Tech the Halls 2021 Floor Winners 1st Floor- Ms. Martinez’s Kindergarten 2nd Floor- Ms. Zicari’s Science Class 3rd Floor- Ms. Grillo’s HS Math and Ms. Godown’s 7th Grade ELA

Tech the Halls 2021 Honorable Mentions 1st Floor- Mrs. Mora’s 1st Grade 2nd Floor- Ms. Graebner’s 3rd Grade 3rd Floor- Ms. Pick’s Homeroom

Our annual Winter House Day is off and running! This year’s house day was planned by our house leaders and they’ve done a great job! @CSUSA @galatop1 Eddie Ruiz Ron Clark Academy #csusa

Apples or Oranges? Apple Juice or Orange Juice? In Mrs. Molloy’s Civics class, students got to put their debate skills to the test. Students learned how this can apply to political parties and how there can even be differences within the same party. Charter Schools USA

What words can you spell? Can you tell me who said this in the story? These questions and more were asked at #rcssl Family Literacy Night! Families had the opportunity to play hands on literacy games, listen to stories, and go on a scavenger hunt! Charter Schools USA Jon Hage @galatop1

We are super excited to announce that our library is OPEN! Also, our school store is open! We’re super excited to check out books to our students again! Charter Schools USA Eddie Ruiz @galatop1 Jon Hage #rcssl #libraries #librarytwitter

It’s Cambridge Challenge Day! Stay tuned for some posts from our challenge day about access to food. First up, students in Ms. Laird’s kindergarten spent today learning about healthy foods, exercise, and hygiene. Jon Hage @galatop1 Eddie Ruiz Cambridge International Education

Next up for our Cambridge Challenge Day, Ms. Mazurkiewicz’s class learned about having healthy foods and balancing their plates with healthy and nutritious options. @csusahq Eddie Ruiz @galatop1 #rcssl

Students in @SilbaughTech’s class learned more about food insecurity and how technology is helping to combat it. After, they created @Flipgrid responses to explain which technology they think is the best solution. @galatop1 Jon Hage Eddie Ruiz Charter Schools USA

Active Work Zone? More like Active Classroom! Students in Ms. Banat’s classroom got to learn about area with hands-on activities. Students participated in small groups and got to measure, solve using decomposition, and even got a peak and perimeter. All in stylish gear too!

Today was our judging for our Black History Month doors and bulletin boards. Here’s some of our favorites… Big emphasis on student work! Great job Knights! More to come! #csusa Charter Schools USA @galatop1 Eddie Ruiz

Our 1st Floor Winner in our Black History Contest… Mrs. Mora! Her class made an interactive bulletin board of Guess Who? When you lift the flap, you’ll find a clue! Can you guess who it is? Charter Schools USA @galatop1 @galatop1 Eddie Ruiz

Our 2nd Floor winner… Ms. Banat’s class! Students made interactive bags related to an important person in history. Each bag is filled with objects related to that individual. Great way to have a hands-on history adventure! @galatop1 Charter Schools USA Jon Hage Eddie Ruiz

Our 3rd Floor Winner… Mrs. Babino! Her students got to be like the original computers and compute math problems similar to what was done during the space race. Nice work! Eddie Ruiz Charter Schools USA @galatop1

Lastly, here’s some more of our favorite displays across our building. Our students and teachers did a fantastic job with our Black History Month projects and competitions. Great job Knights! @galatop1 Charter Schools USA Eddie Ruiz Jon Hage

This morning several of our K-8 students got to meet Al Black, one of Florida’s Highway Men The Highwaymen. Mr. Black was able to tell his story, talk about his work, and answer a few questions from our Knights! @galatop1 Jon Hage Charter Schools USA

It’s our 3rd Quarter House Day! Once again, all of our house leaders have planned a fantastic house day! Jon Hage Ron Clark Academy Eddie Ruiz @galatop1

Who’s that teacher? It’s a fourth grader! Our fourth grade students have spent the past few weeks tutoring some of our third grade students. One even told us that they understand why we love to teach! Charter Schools USA Jon Hage @galatop1 Eddie Ruiz

One of our staff members unexpectedly lost her 4 year old to a tragic accident. Please consider donating to support this amazing family as they deal with the unthinkable. gofund.me/6ea7ca6a

We had an absolute blast welcoming Matt Lincoln to our school! Mr. Lincoln got to see our powerful SEL strategies in action and got to talk to some of our 4th graders! We might have a few future news reporters here at RCSSL! Jon Hage @galatop1 Eddie Ruiz Charter Schools USA