Volume 4, Issue 18
RJR PTSA NEWSLETTER
Feb 7- Feb 13, 2011
The first semester has finally ended and we are now into February. A
couple of items of note for this month:
Acapella Jam for Hope is Saturday night at 7:00
Interclub Council (ICC) tryouts begin on Monday, Feb. 7th
All-County Orchestra Concert is on Tuesday, Feb. 8th
There has been a change of dates for graduation announcements and
cap and gown photos. See page four for details.
Friday, Feb. 11 is Senior Night for the basketball teams and
cheerleaders. The teams end their regular season campaigns vs.
Reagan. The basketball tournament starts the following week at
Mount Tabor.
State finals are around the corner for wrestling, track and swimming.
Spring sports teams can begin practicing on Feb. 14.
Reynolds Revue is Feb. 17
The next two make-up days in the event of inclement weather will be
March 28 and 29, the first two days of spring break.
School Make-up Days
The following are now school days due to snow:
June 10
April 25
Feb. 21
June 13
June 14
Be a Sweetheart and Contribute!
There’s still time to make a Legacy donation to ensure all academic,
arts, athletic and student services programs supported by PTSA and
Booster Club funds maintain Reynolds’ tradition of excellence.
Many thanks to all who have donated so far . . . we have passed
the $85,000 mark! Let’s keep it going!
If you have not donated, we ask you to thoughtfully consider doing so.
If you have questions, please contact Gina or Mark Caudill at
vcaudill1@triad.rr.com or 723-2049.
NUMBER OF
CONTRIBUTORS TO DATE:
210
It's NOT TOO LATE to get organized! 2010-2011 agenda books are
now on sale in the Demon Sop for $3.50 each, while supplies last. The
Demon Shop is open on Wednesdays and Fridays during lunch (11:301:00). If you are interested in working in the Demon Shop, please
contact Lisa Rowell at lsrowell@aol.com.
Congratulations to sophomore Band student Anita Patel for her third
place finish in the Piedmont Wind Symphony's Concerto Competition.
For her third place award, Anita received a check for $250. We are
very proud of Anita and thank her for all her hard work and for
representing Reynolds.
Reynolds Students Win Regional Scholastic Visual Art Awards
This extremely competitive event included students from 62 counties
in our region. Of the 25 works of art entered by our students, 12 won
awards that included $12,000 worth of scholarships. Congratulations
to our eight Gold Key winners and our four Silver Key winners and
especially to Larry Rogers who won a Gold Key and The American
Visions Nominee Award (Best in Show)!
Gold Key Winners
Larry Rogers (American Visions Award Nominee)
George Cleland
Maggie Snoke (2 Gold Keys)
Olivia Santos
Xavier Hall
Laura Skillington
Silvia Burlock
Silver Key Winners
Ahmad Kanan
Corbyn Southern
Margaret Morrison
Joe Wittington
Please mark your calendars for the next Buildings and Grounds Day on
Sat., Feb. 26. Time TBA. Come and help make RJR's campus look
great. No experience necessary! Earn service hours too! For more
information or to sign up, contact Melissa and George Cleland at
mcleland@summitmail.org.
Important upcoming dates for seniors:
DATE CHANGE!!!!
Wednesday & Thursday, Feb. 9 & 10 – graduation announcement
orders due (ordering packets available in the main office)
Tuesday, Feb. 15 – cap and gown pictures and cap and gown
measurements taken
Help us keep our mice running smoothly! Donate mousepads to RJR
labs and media center. We could use 100, but will take any donations
of any amount. Thanks!
It's Term Paper time! Please be sure your student has all the due
dates marked on their calendar. Remember you can access the Media
Center web page from home or school to find all your best research
starting points and data bases.
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We have had a very successful Magnet application period again
this year. In August 2011, RJR will be accepting about 170
rising 9th and 10th graders via magnet application. These
students come to us from 35 area schools. The largest single
middle school contingency will be from Hanes Magnet School and
represents just over 26% of all acceptances this year. Another
38% are coming from Clemmons, Paisley and Jefferson middle
schools and area private and parochial schools -- all schools with
strong arts programs. The other 30 or so schools sending
students next year have equal representation in the applicant
pool and represent students truly interested in learning through
the arts. Thank you for helping us create a very strong applicant
pool this year.
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Auditions for both current RJR students and new magnet
students will be the weekend of March 5-6 with specific audition
information TBA in the next newsletter.
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Please encourage all rising ninth graders and new magnet
students to attend Reynolds Review on February 17. Important
Arts magnet information will be shared that evening.
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The next Arts Express trip is February 24th. Students will see
“Grapes of Wrath” at Wake Forest University. This performance
is included in Arts Express season tickets. Students may also
purchase individual tickets in the magnet office through February
17th.
February is Career and Technical Education Month.
Each newsletter this month we will highlight some classes in this
departmentDid you know your child can receive Honors credit for some CTE
classes? Here at RJR we offer Honors Strategic Marketing, Honors ECommerce I and Honors E-Commerce II. A new class for 2011-2012
will be Honors Business Advanced Studies. This course will simulate a
real bank with interests and investments. Allegacy has partnered up
with the school system to offer this course.
Honors E-Commerce I and II are website development classes. These
classes are taught as online courses where students will learn how to
build and maintain websites for real businesses here in WinstonSalem. Some students have even been paid by the companies to
continue the sites after they have finished the course.
Honors Strategic Marketing is for Seniors Only. This is like an entry
level college marketing course, where such subjects as advertising,
promotion, marketing strategies and economics are covered.
Happy Birthday from the PTSA!
Mike Meeks--4th
Joyce Gossett--9th
Catherine Gray--9th
Norman Adams--13th
Graduation will be Saturday, June 11 at 3:00
p.m. at the LJVM Coliseum.
Prom will be April 16 in Old Salem.
The SEVENTH ANNUAL
ACAPPELLA
JAM FOR HOPE
**SATURDAY NIGHT**
featuring RJR ACAPPELLA ALUMNI
returning with their college acappella ensembles to benefit
HOSPICE OF FORSYTH COUNTY
This year's performing ensembles are:
UNC Wilmington - HIGH SEAS
Elliott Flores de Valgaz and Kelly O'Sullivan
UNC Chapel Hill - Achordants
Turner Bowman
ASU - LOST IN SOUND
JUSTIN FLOETER
UNC-ASHEVILLE - FortissiMamas
Sierra Hawthorne
and
RJR Syncopate and RJRAcafellas
Admission is $5 General Admission
Doors open at 6:30 Show begins at 7 PM
A GREAT FAMILY PERFORMANCE that GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY!!!
for more information email: rjrsings@gmail.com
PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
Feb. 8
JV G/B Basketball vs. West Forsyth, 5:00/6:30
V G/B Basketball @ West Forsyth, 6:00/7:30
Feb. 9
V Girls Basketball @ Carolina Day, 5:00
Feb. 11
JV G/B Basketball @ Reagan, 5:00/6:30
V G/B Basketball vs. Reagan, 6:00/7:30
Feb. 12
V Track, States @ Reid Ross in Fayetteville, 8:00
V Swimming, States @ UNC-CH, 9:00
Spring sports will start on Monday, February 14. Each student-athlete
must have an up-to-date physical (one within the past 365 days).
Parents can download a physical form at:
http://www.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/cms/lib/NC01001395/Centricity/Domain/1
440/Athletic_Part_Require_Form-HS_Feb06.pdf.
Baseball Tryouts will be Feb. 14-16, 4:00-6:30. Players must have a
physical, a current 2.0 QPA, have passed 5 out of 7 classes last
semester and missed no more than 10 days. Players need to have
long pants, long sleeves, glove, cleats and hat. Team members will be
announced on Wednesday the 16th.
Girls Soccer Tryouts will begin Feb. 14 at 4:00 in the girls
gym/Hanes Park track area. We will end on 2/14 at 6 p.m.
Varsity girls soccer parent meeting/lunch will be Saturday, Feb. 19th
at 11 a.m. in the RJR cafeteria.