RCAAS

A School for Advanced Academics and Arts Studies

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2024-2025 Family Welcome Letter

WELCOME BACK!

Orientation Letter with lots of links and important info!!!

Picture Day: Friday, 10/6/25

Order your pictures ahead of the game!

Picture Day ID: coming soon

Register for your Orientation appointment now!

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 https://forms.gle/iGKirqSdKWhS3Ax1A

Complete your arts selection survey here!

2025-2026 Form: https://forms.gle/2i8SE8L5zMHyFPF19

2025-2026

Gifted Family Focus Workshops

We want your input to select our themes this year so we can plan new sessions around that topic. Please let us know when you will be joining us!

Monday, October 20, 2025

Monday, December 8, 2025

Monday, February 23, 2026

2024-2025

Gifted Family Focus Workshops

Our theme last year was Executive Functioning Skills. Here are the slides from our sessions in case you missed them or want to revisit what we discussed!

Anxiety & the Gifted.pdf

October 7, 2024

Social Skills - January 2025 GFF.pdf

January 27, 2025

School Skills.pdf

December 2, 2024

March 2025 - Kindness.pdf

March 24, 2025

Summer Testing Appointments

Call the RCAAS Office at 419-984-1349 to schedule a summer testing appointment today!

If your child has been tested in a previous district, we may be able to use those scores to qualify for enrollment. Otherwise, we have some dates in June to offer gifted assessments.

Aimed at teaching to the whole child, the RCAAS is the perfect place for students to explore, grow, and pursue excellence in Arts and Academics!

What is the RCAAS?

RCAAS uses innovative instruction, individual talent development model, as well as an arts integration curriculum to meet the needs of each student! This 3rd through 6th grade program is a full-day integrated service for students gifted and emerging in academics and/or the arts. We have been educating gifted learners in Sandusky since 2013. We moved to our 2020-2021 programs to the former Adams Building. This historic building lies in the heart of downtown Sandusky, full of rich arts and culture.

For more district information here:

SCS Gifted Services

Our Purpose

The purpose of RCAAS is to provide a world class education for students gifted or at promise in the Specific Academic Areas and/or the Visual and Performing Arts and Creative Thinking Ability.

The DORN Fellowship Series

The DORN Fellowship Series was created in an effort to connect college faculty with gifted students. College professors from different disciplines are selected to design and develop curriculum throughout our K-12 gifted services. The generous donation from the DORN Foundation funds instruction and field trips that foster hands-on learning in a project-based format.

Academically Gifted & Emerging

Superior Cognitive Ability

Specific Academic Area: Math

Specific Academic Area: Reading

Specific Academic Area: Science

Creative Thinking Ability

STEAM

An Educational Approach that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math.

MAKERSPACE Lab

Technology & Design

Student Art Gallery

Gifted and Emerging in the Visual & Performing Arts

Visual and Performing Arts Area: Visual Art

Visual and Performing Arts Area: Music

Visual and Performing Arts Area: Drama

Visual and Performing Arts Area: Dance

Housed in the heart of downtown Sandusky's Arts and Cultural district, the RCAAS works in collaboration with professionals in both the academic and artistic worlds. Allowing for research, outreach and college & career readiness.

Our location provides our students easy access to -

Sandusky Public Library

The Sandusky State Theatre

Caryl Crane Youth Theater

Harlequins Theatre

Carrington's Gallery

The Children's Museum

Government Offices: Sandusky Municipal Court, City Hall

First Responder Agencies: Sandusky Police Department, Sandusky Fire Department

Maritime Museum

Merry Go Round Museum

Lake Erie Coastline

Volunteer Opportunities: Care and Share, Victory Kitchen

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