Our third graders over at RCSA Mandarin were so excited to welcome several baby chicks into the world last week! It takes chicken eggs 21 days on average to hatch, and that day finally came on April 7th! One of the most interesting parts of science is learning about the life cycle. By helping bring…

We were so excited here at RCSA to welcome JAXUSA Partnership President Aundra Wallace for a presentation. On March 24th, Mr. Wallace spoke to juniors and graduating seniors, sharing some important information about future career opportunities in Jacksonville as well as industry growth. He also spent some time talking about various organizations in the Jacksonville…

Here at RCSA, our community is extremely important to us. We care very deeply about the impact we are making on our community, and we are always looking for ways to do better. To track the success of our school, we are initiating a reputation campaign in order to gauge how our community feels regarding…

Each year, Science Olympiad is one of the most highly-anticipated activities for our students, and this year was no different. Our Middle-High Science Olympiad teams had so much fun competing in regionals on February 27th! Overall, there were 18 teams in the middle school category and 47 teams in the high school category, all in…

One of RCSA’s very own, Mr. Jason Dalton, has been selected for a National History Day spring professional development program! National History Day is a research-based non-profit organization that was established in 1974 to highlight the importance of teaching and learning about history. This organization’s affiliates include all 50 states and the District of Columbia,…

RCSA is a community with a diverse population, and we have always placed an emphasis on learning about and appreciating different cultures while simultaneously promoting our own school-wide culture. Black History Month, which occurs every February, was the perfect opportunity to do just that. We are so proud of our students for taking initiative to…

Read Across America has been a beloved tradition for so many schools across the country, including and especially RCSA, since its inception in 1998. The National Education Association started Read Across America Day as a way to emphasize the importance of reading. Like every year, the first week of March marked this year’s Read Across…

The week of January 24th marked this year’s National School Choice Week, and RCSA Elementary had a blast (no pun intended) celebrating with many activities, such as interviews and projects, as shown in this fun video! Action News Jax was happy to join us, as were a few members of Leadership Jacksonville, who were invited…

At River City Science Academy, we strive to offer a variety of clubs and extra-curricular activities to our students. River City Science Academy Mandarin is offering a Journalism Club this year. Students involved in the club have the opportunity to learn more about the field of journalism and begin practicing their own journalism skills. Students…

On Tuesday, April 16th, students from River City Science Academy traveled to Tallahassee where they spent the day at the State Capitol. RCSA was the only organization from the Jacksonville area to visit the capitol for STEM Day, a day meant to celebrate Florida’s future of technology and innovation. Students were able to share with…

Read Across America Day is a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually on March 2—Dr. Seuss’s birthday. RCSA celebrated on Friday, March 1st in a new and exciting way! We invited many of Jacksonville’s local news anchors, reporters, and meteorologists to visit our elementary school classrooms and read with them. We had great support…