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New Classrooms Now Open! Come See Them in Action on Monday, November 13!
Phase One of "Our Vision-The Next Ten Years" is already yielding success, growth, and increased opportunity for our students and their teachers.
Last Monday we opened the long-awaited six new classrooms: four English rooms and two art rooms, one of which will be devoted to gallery displays of student work. And the previous week we opened the new outdoor basketball and volleyball court at the back of campus.
Please come out on Monday evening, November 13, at 6:00 p.m. to see the new rooms and to hear more about "Our Vision-The Next Ten Years," the Board's strategic plan for the campus and program development.
This exciting progress complements our acquisition of the adjacent Palos Verdes Blue Butterfly Preserve last spring: land that is offering immediate access to science and service learning projects and which will eventually provide a direct link between upper and lower campuses.
Two more projects remain to be finished in Phase One, both of which we hope to complete before the end of the school year:
· Reconfiguration of the MPR into the Adam Z. Rice Memorial Theater
· The establishment of a new STEM and Innovation Center.
With thanks and kudos to the Board of Trustees, school facilities and operations personnel, and generous donors who are making this happen.
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Varsity Girls' Volleyball CIF Playoffs
vs. Saint Mary's Academy
Tuesday, October 31 | 4:00 p.m
Oak St. Gym
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Chipotle Fundraiser for
Varsity Girls' Basketball
Wednesday, November 1| 5:00 p.m.
24631 Crenshaw Blvd, Torrance Ca 90505
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Educator of The Year Dinner
Wednesday, November 1 | 5:45 p.m.
Palos Verdes Golf Club
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Class Color and Makeup Picture Day
Thursday, November 2 | Makeup Pictures 10:00 a.m.
Please wear class colors for photographs
Click the button below for Makeup Picture Order Form
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MS Boys' Soccer
vs. Valor Christian
Mon., October 30
3:30 p.m.
Gaudenti Field
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MS Girls' Volleyball vs. Valor Christian
Mon., October 30
3:30 p.m.
Court on Campus
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Girls' Varsity Volleyball vs. Saint Mary's
Tues., October 31
4:00 p.m.
Oak St.
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MS Boys' Soccer vs. Riviera Hall
Thurs., November 2
3:30 p.m.
Gaudenti Field
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MS Girls' Voleyball vs. Riviera Hall
Thurs., November 2
3:30 p.m.
Court on Campus
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Coed Cross Country
Thurs., November 2
4:00 p.m.
Kenneth Hahn Park
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College Night &
College Visit Trip
Fall college night is taking place Tuesday, November 7th at 6:30 p.m. The evening includes college admissions workshops and a mini college fair that will help prepare students for the application process. Please RSVP to Mrs. Dyment (bdyment@rollinghillsprep.
org) by November 5th!
Additionally, the deadline for the Boston To New York College Tour is November 23. This is a great opportunity for students to see a large number of east coast colleges in a short duration of time and should not be missed by anyone considering schools on the East Coast.
Click below for more information.
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Spirit Week and Makeup Pictures
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Spirit Week begins next Monday and provides an opportunity for students to share their enthusiasm by dressing up in various themes throughout the week. Click the "more information" button below for a schedule of daily themes and be sure to wear class colors on that day for grade level pictures.
Thursday will also serve as makeup picture day from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 for anyone who missed the initial day. To access the picture day form, scroll up to the "Events" section of this e-mail and click the "more information" button that accompanies the "Class Color and Makeup Picture Day" entry.
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See Smilin' Jack, a Phillips 66 Tradition
Our neighbors over at Phillips 66 have a yearly tradition of decorating the Los Angeles Refinery for Halloween. Everyone from the community is invited to visit, enjoy caramel corn, and view holiday displays. Phillips 66 and Smilin' Jack support The Boys and Girls Club, United Way, the YMCA, and a variety of other organizations.
Click the button below to view the flyer.
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Discussing Gender Identity at RHP and Renaissance
On Thursday, November 16, we will be sharing two presentations on gender identity for (separately) middle and upper school students. The presentation falls under our "Respect Yourself and Others" guidelines within the Husky Pledge.
To help ensure that parents are informed about the presentation and also provided tools to talk with their children about these issues, we are holding a parent meeting prior to the student presentation as follows: (RSVPs are appreciated)
Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 from 4:30-5:30pm
"Gender Identity and Expression," a presentation by
Dr. Marvin Belzer, Director, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Keck USC School of Medicine.
Please join us for an informational event where Dr. Belzer will review the latest research in youth gender identity and expression, discuss how physicians and therapists support youth and their families, and provide information to assist parents to discuss these issues with their children.
Click below to RSVP by Sunday, November 12, 2017.
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Katie Maire
"I'm pretty independent when it comes to my workflow, but I still need some help with brand new concepts. I had to learn to take the advice people give to me, also I had to learn that having someone edit my work is a good thing. I also have this very curious part of me. I love science and history. Here's a first: I actually like school. Learning seems cruel to every teenager. But for me it opens my horizons and helps me grow. Because I learn differently, and I retain everything and I like to think of it as an advantage more than a disadvantage. It never brings my spirit down because I'm always happy to be at school and learn. I put passion and effort in my work and everything I do."
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Thanks to the community for your generous donations to this year's Access Books Book Drive to benefit Wilshire Crest Elementary. RHP & REN achieved our goal of 500 books that went directly to the classrooms. Over 5,000 books were donated to the school last Saturday and the teachers, students and parents were thrilled beyond words.
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On Tuesday, Varsity Girls' Basketball held their senior game and now they're headed for CIF playoffs!
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This past week, AP Psychology students dissected sheeps' brains and learned about Neuropsychology.
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