The RCS Virtual Download
January 22nd, 2021
Virtual Campus Important Dates
January 29-Battle of the Books Trivia Battle 3 (9-12)
February 15 & 16-Midwinter Recess (K-12)
February 26- End of 2nd Trimester (K-5)
The Virtual Campus Creativity Challenge - "This is not a box...."
hank you for all of your support for our first Creativity Challenge. There were quite a few submissions and a ton of views for the student projects. This challenge was for elementary students to take the packaging materials from the Chromebook Distribution and transform them into something they could create. Below is a quick collage of some of the submissions. Lookout for the next Creativity Challenge which will be launching soon!
Virtual Science Fair
Rochester Virtual Campus Parent Series - Diving Deeper Into K-2 Writers Workshop
This parent series focuses on strategies, resources and tools for families to support their student at home. The presentation will help cultivate conversations between families/caregivers and teachers around literacy development. Please stay tuned as this series will evolve throughout the year.
Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUN8IR7C-TQ
Thank you to Katie Woolsey, Jessica Stickel and Robert Phelps for facilitating this workshop.
Art on Auburn Competition
What is Art on Auburn?
Art on Auburn is a Rochester Hills community project bringing K-12 student artwork to new audiences through art applied directly to the surface of Auburn Road! At least 20 pieces of student artwork will be selected by a jury and community members to be printed on Auburn Road during the spring/summer of 2021. The final product will be unveiled at a community-wide celebration.
For more information, please visit: https://www.pccart.org/exhibitions/art-on-auburn/
Meet the VC Teacher-Jessica Stickel
Meet the VC Teacher-Katie Woosley
Meet VC Teacher Katie Woosley! Katie has been teaching for 12 years and received her BS and MS from Oakland University. Katie loves being a teacher and finds connecting with her students and the lightbulb moment when a student starts to read as her favorite part of the job. She loves to tell her students to try their best! In her free time, Katie enjoys spending time with her 1st grade and 3 year old children playing outside. She especially enjoys visiting Downtown Rochester.
Courage to Raise
As parents and guardians your partnership with educators in supporting our learners is vital. During our last Virtual Campus Parent Committee meeting we discussed the need to support families as you navigate supporting the social emotional needs of students. To meet this need, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Virtual Campus Family Learning series: Courage to Raise!
Virtual Campus would like to ask for your help to create a repository of topics with which you would like help supporting your children. Think about the social emotional topics which continue to reoccur in family conversations? Are there issues that arise that you wish you had resources to reference? Submit this Virtual Campus Social Emotional Topic form to share your ideas with us.
After reviewing the ideas and topics, we will connect with local Rochester Community Schools staff such as social workers, psychologists, and teachers. We will design a family learning series around your topics. The series will ideally be launched through video much in the way our elementary literacy series rolled out. We will make the videos and resources available to all RCS families on our website and Youtube channel.
We kindly ask that if you wish to participate in completing the form you do so by January 17th.
About Us
Rochester Community Schools Virtual Campus Assistant Principal Bryan Lindstrom blindstrom@rochester.k12.mi.us
Rochester Community Schools Virtual Campus Academic Administrator Amanda McKay amckay@rochester.k12.mi.us
Email: rcsvirtual@rochester.k12.mi.us
Website: http://www.rcsvirtual.com/
Location: 1440 John R Road, Rochester Hills, MI, USA
Phone: 2487265900
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RCSVirtual/
Twitter: @rcsvirtual