Written By: Izzy Bernie At Rye Country Day School, avoiding traffic in the morning does not stop on Grandview Avenue. By 8:20 am, the RCDS parking lots and drop-off circles have turned into a miniature traffic jam. With juniors hoping to park in the senior lot and the endless line of cars, finding a space and making it to House on time can feel like … Continue reading Parking Problems or Traffic, Tension, and Tardiness
Written By: Sophia Shen The end of October marks two long-awaited RCDS events: Halloween and the welcoming of thirteen students from La Nativité to the Rye Country Day campus. Starting October 24th, several RCDS Upper Schoolers will be hosting students traveling across the ocean from Aix-en-Provence, France. Their trip to the United States is part of a larger Rye Country Day language exchange program, rebooted … Continue reading An Aix-ceptional Exchange Program
Written By: Mia Hertz and Isabela Pierry “Harris or Trump?” “What did you think about the debate?” “Are you voting?” These questions have been common around the halls of Rye Country Day in recent weeks. With the Presidential election fast approaching on November 5th, 2024, it is almost impossible to avoid these discussions from zipping around the student body. It is no secret that this … Continue reading Election Climate
Written by Mia Herz A new year of juniors brings in new feelings of excitement, responsibility, and ownership, leading to transformations in the beloved junior lounge. Although at Rye Country Day School there is no technical lounge, for years juniors have often gravitated towards the garden level space. The class of 2025 has found a home on the first floor and they are certainly taking … Continue reading Lounge Lowdown
Written by Mia Herz and Isa Pierry While it may seem that Debate Team is a well established team, in reality, its success has come just from the last two years, a quite shocking fact considering that RCDS is known to be an elite private school. After the RCDS shutdown during the pandemic, the Debate Team was meeting infrequently, not attending tournaments, and having no … Continue reading Platypus Debaters?
Written by Anika Kini and Zoe Roth The Rye Country Day Upper School schedule has been a source of contention for parents, students, and faculty alike over the past few years. From eight day cycles to classes meeting every other day to extended lab periods, the schedule embodies the term “variable”. Despite the frequent changes, one new feature of the schedule has been more hotly … Continue reading No Time to Pass
Written by Caroline Kelly From college apps to senior privileges such as off-campus dining, senior year brings a lot of changes to the typical school year. These senior privileges have always been a significant part of the RCDS high school experience, symbolizing students’ rising standing in their school community and granting the seniors privileges that mirror those privileges of adults. However, the most noticeable change … Continue reading Off-Campus Dining
Anna Pickette– Need to take an exam or focus on some work for a big paper coming up? Or perhaps you need to cram for AP exams and have yet to do any studying. Say hello to the answer to all of your problems: the quiet room. Little is known about what happens inside the walls of the quiet room or how pro-procrastinators can transform … Continue reading Quiet Quarters
Anna Pickette– How are we even able to compete with our friends? Despite teachers often discouraging it and even some students feeling uncomfortable with the notion, at RCDS a lot of people share grades. While there are varying answers about how often people discuss how they did on assignments and assessments, there were only three people that said that they NEVER indulge that information. However, … Continue reading The Stress of Striving: Part Two
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