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Admissions Information for 2012-2013
Admissions
We will hold Open Houses with student and parent information sessions for prospective students on:
Friday, Jan. 27 and Thursday, Feb. 2
Open Houses run from 5:30 to 7:30 each night. Please visit the Admissions page at
www.raleighcharterhs.org/aboutus/admissions.asp
for more information about Open Houses.(snow date Feb. 9) Applications will be available at our Open Houses.
They are also available for download here. If you would like to download the application from our website, please follow these instructions. Parking for Open Houses
Visiting families may park in the spots located around our building. However, parking there is limited. If the lot fills up, parking is available on Washington Street (be careful to obey signs) and in the Methodist Building lot located on the access road between RCHS and Washington Street. Please be courteous to our neighbors and do not park in the nearby apartment building parking lots.During Open Houses, traffic will flow in one direction around our building - counter clockwise.
 If you have a question about parking, please ask a parent volunteer. They will be in the lot wearing safety vests.
Shayne Klein, Academic Dean and History Teacher
Savings Opportunity Update
Community
Because of generous pledges and contributions, significant construction savings, and the use of school reserves, we were able to completely pay down our seller financing and capture the full early pay down discount for a savings of $271,875.
We reached this important milestone with gifts of time, talent and financial resources. Monetary donations paired with sweat equity and in-kind donations made this possible. We have benefited along the way from low interest rates, and now from the early retirement of the secondary loan.
Fulfillment of pledges will be important as those payments will restore the reserves used to take advantage of this savings opportunity and will also apply towards our primary loan. Please keep those capital campaign pledge payments coming, and new gifts are still welcome.
We will share more information about our fundraising journey in future communications.
Many thanks for helping us take advantage of this important savings opportunity.
For additional information about our Recognized for Excellence, Building Our Future capital campaign, go to: the Giving tab of the RCHS website. Follow our progress on the Raleigh Charter High School Capital Campaign Facebook page.
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2011-2012 Phoenix Fund
Fundraising
21% Family Participation
The 2011-2012 Phoenix Fund is this year's drive for annual operational support. Donated funds allow us to fulfill the vision of Raleigh Charter High School for the current fiscal year. The Phoenix Fund helps pay for our annual expenses that provide a quality education, including small class sizes, college counseling, and cultural arts events for students.
Donations can be made online at https://www.raleighcharterhs.org/giving/onlinegiving or are welcome by mail.
All contributions are tax deductible. With a gift from every family, we will reach 100% participation and our $95,000 goal.
Carolyn Jackson
cjackson@raleighcharterhs.org SOOTS' Carolina Piedmont Blues Benefit a Smashing Success at UNC-CH
Sustaining Roots Music Community Project (SOOTS) www.sootsblues.org
Ironin Board Sam from steadyfilm on Vimeo. On November 5th, SOOTS collaborated with the Center for the Study of the American South and the Music Maker Relief Foundation to put on a free concert on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus.
SOOTS raised over $270 in donations and merchandise sales. For SOOTS' student leaders, this event was the culmination of a day of folk life studies at UNC, which included a visit to the American Studies' Archives and a panel discussion with folklorists, ethnographers, and musicians moderated by former SOOTS student and current UNC senior Danny Nowell.
The day concluded with an RCHS reunion of sorts as over 175 guests, many of whom are RCHS alums & current UNC students, enjoyed the musical talents of Lightnin' Wells, Boo Hanks and New Orleans keyboard artist Ironin' Board Sam Moore.
Thank you for supporting SOOTS, the Center for Study of the American South, MMRF and the rich heritage that inspires us all.
Charles Montague, Faculty Sponsor
$570 Raised to Help George Higgs Breathe a little easier-Thank You RCHS!
Sustaining Roots Music Community Project (SOOTS) www.sootsblues.org
SOOTS is pleased to announce that the RCHS community has exceeded our goal of raising $500 for Piedmont Bluesman George Higgs. Recently, financial hardships have forced Mr. Higgs, who suffers from reduced lung capacity, to choose to use less oxygen nightly in order to save money. This means George is losing that for which he is best known - the ability to play his harmonica in a style that is unique and treasured Down East.
With this Fall 2010 Medical Mini-grant George can buy enough oxygen to keep him playing the instrument that he loves. Thank you RCHS for stepping up and preserving roots music and sustaining the artists who create it.
As an encore - enjoy this streaming photo essay of SOOTS' work with Higgs. We can only do such great work because of your great support.
Charles Montague, Faculty Sponsor
SOOTS' Pepsi Refresh Project Update
SOOTS
SOOTS would like to update the Raleigh Charter community on our Pepsi Refresh Project's grant status.
Students have been featured in a Pepsi Refresh blog and a commercial broadcast on ABC. The commercial may be viewed by clicking on the adjacent video.
Thank you, Raleigh Charter, for helping SOOTS succeed.
We hope to see everyone at our 5th Annual Blues Revue on April 8th. Your help for our grant made this show possible. Let the good times roll.
Visit www.sootsblues.org for more information.
Charles Montague, Faculty Sponsor
Chartering Our Course - First Edition
School Community
The first edition of the Raleigh Charter High School newsletter, Chartering Our Course is now available. It is a reflection on the 2009-2010 year. A summary of fundraising for last year is included. Future editions will include alumni news.
To view or print the newsletter, please go to the online version.
If you would like to send us alumni news or offer suggestions for future editions, please email Sharon Jacobs (sjacobs@raleighcharterhs.org).
RCHS in the WRAL News
News
On October 29, 2009, WRAL aired a short story about Raleigh Charter High School as part of their Project Education series.
Renee Chou wanted to investigate why RCHS was ranked in national magazines. For your information, US News and World Report publishes high-school rankings each December and Newsweek publishes rankings each May.
These annual rankings are nice, and they tell one little part of our story. We feel that the high-school experience, however, is much more complex than these rankings represent.
To view the whole story, click on the following link: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6304828/
Student Government Election Results
Clubs
Petition for ETC
RCHS Flame
For many RCHS students, the Educational Technology Center (ETC) has been a lifesaver. From last-minute homework printouts, to classes that need to use the computers, technology has become an essential among teenagers. At the new building, the ETC has had hours that are more restricted. The ETC is open before school until 8:40 a.m. and at lunch, but ...
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