Dear Rising Tide Students and Families,

We look forward to seeing families this week during the Student-Advisor-Parent Conferences. As we did in November, we will share the report cards through the Community Portal on Wednesday morning in advance of the conferences, and the conferences will take place Wednesday through Friday. Please plan to visit the Scholastic Book Fair when you are in the building this week.

You can view the course narratives prepared by our teachers for each of our coursesthrough the links below:

Middle School Third Term Narratives 2022-2023

Upper School Third Term Narratives 2022-2023

If your conference is scheduled near the end of the school day this week, your child is able to stay at school, in a quiet study hall in the Atrium, until the conference. On Wednesday, April 12, students will be able stay at school until 1:30 pm. On Thursday and Friday, students will be able to stay at school until 4:15 pm.

We encourage you to sign up for the May 20 5K Fun Run and Health Fair -- if you register by next week, you get early-bird pricing and a t-shirt for runners.

Have a wonderful week.

Sincerely,

Tuesday, April 11 - Friday, April 14: Rising Tide will host a Scholastic Book Fair.

Wednesday, April 12 - Friday, April 14: Report cards issued and Student/Advisor/Parent Conferences will take place.

Thursday, April 13: The Rising Tide Parent Group will hold its next meeting at 6:30 pm online. Join us virtually by clicking on the Zoom link here.

Monday, April 17- Friday, April 21: School will be closed for April recess.

Monday, April 24: The Rising Tide Board of Trustees will have its monthly meeting at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. This meeting is open to the public.

Wednesday, April 26 - Friday, April 28: After-school theater performances of the radio play, Trap, will be shown at 6:00 pm each evening.

2022-2023 Academic Calendar for Families

2023-2024 School Calendar

Scholastic Book Fair is This Week

We are thrilled to host a Scholastic Book Fair from April 12-14, with set-up tomorrow. Visit our website to get a preview of the books and to sign up as a volunteer. It is our mission that every student who wants a book is able to go home with one. If you need financial assistance, please contact your child's advisor or email Research and Teaching Librarian, Meghan Stellman. If you have some time to volunteer, please click on the "sign up" button here - we would love your help. Contact Meghan Stellman at mstellman@risingtide.org if you have any questions!

Parent Group Meeting is This Thursday

The Parent Group will hold its next meeting at Rising Tide virtually on Thursday, April 13 at 6:30 pm. To join virtually, please click the Zoom link here. We hope to see you online to help plan Staff Appreciation Week activities.

Rising Tide Students to Perform Radio Show, Trap

Rising Tide's after-school theater class will be giving three virtual performances of Trap by Stephen Gregg on Wednesday, April 26, Thursday, April 27, and Friday, April 28 at 6:00 pm. Under the direction of Mr. Senegal and Mrs. Tew, students in grades nine through twelve will be performing this mystery-thriller radio play which has an incomprehensible plotline: Every person in the audience of a high school play falls unconscious--every person but one. Using interviews with witnesses, loved ones, first responders, and the investigators pursuing the case, a theatre ensemble brings the story of the strange event to life, documentary-style.

Plan to gather your family around the computer and enjoy dinner while listening to the students' live broadcast. Information about how to purchase tickets will be announced soon.

Special Screening for 7th- and 9th-Grade Students

Rising Tide students in grades 7 and 9 will be participating in a student screening that the state has asked all public schools to implement during the 2022-2023 school year. Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based screening tool aimed at preventing the use of alcohol, marijuana, and/or other substance abuse and is required by MA law (Chapter 52, acts of 2016). The goal of this screening is to identify students who require additional support and help them to obtain this support for any substance use. The Wellness Team will be conducting these screenings with grades 7 and 9 during the month of April. If you have any questions, please contact Shawna Weekly at sweekly@risingtide.org.

Prom 2023: Enchanted Forest

Summer 2023 Friendship and Social Skills Group

This summer, we will be offering a Friendship and Social Skills Group for incoming and existing Grade 5, Grade 6, and Grade 7 students. The purpose of the group is to help students foster new friendships and learn/develop age-appropriate social skills while engaging in fun and cooperative activities, projects, and games. The group will run during the weeks of July 10 to July 14 and July 17 to July 21 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm on the Rising Tide campus. The group will be facilitated by Caroline Cartmill, Wellness Educator and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), and Marissa Carde, Middle School Paraeducator.

There are a minimum of 18 with a maximum of 20 spots per week. To register for the group, please fill out the Google Form here. The cost for the summer group is $225.00 for the week. To pay, please use your SchoolBucks account or drop off a check at Rising Tide. The deadline to sign up and pay is Friday June 9. If you have questions, please contact Caroline Cartmill at ccartmill@risingtide.org.

Summer Painting Studio Enrichment Classes

Only a few spaces remain in each week. Sign up now! 

This July, we will once again be offering two weeks of our popular Summer Painting Studio classes. These classes are open to all students in grades 5-12, as well as incoming students who will be new to Rising Tide in the 2023-2024 school year. Students of all levels of experience will expand on their visual art skills while exploring painting in this fun and informative studio workshop. Each student will be working with easy-to-learn techniques to take their ideas from small sketches to larger-sized compositions with confidence. Students will enjoy learning a variety of new application techniques to incorporate into their own style and creativity as they compose their own work.

Session One runs July 10-14 and Session Two runs July 17-21, 2023. Classes start at 8:00 am and end at 12:00 pm each day. The cost is $225 per week-long session. If you have any questions about these classes, please feel free to contact Mr. Walker at 508-747-2620 ext. 300 or via email at twalker@risingtide.org.

Drew Winston, Class of 2022

Drew attributes Rising Tide’s schoolwide objectives and benchmark skills for helping him to be successful in college. Read more here.

Rising Tide Opens Additional Enrollment Period

Rising Tide has opened an additional Enrollment Application Period for the 2023-2024 school year. This additional Enrollment Period runs from Monday, April 3, 2023 through Friday, May 12, 2023. The school currently has limited seats available for grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 and is therefore accepting applications for those grades. Rising Tide will also accept applications for a waitlist pool for grade 5, as there is a possibility that the current waitlist for grade 5 may be exhausted. If the current waitlist for grade 5 is exhausted, the school will schedule a lottery drawing for the grade 5 waitlist pool at that time.

Rising Tide currently has long waiting lists in grades 6-8, determined through the Primary Enrollment Lottery held on February 15, and does not anticipate exhausting the waiting lists for those grade levels; therefore the school is not able to accept applications for grades 6-8 in this Enrollment Period. 

If necessary, Rising Tide will conduct an additional enrollment lottery for applicants for grades 9-12 in a virtual public forum from the school on Monday, May 15, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.

Enrollment applications are due by Friday, May 12, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. All applicants, including siblings of current students, must submit the one-page application by the deadline to be eligible for enrollment. 

If interested in becoming a student, all applicants, including siblings of current students, must submit the one-page application by the deadline to be eligible for enrollment. Applications can be completed online here or downloaded here. Copies are also available at the front desk of the school located at 59 Armstrong Road in Plymouth. Completed paper applications can be faxed to (508) 747-1826, emailed to mjackson@risingtide.org, mailed, or dropped off to the front desk. Please note that no proof of residency is required along with a student’s application. 

Athletics Update

Athletic Games This Week

Monday, April 10

Baseball vs. Atlantis Charter at 4:00 pm

Location: Sacred Heart

Softball @ Atlantis Charter at 4:00 pm

Location: Atlantis Charter

Boys Tennis vs. Wareham at 4:00 pm

Location: Eel River

Girls Tennis @ Wareham at 3:30 pm

Location: Wareham HS

Wednesday, April 12

Baseball @ Nantucket at 4:00 pm

Location: Nantucket

Softball vs. Nantucket at 4:00 pm

Location: Sacred Heart

Boys Tennis @ Mashpee at 4:00 pm

Location: Mashpee

Girls Tennis vs. Mashpee at 4:00 pm

Location: Eel River

Thursday, April 13

Baseball @ Sturgis at 4:00 pm

Location: Lowell Park

Softball vs. Sturgis at 4:00 pm

Location: Sacred Heart

Boys Tennis vs. Nantucket at 4:00 pm

Location: Eel River

Girls Tennis @ Nantucket at 4:00 pm

Location: Nantucket

Friday, April 14

Baseball vs. Rockland at 4:00 pm

Location: Sacred Heart

Registration is Now Open for the 5K Fun Run!

Join us at Rising Tide Charter Public School for a 5K Fun Run & Health Fair on Saturday, May 20th, beginning at 9:00 am. There will be music, food trucks, a health fair with many local vendors, and more. This event is open to the public and all ages are welcome. Runners of the 5K will be officially timed and enjoy a challenging course complete with Plymouth's own heartbreak hill. Check out the race course here.

9:00 am: Check In

9:30 am: Kids' 1/4 Mile Fun Run (10 and under)

10:00 am: 5K Begins

Early-bird pricing is $20 and includes a t-shirt for runners who register on or before April 19th. Regular pricing is $25 from April 20-May 19. We have many sponsorship opportunities available. Please use the links below to access registration and the sponsorship form. If you have any questions, please email: 5k@risingtide.org. We look forward to seeing you on May 20th!

Recent Happenings At Rising Tide

Upper School Students Participate in Field Work Trips

Last Thursday, upper school students participated in Field Work Trips. Our ninth graders visited the Museum of Science, tenth graders visited the MIT Museum, eleventh graders visited the New England Aquarium, and our twelfth graders conducted their Senior Service Projects.

Tenth Graders at MIT

Eleventh Graders at the New England Aquarium

Twelfth Graders Participate in Senior Service Day

Last Thursday, our seniors were divided into three groups to conduct work for Senior Service Day. One group went to Davis-Douglas Conservation Area, one to Gifts to Give, and a third group helped out at Rising Tide.

Davis-Douglas Conservation Area

Students traveled to the Davis-Douglas Conservation Area in Plymouth to help the Wildlands Trust with clean-up work. Our seniors helped set up chicken wire around the community garden, did some mulching, gardening, and helped in the work shop.

Gifts to Give

The students visited Gifts to Give to process donated children’s items to create individual gift packages which are gifted to local children-in-need.

Rising Tide

Our students worked hard to beautify Rising Tide's campus. They cleaned up garden beds, picked up trash, planted spring flowers, and contacted garden suppliers for discounted items, and they contacted garden clubs for plant donations.

Grade 5 Students Conduct Plant Research

Students in grade five have been researching plant adaptations. This week, they will be presenting their findings after summarizing the information in a poster.

Gardening Discovery Class

Last week, students in the Gardening Discovery class dissected lettuce to identify key components, such as the epidermis and vascular structures. 

Quick Links and Contacts

Breakfast and Lunch at Rising Tide: The state government has extended the eligibility for all students in our breakfast/lunch program for the 2022-2023 school year. This means that all Rising Tide students have access to one free breakfast meal and one free lunch meal each school day. Please note that students still need to walk through the cashier lines for recording purposes and will need their PIN numbers (located on the upper right hand side of their schedules) in order to do so. Rising Tide's breakfast and lunch program is catered by the Plymouth Public Schools. Check out April's lunch menu here.

Attendance Line: Call (508) 747-2620, ext. 102 to report your child's absence from school.

Complete a Notes from Home to Rising Tide Office Form to share daily communication with our office staff at Rising Tide, including dismissal information.

Health and COVID-19 Questions: Contact Nurse Leader, Lisa Hughes, at lhughes@risingtide.org. You can also call (508) 747-2620 x115.

IT Help: Complete the IT Help Desk Form.

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