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School News

Exciting Changes for the Humanities Department Ahead

By Georgina Murphy Even though the 2025-2026 school year is coming to an end, course selection for the 26-27 school year is only beginning. For next year, the Humanities Department has a multitude of exciting changes, opportunities, and courses in store. The first fundamental change is that starting next year, the Humanities Department will no longer be called the Humanities Department, but will instead be … Continue reading Exciting Changes for the Humanities Department Ahead

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Spotlights

BVL is a Shot Above The Rest

By Georgina Murphy Unsurprisingly, the Boys Varsity Lacrosse team is off to a promising start. The  nineteen players on the team are led by this year’s captains Joseph Rafferty ‘26, Milin Torgalkar ‘26, Charlie Pearl ‘26, and William Hawkey ‘27, alongside Coach Cipriano and Coach Sable.  Hawkey says, “The team is very happy with our performance thus far. We picked up a big win last … Continue reading BVL is a Shot Above The Rest

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Events

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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School News

Wieman Makes History Again

Written By: Georgina Murphy Due to Upper School Humanities Teacher Ms. Steele’s leave of absence, Mr. Wieman, who has a storied background at RCDS, has stepped in for her and is teaching her tenth and eleventh grade AP United States History classes. Wieman first started working at RCDS in 1984, teaching ninth grade World History and  United States History. Throughout his 38 years of teaching … Continue reading Wieman Makes History Again

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Sports

Indoor Track

Written By: Georgina Murphy Unsurprisingly, Rye Country Day School’s Varsity Indoor Track team has had an amazing start to the winter season. After their first few meets, girls varsity captain, Payton Richardson ‘28, has said that RCDS has been successful at pretty much all of them. Alongside Richardson, the other girls varsity captain is Jocelyn Rice ‘27. As for the boys varsity team, the captains … Continue reading Indoor Track

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Chasing Courage at Community Forum and Beyond

Written By: Georgina Murphy On October 24th during Community Forum, Harry Moss ‘26 gave a speech to the Upper School on the importance of debate and rhetoric and its connection to this year’s theme of courage. Moss has always recognized the value of surrounding yourself with opinions that differ from your own and the importance of debate. However, after attending Reason and Rationality, a summer … Continue reading Chasing Courage at Community Forum and Beyond

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Features

Faculty Spotlight: Mr Hirsch

Written By Georgina Murphy By day, he’s a science teacher; by night, he writes musicals, records albums, has attended over 1,200 concerts, and ponders the life of Charles Darwin. Upper School science teacher Mr. Michael Hirsch has always had a strong passion for music and science, and while many fail to see the similarities between the two disciplines, Hirsch views science and music not as … Continue reading Faculty Spotlight: Mr Hirsch

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Events

No Food Left Behind

Written By: Georgina Murphy If this past October you were harassed by Upper School students to finish the food on your plate—don’t worry, that was just the Just Food Club running their annual Food Waste Challenge! This fall marks the Just Food Club’s second Annual Food Waste Challenge across the lower, middle, and upper school divisions. According to statistics collected by the Just Food Club, … Continue reading No Food Left Behind

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