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Festival Chorus Festivities

Molly Hart On January 24, Rye Presbyterian Church resonated with the combined voices of over 130 singers for the 31st annual Festival Chorus Concert. The evening featured Kyle Pederson’s A Vision Unfolding, a powerful and emotionally layered work that explored unity, kindness, and compassion. While the performance itself was moving, the months of preparation behind the scenes made the concert all the more remarkable. Directed … Continue reading Festival Chorus Festivities

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YPT Team Takes First Place

By Georgina Murphy From January 31st to February 1st, the Young Physicists Tournament, also known as YPT, was held at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. YPT is an international, team-based physics competition for high schoolers and young physicists. This year, RCDS competed against fifteen schools, including Philips Exeter, Philips Andover, the Trinity School, the Nueva School, and the George School. Throughout the month leading up … Continue reading YPT Team Takes First Place

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A Look at the Model United Nations Trip

By Makayla Wolins and Sahana Bhat This year, the annual Model United Nations (MUN) trip took place from January 22nd to January 25th. Although cut a day short by the snowstorm, delegates in RCDS’ Model United Nations club travelled to Philadelphia, where they participated in five committee sessions to discuss a wide range of global and historical issues. Students debated pressing challenges, but also had … Continue reading A Look at the Model United Nations Trip

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Following in MLK Jr’s Dream

By Jolie Robinson With over 20 workshops and 2 guest facilitators, RCDS’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day touched and educated many of our Upper School students. The workshops offered ranged from AI to sports, dance, music, and psychology. The keynote speaker was Mr. Iain Haley Pollock, an author and poet, who has received several honors for his work, most recently the Alice Fay di Castagnola … Continue reading Following in MLK Jr’s Dream

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Learning and Leadership Through SCOPE

By Valentina Platt-Higgins One of the most popular after school programs organized by RCDS is the Student-Centered Outreach, Partnership, and Enrichment (SCOPE) program, which runs on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00 PM – 5:15 PM. SCOPE partners with three middle schools in Port Chester: JFK, Thomas A. Edison, and Park Avenue. The program runs from January through February to teach 4th and 5th graders. This … Continue reading Learning and Leadership Through SCOPE

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SiSTEM Strengthens Community Science Education

By Olivia Prather SiSTEM is a STEM-based afterschool program at RCDS which takes place every week during the winter season Tuesdays and Thursdays. RCDS highschoolers, passionate about helping their community, teach lessons to elementary school students to bolster their STEM education. RCDS partners with elementary public schools in the Port Chester district. The program began after Winter Break and ended on Tuesday, February 10. There … Continue reading SiSTEM Strengthens Community Science Education

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Revolutionary Performances in the PAC

Alexandra Steyn This year’s musical Les Misérables shone on the Dunn Performing Arts Center stage. An adapted, sung-through stage version of Victor Hugo’s novel of the same name, Les Misérables featured a cast of 27 students and performed for three consecutive nights. It opened on Thursday, February 5 at 5 p.m., followed by two packed evening performances at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Traversing … Continue reading Revolutionary Performances in the PAC

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RCDS Robotics Team Gears Up for a Comeback

Written By: Lillian Pereira While the RCDS robotics team,Vex Robotics Competition (VRC) Team, didn’t reach the level of performance they wished for in their recent competitions, they are preparing for a better performance in their next competition.  Vex competitions are simple on paper; two teams of two alliances compete against each other in a chosen type of robot battle, which changes every year. As stated … Continue reading RCDS Robotics Team Gears Up for a Comeback

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Parsons Company Dances Through Expectations

Written By: Alexandra Steyn On Thursday, January 8, Rye Country Day hosted the Parsons Dance Company for the fifteenth annual Strong Family Dance Concert. An energetic event, the concert lasted forty-five minutes and featured five dances, including two group numbers and three solos. It served to expose students to contemporary forms of dance they may not have access to in their daily lives. The concert … Continue reading Parsons Company Dances Through Expectations

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