The seventh grade Science classes have been learning the importance of lab safety. The students are reviewing lab safety rules in anticipation of lab activities they will participate in over the next two years. Students and parents will sign lab safety contracts at the completion of the unit.
Students on the Explorer Team celebrated Constitution Day on September 16, 2011. School Resource Officer (SRO) Chris Greene was a guest speaker in Mr. Labate’s Social Studies class. To gain a better understanding of their Constitutional rights, students compared their understanding of the Bill of Rights with factual evidence based on Officer Greene’s experience and [...]
First Day of School Holiday – Wednesday August 31 The RMS First Day of School Holiday is a community-wide celebration of the opening of school. It is also a time to meet teachers, administrators and parents of your child’s classmates. Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 (Opening Day!) 7:45 a.m. – visit your child’s Teacher Advisory. [...]
RMS Principal’s Message Welcome to Rutland Middle School and the start of the 2011-12 school year! We are excited about the start of the school year! We hope you are too. The First Day at Rutland Middle School is Wednesday, August 31, starting at 7:45 a.m. Students should report to their first period classes at [...]
Explorer students have just completed a unit on reading and interpreting primary documents. In order to make this a more meaningful lessons, the students were given access to US Census records, birth/death records, military draft registration (WWI and WWII), Civil War Pension records and immigration records to explore their own family trees. This was accomplished [...]
The Rutland Middle School Summer Academy Program is beginning its enrollment. The RMS Summer Academy will be running from July 5th to August 12th. In Academy, we will be offering three hours of instruction in math, reading & writing, and in our third hour enrichment block, science-based projects. Academy includes breakfast beginning at 8:30 at [...]
On Friday, April 22, the eighth grade science classes will celebrate Earth Day. Students will learn about Wind Energy and then make kites to fly outside.
On April 4th and 5th the students on the Explorer Team will take part in the sixth annual Egg Drop Project and Contest.
The Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy offers (in-coming) 8-12th graders the opportunity to study Arabic, Mandarin, Chinese, French, German, Italian or Spanish on one of 8 college campuses.