, and Kristi Kemmer kkemmer@rcscsd.org
Yearbook - Amanda Firstiun afirstiun@rcscsd.org
STARS - Erin Sawyer esawyer@rcscsd.org, and Daria Carusone dcarusone@rcscsd.org