Students and staff celebrated a happy Homecoming week at RCSA High last week. Dress down tickets allowed creative students to dress in pajamas and as their favorite meme and old person during the week. Students battled between the grades Friday at a pep rally for the basketball teams. Representatives from each class participated in different…

Hundreds of students and parents joined the first annual Literary Fair Saturday, making the event a huge success. Students had their choice of workshops and presentations, and participated in at least four workshops. Students explored new forms of literary art including calligraphy and black out poetry, where a poem is created from words already existing…

RCSA Middle High students in the University of North Florida C.A.M.P. Osprey Leadership Program visited the campus for Leadership Day. They were welcomed by their UNF mentors and given a campus tour. Students had all their questions answered about college. The UNF Women’s Soccer team joined the group and shared valuable lessons they have learned…

School spirit ran high as all of RCSA Innovation came together to send off the boys basketball team in style. The pep rally included an introduction of the team and coaches and performances by the Cheer and Step teams. After, the team set off for their first game against RCSA Middle School. The afternoon was…

Every RCSA MHS student, parent and staff member was invited to a Thanksgiving Dinner Monday. Families celebrated the holiday season and formed closer bonds between friends, students and teachers.

Last year, the Downtown Rotary chartered an Interact Club at RCSA Middle-High. Interact is the junior division of the international Rotary Club, dedicated to service. This month, the Interact Club completed two service projects to help those in need near and far. First, each homeroom collected donations of toiletry items to send to Puerto Rico….

Dozens of veterans and service members from the school community came out to the Innovation, Elementary and Mandarin campuses for a Veteran’s Day Appreciation Breakfast. At Innovation, about sixty parents, grandparents and students shared breakfast. The breakfast was follow by energetic assemblies for all students, led by veterans and active duty representatives from the Navy,…

In honor of Veteran’s Day, RCSA Middle High celebrated its military families with a breakfast. All active duty and veteran parents and staff were invited to attend. Multiple parents representing the Army and Navy joined their students for breakfast, as well as two guests from Naval Station Mayport. Master Chief Petty Officer Monica Sherrill spoke…

RCSA Middle High hosted picnics for its students, parents, teachers and staff the past two Saturdays. Families met at Drew Park to mingle, eat and enjoy the outdoors. Students and siblings enjoyed barbecue, played games and even competed in sack races.

Packs of parents joined students and teachers at RCSA Innovation Tuesday night for STEM Night. Families explored several different interactive stations run by school staff and students. They got hands-on experience in coding, building bridges and running electrical currents. They learned about perimeter, density, energy and force. The green screen photo booth was a crowd…

RCSA Mandarin officially celebrated the opening of its new building Monday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Dozens of community members and leaders joined RCSA staff and students for the grand opening, hosted with the Jax Chamber. State Senator Aaron Bean, City Council President Anna Brosche and School Board Member Lori Hershey gave opening remarks at…

A line of excited children and patient grandparents stretched from the cafeteria all the way to the street for RCSA Elementary’s parent breakfast. But for one family, the breakfast was even more special. All five generations of women were present. First graders Lexine and Maxine Doit were joined by their mother, grandmother, great grandmother and…