Roanoke Rapids High School

Join us in welcoming our new RRGSD Mascot to town. Jax is his name. Look for him in our schools, at sporting events, and around the community. He will soon have his own FB and Instagram as well so we can all follow him around the community. #KidsAreOurCustomers #Jax

Sports Update: Due to an NCHSAA rule dealing with football players missing 5 or more consecutive school days of practice and needing 3 practices to be able to play in a game, we will not be playing Vance County in football (JV or Varsity) this week. Vance County fits into this rule. We will host Vance County for a Varsity Football game on Monday 9/24 at 7pm. The JV game is indefinitely postponed at this time. Thanks for your support. Go Jackets!

Parents: RRGSD Trustees adopted a tentative plan tonight to make up the two days missed last week due to Hurricane Florence. Board members agreed to forgive one day and make up the other day on Oct 12th for Roanoke Rapids Early College High School and Oct 22nd for all other students. #KidsAreOurCustomers

RRGSD Alert: Roanoke Rapids Graded School District will operate on a regular schedule for Monday, September 17, 2018. There is rain in the forecast so please plan accordingly. #KidsAreOurCustomers ------ Las escuelas del distrito escolar de Roanoke Rápids van a operar con sus horas normales Lunes 17 de Septiembre. Hay lluvia en el pronóstico para mañana, por favor planea para eso.

RRGSD Alert: Due to the anticipation of tropical storm force winds and the potential for flooding tonight and in the morning, RRGSD will be closed for students and staff on Friday, September 14. #KidsAreOurCustomers -------- Debido a la anticipación de vientos con fuerza de la tormenta tropical y potenciales de inundaciones en la noche hoy y mañana, las escuelas de Roanoke Rápids van estar cerrados mañana Viernes 14 de Septiembre para estudiantes y empleados.

RRGSD ALERT: Roanoke Rapids Graded School District will close 2 hours early on Wednesday, Sept 12, 2018. This decision is being made to allow our staff time to secure our campuses for the potential inclement weather. Once students are accounted for, staff will be dismissed as well. There will be NO after school activities including Place to Play. RRGSD will be closed on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 for students and staff. A decision regarding Friday will be forthcoming. kids ------ Las escuelas del distrito escolar de Roanoke Rápids van a cerrar 2 horas temprano miércoles. Este decisión fue hecho para darle tiempo a nuestros empleados para preparar las escuelas para la tormenta. Cuando se van todos los estudiantes, también se pueden ir los empleados. No habrá actividades después del escuela incluyendo place to play. Las escuelas estarán cerrada Jueves para estudiantes y empleados. Una decisión sobre viernes se hará muy pronto. #ninossonnuestrosclientes

As always we encourage interaction on our social media accounts and website. We've established a few guidelines or best practices this year to protect our students. In other words, just be KIND! #KidsAreOurCustomers

Do you have what it takes to be the Yellow Jacket mascot? Come join the team. Tryouts are coming up! #JacketPride

RRHS Football Game Change: Due to the threat of severe thunderstorms on Friday evening, the football game between RRHS and the Weldon Chargers at Hoyle Field has been changed to Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Come out and support the Yellow Jackets! #JacketPride

RRHS Students: We recently surveyed you for home internet access. There may have been some confusion. To clarify, the district has access to a new grant program that will give you free internet at home using a hotspot. If you replied to the survey that you had reliable internet access, but are using your smartphone data, the hotspots will be made available to you so you don’t have to use phone data. You’ll receive 3 gigabytes of data per month plus additional data at a slower speed...all at NO cost to you or your family. These hotspots will allow you to complete class assignments away from school using a district Chromebook. The hotspots will however have the same filtering capability that we have on campus. If you’re interested in one of these free hotspots to take home, please see your homeroom teacher for more information.

Our teachers got a lesson today in cultural backgrounds from some of our current and former English as a Second Language students. This year we have more than 140 ESL students from Guatemala, Mexico, Palestine, Yemen, Vietnam, El Salvador, China, and the Philippines. #KidsAreOurCustomers

Riding the bus this year? Our 2018-19 School Bus Schedule is now posted in the documents section of our website. http://www.rrgsd.org/o/rrgsd/documents

Our 2018-19 RRGSD Leadership team spent the day finalizing plans for this school year. Excited for the return of our teachers on Monday and students on the 27th. We're passionate about education and passionate about taking the best care of our customers this year! #KidsAreOurCustomers

Parents/Students: Important Dates to Remember: Aug. 9 - Schedules Mailed Aug. 13 - Schedule Correction Forms Available Aug. 10th, 6:30 p.m. - Scrimmage Football Game Aug. 22 & 23 - Students Pick Up Chromebooks 8:30a.m. - 7 p.m. Aug. 23 - 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Freshman Orientation Aug. 23 - Open House 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Aug. 27 - First Day of School

Notice: There is a printing error on our 2018-19 Yellow Jacket Discount card. Discount Tire Oil Changes are being offered for $10 off. The word “off” was omitted from the card. To clarify, Discount Tire is NOT offering $10 oil change. It is $10 OFF any oil change. We apologize for this error and any inconvenience.

Please Share: Lunch is on us this summer! Our summer feed program will begin June 18. Look for our RRGSD School Nutrition team at TJ Davis Rec. Center, Carriage Hill Apartments, South Rosemary Housing, and Georgia Ave. Housing. #KidsAreOurCustomers

Parents: Summer School Hours for RRHS and Chaloner only will be 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. each day. Note the time change. #KidsAreOurCustomers

Safe travels for our students and teachers headed to Puerto Rico today. Enjoy!

This 1933 image is the oldest RRHS graduating class photo we could find. These students went on to positively impact their community and the world around them. Now it’s your turn Class of 2018. Congratulations and we wish you the best! #KidsAreOurCustomers

We want to take this time to thank our administrators, teachers, teacher assistants, and support personnel for a job well done this school year. Thanks for all you do for our customers. #KidsAreOurCustomers