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…
Category: Middle-High
Two RCSA Schools Recognized as Florida Schools of Character
Exciting news: RCSA Middle-High and RCSA Mandarin are officially Florida Schools of Character! This is a huge honor, bestowed to fewer than 100 schools each year. Only four Florida schools were recognized as 2021 Schools of Character. RCSA Elementary and RCSA Innovation were so close and are on track to qualify in the next round…
RCSA Students Send Postcards to Space!
Back in October, an exciting opportunity came about for RCSA students: the chance to send their very own messages to space! Through a partnership with Northeast Florida Regional STEM2 Hub, this opportunity became a reality when the postcards, decorated with drawings and fun quotes, were launched last Thursday morning. Through Blue Origin, students were able…
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 Honored in City Hall
River City Science Academy was presented with two resolutions at the Tuesday, September 25th City Council Meeting. The first resolution was presented by Council Member Brosche. It honored and commended River City Science Academy on its recent 10-year anniversary. It recognized RCSA’s 10 years of innovation and commitment to the educational success of Jacksonville’s students,…
International Day!
RCSA Middle/High School celebrated its diversity with the International Festival on Saturday, April 8th in the RCSA Arena. Our teachers prepared culture display boards with their homeroom classes for 50 different countries and Spanish and Turkish club students and teachers prepared amazing folk dances and music performances. Students, parents, and our guests had a chance…
MathCounts!
Another success from RCSA MS&HS; Our Math Olympiad Team participated in MATHCOUNTS Northeast Florida Chapter Competition which was held at UNF campus. There were 58 schools and more than 200 students in total and one of our 7th grade students (Matthew Alexander Richards-Martin) received 3rd place in one of the rounds. Congratulations to the team…
Medieval Fair field trip
The Medieval Fair field trip in Gainesville consisted of my British Literature Students, Mrs. Ferrari’s Ap Lang students and Mr. Payne’s Dual Enrollment students. We spent the day getting faces painted, watching jousting, and eating tons of amazing food. For most of our students this was their first experience at a medieval fair and everyone…
JU visits RCSA engineering students!
Several RCSA Intro to Engineering students visited the Jacksonville University Engineering Department on March 9th. Department Head, Dr. Huihui Wang and Dr. Emre Selvi were our JU hosts for the visit. Students toured the campus, visited engineering labs, and attended design project presentations by JU engineering students. On March 14th, Dr. Wang and Dr. Selvi…
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…
JEA @ RCSA
Mike Brost (Vice President/General Manager of Electric Systems) and Edgar Gutierrez, (Manager of Customer Solutions) from JEA were guest speakers in Engineering classes. Topics presented included the JEA gas turbine and solar plants (design, construction and operation). They also shared information regarding potential summer internships for our RCSA students.
1st Place! Science Olympiad Team
Congratulations to our Science Olympiad Team for ranking first in the North Florida Regional Competition. They received 8 gold, 4 silver, and 5 bronze medals out of 23 different events. Students worked really hard with their event coaches after school and on the weekends. It’s obvious that this success is not by chance, they deserved…
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