RCHS Updates!
A variety of opportunities exist through The Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. It is a world leader in the assessment & development of highly gifted children. You can sign up to receive emails about their programs. For those applying for testing, the school code for RCES is 2274756. There are Family Programs, Summer Programs all over the country, and there is online coursework available both during the school year and summers.
Each October the search for attendees to the World Language Academies and Summer Residential Governor's School Programs for rising eleventh and twelfth grade students takes place!
If you are interested in the World Language Academies - local due dates are by December 3, 2021
or the Academic Summer Residential Schools get your applications in to guidance by January 6.
Summer Resources Page
Check the Enrichment and Summer Experiences page for more links to programs like the Concordia Language Academy, which comes highly recommended and provides more world languages. There you'll also find Career View, which has a wide variety of experiences.
At RCHS students are involved in extracurricular course work often times organizations they design or ask us to participate in like the various Pride, Art, Agriculture, and Leo Clubs. The organizations like NHS, Student Council Association and Quiz Bowl are also big draws. Leo is a service organization that meets monthly or as needed. Members are welcome to lead in working on projects they are passionate about in this group. Quiz Bowl and various skills clubs provide challenge and competition for our students and they have experienced considerable success.
CHECK Panther Email! Watch the websites and listen or
check in PowerSchool for announcements!
- The POG Team - Mrs. Pond, Mrs. Heiser, Ms. Kapsa and Ms.Bernstein(2021-22) are available for help in the "Profile Of a Graduate" room for College trips, Scholarship Information, and Application help.
Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) provides the following FREE STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) opportunities for Virginia high school students in grades 10 through 12.
Check this every fall and into winter.
The online classes listed below may provide students the opportunity to earn college credit and participate in the VASTS program. You must apply directly to them. VAST offers a summer academy, too. Check with Guidance about adding these to your schedule.
8th and 9th GRADE
Building Leaders for Advancing Science and Technology (BLAST) is a FREE educational program of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, designed to ignite a passion in students who already show an interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Our hope is that the BLAST 3-day residential, on-campus experience, which is packed with demonstrations and collaborative activities led by college faculty, will inspire students to envision a career in a STEM field and motivate them to expand the number of STEM-related classes they take in higher grade levels. Applications for the Summer 2021 BLAST sessions will open online November 13 and end Feb. 8, 2021.
10TH GRADE
Virginia Space Coast Scholars (VSCS) – Online course for 10th grade students focusing on missions flown or managed by NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, with a week-long summer academy program at NASA Wallops Flight Facility. http://vsgc.odu.edu/spacecoast/
11TH AND 12TH GRADE
Virginia Aerospace Science and Technology Scholars (VASTS) – Online course for 11th and 12th grade students focusing on NASA’s human spaceflight missions and the Journey to the Moon and on to Mars with a week-long summer academy at NASA Langley Research Center. Students can earn up to four free dual enrollment college credits. http://vsgc.odu.edu/VASTS/
Virginia Earth System Science Scholars (VESSS) – This interactive online earth system science course for 11th and 12th grade students features NASA scientific research and data. Students can earn up to five dual enrollment college credits and can also be selected to attend a summer academy program at NASA Langley Research Center. http://vsgc.odu.edu/VESSS
Our online course applications are OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER 10th for 10th – 12th grade students to apply.
Apply by March of your freshman year for the RCHS program for Advanced Math, Science, and Technology! New students should inquire if you are interested. Openings sometimes happen at different times. The information sessions they offer are extremely helpful.
Be sure to watch the video linked in this folder!
When you open this application you should be able to fill your name in and it will go to all the following sections
MVGS:
Regional program for academically talented and highly motivated students in 10th through 12th grade.
Science, mathematics, humanities, and research courses are uniquely integrated to provide a college-level, project-based learning environment.
Learn more through the following:
Students share their experiences on the MVGS youtube channel linked here! Take a look and see if it is for you. The application will be posted on the RCHS website in January.
Watch for more details about the MVGS Parent/Student Information Presentation and an
Online Panel Q&A at 6:00 PM on January 25th and February 2 of 2021. Email Mrs. Wolfe for an invitation if you haven't already received one.
Materials are available through guidance or contact Mrs. Wolfe: lwolfe@rappahannockschools.us
Let us know you are interested!
RCHS students,
By filling this survey in you will connect with us for any further help you might need. This is especially good for students planning to attend RCHS for the 2022 - 2023 school year for the first time.
If you do not have an RCPS email account, email Beth Seeley for more information.
As soon as the application is available it will be posted here.
Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary (CFGE) Check anually in December for the date.
Focusing on the Future, an annual career and academic planning conference will be held on January 30, 2021.
Focusing on the Future (FOF) exposes high-ability learners to career opportunities related to the arts, humanities, mathematics, and sciences. The program also informs parents of considerations and guidelines for effective career and academic planning. The experience includes large and small group sessions for students and parents. Registration is open by December each year. Find more resources here.
