Panther Tales

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The second semester is off to a strong start, and it has been a pleasure welcoming our students back into the building. Our classrooms are filled with positive energy as Panthers return motivated, engaged, and ready to continue their growth.

In the days ahead, we will pause to recognize our students’ outstanding achievements. We are excited to host an Honor Roll celebration to acknowledge those students who earned all As and Bs during the first semester. Their dedication, perseverance, and commitment to academic excellence are truly commendable, and we are proud of their success.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership within the RCMS community. We look forward to a rewarding and successful second semester at RCMS.

Kind regards,
Principal Garrett

Have questions or input for our FCS Board Member Katie Gregory? Ms. Gregory will be holding a Community Meeting at Ridgeview on February 19th at 9:30 am. Ms. Gregory represents District 3 and is also the parent of a student at RCMS! Community meetings are an opportunity for all community members to get to know their board representative and to give board members a chance to listen to local issues and concerns.

We will be celebrating our first semester Principal's Roll (all As) and Honor Roll (As and Bs) on January 29th during school. Congratulations to all of our Principal's Roll and Honor Roll recipients- we are so proud of your hard work and dedication!

Our school is required to meet a participation threshold for the Georgia School Climate Survey, and we need your help! Please note that the survey should be completed once per family. Your feedback is important and helps us remain in compliance while improving our school community. The survey is open now through January 23. Thank you for taking a few minutes to participate.

Survey Link:

https://survey.gadoe.org/FM?sid=1B571FA0

To help kick off the new year, there will be a new Beanstack Reading Challenge: BINGO EDITION for the month of January! It is called New Year, New Reading Goals 2026: Read with Benny Bingo! Students can read any book they would like and log their reading minutes as well as participate in reading activities. In order for students to complete the challenge, they have to earn badges in Beanstack in a row, column, or diagonal to unlock their bingo badge.

At the end of the month, the students that earned their bingo badge will win a prize!

• Girls' Soccer Tryouts will begin on February 10th (6/7th Only) and continue through February 19th.
• Track Tryouts will begin on February 18th. Track is an FCS Sporty and, therefore, is available only for 7th and 8th graders.

The complete schedule for Baseball, Girls Soccer and Track tryouts is available on the school Athletics Website.

Our Concession Stand is open during all home basketball games. New this year- we have gone cashless! We can accept cards, tap and payment aps (Apple Pay, Cash Ap, Venmo, Zelle, etc.)

Parent & Student volunteers are needed - students volunteers receive one free drink and one free snack per full shift. Sign up to volunteer HERE. We can sign for service hours!

Don't miss the chance to commemorate a great 25/26 school year by ordering an RCMS yearbook. All yearbook purchases and 8th grade recognition ads are due by March 30.

Sales are online only. Click HERE to access the Varsity Yearbook website.

On the website you can:

• Order your yearbook
• Order a recognition ad
• Input your email address to see if you have already ordered a yearbook (in case you have forgotten!)

When prompted, enter the school number: 17957.

Mark your Calendar for Sandy Springs Arts Foundation ArtBeat showcasing our incredible musicians and students!

Starting this week, the Panther Store will be open on Tuesdays only, from 8:30-9:05 AM. A limited selection of items and sizes is available in the store, but our full catalog is available in the Panther Store Online.

Spring sports merch is loaded and ready to go!

Got Pics of our Panthers doing anything RCMS Related? Submit them to PanthertalesRCMS@gmail.com and you might just see them here!

Thanks to the Foundation for a fun Sprit Night last week! Students enjoyed pizza from our partner Blue Moon Pizza, and the Panthers basketball teams swept the opponents.

RCMS mentorship groups, Ridgeview Rising and Ladies of Excellence, enjoyed an outing to the Hawks v. Bucks game on Monday. A great time was had by all!

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Thank you to these partners in our community who have chosen to support RCMS!