Some of you may know that there has been some illness and hospitalization in the Craft family. Those who were ill are recovering, but slowly. If you are able, please sign up to deliver some meals to our Principal’s home. They are a family of 5, and you can drop the meals off at 250 Keyes Mill Rd., Buena Vista, or at the high school.
Tinni Sen, on behalf of the RCHS PTSA Executive Committee
3 items of Importance From the Administration
Dear RCHS PTSA Community,
Please find below three events of importance from the RCHS Administration. As always, we welcome your comments at ptsarockbridge@gmail.com. Other information on Fall reopening plans are HERE
RCHS PTSA Executive Committee Jen Andrews Tinni Sen Daniela Topasna Megan Vaught **************************************************************************
1. Food Service Program
RCHS will offer meals to all enrolled student, beginning September 8, 2020 under the National School Lunch Program guidelines.This school year, RCPS will use an electronic order system for student meals. Parents will need to complete an order each week throughout the school year. The order form is located here: MEAL ORDER FORM. The electronic meal order system for students will begin taking orders on Monday, August 31st (TODAY) for the first week of school. Please place your weekly order before Friday September 4th 8am. We thank you for your time and assistance with this program.
2. RCHS Orientation for First Year Students: This year’s orientation will be a virtual, recorded event. The link to the recording will be posted to the RCHS website and will go live at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2.
3. RCHS Virtual Back to School Night. The link to this event will be posted on the RCHS website Home Page, and will go live at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2. The event will be on a schedule, which will be shown through the link. Use your student’s schedule to tune in to the appropriate teacher’s Google Meet. (Links to each teacher’s Google Meet will be on the same page as the schedule.) Follow the Google Meet schedules, meeting with each of your child’s teachers until the event ends at 8 p.m.
Herff Jones will be at RCHS Thursday, September 3 & Friday, September 4 from 3 pm – 6 pm at the Pavilion for those interested in purchasing class rings. Watch the presentation to learn more about the options they provide.
Herff Jones will be at RCHS Thursday, September 10 & Friday, September 11 from 3 pm – 6 pm at the Pavilion. Watch the presentation to learn more about the options for cap & gown packages they provide.
Check out the updated Counseling website. Click on the Counselors to make an appointment and click on the Class Year to find documents and resources for your class.
At yesterday’s meeting, the Rockbridge County School Board approved a recommendation that grades 2-12 go 100% virtual for the first 9 weeks. First day of school is now Tuesday, September 8, 2020.
Please find below an excerpt from a message from the Administration regarding Fall School Reopening plans. As always, we welcome your comments at ptsarockbridge@gmail.com.
RCHS PTSA Executive Committee
Jen Andrews
Tinni Sen
Daniela Topasna
Megan Vaught
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“We certainly recognize that parents are anxious and looking for answers about how the school year will open in the fall. The fact that the information we receive changes almost daily from one or more of the agencies we collaborate with to ensure a safe return makes providing accurate information to families difficult at times.
While all of our information is subject to change due to the fluidity of this pandemic situation, we have developed a FAQ page that may be helpful to some of our parents. The link for the FAQ is here: https://www.rockbridge.k12.va.us/Page/536 This document has many answers to some of the most commonly asked questions over the past few weeks. It would be wonderful if you could help by encouraging parents to be patient and flexible as we continue to make changes and the situation evolves.
Also, we’ll be accepting questions ahead of time so that we can hopefully answer those more quickly and post most of them to our FAQ page. If you have parents who would like to take part in this by submitting a question, here is the link to follow: https://forms.gle/BH4LXu5gPh2tV2r86
Thanks to you and the rest of the RCHS PTSA for all you do to promote the wonderful things happening at RCHS. Every new school year brings challenges. There is no doubt this school year will bring far more. We appreciate your partnership with RCHS in navigating these unchartered waters.”
Phillip Thompson, Ed.D.
Division Superintendent
Rockbridge County Public Schools
2893 Collierstown Road
Lexington, VA 24450
P: 540-463-7386
F: 540-463-7823
RCPS • Student Calendar. August 2020 – June 2021
Please be aware that it may be necessary to amend this calendar at any time during the school year due to health concerns and/or the need to extend learning opportunities for students should we miss a significant number of days.
If you shop at Kroger, please consider linking your Kroger card to our PTSA account. Each time you shop, you will be making money for the PTSA! Our group name is RCHS-PTSA and our ID is EM021. To enroll, simply click on Kroger Community Rewards
About Us
The Rockbridge County High School Parent Teacher Student Association is an organization that brings parents, students, and educators together to work towards improving the lives and education of students at Rockbridge County High School in Lexington, VA. The RCHS PTSA provides parents, students, and teachers with a way to…
We welcome any questions and suggestions! Please feel free to contact us via email at ptsarockbridge@gmail.com. Also, please note that we meet every 2nd Monday of the month at 5:30pm at RCHS. Meetings are held either in the library, cafeteria, or auditorium. Address: 143 Greenhouse…
