Rachel Carson MS PTA Mission Statement
"Our mission is to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering our school families and communities to advocate for all children."
Important Dates
- 11/9 - Panera Spirit Night 4-8pm
- 11/16 - General Membership Meeting, 6:30 pm
- 11/28 - Giving Tuesday
- 12/1 - Book Fair Kick-Off Event
- 12/3 at 5 pm EST - Reflections Art Contest Submissions
- 12/4-12/8 - Book Fair
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Donations
FCPS needs your support in reaching the goal of showing our Transportation & Food Services staff thanks and gratitude on Monday, November 13. If you can donate any items for the gift bags, please click the sign-up link below. Your thoughtful support is greatly appreciated. Items may be dropped off in the main office.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E094EAAA82EAAFB6-45998630-donations
Message from the PTA President
Happy November, RCMS Family!
I hope you had a fun week! We are all set for our next Spirit night on November 9th.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Joy Charles, RCMS PTA President
Join the PTA
We encourage you to join the PTA to support all of RCMS, including our children, teachers and staff, school programs, and community events.
Click below to join the PTA.
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Events Calendar
You can always check the PTA Calendar on our Givebacks page to find the dates and details of upcoming events. In addition, we would sincerely appreciate volunteers to assist in promoting and planning these events. If you have any special skills or interests that would be helpful to our organizers, please reach out to Roopa Kadiri (roopudarlu@gmail.com), our VP of Events and Cynthia Clubb (cclubb@gmail.com), our Volunteers Chair.
Here’s a sampling of the community events coming up this year:
Multicultural/Diversity Night - Spring 2024 (Date TBD)
Movie and Donuts Night - December 1
STEAM Exhibition - January
RCMS vs. Langston Hughes Basketball Game - March
Fun Run/5K Fundraiser - April
Teacher Appreciation Week - May
Panera Spirit Night
Thursday, November 9, 4-8 pm
Panera Bread, 13041 Worldgate Drive, Herndon, VA 20170
Take a night off from cooking dinner and join us at the Worldgate Panera to show your school spirit! Show the flyer below at checkout to make sure RCMS PTA is credited with the sale.
If you prefer, order online ALL DAY LONG, on November 9th benefit RCMS PTA. Use the official Panera website or app (sorry, no delivery or third-party apps), enter PROMO CODE “FUND4U” and hit ‘Apply’.
Reflections Art Contest
Do you enjoy art, music and dance or have an interest in writing, producing films and taking photos? Then join us and have fun unleashing your inner artist with the PTA Reflections Art Contest! View submission guidelines and download an entry form today:
https://vapta.org/reflections-main/
This year’s theme is “I am hopeful because…”
For inspiration, visit the Reflections virtual art gallery. Learn more about prizes and scholarships at PTA.org/Reflections/Awards
RCMS Annual Bookfair
December 4th-8th
One of the most exciting events of the year is coming and we hope to see you there! Your student will have multiple opportunities to visit the book fair throughout the week. We also welcome you, your entire family, and your friends into the experience with an evening of music, cheer, and shopping on Thursday, December 8th. More soon!
NEW!: Our book fair partner has created an "eWallet" option that allows you to create a cashless/cardless payment option for your child/children. Pretty slick! Click here to learn more and to sign up (you only get charged if they spend, and you set the spending limit).
Student shopping opens on Monday, December 4th. Your student can visit before school, after school, during designated library time and/or English class, and during Panther time. The book fair accepts cash, credit cards, Apple Pay, and eWallet. There will be gift certificates available for purchase (from $5 to $50) each day and these make fantastic (and greatly appreciated) on-site shopping gifts for fellow students, teachers, and faculty.
Finally, parent volunteers are requested for this event! We have lots of chocolate and low stress - the event is supposed to bring us joy and connection, so please be a part of it - signup will be coming out next week!
Support Our Sponsors
Would you like to see your company logo here? Head over to our Sponsors page to find out how! https://www.rcmspta.com/pta-sponsors
Important Links
www.rcmspta.com
Givebacks: https://rcmspta.memberhub.com/store
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rcmspta/
Instagram: @rcms.pta
Questions:https://www.rcmspta.com/ and press "Let's chat!"
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