Julia Marrinan & Isabel Slippen– To the RCDS Community: In the past four years, the Rye Crop has taken on many different forms of media: physical paper, digital copies, website pages, and even podcast. Despite the uncertainties and difficulties of online and hybrid school, our mission has remained the same: to publish the stories and opinions of the student body. It has been our honor … Continue reading Letter From the Senior Editors
Julia Marrinan– Over the past year, the RCDS marketing team has begun increasing the school’s social media presence; the RCDS instagram has become more active, and its content level has skyrocketed. The athletic department even has launched its own instagram account. Parents, students, and faculty, however, have begun complaining that there is still a lack of content from the marketing team. In an Instagram post … Continue reading Marketing Team Announces New Content Plan
Julia Marrinan– Picture this: it’s 8:20 a.m. You’ve pulled into the junior lot, and it’s completely full. Cars are lined up against the fence. You have no choice but to pull back out onto Boston Post Road and drive around to the senior lot. Every junior has experienced this situation… or some variation. Controversy over who lays claim to which parking lot has plagued the … Continue reading Parking Lot Wars Between Juniors and Seniors Escalate to New Levels
Authors J– Dear Editor[s], I am writing in response to the article “Polarizing Politics” that was recently published on your website. I found the article to be well-written and informative, but I also have some concerns about its overall message. The article correctly points out that the current political climate is highly polarized and that this has led to a breakdown in civil discourse and … Continue reading Polarization: Letter to the Editor
Julia Marrinan– The Rye Country Day Employee Art Show, after a Covid-generated hiatus, has returned to RCDS. A biannual tradition before the pandemic, artists from all divisions of the school contributed to the show. Eric Drotch, Chair of the Visual Arts Department, appreciated the variety in artists. “You would expect [artistic ambitions] from the folks who teach in the art department,” he said, “[but] a … Continue reading Faculty Art Exhibit
Julia Marrinan– Among the sciences, arts, and humanities, students at RCDS are exposed to a wide range of curricula. So why is the student body more STEM-focused than ever? As the twenty-first century science-mania leaks into the RCDS atmosphere, the school’s priorities have shifted towards STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. The difference between STEM and STEAM is heavily debated, but the effect is … Continue reading Science Obsession: Where Does it STEM From?
Julia Marrinan– As he prepared to enter the RCDS Upper School, Peter Quagliaroli had three things at the forefront of his mind: kindness, trust, and joy. These qualities, he stressed in an early interview, were necessities within a community. With the student body back on campus, Quagliaroli is now fully immersed in the Rye Country Day community and ready to tackle the first few months … Continue reading Interviewing Mr. Quagliaroli, the Upper School Principal
Julia Marrinan– Kindness, trust, and joy. According to Rye Country Day School’s new Upper School Principal Peter Quagliaroli, these three values are necessities in a community. Quagliaroli, who will be joining the RCDS community in July 2022, has had a deep respect and appreciation for education since his childhood. “Education was always the highest priority in my household growing up,” he recalled. “[My brother and … Continue reading First Look at Peter Quagliaroli, the new Upper School principal
Julia Marrinan– Last year, the English department introduced a new program to RCDS: the Honors English seminars. This new course, launched at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year, would replace the AP Language and LIterature classes as the more advanced English class for juniors and seniors; the AP classes would become the regular track. AP review sessions would be held in the spring to … Continue reading Honors English Seminars: Breaking the AP Mold
Julia Marrinan– The beloved Junior-Senior Challenge has returned to RCDS in its full glory. A highly anticipated event by the upperclassmen, the Junior-Senior challenge takes place on the weekend before Thanksgiving. The day is filled with fun and friendly competition between the junior and senior classes in athletic activities—providing a reprieve from the stress experienced by eleventh and twelfth graders. This year’s Junior-Senior challenge took … Continue reading Junior-Senior Challenge
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