Rodney E. Thompson Middle

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Exam Information and Schedule

Rodney E.Thompson
Middle School
"Home of the Jaguars"

Principal: Dr. Andrew Grider
Assistant Principals: Rosina Raines and Terri Rivero

School Hours 8:20-2:50 - Office Hours 7:30-4:00 - Guidance Hours 8:00-4:00
Main Phone Number: 540-658-6420
Main Office Fax: 540-658-6430
Guidance Fax: 540-658-6414

WELCOME TO THE HOME OF THE JAGUARS!

Jaguar Announcements

Dear Parents

As many of you know, Andy Bathke will finish his time at RTMS on the 31^st of this month as he gets ready to move to Stafford High School as an Assistant Principal. He has spent 12 years at RTMS as both a teacher and an Assistant Principal and we wish him well as he embarks on this new venture at the high school.

Carra Hesington has just been announced as the Supervisor of Student Services. She has been with RTMS as both a special education teacher and since 2009 as an Assistant Principal. Ms. Hesington also served as assistant principal at Widewater Elementary School. We also wish her well in her new position, and we look forward to continuing to work with her in her new role in central office.

We are pleased to welcome Ms. Rosina Raines to Rodney Thompson Middle School as Assistant Principal. Rosina began her career as an Earth Science teacher at North Stafford High School. She has also been an instructor with the Regional Governor’s School. In 2005, she served as a Principal Intern at North Stafford. She has since moved to a Middle School Assistant Principal position at H. H. Poole and served as an Assistant Principal at North Stafford High School.

We are also pleased to welcome Ms. Terri Lynn Rivero as Assistant Principal at Rodney Thompson Middle School. Terri began her teaching career at H. H. Poole Middle School where she taught science and history to sixth graders and Civics and Economics to seventh graders. She later moved to Dixon-Smith where she taught seventh grade social studies. In 2009, Terri became the Assistant Principal at Falmouth Elementary School.

This will be an exciting month of transition as we begin the second semester. We hope you are able to have a chance to meet our new administrators soon and participate in the events that lie ahead as we get ready to begin a new semester. Thank you as always for your support. RTMS has a wonderful community and we are excited about what lies ahead.

Rising 9th Grade Scheduling Information

Please refer to Mr. Stello's website found under Counseling Center for important scheduling information that is time sensitive!
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Environmental Studies Group Application Available now!!

Those 7th or 8th grade students interested in being a part of the Environmental Studies Group should obtain an application from the Library. Applications are due to Mr. Vann by February 10, 2012.
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BPHS Rising Freshmen Orientation Date Change

(Displays 12/16/2011)

The Freshman Orientation has been changed to Tuesday, February 7th at 6:30 p.m.
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PAWS AWARDS

(Students of the Month)

November, 2011
Elisabeth Voss, Grade 6
Brent Campbell, Grade 7
Faith Harvin, Grade 8

December, 2011
Hanna Fines, Grade 6
Brielle Melendez, Grade 7
Sarah Wright, Grade 8

Congratulations to all!

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Environmental Studies Group / Science Projects

Interested in the Rodney Thompson Environmental Studies Group? Each year, 7th and 8th graders study ecology and the environment, taking part in activities that include environmental conservation & economics, habitat revitalization, science fair participation, visual arts competition, and animal population data collection. The culminating event for this group is a multi-day field trip Cape Henlopen, Delaware, where the group studies bay ecology and participates in horseshoe crab population surveys. This year’s trip will take place May 18-21, 2012. Environmental Studies Group applications will be available in January 2012. Chief among application criteria is completion of an independent science project. Science projects must be completed by February 1 to qualify for Piedmont Regional Science Fair. Students interested in participating in the Environmental Studies Group should contact their science teacher for information now, even if they are not currently taking science this semester!