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Summer Mailing/Book Lists
Back to School
Our summer mailing (with schedules and information about the start of school) was sent out on July 22.The documents below were sent home with the student schedules. Parents and students, please read this information carefully. Be sure to bring your pink Class Schedule/Orientation Schedule with you to school on August 11. We look forward to seeing you then.
Please be sure to check your schedule to determine which books you will need.
Families have the option of ordering through Quail Ridge Books or using the RCHS book list to purchase their books from other vendors. Quail Ridge Books (3522 Wade Avenue in the Ridgewood Shopping Center with Whole Foods) has once again generously agreed to donate up to twenty percent of the purchase price of the books to Raleigh Charter. Here are the links for the Quail Ridge Order Form and the RCHS book list.
Please check below for summer reading assignments.
We hope that you are having a wonderful summer!
--Tom Humble, Principal RCHS Summer Hours
Office
 During the Summer, the
Raleigh Charter High School office will be open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10am until 2pm. Please call before you come to make sure someone is here to assist you. The office will be closed July 19-23. Regular office hours will resume on August 4th. The first day of school will be August 11th.
Graduation Videos
Class of 2010
Attention all 2010 Graduates! The RCHS graduation ceremony DVDs are available in the office. Please call before you come to make sure someone is here to assist you. The office will be closed July 19-23. Regular office hours will resume on August 4th. Summer Reading
English, Science, History, AP Spanish
Students are reminded that most English classes, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Spanish, and AP
History classes have summer reading assignments.
Typically, the only Summer reading assignment for incoming freshmen is English. The remaining Summer readings are for AP classes.Special note: AP US History students will need to buy their books for the summer reading (which will be used during the year as well) FROM THE SCHOOL. The school will only be open two days a week during the summer, so please call before you come to make sure someone is here to assist you. Sustaining Roots Music's Concert for Elderly Blues Musicians Wins!
#8 In the RefreshEverything Grant Contest – Thanks to the RCHS Community
SOOTS (Sustaining Roots Community Project) is a finalist for a $5,000 grant from PepsiCo. The RCHS community came together in the month-long online voting campaign to place SOOTS’ program in the top ten nationwide. Once paperwork is processed, SOOTS will become an official grant recipient in late June. Then SOOTS will be able to award more medical mini-grants to Piedmont blues artists. Then SOOTS will be able to fund a bigger, better Piedmont Blues revue next spring. Keep your eyes and ears open for details.
SOOTS is also proud to announce that the RCHS Class of 2012 won the class competition to log the most votes for SOOTS. Next year’s benefit concert will welcome the entire class of 2012 to the 5th Annual SOOTS Blues Benefit with free tickets. Thank you rising juniors! CIVICULTURE at RCHS is alive and well.
Visit www.sootsblues.org to learn of other ways to help RCHS students help our treasured NC artists. Together we can sustain the roots of music.n
2009-2010 Phoenix Fund
Fundraising
The Phoenix Fund – Pays for Today
Thank you to the many families who have already supported the Phoenix Fund, our annual effort to assist with current year expenses. The response has been strong. We are still pushing toward the 100% participation goal which means that $5.00 counts as much as $50 and $500. There is not an expected gift amount.
To donate, attach your check to a completed donation form and deliver these two items to the school office using a student courier or the US Mail. Everything you need to know is on the form. http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/giving/donationcard.pdf.
You may donate online by going to the "Giving" tab of the RCHS website.
It is not too late to help meet our 100% participation goal. All gifts will be greatly appreciated.
RCHS Science Olympiad Team is 1st in NC
Clubs
The Science Olympiad team competed at North Carolina State University on Saturday, April 24 and took 1st Place defeating over 40 of the best schools from around the state including NCSSM and Enloe. The team won a record number of six gold medals in addition to two silver and five bronze. For additional details see 2010 State Results. Eight students received a $2,500 scholarship to NCSU for their acheivements. The team will now compete at the National Tournament at the University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign from May 20-22. The State Science Olympiad Team consisted of: S. Challener, D. Hash, B. Huddleston, B. Izzat, G. Izzat, E. Law, E. Ryan, G. Sanka, S. Allison, M. Lochbaum, S. Mahate, L. Ord, D. Rao, P. Shetty, A. Thakkar, P. Breen and J. Tseng. The Coaches were Whit Hames and Amy Koch. Congratulations to the whole team! We the People Southeast Regional Champions
History
The RCHS We the People team earned the Southeast Regional Award at Nationals.
Congratulations to the Constitutional Issues class. This group of students earned the Southeast Regional Award at We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals in Washington, D.C
The Southeast Regional Award is given to the best non-finalist team in the Southeast. Fifty-two teams, one representing each state, plus the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands, were in attendance.
The students competed in a simulated Congressional Hearing on April 24-25 in Arlington, Va. They prepared four-minute statements in response to questions on the history, principles, and application of the US Constitution and answered six minutes of follow-up questions from judges who included law and history professors, state and federal judges, elected officials, and political appointees. Their knowledge, reasoning, and ability to apply the principles of American government to modern issues, case law, and historical events was praised by the judges.
In addition to the competition, students heard oral argument in the Supreme Court, met with N.C. Sen. Kay Hagan, N.C. Congressman Brad Miller, and received a Capitol Building tour from a staff member for N.C. Sen. Richard Burr. Students visited the National Archives, the Library of Congress, and most of the D.C. area monuments.
They practiced for competition on the National Mall and got to sit in the seats of the Senators in the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing room.
Members of the Raleigh Charter High School Constitutional Issues class include:
To read more about the final results of the competition, please see:
http://www.civiced.org/final2010.html
Teacher – Shayne Klein Seniors – R. Austin, J. Hoover, A. Karsten, A. Le, T. Moore, S. O'Shea, I. Oglesby, E. Rock, and J. Tobia Juniors – R. Afzal, S. Chapin , M. Khater, G. North, and J. Rowan Sophomore – K. Grayson Shayne Klein Academic Dean and History Teacher Quiz Bowl Team wins State Competition
Clubs
On Saturday, March 15, the North Carolina Open Academic State Tournament (NCOAST) was held in Greensboro. We took four teams to the tournament, and three of them made the playoffs. Our C team bowed out in the first round; the B team made the quarterfinals but lost a very close match to the eventual third place finisher. Our A team defeated NCSSM 435-135 after spotting them a 95-point lead (the A team only allowed them 45 more points over the remaining 17 questions in the match). The teams: A: P. Schultz, G. Sanka, M. Lochbaum, E. Doyle, R. Self B: B. Gamble, D. Qu, B. Besser, P. Breen, R. Rajeev, D. Hash C: C. Allison, P. Sanka, J. Trinks, C. McGowan, J. Kariisa D: A. Iyer, B. Izatt, D. Friedenberg, Z. Butler, N. Crain P. Schultz was the top individual scorer for the tournament, as well as in NC for the season. This state championship was our eighth consecutive. We are the only school in the state to have won this quiz-bowl state championship, in the history of these state championship tournaments. We will be taking two teams to the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend. We congratulate these players in their efforts and their accomplishments. RCHS Students Rank Highly, Again
Academics
On December 10, 2009, U.S.News & World Report ranked Raleigh Charter High School 24th among its America’s Best High Schools. The ranking is based on a sophisticated calculation of several factors, including state-mandated testing and AP participation and achievement in 2007-2008. Last year, Raleigh Charter High School had a ranking of 20th in US News. These rankings qualify for what US News calls the Gold Medal List, the Top 100 Schools.
Such rankings are informative and affirming, and they let colleges know the level of work that is going on at our school year in and year out.
Congratulations to our teachers and our students for their noteworthy achievements!
You may visit the magazine’s web site for more information, particularly about methodology and your old school: http://www.usnews.com/sections/education/high-schools.
Also, see this article in Raleigh's News & Observer about the U.S.News & World Report ranking.
Thomas E. Humble, Principal
RCHS in the WRAL News
News
On Thursday, October 29, 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
Let's save our planet:
RCHS Flame
When people think of major holidays here in the US, many think of Christmas, Halloween, or even Easter. But a very important holiday often falls under the radar of many, and this holiday that has been celebrated every year since 1970 is Earth Day.
According to Senior M. Neighbors, "Earth Day is a celebration and recognition of our wonderful earth ...
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