On May 19th, the Jacksonville Jaguars visited RCSA Elementary for their Honor Rows Program. Typically, students get to attend a Jaguars game in exchange for learning about pedestrian and bike safety, and completing a goal-setting project. We couldn’t go to a game this year but the Jaguars still made sure to bring the fun to…
Category: Elementary
Fun Facts about Charter Schools
According to In Perspective, the concept of a charter school was first thought up in 1974 by an educator named Ray Budde. The first charter school law was passed in Minnesota in 1991, and they opened the first charter school in the United States the very next year! As of 2016, not even 25 years…
RCSA Students Spread Random Acts of Kindness
Today is this year’s National Random Acts of Kindness Day, and RCSA students have been celebrating throughout the week! The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, led by the initiative to make kindness the norm, began their mission in 1995 and it’s still going strong today! “Scientific evidence shows us the positive effects of doing kind…
RCSA Elementary Participates in World Read Aloud Day 2021
Wednesday, February 3rd marked this year’s World Read Aloud Day, and RCSA Elementary as well as our students learning from home had such a fun time participating! With 173+ countries celebrating, World Read Aloud Day has been a global tradition for twelve years now. Started by a nonprofit called LitWorld, an organization involved in strengthening…
RCSA Students Make Big Impact in Canned Food Drive
Every year, students at River City Science Academy look forward to their Annual Canned Food Drive. The school makes sure to encourage participation in many service-learning projects and the students definitely brought their A-game this year. All-together, RCSA students collected over 6,200 non-perishable food items! Students at RCSA Mandarin collected over 3,600 items to donate…
RCSA Welcomes Over 30 Guest Readers to Celebrate ‘Read Across America Week’
Read Across America Day is a celebration created by the National Education Association to honor Dr. Seuss’s Birthday and recognize the importance of reading. It is celebrated on the closest school day to March 2nd, Dr. Seuss’s Birthday. Many of our local schools and organizations celebrated the day. RCSA wanted to bring in as many…
Science Olympiad!
Congratulations to our Science Olympiad Team who competed this weekend in Orlando against 70 teams from all over Florida. Our team brought home a 4th place trophy for being one of the best teams overall. Congratulations to Elif Tozoglu, Rahma Mohamed, Emily Marlow, Daniel Schott, Jason Fearon, Andy Lin, Ahmed Idris, and Jake Farmer who brought…
Pasta for Pennies Party
Kindergarten students from Mrs. Puckett’s class and a few of the top school earners got to enjoy a spaghetti lunch from Olive Garden thanks to their donations to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Elementary’s Science Olympiad
Bridge building, plentiful plants, mystery packaging, oh my! Last weekend was a big one for RCSA Elementary’s Science Olympiad Team. These remarkable students showed their STEM skills and placed 3rd overall, with the below students placing in individual events as well. Jason Fearon & Daniel Schott: 1st Place – Water Rockets Rahma Mohamed & Emily…
Elementary Open House
With new Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade classes opening for the 2017-2018 school year, RCSA Elementary held an Open House for new applicants on Saturday, March 11th from 1:00-3:00 PM. Families were able to get information about the structure of RCSAES, curriculum, technology resources, and grade level material from the teachers. They were also given…
Middle School Literature Share!
Some very familiar faces stopped by on Thursday and visited classrooms where they shared stories written by…themselves. RCSA 6th Grade students have been working on writing literature, and our students were lucky enough to be the audience to the reading of some of these amazing stories. Much appreciation to the middle school students and teachers…
STEM Night
RCSA Elementary sponsored a Family STEM Night on Thursday evening where families could work together using their problem-solving skills. There were activities for the entire family, including reverse engineering, creating mechanical hands, building towers, and an amazing science presentation by our Science Coach, Mr. Ombasi. Thank you to all of our families and staff that…
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