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RCA Annual-Report 2016 PDF
RCA Annual-Report 2016 PDF
Atlanta, GA
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WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL.
OUR WORLD.
OUR MISSION
To deliver the highest quality educational experience where global citizens
YEAR IN REVIEW
Seventh grade students studied the history, culture, and art
of Italy during the third quarter and then traveled to Venice,
Rome, and Pompeii over spring break.
TEAMS
The Essentials Step Team was named the 2015 Break the
Stage National Champions for their magical Arabian Nights
themed performance.
RCA alumni students attended the White House
Science Fair and met President Obama. RCA hosted the 5th Annual Model United Nations
Pictured in white polo shirts (back row) Conference. Georgia Tech, Emory, Morehouse, and Agnes
Garrett Minor, Terrell Prince, Erick Patterson, Scott College students chaired the committees along with
(second row) Matthew Meadows. our very own Niles Boyd (2016). RCA teacher Wade King
was the director of the conference, which had over 200
students participate (most ever) from 16 schools all over the
Southeast.
STUDENT SUCCESS
For the second year in a row, four RCA alumni attended
the White House Science Fair as honored guests for their
outstanding achievements in mathematics. Peter Warrick, Jr.,
Brandon Benn, Shawl Pryor and Quivion Wynn were the 2015
winners of the MATHCOUNTS Video Challenge. They met
President Obama.
GLOBAL LEARNING
Students traveled to Europe, visiting Paris and London and
Barcelona.
Eighth-grade students traveled to Soweto, South Africa, to The Essentials Step Team will be competing
learn about the history and culture, volunteer in schools and for their third National Championship title this
orphanages, and visit the Kliptown Youth Program. summer.
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EDUCATION REVOLUTION
We reached a milestone by hosting over 35,000 educators
for training at RCA within the past nine years.
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HEADS OF HOUSE
LIGHT SHINE,
YOU UNCONSCIOUSLY
GIVE OTHERS
PERMISSION
TO DO THE SAME.”
– NELSON MANDELA
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South
The 8th grade class at RCA recently Through their hard work and
raised funds for South African schools. fundraising efforts, the students were
After months of holding bake sales and able to provide food and diapers for
fundraising, they raised almost $5,000, orphanages in Soweto, a township in
Africa
the most any RCA class has ever raised. Johannesburg. They also provided
school supplies for schools and
While in South Africa, the 8th-grade class youth programs in the shanty towns
connected with Kliptown Youth Program, there.
an organization for disadvantaged youth
that provides tutoring, athletics and arts RCA 8th-grade classes donate
programs. to South African schools and
communities every year.
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Kennedy
Jordan Jordan Jordan Kayden Moore Kenyah
Adeyemi Bard Bruner Burke Conner
CLASS OF 2020
These students will graduate from 8th grade in
2020! RCA accepts applications for rising 5th graders.
Students interested in attending RCA should apply
online in the fall of their 4th grade year.
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ALUMNI
AT A GLANCE
HIGH SCHOOL
RCA Classes of 2010 – 2016
$4.2M 166 17
AWARDED IN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FROM THE
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE CLASS OF 2016
CLASS OF 2016 RCA GRADUATES WILL BE ATTENDING SCHOOL
SINCE 2010 OUT OF STATE
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ALUMNI
Class of 2012
Spotlight
HIGHSCHOOL:
Tri Cities High School
COLLEGE:
Alabama State University
(AL)
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ALUMNI
Class of 2012
Spotlight
HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP
KINDNESS OF HEART AND
STRENGTH OF A TRUE WARRIOR
“To have a friend is to have one of the sweetest gifts that life can bring.”
– Anna Robertson Brown
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Make a lasting impact on the life of a child. Couples Filing Jointly up to $2,500
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S Corporation shareholders, LLC members,
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You are already paying income tax to the state. Redirecting
$ 850 per educator to attend a
some of those dollars to tuition assistance helps financially
two-day training
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$ 425 per educator to attend a federal tax deduction when you file your taxes.
one-day training
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and grade level.
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DECEMBER
workshops, strategies, and opportunities for reflection.
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