Rochester City School District Broadcast Channel
State of our Schools - An Update to the Community
January 24, 2012
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Reading Rewards Tip-Off Celebration with Syracuse University Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim and Guard "Scoop" Jardine visit Wilson Foundation - November 9, 2011
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Syracuse University men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim and team captain "Scoop" Jardine visited the Wilson Foundation Academy on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 to help the school kick off a new program that motivates students to read by rewarding them with incentives and prizes.
The Ticket to Reading Rewards program is sponsored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation, a collaboration of college basketball coaches and business leaders. It aims to motivate middle school students to read 25 books outside their typical classroom assignments.
Students earn prizes for every five books they read, with rewards ranging from wristbands and cinch bags to medals and mini basketball hoops. The top Wilson student will receive a trophy and advance to compete against students from other similarly sized schools.
The program was started in 2002 in the Chicago Public Schools, where students who participated typically improved their reading skills by a grade level.
To get additional information please visit
tickettoreadingrewards.org.
"This is an excellent opportunity to promote literacy and to motivate our scholars to develop a love for reading," said Wilson principal Julie Roselli. "We are always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to motivate students toward independent reading."
Information provided by the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Please join us for the Rochester City School District's Board of Education's regularly scheduled business meeting on January 26th, 2012. The business meeting will take place at the district's Central Office located at 131 West Broad Street in third floor conference room! The business meeting can also be viewed in the City only on Time Warner Cable channel 15 (RCTV-15 already in progress starting at 7:00 p.m.) and will be streamed "live" right here at www.rcsdk12.or/rcsdtv
You can find archived media from the Rochester City School District by clicking on
Rochester City School District and Students First Broadcast Schedule (Click Here)
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Members of the Rochester Board of Education held a Press Conference to announced a Superintendent Search Committee. The Press Conference took place at the District's Central Office in Conference room 3B. The Press Conference is acrchived for On-Demand viewing at http://www.ustream.tv/user/RCSDk12/videos
Press Release from the Rochester Board of Education click RBOE Forms Superintendent Search Committee
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City Students! Are you interested in a career in Television Production? Internship opportunities are now available with the Department of Communications and the award winning education news program Students First! Please enjoy the following video links highlighting these special video internships.
Please mail application to:
Television Production Specialist - Department of Communications
131 West Broad Street
Rochester, New York 14614
Phone: 585-262-8755
If you have any questions or comments regarding district programming, please feel free to contact us at 585-262-8755 or email at studentsfirst@rcsdk12.org
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Youth Speak Out
A roundtable discussion about improving
RCSD policies for youth sexual health
Wed. Sept. 14 2011 -- Monroe High School
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