WEEKLY
LISTSERV
Week of
10/10/2022 posted
10/7/2022
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Mr. Douglas Cook Principal |
Dear
Parents and Guardians,
Ms. Sonia Figueroa
– Rickards 2022-2023 Glenn-Howell Distinguished Educator of the Year
Ms. Figueroa is a great asset to our school community serving as a Pre-IB, IB and AP Science Teacher!
Ms. Shawndakay Paramore, School-Related Employee of the Year!!
Ms. Paramore serves as our school’s Cafeteria Manager! We are entering the last week of the first nine weeks! The nine weeks ends on
Friday, October 14th. Please encourage your students to finish strong! If there is concern about their grade, they should promptly speak to the teacher. As always, please let us know if there is anyway
we can help with your student’s academic success! Sincerely, Mr. Douglas Cook, Principal
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Dr. Deborah Barnes Assistant Principal for Curriculum
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ATTENTION PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND STUDENTS,
Please make plans to join us for our Last Parent Night - Sophomore/Junior Parent Night Tuesday, October 11TH.
Healthy snacks will be served!. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the cafeteria.
Report cards will be uploaded to FOCUS on Wednesday, October 26th at 2:00 p.m.
SAT and ACT Test Dates for 2022-2023
2022-23 SAT Test Dates & Registration Deadlines
2022-23 ACT Test Dates & Registration Deadlines
***Highlighted tests are held at Rickards*** Dr. Deborah G. Barnes
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Mr. Chris Cowart Assistant Principal for Facilities and Attendance |
Please make sure your student(s) attends school daily. Their success is heavily dependent on their presence at school. If your student must be absent, please send a note to Mrs. V. Washington, the attendance secretary at
[log in to unmask] or the student can drop the note off to her in the front office.
Absences are excused by LCS District for the following reasons:
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Illness and/or medical care (Note from the parent or the doctor’s office)
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Death in the family
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Legal reasons
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Religious Holidays/Observances
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Pre-arranged absence(s) for educational purposes approved at least one week in advance of the absence. Documentation of the educational experience must be provided before the absence will be excused.
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Mr. Sam Striplin Assistant Principal for Discipline Mr. Andrew Thomas Dean of Students |
Greetings, Students are expected to be in class daily, on time. The school bell schedule is attached for reference.
Tardiness A student who arrives unexcused to class up to 10 minutes after the bell scheduled beginning time shall be recorded
tardy (District Policy). A student who arrives unexcused to class over 10 minutes after the scheduled beginning time shall be recorded as
late (District Policy). Students who arrive to class past 15 minutes will be marked
late (District Policy) and receive a referral as skipping (Rickards policy).
After 5 tardy/late in a 9-week period, students may receive an administrative referral for excessive tardiness. Students will receive 1-day OFI (Opportunity for Improvement)
after the 5th tardy and 1-day OFI for each additional tardy/late. |
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Ms. Terraca Jones
Guidance Chair |
College Application Days! Location: RHS Cafeteria Time: 8 -11 a.m. and Noon – 2 p.m. When: October 11, 2022 & October 13, 2022 (IB) THE FREE APPLICATION for FEDERAL STUDENT AID OPENED
OCTOBER 1, 2022. https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa
How to get an ACT and SAT Waiver Step 1: Create your account at:
ACT
www.actstudent.org/start
Click Register SAT
www.sat.org/register
Click Sign up Step 2:
Send a screenshot of your account to your counselor. A-E
[log in to unmask] F-L [log in to unmask] M-R
[log in to unmask] S-Z
[log in to unmask] Step 3: Once you have the waiver code from your counselor, log back in to your account and select the test date and location.
This is when you are actually registering for the test. When you get to the payment page, put in your waiver number. Step 4:
Complete the registration by uploading your picture and printing your ticket. Make sure you know where and when you test and what you have to bring!
Sign up to become a Mentor! We are looking for mentors who can commit time to our students. Students desiring a mentor should sign up with Mrs. Bradley ([log in to unmask]).
Sign up for Mentor Training at this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040949ABAE2FA3FE3-mentor Please contact Ms. M. Davis if you are interested in volunteering! Testing Announcements
PSAT Day -
Tuesday, October 25th
- at James S. Rickards.
Study packets
will be available mid-October.
F.A.S.T.
The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) is a progress monitoring (PM) tool that will be administered three times per year to track your student’s progress
in learning the Benchmarks of Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards throughout this school year. Students participated in the first administration (PM1)
Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) Reading assessment on September 14 and 15. Your student’s results from PM1 are for informational purposes only. Results from
PM1 are now available in Focus under Test History. Mrs. J. Goodman
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Dr. Joe Williams, Coordinator
International Baccalaureate Program |
To All IB Parents and Guardians: Two-thirds of our IB Administrative Team is brand new this year, but our offices are still in the main administration building. We welcome Mrs. Melissa Cooper and Mrs. Victoria Williams to our IB Administrative
Team! Both are experienced Rickards educators, and we are excited about the valuable experience and skills they bring to our IB Program.
Here are our phone numbers and email addresses where you can reach us:
Dr. Joe Williams, IB Coordinator (850-414-5036)
[log in to unmask] Mrs. Melissa Cooper, AP Coordinator and Assistant IB Coordinator (850-414-5005)
[log in to unmask] Mrs. Victoria Williams, IB Academic Dean (850-414-5597)
[log in to unmask] The My College Resource Virtual College Fair
that was supposed take place on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, for FLIBS member schools (this includes James S. Rickards High School) and their students
has been rescheduled, due to Hurricane Ian, for Tuesday, October 11, 2022. You are invited to this event
planned exclusively for Florida Pre-IB and IB students, and the link on the attached flyer is still the link you can use to join this event.
It's never too early to gather more information about Florida colleges, so join us
October 11 from 6:30-8:00 pm. Please see the attached IB Virtual College Fair Flyer for the registration link. Our Annual IB Senior College Application Day
will take place at Rickards on Thursday, October 13. IB Seniors will spend the day in the Rickards Cafeteria working on their college applications. Representatives from the Admissions and Financial Aid Offices at FAMU, FSU, and TCC will be there,
along with our IB Administrative Team and Guidance Counselors, to help students and answer their questions.
Please join me in congratulating our seven National Merit Semifinalists: Abhinav Balaji, Tanmay Haldiya, Annika Lagy, Ananya Mundrathi, Sruthi Sentil, Karthik Vedula, and Eric Zeng!
These outstanding scholars will now complete an extensive application that will qualify them to advance to finalist status and possibly earn $2,500 scholarships. This is a tremendous accomplishment, and
we are proud of these IB seniors! We also congratulate our National Merit Commended Students: Harshil Dalvaigari, Shubham Dixit, Jenna Jeon, Angela Liang, Nitishsai Nandineni, Alexander Piroth, Faith Register, Emily Taylor,
and Akhil Walia! Though these students will not continue further in the National Merit Scholarship competition, they deserve commendation for being one of the 50,000 highest scorers of the approximately
1.5 million 11th-grade students who took the PSAT/NMSQT Exam last fall. We are proud of our National Merit Semifinalists and Commended Scholars for representing Rickards and the academic excellence we foster at our school!
2022 IB Diplomas and Transcripts are in:
The 2022 IB Diplomas and IB Transcripts have arrived from Cardiff, Wales, UK. 2022 IB graduates or their parents can pick them up from Dr. Williams in the front office at Rickards. Please email or call ahead so Dr.
Williams can leave your IB Diploma and/or IB Transcript at the front office for you, in case he is not available when you come to campus.
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Title 1 |
TITLE I Saturday Academic Camp Parents our Saturday Academic Camp began on Saturday, October 1, 2022. The remaining dates are below. The hours are 8:00 until noon. Breakfast and a snack will be provided.
Breakfast will be served from 7:25 until 8 a.m. Additionally, we will have our Credit Recovery lab open for students who would like to work on their recovery courses.
Camp Schedule is as follows:
Dates are subject to change. |
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Mr. I. Smith
Computer Programmer |
Parents: Personal VPNs and proxy servers typically can be used to bypass security systems that are put in place to protect LCS staff, students, and resources. We have been blocking personal VPN and Proxy use when accessing these resources for more
than a year now. We are seeing an increased use of VPN/Proxies by students. We ask that you please make sure your student knows and understands that if they are connected to a VPN/proxy service (on their cell phone, as an example) an attempt to connect to district resources (examples: Office365, Focus, Canvas,
etc) their accounts will be automatically disabled by the LCS security system. At that point, they can no longer access our resources. This then requires the Techcon (Mr. Smith) to reset their password and then the block released by Leon County Schools district
technology services. This can take time for this to occur as these are both manual processes (resetting the password/unblocking the student) resulting in the student not being able to access possibly needed resources for school work. |
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Dr. P. Hall
Science Department Chair |
This week's focus in Science is on Ms. Mendoza's Physical Science Classes. She is working with the students on study skills and how to outline textbook chapters as her upperclassman prepare for
the future. They are also working on their Periodic Table Rap, which is historically one of the most fun projects they do in class. IB Science Students- Your Action plans are due electronically by 6 p.m. on October 17th to all of your current science teachers. Remember you must discuss your plan with the appropriate
science teacher before you submit it. Science teachers are not available during lunch on Thursdays or Fridays. Please plan accordingly and do not procrastinate. The discussion must happen before 2:45 on
Friday, October 14th. |
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Ms. Eckerle
Social Studies Department Chair |
Social studies classes are covering a wide variety of topics this week! AP US History classes are covering 33,000 B.C.E – 1763 and focusing on American life in the 17th century. African American History classes are talking about
the Jim Crow Era, the Progressive Movement, African Americans move west and black achievements after reconstruction. US Government classes are focused on the structure and principles of the constitution, the three branches of governments, amendments and the
state constitutions and local charters. Additionally, economics classes are talking about financial institutions and business organizations and your money, as well as personal money decisions.
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Ms. Johnitta Wells
School Advisory Council (SAC)
Chair |
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RHS News |
Senior Class Information SENIOR FEES Your senior fee due dates are as follows:
CAP & GOWN ORDER Herff Jones will be on campus November 16th, to take Cap & Gown orders. You are only required to purchase your cap and gown ($32 + tax). SENIOR TRIP ALERT 🚨 Greetings. The Senior Trip for Grad Bash has been set for April 21-23, 2023. We look forward to a great time. More information will be shared
later, but here are the important points to consider right away. .
***KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU MUST BE ON TRACK TO GRADUATE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE. ADDITIONALLY, NO ATTENDANCE FAILURES AND NO DISCIPLINE ISSUES. Cost $400 Trip includes: Astro Bus Travel, Embassy Suites Hotel, Universal Volcano Bay, Andrettis Entertainment Center, Grad Bash, Breakfast (2 days), Lunch (1
day), Dinner (1 day) Payments can be made via E-Funds (the link is below) or to Coach Hankerson (Cash or Money Order ONLY) now through
November 15th. The $150 NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT will cover your seat on the bus. There are only 100 seats. Once those are filled, we will begin a waiting list. If you have any questions, please contact Coach Hankerson
at [log in to unmask]
or Building 18-106. E-FUNDS (The
link is now working!) |
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WHO: |
Leon County Government |
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WHAT: |
Leon County Junior Apprenticeship |
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WHEN: |
Applications due Monday, October 31 by 11:59 p.m. |
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WHERE: |
Apply now at LeonCountyFL.gov/JRApprentice |
Leon County Government is preparing for our next contingent of the Leon Works Junior Apprenticeship Program for Spring 2022. In partnership with Leon County
Schools (LCS) and CareerSource Capital Region, the program provides LCS juniors and seniors the opportunity to earn hourly wages while building valuable workforce skills. Applications for the Spring 2022 semester are open now at
LeonCountyFL.gov/JRApprentice
and close on Monday, October 31.
The program is currently looking to fill eleven total positions in the following areas:
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(2) EMT/Paramedic
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(1) Medical Administrative Associate
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(1) Computer Aided Design (CAD)
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(1) Fleet Mechanic
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(1) Construction Management
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(2) IT Tech Support
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(1) Web Development
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(1) Graphics and Digital Design—Community and Media Relations
To participate, LCS students must be either currently enrolled in or have completed a Career and Technical Education (CTE)
course at their local high school. Students in the program will earn an hourly salary, elective credit towards their high school diploma and will also complete the CareerSource Capital Region’s LEAP training, preparing them to enter the workforce after graduation.
Students within the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WOIA) qualifications are highly encouraged to apply.
Interested students can apply for up to two (2) Junior Apprentice positions and must be able to access their own form of transportation to the Junior Apprentice sites at which they will be working.
Students should see their guidance counselor if they have questions.
Dates to Remember
The first two weeks of October are Disability History and Awareness Weeks!
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The Final Parent Night is coming!!
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*SUNSHINE LAW AND PUBLIC RECORDS CAUTION: Florida has a very broad Public Records Law. Virtually all written communications to or from School
Board of Leon County, Florida Personnel are public records available to the public and media upon request. E-mail sent or received on the LCSB system will be considered public and will only be withheld from disclosure if deemed confidential pursuant to State
Law. Individual student records are deemed confidential.